Why do you not attend gaming tournaments?

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**Druchii**

Obviously I'm too inexperienced to go to tournaments at the moment and I probably don't have a big enough army but it is hard to stay on you feet all day so that is what I voted.

**olympia**

My option would be: "Too difficult to get the time away from work and family."

**Blackclaw**

I put down an 'other' entry, because while there are tournaments I could go to (live in BC Canada), very few are close by, or very local.

So travel costs + not enough local events (may be related to few stores currently open here, only 1 GW location currently open in all of Vancouver)

**mattyrm**

Too many chislers with cheese lists.

I like the background and the story, I like painting, i like gaming with my mates.. I dislike playing strangers who are desperate to win.

And I really really dislike paying into a pot for a prize, when some guy rocks up with a cheese list and walks it. I feel like the guy fething mugged me.

**DarthDiggler**

I like smaller tourney (under 25). I just don't like large crowds.

**warpcrafter**

The aura of simmering nerd-rage.

**Monster Rain**

Really?

That's what draws me in like a moth to a flame.

**madman12367**

too young :(

**Capt. Rex**

Wow, I ticked alot...
The main reason is that no one plays to have fun any more, it's all on the winning and not the actual playing of the game.

**IronChaos**

My reasons are that tournaments take place far from my home, and that my army isn't fully painted

**goblet270**

I don't have the time to go to tournaments, but also because lotr tournaments use lome, which I don't play.

**Flaming Troll**

I checked all of them except for the last 2..........

**Metalskunk**

I find that too many lists are the exact same, at my FLGS. And I like playing with different fluffy armies for fun.

**nickick**

I usualy cant actualy get to them in the first place...

**boyd**

I'm not a fan with seeing plastic grey armies. I think the Ard Boyz tournament wrecked the tournament scene because now the only thing people care about when they go to tournaments is battle comp. Oh don't worry about, fluff, paint, sportsmenship, etc. Only battle score matters.

**ImpGuardPanzies**

My turns can take a long time. As IG theres a lot to consider with all the orders and how things can fail.

Im generly a slow player and I believe this would upset MANY people at a tournement.

My enire army isnt even painted. And so far the painted models arnt even that great.

**Kurce**

#1 reason for me: The rules to 40k/Fantasy are god-awful and lead to way entirely too much arguing on what is supposed to happen in a given situation.

**Akroma06**

Too many rules arguments, plus I don't pain well and that is a major part of the score for how well you do, and I miss the themed parts now its just cookie cutter builds everywhere!

**Lokriek**

Trashtalking and poor sportsmanship.

**Boss Goretoof**

Would much rather spend my time having fun and playing slow games. I'm more of a beer and pretzels gamer.

**Pouncey**

Social anxiety due to mental illness is the big one for me. A room packed full of strangers all milling about and talking loudly... pretty much a nightmare and incredibly unenjoyable.

**Comintern**

The need to win at all costs at the expense of an enjoyable game.! The lack of "in the spirit of the game" and general rule nazi mentality that SOME have. Not all mind you, but all it takes is for one or two and it ruins the event.

**Majarlischi**

Because everyone plays space marines and the same space marine list more or less in my experiance.

**Trondheim**

There are several reasons why I dont attend tournaments.
1. The crowd - notting like a enourmus crowd spilling coke & burger grease over my armies
2. I dont like playing with people that are not from Norway, If I am going to play you I want to be abel to speak in a normal fashion
3. I dont like bringing an army hat is 100% FW stuff, things disaper
4. The price& too competative players

**axeman1n**

I can't stand the cliquey TO's who side with their friends even when that person is wrong. Almost getting DQ'd for arguing that Valks are Skimmers, and should follow the rules for skimmers is not my idea of a good time.

**spudkins**

I went to a few tournements in my younger days. I liked playing till I met the older people that just used to bully way through the youngers. I want to do one now am older because I'm alot more confident.
Just need more paint on my figures and ready to take on the world mwhahaha

**Hydroblender**

far to many plonkers, far to many rules lawyers, far to little fun

**Cake Farts**

Write in: There are to many people that don't know the basic rules.

**kitch102**

Still building up a force that'd have any real effect on the table top, so I haven't as yet entered any tournies, or even had a single game for that matter. However I don't think I'd pay to enter a tournie where the prize was just a trophy, I'd much rather have the chance to win a voucher or something to spend on mini's etc, to offer a financially attractive incentive.

Think I'd be a bit nervous about not knowing the rules well enough though, so I wouldn't be able to enter in to a rules debate for the majority of things that may come up.

**Makyko11**

I don't know how appreciatitive my opponent would be of my many currently in progress looted vehicles... oh yeah, and they're in progress so showing up with a half built, half painted, apcolypse ork army probably not the best idea ever...