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I live in Vegas so I plan on playing in the 40K tournament.

I wonder how many total will be there? Seems like quite a few ticket holders are not going unless they live close by.

I'll be the guy in the KC Chiefs jersey on Saturday, say howdy if your a Dakkanaut.

Well, work sucks. I'll be in TX for work instead of Vegas for fun times.


Have fun ya'll.

I know what ya mean MVB. I'm going to be in Joplin instead of Wargamescon

Stupid work.....

You better not work out of the NOVA

You're one of my favorite "I see you every once in a while on the tourney circuit" buddies.


Let's make it real questionable with a big ole <3

Awwwwww, you says the sweetest things!

Not skipping on that one buddy. It was something that was brought up when I was hired that I was already committed () to being out of the state at the end of August. Plane tickets, hotel, rental car, and grandparents have already been lined up. My granny would kill me if I bailed on my trip out that way

Well pewp, there's two guys I wanted to meet that aren't coming.

Sounds like you also should bring your KC jersey to the NOVA.


I actually was really excited to go to this; lots of good people indubitably there, good competition by default, and whether you love or hate the system it's still nice that GW is putting something on. Plus, it seems or at least feels like Ed's put a lot of work into running it.

We're all missing the important question of the event. What club are we all hitting Saturday night

I was going to stay on the Strip for some extra partying but decided to stay at home since Sunday morning my boys want to do something for Father's Day before I head back to the tourney.

@MVBrandt: NOVA 2012 is already on my calendar, this year is a no go as I will already need to be 3 places at once at the end of August.

Is anyone from washington state going to be there?

Mayeb if i was 21 I'd consider going. But flying to Vegas just to play in a dumb 40k and then sit in the hotel all night doesn't sound fun to me.

yermom wrote:Mayeb if i was 21 I'd consider going. But flying to Vegas just to play in a dumb 40k and then sit in the hotel all night doesn't sound fun to me.

When you hit 21, I want to be involved in your vegas experience.

Only 2 more years right?

skrewpa wrote:You need to have an invitation to play in ToS right? I was reading on GW's site that next year they are gonna change it so that all the golden ticket winners don't have to pay to get in but they are gonna let non GT winners pay to play. Just want to confirm that this year it is only GT winners.

This year they are allowing anyone in who knows a ticket winner.

doc dragon wrote:

skrewpa wrote:You need to have an invitation to play in ToS right? I was reading on GW's site that next year they are gonna change it so that all the golden ticket winners don't have to pay to get in but they are gonna let non GT winners pay to play. Just want to confirm that this year it is only GT winners.

This year they are allowing anyone in who knows a ticket winner.

May as well change that to that they are letting in anyone really, seeing as you were kind enough to post a certain email address on public message boards.

@Yermon
Two of the guys going with us are 19, you could have hung out with them. And honestly, you don't need to be 21 to have a good time in Vegas. It is more fun that way, but I used to go every year starting at 18 and still had a blast. If you are with fun people, just walking the strip and having a laugh is a good time. That on top of playing 40K is a good trip to me!

Maybe next year.

Anyone who wants to say hi, I look like the silly guy pointing at his trophy, here:



If you see a few guys wearing t-shirts which read Cold Steel Mercs, I'm the one who's got a ponytail, and is MUCH shorter than the others, only being six feet tall.

sharkticon wrote:

doc dragon wrote:

skrewpa wrote:You need to have an invitation to play in ToS right? I was reading on GW's site that next year they are gonna change it so that all the golden ticket winners don't have to pay to get in but they are gonna let non GT winners pay to play. Just want to confirm that this year it is only GT winners.

This year they are allowing anyone in who knows a ticket winner.

May as well change that to that they are letting in anyone really, seeing as you were kind enough to post a certain email address on public message boards.

Seriously?

I invited Yakface, but someone actually posted the address publicly?

If you see a few guys wearing t-shirts which read Cold Steel Mercs, I'm the one who's got a ponytail, and is MUCH shorter than the others, only being six feet tall.

Yeah, every club needs a short person and we decided it would be Mannahnin.

I'm going for some excellent games of 40K and socialising with some very good 40k players. Losing money at cards might feature as well...

I think you mean small person. Jamie's around the same height, maybe a little shorter, but he's built like a Vermont lumberjack. I'm the skinny elf of the party.

We need coverage pics!

I have too much going on to have been able to make it this time, but will be putting next year's on my calendar for sure.

Have fun!

Tironum wrote:We need coverage pics!

Same can be said regarding Mechanicon 2010.

First day is over, all in all it was a pretty damn good day. The food that is being served is great, and the atmosphere is fantastic.

It's all over! George Mason won Best Overall with Blood Angels. Other people will have to update who won LoTR and Fantasy, I saw them but don't remember names. I won Best Daemons in 40k, my new buddy Mannahnin got Best CSM, a good friend of mine John went 5-0 with GK to get that award but didn't get the best overall after the favorite army votes came in. All in all it was great, beautiful armies, awesome opponents, and a long list of new friends and memories.

I've got a ton of pics, I'll put them up tomorrow. Thanks to all my opponents and everyone who came out for it.

They opened up the field up? I wish I knew about that so I could have driven up.

It was a good event, they had what was called a fire side chat at the end, where you could ask them some questions, Not very informative ,half of them they flat out replied I cant answer that, and the other half were that they had big things in the pipe line and to just wait. I asked why it too 3 years for a FAQ to come out to fix and bring up to date all the old codex armies that have not been redone ie dark angels and Templars, reply, well it takes it takes time to translate the rules into all the different languages. He also said that my question sounded like a complaint, and he didn't want to get into it.

All in all the event was fun, lots of good players, and food. Bad side the terrain though pretty, was not very well set up and sparse.

7/10

Yea, the tables pissed me off, crap tables but good event. I went 2-2-1, struggled on giant hills all weekend.

I played in the 40k tournament this weekend with tyranids, so I know very little about the fantasy/lotr scene but this is my perspective on the tournament.

The use of all citadel terrain I thought was a good idea. The use of the Citadel boards was good as well in my opinion, (both the terrain and boards were painted very well) however, placeable terrain was sparse in comparison to what I would think would be the norm for most of the games we as players like to play. The reasoning was that the hill was supposed to be technically cover (6+) as described by the rules packet that was handed out. Thus, it counted as terrain and then I guess the tables would have been at the 25% coverage mark.

As I was playing nids, I had a very difficult time with shooty armies, with no place to really hide a monstrous creature from complete line of sight, if anything.

The competition was really very good. Even though GW may have allowed ticket winners to invite certain individuals, the level of play was right there.

Most of the invitees were locals, but they were the top tier of the locals, all very good players.

Awesome time in Vegas! The tournament was so much better than I and a lot of people thought it would be. I'll write a longer review later but I'm still in Vegas now sleeping off my hangover. I will say though that I was pleasantly surprised at how fun the format was and with some minor tweaking would be really great.

Well met Reecius! I may have talked "she who must be obeyed" into going to the Bay Open. When is my cutoff to decide?