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The Battle for Salvation Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament is now open for registration!
http://www.battleforsalvation.com



The Battle for Salvation is an independently run NOVA-style Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament taking place Columbus Day weekend in 2010.

Its name comes from the Battle for Salvation gaming club responsible for organizing the event, which operates primarily out of space rented at the local Salvation Army. Comprised of a large number of players of varying interests and skill levels, the NOVA Open format was selected for this tournament because of its egalitarian approach that caters equally to all styles of hobby participation. Whether you’re in modeling, painting, tabletop domination, or a balance of all three, The Battle for Salvation gives you a chance to shine.

(Important disclaimer: I'm not organizing this event, I just made the website and I'm trying to spread the word)

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Tournament Rules:

Inspired by the success of the NOVA Open, and with the help of Mike Brandt, The Battle for Salvation Warhammer 40,000 Grand Tournament will closely emulate this format with a two-day Swiss pairing system and separately awarded achievements in various hobbyist and competitive categories.

On the competitive side, Win-Loss performance within the tournament structure will be aimed at finding a single undefeated player at the end of the event and crowning him Tournament Champion. Prizes will also be bestowed upon the players who remain undefeated at the end of the first day, and who shall be recognized as the Tournament Aces.

On the hobbyist side, each player will be judged on the appearance of their army. Furthermore, players will be asked to designate single models to represent their entries for best painted and best converted miniatures, the scores of which will be combined with the army appearance score to create an overall appearance total.

We also recognize that sportsmanship is integral to all parts of the hobby. At the end of each day all participants will be asked to rank their players with respect to how sportsmanly their conduct was during each game. These rankings will translate into scores. For instance, if the tournament consists of six games and you rank Bob first and Tim last then Bob will get 6 sportsmanship points and Tim will get 1 sportsmanship point. We recognize that you may want to give multiple players top marks for sportsmanship, however this ranking system provides a wider spread of scores that allows for the recognition of truly outstanding sportsmen.

Like at the NOVA Open, each game will end in either a win or a loss–there are no ties. Every round will have a primary objective and multiple subordinate objectives to act as tie-breakers. The missions will be made available prior to the event with as much advance notice as possible. The goal of the BFS GT is not to surprise anyone, but to single out and recognize the best performers at the event.

Format

Saturday, October 9: FOUR GAMES

On Day 1, all 48 players will compete over the course of 4 tournament games. For each round, those who win by the largest margin of victory (based on an algorithm taking into account accomplishing the primary and subordinate objectives) will be paired against those with the smallest from the previous round. Similarly, those who lost their previous match by the smallest margin will be paired against those who lost by the biggest.

At the conclusion of games on Saturday the awards ceremony will take place in order to recognize and reward the Tournament Aces, Renaissance Man, and winners of the Best Appearance awards. The drawing for the raffle will also be performed at this time.

Sunday, October 10: THREE GAMES (+ other events)

The top 24 performing players (based on win/loss record and the algorithm mentioned earlier) will be ranked and arranged into 3 differentt 8-man brackets: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Players in the Gold bracket will be competing for the right to call themselves the Tournament Champion, and for the loot that comes with it. Silver and Bronze bracket competitors will compete for the Tournament General awards.

Each bracket will function as an independent single elimination tournament and the last man standing after three games will be crowned champion. That means when you lose you’re out! But don’t worry, there will be a number of other events going on in addition to open gaming on Sunday, including a large Apocalypse game run by Fritz (from the Way of Saim Hann) designed specifically to allow gamers to drop in and out with each turn.

Awards

Tournament Champion – The player to go undefeated after all 6 games of the tournament
Renaissance Man – The player with the highest combined game performance, overall appearance, and sportsmanship scores (all equally weighted)
Tournament Ace – Players who have gone undefeated in their games at the end of the first day
Tournament General – Players who go undefeated in their respective (Gold, Silver, Bronze) Day 2 bracket
Best Appearance – The player featuring the army highest rated for overall appearance
Best Painted Single Miniature – The player with the single miniature rated highest for painting
Best Converted Single Miniature – The player with the single miniature rated highest for modeling


(more to come in the near future)

Now this is what I've been looking for, I'm going to try and make attending work, glad to see the official release up!

Glad to see my buddy Matts game club take off so well over the past few years.

Hope you all get a great turnout!

/approve

I really wish I could attend.... :( why do people have to get married on weekends when there are good events?

That's basically as far away as DC is for me, hooray for long drives T_T

Now I just gotta find a place to stay.

Chumbalaya wrote:That's basically as far away as DC is for me, hooray for long drives T_T

Now I just gotta find a place to stay.

I can probably convince my wife to let you stay in our spare bedroom (as long as you're not allergic to cats). Shoot me an email.

Danny I like it but I got plans that weekend already. Need to give more advanced notice next time.

Me and my buddy George will probably be attending.

Now this is a GT I can get behind.

Just updated the site with information regarding two of the better (and cheaper) hotels in the area. The TO has arranged for a group discount at a very decent hotel in downtown White Plains less than a mile from the event venue. Rooms are a standard $149/night with the group code, however this is only valid for bookings made by 9/17.

There's also another cheaper hotel in the area ($90-$130/night), also in downtown White Plains and also less than a mile from the venue.

More information can be had here: http://www.battleforsalvation.com/travel-hotel/

Any questions can be directed to battleforsalvationtourney@yahoo.com

I might try and attend this tournement, October is a busy month for me unfortunatly. What times are you planning to start the tournement at?

Anyone interested in spliting a hotel room?

It's going to start early, probably something like 7:30 am registration and 8:30 start (approximately) since there are 4 games on Day 1. Day 2 will be a little more laid back since there are fewer games and fewer players participating, and will therefore have a later start time.

Ouch, thats early, thats probably going to count me out.

I'm in. this sounds like fun.

How many slots are left?

Still a whole bunch of slots left. 17 people have purchased tickets, however almost none of the locals have bought theirs yet (we have about 30 people in our club). I also have about 10 more players I've corresponded with via email who plan on coming from afar, so I think we should hit the 48 person cap.

The TO also recently managed to secure a larger store front in the same venue (the White Plains Mall) which means we can easily bump it up to 64 if necessary.

Oh how I wish I could go... ;_;

Awesome news Danny, thanks. My club is in the process of getting people together for the event but didn't want to go through the sign up process and it turn out that not all of us can enter.

While there are still lots of spots right now, it might be worth sending the TO an email (battleforsalvationtourney@yahoo.com) and let him know how many of you are planning on coming. I'm sure some arrangements can be made to hold on to a few spots just in case we get a burst of enrollment.

Danny Internets wrote:While there are still lots of spots right now, it might be worth sending the TO an email (battleforsalvationtourney@yahoo.com) and let him know how many of you are planning on coming. I'm sure some arrangements can be made to hold on to a few spots just in case we get a burst of enrollment.

Alot of people over at Brothers Grim are looking into going to Da Boyz GT...perhaps you should send them a massage to let them know about your GT...unless they mean the same thing...

http://www.brgrim.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17651

scenarios have been posted for this tournament.

http://www.battleforsalvation.com/scenarios/

very similar to the NOVA missions with an additional kp mission and 1 small tweak to the Table quarter mission. Very nice additions

This thing also appears to be getting alot of attention with a number of popular bloggers attending.
Stelek
jawaballs
danny internets
fritz
MVBrandt (Nova Creator)
Black Matt
Chumbalaya
Black blow fly (?)

looks like a real possibility of a celeb death match on friday


Oh and i also hear a bunch of The Salvations "sister club", brothers Grimm are attending.

if i can get my new army togethr by then i'll be there

Ooo! I might get to meet some celebrities

We are way cooler IRL than on the internet, if that's even possible.

Oh S H I T yo, Stelek is attending this tourney, that means it is serious business tourney. Baby seals will be clubbed in short order.

Frodo and the others are way cooler in IRL than the internets. The fact frodo appered on camera at the nova open (and dude, I wish I could have been watching your full interview, but I had to be drunk and watching the expenedables due to friday night internet fight coinciding with my birthday, I hope you understand). They are so hard core that they are not afraid of you knowing what they look like.

Dakka spell chekcer reminds me when I miss words when typing

I can't wait to see Stelek lose to Alex F. : )

Man, I am so happy frodo's nickname stuck after like 3 of us started calling him it on the stream.

<3

Registration has been picking up steam the past few days. There are now 20 tickets left and about a month to go before the event. If you're planning on going you should think about getting your ticket sooner rather than later, especially if you're bringing a group.