The Sprue Posse Grand Prix, January 22nd-23rd 2011 - Los Angeles CA

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**Kevin Nash**

another update:

A slot has opened up for this tournament due to a cancellation. The wait list is now open. Anyone who is interested in attending this tournament please PM me ASAP.

Latest Update: Important Tournament information is now available below. If you are attending this tournament this information is a must read.

Spoiler:

Update: This event is sold out! If you want to be placed on the alternate list in case of cancellations please PM me.

I've finally secured a location for this 24 slot mini GT! Details about this event are here.

You can purchase tickets using paypal on my blog or in person at Dragon's Den Games where the event is being held. There are only 24 slots for this event so please sign up as soon as possible if you are interested in attending.

We've been running these events on a smaller scale for a year now with a lot of success and this is our first two day event so I'm really excited about it. We expect the prize pool to be quite generous for this event, somewhere in the neighborhood of over $500. I'll have more details on that as soon as possible.

Awards will be given to best general and best painted. Also, the Best General at this event wins an invitation to the NOVA invitational and a shot at their $1000 prize pool.

If you have any questions about the format please don't hesitate to ask me on my blog or in this thread.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the the most competitive 40k tournament event on the West Coast!

UPDATE:

Since we've added more info I thought I'd help consolidate it all here. It's also available at the link above of course but if you want it ala carte:

General Info
Sign Up Instructions
Missions
Painting/Appearance Scoring
Prizes

**Hulksmash**

Count me in. Perfect timing too since that could actually lead to 3 GT's in Cali in 3 months. And possibly even 3 that I could attend assuming the Broadside fixes it's issues in time.

**sharkticon**

Count me in!

**Shep**

Oh yeah....

I'm so there!

'For the Emperor!'

or will it be 'SREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!'?

**AbsoluteBlue**

I will be there, unfortunately, I won't be able to play since Nash is a Slave Driver and making me work the event.

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P.S. I will also be updating this thread when the rules and missions are available, which will be shortly.

**Hulksmash**

Awesome sauce Blue, I'm looking forward to it!

**drpieceofme**

Is this a 40k only tournament or Fantasy as well?

**Kevin Nash**

This is a Warhammer 40k tournament.

**Blackmoor**

Why not the weekend before? It would be better on a holiday weekend.

**Kevin Nash**

Blackmoor wrote:Why not the weekend before? It would be better on a holiday weekend.

A lot of people think the opposite. They prefer to spend holiday weekends with their families.

You gonna come join us? If you're looking for a competitive tourney worth going to in Los Angeles, this is the one.

**Blackmoor**

I would like to disagree.

And I was not aware that MLK has a big holiday tradition were you hang out with family like Thanksgiving. Heck, it does not even have the linen sales like Presidents Day.

A 2 day tournament kills your whole weekend. If you have a holiday you have one extra day to recover or get some things done, or to hang out with that loved one you ignored for 2 days.

Also if you have people coming from out of town like the Bay Area it is better to hold it on a holiday weekend, and it gives them one day to check out Hollywood or travel.

It looks like tournaments are common on the holidays in LA. You have the Broadside Bash on Presidents Day, the So Cal Slaughter is moving to Memorial Day, and the So Cal Smackdown on Labor Day.

**Kevin Nash**

Blackmoor wrote:I would like to disagree.

And I was not aware that MLK has a big holiday tradition were you hang out with family like Thanksgiving. Heck, it does not even have the linen sales like Presidents Day.

A 2 day tournament kills your whole weekend. If you have a holiday you have one extra day to recover or get some things done, or to hang out with that loved one you ignored for 2 days.

Also if you have people coming from out of town like the Bay Area it is better to hold it on a holiday weekend, and it gives them one day to check out Hollywood or travel.

It looks like tournaments are common on the holidays in LA. You have the Broadside Bash on Presidents Day, the So Cal Slaughter is moving to Memorial Day, and the So Cal Smackdown on Labor Day.

It's not about holiday tradition, it's just having that extra day. Some families like to vacation on those weekends and that means 40k isn't an option.

I do agree that having it on a three day weekend is better for some. I just don't think it's better for the majority.

Hotels usually give discounts on Holiday weekends for event organizers. That's why some GT's hold their tournaments on those dates; it's cheaper. The point is moot as either way our date was what we could arrange with the store that this event is being held at. Holding it on MLK weekend wasn't an option for us.

**Reecius**

This looks to be pretty sweet!

And good thing you guys aren't using the tea drinker point value and going with the proper points level of 2K!

I am going to try and make it, shouldn't be a problem though as it is far enough away form Christmas time traveling.

**lambadomy**

you travel through TIME for christmas?! that is crazy.

I think I'll be in on this one. Theoretically I'll have a new assembled 2k army for the invitational...maybe it will even be a painted 2k army for the open! Or maybe I won't have anything and it'll be 2k points of Abaddon.

**Blackmoor**

I just looked and the Iron Man tournament in Vegas is the weekend before.

Maybe I will take a week off and drive down to LA from Vegas.

**Hulksmash**

I'm not sold on the 1-day Ironman but I'm considering it. It'll depend on what's all going on since the wife might not be down for that much gaming time

But at least we have this to replace the hole left on my calender by the BSB if they don't do something to make it playable competitively.

**vhwolf**

I think you will find Ironman to be great fun even with only 1 day you still play 4 games in one day. This means you have an extra day free to do Vegas stuff or go home early if you want. The club has been running this event for many years and it has always been a blast.

**Kevin Nash**

Missions are now posted here. We are about 33% full now. If you are interested in attending please sign up ASAP.

**cgage00**

I am interested.

**Hulksmash**

Hey! That's my half painted Adeptus Daemons! Hehe, ahhhh, memories.

Dang all standard rulebook missions anyway! Hehe. If I'm in state I'll be there. I probably won't know till a week or two before though unfortunately

**OverwatchCNC**

Looks like it is going to be a good event. I would really like to attend but this is super close to my wife's due date... Hmm... 40k or be a good husband/father? We'll see if I can do this tournament

.

**Kevin Nash**

I hope all of you guys can make it. But if you can't yourself don't be shy about telling your friends.

I'll have detailed information on the prize support and payout structures up in the near future.

**Reecius**

I am going to attend, I will pay for my ticket in the next few days.

**Shep**

Reecius wrote:I am going to attend, I will pay for my ticket in the next few days.

Sweet! Now I just need to figure out how to get matched up with you

**Reecius**

That would be awesome! I still have not played you or Kevin Nash.

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Oh and by the way, a friend of mine brought an IG list to the last tournament we went to that was inspired by yours and damn near won the thing. I got a chance to play it and only pulled a tie because I went first, that is a nasty list!

**Shep**

Yeah, I've tweaked my IG pretty substantially because of that.

i was leaning WAY too alpha strikey, and i was noticing a lack of game when I went second. With dark eldar on the scene, and with people still taking way more darklight than they need to, it'll be a lot smarter to build in resiliency.

Or just play nids

I'm really excited about this tourney! Should be some real tough opponents all weekend.

**Hulksmash**

Fingers crossed that I'll make it. I'll be picking up a ticket in December regardless to hold my spot and then if I can't make it I'll let you guys know a few weeks out so you can replace me and yall can keep the entry fee

I consider it holding fee at worst or a event fee at best

**Kevin Nash**

Yeah between Reecius, Hulk, Shep and Blackmoor that will be a who's who of Western Region all-stars.

By the way this is an ELO rated event as tracked on our website. I'll be tracking both lifetime ELO and 2011 ELO. Unlike our RTT's which are a k-factor of 10, this one is a k-factor of 25, meaning major ELO points are awarded for each victory. ELO ratings are used for invitational tickets and pairings in future events.

**Reecius**

Well that is certainly flattering but I think there are plenty of guys on Dakka that are as good or better a player than myself. Thanks for the kind words though! Either way, this will be a great, highly competitive event with some top notch players.

**Dave_Fay**

Kevin Nash wrote:Yeah between Reecius, Hulk, Shep and Blackmoor that will be a who's who of Western Region all-stars.

By the way this is an ELO rated event as tracked on our website. I'll be tracking both lifetime ELO and 2011 ELO. Unlike our RTT's which are a k-factor of 10, this one is a k-factor of 25, meaning major ELO points are awarded for each victory. ELO ratings are used for invitational tickets and pairings in future events.

Hmmm maybe I'll make an appearance.