Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Here it is, the official unofficial thread! (Since Reece ain't doin it)

Here is the link to the official Las Vegas Open page: http://www.lasvegasopen.net/

Registration for the 2017 Las Vegas Open is now live!

Registration: https://lasvegasopen.squarespace.com/shop

LVO 2017 Registration Going Hot!
Opening day registration exceeded expectations. Some items sold out within hours, others are on the verge of filling up. If you'd like to participate in the following events, we recommend grabbing tickets sooner than later.

Warhammer 40k Championships: already 200 attendees, will likely be sold out soon.
Warhammer 40k Narrative Team Event: as of this writing, only 8 tickets left.
Warhammer 40k Apocalypse: only 15 spots left.
Horus Heresy 30k Narrative Mega Battle: over 50% sold out.
Warhammer 40k Knight Joust Team Event: Over 50% sold out.

Here is the event info for all of the events: https://lasvegasopen.squarespace.com/home-1

Age of Sigmar at the LVO 2017
Games Workshop will have a direct hand in running this event! We are extremely excited to be working with them for this AoS GT.
Come join us for the fun of Age of Sigmar at the Las vegas Open 2017! This event will be split up into two, separate events: an Age of Sigmar Tournament and Narrative Mega Battle!


Vegas is coming, Vegas is coming! Get pumped everyone, because the LVO 2017 is going to be absolutely amazing, and now we’ve got the rooms available for you to book, just follow this link! https://aws.passkey.com/g/63969536



We will be staying at the beautiful Ballys Casino on the strip in Vegas. The hotel is nice, affordable and centrally located. Staying at the event hotel makes your experience at the LVO infinitely more enjoyable as you don’t have to walk long distances with all of your gaming goodies to get to the event! Plus, you will be right in the middle of the action with all of your gamer comrades for the gaming and nighttime social events! We've got a plethora, yay, a cornucopia of gaming awesomeness planned for the convention across a spectrum of games from 40k to Warmachine and everything in between. The full schedule of events are listed here: https://lasvegasopen.squarespace.com/home-1.

The event is Feburary 3rd-5th, a Friday through Sunday. The core staff actually arrives on Wednesday to make sure everything is in order, so you may see as at the Blackjack tables Wednesday night! Come and say hi, if so.

Last year the hotel was fully booked the weekend of the event, so wait to book at your own risk. You have been warned, muahaha! In the event you do not get a room and it does fill up, there are plenty of accommodations in Vegas, but it may be a bit of a walk to get to the venue each day for you.

We are just so excited for Vegas this year, it is going to be the biggest and best year, yet! See you all there.

I am finally making my way to the LVO. My wife and I are bringing our 1000ish points of Chaos each to subjugate the narrative event.

Can't wait!

My ticket and hotel bought suckas!

This will be my 4th year in a row. Looking forward to Sunday's RTT for us losers. Great event every year. Better buy your tix quickly.

Thanks, Alan! I was just about to do that, myself.

Been so, so, so slammed, lately. I wish we had the budget to hire another full timer, we need it.

But see you all there! Going to be such a good time!

Games Workshop is coming in force, and they're going to be directly helping to run some of the events, it's been such a pleasure working with them so far on it, they are super excited to come.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
@Doktor_g

Will be a pleasure to have you again!

@Eldarain

See you both there! Come say hi when you arrive.

Gonna be so ballin. Cant Wait.
gonna likely get the money to book the hotel by the end of the month.
Gonna be so awesome. Im going and I aint paying a single dime for it

@HotSauce

See you there, buddy!

@Thread

40k Champs already over 240 players!

40k Narrative Solo is now sold out.

Many other events are approaching sold out, don't wait to grab those tickets!

CanHammer will be there in force!

Just got the hotel, signed up, cant wait.

Id advise booking your rooms asap guys, they sell out quite fast.

Also watching the superbowl in that shithole bar behind ballys was a great time. Cant beat 2$ beers!

@CanHammer

See you there, fellas!

@Krootman

Haha, I heard some good stories from that dive bar!

See you in Philly this august, buddy.

Booked and booked.

Best event in the country. A cant miss for me.

Looking forward to trying to reach that top table for the third year in a row, come at me fellas!

OrdoSean wrote:
Booked and booked.

Best event in the country. A cant miss for me.

Looking forward to trying to reach that top table for the third year in a row, come at me fellas!

Rematch incoming? Time to retain that title Sean, but this time can we need shots of sambucca during the game.

@Looking forward to having you again, Sean! Good luck, a 3-peat at the top table would be epic!

@Killswitch

We hope you can make it back to defend that title, buddy! Was a pleasure having you fellas out this year.

@Thread

LVO tickets are selling like hot cakes!
30k narrative mega battle over 75% full
30k tournament over 50% full
High Roller sold out in hours.
40k narrative teams sold out
40k narrative solo tickets over 50% sold out
Infinity and Blood Bowl over 33% sold out
40k Champs already over 270! Wow! Do not wait to grab those champs tickets, this event will be sold out, soon.
Knight Joust singles and team both filling up, quickly!
40k Apoc over 50% full.
40k Sunday RTT has a ton of enties, already, going to be a blast! If you make the finals in the 40k Champs, you will get a refund for this event so don’t worry about that.
Age of Sigmar mega battle outselling the champs! haha, both selling well though and will sure to be a blast.

w00t! About to break through the 300 mark for 40k champs!

Don't wait to grab those tickets!

I don't need a ticket.....

How many players will there be for the 40K champs?

@Whitedragon

Thank you for being a volunteer, brotha!

@nimodo

It's a fluid situation. We opened reg early to see which of the big events would go hot so we could adjust floor-space as needed. We will at least go for 350 on the 40k champs, possibly more depending on how other events sell as we don't want any square footage to go to waste.

So, there are at least 50 more spots for the 40k champs. At the current sales rate, that equates to maybe a week or two in time.

Are there no plans for a beerhammer this year? Don't tell me I missed out?! Or am I blind?

No beer hammer at present, sorry. The TO that runs that event took a break from it.

This will be my first LVO. Has anyone put together a survival guide or have any advice?

 Crimson Devil wrote:
This will be my first LVO. Has anyone put together a survival guide or have any advice?

Two things I like to constantly remind myself while at events.

Drink plenty of water.
Be sure to sit down as much as possible during a game.

On that last one I still find myself standing during my opponent's turn when I could be sitting. Your feet and back will thank you.

Get enough rest. Don't stay up all night painting/watching Netflix/gaming/partying/etc.

I have a list of things I take to tournaments
1: Pain Meds
2: Cough Drops
3: Water Bottle
4: Toilet Paper(After the fiasco that was BAO 2014)
5: Lotsa Protection. Thats gamer girls are wild.

And as for water, that issue has been taken care of, free water for everyone!

Also, 40k Champs is approaching sold out. We've already surpassed last year's total tickets sold (over 330) and have between 11 and 61 tickets left depending on the final floor-plan.

Don't wait to grab tickets if you would like to attend!

 Crimson Devil wrote:
This will be my first LVO. Has anyone put together a survival guide or have any advice?

I cannot find it at the moment, but I wrote one up last year. Repeating hotsauce's advice and adding in:

A. Your most comfy pair of shoes
B. Pain relief for lower back and your hangover remedies (as hotSauce said)
C. The usual 40k 'musts',
1. printed (or device) rules for all your units, codexes etc.
2. Two tape measures, two sets of dice, templates, 3 to 6 objective markers, numbered 1, 2 and 3.
3. Carrying tray for your army to move from one table to another. Swipe one from a burger joint or a bed/tv tray works well too
D. DEODORANT. Bathe in the morning if you are a fragrant dude. Srsly
E. 5 or so copies of your list, and triple check its legality
F. Spending cash at the venue, for the bar and, like this year, for lunch

Things to do:
Get there early day one. People put out out their armies for paint judging (unless the timing changes, Reece can chime in on that) and take pictures. Walk around and look at stuff. Ask Qs as we, including me, like to talk about our conversions and paint. You are going to see some of the best painting at LVO.

Familiarize your self with whatever the current ITC rulings are ... Bringing a copy of them is a good idea. Reece, two more quarterly votes before February?

Write names of your opponents on your game packet, including dakka or BOLS or whatever email contacts. It is hard to remember people and networking makes the hobby fun. Just this last BAO, I got picked up and hugged (picked up because I am a little guy) by lotsa players I only see twice a year. Selfies and buddies/friends you make, too.

Get roomies and book at the hotel. It is nice to just take an elevator and walk to the venue, instead of getting up early and having to drive park, and take the really long walk from the parking structure to the venue.

Have a good attitude that for your first GT (first LVO?) you are likely to lose a lot, but you are there to have fun. That is what I tell myself, anyway.

Not that it matters, but... Greetide?

Thanks guys

Greentide is good to go, yes.

hehe Looking to take top space wolves at the tournament and in the ITC with a different type of list.

First time Going yahoo!!

Nice one! See you there.

Hey guys, coming close to the 400 player cap! 40k Champs is over 90% full!

 Reecius wrote:
Greentide is good to go, yes.

Huzzah for ITC!!!

Huzzah!
Huzzah!
HUZZAH!!!