AdeptiCon 2013 News and Notifications (and Reflections)

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**hippesthippo**

Any advice for someone without a ticket trying to get a spot into the 40k singles event?

Looks like it has always had open spots in years past.. And I'm on the wait list at least.

No badge, no event ticket, but I'm 5 min away, army in tow, lists printed, ready and willing.

Thanks in advance.

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Also, what time zone is it here? My phone says 936, but my tablet says 1036.

**d-usa**

Should be central time I think.

**Tomb King**

hippesthippo wrote:
Any advice for someone without a ticket trying to get a spot into the 40k singles event?

Looks like it has always had open spots in years past.. And I'm on the wait list at least.

No badge, no event ticket, but I'm 5 min away, army in tow, lists printed, ready and willing.

Thanks in advance.

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Also, what time zone is it here? My phone says 936, but my tablet says 1036.

Judging by all the issues with flights I would not be surprised to see a few slots open. Last year I showed up from kansas city with no spot. I was like number 10 or so on the wait list and made it into the event. Just make sure you check in with them and let them know your on the wait list. Last year they tried to get accountability of everyone in the morning and gave last calls if those people didnt report they had wait list people standing by to fill in. Hope that helps and wish you the best on making it in.

Had I gone I was going to be a wait list participant again this year and was 17th on the list. I am confident I would of made it into the event again had I been able to go.

**hippesthippo**

Tomb King wrote:
hippesthippo wrote:
Any advice for someone without a ticket trying to get a spot into the 40k singles event?

Looks like it has always had open spots in years past.. And I'm on the wait list at least.

No badge, no event ticket, but I'm 5 min away, army in tow, lists printed, ready and willing.

Thanks in advance.

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Also, what time zone is it here? My phone says 936, but my tablet says 1036.

Judging by all the issues with flights I would not be surprised to see a few slots open. Last year I showed up from kansas city with no spot. I was like number 10 or so on the wait list and made it into the event. Just make sure you check in with them and let them know your on the wait list. Last year they tried to get accountability of everyone in the morning and gave last calls if those people didnt report they had wait list people standing by to fill in. Hope that helps and wish you the best on making it in.

Had I gone I was going to be a wait list participant again this year and was 17th on the list. I am confident I would of made it into the event again had I been able to go.

Haha thanks! Your report from last year inspired me to take the gamble.. Didn't think I'd get work off, but I did! I think I am actually dead last on the wait list.. Shrugs. Just get there early, I suppose?

**jy2**

Tomb King wrote:
What is everyone's prediction for top 3 armies in the 40k champs?

Im thinking:
Necron + ally
GK + ally
Necron + ally

Perhaps Tony and his SW/IG may be among the Top 3?

Gosh, why does no one have the BALLS to try to win it with a pure, homogenous non-allied army?

**hippesthippo**

Allies = more available cool toys. Cool toys are the #1 reason I play this game. I predict:
1) Necrons/Csm
2) IG/DA
3) Pure Necrons

**krootman.**

Well 7 hrs latter my flight finally landed, there was an issue but it looks like everyone should be able to make it by tomorrow morning. So much for relaxing though.

**yakface**

The calm before the storm:

**Ulven**

Is there live stream of the top table for the 40k championships available?

All I can locate is the stream of the main hall...which is a little boring

**Tomb King**

Yea I was hoping to watch the top table today if it was available.

**RiTides**

Nice pic, yak

**Gitsplitta**

I just read a Chicago Tribune article that states that the Villiage President of Lombard was going to declare the town a disaster area due to flooding & that many of the main streets are closed.

Lombard Acting Village President Bill Ware declared the town a disaster area and advised residents not to travel because of the number of cars stalled in flooded streets.

Stretches of Roosevelt Road were flooded. Cars were stranded on exit ramps from York Road to Roosevelt Road and on Finley, Highland and Meyers roads.

And from the Village of Lombard's web site:

Posted on: April 18, 2013
Village of Lombard Declared State of Emergency Due To Flooding-UPDATE at 11 a.m.
At 4:58 a.m. this morning, Lombard’s Acting Village President Bill Ware declared the Village of Lombard in a state of emergency due to flooding and high water. The Village’s Emergency Command Center has been activated.

Regular storm updates will be provided at the Village’s website, www.villageoflombard.org
The Village Board of Trustees meeting scheduled for this evening at 7:30 p.m. has been canceled. Elected officials and staff want to focus on the flooding related issues and provide service to the residents and businesses that have been impacted by the storms.
The Village of Lombard has received approximately six inches of rain during the last 24 hours, which has led to flooded roads, ponds overtopping their banks and hazardous conditions. The weather forecast anticipates up to an additional two inches of rain throughout the day.
Village crews are working to minimize the impact of the storm on private and public properties. The Village is currently focusing its resources on emergency response. All storm sewer and pump stations have continued to operate at capacity. “The Village has received hundreds of calls from residents. We are focusing on Life Safety issues and we remind residents to call 9-1-1 for a life threatening emergency,” said Dave Gorman, Assistant Director of Public Works. The Village strongly encourages residents to avoid traveling, as many vehicles have been stuck in the high water.

Do we have any information as to if or how this will affect getting to the Adepticon site? There's no mention of anything on the Adepticon web site. Would be very helpful for those of us driving in from out of town to know where the clear routes in were. With more rain expected, we could all be in for a very "interesting" weekend.

Update:
I talked to the hotel. Things are still good there but Roosevelt Road is closed so if you're coming from the north like we are, you might want to go just south to Route 88 & then take Highland Ave. north. Yorktown Center will be on your right after that.

**LValx**

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Orks will have some place in the top3! As an ally or primary.

**Tomb King**

LValx wrote:
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Orks will have some place in the top3! As an ally or primary.

That is a bold statement cotton we will see if it bares fruit.

Orks havent been hit too hard in 6th edition because adding ap to weapons didnt really matter when they only had a 6+ save to begin with. Either way I would be surprised to see one end up in the top 10.

As a Primary. Orks as secondary could make it up there depending who they are aligned with.

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You will be able to watch the entire thing on USTREAM by visiting The Independent Characters USTREAM channel (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-independent-characters) or by clicking on the link under Special Events to the left. Broadcasting of the event will start at 6:00am (CST) on Sunday April 22nd.

Hopefully this just didnt get updated. Otherwise the 40k Champs will happen without a live feed.

**yakface**

The championships commence:

**Chancetragedy**

That pictures makes me dizzy looking at. Is that taken with an iPhone on the panorama setting?

**yakface**

Chancetragedy wrote:
That pictures makes me dizzy looking at. Is that taken with an iPhone on the panorama setting?

Yep. I never use that setting, so I thought it might be a cool time to finally try it.

**Chancetragedy**

Haha nice, it's a fun setting. Thanks for the pictures for those of us that aren't there. some of us really appreciate getting a feeling of how it's going! Just wish the championship live stream was working instead of just the main hall feed.

**jy2**

yakface wrote:

The championships commence:

The dude in the hat...he's got a small head!

**winterman**

You will be able to watch the entire thing on USTREAM by visiting The Independent Characters USTREAM channel (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-independent-characters) or by clicking on the link under Special Events to the left. Broadcasting of the event will start at 6:00am (CST) on Sunday April 22nd.

Hopefully this just didnt get updated. Otherwise the 40k Champs will happen without a live feed.

That's info on last years feed. Independent Characters are not attending or broadcasting this year as one of them is in England this weekend. No one else stepped up to do a live stream of the championships this year (that I know of or can see) since its quite an undertaking (couple thou in gear and shipping costs if I heard rightly).

Might be some other podcasts doing general coverage (there were several last year) but nothing rocking like what the ICs did the last two years.

**Omega_Warlord**

According to Secound Founding, they are going to be broadcasting Adepticon.
https://www.facebook.com/SecondFounding

Currently they have the main hall and the Privater Press hall up. They should have the 40k Championship Finals tomorrow. I'm not sure if they are doing a top table type broadcast like Independent Characters did or not though.

Links:
Main hall (40k)
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/main-hall1
Privater Press
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/adepticon-2013-championships-feed-a

**Tomb King**

Can we get a list of finalist and possibly armies?

**Omega_Warlord**

^ Seconded

Also, what was the pairing of the 10 min table round 1? That's crazy!

**Chancetragedy**

Unless the ustream isn't live, I think they are still in round 4. I'm interested to see some results as well!

**Tomb King**

Chancetragedy wrote:
Unless the ustream isn't live, I think they are still in round 4. I'm interested to see some results as well!

It is live. Looks like they are about to announce the results and final 16 in a few. They appear to be collecting results.

**Blackmoor** · The final round ends at 12:00am CST

The final round ends at 12:00am CST

**Tomb King**

Blackmoor wrote:
The final round ends at 12:00am CST

Ouch how did they get so far behind schedule?

**Chancetragedy**

The year of dysfunctional GT's? My guess for the late start is the weather and the fact the town was shutting down roads apparently.

12CST is another what 40 minutes?

**Blackmoor**

The weather.

Adepticon is normally good about time, but the weather delayed a lot of people. The waited a while to start and then they had some no-shows and had to work the wait list.

Even though the airport is open they are way behind and still had delays this morning.

**winterman**

BoK is live blogging-ish

http://bloodofkittens.com/blog/2013/04/18/tits-tournaments-adepticon-2013-day-1-40k-championships-coverage/

Has some match ups and results for all rounds and is starting to list the known top 16