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Hi

As someone in no way connected to anything on the West Coast, I have a theory on attendance at an event like this.

In Ontario, Canada, our big con is Fan Expo Toronto. People have been trying to run a warhammer tournament there for years, but not one person in my regular tournament crew have even considered signing up for a tourney there.

There are so many other ways to embrace your inner geek at these relatively rare events, and so many relatively common warhammer gaming events to go to, that if we go, we choose to spend our time checking out all the other stuff instead.

I have no idea if that holds water at Comikaze, but that is my Fan Expo Toronto point of view.

Cheers,
Nate

Let me be a Glass half full guy here.

The attendance was higher this year vs last, by what, close to double? It was a fun and great event and I will surely be there next year with more of my local crew from San Diego. I can see it doubling again for next year, no problem, even breaking the 100 mark, easily. This was a rad event that guys/dads can bring their girlfriends/families too and everyone will have a great time. I know a few guys did that this year.

I'll be more than happy to throw more prize support to this event as well for next year. I am fully behind Frontline on this Event and wanting to make it huge. It was that much fun. I ran out of cards this year just from the crowds that came by to watch the games, on the other side of the barrier walls, and to look at my Ork't Out Case, cup holders sold separately. ;-) I thought the crowds watching was kind of cool, as long as we keep them on the other side of the walls, which they were for the most part.

Idea! - Maybe bring your projector next time Frontline and have a Main Event table that we could project onto the huge wall next to us to draw even more people over. I mean, we 40k players are kind of a big deal, right? ;-)

@Grimgob

Dman, hadn't thought of that, actually. That is a really good idea. We'll do peer judged painting based on a 1-7 scale with no repeats and then we'll take the top scoring armies and judge them individually with enough time to actually look at them and see what went into them without having to rush. This also means everyone gets a score. Thanks for the suggestion!

@Dok

No worries man, it happens. Next year!

@TheFremen

That was a tough call, and we voted as a group and it was a 2-1 vote that night shields would reduce the range of the Heavy Incinerator so it wasn't clear to us, either. We'll look further into it. Glad you had fun, though!

@Vinny

No one can say how IG were MEANT to be played really (or any army for that matter), it's up to the person playing them. I know for a fact that that the codex writers try to build in multiple ways to play the army as it adds diversity to the game and increases sales. If one person likes masses of infantry and the other likes mechanized infantry (and that really isn't the best way to play them anymore in 6th) then that is up to them. Neither is "right" or "wrong" inherently.




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@Carlos

I think you make a good point, but at this particular event, a lot of these folks hadn't even been to a Comicon style event before, so that may not be true here specifically.

We also try to make sure to allow plenty of time for players to go out and see the con, too.


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@Dugg

That would be awesome but we had nothing to project onto! haha

 Reecius wrote:
@Grimgob

Dman, hadn't thought of that, actually. That is a really good idea. We'll do peer judged painting based on a 1-7 scale with no repeats and then we'll take the top scoring armies and judge them individually with enough time to actually look at them and see what went into them without having to rush. This also means everyone gets a score. Thanks for the suggestion!

Isnt that the same scoring you said you didn't like when dave faye did it ?Personally I think its a step in the right direction but it gets a little muddy when you have to score someone a 5 and someone else a 4 even if they both would have been 5's or even both 3's. A slight variation could be give one person 7, then two people 5,then two 3's and a 1 .This way you still have a a score spread but you dont feel like your shafting the guy by giving him a 2 when he was about the same as guy 3 and 4 .

I didn't like the system, I didn't like having to give someone a 1. Dave and I talked about it, and I told him I understood why he did it as it forces the field to stratify instead of everyone getting a 7 as people tend to do.

However, for our larger events, it saves so much time.

And all of the points you made are totally fair and legitimate. However, considering our current system has gotten criticism from more folks than just Grimgob, I think it is time for us to consider alternative formats. The system you suggest certainly spares people's feelings, but it doesn't stratify the field as much.

Sigh, hahaha, no matter what TO's do, someone isn't happy with it. Oh well.

Oh, and pics in the first post! Some good ones in there!

 Reecius wrote:
And all of the points you made are totally fair and legitimate.

WTF is this the internet .

Hope you figure it out before Vegas, which i'm planing to attend

 Reecius wrote:
Oh, and pics in the first post! Some good ones in there!

There's a notable lack of 40k pictures in your gallery....

Comikaze was great! Had a blast, and got a chance to BS with reecius for a bit. I didn't get a chance to sit in for a game, but there were some great looking armies on the tables. I was there in kind of a work capacity, but otherwise I would have thrown some tau/knights or crons down for a fight.

I had meant to go to support Reece, as he has supported us, but September is a packed month for conventions and I am a Fantasy player first. Just in this month alone you had Orc Con, Smackdown, and Kamakaze. Plus my birthday is in there and the start of the football season, so I was wall to wall this month. While staring at all the cos playing hoochies is good incentive to go, my migraines dictate that I need to be at less crowded venues, so I will show my support by returning to the BAO this year.

Realistically, the west coast is also packed with a lot of cheap asses and attendance is not back to pre-recession levels, though Reece runs what are easily the most successful and well attended events on this coast.

As far as IG winning it, flame me all you want but I think IG and SW are still the dominant armies with or without FW. Expect to see them win every major event this year, despite all the GK and Cron butthurt on the intertubes.

Well Reecius it looks like you and your team put on a great tournament. From the videos and pictures I have determined that I will be attending this next year for sure and hopefully I can drag my friend along. Still counting the days for DuelCon!

I swear there were more pics/videos taken, now just where to find these...

I have a video of the actual tournament, but it is stubbornly refusing to upload to YouTube!

@Janthkin

Haha, true, but considering that the guys taking the pictures are early 20's and single, I don't think it should be that surprising!

@y0disisray

Thanks! Yeah, Duelcon is going to be super fun. We're really looking forward to it, too. We'd love to have you next year, this year was a blast.

@Phazael

No worries bro, we understand. September is nuts, and for the same reason we couldn't make the Smackdown this year, Too much travel. Comikaze is moving to November I believe, next year, so it should be a lot easier to fit it in. Good luck withthe Smackdown, wish we could have made it.

@Junk

Nice to meet you, too! Hopefully next year you can play.

@Azgrim

Indeed, we are working hard to decide if we will push for the Las Vegas Open this year, or 2014. But either way, the system will be hammered out by then. We have been testing it out quite a bit. Thanks for the feedback.

Reece, quick question, the video you posted was the cosplay one during the 2012 Comikaze. On your Signals from the Warp podcast you mentioned a video that should be found in Youtube that covers the Comikaze 40K event, could you point me to the right direction, it could be there and I'm just not looking hard enough lol.

Thanks man! Again, super fun event and will definitely attend next year!

****NVM, I just read your post above. Good luck uploading it!****

Yeah, I don't know what went wrong, I'll try and upload it again today. We've been having issues with that lately for some reason.


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And glad you had a good time! See you at the next event!

Couldn't make it due to work. Hope to be there next year.

I can't make Brawl in the Fall due to work this year as well, and its only 2 miles from my frak'n house! Hope you ZC guys can be there. I'll drop in and say hi.

they made some veids for some of the players and a friend got to see them i know they are on youtub but do not know whare . das any one els know?

ok found the video
http://vimeo.com/49563539