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 elphilo wrote:

 Blackmoor wrote:
Really? DFTS? From what I hear it went over like a turd in the punch bowl at the ATC.

Honestly it wasn't that big of a deal. I played against Nick Rose's list which isn't legal now because FW came out with an update. It was totally legal there because ATC had to come up with rules so FW flyers can work.

It just felt like playing against FMC spam, which is currently a thing.

So you beat Nick Rose?

 Blackmoor wrote:

 elphilo wrote:

 Blackmoor wrote:
Really? DFTS? From what I hear it went over like a turd in the punch bowl at the ATC.

Honestly it wasn't that big of a deal. I played against Nick Rose's list which isn't legal now because FW came out with an update. It was totally legal there because ATC had to come up with rules so FW flyers can work.

It just felt like playing against FMC spam, which is currently a thing.

So you beat Nick Rose?

It was 11-9 his win. But once again, his list (and the Chicago Kamikaze's lists) is illegal as of Friday

One more month till show time. My how the time flies!

NOVA only has a little more than 3 weeks till showtime! Sign up for your events

Little more than two weeks now!!!...checking in as the amount of smack talk and lost discussion is quite light...

I have 18 models left to paint...and am bringing a murderhorde/burning sky host daemonic incursion with skarbrand!!

Hope everyone has safe travels...

There is definitely a minimal amount of smack talk. Yet there's over a thousand souls signed up. The nova staff is feverishly at work on final details. Looking forward to seeing you, brother!

So while pictures are still forthcoming, news today that Games Workshop over in the UK is crafting custom trophies for our GW events this year! These will combo with the usual NOVA plaques.

Moreover, GW donated an INCREDIBLE STUDIO MINI to the Charitable Foundation for raffle!

Check out: http://novaopenfoundation.org/?tcp_product=2016-model-archaon-limited-edition-copy


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Also, check out our finalized Vendor List for the con!

Fallout Hobbies
Soda Pop Miniatures
Mod Cube
Stiff Neck Studios
Muse on Minis
Secret Weapon Miniatures
Greenman Designs
Grex Airbrush
Broken Egg Games
KR Multicase
Powered Play
Trenchworx
Atlantis Comics & Games
Cool Mini or Not
Tectonic Craft Studio
Mini Duels
Fantasy Flight Games
Toledo Game Room

The trophies sound awesome! That's so cool of GW

Looking forward to being there with the ModCube booth and meeting lots of Dakkanauts!!

Finished our prize packaging day today, so much still to do before NOVA!

Events are selling out at rapid fire pace as we're getting close. With nearly 1,100 people pre-registered as of today, this is the largest NOVA Open by several hundred pre-registrations yet ... again.

We've added an unprecedented # of "comes with your badge" activities to the con, from live music to board game tournaments and events. We've got our largest and most diverse vendor list yet, including a late add of a gaming T-Shirt company!

Sign on up! Come on out! I can't believe it's only 9 days before we're moving into NOVA Open 2016!


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Also, the 40K Invitational Bracket is open and accepting predictions!

http://challonge.com/NOVA2016

Was looking forward to what would have been my 7th Nova Open attendance...unfortunately I wont be there this year. I am truly going to miss being there and seeing Mike and tons of the great people who help out at Nova and play 40K.

I am already looking forward to next years Nova .. which I plan on attending.

Hopefully I will see some of you guys in October at BFS or at some other future events.

-ed

I managed to snag some quick interviews with the Top 5 Seeds of the Invitational!

http://roguetradergaming.net/nova-open-invitational-2016-interviews/

zedsdead wrote:
Was looking forward to what would have been my 7th Nova Open attendance...unfortunately I wont be there this year. I am truly going to miss being there and seeing Mike and tons of the great people who help out at Nova and play 40K.

I am already looking forward to next years Nova .. which I plan on attending.

Hopefully I will see some of you guys in October at BFS or at some other future events.

-ed

Aaaannnnddddd....my hotel room costs just doubled hehe. At least I don't have to hear you snore this year hehe. Gonna miss ya bud!

Mike who do we talk to if we have questions about the painting competition?

Anyone know if the 40k events will be streamed like last year, and when and and where? Couldn't find it in the thread. Thanks!

 Fearfire wrote:
Anyone know if the 40k events will be streamed like last year, and when and and where? Couldn't find it in the thread. Thanks!

I think they're planning to, but don't know any details.

Along those lines, what kind of tournament tracking software is going to be used for people who want to follow along at home? Thanks!

Torrent of fire. Been flawless for us for years, and works with our pairing process (which is superior with regard to enhancing sportsmanship).


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Which also means youll be able to track at app.torrentoffire.com

Specifically: http://app.torrentoffire.com/#/tournament/NOVA-Open-2016

We do plan on streaming, will post the details here day of when its 100% certain.

As to pairings Evan is right on the money!

We had a last minute drop in the invite so we had to redo the Challonge: http://challonge.com/novainvite2016

Looking forward to another great NOVA this year!

Uh...that last minute drop was the favorite...hope all is well with Ya

Widowsbane wrote:
Uh...that last minute drop was the favorite...hope all is well with Ya

Yeah it sucks. Aaron had a work thing come up last minute :(

Any streaming on the 40k stuff, if so, who/where will it be streamed?

Anyone know if there are still spots in the Open?

There's going to be another drop....Jeremy. His flight got canceled and he couldn't get any other flights there on the same day.

Cramming the hatchback full as we speak, can't wait to see some of you there

Currently we're streaming on https://www.twitch.tv/roguetradergaming

Tomorrow we'll be streaming on ToF's stream https://www.twitch.tv/torrentoffire

ToF is working great for tracking but im a bit confused by the pairings. It seems like undefeated is vs undefeated but not most battle points vs 2nd most battle points. Can someone clarify? Thanks!

I know there is a bracket system later. Maybe earlier as well?

We don't consider battle points to be a meaningful metric always, since it's impossible to know the skill delta between opponents in a random first round event. We use it as a last resort for bracket tiebreakers and the like.

Plus, win-path-pairing helps drive far superior sportsmanship.

Cool

Thanks for the quick reply. I know you have a million things going on right now.

So 3-0 pairs randomly with other 3-0 essentially? How will you tiebreak for brackets for round 5?