40k Team Tourney January 8th MG

[travis]

Dorian,

I sent you a PM in response to what you wrote. As always everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My post was not meant to cause offense typically I preface my responses with that. I just posted this response quickly. I hate using forums due to readers not being able to know what the feeling of the author is when reading a post. As a reader, I read and hear from the writer, the tone I want. Hopefully the PM explains more of what my intention is.

[inzeos]

Travis,

Thanks for running a fun event today. Look forward to future events.

Glad to see lots of people pitching in to get things setup and broken down.

Leif

[fishboy]

I had a blast at this event!! Our first opponents were great and it was super fun talking smack with our next 2 opponents (and loosing hehe). This was a well run event and I look forward to the next one!

[grubnards]

Which teams/players finished on top? Really wished I could have made this one.

[professor]

Thanks again Travis for running the event, it was a great way to start up the 'New Year' of 40k and millennium tournaments.

I think the turnout spoke for itself in terms of how many people enjoyed the event.

[hyv3mynd]

Yup, totally awesome event.

Jay and Shaun took overall.
Ben and Smitty took best generals.
Joe and Zack took best painted.

Tim and I went 2-1 and had tons of fun. Every one of our games was very close. First game we won with only one objective. Second game we lost by 1kp, third game we won by a few vp and had a blast.

I'm probably out till March. Wedding is 5 weeks away hehe. Hopefully I can get a lot of painting done in the meantime.

[travis]

We had 38 total player's. Which was more then I had expected. Player's came from Syracuse, Buffalo and Erie, PA. I will give a break down of the prizes that were won on Monday when I have the paperwork in front of me.

The winning team was: Shaun "My back hurts from carrying Jay" Kemp (Orks) & Jay "This game is easy when Shaun does the thinking" Woodcock (Tyranids)

Second place: was Eric ( Professor) & Chris (Bromento) playing a mix os Chaos Deamons

They managed to edge out Rob (Smitty) and Ben (Nutter) by 3 points.

1st, 2nd and 3rd place won all three games. Shaun and Jay won by a wide margin because they had there armies fully painted. They also got one best opponent vote.

Ben and Rob scored one point higher then Chris and Eric in painting. Neither team had fully painted armies. However, Chris and Eric won second place because they had two of their teams vote for them for best opponent and Rob and Ben had none. I will add that both the votes that Chris and Eric for best opponent were from people that traveled in to play in the event. Sometimes it pays to make the game fun for you and your opponent.

So the first 4 qualifying spots for our tournament series go to

Shaun, Jay, Eric & Chris

I appreciate everyone's hep with tables and terrain. My events would never be successful without your help. Andy E was a big help with clean up at the end along with James, Zach, Rob S., Ben, Aaron, Rob M and everyone else I am missing.

38 for a teams event makes me think I should run another one in 6 months or so. Please stay tuned for that.

For those of you looking for the next 40k/Fantasy event please come out to Running Gagg in Geneseo. Alex has two events running for Warhammer this year.

Saturday - 40k starting at 10am. Its 1850 with painting, sportsmanship and battle points scored.

The con cost is $10.00 that day. Tourney entry is $5.00

Sunday - Fantasy starting at 10am. 2000 points with painting, sportsmanship and battle points scored.

Con Cost is $5 on Sunday because it's a shorter day. Tourney Entry is $5.00

Geneseo is only a half hour from Rochester.

There will be a nice mix of vendors that day. The students and alumni work hard to put together this con every year. I would appreciate it if you guys come out to support them, the vendors and other player's traveling in from out of town.

We have a good community of player's here. Let's try to show support to people that are attempting to give you more opportunities to play and compete in the game you all love.


Here's a link to some of the info. If you have additional questions pm me. www.geneseo.edu/gagg/runninggagg

[bfosburg]

Another great event and the Erie guys and I are in thanks for having us attend. We can take alot from your tourneys and hopefully help to improve ours as well. 38 players is an amazing turnout and we had a ton of fun with some new opponents. Toad and I enjoyed both our games as I know the other Erie teams did as well. We look forward to traveling yet again come March. Also, Travis, thank you for taking care of us the way you did, you truly made us feel welcome and we appreciate it.

Bryan