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piMaster · Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:13 pm GMT Post subject:

Assuming that we're following the same scheduling as last year, then we've got seven slots to fill. Going by the last few years worth of events, we've got:

1 - World Championship
2 - Sealed Box
3 - Battlefest
4 - Single Race
5 - No Magicians
6 - an all monster format
7 - variable

So, unless the players want to get rid of Single Race, No Magicians, or the monster format, we really only need to choose something for a seventh slot.

Suggestions:
Opposites Attract - 36 health. Chose two races with no colors in common and bring 18 health from each of those races.

All Uncommons - 36 health, all of your units must be uncommons (2-health units).

chuckpint · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:43 am GMT Post subject:

Event registration opens on Jan 14. I'll be putting our events in then.
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chuckpint · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:08 pm GMT Post subject:

Unless I hear differently from everyone, here is the proposed schedule:

Novice events: 10am, 2pm, 7pm Thursday and Friday. 10am and 2pm on Saturday. 10am on Sunday.

Intermediate: 7pm on Saturday

Thursday noon: Player's Choice (How to pick this is the problem)
Thursday 6:30pm: Single Race
Friday noon: No Magicians!
Friday 6:30pm: Sealed Box
Saturday noon: World Championship
Saturday 6:30pm: Battlefest
Sunday noon: MonsterBash100 (100 health all monsters, no more than 2 of the same monster, no Magestorm)
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First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

piMaster · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:43 pm GMT Post subject:

Ick, no Player's Choice. Basically, it means "to be determined", which doesn't look very inviting for anyone registering for events. Look at how popular it was last year Mr. Green

. Plus, anyone at the Con who decides at the last minute to play will probably not have enough dice to make an army, if they even know what the format is in the first place (because the reg book just says "look at the forum").

Put something concrete in that slot. You can't assume that everyone who plays Dragon Dice is a member of this forum and looks at it daily.

chuckpint · Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 6:36 pm GMT Post subject:

Well, my point was to get some more feedback. You've made a couple of suggestions, does anyone else have one?
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My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

cliffwiggs · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:28 am GMT Post subject:

If I don't mention it, I just like it.

I really like the idea of MB100.

I want players choice be a definate game. I'd love to do a teams format again, but it would never fly as the first event of the con... I want to push the idea of a pure Loserfest. You bring an army and your opponent plays it against you. So the person who wins the most games wins, but they never play with the army they brought.

I've never been real happy about the time of the worlds, but I can understand why its there. I just hate to have people conflicted between the booth and playing.
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DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:34 pm GMT Post subject:

Well I would like to offer what they do at the Master's in Golf.

The winner of the Masters gets to choose the dinner for the next Master's
event.

So in this case...
Dan could get his Choice of Player's choice. Razz

(I think he won that one anyways...)

cliffwiggs · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:15 am GMT Post subject:

with the release of the Eldarim, I suggest we make the players choice something releated to them?

some type of construction rule that requires them.
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chuckpint · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:20 am GMT Post subject:

That will work as long as we get the Eldarim Kickers into retail sales by June 12, 2009. That's 60 days before GenCon.....

I'm thinking about switching the MB100 to Thursday, and having "something else" on Sunday afternoon. That may be a much better time slot for a game that includes Eldarim. Gives players plenty of time to go buy them...... Very Happy

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Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

cliffwiggs · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:41 am GMT Post subject:

dburkley · Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:55 pm GMT Post subject: GENCON 2009

Well, since my name was casually mentioned - I actually do have a suggestion for the "Players' Choice" or "TBD" event:

I'll call it "Trifecta", and here how it would work:
1) 36-health, composed of three different 12-health races.
2) No Magestorm.
3) No more than 18-health as "magicians".
4) Each of the 12-health races starts as the Home, Horde, and Campaign armies (ie: each army must be one of the 12-health races).

I must confess, however, that the Thursday, noon, timeslot seems to be a bit of "sleeper", so I would not expect this event (or maybe any event for that matter) at that time slot to be "well-attended". A beginner or intermediate event at that slot might be better received by the newer players.
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"Single Race": DEXCON 2008, GENCON 2010, 2011, 2014 (co-champion), 2017

cliffwiggs · Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:56 pm GMT Post subject:

chuckpint · Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:07 pm GMT Post subject:

Here's exactly what it was last year:

cliffwiggs · Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:12 pm GMT Post subject:

dproman · Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:29 am GMT Post subject: Gencon 2009

Personally I like the term "event" slightly better than "tournament". However, what about the term "challenge". This term may spark some interest. What do you think? Question

Thanks for your time, Smile

Dave
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chuckpint · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:18 pm GMT Post subject:

GenCon delayed the registration until the 22nd. Here's what I have so far:

Thursday noon: MonsterBash100 (100 health all monsters, no more than 2 of the same monster, no Magestorm)
Thursday 6:30pm: Single Race
Friday noon: No Magicians!
Friday 6:30pm: Sealed Box
Saturday noon: World Championship
Saturday 6:30pm: Battlefest
Sunday noon: ?????

Novice events:

Thursday 10am, 2pm, 7pm
Friday 10am, 2pm, 7pm
Saturday 10am, 2pm
Sunday 10am

Intermediate events:

Saturday 7pm

Possible formats for Sunday noon:

Trifecta
Eldarim???
All Uncommons
Opposites Attract

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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

piMaster · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:29 pm GMT Post subject:

Sealed Box Plus - Bring a sealed Starter and a Sealed Eldarim Kicker. Use the dice inside to construct a 36 health army to use in the tournament.

Variations: Army size could be up to 48 health. We could stipulate that all the dice from the Eldarim kicker must be used, with the dice from the starter making up the rest of the army. Will there be any Dragonkin product available? If yes, then perhaps bring one of those as well. Though we don't want to push the cost of the event too high.

chuckpint · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:51 pm GMT Post subject:

We can always have a special price just for this event. So by signing up for this event, you get:

Random Starter
Eldarim Kicker
Dragonkin ???

Basically show us the event ticket at the booth, pay for the items there, and you'll pick it all up at the event. Not a lot different from Sealed Box.
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You can never have too many dice.
First Place at the first ever Daemon Dice sealed starter tournament.
Battlefest tied for first GenCon 2012
Single Race Champion GenCon 2008-2009, Sealed Box Champion GenCon 2007,2009,
My collection is 21,500 Dragon Dice, 20,000 Daemon Dice, and others (too many to count).

cliffwiggs · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:57 am GMT Post subject: