WM/H Canadian Nationals - August 28th - 29th 2010

[PG_Mael]

FINAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS CAN BE FOUND HERE

This Summer there is a National Warmachine tournament coming to Canada! For the first time ever we are running a two day 32 player gauntlet for the ultimate bragging rights that span the second largest country in the world! Come out and show ‘em how we rock North of the border!

What is the Format?
The Canadian Nationals will be a two day event starting on Saturday and continuing on Sunday. There will be two simultaneous Steamroller tournaments on Saturday and one Steamroller tournament on Sunday. A 16 player 35pt Warmachine only tournament and a 16 player 35pt Hordes only tournament will take place on Saturday. The top 4 players from each of these tournament will proceed to Sunday for an 8 player 50pt three round tournament combining both game systems. The winner from this Sunday tournament will be crowned the Canadian champion!

When and Where is it?
The Nationals event will be held during FanExpo 2010 on Saturday, August 28th and Sunday August 29th. There are more details on the FanExpo website. There will be open gaming happening on Friday as well.

Map here:
http://warpainter.wordpress.com/2010...ationals-2010/

Who can play?
Signups will start on May 1st, 2010. In order for a player to play in the tournament they must buy a pass for the FanExpo convention. The first 16 players will be taken for each game system although there will also be a waiting list. I will post these details a month before the the signup.

How can we help?
We are still looking for a venue that can provide tables for this event. If you or your LGS are interested in helping out please contact me via email at james.m.tubbs@gmail.com. If you can’t give that much time at very least get the word out to your LGS. Making this event a success will be a group effort so lend a hand!

Facebook event here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...8715114&ref=ts

and as always, be good and put this link in your sig.



IMPORTANT CHANGES:

Now that there has been ample time for everyone out of town to sign up I will be accepting registration at the Con. Bring your $20 in hand and hope there's still space!

SIGNUP INSTRUCTIONS:
Signups will work on a first-come first serve basis. The first 16 players to email me and send in their payment of $20 CDN via paypal per player will be entered into the list. For each game system there will be a waiting list of 5 people to accommodate cancellations. These will also be entered on a first come-first-serve basis. I will not accept any entries before Saturday, May 1st 2010 at 12:01am so don’t bother trying to sign-up early.

Step 1 – Email:
The first thing you need to do to sign up for the Nationals tournament is send me an email at james.m.tubbs@gmail.com with the three following things:
- Full Name (First and Last)
- Faction
- Paypal Email Address

Step 2 – Paypal:
- Send the payment of $20CDN to james.m.tubbs@gmail.com.
- If you are on the waiting list you will be confirmed playing by August 1st, 2010. If you are not confirmed playing by then expect a refund.

Step 3 – Check the Forums:
Within a day or two your name should appear on the signup thread linked below. If it doesn’t please send me another email or leave a reply to this thread and I’ll sort things out for you:

http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?p=252026

Cancellations:
- If you need to cancel your spot please do so by August 1st, 2010. You will not get a refund if you cancel after August 1st at 12:01am. Cancel by emailing me at james.m.tubbs@gmail.com with your name, faction, and paypal address.

SIGNUP LIST:
Warmachine Players:
01. Neil Foerster
02. Paul Nguyen
03. Geoff Cossette
04. Collin J. Ward
05. James Larcombe
06. Jeremy White
07. Todd verstegan
08. Raf Bruilsow
09. Éric Lacharité
10. Jordan White
11. jamie webster
12. Eric Lajoie
13.
14.
15.
16.


Warmachine Waiting List:
01.
02.
03.
04.
05.


Hordes Players:
01. Alex McDonald
02. Chris Samaroo
03. Ayden Boutilier
04. Tully Irving
05. Patrick Melchin
06. Justin Paquet
07. Jean-Claude Tremblay
08. Ken Samaroo
09. Derrick Gibson
10. Charles Soong
11. Mike Emrey
12. Des Brennan
13. Sean McWatt
14.
15.
16.


Hordes Waiting List:
01.
02.
03.
04.
05.

[Lichemaster]

Really thinking about this.

[PUFNSTUF]

Hey Mael, how much will tickets be? Armies painted or no? Does 50 pt list of second day have to use the original 2 35 pt lists and just build on it? Will the 2 tournies wm/hordes be run at the same time?

[PG_Mael]

Hey Mael, how much will tickets be?

Admission to the FanExpo! We might need a bit to cover the prize kit/terrain/clocks but we haven't got that far yet.

Armies painted or no?

No. Of course it's preferred that things are painted. Models must be fully assembled.

Does 50 pt list of second day have to use the original 2 35 pt lists and just build on it?

Two separate lists for each event. Standard steamroller requirements for separate lists.

Will the 2 tournies wm/hordes be run at the same time?

Yes, the two tournaments are simultaneous. Players will only be able to play in one or the other.

[PUFNSTUF]

hmmm okay, I will have to see If I can fly out or drive there for a good price...

[PG_Mael]

There's a crew coming from Calgary - I could try and put you in touch. I'll send the email via PM

[Awk]

Sounds good to me. I think me and my brother will be coming down to check it out and support PP in Canada!

I want to see more of these sorts of national tournaments!

[canadarobc]

Hopefully the SteamPoweredCanadians from Edmonton will join in the fun. My friend and I are hoping to make the trip. Should be fun.

[PG_Jyggdrasil]

I am pretty sure you are going to see some faces from Ottawa (not mine tho).

[PG_Mael]

Signups moved up to May 1st 2010 to accommodate people coming in from out of province. Plan accordingly.

[PG_Mael]

Signup instructions are up.

[Awk]

HI Mael,

Where/what are the latest Steamroller rules?

How much is an FanExpo ticket?

Thanks.

[PG_Mael]

I do not know yet. There shouldn't be any issue picking them up as there will be tons on sale. I've emailed their rep about it.

[Awk]

Any word on who made the lists?

[NaCl Catapulto]

Maybe Mael's gunning it for the border with all our paypal cash...

[PG_Mael]

haha - i'd be a rich man somewhere in south america I'm sure.

I've had a busy weekend and am getting the list up today. Should be up in an hour or two - stay tuned.

[PG_Mael]

Check the list. If you're not on it and should be talk to me!

[Fearless]

wowzers i thought it'd be full up right away! only 5 WM and 4 Hordes...at least i'm on the list it makes me happy!

[PG_Mael]

FYI I received unconfirmed reports today that entry to fanexpo should be around $50 for the whole weekend.

@Fearless we're also a whole 5 months early with this. Give it time sir!

[Fearless]

Yeah man, i know. But i figured you'd have like 50 e-mails at 12:01 Sat morning.

With so few slots i think people would want to be 100% sure they got in.

Either way i'm totally looking forward to it.

quick question for ya.

Since you should need a total of 16 tables for day one, at 16 players per game, making 8 games per system.

And you should need 4 tables on the Sunday. Will the remaining 12 tables on Sunday be free for open gaming?

[PG_Mael]

Yes, yes they will. If all goes according to plan with work for me they should be open Friday too. I definitely want to play with some of you guys if you're coming in from all over the place so i'll do my best to make some time!

[shady]

I Few guys are planning to play From Windsor ontario Im coming with Menoth Cheers See you All their

[PG_Mael]

Sounds good. Make sure you sign up in advance otherwise you might not have a spot. I don't forsee the whole thing filling up in the next little while but just in case it does, get registered fast.

[shady]

Sounds good. Make sure you sign up in advance otherwise you might not have a spot. I don't forsee the whole thing filling up in the next little while but just in case it does, get registered fast.

We half to bring in Two list at 35 points correct, Allso will their br any prizes that go around,

Cheers

[PG_Mael]

For Prize support there should be coins + a signed book (primal or prime) for the WM/H events respectively.

Second day will have Trophies (same as templecon)

Best overall painted will have something special too.

[coolwhip1]

Hello. My payment will be later than I thought it would be. I started work on Friday, which just so happened to be payday, so I won't get paid until next Friday. I hope this isn't an inconvenience in anyway. Thanks for understanding.

-Collin Ward

[PG_Mael]

Colin - np.

Patrick - you're signed up.

[PG_Mael]

Two months left dudes. SIGN UP ALREADY. Colin - your payment is through.

[Analytic Engine]

RET signed on!

[sassmaw]

HEy man, Derrick Gibson is my local PGer and he had e-mailed you about my registration. I would like to know if I am registered.

[Awk]

Hi Jamie this is Kenneth Samaroo,

I would like to change the faction I'll be playing. Currently I'm sighed up to play Khador and I would like to instead play my Skorne army.

Also, I'm looking at the Fanexpo tickets and just want to confirm the prices:

Basic Pass
Sat - $35
Sun - $29

or

Deluxe Pass
$59 for all 3 days

So is there a special price for the WM/H players b/c I'm really just coming down for that.

Or am I looking at $20 (tourney fee) + ($35 + $29) = $84

or

$20 (tourney fee) + ($59) = $79

Just wondering....'cause now it's getting kinda of expensive for a 1 or possibly 2 day 3-6 game WM/H tournament.

Thanks.

[PG_Mael]

Hey Awk!

Yeah, that's how it goes. The admission fees are to cover the trophies and terrain (we're making quite a few tables just for this event). Unfortunately FanExpo gives us the space but i can't get anyone in for free. Don't worry, I'll make sure everything that goes into the tournament goes right back into the tournament - i'm not making any cash off this.

So yes, it is $79 for the weekend. Of course if you don't make it pass day one I would highly encourage you to do other things at FanExpo too.

[Awk]

Sounds good Jamie. Thanks for the reply. Don't forget, I'll be playing Skorne instead of my Khador.

Thanks.

[coolwhip1]

Hey, I have been unable to find the times for the tournament and the room it's located in. I've looked through the Fanexpo event PDF but haven't even seen it in that nightmare, or maybe I just suck at finding things, who knows. If you wouldn't mind hooking me up with that info, I would much appreciate it.

Thanks!

[Northblade]

Hey, I have been unable to find the times for the tournament and the room it's located in. I've looked through the Fanexpo event PDF but haven't even seen it in that nightmare, or maybe I just suck at finding things, who knows. If you wouldn't mind hooking me up with that info, I would much appreciate it.

Thanks!

It's not posted yet, but the link to the info is http://www.fanexpocanada.com/genre/a...5#attraction70

Mael will post as soon as we have the info.

[PG_Mael]

The final schedule can be found here:
http://warpainter.wordpress.com/2010...ule-of-events/

[PG_Jyggdrasil]

Its on. Updates man! UPDATES!

At least tell us the rankings for day 1? Please?

[orracle]

Its on. Updates man! UPDATES!

At least tell us the rankings for day 1? Please?

i would give you the rankings for the first and second day , but i forget a couple of the names , so i will let someone else do it , lol

this thing was awesome , thanks to jamie and everyone elsefor making it happen

[Northblade]

Its on. Updates man! UPDATES!

At least tell us the rankings for day 1? Please?

It's over man, it's over!!

As requested, Day 1 Rankings:



Warmachine: Paul Nguyen (Menoth) 1st, Raf Bruilsow (Cryx) 2nd, Collin J. Ward (Cryx) 3rd, and Jeremy White (Khador) 4th.

Hordes: Charles Soong (Skorne) 1st, Alex McDonald (Skorne) 2nd, Chris Samaroo (Circle) 3rd, Derrick "PG_Moonova" Gibson (Legion) 4th.

Expect a full update form Mael ASAP.

Great games all around, great second day, however I was hoarse from yelling "DQ" all day Saturday and had forgotten my camera at home so I do not have pictures of the finals winners today.

Gratz to all, it was a fun tournament with some really great players.

[PG_Mael]

You guys obviously don't follow my twitter feed at all, do you? We know who the Canadian Champion is!

Jeremy White pulled Third

Paul Nguyen got Second

and...

Colin Ward pulled through and got first place!

I'll post up a big thread in the general forums tomorrow. I haven't had time to organize my photos yet, but I'll get on it soon.

[pixelgeek]

You guys obviously don't follow my twitter feed at all, do you? We know who the Canadian Champion is!

And this is exactly why people object to the "Canadian Nationals" name.

Either do some additional work to make this an actual Canadian tournament of regional champs or change the name.

When someone beats the best players from across the country you can claim they are the Canadian champ. Until then... not so much.

[haunter1029]

I spy a GW case in a PP picture. Congrats to the winners.

[PG_Jyggdrasil]

Poor form pixelgeek

Heaven forbid the Canadian Nationals, as sanctioned by PPress, be fought in Canada's largest city (and within a day's drive of 2 of other large Canadian cities, let alone cities within the USA) and be nested within an even larger event enabling the game to be showcased to potentially interested people.

Grats to the playes, and especially winners. I look forward to hearing all about it.

[PG_Mael]

When someone beats the best players from across the country you can claim they are the Canadian champ. Until then... not so much.

Hey now, you guys were invited and had at least 3 months to sign up and make it happen. It's not like I was quiet about this. We had players come in from all over Ontario and even Quebec. Unfortunately the guys from Calgary couldn't come but I ensured they had time to book the trip if things came together for them. We are definitely 100% doing it again next year so try and make the time to come out and throw down! FanExpo 2011 is already in the works!

But implying I didn't do enough work? That hurts my feelings a little. :P

Edit: That's it! Referendum! We're separating from BC! (Canadian Joke, you other guys won't get it)

[Lichemaster]

When I was into Warhammer the West coaster did the same to use Ontarians (little bit of the Quebecers too).

Form Unions down on the West coast and make more money to be able to Travel, if not do not crap on people who go through the effort to Organize events, they do the work for the love of the game.

PG_Mael I would have attended and was going to sign up but they cancel the Saturday before and scheduled it on the 28th instead, sorry but I will try for next year.

[Vinter_Raelthorne]

I don't think it's the event anyone is complaining about. No one would suggest that running a major event is a bad thing. It's the name of the event that is implying that the winner would be the Canadian champ when there were no feeder/qualifier events and the only participants were from one or two regions.

I suppose you could have named it the "Provincial" or "Regional" or "Central" championships or something like that.

We were joking on our local forums that we should run the "Galactic WM/Hordes Championship" right out of our basement. What? No one from Alpha Centauri came? We posted for like THREE months! Shame on YOU for not having faster-than-light transport and few hundred Canadian dollars!

Anyway, no real harm done I reckon. Glad your event went well.

[MadJack]

Yeah, the only objection I've seen from anyone is to the name. It sounds like a fine tournament, and a fun event, but unless there are feeder events from different parts of the country, I don't really see how it can be called the nationals. As a matter of fact, despite the fact that I live on the West Coast, I happen to feel that Toronto probably is the best place to have a Canadian Nationals tournament, for exactly the reasons Mael says, and it sounds like a good amount of work has gone into promoting it (although there hasn't really been so much as a peep about it in Vancouver), but the name "Nationals" implies that you're playing the best players in the country to see who ends up as the national champion, and without feeder events, that's simply not the case.

[NightMoor]

Come on guys, let's leave the sour grapes out - everyone knows this is just a game for fun and Mael organized an amazing event with an outstanding amount of personal effort in a fan-driven hobby that isn't exactly MMA on HBO, if you know what I mean . I dunno about names but I think it's worth aiming high.

It was awesome to play with so many truly outstanding players from multiple provinces and states and it was so cool to see all the different armies and strategic approaches from such very different metas.You guys all made the gaming experience so much fun. I fought hard in a ton of close games and had an amazing time doing it - Terminus takes no shame in finishing 4th, the ol' Terminator tried to bring as much terror and bloodshed to each game as was (in)humanly possible! Thanks for organizing and running the event Mael!

[MadJack]

Just so you know, dismissing the concern that an event billed as "Nationals" doesn't actually behave like a Nationals event as being sour grapes... Well, it doesn't exactly do much to dispel the stereotype that Torontonians think they're the centre of the world and don't care about the rest of the country. I'm not saying that's actually the attitude you hold, just that that's the way it comes off. Actually, that's the way a couple of posters in this thread come off... I'm sure you're all fine people who don't mean to imply that, but that's kind of the way it looks.

[Lichemaster]

I'm willing to run a Qualifier in Windsor Ontario I'm sure we can get many U.S players as the place I would host it is 20 mins. from the U.S/Canadian (Detroit/Windsor) Border.