Hi there!
With only a couple of days left and still much work ahead of us, we are really looking forward to the weekend.
1. We will provide boards. Tomorrow we'll pick them up and bring them to the site. Like last year (we loved the idea), everyone winning the final game will keep his table's board, all others can buy them at a discount (the exact prize will be announced on friday).
2. There are 26 players in the Eur'Open. It would have been more, but some had to bail out or switch to their country's Eurobowl team (to replace others). Anyway, it's a decently sized tournament and counting all participants to the Eurobowl and the Eur'Open, it's going to be 170 players. Including the newcomer team from Serbia.
3. On the note of transportation and stuff, the "S-Bahn" regional train line S7 has already been mentioned. It goes straight from the airport to the Millennium Tower tournament site. Be aware that there is a big deal of advertising a line called CAT (city airport train) that doesn't go as far (ends a few stops before), is more expensive than the S-Bahn and saves ~10 minutes for the train ride. I recommend using the S-Bahn: it is cheaper, goes straight to the site and it's ticket is also valid for the rest of the city.
Transportation in Vienna (if you want to get around or stay at another hotel) is quite easy. We have an excellent
public transport system and the "U-Bahn" underground lines are working all night long on friday and saturday. There is an underground station right at the site. I also recommend acquiring a 72-hour ticket (or 48-hour if you arrive late and depart early), which comes quite cheap at the price of 15.40 €.
4. This Saturday is the national holiday in Austria, so shops are closed (not the restaraunts), the same is true on sunday (the Austrian laws on shop closing are quite strict). Just so, you won't be surprised.
5. From the tournament site, you'll have a great view over Vienna. It will be on the 19th floor, so I sincerely hope, nobody has too serious a problem with heights
UtakHai wrote:Hi, how do you guys deal with the switch to standard time Saturday to Sunday night,would be good to announce this as there will be a shift of 1 hour, so switching from 3 to 2 o'clock.
This is our approach:
UtakHai wrote:Good thing, one hour more party/sleep whatsoever...
I'm just putting the finishing touches to our small booklet with the above information (in more detail) and some other stuff. I hope I will be able to make it available as download on the homepage. I'll send the pdf to the team captains anyway.
I'll also send the captains (and those who arrive on their own) my telephone number, so they can call me when they arrive to pick up their team's "backstage pass"-style cards that will be needed in order to get to the tournament floor.
@kewan: The 7sternbräu is a bit out of the way from the site, so no table has been reserved. I guess, however, some of you would want to go to the Iceberg Party firday night.
Anyway: We are looking forward to having the crowd play Blood Bowl here.
