Britcon, Manchester UK, (14th-16th August)

thechosengobbo · Post by **thechosengobbo** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:30 am

Greetings.

Britcon WILL be hosting a BB tournament this year.

I say tournament, it's going to be a mini league.

1.1mil teams, LRB 5.0, 5 games and 3 playoff games, run over three days

Site for Britcon can be found here. Click the 'delegate entry' button for the prices.

Ignore the stuff on 'day entry' prices. If you're interested and don't want to stay the night post here or PM me and I'll be able to get you a price as soon as I have one.

Rulespack will be going up very soon in the rules section (there is already one there from the 2007 tournament I think, but we're not using that one).

Hope to see some of you there.

Interested:
Wightlord
Ronnie90210
BIG Pete
Ruby
Ginger Ninja
Wormy

thechosengobbo · Post by **thechosengobbo** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:32 am

Can a mod please sticky this?

Wightlord · Post by **Wightlord** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:54 pm

I'm in for this. A league in 3 days sounds cool.

Ronnie90210 · Post by **Ronnie90210** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:50 pm

count me in dude sounds great

thechosengobbo · Post by **thechosengobbo** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:23 am

Cool that's three people in.

Apparently I have a couple of people already booked through the con too. Wonder who they are.

Wightlord · Post by **Wightlord** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:46 pm

Add my mate Ruby as well, he's in. Lets hope this gets "stickied" soon.

Leipziger · Post by **Leipziger** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:05 am

Best way to get sticky is to pm draco/darkson or one of the other mods, duncan

shaniepoo · Post by **shaniepoo** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:07 am

Really wanted to come to this but it falls on the same weekend as my friends birthday and we are throwing him, a huge party so wownt be able to make it

Ronnie90210 · Post by **Ronnie90210** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:10 pm

shaniepoo wrote:Really wanted to come to this but it falls on the same weekend as my friends birthday and we are throwing him, a huge party so wownt be able to make it

Just give him that special underwear your giving away, i think he will like that

thechosengobbo · Post by **thechosengobbo** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:48 pm

Cool, Ruby too.

I was going to Pm a mod. Just seemed to keep forgetting

Ok, they seem to be taking a while to get the rulespack up, so instead I'll post it here:

Tournament Organiser: Duncan Hargreaves

Contact: thechosengobbo@hotmail.com, or PM ‘thechosengobbo’ on the talkbloodbowl forums.

Rules version:
The full living rulebook (version 5.0) rules will be used. Available here fpr free download.
Please note that the 2007 rules review will NOT be used.

Teams:
All teams in the rulebook, and the three experimental teams (Underworld, Chaos Pact, and Slann) will be permitted. Rules for the experimental teams can be found here
Teams will have 1,100,000 gold crowns to spend in the beginning of the event. Any gold not spent will be saved in the treasury for later use.
Please have two copies of your roster available. One is to be left with the organiser prior to the first game.

Team Advancement:
This tournament will be run just like a league. With two days of ‘league’ games and Sunday left over for the playoffs. Therefore all the normal league rules from the rulebook, including star player points, match winnings, fan factor rolls, player death and inducement money, will be in effect.
Any winnings, and player improvement rolls, must be rolled after your game, and any skill improvements to be decided BEFORE your next game is announced.
Inducements:
All inducements in the rulebook will be permitted, including the optional card inducements (decks of cards for inducements will be available from the organiser on the day).

Players Should Bring:
Please note that all players should bring along their own pitches, dugouts, block dice, and templates along with their teams.
PLAYERS MUST BE WILLING TO SHARE THEIR DICE IF THEIR OPPONENT REQUESTS IT

Tournament Points:
Points are awarded as follows:
3 points for a win
1 point for a draw
0 points for a loss
Touchdowns and casualty points will be recorded, and used as a tie breaker if some teams are on level points.

Match Format:
Friday:
12PM registration. Coaches are to find the tournament area, and sign up before their first game begins. One copy of the team roster is to be left with the organiser upon registration.
2PM game 1
4PM half hour break
4.30PM game 2
6.30PM finish for the day

Saturday:
9AM game 3
11PM half hour break
11.30PM game 4
1.30PM lunch
2.30PM game 5
4.30PM half hour break
5PM playoff game 1

Sunday:
10AM playoff game 2
12PM lunch, and shopping frenzy
1.30PM playoff finals
For those who are still wanting blood bowl after 3.30, there will be variant games such as snotbowl on offer for some crazy fun up until the prize giving.

The league will be structured so that everyone has a game during all playoff times to establish full rankings.
All ‘league’ matchups are to be decided by the organiser, and will use the Swiss system. Pairings will be modified to avoid coaches playing the same opponent twice (except during the playoff rounds).

Yes it's a strange structure for the timetable, but I have no real choice (ony have 3.5 hours on Sunday afternoon to play).

thechosengobbo · Post by **thechosengobbo** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:52 pm

We are pleased to announce (well, *I* am pleased) that Rolljordan Figures will be supporting this tournament.

The prizes will constitute some of the lovely RollJordan figs, and I will also have figs with me to sell at 10% off the store price.

So if anyone attending wants something from the store then PM me, and I'll hook you up

Ronnie90210 · Post by **Ronnie90210** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:44 pm

may i ask if you have your entire team is wiped early on, what happens?

thechosengobbo · Post by **thechosengobbo** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:24 pm

People point and laugh

I think the inducement system should handle it.

But I'll be looking at the rosters, and after game 2 anyone who has been truly mullered *may* (at my discretion) be offered the chance to start the team from scratch again. I'm not fully decided if I'll be doing this though, or if I should also knock points off people who use this option...

Ginger_Ninja · Post by **Ginger_Ninja** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:48 am

I remember Wrightlord suggesting a once per tornament "youth team promotion" ability to replace a dead or seriously injured positional with a 0 SPP player of the same position. The should also maybe be a "team reset" button incase the best option is just to lose your aquired starplayer points, along with your sick list (but retain you results so far).

Oh, and put me down as a posibility for this. It is normally rather expensive, but that can be deferred if you're willing to help set up for a couple of days.

thechosengobbo · Post by **thechosengobbo** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:31 am

Hmm, I like the idea of the player reset.

I'm thinking any resets that are done will only be available in the 5 games before the play-offs though.