Spike! Magazine 2011: September 10-11. Surrey, B.C., Canada

[fe2mike]

Yes, both Rachel and I had a wonderful time as well. Thanks to everyone that was involved, both those running and participating, to make it tons of fun.
Oh and Monkey Lab is awesome

[Khail]

Spike was awesome as always. And - while Overall Champion and Best Coach may have stayed in the clutches of the Canadians - the US took home 5 of the 9 trophies (Best Painted, Best Sports for Ordo, Most TDs and Best Defense for Rat City, and the Stunty Cup for SPEW/fe2Mike). Nice work guys!

[generaljason]

After the smoke cleared and the dust settled, 56 teams made their way out to compete for the Spike! Magazine 2011. Awesome turnout from the out-of-towners this year, especially Washington State, Alberta and Oregon. 2 Canadian provinces and 2 US States (take the square mileage of that and see how much Europe you can fit in there ) - Pac West is kicking ass and still growing! Another record turnout for Canadian tournaments held and another record showing for the Spike!

Special thanks go out to Dennis (daloonieshamen) for making the trip out from California. I regret not having a chance to talk to you that weekend but I was absolutely swamped (we'll chat at World Cup though).

Big thanks go out to Weav for rounding up the Oregon crew and being such a great sport. Big thanks to Tremere and Da_Scum for bringing the Alberta crew out as well - wouldn't be a Spike! without you guys.

Supreme thanks go out to Khail for rounding up the community in Washington State and all his hard work on getting our trophies done this year. Still owe you a drunk night in Amsterdam for that one!

Huge thanks go out to Blammaham for designing and bringing to fruition the great Duke Vampire model that debuted at the Spike! this year. Awesome job dude.

Big thanks go out to Sallacious that didn't get to play but helped with the Name Tag design as well as those great new Throw-in templates. Cheers buddy!

Thanks for Killerbean and Warpstone for all their help on the day, and Killerbean's great names tags.

And nuclear thanks go out to my brother Mike, aka Poundfist, for all his hard work on the website, registration, set up, prize support, and overall help during the day. Thanks again for taking all my abuse. Could not do it without you buddy. Looking forward to when we can both sit out of a tournament and play at the same time! Amsterdam!!

And again huge thanks to all our sponsors who made sure all 56 participants walked away with something from the door prize table! AEG games - makers of Monkey Lab and Thunderstone rocked the mike this year. Awesome guys! Imperial Hobbies also contributed vastly and we thank them greatly. And thank you Craving for a Game for your continued prize support and advertising the event.

Thanks to everyone who came out and hope to see you all next year! The recap for the Glittering Prizes for those who were not there are as follows.

Spike! Magazine 2011 Champion:
Dave O'Neill: Gandalf's Crew - Dwarves

Outstanding Coaching:
Erik Arntsen: The Killer Beans - Norse

Outstanding Painting:
Dan Siger: Krakow Pox - Nurgle

Outstanding Sportsmanship:
Jason Weaver: Hag Graef Heldrakes - Dark Elves

Endzone Hog - Most Touchdowns Scored:
Ryan Munsell: Rat Pack - Skaven

The Wall - Least Touchdowns Received:
Dan Armstrong: Bigs Macs - Dwarves

Rambo - Most Casualties Inflicted:
Tyler Reeves: Death Snatch - Chaos Pact

Goblin Tribal Leeg - Best Stunty Team:
Mike Green: Southland Savages - Halflings

Glass Joe - Dead Last:
Damion Gilzean: Speed Lumps - Halflings


Full results will be posted on our website shortly here:

http://spiketournament.com/results/

Thanks everyone and hope you had a good time!

Best regards,
Craig.

[lordchaos]

Yeah it was fun as usual and I finally have given up on taking the Rambo award from all you poor bastards. 3 in a row is good enough.

[civilian_number_two]

I'll believe it when I see it. Hey check out the site - full details and great pics of the Custom Vampire! Still some available, so get one while we have them!

[generaljason]

NAF results for Spike! 2011 are now up. Enjoy.

Gj.