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Niiiiiiiiiiiice! Thanks, Victoria.

Lucius, please and thank you. ---------- Post added at 08:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:23 PM ---------- Good luck with that, I might write software for a living but I'm no limp noodle. Actually, the exact quote from my massage therapist while working on my hands and arms was "Chris, do you actually write code, or do you punch it until it compiles?" "A little of column A and a little of column B."

Woooo. Home after 12 hours at the office. Beer me.

Sincere condolences, Bow.

I'm pretty sure he's coming to Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville on October 1st, according to my mother. I'll confirm with her later and let you know. He's signing his new young adult book.

Gencon was a fantastic time for me, and thus far everyone seems to have had a great time at the tournaments. What follows is the results of the Avatar of Malifaux tournament, the M2E Story Encounters, and the Achievement League results. The Hanging Tree -- Avatar Qualifiers Round 1 Two days of intense competition and more Collodi than you can shake a stitched-together doll at. The top four unique winners of each round played in a single elimination game on Sunday. [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Round[/TD] [TD]Player[/TD] [TD]TPs[/TD] [TD]Diff[/TD] [TD]VPs[/TD] [TD]Opponent[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Matthew Belmont[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Jeremy Betsch[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]John Hartigan[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Jeffrey Holland[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Michael Galea[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Troy Kiefer[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]John Crawford[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Tim Myers[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-6[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Jay Adams[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Dan Price[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Nayte Robeson[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]BYE ROUND[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]John Crawford[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]John Hartigan[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Troy Kiefer[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Matthew Belmont[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-3[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Jay Adams[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Nayte Robeson[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Michael Galea[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Jeremy Betsch[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]Dan Price[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Jeffrey Holland[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Tim Myers[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]BYE ROUND[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]John Hartigan[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Jay Adams[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Troy Kiefer[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Nayte Robeson[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Dan Price[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]John Crawford[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-6[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Matthew Belmont[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Tim Myers[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Michael Galea[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Jeremy Betsch[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Jeffrey Holland[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]BYE ROUND[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD]Player Name[/TD] [TD]TPs[/TD] [TD]Diff[/TD] [TD]VPs[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Jay Adams[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Troy Kiefer[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]18[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]John Hartigan[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Nayte Robeson[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Tim Myers[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]-7[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Dan Price[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Matthew Belmont[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]-3[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]John Crawford[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]Michael Galea[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]-9[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Jeremy Betsch[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]-9[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]Jeffrey Holland[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-18[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The bolded names in the overall results are those who advanced to the finals. Governor's Mansion -- Avatar Qualifiers Round 2 [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Round[/TD] [TD]Player[/TD] [TD]TPs[/TD] [TD]Diff[/TD] [TD]VPs[/TD] [TD]Opponent[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Shawn Spalti[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Blaine French[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Chris Rooney[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Phillip Melvin[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Andrew Russ[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]David Miller[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-2[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Victoria Hrenda[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Nicholas Hrenda[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Nathan Lawrenson[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Michael Foreman[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Clarence Holley[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]BYE ROUND[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Blaine French[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Michael Foreman[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Nicholas Hrenda[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Andrew Russ[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-6[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Shawn Spalti[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Phillip Melvin[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-7[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Nathan Lawrenson[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Victoria Hrenda[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Clarence Holley[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Chris Rooney[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-2[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]David Miller[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]BYE ROUND[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Chris Rooney[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Victoria Hrenda[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Clarence Holley[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-2[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Nicholas Hrenda[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Phillip Melvin[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-5[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Blaine French[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-2[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Shawn Spalti[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Nathan Lawrenson[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Michael Foreman[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-3[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]David Miller[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Andrew Russ[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]BYE ROUND[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD]Player Name[/TD] [TD]TPs[/TD] [TD]Diff[/TD] [TD]VPs[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Shawn Spalti[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]23[/TD] [TD]24[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]15[/TD] [TD]19[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Nicholas Hrenda[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Blaine French[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Victoria Hrenda[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]David Miller[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Nathan Lawrenson[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]-3[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Chris Rooney[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Phillip Melvin[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]Michael Foreman[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]-7[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]Clarence Holley[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]-10[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-18[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]Andrew Russ[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-21[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The bolded names in the overall results are those who advanced to the finals. Avatar of Malifaux Finals [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Round[/TD] [TD]Player[/TD] [TD]VPs[/TD] [TD]TPs[/TD] [TD]Diff[/TD] [TD]Opponent[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Shawn Spalti[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Jay Adams[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-2[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Nicholas Hrenda[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Troy Kiefer[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-7[/TD] [TD]Blaine French[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Victoria Hrenda[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-3[/TD] [TD]Blaine French[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Shawn Spalti[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Blaine French[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]-5[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Congrats to Duncan Bilz (The Godlyness) for his well earned victory. A photo of him and his opponent Blaine French (bfrench) was posted to EricJ's Twitter: http://pic.twitter.com/KjdFWPLfuZ (Blaine is on the left, Duncan on the right.) M2E Story Encounters This year, we went with a non-traditional tournament style for the Story Encounters. Instead of a normal 1st/2nd/3rd/Spoon award, people earned raffle tickets based on their performance in each of the two rounds. This gave everyone regardless of their skill level a chance at the prizes. What's listed below is the number of raffle tickets earned by each player, instead of the traditional victory points. First Into the Breach -- Story Encounter Round 1 [TABLE] [TR][TD]Name[/TD][TD]# Earned[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Zane Hrubey[/TD][TD]9[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Jay Adams[/TD][TD]9[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]David Miller[/TD][TD]9[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Brian Backner[/TD][TD]8[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Alex Mitchell[/TD][TD]8[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Jeffrey Hannah[/TD][TD]7[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Bill Ris[/TD][TD]6[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Michael Matthews[/TD][TD]6[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Nichloas Ackert[/TD][TD]6[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]James Kroesch[/TD][TD]6[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Adam Helbling[/TD][TD]6[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Bobby Limoggio[/TD][TD]5[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Curt Warrington[/TD][TD]5[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Krieg Pinkham[/TD][TD]4[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Mark Franzoni[/TD][TD]4[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD][TD]4[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Al Zielke[/TD][TD]3[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Matthew Brubaker[/TD][TD]3[/TD][/TR] [/TABLE] Last Off the Train -- Story Encounter Round 2 [TABLE] [TR][TD]Name[/TD][TD]# Earned[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Shawn Spalti[/TD][TD]14[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Andrew Sipes[/TD][TD]14[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Jeremie Charron[/TD][TD]13[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Adam Plunge[/TD][TD]12[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Michael Matthews[/TD][TD]12[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Jeffrey Hannah[/TD][TD]12[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Kevin Ray[/TD][TD]11[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Joe Deheve[/TD][TD]11[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Blaine French[/TD][TD]9[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD][TD]9[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Matthew Brubaker[/TD][TD]9[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Bill Ris[/TD][TD]9[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Peter Hewitt[/TD][TD]8[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Kerrie Teahen[/TD][TD]8[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]John Phipps[/TD][TD]8[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Adam Rosowicz[/TD][TD]7[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Dawn McCormick[/TD][TD]7[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Donald Roach[/TD][TD]7[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Dixon Tiru[/TD][TD]7[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Nicholas Ackert[/TD][TD]7[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Theodore Zeilstra[/TD][TD]7[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Victoria Martini-Rosowicz[/TD][TD]6[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Brian Schlottman[/TD][TD]6[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Christie Kivisto[/TD][TD]6[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Brian Backner[/TD][TD]5[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Ben Mercer[/TD][TD]5[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]Kim Doyle[/TD][TD]2[/TD][/TR] [/TABLE] Thanks to everyone who played in the story encounters, we hope you enjoyed the more casual nature of this tournament. Achievement League The Achievement League was held all weekend long and had a great turnout. And that's not a typo: our Avatar winner also scored a staggering 96 points in the Achievement League too. I'm not entirely convinced Duncan slept Friday night or Saturday night. [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD]Player Name[/TD] [TD]# Earned[/TD] [TD]Points[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Duncan Bilz[/TD] [TD]44[/TD] [TD]96[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Michael Galea[/TD] [TD]35[/TD] [TD]69[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Matthew Brubaker[/TD] [TD]26[/TD] [TD]58[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Zane Hrubey[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]38[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]James Kroesch[/TD] [TD]20[/TD] [TD]38[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]David Ivey[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]38[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Blaine French[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]34[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Thomas Lamie[/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [TD]34[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Kevin Ray[/TD] [TD]18[/TD] [TD]33[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]Jeremie Charron[/TD] [TD]18[/TD] [TD]32[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]Mason Crawford[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]32[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]Sarah Adelmen[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]28[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]Victoria Martini-Rosowicz[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]25[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]Kerrie Teahen[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]24[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]15[/TD] [TD]Joe Schreiber[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]23[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]16[/TD] [TD]Christie Kivisto[/TD] [TD]11[/TD] [TD]22[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]17[/TD] [TD]Ben Mercer[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]21[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]18[/TD] [TD]Peter Hewitt[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]20[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]19[/TD] [TD]Adam Rosowicz[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]20[/TD] [TD]Theodore Zeilstra[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]21[/TD] [TD]Jarrett Sigler[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]15[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]22[/TD] [TD]Christopher Dick[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]23[/TD] [TD]Adam Loper[/TD] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Prizes were given to everyone who scored at least 20 points, and an extra prize was given to everyone who scored at least 25 points.

Oh man, this exactly. She was even sweeter in person than I imagined, and I knew she was really nice beforehand.

Everyone is correct: Tara has to spend a Soulstone to add the necessary :crows in order to trigger Sympathetic Echoes. (So glad I have my extra copy of the rulebook here at work, I can tell it's going to be a busy few months of rules questions. )

Close enough. And you have no idea how happy it made me that somebody recognized the software.

There was a display case?

How in the heck did you get Hannah early? Is it a perk of being in the TTB beta or something? I'm at the "lol money" level on the Kickstarter and didn't get the mini yet.

I was the guy who ran the tournaments. Does that ring a bell? *grin*

Pretty sure we chatted a bunch, given you were hanging around my tournament table a ton.

I can see the logic in your question. I think it's a bit of both, probably: the game is easier to grasp than it used to be, but we've been so overwhelmed with M2E ourselves that it's gotten easy to demo.

I'm coherent, but mostly because I was out cold by 10pm and now I'm caffeinated. I still have to fire up the laptop when I get home and pull the tournament results off of it, although given the new format of the Story Tournament I may have to write those results by hand. The finals also need to be written by hand. The others I can autogenerate from the Logbook software.

Avatars went great. Awesome players all around. TheGodlyness played Bfrench in the final round (I hope I got those forum names right), the former with Pandora and Collodi while the latter had Kaeris (I don't recall if he played with another Master). It was a fierce battle over a King of the Hill strategy, but eventually Blaine got tabled (or Kaeris had 1 wound left and that was all he had on the table) and it was over 8-3. My memory is a bit fuzzy after a.... very interesting and exhaustion convention to put it mildly.

I was done after the Avatar final was over at 3:15, we stuck around for another two hours and then got on the road. Teardown was their problem, I was kind of done physically and mentally after running all of the tournaments.

Yep. Exhausted and sore as all heck from the drive, but we pulled in around 8pm CST last night and unpacked the loot and bags from the car. (Obligatory loot photo.) I'm at work now, getting back into the swing of things and planning my week's projects.

"Soon".

*wanders in* *collapses*

A fine pleasure to meet you guys (and gals), all around.

True story: the M2E Story Encounters tournaments we ran had double the players participating as compared to the M1.5E Masters tournament and a fraction of the rules questions. And this was many folks' first time playing M2E in some cases. This tournament organizer is very happy right now.

Depends on the timing (also I've never done any play-by-Internet games like this).

Man, that does sound fun. I've heard nothing but good things about the IKRPG.

Ah, right, they're participating this year. (I used to actually volunteer with the miniature hobby events crew before moving over to Wyrd.) Good luck, I'll be sure to stop by and check out the finish product.