MariFaux

I'm interested, but for money reasons: is anyone from the Midlands (or further up north) interested in going there and car-pooling?

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Taking last year as a reference of number and size of tournaments gives maybe a slightly skewed result with the fairly long hiatus of the 1.5 to M2E transition period. Is there any (not too complicated or time consuming) way of having a vote open to all currently ranked UK players?

Well, theoretically for Swiss system to work without tie-breaker, you'd need 3 rounds for up to 8 players, 4 rounds for up to 16 players, 5 rounds for up to 32 players, and 6 rounds for up to 64 players. But logistics and venue opening hours kinda clash with those requirements, and weekend-long tournaments are more expensive (if you don't happen to live where it happens). I would not differentiate max points by round number. I don't see why it's necessarily tougher to win a 4 round tournament. It's maybe a bit more random, because all games a win is not always enough to win the tournament and the first random pairing has a bigger impact. But in the end the top players will place well, and scoring full (-1) points for 2nd place in a 3 round tournament where I would have ended up 1st after a 4th round is still not bad.

I agree with both suggestions, especially if small local store / beginner tournaments will be ranked regularly. They'll have less of an impact, but still count, and it's easy to get 4+ results in during a year. Saying that, how many tournaments across the UK and year are 32+ players (roughly)?

I can bring a wild west town including a 3x3 battlemat.

I'd stay for dinner, and I'd prefer Italian, pub grub, or Turkish.

Paid today in store, and I'll be playing Outcasts. Gonna be exciting seeing how the wave 2 Masters will do..

Lunch money sent, and I'm playing Outcasts as well. Also, if anyone wants a lift from the Nottingham / Derby area, I'll have a car for the weekend.

I'm interested. Maria

Sounds indeed very interesting. I agree, this kind of tournaments kinda excludes new players who only have one or two masters of one faction, but that can be helped by swapping/borrowing Masters and crews from better equipped friends. I'm not sure if I missed it, but where would this take place?

Brilliant thanks a lot! We'll take a bus to East Midlands Airport Terminal. Say 9am meeting there? If you give me a ring when you're there we come and find you (our bus arrives at 8:50h). My number is 07956264705. Cheers, Maria

Hi, might be a bit last-minute, but is there anyone driving through/past Nottingham (or somewhere we can reach like East Midlands Airport) and would be able and willing to pick up two passengers? Public transport on Sundays in the UK is not co-operative..

I paid last weekend in store.

Sounds good, I'm in.

Paid, time to paint Tara and Cuthulhu.

I'm in.

Sign me up please, payment will come soon.

Well, Nottingham players are coming by coach - these go earlier than trains on Sundays.

Brilliant, thanks. If there are still enough free spaces available I might be able to convince some friends to come along.

Is there any update to the entrants list coming?

Just a quick question - can I change the blister for the different games or is that fixed as well?

I'll play Outcasts.

I'm in. Money and decision on faction coming soon.