TFL ( cross country competitive league!)

[ataraxianj]

It's getting to be that time again.  

Last year we started the TFL, we had 70 players spread across 11 gaming groups (conferences) from PA to MA. It was a league that ran from September to November and ended with championships in NJ. We had about $1,000 worth of prize support including custom fate decks that everyone went bananas for on AWP.

So this year moving forward we would essentially take signups from gaming groups cross country and get them into the east or west coast depending on if they would make finals in NJ or Portland on the West Coast. In order for a gaming group to be a conference they need to have at least 4 players who are willing to commit to 2 games a month for 3 months, and have players willing to travel to the championships in their respective coasts
Their opponents would be scheduled ahead of time and each month feature different schemes and strats

on the date of the finals (December 10th) there will be a championship tourney, and there will be open tourneys running at the locations the same day and time. The champions from each conference (gaming group/ store) would compete in the championships and everyone else can play in the open tourney.

The TFL will cost $15 to participate in and every player is guaranteed a participation prize. Conferences must have at least one player participate in the championships in order to collect participation prizes.

Players must be signed up by 8/20/16 in order to participate.

here are the east coast conferences and contact people that we have so far:

Table Top Games, Fall River Massachusetts- Manny Almeida
Basement Jacks (northern NJ/ Southern NY/ Toy Wiz/ etc)- Luis Pagan
New Hampshire- Victor Wright
Complete Strategist (NYC)Andrew Luke
Nu Brand Gaming (brooklyn)- Arash Afghahi
Brooklyn Strategist (brooklyn)- Davie Lustig / Damien 
Togit/ Maplewood Hobby (Central NJ)- Ben Hong
Outside the Box (Southern NJ)- Will Farthing
Enter the Realm (PA)- Chris Levis
The Armory (Massachusetts)- Quinn Marie
Giga-Bytes (Atlanta)- Brian Schoner
7th Dimension Games (Jenkintown PA)- Brian McIlvaine
Montags (Houston, TX)- Mike Guy
North Carolina- Dawn McCormack Plunge
Brothers Grim (Long Island)- Scott Wilson
Play More Games (MD)- Leonard Bisson

 

West Coast:

Vancouver, Canada- Dan Miner

Portland-Josh Cal

Seattle- Aidan Rogers

If you are interested in joining feel free to contact the contact person above so they know you are interested.

[ataraxianj]

Some more information:

Dates: September 1- November 30 2016 for the league. Championship is December 10th. East coast final is at Maplewood hobby in Maplewood nj West coast is in California final location to be announced. 

Entry fee: $15 per person for the whole league 3 months of play, championship, and prizes included. 

Prizes are tba. There will be a participation prize for every person participating. Right now we are waiting for approval from Wyrd to be able to produce some goodies. There will also be raffle prizes including 80% of the neverborn faction and some limited edition models. There will also be trophies and custom prize support for our champions. Last year we had over $1,500 worth of stuff. I think we have allready surpassed that number. All money coming in goes back to the players in one way or another. We don't pay for the venue and I take nothing from the league. 

Pairings along with strats and deployment are determined in advance for all 3 months. You get your "schedule" and discuss with your opponents the best time to meet to play your games. Games get reported to your conference contact person and they keep track and will give me the information for each champion by the first week in December. 

Each player is required to play 2 games a month for 3 months. Each champion is required to travel the championship... If they can not the runner up will attend (and receive the champion prize). Each conference must have at least 1 person come to the championships in order to collect participation prizes we can not ship them as it may be seen as selling the prize which we can not do.