I know I'm not in this tourney, but I thought I'd put in my penny. 1.5 Hour games tend to be rushed, and I've heard a lot of players complain that they only lost because of the time constraint. Also other players, myself included. Have won 17-3/13-7 victories, but they could have been 17-3/20-0 wins if we had that extra 30 mins.
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I would also support the 3 x 2 hour games on the Saturday.
Can we email our fleet lists prior to the tourney for approval and also, I have heard that Armageddon is more than likely going to be late; can we therefore have a ruling as to whether Armageddon will be in or out,
Many thanks
Digger.
P.S. ThePirv knows an awful lot about being thrashed! :wink:
Can we email our fleet lists prior to the tourney for approval and also, I have heard that Armageddon is more than likely going to be late; can we therefore have a ruling as to whether Armageddon will be in or out,
Many thanks
Digger.
P.S. ThePirv knows an awful lot about being thrashed! :wink:
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
Assuming Armageddeon is out no later than the start of October, we'll be using the fleet lists and rules in it. Otherwise it'll be the tourney pack. emailing or PMing fleet lists for pre-approval is no problem.
hairyheretic
Mongoose
In general we like something to be out at least a month before a tournament, to give people time to get used to whatever rules changes there might be. Unless Armageddon is due out within the next couple of weeks, its a fair bet we would not use it.
I'm in favour of pre-approving lists, as its means less for me to do on the day.
Since 3 x 2 seems to be the favoured format, I think we can go with that.*
*All above comments subject to Lorcan
I'm in favour of pre-approving lists, as its means less for me to do on the day.
Since 3 x 2 seems to be the favoured format, I think we can go with that.*
*All above comments subject to Lorcan
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
i'm so much faster than you
hairyheretic
Mongoose
Yes, I've heard that about you. Most people keep that sort of thing quiet though :lol:
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
some people like smooth efficiency
hairyheretic
Mongoose
We generally like for a rulebook (update / whatever) to be out for a month or more before a tournament, so people have the chance to get used to rules changes and so forth.
I'll give Lorcan the final word on it, but my gut feeling is we've gone past the deadline, and to keep things fair we should use the existing tournament pack.
I'll give Lorcan the final word on it, but my gut feeling is we've gone past the deadline, and to keep things fair we should use the existing tournament pack.
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
Well it's meant to be released on Friday, which is close enough to a month that I'd allow it. If it's delayed any further, we'll stick to the tourney pack.
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
Well my LGS has yet to get Armageddeon in, so I'm leaning towards just using the tourney pack for the con.
TenaciousB
Mongoose
Lorcan Nagle said:
That makes sense to me, seeing as there's less than 3 weeks to the tournament, although participants really need a definitive ruling asap, so they have time to get things ready.
Looking forward to it all the same, Lorcan - it'll be great to have a drink or 6 with you Dublin guys!
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
Yeah, at this stage we're gonna go with the tourney pack, which is a shame really. Oh well.
What's to stop you going with SFOS?
As the tourney is 5 points raid, we couldn't use Armageddon ships anyway!
Either way though, you guys are the organisers, so a definitive it's SFOS or Tourney Pack would be appreciated.
As Tenacious B - I am looking forward to meeting you guys and having a drink or 6! :twisted:
As the tourney is 5 points raid, we couldn't use Armageddon ships anyway!
Either way though, you guys are the organisers, so a definitive it's SFOS or Tourney Pack would be appreciated.
As Tenacious B - I am looking forward to meeting you guys and having a drink or 6! :twisted:
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
The Tourney pack superceded SFOS for tournament games, and I was hoping to use the new stealth and fighter rules from Armageddeon more then the new ship stats.
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
'fraid not. If only my LGS had gotten it in on time 
From what I've played, the new Armageddon rules are a great improvement over the old tourney. But of course it's whatever you're comfortable running, you need to be familiar with the rules yourselves to settle any possible rules disputes!
If you go with the old tourney rules, can I recommend the usual modifications: Shadow Hunter is hull 5 not 6 but gets free fighters, and Sagittarius is Raid level.
I'd also recommend modifying the hyperspace rules, since the old tourney pack pretty much arbitrarily gives one player an advantage. Either both players can keep up to 2 FAP's in hyperspace, or nobody gets any hyperspace. Both those options are much fairer IMO than rolling a D6 for who gets a hyperspace advantage.
If you go with the old tourney rules, can I recommend the usual modifications: Shadow Hunter is hull 5 not 6 but gets free fighters, and Sagittarius is Raid level.
I'd also recommend modifying the hyperspace rules, since the old tourney pack pretty much arbitrarily gives one player an advantage. Either both players can keep up to 2 FAP's in hyperspace, or nobody gets any hyperspace. Both those options are much fairer IMO than rolling a D6 for who gets a hyperspace advantage.
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