*I hate you Johnny as you have ruined my 4th post before I even get to do it.... *
Feck you Maynard! Feck you I say 6am wake up call saying we have a minute to get ready, 30 minutes later we are on the road on our way to Dominion Day 3 so strap on the bullet proof vests and armour plate that car Baz because we are entering the occupied territories!
Could you pick a place out in the middle of nowhere much lads, it's more remote than the chances of Maynard placing in the top 10 in the tournament this weekend.
So the first game comes around and I'm having a pleasant time when I realise wait this isn't a two day, ah now come on lads needs to be a fecking two day to be a challenge.
The tournament day flew by and the provision of free caffeine meant I had a twitch the entire day, thanks for that lads..... And the journey home was like travelling through hurricane Katrina only with less none true aryan people.
*Once again hate you so much Johnny*
Right, EVERY TOURNAMENT ORGANISER PAY ATTENTION because THIS is how you run a tournament!
I hate Johnny because he absolutely gave me NOTHING to complain about other than it not being a two day everything else is me scraping the bottom of the barrel. Lets start with the list of Do's for every other tournament from now on shall we:
Best Battlefield - This is an awesome idea, if you ever want to encourage people to bring terrain do this as it's an extra prize that people with modelling and painting skills will love.
Spot Prizes and Small Tokens - Order of the Beard (Cheese Award), Mr Organised (Bribe Award), First person to kill one of his one models, First unit to fall back and so on these were great little things that added a small but great touch to the overall event.
Tea, Coffee, Snacks - I cannot say this enough when you have some 20 odd boxes of buns and pastry s, tea and coffee for free all day this is just fantastic. Every other event you see is in a hotel and we pay ridiculous prices for these and get nothing other than the games yet any other convention would get a minimum of tea and coffee from the hotel/venue.
Organization - This is a huge one and to pull this off perfectly as was done at the weekend was great! A running timer displayed on a projector down to the milisecond is another small but great addition, personalized score sheets, army lists printed with wargear and special rule refrences and everything you'd need to have at a tournament, free dice, relaxed yet completely structured games, on hand referee(s) and one dedicated score person (computer monkey)! Just plain awesome!
Prizes - You cannot beat a fine piece of glass trophy for a prize you just can't lads.
Value for Money - Tied into the one above for £15 (€17.3868) you get all the prizes, food (£3 for what is the best version of a breakfast roll, no roll instead it's soda bread) and a lovely cheap bar!
And now time for the scores:
Opponents 5/5
Venue 5/5
Food 5/5
Rules Pack 5/5
Terrain/Tables 5/5
Organization 5/5
Prizes 5/5
Value for Money 5/5
Overall 19/20 (Lost one point because you ran out of tea very quickly and one tables terrain could have done with a tad more stuff but really I am not giving you a perfect score cause then you'll get lazy) That's a total of 59/60 well damn done!
Thank you to Johnny and all the lads that made this event possible and I cannot wait for the 2 day event in February if it goes ahead. I can't state this enough that every tournament should resemble this and I (and every 40k player) will be very very happy even when you come 15th.... :lol: . This was as good as the last Dominion Day and I expect the same from every other DD.
Now that I am done with circle jerking the Northern Wasters I bid you all good day (fags)!