I am using 'DohYou' to score/moderate. Dohyou is the exact same software that PPress uses for their events at Gen Con, Lock & Load and other big shows. I will not be slapping a homebrew scoring system over the top.

What I can (and will) do is ensure that the lowest ranked player each round gets the bye. For the 1st round, I will ask for a volunteer and if none is forthcoming (which I doubt) I will randomise.

FWIW, a player had to drop out of Friday leaving 54 players. Lets hope everybody can make it out of bed in time

Am sitting in Sydney airport awaiting my connecting flight to Canberra!
WA represent! Bring on CanCon

*Ahem*
After I glue everything that broke apart during transit back together

Jygg, you've got Dru's faction wrong, you need to make it "Harbinger"

Also Dru, Don't bother buying a balloon, you will get one in your goodie bag.

Amen! She makes my martyrdom moist.

Now that pre-registration is closed, I want to say a few words about registration on the day. All the way back in the very 1st post of this thread I stated that my overriding concern with registration on the day will be to give/keep an even number of players for each event. The Cancon front desk will not accept registrations without my approval.

So, if you haven't registered and still want to try and play, here is how it works. Each morning, the TOs table will start a standby list of players that want in. Get your name/mobile number on that list ASAP in the morning. If needed, I aim to start calling players off the list no later than 9:15pm . And if you are serious, I suggest you have lists/models at the ready.

Just before its time to start, we will take as many players from the list (1st come, 1st serve) as we can such that the event has even numbers or is full.

Another point - The players pack says to be at check in "no later than 9am". That doesn't mean turn up at 9am, it means that if you haven't fronted up to the TO's table for check in by 9am you are late. People that are late face the very real prospect of being dropped from the event in favour of people on the standby list. Please don't risk it.

yes some men have bigger swords then others sorry i couldnt resist replying to this.

It's not the size that matters Veneficus. The Avatars sword still does better than most lol

touche,

Woot. WA represent indeed. How bad was the breakage? Im more than a little worried about my models. :/


Also Jygg, how large is the first place trophy? Packing my suitcase at the moment, need to make sure I leave enough room.

You'll need to make room for a wooden spoon

Apparently models should be taken as carry-on as opposed to in your suitcase, that way you make sure they don't get thrown around
Nothing too bad bad, just Avvy's smoke stacks, Reckoners torso, Harby's hand etc, relatively minor stuff that I've just glued straight back on

Hmm. I was going to put my models in my suitcase, Im not sure if they would let me take my Warpwolf Stalkers as carry-on. Those things could hurt people (thinking of the Spriggan incident)...

Damn airports.

Nah, you should be fine. Just might get a smirk from the guy behind the security screen ;-)

Just cover your suitcase in fragile stickers.
Are you flying direct? Less chance for breakages if so

No he doesn't, I already have a spot reserved for my shiny new wooden spoon lol

Only arrived in Canberra a couple of hours ago. Carried all miniatures on board the plane, no troubles at all- no way I wanted put through with normal baggage. Cant wait until tomorrow.

Never, EVER check your army in.

Carry on every time.
We have been taking armies on planes for 10 years without a drama.
(Apart from always being selected for the random bomb search...)

And when we went to Perth for Focused and Furious we put our armies in the hold and had no drama's at all, everything was fine.

AnyOne else holed up at the formulae 1 motel??

I wonder if there'll be space for 50pt practice games at CanCon tomorrow...

I was told people usually stay at Formula 1, but I ended up at the Pavillion on Northbound. Is conveniently halfway between the CBD and EPIC

Well at the airport now, models in my suitcase. Saw this advice too late, will prov go carry on for the rest of the legs. Not expecting any breakages, pluck foam and extra padding should be fine.

James your not playing the 25 pointer? I've got the Friday off, was plannin on just checking out the rest

Well at the airport now, models in my suitcase. Saw this advice too late, will prov go carry on for the rest of the legs. Not expecting any breakages, pluck foam and extra padding should be fine.

James your not playing the 25 pointer? I've got the Friday off, was plannin on just checking out the rest of Cancon but might be able to give you a game if it's possible.

What is at the rest of Cancon anyway?

Nah, not doing the 25pter anymore. Mr Jyggdrasil just hasn't updated the original post

Considering what time you flew out, aren't you going to need sleep lol? All I know about the rest of CanCon is that all gaming stock and supplies (ie paint) in Canberra is there

Congrats to Mr Moorhouse on his win today

OK. Day 1 done and dusted. We finished the day with 52 players. Six rounds later, when all was said and done, it looked like this...

Name - Faction - Score (SoS)(CP)
James Moorehouse - Legion of Everblight - 6 (3.8)(5)
Tobias Ford - Retribution of Scyrah - 5 (4.5)(10)(0)
Andrew Hadon - Skorne - 5 (3.8)(2)
Jeffrey Traish - Trollbloods - 5 (3.8)(1)
Andrew Morris - Circle Orboros - 5 (2.9)(5)
Russell Harman - Skorne - 5 (2.9)(3)
Dan P - Cryx - 4 (3.8)(3)
Rod Dart - Khador - 4 (3.8)(3)
Stanley Vernos - Khador - 4 (3.6)(3)
Chrstopher Davies - Khador - 4 (3.6)(3)
Dan Gilchrist - Khador - 4 (3.5)(5)
Ken Ferris - Circle Orboros - 4 (3.5)(4)
Dan Baker - Protectorate of Menoth - 4 (3.5)(3)
Dru Moore - Protectorate of Menoth - 4 (3.3)(3)
Martin Sullivan - Trollbloods - 4 (3.1)(1)
Matthew Tait - Protectorate of Menoth - 4 (3.1)(1)
Evan Ferris - Khador - 4 (2.8)(6)
Jeff Galea - Retribution of Scyrah - 4 (2.8)(5)
Aaron Harwood - Cryx - 4 (2.6)(3)
Warren Cooper - Minions - 3 (4.1)(3)
Adrian Roberts - Khador - 3 (3.4)(3)
Sam Tovey - Trollbloods - 3 (3.1)(6)
Jason Lewis - Retribution of Scyrah - 3 (3.1)(2)
John Stevens - Khador - 3 (3.0)(4)
Adam Hock - Trollbloods - 3 (2.9)(5)
Neil Pohlman - Mercenaries - 3 (2.9)(4)
David Warner - Cryx - 3 (2.8)(0)
Andrew Martin - Cryx - 3 (2.8)(2)
Edward Crompton - Circle Orboros - 3 (2.6)(4)
Chris Linning - Cygnar - 3 (2.6)(1)
Jeff Shortland - Circle Orboros - 3 (2.5)(3)
Trevor Cowper - Trollbloods - 3 (2.3)(2)
Steph Cornes - Cygnar - 3 (2.1)(3)
Jake Mengel - Retribution of Scyrah - 2 (3.8)(3)
Jacob Everingham - Mercenaries - 2 (3.1)(3)
Michael Krolikowski - Circle Orboros - 2 (3.0)(4)
Rob Carroll - Khador - 2 (2.9)(2)
Brad Scott - Minions - 2 (2.8)(3)
Gregory Peatey - Cygnar - 2 (2.8)(2)
Justin Williamson - Cygnar - 2 (2.8)(1)
Ian Bennet - Khador - 2 (2.6)(5)
Jason Cooper - Cygnar - 2 (2.5)(3)
Jeremy Tovey - Cygnar - 2 (2.5)(3)
David Carr - Khador - 2 (2.3)(2)
Adam Southwell Retribution of Scyrah - 2 (2.3)(1)
Luke Nott - Protectorate of Menoth - 2 (2.0)(1)
Kurt Withers - Cygnar - 2 (2.0)(1)
Adam Nott Cryx - 2 (1.8)(1)
Matthew Robertson - Cryx - 1 (3.1)(0)
Timothy Hanlon - Cygnar - 1 (2.3)(3)
Jamie Downward - Cygnar - 1 (2.3)(0)
Callum Lamb - Trollbloods - 1 (2.1)(6)
Brendon Holland - Cryx - 1 (1.6)(3)

A huge thanks to the players (and my helper monkeys) for such a great day. As TO for such a large event, it would be hard to ask for better.

And tomorrow, rounds 1 - 4 of the 50pts Streamroller.

Oh, almost - Best of faction for today...
Circle Orboros - Andrew Morris
Cryx - Aaron Harwood
Cygnar - Steph Cornes
Khador - Chrstopher Davies
Legion of Everblight - James Moorehouse
Mercenaries - Neil Pohlman
Minions - Warren Cooper
Protectorate of Menoth - Dan Baker
Retribution of Scyrah - Tobias Ford
Skorne - Andrew Haidon
Trollbloods - Jeffrey Traish

Today was great.

Thanks so much for all your efforts so far.

SS

I like that I beat Dan out for best of faction in cryx. Same wins, his SOS is better

I am tired enough that your entire name could be a typo...

Two more days to go Jason, and only 64 players this time

On the subject of things I may have gotten wrong...

I forgot to give James one one of his prizes - a Domination poster covered in PPress signatures.

I also forgot to mention that the reason none of the winner were given the advertised CGS dragon trophies is that CGS hadn't finished making them. I *should * be able to collect them tomorrow for delivery to the winners.

Aaron your dress seems to go a long way. Jason, tut tut. I thought you were a married man

Top day. Well played to all.

So, James, just how much do you know about Menoth for my prize tomorrow?

I understand this 0 amount.

This

oh dear, are you 0-4?

Well, no, but surely that doesn't put me out of contention lol

it may sonny jim

Hey, if I can manage to lose my game tomorrow that puts me a 1-4, and as I've scored a grand total of 0 control points thus far I'd like to think I'm still in with a shot
(Learning about general tournament play might be kinda handy haha )

Another terrific day - thanks all!

We set a new Australian record today with 62 players, smashing the 52 players record we set just yesterday.

Just 2 rounds to go in the 50pt Steamroller, but in the meantime you can find some great pics here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/metavirus/set...57629057397833/

Congratulations Jason, absolutely fantastic stuff!!!!

Just a little video I put together of some of yesterdays action, for the Warcast boys.

Enjoy

http://vimeo.com/35797279

Its Leeper (circle) vs Denison (cryx) for 1st .

GOOOO BEN!!!

Bring another one home for WA buddy!

But it was not to be...

Denno takes the win!

Well done Trent - EPIC event for it!

And the podiums are:

1st - Trent Denison (Cryx)
2nd - James Moorhouse (Legion)
3rd - Ben Leeper (Circle)

Congrats to the winners!

Cryx wins! Hands up everyone who's shocked and/or surprised. Come on now, don't be shy.

Seriously though, that was some phenomenal play on the top table from both players. Massive props to everyone who podium-ed and to Denno in particular. And thanks to Jason for running a great pair of tourneys.

Speaking of which, about how much got contributed to the "Save Jason's Marriage" Fund by the end of the day? I hope it was enough to buy the wife something suitably conciliatory.

G'day all

I'll post the full players list/details tomorrow (the 1st-3rd above is correct). Huge congrats to the winners (the Leeper/Denison game really was epic) and thanks to all the players for a terrific weekend. And now, I am going to sleep....