Well, I just got finished with Tacticon, and tournament season is basically over until Feb. when Genghis Con gets here. However, in one weekend, three somewhat exciting/intriguing pieces of news found their way to me.
I'll list them in order of least excitement:
1) YTTH Con, aka 'Yeti Con' is going to be happening in Salt Lake, where I live about 6 or 7 hours from. I grew up about 2 hours from SLC so I have plenty of friends I can even stay the night on Thursday or Friday (whenever I went down). Sounds cool, with the W/L format. That being said, I'm not a fan of the 'Stelek persona' that that website cultivates. I don't have any qualms with him on a personal level, but I guess I'll just say I'm leery of any event he runs. I think if I didn't live so close I wouldn't end up going. Hopefully I'll enjoy it. The structure seems to be to my liking, though I haven't seen the missions yet. I'll for sure keep an open mind. /shrug
2) Genghis Con is going to have a 2-day Warhammer 40k event next year. I already spoke to the TO, and he told me it's going to be 2 games Friday night (since it'll start later in the day, for people who need to get off work to go) and 3 games on Saturday. That means I'll be able to play a 5-game event and then rock Fantasy as well. Pretty cool, if you ask me. I've always thought more games was better for any big tournament, and it looks like they're doing that with Genghis (which is the biggest tournament in the state, that I know of).
3) Adepticon... has changed its ways. The players championship was entirely restructured, to a much better format. Could it be better? Yeah, for sure. Take out draws, and it would be a heckofalot better. Still, I think the best news is that they've changed it to an event that is actually winnable by the 'best' player there. After I had gone last year, I talked (somewhat briefly) about why I would most likely not go back. Here's the post, if you're interested.
I had basically said that the events were unwinnable, since there were too many people with too few missions (making this the 3rd time I've said that in this post, lol). A W/L/D format is in my opinion far far better than a battle points system, since in a big tournament, even a minor win is basically a loss. At least at this tournament, a win is a win. Plus, it gives me incentive to make it to the '2nd round' on Sunday, since that's when Gladiator is, and I hate hate hate Gladiator :)
That being said, I did send them some feedback for their tournament and they basically said 'Hey! We REALLY really really REALLY appreciate your feedback! But we're going to do it a different way, cuz that's what we feel is best. But thanks for the feedback!' heh... don't ask for feedback if you're already set in your ways, dicks.
Still, it looks like I'll be going to Chi-town again this April. My team we took last year is already buzzing about what we're going to take- and it looks like so far, the verdict is: Orks.
So, expect lots of articles about orks coming soon. I've played pretty extensively against them, and feel like I know them pretty well, but since making army lists for the team has been deemed solely my responsibility, it'll be a whole new monster.
What tournaments are you excited about for next year? I'd like to hear, since I'll have enough to go to a few out of town this summer...
