[NETRUNNER] Re: Tournament prizes

  • From: Sven Meling <sven.meling@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: netrunnerbergen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:26:46 +0100

I recommend http://challonge.com. We use this for fightning game tournaments 
over at GG Bergen, and it works great.


19. mars 2015 kl. 15:23 skrev Jackson Howard <tellytricks@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> What are we doing for tournament software?
> 
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:42:00 +0100
> From: joechip90@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: netrunnerbergen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [NETRUNNER] Re: Tournament prizes
> 
> Hey Lars,
> 
> I can provide coffee and I'll bring along some snacks but if anyone wants 
> anything else then they might need to bring that along.  I like the idea of 
> ordering pizzas for lunch too so I'll bring along some extra cash for that.
> 
> Looking forward to it.
> 
> Joe
> 
> On 19/03/2015 10:07, Lars Jørgen Sørfonn wrote:
> Great Joe!
> 
> Should we bring some snacks, drinks, other perishables? :)
> 
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 12:05 AM, Simen Hellesund<simen.hellesund@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> Thats great Bjarte! I’ll add him straight away.
> Simen
> 
> On 18 Mar 2015, at 22:15, Bjarte Handeland <bjarte.handeland@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I have convinced my friend Olav Bleie to join us on Sunday. ! 
> He have not done any deck building, but wanna try scrambling together a deck 
> until the big tournament day.
> 
> Add him to the mailing list if it´s okey :Olav.Bleie@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> Bjarte .
> 
> 
> 18. mar. 2015 kl. 17.24 skrev Joseph Chipperfield <joechip90@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> Hey Everyone!
> 
> Bio is fine by me.  I'll be in the department from around 10am onwards so I 
> should have some coffee brewed ready for 11.
> 
> See you then!
> 
> Joe
> 
> On 18/03/2015 10:48, Simen Hellesund wrote:
> Alright, I moved it to 11. First round at 11.30, giving us half an hour to 
> get set up and sorting out pairings. Seeing as at least one person prefers 
> the biology building I say we use that. You ok with that, Joe?
> 
> Simen
> 
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Lars Jørgen 
> Sørfonn<lars.jr.sorfonn@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 11 is fine by me :)
> 
> Keep us posted where there is showdown ;)
> 
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 5:50 PM, Grim Heathwine<gglinge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If we're not settled on the physics department, I'll vote for the biology 
> department, just because I think the tables there are slightly better 
> proportioned for netrunner than the ones in the physics departments. :D 
> 
> Are we ordering pizza for lunch like we did last time? If so people might 
> want to remember to bring some extra cash to pay for the pizzas. 
> 
> And I'm also fine with starting at 11.
> 
> 2015-03-17 16:11 GMT+01:00 Simen Hellesund<simen.hellesund@xxxxxxxxx>:
> that settles it I think. The price for entry will be 50,-. I don't mind at 
> all waiting a bit for Bjarte. how about moving registration to 11, with first 
> round at 11.30? If this is ok with everyone of course?
> 
> We can play in the room in the physics building we used for the draft. I 
> can't offer coffe though I'm afraid.
> 
> Simen
> 
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Joseph 
> Chipperfield<joechip90@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hei All!
> 
> I'm with Grim/Lars/Bjarte and think that we should try and get Simen's 
> expenses paid back as soon as possible. So 50 NOK sounds totally reasonable 
> for a tournament entry fee. If it turns out that Simen has been paid back 
> after just one or two tournaments at 50 NOK then we could always have a third 
> tournament for free. This way, Simen isn't waiting too long for repayment.
> 
> I don't really have too strong a preference in terms of tournament swag 
> distribution but I guess the more even distribution appeals to me more 
> (communist that I am).
> 
> I also don't mind what time the tournament starts and am happy to play a bit 
> later if it means that Bjarte can be more involved. Did we decide on a 
> location? I think the seminar rooms in Biology might be free this weekend and 
> I can steal one of the coffee pots from upstairs to get a tournament-strength 
> caffeine hit going so that is one option. I did also like the room we used in 
> Physics for the draft tourny.
> 
> There's a small chance that my friend Dom might be in Bergen this weekend 
> (can't remember if it was this weekend or next) but if he is here for the 
> tournament then I will tell him to bring his decks too.
> 
> Anyway that's my two øre!
> 
> Looking forward to it.
> 
> Joe
> 
> 
> On 17/03/2015 12:14, Lars Jørgen Sørfonn wrote:
> IMho, setup is good Simon. I'd suggest setting cover to [your expenses]/[no. 
> of players]. I don't think it's fair to let you go in red, on top of all the 
> work you have put down to organise this comp :-) cheers to you!
> 
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Bjarte 
> Handeland<bjarte.handeland@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hei,
>  
> Jeg har ikke noe problem med å betale 50. Jeg kan klare å komme til 10:00 
> hvis det er slik at folk må vente på meg.
> Hvis vi kunne utsatt det til 11:00 hadde det vært topp, men jeg vil ikke 
> klamme det til for alle andre hvis det passer best med 10:00.
>  
> Gjør det som passer best for flest.
>  
> Bjarte
>  
>  
>  
> 2015-03-17 8:33 GMT+01:00 Simen Hellesund<simen.hellesund@xxxxxxxxx>:
> We have enough osloswag for at least three tournaments. If eight people show 
> up for three tourneys and pay 30 that should recover the costs without 
> difficulties. I have no problem going up to 50, though. What do the others 
> think?
> 
> Showing up late would mean getting automatic game losses against the 
> opponents you’re paired against in the rounds you miss. This isn’t a problem 
> per se, but missing rounds sucks for both players. If everyone agrees we 
> could maybe consider moving the starting time a bit so that Bjarte can make 
> round 1. What is the absolute earliest you can make it, Bjarte?
> 
> It’s worth mentioning that the participation prize, Aesop’s Pawnshop, is a 
> single in the core set. The tournament is therefore a golden opportunity to 
> get more copies. I will be handing these out whenever, so if you want to 
> include it in your deck for the tournament you can. Proxies will not be 
> allowed.
> 
> I will not bother checking deck lists and such, I trust everyone to bring 
> legal decks. Pay attention to limit one per deck cards(philotic entanglement 
> and the fragments are the ones I can think of) and neutral cards that cost 
> influence(such as lucky find).
> 
> Cheers,
> Simen
> 
> On 16 Mar 2015, at 22:08, Grim Heathwine <gglinge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I'd like to suggest that you increase the price of entry, because we'll be 
> what? Seven or eight players? At 30 each that'd put you a bit in the red and 
> it just doesn't feel right that you should go out of pocket for arranging a 
> tournament. Maybe fifty? And then prizes for only the top two players so we 
> have enough Osloswag for a second tournament.
> 
> 2015-03-16 19:01 GMT+01:00 Bjarte Handeland<bjarte.handeland@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi,
> 
> I might be a little late sunday. Is it okay if I come around 12:00 ?
> 
> B.
> > 16. mar. 2015 kl. 17.22 skrev Simen Hellesund <simen.hellesund@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > Hi everyone.
> >
> > Just a quick reminder that the tournament will be held this coming 
> > sunday(22.). I hope to see as many of you guys as possible there :) 
> > Registration at 10, first round 10.30. Four rounds most likely. Lunch break 
> > between rounds 2 and 3.
> >
> > We need to sort out how the prizes will be distributed. Every player will 
> > receive an alt art copy of Aesop's Pawnshop. In addition we have two alt 
> > art Personal Evolutions, a playmat and two deckboxes. I also bought some 
> > sweet ass snare! sleeves in Oslo. We could do it two different ways:
> >
> > 1) The top four players get an alt art ID, a playmat, a deckbox OR snare! 
> > sleeves. First place get first pick etc.
> >
> > 2) First place get the playmat, a deckbox and an ID, second place gets an 
> > ID and a deckbox.
> >
> > I'm also open to suggestions from you guys! We could also consider a 
> > "Scorched Earth" price to the last place player?
> >
> > I'm not in love with the second option, it seems a bit too "top heavy". 
> > Using the second option would also mean that we got more prizes to spare 
> > and will thus be able to hold more tournaments with the prize packs we 
> > have(who knows when we'll be able to get more).
> >
> > I was thinking of chargin 30,- for entry. So far I'm out 649,- for the 
> > prize kits and the sleeves. I''ll keep a tab on how much I've spent and how 
> > much we get in in the tournaments. I'll probably make a google docs 
> > spreadsheet or something and share it with you guys.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Simen
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