For those attended the Nova...

[Sir_Prometheus]

Any truth to the accusations here on Blood of Kittens?

http://bloodofkittens.com/blog/2012/09/08/tits-for-tournaments-novaopen-the-tammeny-hall-of-40k/

[Grimwulfe]

There are things that may be based of minor truths however the entire article is blown out of proportion and was written to get attention.

This was my 3rd NOVA and I can say that while alot of over hype goes into it Mike puts on a solid tourny so I wouldnt read into it especially because the guy is writting his article on heresay and wasnt even there.

[andalucien]

Yeah, Tony Kopach help write the scenarios,  and he also had a list that was perfectly tailored to those scenarios.  I don't see that as evidence of foul play.  Being a local world-class player, of course his input would have been valued when coming up with scenarios that would make for good competitive games.  The scenarios were then published and everyone had a month to think about it and tailor their lists in the same way.   Tony just did it better.  I have zero problem with this.

I enjoy Blood of Kittens but sometimes I have no idea what he is smoking.

[Ian Mulligan]

Blood of Kittens does a lot of yellow e-journalism. Blogosphere = conjecture masquerading as fact.

[Sir_Prometheus]

OK

[Chase]

I can pretty much promise that WHEN Battleground does a GT that the Dark Star guys, at least, will be asked for feedback on the scenarios (at the minimum) before the event.

If Troy goes on to win the GT because he knew what the scenarios were going to be a couple weeks before everyone else, cool.  Will people bitch?  Yes.  Will they have legs to stand on?  Yes.  Will I lose sleep about it?  Nope.

Shouldn't it be expected that some of the top players in the area help with the design of scenarios for a large event?

Aren't the scenarios made public before the event anyways?  For some reason I thought Adepticon were the only guys that didn't make them public ahead of time.


I don't know... Part of me likes to read about the perceived imperfections of other TOs, the other part of me wonders / admires how they have the time and... gusto to organize a 4-600 person, weekend long event in the first place.

[Benjamin]

That article is one person trying fart as hard as he can in a windstorm, and out comes this nugget. Nothing's perfect, but NOVA is one of the best things to happen to the miniatures hobby. Every year, the event strives to be bigger and better than the year before. I doubt Mike Brandt is worried in the slightest.

I avoid "Tony on the staff" problem by placing very poorly at every event I help design.

[Bill]

Blood of Kittens does a lot of yellow e-journalism. Blogosphere = conjecture masquerading as fact.

This

[wheelchairman]

 - If Troy goes on to win the GT because he knew what the scenarios were going to be a couple weeks before everyone else, cool.  Will people bitch?  Yes.  Will they have legs to stand on?  Yes.  Will I lose sleep about it?  Nope.-

I disagree Chase .....I will not have a leg to stand on!!!!

[keithb]

- If Troy goes on to win the GT because he knew what the scenarios were going to be a couple weeks before everyone else, cool.  Will people bitch?  Yes.  Will they have legs to stand on?  Yes.  Will I lose sleep about it?  Nope.-

I disagree Chase .....I will not have a leg to stand on!!!!

Shit, dean comes in and blows the whole argument up!

[Chase]

It was certainly well played, Dean.

[Sir_Prometheus]

Well, personally I don't think it would be a big deal if 1 player knew the missions a little ahead of everyone else, as long as everyone else had them a significant amount of time before go-time.  Which, it sounds like people did for Nova, so yeah, null-problem. 

[Grand Master Steve]

if im reading this right, Nova was either rigged or the author needs the WAAAAMbulance to pick him up.

[andalucien]

Yes Chase, the scenarios were public and not only that, but visible efforts were made to keep people aware of how they were evolving even before they were finalized. 

If it was a tournament with secret scenarios, then that would be a little different.  I would not expect that someone who helped design secret scenarios would be eligible for winning prizes from them.

[GossWeapon]

I think were all missing the real issue here.  Njarl Stormcaller.  God forbid a 275 point model can hit a flier.  Thats just too powerful!