zulu501 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Pouring Rain Open, Bergen We are pleased to announce the first NAF tournament in Norway, in Bergen. This is the player pack, which contains all the important information you require to compete at the Pouring Rain Open. Important dates, tournament rules and other details can all be found below. We hope your entire experience with the Pouring Rain Open is both enjoyable and successful. This will take place on the 26th & 27th September 2015. Welcome to Bergen - Norway Bergen is a city on the west coast of Norway. Bergen is an international city packed with history and tradition, a big city with small-town charm and atmosphere. http://www.visitbergen.com/en/Articles/Welcome-to-Bergen/ Getting there and awayYou can travel there both by car, bus, train or plane. Should you be coming from abroad the most comfortable and easiest means of travel will most likely be to go by plane. The airport is called "Bergen Airport Flesland" and is located approximately 20 kilometres from the city centre. There is an express bus service to the city centre that leaves from just outside the exit from the airport every fifteen minutes. The train station in Bergen is in the city centre. There is a direct route from Oslo to Bergen which is famous for the nice scenery across the Hardangervidda plateau at over 1.000 metres above sea level. See www.nsb.no for time tables and prices. The venueThe venue is located in the City Centre in Olav Kyrresgate 49 at The “Akademiske kvarter.” The “Akademiske kvarter” is the students’ culture house in Bergen. Det Akademiske Kvarter was opened by Crown Prince Håkon 22th of february 1995. Kvarteret has three floors, hosts about 2200 events every year and has an extended capacity of 1500 visitors at a time. The house has 10 rooms daily used for debates, concerts and other events, over 12 serving points, – and thousands of visitors every week. http://kvarteret.no/om-kvarteret/ The Cost150 NOK for NAF members, 200 NOK for non-NAF members. Note it will be possible to join the NAF at the event. Paypal sj_norway@hotmail.com with your name and NAF Name and Number (if you are a member) marking payment as Pouring Rain Open. Please mark the payment as a personal gift otherwise Paypal swipes a percentage. AccomodationHotels within five minutes walking distance from the venue include:Citybox (2-star): http://citybox.no/?lang=en&loc=BergenScandic Byparken* (3-star): http://www.scandichotels.com/Hotels/Norway/Bergen/ByparkenScandic Bergen City (3-star): http://www.scandichotels.no/Hotels/Norge/Bergen/Scandic-Bergen-City/Radisson Blu Hotel Norge (4-star): http://www.radissonblu.com/hotelnorge-bergen *recommended For more options http://www.visitbergen.com/en/WHERE-TO-STAY/ Tournament Rules The PlayersAll the players that attend the Tournament are expected to conduct themselves appropriately throughout the tournament. That includes playing the game in the right spirit, making sure they have everything they need (dice, templates, clear team rosters and their team!) and in general contributing to a friendly environment where everyone can enjoy both their games and the time spent in between rounds with their peers. The tournament organizers will do their best to ensure that the tournament runs smoothly and everything is provided to enable the players to get as much enjoyment as possible from the event, and likewise the players should do their utmost to hold up their end of the bargain. Most important of all, enjoy yourself!The OfficialsThe officials for the tournament are 100% committed to ensuring that your Pouring Rain Open experience is the best it can possibly be. Our job is to make sure everything runs smoothly and that you can concentrate solely on your task at hand and that is to play the best you can for 2 days against likeminded people that share your love of the Bloodbowl hobby. We would like to state we are looking forward to the event as much as the players and pledge to do our best to run the event as smoothly and professionally as possible.General Format Team Size: 110000 Rounds: 6The Pouring Rain Open is being run using the latest Bloodbowl competition rules.All teams may be used including Slann, Chaos Pact & Underworld.Coaches have a maximum of 1,100,000 to build their team and teams must consist of a minimum of 11 players. 1 Star Player per team is allowed and only after the minimum 11 players has been purchased.Your team must be painted with a minimum of three colours and based.All models must be WYSIWYG and proxies are not allowed. For Game 3 only , there will be a special rule in place to reflect Bergen’s reputation as one of the wettest places in Europe. On the Weather table Nice and Pouring Rain will be swapped, (So 4-10 is Pouring Rain, 11 is Nice) and regardless of the result in the kickoff chart there will always be a gust of wind.Skills TIER 1 - Amazon, Chaos Dwarf, Dark Elf, Dwarf, Lizardmen, Necromantic, Norse, Orc, Skaven, Undead, Wood ElfTIER 2 - Chaos, Chaos Pact, (Pro) Elf, High Elf, Human, Khemri, Nurgle, Slann, Underworld, VampireTIER 3 - Goblin, Halfling, OgreDAY 1 SKILLS (Saturday morning, at the start of the tournament)Tier 1: 3 normal skillsTier 2: 4 normal skills + 1 ‘double’ skillTier 3: 3 normal skills + 2 ‘double’ skillsDAY 2 SKILLS (Sunday morning, before round 4)Tier 1: 3 normal skillsTier 2: 3 normal skillsTier 3: 3 normal skills Stacking is not allowed, no player can ever receive more than one skill.All skills must be clearly noted on all copies of your team roster before the tournament starts. It must be clear to everyone which skills are “day 1 skills” and which skills are “day 2 skills”.All positions and all skills must be written in English to avoid language confusion.You will be asked to hand in a copy of your team roster to the tournament organisation before the tournament starts.Illegal procedures will not be called throughout the tournament.The 4 minute turn limit will not be specifically enforced throughout the tournament. There is however a strict 2 hour time limit for each game. If an official believes that a game will not be completed within the allotted time they may enforce the 4 minute rule.All inducements except for wizards and random cards can be used.All players will be healed back to full starting strength before each match Draw for Round 1 will be random. Draw for subsequent rounds will use the SWISS system.Tournament ScoringPoints for the games will be awarded accordingly:15 points for a win5 points for a draw0 points for a loss-15 points for concedingHead to Head result will be used in the event of a tiebreaker situation followed by the toughness of schedule and Touchdowns.PrizesTrophies/prizes will be awarded for the following:Pouring Rain Open WinnerPouring rain Open Runner UpMost TouchdownsMost Casualties All players will get small memento from the Pouring Rain Open Final WordAs we mentioned at the start we hope everybody has fun during ourtournament. If you have any further questions or queries, please don’t hesitateto contact us. You can contact us via PM on this site or email me at sj_norway@hotmail.com.Saturday11-1130 Registration11-30 Game 114.00to 15-00 Kvarteret Brunch (not included in ticket price)15-00 Game 217-15 Game 319-30 Day 1 closeSunday 10-00 Game 112.00to 13-00 Lunch13-00 Game 215-15 Game 317-30 Day 2 close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Tribble Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Brilliant that you bring the weather onto the pitch Been in Bergen, and there was rain. I'm Afraid it Will be filled by pathetic flowerpickers and other elvziez though... Dunno if I can make it there but had been great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 7 2 2 5 2
Doomy77 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I expect that rule will indeed attract elfy types and metagaming dorf coaches. I do know one guy who might just be crazy enough to bring Khemri, though. Sadly it's not me. If I attend any other tourney this year it will be Weegiebowl. However I am amused by the fact Zulu found somewhere wetter than Scotland and decided to live there instead. Wishing you well for the tournament, congrats on holding Norway's first of many! Also, "Citybox" is a wonderfully honest name for a budget hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4
BrotherKane Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Love the idea. For anyone considering it Bergen is really easy to get to and that bus from the airport is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribble Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hmm. Only 990SEK to fly there from CPH... + 2,5 times that for the living... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 7 2 2 5 2
Hobnail Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Love the idea. For anyone considering it Bergen is really easy to get to and that bus from the airport is great. Define "great". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 5
straume Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I can also add that is the hometown of OCC own Mynock and Straume. It would be cool to see some of you get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
straume Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Define "great". Free wi-fi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BrotherKane Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Define "great". Someone that doesn't speak a word of Norwegian can get on, enjoy some scenery and arrive in the middle of Bergen with a minimum of fus and in decent comfort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiling Tom Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Undergoing negotiations home, but chances are I'll attend - after all it's just a 4 hours drive away from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 3 3 2 2 2
zulu501 Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Undergoing negotiations home, but chances are I'll attend - after all it's just a 4 hours drive away from here Excellent. Good luck with the negotiations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Skuld Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Right im again considiring going to this event. Key factor is money tho gonna think it over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 5 2 2 2 2
Pidpad Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Can't get extra time off during September, so very unlikely for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 4 3 3 2 4 2 2
zulu501 Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Right im again considiring going to this event. Key factor is money tho gonna think it over. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Skuld Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Update: im about 95% going now, when is the last day to pay and send in rosters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 5 2 2 2 2
Tribble Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Sally it looks like I cant come. I will prolly go to Nice for a competition the week after, so need to train a lot before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 7 2 2 5 2
straume Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Update: im about 95% going now, when is the last day to pay and send in rosters? Great! We haven`t really set a deadline for it so no immediate rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
straume Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 We do have a website up: http://pouringrainopen.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Skuld Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I am now confirmed as an attendee, Booked and Packed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 5 2 2 2 2
straume Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 That is good news! You are entrant #17 so this looks promising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
straume Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Sally it looks like I cant come. I will prolly go to Nice for a competition the week after, so need to train a lot before. Sunny Nice over the Pouring Rain in Bergen? Weak, Tribble, Weak, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Skuld Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Any news about how many participants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 5 2 2 2 2
straume Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 At the moment we are at 18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Tribble Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Sunny Nice over the Pouring Rain in Bergen? Weak, Tribble, Weak, Yeah, I know. Pretty pathetic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards 2 7 2 2 5 2
straume Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Status update: 20 signed up. 14 paid. 8 people come travelling from Sweden, so yay for that! But no Tribble and Pidpad! Boo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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