Allerka Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 The 2011 NoVA Open is slated for late August, and is shaping up to be one of the most incredible wargaming conventions in the country. Last year, it was a 96-person tournament for both 40K and Fantasy, with enough prize support to ensure everyone got their ticket price and then some back in swag and door prizes. This year, it's a four-day convention including the NoVA Invitational (a 32-man five-round tournament for the absolute best 40K players in the nation), a team tournament, and the 40K Open GT, a massive 256-person tournament of eight rounds over two days, specifically designed to cater to all skill levels. There'll be open gaming and other events centered around other games like Warmachine/Hordes, Malifaux, a "Golden NoVA" painting tournament, and lots more. There'll also be thousands of dollars in prize support, available to virtually everyone. Talk to anyone who attending this last year (like me :)), everyone loved how it all worked. "I'm not a competitive gamer, so how would the tournament cater to me?" Glad you asked! I'll let Mike Brandt, the tournament organizer, explain it himself, quoted from his blog: So, we all know that we at the NOVA have spent a TON of time on making a format that is competitively evaluative, and enables players who are hardcore competitive to compete for the Best General (aka Tournament Champion) spot as the sole undefeated at the end of the weekend. What about players who don't consider themselves aces in the hole ... superior generals of the highest order ... but still consider themselves gamers (and not just "hobbyists" or "painters" or what-have-you)? What's for them that don't think they can win 8 in a row to take home the gold? Well, 15 other Best General awards. You've heard me in my Incidental Comp post talk about this before, but I wanted to go into the benefits and purposes in explicit detail. Let's say you attend the Open with a fluffy army, or a very laid back gaming attitude, and (heaven forbid) go 0-4 on your 1st day of the 2 day Tournament. What do you do, then? You don't have a gorgeous army, you don't think you'll win Renaissance Man (Best Overall), and you just lost 4 in a row ... do you go home, quit halfway, sullenly look forward to getting punked the next day for no reward? NO. We will be giving a Best General award to the winner of each Incidental Bracket on Day 2. The way Incidental Brackets work is we simply rack and stack players by 16 brackets of 16 on the 2nd day, and you ONLY play amongst your bracket. The way a 256 person w/l event works, everyone in each bracket will have the same record, and within groups of players that have many brackets at the same w/l, you'll have people stacked in brackets according to their seed. What this means is that if you go 0-4, even if you win your 5th round to go 1-4, you don't get "stacked" with the people who were 1-3 on the first day and just lost (And are theoretically a bit above you skill OR list wise). Instead, you play someone ELSE who was 0-4 on the 1st day. Let's say you win that also, advancing to 2-4 ... you still subsequently play another person who was 0-4 on the first day. No matter what happens, if you go 4-0 on the 2nd day, you'll win a plaque and a significant prize as a Best General, in the case of the 0-4 player you'll be a General of the 16th. No matter what, you'll be playing with your skillset, not struggling to advance only to end up with your head under water in a pool of players who've dropped from 2-2 or 1-3 after punking your type to get there in the first place on Day 1. More importantly, someone who went 4-0 on the first day can't lose one and find it easier to go from 4-1 to 5-1 ... no, they'll keep playing with the other 4-0's nonstop ... meaning that the 0-4's can take solace in the fact that someone who went 4-0 on Day 1 ... one of those 16 WILL go 0-4 on Day 2. So what's the point here? People in this hobby choose to critique tournaments or stack them as being one way or another ... competitive or casual ... hardcore or fun ... etc. Doesn't have to be that way. The NOVA will be fun by design for the artist, the competitor, the casual and the intense all at the same time, within the same event. Those players, commentators and critics who believe this can't happen, open your eyes - it IS happening, and not just with the NOVA. TO's are listening to the community at large, and providing innovative events that take everyone into account, instead of exacerbating divides or escalating conflicts. Join the party. So, if you want to get in on the fun, sign up for pre-registration! Open registration starts next Monday, but you can still register early by sending Mike an e-mail asking to get put on the pre-registration list, and you can order a ticket. I'd suggest you hurry, pre-registration has only been open for a few days and they've already sold over 100 tickets, even though the tournament is still almost nine months away! Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/219201-2011-nova-open/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartali Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Envious of people in the US, this seems to be the best 40k tournamnet at the moment. Hope someone picks up the Nova format and runs an event with it here in the UK Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/219201-2011-nova-open/#findComment-2614433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
antique_nova Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Bartali, i can help do that. i will need people interested first. i opened a thread asking people about a possible uk tourney that i will organise. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/219201-2011-nova-open/#findComment-2614689 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVBrandt Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Folks from the UK are of course welcome ... we already have several from England and a quartet of Scotsmen signed up and paid up. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/219201-2011-nova-open/#findComment-2614726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
antique_nova Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 it's in the us though......... people meant a nova tournament in the uk. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/219201-2011-nova-open/#findComment-2614732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVBrandt Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 http://novaopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/TheNOVAopen_2012-forum-size.jpg The NOVA Open is back for 2011, bigger and better than last year, expanded and better suited to cover and cater to EVERY PLAYER TYPE. If you are just a painter and converter, we'll have competitions and events for you. If you're a casual gamer, our GT's and TT will fit you just right. If you're a hardcore competitor, this is the place for you. If you just want to hang out, get some swag, meet some great gamers, and have a great weekend, this is the place for you. Registration is now fully open for the Warhammer 40,000 Elements of the 2011 NOVA Open. Weekend Badge purchase is now fully open for all attendees of the 2011 NOVA Open. Go to http://novaopen.com and click on "Registration" to purchase your tickets. Venue and Dates The NOVA Open begins with a social in one of the hotel bars at 4:00PM on Thursday, August 25, 2011. Open gaming (which will be 24 hours a day throughout the weekend) begins along with our traditional Whiskey Challenges and live podcasting at 6:00PM Thursday. The NOVA Open will occur entirely within the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, in Arlington, VA, deep in the heart of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area. Rooms at the Hyatt Regency in our block are locked in at a HIGHLY affordable $109/night. The hotel offers a free shuttle to and from Reagan National Airport (DCA) and the DC Metro System. Attendees whose name is locked in past the cancellation deadline will be entered into a raffle for FREE hotel accommodation over the weekend. Rooms can be reserved at: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=w...groupID=3217963 Warhammer 40,000 Warhammer 40,000 is our headline event, after the success of last year's inaugural tournament. We updated our formats and missions, and added a Team Tournament and Invitational. There is a HARD CAP of 256 tickets for the NOVA Open GT. More than HALF of these sold by 1/18/11, within 2 weeks of opening registration to pre-registrants. Purchase a ticket now, if you are certain you will be attending. Our format and space considerations will not permit us to open any spots beyond the 256 offered for the 40k GT. Additionally, the first 400 Weekend Badge purchases are guaranteed a full Swag Bag, each of which contained over $35 in products in our first year alone. Warhammer 40,000 Events and Initial Schedule Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:00 - 10:00PM: Whiskey Challenges (Celebrity Deathmatch, Open Game Pairing Service ... small prizes for all), Earlybird Registration Friday, August 26, 2011 Registration for the Team Tournament and Invitational begins at 6:30AM, with first rounds kicking off at 8:00AM Schedules thereafter diverge ... Invitational - 5 Rounds running from 8:00AM - 8:30PM, with a 1 hour break for lunch and 30 minutes between rounds; 2 x $1,000 cash prizes for the Best Overall and Best General finishers; live feed video casting of the final Best General match Team Tournament - 3 Rounds, 7 Games per Team, 8:00AM - 5:00PM Time intentionally left to relax before the GT, head out on the town in Washington, DC, open game with people from around the world, or watch the Invitational finals Saturday, August 27 - Sunday, August 28, 2011 8 Round, 256 Player NOVA Open GT Unique bracketing system on Day 2 structures it so that ALL PLAYER SKILL LEVELS are rewarded and have a shot at an undefeated second day with a best general prize and reward. More information on this can be found here: Relevant Article 1: http://whiskey40k.blogspot.com/2010/12/cre...mp-at-nova.html Relevant Article 2: http://whiskey40k.blogspot.com/2011/01/nov...ual-gamers.html Warhammer Fantasy GT Saturday and Sunday, with possible events for Friday 96 Player Warhammer Fantasy GT Details still in works, to ensure the best possible product - brought to you in conjunction with Mike C from Showcase Comics, and Scooter Walters from the Inner Circle Gaming Club. Registration soon. Warmachine / Hordes There will be Warmachine and Hordes competitive and casual events all weekend long, starting on Thursday night. Brought to you by Pressgangers from the DC region, final details are being organized and registration will begin soon. Malifaux 32 Player Malifaux Tournament on Friday, August 26. Possibly more events forthcoming. Registration soon. Painting Golden NOVA Painting Competition, and Iron Painters Speed Painting Competition for the artistically minded out there. Our appearance crew are hard at work preparing the details of these, and working on more terrain for main and special events, including a scale battlefield-ready replica of the National Mall in Washington, DC! The NOVA Open is a player-driven event, whose formats and styles are all derived from the input of a global player base. In response to global input and review, our 40k format (for example) has undergone extensive revision and improvement to its missions, scoring, and pairing systems. You are ALL peers, and your input and constructive criticism is always welcome. Post it here, on the Whiskey 40k blog in relevant articles, on our WhiskeyNOVA forums (http://nova.tlsconline.com), or by e-mailing event staff at novaopen@gmail.com or mvbrandt@gmail.com More information will be forthcoming regularly, so keep your eyes peeled here! 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MVBrandt Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Update, over 190 of our 256 40k GT spots are sold to over 40 US States, Canada, and over a dozen attendees from the UK (incl. Scotland). Don't miss out! Additionally, http://whiskey40k.blogspot.com/2011/02/hot...en-lodging.html]http://whiskey40k.blogspot.com/2011/02/hot...en-lodging.html Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/219201-2011-nova-open/#findComment-2660157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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