Are Verlo Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Hello brothers, I thought I´d share my recent misery in a 60-man tournament. The summary is short and bitter: The Scandinavian Airlines left my suitcase in Oslo as I traveled on to Denmark. When I was to claim it, the suitcase was still back in Oslo. So I spent half the tournament waiting for my miniatures. The TO was amazing and arranged for me to borrow an army, but as we all know that is not the same as playing my own. Luckily the miniatures arrived just before game 3 (out of 5). I know the miniatures should never be checked in, but should instead carried onboard as hand luggage. I was already late for my flight and once I got to the airport take-off was in 35 minutes. The plan was to repack and carry miniature suitcase as hand luggage and check my larger suitcase in. Then this enourmous line of tourists arrived and moved towards security. I thought to myself, I have to get before them or I´ll actually miss my flight. And then i checked the large suitcase in...with my mini-suitcase inside.... The first flight took me from my local airport to Oslo and then I flew from Oslo to Denmark. The best they could offer was to mark my suitcase as urgent/priority and have it carried to Denmark by the first flight, next day... and the rest makes me cry Tracking showed the suitcase arrived at the airport at 08:30 and was quickly updated to "delivery process initated". I was cautiously optimistic that the army would arrive before round 1 at 10:00. At 12:54 DHL texts med "Your bags have been collected, we will contact you to agree on delivery details". At 16:30 it finally arrives. I am so glad the figs were only delayed and not lost, but the distance between the venue and the airport equals an hour ride by car. Still it took nearly 7 hours and 30 minutes to bring me the army..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riot Earp Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) Well there is a legend that somebody in germany lost his ork army on the way to a tournament because his cars rear trunk opend on the highway. Only one single ork survived. Edited February 19, 2018 by Riot Earp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallas Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Ouch, that's rough! At the very least they weren't lost or damaged, so that's a huge plus - while your plans may have been :cuss up, at least all of your time and effort wasn't made to disappear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Are Verlo Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Right, nothing was lost or damaged and the whole incident could have been avoided if I wasn´t late to the airport. But then again, I actually expect the airline to carry my suitcase to my final destination. As you say, the worst part was spending time and a good deal of money (10.000NOK =1250 USD) on a tournament I did not get to enjoy fully. I spendt most Friday night being angry and Saturday was stressfull, with all the waiting and the faint hope my army would arrive in time. Crimson Ghost IX 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Ghost IX Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) So very to sorry to hear of this happening to you Are Verlo. Sucks things went down that way. Definately a silver lining on your collection being recovered and undamaged at least. Made me wonder if there is a travellers insurance that might cover something like this. Lost Luggage ruining an event and kicking in to cover some incurred costs doesn't seem to be a thing on a quick google search. Neither would it have likely covered, but a fraction of the cost of your collection should it have been lost, let alone the hours spent building painting etc. Serious food for thought man. It is important to share stories like this. Thanks for doing that. Again, very sorry to hear of such a run of luck. It is supposed to be limited to the dice man. May the road rise with you from here. Edited February 19, 2018 by Crimson Ghost IX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indefragable Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Very sorry to hear that, Are Verlo. As much as it ducks, hopefully all of us can learn a lesson. Hopefully some fun was gleaned from the event at least? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kappel Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 That sucks, Are. Was the tournament Warzone Slagelse? The army you borrowed was that also Blood Angels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Are Verlo Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) Yes it was Warzone:Slagelse The borrowed army was black templars and I used it round 1. I chose to forfeit round 2, giving my opponent 20-0 in his favour. My army arrived in time for round 3 and I got to play 3 games with it.( 2 won and 1 lost). The TO and the staff were all fantastic and did as much as possible to ease my suffering. Unfortunately the weekend was heavily influenced by the delayed luggage. Edited February 20, 2018 by Are Verlo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3L Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 (edited) This sucks to hear However I can tell you that many airlines will not take models in hand carry, especially transnational (I know the USonians have it easy internally) in cabin, unless you're collection is all plastic, you'll have metal and sharp spikey bits I do UK->Asia and back frequently, as much as I've asked nicely, it's hold only. I've had great success with sea shipping, but that's some commitment for a tournament Edited February 20, 2018 by D3L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kappel Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Yes it was Warzone:Slagelse The borrowed army was black templars. I know it is a bit off topic, But I would love to hear your analysis of the current Meta? Many shield captains on dawneagle bikes? Insane Eldar lists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Are Verlo Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 The shield captains were everywhere and as far as I know only 5 or 6 Eldar/Ynnari lists (out of 60). As usual st.Celestine found her way into quite a few lists. The list that took 1st place was a nids list with ripper as troops, Mawlocks, mucolids and tyrants with wings. Kappel 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riot Earp Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Lez me guess 4-5 tyrants with double devs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Are Verlo Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Lez me guess 4-5 tyrants with double devs? Correct, and a mix of adaptions to cover all the important stratagems (kronos, kraken and behemoth if I recall correctly). Riot Earp 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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