Nationals 2016

[Sixtyten]

I'm guessing people have seen the news about Nationals in August in Brum by now. 13-14th. I for one welcome our new Esdevium overlords.

For those who haven't seen, we're looking to host a team tournament on the Friday in Brum a la King of Servers...

More news to follow...

[Johno]

Details: http://www.esdeviumgames.com/news-item/ ... s-in-2016/

[MartinP]

Interested to see if there will still be a UKGE event (Uroboros cup/ Regional / BABW / sanctioned event/ what ever).

Almost a shame the value of our promos won't be as high now (As we got ours first previously)

Looking forward to a less hectic first 6 months however.

[Johno]

Esdevium told me they planned to run a regional at the expo.

[gnouff]

Hello runners and corpo from UK !

I am a french player of netrunner (member of the BBQ Team), me and some other french players are also insterested to participate to your Nationals.
In UK it looks like Netrunner is really alive and hughe events are organized
I already looked at hotel prices next to the Birmingham's ICC, I don't know if it is the cheaper for us.

Do you know if the Nationals will be open for strangers ?
Who should I contact to have more informations (schedule, etc) for this tournament ? because we need informations to plan the journey. (maybe it is a little too early)

Thank you in advance for your answers.

[Nemamiah]

I'm sure that UK Nationals will be open to all; we had a scattering of players from abroad last year, and I can't see why it would be any different this time.

At the moment though, you have as many details as we do! All we know is the date and the location; details like the schedule, registration process and tickets will apparently be published by Esdevium (the distributor) soon. I

[Sincil Banks]

Ah the memories! 2nd photo page 1
http://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/gallery2015.php

Brendan is laughing at my temerity of bringing Hayley all the Genetics to Nationals..

[Brendan]

Good times!

I'm glad we're still friends after those games, Ben!

[gnouff]

Thanks you for your answer.
The main problem I see for us, is to be sure that we are able to have a ticket for the tournament, because it is difficult to make reservation in advance without it

In how many time were sold all the tickets last year ?

[Nemamiah]

There were 121 tickets at first last year, which sold in about four and a half hours.

Some more went on sale later on; they went relatively quickly, but in the end everyone who wanted a ticket got one as far as I'm aware.

[Sincil Banks]

They did say that was due to venue limitations last year didn't they? I believe they said once they moved the venue there would be no problem this year!

[TED-DIE]

So there will still be tickets available 2-3 days after opening of sales?

[mendax]

Maybe, but i wouldn't count on it.

[Sincil Banks]

If the xwing tourney is anything to go by its not going to be an issue

[gnouff]

@Sixtyten : I saw that you planned to organize a small tournament the day before nationals, do you think that we (about 10 french players) could participate ?
I just asking to now if we need to come early on Friday

[Ciremya]

Hi, I am a french player of netrunner (like Gnouff) and i have few question :
-last year the tickets go on sale on 23 february, this year will be approximately the same date ?
-it's possible to buy many tickets or is just 1 by person ?

Thanks.

[Brendan]

Here is what we know about Nationals:

http://www.esdeviumgames.com/news-item/ ... s-in-2016/

That's it! That's all we know!

[gnouff]

Thanks you Bendan
Apologies us if we have too many question, but this year we definitively want to participate to your UK nationals.

Now, wait & see.

[Brendan]

You're welcome to ask questions. We just know as much as you do.

[Sixtyten]

@Sixtyten : I saw that you planned to organize a small tournament the day before nationals, do you think that we (about 10 french players) could participate ?
I just asking to now if we need to come early on Friday

We'll post more details in the UK Facebook group and on here. Working out venue details. Expecting 150+ for the Friday based on the games expo regional ticket sales.

It will be a team event of 3 or 4 runners.

[shanodin]

As I understand it, the reason it is being moved from the expo is to remove the limit on attendees, so hopefully there will be more than 120 tickets!

Also not everyone who wanted to get a ticket last year got one

[MouseChan]

As I understand it, the reason it is being moved from the expo is to remove the limit on attendees, so hopefully there will be more than 120 tickets!

Also not everyone who wanted to get a ticket last year got one

This is part of the reason, yes

[lpoulter]

Does anyone have any updates on this? When is the exact time and dates likely to be announced, when do tickets go on sale?

[Ciremya]

Answer by Esdevium on twitter :
Hi, tickets for #ffg Nationals should be on sale by the end of June, with specific details to be announced in the coming weeks.

So wait an see !!

[lpoulter]

Thanks, got a link to the tweet?