Category: Announcements

Hope everyone hasa great Thanksgiving!

Reminder that we’re closed on Monday, October 10, 2011 (we are actually closed every Monday!).

Our comic shipment should be 24 hours late this week due to the holidays, so I expect to have everything sorted and ready for Thursday, October 13 by 12 noon! Our Innistrad restock arrives this Tuesday, October 11 and should be ready by 4 PM.

Again, have a safe and happy holiday!

Regards,

Roy Kim

Hope to see everyone at our Prerelese this weekend (if you haven’t registered yet- it’s still not too late to do so)!

Please read up on our FAQ (http://www.thundergroundcomics.com/?page_id=13) and the FORMAT (http://www.thundergroundcomics.com/?page_id=277)  of our event before showing up!

If you haven’t played in a Prerelease before, WOTC has posted a primer here (http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtgcom/events/prerelease-facts)!

See you at the games!

Regards,
Roy Kim

God bless the good people at Wizards of the Coast (WOTC)!

We were fortunate enough to be able to sign up for and host Magic Celebration!

Magic Celebration is a FREE event in which we will host a Mini Master (also known as Pack War) tournament! Each entrant is given one FREE booster of Magic 2012 and 3 of each Basic Land (which I will provide for you) which they use to make their deck. Each time a player wins a Match (not each time a player wins a game), I will give them another Magic 2012 booster pack!

We only have a few more open spots left in our first event, but I would like to run as many as of these as possible on Saturday.

1. Format:
*FREE to enter
*Mini Master: Sealed Magic 2012
*4 Rounds Of Swiss Style play (where players are paired up randomly in round one, and then paired up against other players who have the same amount of points)
*Each Round Is Best 2 Out Of 3 and 50 Minutes Long

• When time runs out, 5 additional turns will be given starting with the active player
  • If time runs out and neither player is able to defeat the other:
    • If this was the 2nd game, then the player that won the first game, wins the Match
    • If this was the 3rd game, the Match ends in a draw

2. Deck Construction:

*At the start of the event, each player will be given one booster of Magic 2012 and three of each Basic Land (Island, Mountain, Swamp, Plains, Forest) which will be their deck. No changes will be permitted at this point. So: 1 pack + 3 of each Basic Land = Deck
* Whenever a player wins a Match, they will be awarded one FREE Magic 2012 booster, at which time, they will be given 10 minutes to make changes to their deck. They may add/remove Basic Lands (which I will provide) so that their new deck must be at least 40 cards minimum.

3. Prizes:
*2 separate Magic 2012 boosters will be awarded at Random at the end of the event

*Also have several online keys for Xbox 360, PS3 and Steam(?) that give item special Duels Of The Planewalkers items. 

4. Additional Flights:

*We have a total of 216 packs to give out, so I would like to use that to run as many events as possible. If all things remain constant, we should have at least 32 people on Saturday at 1 PM and hopefully we will be able to run 2 of these events (not necessarily in the same day- depends on attendence)

5. Future Events:

*Don’t forget the Innistrad Prerelease is coming right up:

• Innistrad Midnight Prerelease: Friday, September 23 at 11:59 PM
• Innistrad Prerelease Day 1: Saturday, September 24 at 1 PM
• Innistrad Prerelease Day 2: Sunday, September 25 at 1 PM
• Innistrad Midnight Launch: Thursday, September 29 at 11:59 PM
• Innistrad Launch: Friday, September 30 at 6 PM

Regards,

Roy Kim

 

Special thanks to all of the volunteers that helped us teach 3 groups of new players the “ins” and “outs” of this wonderful game we call Warmachine / Hordes! And, welcome to the 11 new players to our great and growing community of players!

I’m sure they all appreciated all the help you guys gave them, thanks so much!

Gotta give credit where credit is due- Neil D suggested this demo and is even planning a painting tutorial later in the Fall. Thank you, Neil from me and the Warmachine community!

If you’re a new player looking to start this game, please drop by or send me an e-mail (thground@telusplanet.net) and hopefully we can set up another demo!

Our Warmachine schedule looks pretty set, but if you have an idea or would like to try a different event, I may be able to gather some players for you.

*”Wrath” Launch: Saturday, August 27 at 1 PM

*”Shattered Grounds: Sand Narrows“: Saturday, September 3 at 1 PM

  *Steamroller: Saturday, October 29 at 12 Noon

Regards,

Roy Kim

 

Hello!

Hope everyone had fun at our 40K’ Ard Boyz event that took place yesterday, Sunday, August 14! We had 21 sign up but sadly only 15 showed: my guess is a mix of good weather, wedding(s), summer movies, and summer festivals lured these peeps away.

In any case, here’s our final standings, congrats to the Top 3 who move onto the next round in September:

1. Darrell D: 9 MP, 60 BP, 6972 VP

2. David S: 8 MP, 47 BP, 4767 VP

3. Mat K:  7 MP, 56 BP, 3711 VP

4. Paul L*: 8 MP, 48 BP, 5770 VP

5. Matt D: 7 MP, 48 BP, 3998 VP

6. Brian S: 7 MP, 45 BP, 5770 VP

7. Rob T: 7 MP, 18 BP, 1868 VP

8. Ryan C: 6 MP, 27 BP, 2372 VP

9. Ron B: 6 MP, 12 BP, 1707 VP

10. Mike R: 5 MP, 38 BP, 5087 VP

11. Tim F: 5 MP, 20 BP, 2943 VP

12. Lea-Anne W: 5 MP, 13 BP, 2227 VP

13. Nick G: 3 MP, 11 BP, 1858 VP

Drop. Sam H: 4 MP, 14 BP, 2036 VP

Drop. Mitchell F: 2 MP, 9 BP, 3008 VP

*Note: Paul L qualified on Saturday at another venue and very graciously stepped down to 4th place from 2nd place, so that another player could move onto the Semi Finals in September.

I had a blast hosting this event, it was great to meet all of the new/old players! Hopefully, we can meet again in the near future!

Semi-Finals: my GW sales rep called today and I asked once again why we weren’t listed as a  Semi Final location on their website. His response was there isn’t enough demand for them to run a Semi Final in our region. So, Ontario gets 2 (because they have 15 prelim locations) followed by BC and Quebec with 1 a piece. There’s always next year.

Looking for feedback! Send me an e-mail or drop by!

Regards,

Roy Kim

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Our 40K ‘Ard Boyz format is starting to look like the prelim script to the next Superman movie: there have been so many revisions and updates- how do you know which is the final draft?

That’s where I come in!

This event is a “Work-In-Progress” (WIP); meaning that when I was setting it up, I was not expecting 20 people to sign up- so MPs worked for me and made sense. Now that we have 20 (if they all actually show up), we will obviously have to use a more exact method to get a standings for these players. Since we won’t be able to do a finals round, tiebreakers are our only other option.

If you’re confused by this or even worse frustrated, then let me ask you a question:

Would you rather be told upfront HOW an event is going to work or would you rather find out how standing will be determined AFTER you’ve played?

Well, I hope everyone reads these updates and has their army lists in before Friday- don’t wait until the last minute, get those lists in on time! If I don’t have it in hands (or inbox) by Friday night, your place will get passed onto the next person in line.

Regards

iRoy

“Wrath” Launch Party section now open! Follow the link:

http://www.thundergroundcomics.com/?page_id=505

Regards,

iRoy

Our 40K ‘Ard Boyz changes from using “Battle Points” with “Victory Points” as tiebreakers to using “Match Points” with “Battle Points” as the first tiebreaker and then “Victory Points” as a secondary tiebreaker.

What’s the difference? What the heck are all these kinds of points anyways?

Good question.

“Match Points” are awarded as follows: Match Win (or Bye) = 3 MP, Match Loss = 1 MP and a Draw = 2 MP.

“Battle Points” are points accumulated by completing the scenarios. They are defined by GW as either: “Massacre“, “Major Victory“, “Minor Victory” or “Draw“. There are bonus BPs in each scenario as well.

“Victory Points” are points scored by eliminating enemy units/models.

What’s the advantage of using MPs over BPs?

Big difference.

First, the only fair way of assigning a Bye is through MPs. Think of it this way: if you show up to an event and there is an odd number of players- someone is going to have to receive the “Bye”. If we use strictly BPs (no MPs), then what value would you assign to the Bye? Anything less than Major Victory (BPs) would eliminate that player from placing Top 3- so why would you even show up then?

Second and more importantly, by using MPs we will have an event that will be more enjoyable for everyone. Using only BPs, everyone would play in such a way to score as many BPs as possible- a win would not be enough, they would have to completely massacre their opponents. While this is something I’m sure GW is aware of (and I understand why), it is something that I am not comfortable hosting. I think a “win” is a “win” regardless.

Our 40K ‘Ard Boyz section is up! Follow the link:

http://www.thundergroundcomics.com/?page_id=393

Remember to register as soon as you can via email (thground@telusplanet.net) AND our event is taking place on SUNDAY, August 14 at 1 PM!

Regards,

iRoy

Still have a few Steamroller coupons and giftbags available if anyone is interested. Just send me an email (thground@telusplanet.net) or FB msg.

If you’re interested in trying out Warmachine or Hordes,  we have another League coming up in September (new calendar is coming right up) with another Steamroller in October!

Regards,

Roy Kim

Congrats to Tyler Webb for winning our second Steamroller for Warmachine / Hordes on July 30, 2011!

Thanks go out to all who participated and especially to the GROTS who came from Red Deer to play (ie dominate) our event!

NOTE: The Grots have an event on Saturday, August 6! Follow this link:

http://grots.ca/forum/index.php?topic=2192.0 

For full stats and pictures, click on the Warmachine / Hordes link on the right hand side navigation.

Regards,

iRoy