Gamer Apathy
Frak me!
Man am I steamed… today was supposed to be the annual Cities if Death Tournament. I started running this event annually at [the now closed] Checkpoint Charlie’s the year Cityfight came out. With the loss of Checkpoint, Thor at Mighty Miniatures, with the help of Nick Daniels, kindly agreed to continue the “tradition”. I was pumped to be playing CoD again, as it has some great scenarios and 1250pts on a 4×4 makes for a fun 90 minute game (which means you can play 5 in a day easily).
This morning only TWO players show at at MM. After months of whining about the lack of tourneys going on locally, and then “demanding” we run more events, the locals don’t show. WTF? Well that pretty much kills tournament gaming on a monthly basis in Vancouver; other than the mediocre GW events (one per system per quarter) no store is running regular events. Why should they bother? Players seem not to want to support their stores when they do put one on. Sure I don’t go out monthly like I used too, but there are LOTS of other players who want events. Oh well, f**k ‘em…
Man am I steamed… today was supposed to be the annual Cities if Death Tournament. I started running this event annually at [the now closed] Checkpoint Charlie’s the year Cityfight came out. With the loss of Checkpoint, Thor at Mighty Miniatures, with the help of Nick Daniels, kindly agreed to continue the “tradition”. I was pumped to be playing CoD again, as it has some great scenarios and 1250pts on a 4×4 makes for a fun 90 minute game (which means you can play 5 in a day easily).
This morning only TWO players show at at MM. After months of whining about the lack of tourneys going on locally, and then “demanding” we run more events, the locals don’t show. WTF? Well that pretty much kills tournament gaming on a monthly basis in Vancouver; other than the mediocre GW events (one per system per quarter) no store is running regular events. Why should they bother? Players seem not to want to support their stores when they do put one on. Sure I don’t go out monthly like I used too, but there are LOTS of other players who want events. Oh well, f**k ‘em…
Posted by in 20:58:03
There may be apathy for GW games, but not other systems. Hordes/Warmachine is doing great. MonPoc has a following. Perhaps you just need to re-invest?
-Trent
Well, I would say that there wasn’t much warning and I for one certainly wouldn’t expect a tourney in December.
I started a 40 League at Trumpeters and easily maxed out the 14 spots I opened up.
I’ll do my part and check MM website more often than once a month…
Lee
Hi Lee
Well, the event was advertised through all the usual local channels by Nick (forums), so it should have been well known. As for nothing in December… not sure why you would assume that, and we’ve also been running it on the same weekend for 5+ years!
Hey Doc
I never made it out to Charlie’s for the fun there, but will keep my eyes open more for any tournaments coming up and will certainly encourage my gaming group to attend also.
I’ll like to see the 40K scene improve in Vancouver too.
Thanks
Lee