Ok, I've gotta say it: I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING INTO SWM WITHDRAWAL!

After what seems like a nearly non-stop string of SWM events from March through August, there has been almost nothing since then....

Furthermore, V-Set 20 has so many cool new figures that I have a whole bunch of squads that I want to play, but no opportunity to play them.

Finally, there are currently no SWM events scheduled on Vassal for the month of November, and so I want to announce the....

November Light-Side / Dark-Side Tournament
Saturday, November 28, starting at 2:00 pm (Eastern time)

Please mark your calendars!

Since it is one of my personal favorite formats, and since it also allows us to use 2 squads rather than the usual 1, it seems to me that the LS/DS format will be a good way to go.

Matchups:
Before the tournament, all players will build two 200pt squads (including a map selection)...one from one of the LS factions, and one from one of the DS factions. These are regular, single-faction 200pt squads (with Fringe pieces allowed to be mixed into any squad, as per usual). For the purposes of this event, this is the faction breakdown:

Light Side factions:
OR
Republic
Rebel
NR
Fringe

Dark Side factions:
Sith
Separatist
Imperial
Yuuzhan Vong
Mandalorian

* At the start of each match-up, players will roll off.
* The winner gets to select which of his/her squads he would like to play (LS or DS); the other player will then play with the squad he/she brought from the opposite faction (DS or LS). Alternatively, the winner of the roll-off can choose to defer this choice to his/her opponent.
* The player who did not select the squad match-up then automatically wins the map choice AND the side choice for that match.


Format:
As per usual on Vassal, rounds will be 75 minutes. We will play Swiss Rounds until we arrive at one undefeated player, at which point we will make a top cut.
--less than 6 players: Top 2
--6-10 players: Top 4
--11+ players: First we celebrate at having so many players...WOOHOO! Then we cut to a Top 8.


Maps:
We will use all the maps on the Restricted Maplist for this event (yes, they are all available on the most recent version of Vassal):

-Throne Room
-Starport Terminal
-Starport District
-Bothan Spynet (Spynet HQ)
-Rhen Var (Ice World Citadel)
-Outlaw City
-Cantina
-Ravaged Base (Commander's Office)


Registration:
If you'd like to play, please respond in this thread.

Just like with other SWM events on Vassal, you can register for the event up to 1 hour before the start time (so 11:00 am EDT). I will post in this thread when I've sent my squad info to a neutral party, after which point you will be free to send me your squad info. When you do so, please send me a BlooMail which includes the following information:

LS Squad Name:
LS Squad Link:
LS Squad Map:

DS Squad Name:
DS Squad Link:
DS Squad Map:

In order to save time and hassle during the event, please take a moment to pre-Save both of your squads before the event begins.


If you're reading this, then I hope you can join us! This event is free, and open to anyone who knows the rules and wants to play. It doesn't matter if you haven't played for more than 12 parsecs and it's not important whether you're a padawan or a sith master. To quote a very gifted and astute individual, "We would be honoured if you would join us...."



Participants:
in!
thereisnotry
DarthBainCapital
urbanshmi
adamb0nd
TimmerB123


possibly in...??
urbanjedi ??
Spryguy1981 ??

Players
adamb0nd
DarthBainCapital
TimmerB123
thereisnotry
UrbanShmi


Round 1
thereisnotry (DS) vs DarthBainCapital (LS) - thereisnotry wins 3-0 (213-65)
adamb0nd (LS) vs TimmerB123 (DS) - TimmerB123 wins 2-0 (139-89)
UrbanShmi vs Bye - Laura wins 3-0 (200-0)

...After Round 1:
thereisnotry 3 (1-0)
UrbanShmi 3 (1-0)
TimmerB123 2 (1-0)
DarthBainCapital 0 (0-1)
adamb0nd 0 (0-1)


Round 2
thereisnotry vs UrbanShmi - thereisnotry wins 3-1 (203-118)
TimmerB123 vs DarthBainCapital - TimmerB123 wins 3-0 (200-36)
adamb0nd vs Bye - adamb0nd wins 3-0 (200-0)

...After Round 2:
thereisnotry 6 (2-0)
TimmerB123 5 (2-0)
UrbanShmi 4 (1-1)
adamb0nd 3 (1-1)
DarthBainCapital 0 (0-2)



Round 3
thereisnotry vs TimmerB123 - thereisnotry wins 3-1 (200-141)
UrbanShmi vs adamb0nd - adamb0nd wins 3-0 (200-59)
DarthBainCapital vs Bye - DarthBainCapital wins 3-0 (200-0)

...After Round 3:
thereisnotry 9 (3-0)
TimmerB123 6 (2-1)
adamb0nd 6 (2-1)
UrbanShmi 4 (1-2)
DarthBainCapital 3 (1-2)



Finals
thereisnotry (DS) vs TimmerB123 (LS) - TimmerB123 wins 3-0 (227-81)


Congrats Tim!

Sign me up

I should be in. J will know closer to the date (but he's been off work on Saturdays a lot, so this should work for him, as well).

There have been 5 tournaments since GenCon. It's not near-weekly like it was during regionals season, but it has been far more active than most Fall Star Wars Minis seasons.

Yes, I know. This arrangement is entirely to prevent the strangle-hold of sith force dominance that comes when it doesn't have to deal with Ysalamiri or Force Immunity.

Oops! I’ve moved back to Canada and I forgot to consider American thanksgiving weekend. Should we move the event to November 21 or December 5? Either would be fine for me.

I can't do it earlier in November, as I have a big paper due that day. But definitely do what works the best for the most people.

21st of november now doesn't work for me. I forgot i had a wedding to go to in New Mexico so i'll be gone a few days. it'd have to be the 5th of December for me to be able to join. Thanksgiving weekend i have my family coming to visit, so i can't play that weekend.

i'll not be playing that day then as i have my brother and his wife coming to visit. hope everyone else has fun tho! should be a great tournament and i'm curious to see what people bring.