Blood Bowl GT 2008 - early info
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I don't know if anyone actually makes any money from running a Blood Bowl tournament (other than GW). Most that I am aware of run at a loss or break even. In effect it is a group of people pooling their resources to rent a space to play and buy some prizes to award to successful players.
GW going after tournament organisers would have no more chance of success than if they decided to go after starbucks for making people buy a cup of coffee before allowing them to have a game in their cafe.
GW going after tournament organisers would have no more chance of success than if they decided to go after starbucks for making people buy a cup of coffee before allowing them to have a game in their cafe.
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I understand your point Richy.
Its just if I was defending a T.O. in such a case I would just argue there is no case. Because it is just a group of players pooling resources to play a game which they previously bought. The tournament is advertised to let people know when are where it will be played and the costs that playing will incur. The T.O. is not actually selling anything, as evidenced by the lost costs of tournament entry.
From this stand point I don't see any possible infringement of anything.
Its just if I was defending a T.O. in such a case I would just argue there is no case. Because it is just a group of players pooling resources to play a game which they previously bought. The tournament is advertised to let people know when are where it will be played and the costs that playing will incur. The T.O. is not actually selling anything, as evidenced by the lost costs of tournament entry.
From this stand point I don't see any possible infringement of anything.
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I think was really pissed me of about last years BB GT (my first) was the shitty prizes.
Sure the food sucked, the rules sucked etc etc but the prizes
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The best painted teams (won by Richy) received a certificate, yes you read it right. A CERTIFICATE. 200 hours of painting = a piece of printed paper! Most of the other prizes were the same.
The only one I remember being a real award was for PeteW who won the BB GT and he got a egg cup worth about £5.
Pull you fingers out GW, you hoovered up about 10K in tournie fees (and beer etc) that weekend and could at least spend 1% of that on prizes.
Sure the food sucked, the rules sucked etc etc but the prizes

The best painted teams (won by Richy) received a certificate, yes you read it right. A CERTIFICATE. 200 hours of painting = a piece of printed paper! Most of the other prizes were the same.
The only one I remember being a real award was for PeteW who won the BB GT and he got a egg cup worth about £5.
Pull you fingers out GW, you hoovered up about 10K in tournie fees (and beer etc) that weekend and could at least spend 1% of that on prizes.
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I've never been a fan of prizes at tournaments. IMO it goes entirely against the just-for-fun ethos that we're all meant to buy into for these things. I'd much prefer cheaper tickets.
And Notorious, though I'm no lawyer, I must say that I can't see how making a loss can be viewed as evidence that nothing is being sold. A majority of small business startups make a loss and then die; would you suggest that their big mistake was not trying to sell stuff?
And Notorious, though I'm no lawyer, I must say that I can't see how making a loss can be viewed as evidence that nothing is being sold. A majority of small business startups make a loss and then die; would you suggest that their big mistake was not trying to sell stuff?
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Lol. It isn;t an egg cup!!! It;s a rather poorly crafted plaster-of-paris replica of the Blood Bowl itself. Of course, I am very proud of it and I placed it in pride of place on the mantelpiece over our wedding photo. My wife has now relegated it to the dresser cupboard where she brings it out when she has friends over when I am at tournies to laugh at me.King-Nerd wrote:I think was really pissed me of about last years BB GT (my first) was the shitty prizes.
Sure the food sucked, the rules sucked etc etc but the prizes.
The best painted teams (won by Richy) received a certificate, yes you read it right. A CERTIFICATE. 200 hours of painting = a piece of printed paper! Most of the other prizes were the same.
The only one I remember being a real award was for PeteW who won the BB GT and he got a egg cup worth about £5.
Pull you fingers out GW, you hoovered up about 10K in tournie fees (and beer etc) that weekend and could at least spend 1% of that on prizes.

Oh, I also got a certificate too. And I got to shake JJ's hand! :O
The REAL prize was thrashing Porritt in the final.

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Hehehe, yeah good point on the loss making not being enough on its own.Mordredd wrote:I've never been a fan of prizes at tournaments. IMO it goes entirely against the just-for-fun ethos that we're all meant to buy into for these things. I'd much prefer cheaper tickets.
And Notorious, though I'm no lawyer, I must say that I can't see how making a loss can be viewed as evidence that nothing is being sold. A majority of small business startups make a loss and then die; would you suggest that their big mistake was not trying to sell stuff?
However, if the TO makes a profit then it is a risk factor, the loss or break even is important to the group of people pooling their resources to rent space to play a game argument.
I like trophies, don't have to be expensive, just classy, paper is almost pointless.
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He can't have noticed.Nuffle-was-a-woodelf wrote:Oh dear...PeteW wrote:The REAL prize was thrashing Porritt in the final.
*Brace for response*
Or maybe he's turning the other cheek (you know the one isn't still recovering from the beating)
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