Date: Saturday, July 19 (changed from July 12, changed from July 5)
Time: 2:00 pm EST (1:00 pm CST, 6:00 am on Sunday morning in NZ)

Cost: FREE!
Map List: All of them. A, B, and C. Note that the newest maps (Tomb of the Acolytes, Great Library, and Business District) are not uploaded onto Vassal yet.
Legal Pieces: All WotC and V-Set pieces, up through and including V-Set 7 (including the BHC pieces).
Squad Format: 200pt Constructed. All SWMGPA Floor Rules will be in effect.
Judge: thereisnotry. I'd like to have another judge who can rule if a dispute arises in one of my games; please volunteer if interested.
Prizes: Bragging rights and the deep respect of all the highly skilled players on Vassal. :)
Rounds: Swiss format until we have 1 undefeated player, then cutting to a Top 4 for playoff rounds (1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd, then the winners play each other in the Finals).
Game Length: 70 min rounds, including setup time.
Requirements: Skype and the newest versions of the Vassal mod and the V-Set extensions must be armed and fully operational on your death star computer. If you have trouble, contact me before the Saturday of the tournament and I'll walk you through the process.


How to Register
1. Sign up in this thread (or at SWMGamers.com, but please only sign up once).
2. At least one hour (or earlier) before the tournament starts, send me a PM that includes all of the following information for yourself:
-Real name
-Screen name on Vassal
-Skype name
-Squad, fully written out
-Map choice


How the Tournament Will Run
At the start of every new tournament round, everyone will gather in the Main Room on Vassal. I will announce the pairings, and then you and your opponent will make your room. From the moment your pairing is announced, you will have 70 minutes to complete your game. If this were a regular face-to-face tournament, I would obviously prefer to have everyone wait until I announce the start-time so that everyone has exactly the same amount of time. But since we’re on Vassal, I think the easiest and simplest way to do it is to start the time immediately, and give some extra time to set up. Since we’ll all be using Skype, there is no reason why the game has to take longer than 60 minutes. We’ll have 10 minutes to reveal squads, load a map, and pull out our pieces. If some people can get set up faster than 10 minutes, then they’ll have a few extra minutes to play.

We will be using a strict 3-2 scoring system: it will be “200 or 2.” No exceptions, UNLESS you have contacted me beforehand during the match because your opponent was slow-playing, in which case I’ll examine each situation as it comes. Once I call time (that is, by saying so in the game chat or via PM to one of the players), those who are still playing can finish their round and then report their results. If you come prepared to play quickly (but not foolishly) and finish your games under the time limit, you'll have a better chance of doing well.






This post will be the main information-gathering post for the Vassal Regional. Any updates will be edited into this post, so check back here often for the most updated information.

EDIT: Mark your calendars! The date of the Vassal Regional has been moved back to Saturday, July 12. I'm just a dumb Canadian, and I didn't take into account the fact that July 5 would be a long-weekend.
Post-EDIT: The date has been moved back another week to July 19 instead. Yes, the NZ guys are THAT important to us!

Count me in! I wasn't able to attend last year, but this year it'll work out good. I look forward to seeing everyone on vassal!

I'm in.

This is 4th of July weekend.

(edit). It's a Canadian running this thing. ;)

No but seriously - I'd like to try and do this, but it's a very jam packed weekend.

Do you guys think that July 5 is the wrong time to hold this event? I'd be happy to move it to July 12 if you guys would prefer.

I was about to say 'count me in', but I don't have and can't get Skype.

I'd be down to play in this, can't say for certain yet because I'm not sure what my schedule will be like then, but I'd definitely like to participate :)

TAKE NOTE: I have decide to move the date of this event to Saturday, July 12. No longer July 5.

Do'ah!

I'm in. And I'll be fresh off a NZcon win, so watch out ;)