Allow a nerd to whine, if you please.

So the Endor Open held in Seattle, Washington is being held at Comicon. Sounds cool at first glance--two birds with one stone and all. But there's no price cut for attendees. You have to buy a Comicon ticket and a ticket for Endor Open. So that's north of $150 if you don't make the cut. If you do, you better have a Sunday ticket as well.

How many players deserving of a spot in the Open either couldn't afford the prohibitive prices or missed their chance because Comicon sells out quick, fast, and in a hurry? From the conversations I've had with my fellow PNW X-wingers, quite a few.

As for me? One of my friends who moved to California a few years back decided he'd come up for Comicon this year. I had a spare few hundred bucks at the time and bought Friday/Saturday tickets, not realizing at the time Endor would be hosted here. When I found out later, I hemmed and hawwed about whether or not to ditch him for a day to play (knowing I didn't have tickets for the cut, but I never make it in high level events anyway (always the bridesmaid, never the bride)).

Then my buddy tells me he can't go after all, so I'm flying Solo. My conscience clear, I go to register and it's....closed?! What. The. Eff.

Now I don't know, but I have a really hard time imagining both Friday's and Saturday's flight are full. Is there some kind of back ground check period that requires they shut down registration days before the event? Attendance will already be low, unless I'm mistaken, why arbitrarily make it lower??

I'm half tempted to call bull and show up with my stuff anyway to see what happens.

Western Washington is already isolated enough and hosting an Open Series event is an awesome opportunity. There are a lot of very good X-wing players in Washington and Western Canada (I'm a pretty good one) and incessant SNAFUing of this event is really doing the community a disservice. I really hope this doesn't ruin our chances of hosting an Open event next year in a more agreeable venue.

SoS tickets are sold out very very fast - so don't be suprised. Showing up with your stuff and trying to make it in anyway propably will result in variable from polite "no" to "are you crazy?", depends on the mood of TO literally no chance he will let you play ad hoc :/

But i agree that is kind of lame if 2 tickets had no joint-ticket of any kind.

I agree, everything about the Endor Open so far from registering, to misinformation about how to get the Comicon badges, to the additional costs involved, it's all been piss poor. I really hope the event itself goes well, but I will be hearing about it second hand. That is not something that deserves my money.

I spoke to one of the TOs at the Vancouver Regional a few weeks ago and from what he was saying, the tickets hadn't sold out fast. His recommendation was to get a ticket for Friday because he was anticipating an extremely low attendance and thus a thin field on Friday. So maybe it filled up quickly since, but he didn't think so.

For his/their sake, I hope it did fill up and that's why registration was closed. If it's well attended, maybe it will come back to the region next year. Still bringing my stuff (my whole kit takes up about 9"x6"x2" and fits easily in my backpack), and I don't care who knows it!

I had every plan to attend the Endor and then saw the cost and decided against it.

Putting it at Emerald City Comic Con was a DUMB idea. It's already an insanely crazy event. Too expensive for the value of the event.

Sekac, you are more than welcome to come to the game matrix in Tacoma and play.

Haha! Love that store. Don't often get down to Tacoma from Bellingham though. I suppose I'll just try to enjoy comicon and look longingly at those Endor combatants.

Don't complain or Endor will get back to Poland next year!

(last year ticket was about 12 USD for 2 days, over 200 players attended)

I have no interest in ECCC. That I would have to spend 150 bucks for a con I have no interest in to play is why I'm not going to the Endor Open.

31 minutes ago, Koing907 said:

I have no interest in ECCC. That I would have to spend 150 bucks for a con I have no interest in to play is why I'm not going to the Endor Open.

You and about 100 or more others. Sounds like turnout so far is rather low. In the 30's as far as participants signed up for each of the two flights.

There were about 112 reported at Mustafar in Texas
and there were about 168 reported at Kashyyyk in California

1 hour ago, Sephlar said:

You and about 100 or more others. Sounds like turnout so far is rather low. In the 30's as far as participants signed up for each of the two flights.

There were about 112 reported at Mustafar in Texas
and there were about 168 reported at Kashyyyk in California

That's horrible news. If they truly get 60 people for an open northwest will probably get boycotted in the future.

4 hours ago, doji said:

That's horrible news. If they truly get 60 people for an open northwest will probably get boycotted in the future.

Good. Maybe they'll plan better (no badge seriously wth) and get their act together.

6 hours ago, doji said:

That's horrible news. If they truly get 60 people for an open northwest will probably get boycotted in the future.

Good. Maybe Endor will get back to where it was hosted first time, to this little country in the middle Europe that gave you all the Paratani

They can send it to Australia next year. We'll get a **** sight more that 60 attend.

Oh well what a shame. I almost sympathise with all the poor americans who only have FIVE FRIKKIN' OPEN SERIES TOURNAMENTS TO ATTEND! Hopefully more of them coming back to Europe next year!

No worries, Tatooine was sold out under 30 minutes, about 300 tickets.

53 minutes ago, Voitek said:

Oh well what a shame. I almost sympathise with all the poor americans who only have FIVE FRIKKIN' OPEN SERIES TOURNAMENTS TO ATTEND! Hopefully more of them coming back to Europe next year!

Tournaments, not in my area might as well be in another country. Multiple mountain ranges to cross, no cheap hopper flights from one area to the next. Not to mention additional lodging, food, etc.

It's a bummer there aren't more of these events so everyone can participate, but even though America might have 5, some Americans only had hope for one.

Just now, Sekac said:

Tournaments, not in my area might as well be in another country. Multiple mountain ranges to cross, no cheap hopper flights from one area to the next. Not to mention additional lodging, food, etc.

It's a bummer there aren't more of these events so everyone can participate, but even though America might have 5, some Americans only had hope for one.

Yeah, I know it's a huge country and it's probably easier for me to go from UK to spanish SOS, than for a New Yorker to go to LA... yet it still feels very, very unfair there are only 3 of them in Europe, especially with 2 of them being run one week after another (Yavin & Lothal both within one week)

Im going from Hong Kong to Chicago to attend the Hoth open.... just sayin' ;-)

1 minute ago, Dave Grant said:

Im going from Hong Kong to Chicago to attend the Hoth open.... just sayin' ;-)

I admire your true dedication sir

I vote for an Open in every game store next season!

Just now, Sekac said:

I vote for an Open in every game store next season!

5 in usa, 4 in Europe (UK, Spain, Germany, Poland - biggest communities?), and one in Asia/Australia and everyone will be happy

1 hour ago, Voitek said:

Oh well what a shame. I almost sympathise with all the poor americans who only have FIVE FRIKKIN' OPEN SERIES TOURNAMENTS TO ATTEND! Hopefully more of them coming back to Europe next year!

You do remember that there was exactly 1 in the USA last year, right?

5 minutes ago, Sephlar said:

You do remember that there was exactly 1 in the USA last year, right?

I only started playing Xwing in September 1 is obviously not enough for North america region, but so are 3 in Europe!

I got in! Just a normal sized clusterfudge then!