Okay, I just saw the Continental Prizes and just learned we may be getting RITR possibly BEFORE the NoVa Nationals...oh, yeah, and the SSD is arriving in a few days. HOLY COW!!!

I've spent the last few months preparing for the Armada Nationals with what is out now and, okay, SSD stuff I can deal with that, but now RITR?!!!! Eight more squads, 28 more upgrades, TWELVE more objectives, and, Pirgils amongst other new obstacles. What a wild month! Glad I'm not also playing Legion, though I'm not sure Clone Wars factions would compete in Nationals at this time. I am playing Imperial Assault so easy right (I can see them pull some craziness at the last second, they at least nerfed Spectre Cell already)?

One question, though, the Thursday Heat for Armada has 20 spots left, is this correct? A glitch? That means only 16 players at this point. I'm playing on Friday so naturally it will be full (of course) but are there really only going to be 16 or so players on Thursday? I'll be stopping by to see how many SSD's will be on Thursday and I'm sure there will be more people but it just seems strange at this point.

Anyway, just want to hear any thoughts from others going to NoVa Nationals. Or if anyone else is both crying and laughing like me...

Early Release is mostly irrelevant when it comes to tournament Releases. NOVA, being a Premier level event, has an 11 day cooling off period from the street date of the expansion.

At this point in time, we have no street date for RitR, even if it is out in the wild... If it is announced as street dated on or about August 15th-17th, then I think its legal for NOVA.

But at this point in time, they've got 2 weeks to tell us that.

I remember last year there were a lot of spots open a month before, then no spots open two weeks before.

Thursday is typically what we call "locals day". It's packed almost exclusively with folks from the area that managed to get the day off from work. As such, it tends to fill up later as people find out if they can make it or not. I had to drop out this year due to work commitments, but I suspect there are plenty of people waiting for final work decisions.

17 minutes ago, Truthiness said:

Thursday is typically what we call "locals day". It's packed almost exclusively with folks from the area that managed to get the day off from work. As such, it tends to fill up later as people find out if they can make it or not. I had to drop out this year due to work commitments, but I suspect there are plenty of people waiting for final work decisions.

I usually play on the Thursday heat (last two years plus the two-day event three years ago). It just seemed some spots suddenly opened up all of a sudden. This is local for me but I usually stay overnight and I wanted to play IA on Saturday so I went for the Friday heat.

As for the RITR I understand how it works it just usually pre-releases at GenCon then "Sept. for the rest of you" but it's possible for early release for all like the SSD. I'm just excited for both to release and bring more variety to the game (though it will always be my favorite)!

On 7/29/2019 at 9:08 PM, BlueFalcon251 said:

One question, though, the Thursday Heat for Armada has 20 spots left, is this correct? A glitch? That means only 16 players at this point. I'm playing on Friday so naturally it will be full (of course) but are there really only going to be 16 or so players on Thursday? I'll be stopping by to see how many SSD's will be on Thursday and I'm sure there will be more people but it just seems strange at this point.

Anyway, just want to hear any thoughts from others going to NoVa Nationals. Or if anyone else is both crying and laughing like me...

That is correct, there are currently 20 spots left on Thursday, Day 1. Day 2 only has 4-5 spots left. As Truthiness said, most out of town people sign up for Day 2 due to travel time. Day 1 is almost all local players right now, and I do expect a few more to sign up in the week before NOVA. There are also two slots left in Saturday’s Team Tournament (great chance to fly an Executor-class SSD!) and 16 in Pirate Furball on Sunday.

The SSD will be legal since it is releasing this week. However, RitR will only be legal if it gets a full release by 18 August. The pre-release sale at GenCon does not count-it has to be available for all for at least 11 days before the tournament. So, there’s a chance...a slim one, but still a chance.

On 7/30/2019 at 3:08 AM, BlueFalcon251 said:

Okay, I just saw the Continental Prizes and just learned we may be getting RITR possibly BEFORE the NoVa Nationals...oh, yeah, and the SSD is arriving in a few days. HOLY COW!!!

I've spent the last few months preparing for the Armada Nationals with what is out now and, okay, SSD stuff I can deal with that, but now RITR?!!!! Eight more squads, 28 more upgrades, TWELVE more objectives, and, Pirgils amongst other new obstacles. What a wild month! Glad I'm not also playing Legion, though I'm not sure Clone Wars factions would compete in Nationals at this time. I am playing Imperial Assault so easy right (I can see them pull some craziness at the last second, they at least nerfed Spectre Cell already)?

One question, though, the Thursday Heat for Armada has 20 spots left, is this correct? A glitch? That means only 16 players at this point. I'm playing on Friday so naturally it will be full (of course) but are there really only going to be 16 or so players on Thursday? I'll be stopping by to see how many SSD's will be on Thursday and I'm sure there will be more people but it just seems strange at this point.

Anyway, just want to hear any thoughts from others going to NoVa Nationals. Or if anyone else is both crying and laughing like me...

so what exactly are the continental prizes, pls?

2 minutes ago, NebulonB said:

so what exactly are the continental prizes, pls?

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thx Dras!