All about the GECQ and the Booster Draft

[Rudolf]

Welcome to the "Nights of Aching Beauty" in Darmstadt!

The Tournaments
Day 1: Saturday, 30.04.2011, will be devoted to the German European Continental Qualifier.
Please note that you will not have to qualify for this event.
The Top 5 will automatically be qualified for participation in any Continental Championship in 2011.

Day 2: The Booster Draft will take place on Sunday, 01.05.2011.
This draft is a "normal" one.

The Location
The "Nights of Aching Beauty" will take place on the 30th of April and 1st of May in:
The seminar rooms of the Schirner Verlag (publishing company), Darmstadt, Elisabethenstraße 20-22.
It offers enough room for about 50 players in one room. Drinks will be available on location, but there are also a lot of shops (and restaurants) near by.

Formats
Day 1: German ECQ: Standard Constructed; 3R+F; detailed rules can be found at vekn.net
Day 2: Booster Draft: Draft from 7 Boosters (3rd, Black Hand, Sword of Caine), to allow 1 recursion; 2R+F

Time-Tables
Day 1: Saturday (April, 30th) – German ECQ
Registration 10:00 - 10:45
1st Round 11:00 - 13:00
2nd Round 14:00 - 16:00
3rd Round 16:15 - 18:15
Finals 18:30 - 20:30

Day 2: Sunday (May, 1st) - Booster Draft
Registration 10:00 - 10:45
Draft (& Decklists) 11:00 - 12:00
1st Round 12:15 - 14:15
2nd Round 15:15 - 17:15
Finals 17:30 – 19:30

Costs
5 EUR admission fee for one day, 8 EUR for both days; plus cost of the boosters for the draft (about 15EUR)

Prizes & Notes
tba

Registration Day 1
http://forum.vekn.de/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5912

Registration Day 2
http://forum.vekn.de/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=5913

More Details
forum.vekn.de

Questions
Please feel free to send me a PM.

[Rudolf]

How to travel to Darmstadt / the location:

Travel to Darmstadt: fastest connection from Airport Frankfurt is the Airliner-Busline, departing every 30 Minutes from both Airport Terminals to Darmstadt Mainstation. Traveltime 22-27 Minutes.
One-Way-Ticket costs €7,40 and includes onto travel in the Darmstadt area.

Travel to the location: From Darmstadt Mainstation there are various connections to THE central city station "Luisenplatz" in Darmstadt, wich is in walking distance to the ECQ-location. Easiest connection is via Tram. All trams have their last stop at Mainstation so there is no wrong direction. Lines number 2,3 and 5 (all exept No 1) leaving to Luisenplatz. Connection time 6-7 Min.
Coming by train a lokal connection can usually be included free of charge. Otherwise a one-way ticket costs €1,60.

[Special thanks for this guide go to Jan!]

[Rudolf]

For those who have not already seen it: The tournament flyer ...

[hardyrange]

For those who have not already seen it: The tournament flyer ...

Well, in fact, I also cannot see it now...

[Rudolf]

For those who have not already seen it: The tournament flyer ...

Well, in fact, I also cannot see it now...

Nor can I ... I am going to check what is wrong.
EDIT: No problems at home ... Anybody else who cannot view the flyer?

[DA Lawfirm]

For those who have not already seen it: The tournament flyer ...

Well, in fact, I also cannot see it now...

Nor can I ... I am going to check what is wrong.
EDIT: No problems at home ... Anybody else who cannot view the flyer?

No problems here. It is perfectly visible.

[Mateusz]

Check, all clear.

[Männele]

I can't see it on work. Firewall-issues?

[cmdrKEEN]

Zu Hause kann ich es auf meinem Rechner und meinem Laptop kann ich es mit Chrome und Firefox sehen. Bur der IE weigert sich und zeigt ein kleines rotes Kreuz. Im Handybrowser ist es ganz weg.

[Rudolf]

Right now, it is only 4 weeks until the start of the tournament.
To all, who dare: Please start announcing your presence ...

Preregistration GECQ (30.04.)
Preregistration Booster Draft (01.05.)


I would also like to propose a "side-event" to you:
Saturday, when the GECQ will be done and the winner(s) chosen (approximately at 20:30 o'clock), I would like to visit the lounge bar and restaurant "Cielo" (http://www.cielo-darmstadt.de) along with anybody, who wants to come along. It lies just a few foot-steps away from the tournament location.

[Erol]

Erol Hammer 8450001 Day1 for sure / Day2 depends, what kind of mood my little royalship will have

[Rudolf]

Erol Hammer 8450001 Day1 for sure / Day2 depends, what kind of mood my little royalship will have

Äh, danke ... sehr vorbildlich!
Für "Day 1" bist Du schon seit langem angemeldet ...
Außerdem gibt es Extra-Threads für die Anmeldungen ...

[Rudolf]

Noch ein Hinweis für alle Autofahrer: Wenn Ihr auf Google die Stichwörter Parkplatz Hügelstraße Darmstadt eingebt, müsstet Ihr den Parkplatz "Landgraf-Philipps-Anlage" angezeigt bekommen. Dieser Parkplatz gleicht zwar einer Kraterlandschaft (vorsichtig fahren!), hat aber dafür den riesigen Vorteil, kostenlos zu sein und zugleich nur ca. 10 Minuten vom Spielort entfernt zu sein.