What's Winning Gen Con?

[Enti]

How many people do you expect to Gen Con and how many attended last year?

Is it similar to the German Championship with 20 participants? Or much much more?

[zot]

One thing I always get bothered by at Gen Con is people not getting enough practice in. With that in mind I'll be spending all evening Thursday fighting people with my books, bring your tournament book and lets fight. I may even try to get this set up as an all day event as well.

There are pros and cons to this.

if you make it an all day event, it gaurentees you table space which is always a pain in the ass to find at GenCon. That's one of the bad things of Gen Con is there is little to no room for any open gaming.

If you make it an event, it has to be paid for. they charge for space by the hour which is reflected in Ticket price.  That is why a 1 hour event is $2, and the MW tournament, an 8hr event is $16.  If this is an "event" for all day, say Thursday 10AM - 10PM, its going to cost somewhere around $24 a person.  Also how many "seats do you request? 10, 16? I'm not sure if that has to be paid for in advance and you get the ticket money back or something, but there is definitely a cost associated with it.

We're still debating GenCon because the cost keeps going up every year. And if we come, It'll be with the Wife and the baby, so I probably would be able to do an all day thing, but maybe drop in for 2-3 hours for a game or 2. I'm not going to pay $24 to drop in for one / 2 games.

You'd probably be better off trying to wing something Wednesday and Thursday nights in one of the local hotels that AW is putting you guys up in.

Last year we played in the mw area all night long. There were no issues or cost. I would think it would be the same this year. It was awesome. Hope you can make it.

[Super Sorcerer]

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I hope the winner will be either a holy mage or a bloodwave warlord. I would also be glad to see  a wizard and a johktari beastmaster in the final four.
I guess the winner is most likely to be a necromancer, a forcemaster or a siren.

Warlords got pretty nice tricks with these steadfast boots (which can be cast on an enemy mage together with a tanglevine), and the ballista and the gloves are really good. It seems a bit more likely that a warlord will be in the final four than last years.

[iNano78]

Warlords got pretty nice tricks with these steadfast boots (which can be cast on an enemy mage together with a tanglevine)

Cool idea, but you could only do this against a War mage.

[RomeoXero]

And only if you are a war mage as well.

[DaveW]

It's been a while, but not yet time for GenCon, so I hope you don't mind my resurrecting this thread.

A lot of people are talking about the Necromancer. I think the Necro has both benefitted from and been hurt by PvS (will be good against Sirens, but not against Holy mages). In general, though, I think that the Necro is going to find it more difficult in many matches. Holy mages got a serious boost with PvS... so I expect probably two of four of the finalists would be one of Paladin, Priest, or Priestess... probably Paladin as one. Siren... I've played one person who had a good Siren book, so I know that it is possible for one to do very well... and I won't be surprised if there is one in the finals also, since there probably are people who have not had enough experience against her yet. Lastly, I am expecting a Warlock to be in the finals as well. It just seems to me that a fire-trained mage can do well in many matchups. So my top three expectations would be: Paladin, Siren, some kind of Warlock... with outside chances for Priest, Forcemaster, Straywood BM, and Wizard.

I especially don't want to see either of the new mages win, however. The spells available to them are pretty amazing. Since I am a fan of underdogs, I'd be thrilled if none of the above win... doesn't really matter to me which.

[silverclawgrizzly]

I don't mind the ressurection. I'd be very surprised if Necromancer won it two in a row. I honestly predict the Druid or Force Master.

Don't be surprised if a Warlord makes top 4.

[Reddicediaries]

I don't mind the ressurection. I'd be very surprised if Necromancer won it two in a row. I honestly predict the Druid or Force Master.

Don't be surprised if a Warlord makes top 4.

Forcemaster? Huh.
What should be we be expecting in Academy FM is the big question then.

[Reddicediaries]

Tbh, I think the final four will be Biblo, Millie, Zot, and Larrick/Shark/Coshade.

[silverclawgrizzly]

In terms of players I don't even want to guess.

[Sailor Vulcan]

I think all the mages have a chance to win, as it should be ever since the wizard and his tower were errata'd. Holy mages, war mages and the forcemaster probably have a slight advantage, though. Right now I wouldn't estimate more than a 50% chance of any particular Mage winning the tournament.

[RomeoXero]

I expect fewer wizards by a large margin this year! I'm gonna be there to see it firsthand! Necro is still very strong, pillar might mess with them though. 

[Reddicediaries]

I think necro's and druids often throw off the opposing game plan so much that they can appear potentially stronger than they actually are.

[Puddnhead]

Johktari for 1st. Paladin and Forcemaster in top 4.

[zot]

i doubt very much a jbm makes the finals at all.