Eruletho wrote:
StriderRe80 wrote:
kind of couries if a game was still going on when the fire alarm went off and you picked up everything then came back would you be disqualified or what would of happened??
Time had been called by then and I think there were 3 or 4 games still going, or maybe they had just finished... but still no time to pick everything up neatly
I believe (if memory serves) - it was the sixth round. Aaron Shockley (Shinja) and I had just had a tough match where he was ahead by a few points. Time had already been called and we were finishing our round. We were analyzing if there was anyway for me to gain enough points. The fire alarm went off, and we basically ignored it for 1 minute. I determined that the only way for me to win was double crit on his speeder. He agreed, and I rolled 2 dice. I beleive both hit, but no crits.
So I quickly signed the form and packed up. Aaron went onto a 2nd place finish in the swiss rounds, and I dropped to the heart-breaker slot (9th place). I believe we were the LAST game to finish that round. In a way - the fire alarm couldn't have been timed better.
On my way out - I considered my things. I had ALOT of stuff. (I always over-pack - I was a boyscout and "Be Prepared" stuck a little too well. I had a map bag, my reinforcements box, my trade fodder tackle box, and a small rolling suitcase with other miscellaneous stuff. It was all hanging out by the door we exited from (Next to were results were posted), where it was all weekend. Since I was near the end of the crowd, I set down my reiforcement box (I had that with me at the table) with the rest of my stuff, and walked through the door. But I did turn and make sure that last stragglers didn't mess with it. There was a guy I didn't recognize eye what I had just set down and pick it up. He turned to see me looking at him, and says, "Hey - did you want to take this with you?" I don't think we would have said that if I hadn't "caught" him. I said, "Yeah - I guess I better had." I went to gather my far too much stuff, and at this time only judges were left. Chuck came up and told me I could leave my stuff and it would be fine. I told him the story - but he said with a determined look on his face that he would watch it. Thanks Chuck! All my stuff was fine when I got back. Anything scooped up must have been before Chuck was on guard. Sorry to hear people lost stuff.