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I hope it's okay and this is the right sub-forum to post this in. I saw this appears to be "general" discussion, and that there's a thread about Henrik's Adepticon showing.

Greetings from the US; in my case New Hampshire, a small state in the Northeastern corner! My name is Ragnar Arneson (I am of partial Swedish descent myself), and I moderate at Dakkadakka.com for the past ten years. I am addicted to competitive 40k, and play a lot of tournament and league games, although perhaps not that high a number by European standards. I probably only average a hundred or hundred and fifty games a year. Although I also play Warhammer Fantasy and D&D, so I am clearly an inveterate geek.

I flew back today from Adepticon and am still recuperating from the lack of sleep and high alcohol intake, but was extremely pleased to be able to meet and hang out with Richard, Henrik, Joakim and Daniel. I did miss the privilege of playing them, but we spent a lot of time talking and drinking, especially Sunday night. Overall I have to say that they are an excellent crew, and were ideal ambassadors for Sweden to the US 40k community, at what I think most people consider the biggest and best event in the US. I can only hope we were as entertaining and friendly to them as they were to us.

My only disappointment was that Daniel arrived an hour late for our scheduled challenge match this morning, which we were to play on a dining table in the hotel's Presidential Suite. And that because of this delay we could not play. In his intoxication in the middle of the night, Daniel declared that Chaos Space Marines is the weakest codex in 40k, and that if we played, him using his Blood Angels with Mephiston, two Storm Ravens with Dreadnoughts, and three Razorback squads, I would be tabled in 30 minutes. Naturally, I, in my own drunken haze, took this as a personal affront and told him I would, to the contrary, not be tabled and would kick his new-codex-wielding ass all over the board. Gauntlet thrown down and picked up!

But then, apparently after his drunken bravado had faded, he denied me the pleasure of defending my army's honor. I considered announcing it a default due to his lateness and declaring that he did so out of cowardice... ...but then I thought "Daniel's a nice guy, and was drunk, so that would be wrong." Then, this morning, at least SOMEWHAT sober, Daniel continued to trash talk over breakfast! This may just have been a clever ploy to keep me interested in fighting him, and if so, it worked! I will not be denied the chance to... a) win the bet by not being tabled in 30 min, or b) best that by not being tabled at all, or c) embarass him badly by actually winning the game, or d) make him a laughingstock by kicking his ass. This game must happen. I *may* have the opportunity to visit Sweden at some point this summer. IF that happens, I would love to play there. If not, then we have a provisional agreement to play the Thursday night at the beginning of next year's Adepticon.

I thank you once again for sending such a great bunch of guys to hang out with us, drink our (in Henrik's words) "Excellent beer!", and talk shit about our armies. I very much look forward to seeing you guys again and meeting more of your community, as it clearly produces and contains great players and people.

I'm really glad you enjoyed meeting Sweden's most boasting player, Daniel, and that they all held the Swedish banner high.
With good enough stories, others might be convinced that spending thousands of dollars on an Adepticon-trip is the best thing to do next year.

Cheers.

Looked like you had a blast at Adepticon. And I bet there are several of us that are dreaming about going there next year.

Sounds like a bag of $'s well spent.

If Daniel is good at anything, besides 40k, it is to boast high and far about most things 40k.
Na, just kidding. I'm quite sure he was out to bait you for a trip to Sweden and to join in on
a few games. If not at a tournament then maybe at any of our local clubs.

Have a look at the tournament calendar at this forum, maybe you'll find something that looks
interesting enough. I can recommend "BSK 2011" when it appears. A 4-man team event.
Think there was an american team attending last year.

Good to hear from you! And come back again!

Nice to see that our guys made a good impression on you , from what they have told us they had a great time at Adepticon. I would love to come next year and I can't be alone about that, but I'm not sure if I can afford it.

If there's one tournament to recommend in Sweden it is BSK as Mork said. During the summer there is two bigger tournaments Rydcon (at the begining of July in the middle of the dark woods of Småland) and Sydcon (in the middle of August at Malmö (or where maybe they would move it to Lund?) in southern Sweden).

Anyways nice to hear from you, it's allways nice with some foriegners in our forums.

My man Ragnar !

Its good to hear from you, this is indeed the place to reach out to us or send a shout out to the general Swedish 40k community.

We had a absolute blast at Adepticon, which I am sure you noticed....

All four of us that made the trip are overwhelmed by the welcome we received, and are adamant in our intension to return next year.
Hopefully bringing with us even more crazy Swedes.

/Richard

Hey ma man Ragnar! Daniel here. Thursday next year it is, and it is on! =) Nice meeting you guys, I am sorry that I did not show up right on time, I thought we said before 10, that is why i brought my army case to breakfast, but apperantly that time was to change stuff from the prize pool. Adepticon is the best tournament I have ever participated in and I will definatly go next year!!!

I am looking forward to bring with us more swedish hooligans for the tournament of the year!

Best regards

Daniel aka Papa D

Richard- What more can I say, than it was awesome? Don't forget to check out the Jack Vance stuff. His writing is truly unique, profound and amusing. The books I love best are Lyonesse: Suldren's Garden, The Green Pearl, and Madouc.

Daniel- Understood. Confusion can happen, especially when one has been drinking, and I was genuinely saddened that we could not play. The 2012 Thursday night grudge match is agreed! No doubt we will have a good crowd of drunken spectators while we are at it, adding more to the fun.

Hello there Ragnar!

I'm just barely coming back to life after a horrible, horrible 9-hour flight with an extreme hangover combined with high fever. After playing 12 games in three days, I still can't get rid of the view of a game board each time I close my eyes! 40k overload ... .

Just as Daniel stated, Adepticon was by far the best tournament I've ever seen, with a big margin. But the most unexpected was how incredible nice everyone was. I truly feel that I made about 50 friends in just a few days!

It would be fantastic if you find your way here to play sometimes! I can assure you that we will do our best to be as friendly to you as you were to us.

I think I will play on thursday next year too, I'm pretty sure Goatboy wants revenge from our game with my blazing dice!

/Henrik

Henrik, you are a legend! I am just recovering from a bad cold I think I caught on the flight; compromised my immune system too much with too little sleep and too much beer. Wait; strike that last part. That's impossible. I would certainly support there being multiple Thursday night grudge matches. There's another big event in Virginia which has started a tradition of grudge matches the night before the event, between well-known players/internet personalities. I think the concept definitely has merit.