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[Captain Semper]

ETL VIII POSTPONED!

DUE TO NURGLE ASSAULT

 

Well, we are all aware of the Covid-19 situation and its deadly consequences. Apart from the terrible toll on human life, there is also another, less macabre, yet highly disrupting side-effect: the lockdown! Now the lockdown affects business', livelihoods and our everyday social life.

 

The ensuing social distancing might be interpreted by many as an ideal time to sit down and paint their stash, with all the free time that all of a sudden is generated. But there is a catch.

 

As regards our hobby, the lockdown resulted in the disruption of GW sales chain, its shops closed down as did its e-shop. That means no new minis, no paints, no new brushes, in short: no fresh hobby supplies unless they come in digital form.

 

Add to that that the lockdown extends to the local hobby shops as well, it appears that people can indeed paint their stash but they cannot buy new minis and if they run out of paints, glue or brushes, they just cannot replace them - at least not as easily.

 

Now it is possible, indeed probable, that the measures will be relaxed going forward but it is unclear as to when, and in which geographies. In fact it is quite possible that some governments will be relaxing their social-distancing measures before others, depending on the progress of the pandemic in their countries. And even when GW is allowed to return to business as usual, it will take some time before the backlog is taken care of and the entire process normalises. 

 

The ETL is based very much on people having as level a playing field as possible. This extra complication will have an uneven impact on the B&C community thus taking away one of the major characteristics of the event that make it so popular. As such, I'm postponing the event and it will NOT run in its usual time-slot May-Aug. One option is to run the event in Sep-Dec slot if normality has returned or skip 2020 altogether and go for 2021. 

 

I will re-evaluate the situation by the end of August and keep everyone informed. 

 

In the mean time, I'm sure that the Inner Circle will provide something to keep the insatiable thirst for the hobby of the B&C Community busy! The Master  of the Arsenal seems quite busy as of late...

 

Captain Semper

Member of the Inner Circle

The Master of Recruits

[Axineton]

Cheers for letting us know Cap! Probably for the best mate. Gutted personally as I was gonna vow to the dirty Xenos faction this year   but not to worry. 

[DeRome90]

And I hoped to redeem myself during ETL for my failiure during Titans of Heresy and Loyalty & Treachery. 
But thanks for the heads up.

[Gederas]

Semper, perhaps instead of completely postponing it, it starts to coincide with when Games Workshop re-opens? They're tentatively opening some shops now, but nothing fully opened again as of yet. Just a suggestion is all

[Slave to Darkness]

 

 

ETL VIII POSTPONED!

DUE TO NURGLE ASSAULT

 

 

 

So Chaos wins again??

[Captain Semper]

We will be monitoring the developments closely and when things return to normality, we will take action! 

[Kenzaburo]

Ah, when I saw the thread, I thought it was the greatest time of the year again - I had been looking forward to it. Still, I completely understand your reasoning. Thanks for the update, Cap, and being an ever mindful event organiser! 

[Lexington]

Definitely the right decision, thanks for keeping us all up to date!

[Darnok]

A sensible decision. Thanks for keeping everybody updated!

[Arendious]

Good call.

If the Lion can self-quarantine for ten-thousand years, I think we'll be able to manage to wait a few months.

[Interrogator Stobz]

Stay Safe.

[Chaeron]

Will hope to look forward to this running later in the year!

[DuskRaider]

We will be monitoring the developments closely and when things return to normality, we will take action!

I will save my Knights until then.

[Chaoself]

God Decision. Stay Safe. Then ETL comes we will be ready.

[Ascanius]

A sensible decision, Semper. Looking forward to participating in the next one, however long it may be!

[Chaplain Grey Raven]

Too bad even the event had to be postponed, but it works out well for me. Being one of the 'essential workers', I've never worked more hours in my life. I wouldn't have been able to participate. Looking forward to when it's finally all over and we can all start painting.

[Spacecow]

I won’t lie. I was looking forward to it. I was quietly building a small force of tyranids 😁.
But although the warp might’ve distorted the ETL for now. The great devourer will come.

Thanks for the update !

[Slave to Darkness]

Actually good job its delayed, I am out of rattlecans and abbadon black... Gonna need a lot of paints before I can even think of starting any new units... 

Need to buy new units too actually

[Dread]

I've got plenty ready for when it starts. Now just wait....

[PeteySödes]

Actually good job its delayed, I am out of rattlecans and abbadon black... Gonna need a lot of paints before I can even think of starting any new units...

Need to buy new units too actually

Now you’re just bragging...

[Triszin]

Actually good job its delayed, I am out of rattlecans and abbadon black... Gonna need a lot of paints before I can even think of starting any new units...

Need to buy new units too actually

I went on a eBay adventure to find Abaddon black at normal pricing. Was surprisingly hard for a few days

[Slave to Darkness]

 

Actually good job its delayed, I am out of rattlecans and abbadon black... Gonna need a lot of paints before I can even think of starting any new units...

Need to buy new units too actually

Now you’re just bragging...

 

Not because I have got through my pile of shame, had to sell some stuff off a while ago... I have noticed though I only have one troop choice for my Slaanesh army, gonna need some more Marine squads, Cultists (joy) and fancy a few more Spawn as well, at least I can build and convert them now so I dont eat into painting time with sculpting and bits hunting. 

Ngl I can feel the pre ETL buzz building... Time to dig out all my bits boxes

[Semper Fortis]

Excellent decision, Cap'n. I'm sure that one guy who has everything he needs for ETL wouldn't have much fun "competing" alone. I'm out of Averland Sunset and that's a crisis for an Imperial Fists aficionado.

I look forward to seeing the machinations of the Master of the Arsenal, but I do hope we can manage the Oct-Dec slot for ETL. I'd hate to miss it altogether this year.

And on a semi-related topic, my sympathies to my Dark Angel brothers who have been waiting so many years for HH book 9. It seems a gross injustice that Nurgle has further delayed it.

[jeremy1391]

I can understand the reasoning but I’m personally very sad because I have all the free time and a mountain of minis and literally pounds/kg of paint and supplies lol.

[Gederas]

I can understand the reasoning but I’m personally very sad because I have all the free time and a mountain of minis and literally pounds/kg of paint and supplies lol.

Same here frater, same here...