European Regionals closed events ?
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Rainbowgym
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Yes, just like the $2000 sholarship award etc.
NoPoke said:closed events
I'll be asking for confirmation from out LD that the events are to be free.
I'll also be asking what criteria will be used to decide upon local residence.
and just for good measure if we will be one-and-done too.
I'm looking forward to hearing the answers to your questions, especially about what criteria will be used to decide upon local residence!
NoPoke
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lev I'm not certain : I think there is a 6 month minimum. There may be something to do with visas for those outside the EU. The uk government website probably has the answer. If you are at university in the UK but a foreign national then I suspect the university can tell you your status as a resident or not.
NoPoke, I'll check the UK government website. But actually I think I'm a UK resident as I have like a paper which tells that I'm renting a flat and so on. Moreover I have a French ID which is fine here because France is part of this beautiful concept that is Europe (and so is the UK as far as I know - even though I keep discussing it with my "British" mates :biggrin
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Fireborn, apparently only CCs are run in France, no Regionals. And if I had to choose, I'd rather play all the tournaments I can attend :tongue:
.Fireborn, apparently only CCs are run in France, no Regionals. And if I had to choose, I'd rather play all the tournaments I can attend :tongue:
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My question (on the OP forum): Are we (LD/TO) allowed to open up Regionals for foreigners?
Answer (from Jarrod): TOs are not allowed to change the event format unless first getting approval from their Local Distributors. So, only Local Distributors are allowed to make their Regional events open.
For the Netherlands this will probably mean that their Regionals will be open events.
Hopefully other LD's in Europe will follow to open up their Regionals...
Answer (from Jarrod): TOs are not allowed to change the event format unless first getting approval from their Local Distributors. So, only Local Distributors are allowed to make their Regional events open.
For the Netherlands this will probably mean that their Regionals will be open events.
Hopefully other LD's in Europe will follow to open up their Regionals...
Haven't you ever questioned the reasoning from PUI why they decided to close European Regionals? It is because in some cases Regionals feed Nationals (or in other words: Regionals are qualifiers for Nationals). Is that the case in Germany? No (correct me if I'm wrong). Is that the case in the Netherlands? No. So that's why I posted my question and got the answer from Jarrod that the LD might decide to open up their Regionals. And that's the recommendation I gave our LD to open up our Regionals, because it's my opinion that the reasoning behind closing European Regionals doesn't make any sense.
Rainbowgym
Active Member
Even if Regionals are qualifiers for Nationals, there is no need to close them.
Byes/invites for Nationals can be given to the first National player in any group.
I also can't find a reason to close Regionals.
Byes/invites for Nationals can be given to the first National player in any group.
I also can't find a reason to close Regionals.
Fireborn
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There will be one in probably Aalsmeer OR Eindhoven in May, and there will be one in Groningen (organised by me and Type O Negative) probably either April 17th (Easter Monday) or April 23rd.
We'll let people know the dates as soon as they are confirmed, no worries, since we're still in the planning phase of them.
We'll let people know the dates as soon as they are confirmed, no worries, since we're still in the planning phase of them.