APAT Season Two Briefing

[APAT]

[jacklevel06]

All i can say is WOW.It"s very difficult to take it all in,but well done to all the apat crew for all the hard work behind the scene"s.

[MORF1982]

All i can say is WOW.It"s very difficult to take it all in,but well done to all the apat crew for all the hard work behind the scene"s.

Yea I know - it was hard work reading let alone organising it all.

Thanks and well done to all involved.

[Ironside]

looks like the end of live apat events for me

i cannot justify travel and hotel costs to play 5 £20 80 max events just to try and get into the live events

[technolog]

looks like the end of live apat events for me

i cannot justify travel and hotel costs to play 5 £20 80 max events just to try and get into the live events

Forgive me if I"m wrong - so much to take in as MickeyP said - but I think you can still buy in direct Iron - you don"t have to sat in.

[APAT]

looks like the end of live apat events for me

i cannot justify travel and hotel costs to play 5 £20 80 max events just to try and get into the live events

Forgive me if I"m wrong - so much to take in as MickeyP said - but I think you can still buy in direct Iron - you don"t have to sat in.

That is absolutely correct.  I would expect at least half the seats to be available via direct buy in to National events.

[HaworthBantam]

I think Ironside"s correct, from what I read you would have to qualify for the National events via the Regionals. And as there is only likely to be one qualifying venue in Scotland then Ironside is at a distinct disadvantage.

Apologies if this sounds negative.

[Ironside]

that will be ok then

so much there to digest i thout you had to play in the regionals to get into the nationals and can i really justify 2 days in manchester to play in a £20 comp

espically if we dont get more than the 3 weeks notice we are getting

what should be a £50 flight to luton is already £100 and i cant book it yet as i might not get in and i might not get in on the dayi would prefer

just hope that they get all the dates etc etc sorted before the start of season 2 then i might be able to get cheap deals and play some

espically if grosvenor open there casino in aberdeen (first one in scotland, still not started building as far as i am aware)

[HaworthBantam]

Opps, glad I"ve been proved wrong.  

[Ironside]

I think Ironside"s correct, from what I read you would have to qualify for the National events via the Regionals. And as there is only likely to be one qualifying venue in Scotland then Ironside is at a distinct disadvantage.

Apologies if this sounds negative.

re reading it i think i was wrong

and as grosvenor havent any casinos in scotland and aberdeen going to be there first i could be at an advantage (although i would have to play 5 to have a chance in a prize) again reports from the city are that the ground as the peopestive site is unbroken though

[kinboshi]

All i can say is WOW.It"s very difficult to take it all in,but well done to all the apat crew for all the hard work behind the scene"s.

Get someone else to read it for you.  It"ll make more sense then...  

[FlyingPig73]

I know you cannot please everbody, but I think the northern region has been spanked a bit here.

Manchester, Newcastle and Scotland. These places are no where near each other. Manchester is nearer to Nottingham and B"ham together that either of the other places.

I do think the regions need a bit of looking at. The travelling has a massive part to play in it. I would have a 50 mile round trip to Manchester, no major problem. Possibly a 500 mile round trip Scotland (if it was Aberdeen it would be 600), and from mine to Newcastle a 350 round trip. This means anyone in Liverpool would realistically only be getting to Manchester, and it would be better for me to visit Walsall or Nottingham than the other 2.

This is way too much. The same problem for anyone living in the North West of England. It seems as though the north has been put at anywhere North of Cheshire, which is well more than half of the UK.

How will the APAT decide on where the 5 events held. There are only 3 venues in the northern region but 5 events. Could the G-Casino Blackpool not make a venue, oe even the Grosvenor Liverpool?

I do sympathise as well with Cardiff and Ireland, but hey its Ireland.

Edit - I am sure it will work out well.. PS and good work Des and the team..

[HaworthBantam]

Living in West Yorkshire, Mr Pig, I find myself in a similar position to you.

I don"t believe it"s a concious "spanking" for the more northern, eastern or western regions, however, it"s just that Grosvenor have more casinos in the southern region.

Unless more Grosvenor casinos open in the neglected regions (can I say that ?) or APAT bring another casino chain "on board", then there"s not much that can be done about it.

[Bodddders]

Just read this for the 3rd time and I"m still trying to take it all in.

Now we know why its taken so long to put together. A big THANK YOU to all at Apat for the hard work and time it must have taken to put such a colossal schedule together.

Roll on Season Two.

[technolog]

I don"t think you have to play in "your" region - you can play in any regional events but, although it"s a little ambiguous, I think you can only count the points scored in one region"s events towards your ranking total.