Games Day Germany 2013 - Part II

Goooood morning, my buddhaleak file lovers!
(limited stuff Giveaway at the bottom!)

Now you just got up, have a cup of coffee and wonder why the world seems so excited and yet you are centered in yourself and feel oblivious to all the events that shook the miniature world last night.

TICKET ATTACK dood!

"What?" you say, dusting away some breadcrumbs from your morning robe...

Yes, YOU potentially missed last nights hot breaking news about the German Games Day 2013. Call the office, you will be 15 minutes late. 

>> Then read this. <<

OK. Now you are in the know. In the 'circle of trust'. A true bruddha of the bruddhahood. And yet - you long for more information. You shall have it! 

Part 2 - The plot thickens

So this is part two of the 'buddhaleak files'. I did not open the door this morning, when MI6 and the secret service rang the bell. I told them I was not home. They left - not without shaking their fist in my general direction. 

Since the internal briefing document is not really worth translating as a whole, I just post an abstract of what I think is interesting to you. It is a looooong document. 

Summary

First an unexcited summary of yesterdays text as a primer to the internal briefing document: If I quote/translate sections, I put them in italics.

Games Day Germany will be held on August 11th, 2013 in Cologne, Germany. 

The tickets will be limited to 2000. 

The ticket price will be 50€. This price is "necessary so we can guarantee that there will be future Games Days in Germany. The Alternative would have been to not have a Games Day, like in Spain or France. [..]we are convinced that the German Games Day will be worth the 50€."

General information about GD 2013

Only one ticket

There is only the 50€ ticket. [..] The ticket will NOT include the Games-Day-Miniature NOR a T-Shirt. Parents accompanying their kids can still get a free Squigherder Ticket.

I repeat. The ticket will NOT include the Games-Day-Miniature NOR a T-Shirt. What about the Fellblade I wanted as a limited edition?

The most important GD in continental Yurp

Due to the fixed parameters of the international Games-Day-Codex [!], France and Spain decided not to run a Games Day this year. Only us and Italy will run Games Days in Continental Europe.

Games Day Miniature

The Games Day Miniature will be secret [yeah, right] until July 27th, the Date of the GD US.

Wrong Date in May WD

Both venue and date for the German GD are WRONG in the upcoming White Dwarf. The 'backup' plan location of Bochum was still valid at time of printing. 

[..]

April 20th - Ticket Attacke
April 20th is a very important date for us. [..]

Now sorry, guys... I know its not funny. But let's put it this way... A rather infamous person who also called for an 'all out attack' at some point in his life was born on this day. Like Mozart you would think he was German. And I am not talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger. I call this a historical fail. I know they didn't do this on purpose, but anyways, back to topic.

[..] On this day we start the ticket sales with a big bang. On this day we will have two promotions in the store - the Ticket Attack and the start of Armies on Parade. Tickets will also be available on the web site on this day. 

The Ticket Attack

[this is getting good, hoooold it, hooooooold it... READ!]

On Saturday, April 20th, we celebrate the Ticket Attack 2013. [..] The incentive used to be that we have a discoutned price compared to the full ticket. We don't have this possibility anymore [as described above].

But since we are cunningly clever guys [!], we thought of something that makes the ticket sales really tasty. 

The Rules

The ticket attack and all its advantages are ONLY VALID in our stores (not on the web or independent retailers).  The Ticket Attack will take place on April 20th. Only customers that come [..] on that day can benefit from the ticket attack. The ticket [..] will still cost 50€. 

For me XXXXXL please

Every customer who buys a ticket in our stores on April 20th will receive an additional Premium Status Card. This card has TWO advantages: 

- a limited shirt in your size

- entry to GD at 9:00am, an hour earlier than other guests. 

[- still no GD mini btw]

These are the two benefits we can guarantee. We are currently thinking about additional benefits. It is possible there will be more.

The T-Shirts will be produced and sent to the stores. The customers can pick them up starting Juli 20th. That is also the date for the in-store "Armies on Parade" event.

[..] This T-Shirt is NOT the official GD Shirt, nor will it be sold during the GD. 

So - no shirt, no mini for 50€. But you can buy both at GD. Terrific.

And the rest of the briefing is some general pump-up-the-excitement stuff for the employees and some repetition and summaries of Armies on Parade, other 'exciting' stuff during GD yada yada yoda. If you have been on a GD there is nothing you haven't seen yet. 

Conclusion

This concludes the buddhaleak file coverage of Games Day Germany 2013. I think I have done as good a job of explaining what is going on and how you can get your tickets as a well trained staff member would be expected to do. I do not expect thanks :D

I still hope I get to go - but if not - its the same weekend as Kulmbach, me thinks... I never been there and I heard its a hoot. 

I am already sad to know that many of our international friends will have NO CHANCE to participate in GD Germany as they might not get a ticket. Last year there were about 100 of us who met before and during GD. Thanks a bunch, GW. 

No bullshit chance to win

Let us know in the comments below what you think about this Games Day 2013 Germany. Are you happy that it will take place? What do you think about the Entry-Only Ticket for 50€? Will you go? 

Leave a comment below and you can win 

- a LIMITED EDITION DARK ANGEL CODEX, limited to 2000 worldwide or
- a LIMITED EDITION XXX DWARF (30 year GD anniversary mini, rare)

Winners will be drawn on Monday April 22nd, because we know our history.