Altrincham Gamers will not be running a Pre-Release in Man..

The DCI have taken away Altrincham Gamers Pre-release in
Manchester.They have given it to FB3,the fact FB3 have broken a number
of DCI rules in the past only seems to have helped his case.

The DCI have also missed the fact Altrincham Gamers have been running
regular events on the first Sunday of the month for around five years.I

hope players have not out on ranking points because of this small
error.


Altrincham Gamers agree that the rotation of premiere events is a good
thing and as long as all parties play fair everyone will win inc all
players.


As an independent club AG have helped organised play in and around
Manchester for years,as well as offering help and support to all
retailers.


Most TOs in and around Manchester do work well togeather.


Below is an email sent out by the DCI


Re: The DCI and the Manchester Dissension Pre Release.


The organiser for the Manchester Dissension Pre Release will be Fan Boy

Three, and the event venue will be the Piccadilly Hotel.


In the Manchester area we currently have 3 venues which all offer
excellent organised play opportunities, as well as an independent
organiser, who has supported premiere events consistently over the past

years.


As we can only have one organiser for each premiere event, we felt that

Manchester needed to be looked at. We have been looking at trying to
create an equal playing field for all organises which would give a fair

and transparent system for the allocation of premiere events.


The plan was that a rotation of premiere events may be the solution for

the Manchester scene, and with this plan in mind, we allocated the
first of the new events to Fan Boy Three, as they are currently the
most active organiser in the area.


The change of organiser decision has no bearing on the skills or
organisational ability of any previous organisers in the Manchester
area, and is based on the organiser's record of support for organised
play in the local community. FanBoy Three has consistently shown itself

to be one of the top organisers in the UK, posting constant high
numbers of tournaments and new member numbers.


Altrincham Gamers currently does not support any organised play in
Manchester outside of the premiere events program, an area in which it
has a proven record and has fulfilled all that has been asked of it in
the past. Therefore Altrincham Gamers have been allocated a pre release

in Altrincham, its local area.


FanBoy Three would have liked to have used the regular venue that has
been previously used for pre releases, but as another local store The
Gaming Crypt, already has the venue booked for a competitors regional
event, the decision was taken to move to a new venue.


The DCI Supports all of our current organisers in the Manchester area,
and hopes that all organisers will support each other in running any
events and work together for the benefit of the players, each other and

the organised play system.


In light of the many discrepancies in the assigning of premiere events
across the UK, The DCI has decided to implement a new merit based
system that will begin with the allocation of events for the Cold Snap
set.