Kanon Hinson wins Magic:The Gathering States
for Tennessee
November 8, 2008
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Congratulations to Kanon Hinson, who won
the title of Tennessee
State Champion for
Magic:The Gathering.
Kanon placed first at
the event in Nashville,
plowing through a
field of 154 players.
Great job!
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| Kanon Hinson |
D & D Miniatures Demonweb Prerelease
November 1, 2008
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Dark clouds and sad times have arrived in
the world of miniature games. Wizards of
the Coast has announced that they will no
longer be supporting the D & D miniatures
game as we know it. This has effectively
stranded all the D & D miniatures gamers
that have supported the game. All those years
of collecting and playing are being thrown
out the window. Obviously, this has left
a bad taste in many a players' mouth, and
many will be walking away from the world
of games. Too many games have been produced
over the past ten years that have required
a substantial investment in time and money
on the part of the player. To have another
game, that seemed to a have a strong following,
fade away, just adds a mass of people exiting
the world of board, miniature, and cards
games.
We at Blackthorn have become friends with
many of the guys that have been coming to
the miniature tournaments over the years.
We are sorry that your game is going away
and will miss you coming to the game center
to play.
We enjoyed having
you here and have many
great memories. Hopefully,
some type of support
or tournaments will
still be around for D&DM.
Thanks again, and everyone take care of yourselves.
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| The winners: Michael Hooper (left) second place, Kris Blais (center) third place, Donovan Grimwood (right) first place. |
Shards Of Alara Launch
October 4, 2008
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| Jonathan Bozarth (left) placed 1st, and Gage Smith (right) won second. |
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| The final eight for the event were (in order
of placement); |
- Jonathan Bozarth
- Gage Smith
- Walter Duncan
- Aaron Arrarte
- Steven Biese (LMUG)
- Kanon Hinson
- Luke Blanks
- Aaron Dunlap
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YuGiOh Tournament - (random photo taken with the Ben Dugan-Cam)
Unspecified date, 2008
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| These two YuGiOh players were unprepared
for this totally spontaneous photo, taken
with the awesomely high-tech 'Ben Dugan-Cam'.
Tyler Mosley (left), and the creator of the
'Dugan-Cam', Mr. Ben Dugan. |
Magic the Gathering Eventide Launch
July 26, 2008
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Thanks to everyone for participating in the
Eventide launch. Congratulations to Gage Smith, and
Diana Hinson for
winning first and second,
respectively.
The top four winners:
- Gage Smith
- Diana Hinson
- Kanon Hinson
- Ralph Largent
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| Diana Hinson (left) and Gage Smith (right) |
Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Against
The Giants Prerelease
July 6, 2008
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Blackthorn hosted a release event for the
new D&DM set, Against The Giants. This is by far one of the nicest sets in
recent times. The sculpts are well rendered
and crisp. The paint jobs have moved up many
notches and appear as though Wizards might
be using a new painting supplier.
Congratulations to the winners:
- Chris Hooper
- Kris Blais
- Daniel Coons
- Donovan Grimwood
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| Daniel Coons, Chris "Thugee" Hooper, Kris Blais, and Donovan Grimwood. |
CATZILLA CRUSHES!
July, 2008
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What happens when you have a nice miniatures
terrain set up? Your cat decides it makes
a great place to lay down and smashes it
on a regular basis.
Our resident cat,
Ralph, finds this HeroScape
set-up the perfect
spot to relax. "Catzilla"
knocks everything
down daily, forcing us
to set everything
back up each weekend.
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HULK NOT SMASH!!!
June, 2008
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In our continuing series of awesomely cool
guitars, we ran across this Incredible Hulk
model. This custom designed Epiphone Les
Paul model was designed as a contest prize.
This would be definitly
cool for any guitar
players or comics
fan. Of course, the
Silver
Surfer model (bottom
of this page) had
a
more attractive spokesmodel.
But...this guitar
does feature the
green-skinned Goliath.
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Hulk WILL smash first HULK movie. Hulk hate first
movie...movie should not
been made...HULK MAD...not represent true
HULK. True Hulk is ladies man
and more finer than other HULK in movie. |
Will Blanks awarded Wings of War "Ace"
May 31, 2008
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Will Blanks' piloting and gunnery skills
have won him the title of "Ace".
Will successfully achived the number of kills
he needed to be awarded his medal.
Good shooting!
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| Will Blanks with his "Ace" award. |
Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Constructed
Championship Qualifier
May 18, 2008
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Blackthorn Game Center hosted our first D&DM
Qualifier this past Sunday. The turnout for
the event was not as large as we had hoped
(gas prices?), but the event turned out to
be a lot of fun with the players that could
make it.
The tournament consisted
of five rounds of
swiss, with cuts
to the top four, for single
elimination finals.
First place was awarded
a travel award and
entry tickets to
Gen Con. Second place received
entry tickets to
Gen Con. The top eight players
received booster
packs from the new expansion
Dungeons of Dread.
The final standings:
- Shayne Lindeman
- Jerry Cook
- Kris Blais
- Anthony Pitman
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| The D & DM Constructed Championship Qualifier
winners: (left to right) Anthony Pitman, Kris Blais, Jerry Cook, and Shayne Lindeman. |
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| Random pictures of the action during the
event. |
Magic: The Gathering, Shadowmoor Release
May 3, 2008
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Thanks to everyone that participated in the
launch of the new Magic expansion, Shadowmoor.
The top four at the
end of the event were:
- Mike Beringo
- Robin Zacharyasz
- Gabe Shiver
- Kanon Hinson
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| The Shadowmoor release winners: (left to
right) Robin Zacharyasz, Mike Beringo, and Kanon Hinson |
Pokemon DS Tournament #4
April 19, 2008
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| Results for the DS tournaments will now be
posted on the eGames page. |
Kingdom Hearts: Curse of the Heartless Event
April 05, 2008
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This event was the second Fantasy Flight
Games sponsored tournament for the Kingdom
Hearts TCG, featuring exciting alternate
play rules and a exclusive "Tigger"
promo card for player participation. The
players faced off against one another with
new cards from Kingdom Hearts: A Darkness Awakened with an alternate rules set. The event accentuated
the danger faced when traveling to certain
worlds and the lack of danger when traveling
to others.
During the game there were two different
states that were in effect at any one particular
time, Light and Dark. Each created a different
set of standing effects as the game was played.
During the time when the play-field was Light,
Player Cards Attack and Magic values were
increased by +1, Friend and Magic/Friend
cards support values were increased by +1,
and Dark/Heartless cards Power were reduced
by 2 and lost all immunities. When the play-field
was Dark, Dark/Heartless cards Powers were
raised by 2, and Dark/Heartless cards Levels
were reduced by 1. If a Player lost a challenge
during the Challenge Phase they lost 2 HP
instead of 1. At the start of the game, the
play-field was considered Light.
The top 2 winners of the event:
1: Matthew Romine
2: Nathan Bryson
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| The KH Krew (standing left - right): Alex Kopischke, Daniel Coons, Marc Romine, Alex Culpepper, Nathan Bryson, Matt Romine, Jeremy Roberts. (Kneeling left-right) Jordan Lowe, Roger, and Elena. |
Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures: Dungeons
of Dread Prerelease
March 30, 2008
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Congratulations, and thank you, to the winners
and participants of the D&DM:DDP event.
The event was originally scheduled to be
held on the 29th. Due to some weird magnetic
field, the Earth briefly shifted on its axis
and threw the poles into a disrupted state.
This action caused time to shift just enough
for the tournament to suddenly be held on
the 30th. Even though it should have been on the 29th!
Many thanks to the
guys for being willing
to adjust to this
phenomenon and readjust
their lives for the
new date.
The top 4 winners
of the event:
1: Kris Blais
2: TJ Fowler
3: Eric Gilley
4: Jeremie Franklin
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| The DDMDDP winners: (left to right) Jeremie Franklin, TJ Fowler, Kris Blais, and Eric Gilley |
Jordan Lowe awarded Wings of War "Ace"
March 29, 2008
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Jordan Lowe, having braved the elements of
the air, through storms, and a constant barrage
of enemy gunfire, has successfully downed
five enemy planes.
His piloting skills
have won him the honor
of become an ACE.
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| No, that's not one of those groovy medallions
from the '60's. Jordan is wearing his ACE
award for his five succesful airplane kills. |
Pokemon DS Tournament 3
March 30, 2008
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Congratulations to Cassie Meadows for winning
our third Pokemon DS tournament. Once again
Cassie swept the event. This is the third
win for her out of three events held.
The next tournament will move the Pokemon
up to level 50. The other competitors have
said they have a better chance of winning
with the higher level and have sworn revenge.
(But do they really stand a chance of winning?)
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Cassie Meadows (left) is awarded her trophy by Elena.
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| Custom designed trophy for the third tournament. |
Jeremy Roberts awarded Wings of War "Ace"
March, 2008
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Today, Jeremy Roberts joined the honored
pilots of Blackthorn and has been awarded
his ranking of ACE.
Jeremy said "It's
been a dangerous
journey.
You're always having
to watch your back...you
can't trust those
Fokkers. And if J-Lowe
ever gets his ACE...I'll
blast that (DELETED)
from the sky!"
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| The "Blue Terror" Jeremy Roberts (left), and Mark "Roger" Amoroso. |
Wings of War Eagle Aces Medal Awards
February 23, 2008
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Flying the war torn skies of the 'Thorn,
our pilots have fought many valiant battles.
Many have fought...few have excelled. Today
we awarded a couple of our heroic pilots
for their bravery in the air.
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| Our first recipients of the Wings of War
Eagle Aces Medals. Alex Kopischke (L) received the medal for 5 kills (soon to
receive his medal for 20), and Marc Romine (R) is awarded his medal for 5 kills, as well
as his award for 20. View our Wings of War page. |
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| Detail of the fronts, and backs, of the Medals. |
Pokemon DS Tournament 2
February 23, 2008
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Congratulations to Cassie Meadows for winning
our second Pokemon DS tournament. Players
were able to use up to level 25 Pokemon for
this event. We had some new people participate
this time around, still, Cassie was able
to sweep the event with no losses.
Great playing!
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Tournament Judge, Matt Romine, awards Cassie Meadows her trophy.
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Players during the Pokemon DS 2 tournament.
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| Custom designed trophy for the tournament. |
Pokemon DS Tournament
January 19, 2008
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Congratulations to Cassie Meadows for winning
our first Pokemon DS tournament. Cassie defeated
all the other players who were sure they were going to win. For weeks, the guys
at the game center have been bragging that
they would be stomping each other into the
ground and taking home the gift certificate.
Along comes Cassie and she sweeps the game. Good job!
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| Cassie Meadows (L) is presented with a Blackthorn store
certificate for winning the tournament. |
Gibson Silver Surfer Custom Guitar Giveaway
January, 2008
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In what the media commonly refers to as a
"slow news day", we have this to
report:
In association with the Fantastic Four movie
and Gibson Guitars, Continental Tires is
giving away a Gibson Custom Fantastic Four
Silver Surfer Electric Guitar.
This guitar is made
by the Gibson custom
shop and features
an image of the Surfer
on a cool looking
silver paint job.
A bonus is the advertisement featuring the
Invisible Woman herself, Jessica Alba. When
guys get caught checking out the picture
of Jessica, they can tell their girlfriends
they're checking out the guitar with the
awesome dude on the board.
(No, really...they are checking out the awesome dude on the board!)
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| Advertisement featuring an "awesome
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