Where: Westin Tyson's Corner
7801 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, Virginia 22043
Cost: Early Registration through 7/31: $30 to PTKS members, $40 to non-members.Contact: Joseph Wheeler
Tempest is our flagship annual event, attracting players from all over the world to compete for top place. We have previously hosted both DipCon and World DipCon at our Tempest in a Teapot competition, and are frequently one of the largest face-to-face events held in the U.S. of A. This year's event will take place at the Westin Tysons Corner in Falls Church, Virginia. The hotel is offering an event rate of $99 a night - just specify PTKS Tempest event when booking your room. Questions about this event should be directed to Joe Wheeler, our Director of Tournaments. If you desire aid in finding roommates, the Tempest staff will be happy to assist you.
There are three airports to fly in, for your convenience: IAD is the closest, and DCA is nearly as close; BWI is appreciably further, but often cheaper, and actually not terribly inconvenient either for a pickup or to take mass transit from.
Tysons Corner is a local shopping mecca, within easy striking range of the mass of tourist attractions in our nation's capital. Saturday evening has some fun events scheduled, but nothing scored, so feel free to take time off and see museums, monuments, government buildings, or whatever else strikes your fancy... if you desire assistance in choosing how to allocate your time, the Tempest staff will be happy to help!
The scoring system used at Tempest is the Carnage scoring system: 7000 pts for first place board position, 6000 pts for second place board position....down to 1000 pts for last place board position, plus 1 pt for each SC owned at the end of the game
Players are encouraged to bring other games they enjoy, as we will have a massive space, more than sufficient to hold non-Diplomacy action running concurrent with the diplomacy tournament.
Register early because the rate will go up on August 1, 2009. Note: The Bring-A-Friend option lets you register yourself and one other person (who must not have attended Tempest in the past) for only $25 each. Of course, how you decide to split the cost is up to you - you have 15 minutes to negotiate.
Book your room online here
Schedule
- Friday, 10/9
- 09:00 AM: Registration opens
- 07:00 PM: Round 1
- Saturday, 10/10
- 10:00 AM: Round 2 [Jersey Round: Wear your favorite hockey jersey, or other sports team jersey, or dress (and act) like you're from Joisey]
- 06:00 PM: PTKS hobby meeting
- 07:00 PM: Crystal Ball Variant
- Sunday, 10/11
- 08:30 AM: Round 3 [Timed round: will be called no later than 2:45 PM]
- 03:15 PM: Awards Ceremony
Results
- Andy Bartalone 20530
- Chris Martin 18525
- Dave Maletsky 18025
- Jeff Ladd 17022
- Thomas Haver 16525
- Jim O'Kelley 16026
- Adam Sigal 15019
- Steve Cooley 14021
- Conrad Woodring 14021
- Mike McMillie 13519
- Peter Yeargin 13013
- Brian Lee 12512
- Ed Prem 12019
- Don Woodring 12019
- Robert Cantelmo 12015
- Mike Hall 11519
- Andrew Bickel 11514
- Steve Mauris 11014
- Mike Binder 11009
- William Hackenbracht 10515
- Richard Maltz 10513
- Seth Vaughn 10012
- Thom Comstock 10010
- David Johnson 10008
- Brent Waddington 9005
- David Booth 9003
- Doug Moore 7509
- Doug Brown 7506
- Babek Talebi 7010
- Tim Richardson 6507
- Steve Emmert 6009
- Christian Pedone 6007
- Ike Porter 5006
- Chris Mazza 5003
- Andy Marshall 4507
- Andrew Jameson 4005
- Kai Hsieh 4002
- Rich O'Brien 4000
- Amy Rosenfield 3003
- Joe Wheeler 3002
- Evan Perlman 2000
- Heath Gordon 2000
- Shawn Summers 2000
- Brian Ecton 1500
- Derek Harmond 1001
Best Countries
- Austria Jim O'Kelley 7014
- England Andy Bartalone 7010
- France Don Woodring 7012
- Germany Dave Maletsky 7010
- Italy Chris Martin 7008
- Russia Jeff Ladd 6509
- Turkey Conrad Woodring 7011