Ok folks I have some news for you, after an over whelming ammount of pm's and requests and kind words, we held a meeting about the Ionman event.
The Ionman events will continue, but the following will be put into place. A panel of helpers and backers will help in the running of the event. This means that when issues come to light they are dealt with by a group of people not just a couple.
The event will be still run by Universal / NSPA but it is hopefully going to have the following people who will deal with issues that come about.
Myself
Daz & Neil the NSPA
Singer
Lambchops
Russ & Gilly UK Refs (confirming and agreeing any new rules etc)
Gassy (again as a ref and backer of the Ionman) to confirm
Andy Sables (Yet to have a word with)
The format will continue as planned for the rest of the year. We will be discussing and bringing in a few rules to sort out a couple of issues that need stamped out. But as a whole the Ionman will remain the same, although if anyone has any concerns they can view them to people on the list above. Then they can come and resolve them with Universal / NSPA with out forums being used in a negative way.
This is not a sudden U Turn by me, it is a U turn due mainly to Fusion / Venom and new players and Daz (NSPA) making me realise that the Ionman has a hell of a lot more positives than negatives. Now all I can do is promise you that the Ionman has some big plans for 2009 as well as massive plans for the NSPA. Again I thank you all for backing this event and proving that the event is becoming what I aimed it to be : something for all levels of players that is for the players not the event runners.
Thank you guys !
The Ionman events will continue, but the following will be put into place. A panel of helpers and backers will help in the running of the event. This means that when issues come to light they are dealt with by a group of people not just a couple.
The event will be still run by Universal / NSPA but it is hopefully going to have the following people who will deal with issues that come about.
Myself
Daz & Neil the NSPA
Singer
Lambchops
Russ & Gilly UK Refs (confirming and agreeing any new rules etc)
Gassy (again as a ref and backer of the Ionman) to confirm
Andy Sables (Yet to have a word with)
The format will continue as planned for the rest of the year. We will be discussing and bringing in a few rules to sort out a couple of issues that need stamped out. But as a whole the Ionman will remain the same, although if anyone has any concerns they can view them to people on the list above. Then they can come and resolve them with Universal / NSPA with out forums being used in a negative way.
This is not a sudden U Turn by me, it is a U turn due mainly to Fusion / Venom and new players and Daz (NSPA) making me realise that the Ionman has a hell of a lot more positives than negatives. Now all I can do is promise you that the Ionman has some big plans for 2009 as well as massive plans for the NSPA. Again I thank you all for backing this event and proving that the event is becoming what I aimed it to be : something for all levels of players that is for the players not the event runners.
Thank you guys !
