Results Finnish National VtES Championship 2011

On May 22nd, 2011 the Finnish National VtES Championship 2011 was held in Turku, Finland with 43 players attending the tournament. The final standings were as follows:

1. Juri Juskevits (FIN) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 4 VP -- Shambling Hordes
2. Jari Vulli (FIN) -- 2 GW 10 VP -- 1 VP -- Louhi and Friends
2. Otso Turunen (FIN) -- 2 GW 10 VP -- 0 VP -- Cybele "Girls will find .. "
2. Tommi Ketonen (FIN) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- 0 VP -- Kiasyd G4/5 Stealth Bleed
2. Jarkko Suvela (FIN) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 0 VP --Stanislava Pro/Dom

Congratulations to Juri for his win of the Finnish Nationals 2011. The full standings can be found in the VEKN forum.

Results Norwegian EC Qualifier 2011

On May 7th, 2011 the VtES Norwegian EC Qualifier was held in Oslo, Norway with 23 players attending the qualifier tournament. The final standings after 3 rounds and the final were as follows:

1. Hugh Angseesing (UK) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 3 VP -- Girls will find ...
2. Martin Svenneryd (SWE) -- 2 GW 10 VP -- 1 VP -- Dementation bleed
2. Chris Meland (NOR) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 1 VP -- Pre/Obf bleed
2. Erling Gundersen (NOR) -- 1 GW 4.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Unnamed bleed
2. Joel Toledo (NOR) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 0 VP -- Arika

Congratulations to Hugh for his win of the Norwegian ECQ 2011. You can find (a bit) more information in the VEKN forum.

VtES History: VTES Adding Online Play

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle® Adding Online Play

Atlanta, GA, August 12, 2004 -- White Wolf Publishing formally announced today its collaboration with CCG Workshop, LLC to bring the Vampire: The Eternal Struggle collectable card game to online play.

Development has already begun to port the #1 multiplayer CCG over to online play. "Vampire's graphical and strategic intensity are a good work-out for our development staff. We aspire to bring over as much dark flavor and feel as possible into the online adaptation, and look forward to inviting VTES players in for beta-testing later this year," said Ed Mittelstedt, president of CCG Workshop.

Online VTES will be hosted on its own dedicated server accessed through White Wolf's website or CCG Workshop's website. Normal pick-up games as well as organized online tournaments are all planned, with White Wolf providing real world prize support for the tournaments.

"Vampire's player community literally spans the world from Singapore to Prague to LA. We're looking forward to hosting some exciting international events and tournaments using the online platform," said Steve Wieck, White Wolf's VP of Card Games. There will be a nominal monthly cost for play which will give players access to all of the active cards. Initially all cards from the Camarilla Edition set will be available for play with more expansions added after launch. Online players will be able to construct and save decks, as well as share them with other players.

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Vampire: The Eternal Struggle celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Designed by Richard Garfield, designer of Magic: The Gathering®, VTES allows players to pit clans of vampires against one another in a mix of intrigue and action. Two special 100-card Tenth Anniversary Packs, complete with exclusive carrying tins, are available this November.

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About White Wolf: Since its entry into the roleplaying game market in 1991, White Wolf Publishing, Inc. has grown, maintaining an average market share of 26%. With collective book sales in excess of 5.5 million copies during this time, White Wolf is one of two undisputed worldwide publishing leaders for pen-and-paper roleplaying games. White Wolf properties have been licensed for television series, comic books, action figures, console and computer video games, coin-operated arcade games, professional wrestlers, replica props and weapons, interactive media events and myriad merchandise. More information on White Wolf can be found at http://www.white-wolf.com/.

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About CCG Workshop: CCG Workshop is a company that hosts online play of strategy games. It was started in 2001 by Ed Mittelstedt with a mission to adapt orphaned collectible card games for online play, but has since grown to host all forms of strategy games. CCG Workshop is an online community, a culture that shares the love of strategy gaming. CCG Workshop's core technology is the gatlingEngine, a Win32 application used to play strategy games over the Internet. CCG Workshop also created the gatlingDevKit. With it, a prospective game designer can create an online strategy game that can be instantly playable on the gatlingEngine. More information on CCG Workshop can be found at http://www.ccgworkshop.com/.

Memorable Quotes (Part 113)

• "You should rush your predator this turn."
• "Why?"
• "Because he's not me."

-- quote as provided by Derek Ray

Reference: VtES Usenet Newsgroup

Did you know, that ... (Part 63)

.. when a vampire to which the Rack is directed, is changing the controller permanently, e.g. by Graverobbing or Form of Corruption, the Rack is still controlled by the player who controlled the vampire in the first place. This is because, the Rack is not played on the vampire, but is put into play and a vampire is chosen where the Rack is targeted to. This has two consequences:

• The blood provided by the Rack is gained during untap phase of the Rack's controller, not during the untap phase of vampire's controller.
• The action to take control of the Rack is directed against the controller of the Rack, not the controller of the vampire.

Reference: VtES Usenet Newsgroup

Results South-East NAC Qualifier 2011

On May 21st, 2011 the VtES South-East NAC Qualifier was held in Stone_Mountain, Georgia with 15 players attending the qualifier tournament. The final standings were as follows:

1. Oscar Garza (USA) -- 1 GW 5.5 VP -- 5 VP -- Samedi G4/5 Bleed/Bloat
2. Jose Lafuente (USA) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- 0 VP -- Malkavian antitribu Weenie Demenation Bleed
2. Mattias Kallenberg (USA) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Protean Anarch Barons
2. Norman S. Brown (USA) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Weenie Auspex Justicar
2. Matt Guin (USA) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 0 VP -- Brujah G4/5

Congratulations to Oscar for his win of the South-East NAC Qualifier 2011. You can find more information on the tournament and in particular a whole bunch of photos on the Madness Network blog.

Results Dutch EC Qualifier 2011

On May 21st, 2011 the VtES Dutch EC Qualifier was held in Utrecht, Netherlands with 20 players attending the qualifier tournament. The final standings after 3 rounds and the final were as follows:

1. Paul Wiggers (NED) -- 1 GW 5.5 VP -- 3 VP -- Ventrue Antitribu Grinder
2. Bram van Stappen (BEL) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- 1 VP -- Ventrue G4/5 Lawfirm
2. Dennis Devriendt (BEL) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 1 VP -- Lutz & Friends Vote
2. Jelmer Wedholm (NED) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- 0 VP -- Hermana Breed&Bleed
2. Pieter Heerma (NED) -- 1 GW 2 VP -- 0 VP -- Tzimisce Piper War Ghoul

Congratulations to Paul for his win of the Dutch ECQ 2011.

VtES History: Black Hand Card Exchange Begins

After the VtES Black Hand expansion had been released on November 17, 2003 it was detected by White Wolf that three vampires were missing, in fact the advanced versions if these vampires have accidentally been exchanged by their base counterparts or vice versa. On April 9th, 2004 there was an action initiated where players could sent these cards to White Wolf and receive the exchange cards instead.

Due to a printing error, three cards were accidentally swapped in Black Hand with their base or advanced counterparts. White Wolf is pleased to announce a free exchange program for any players who received any of these cards in error. (In addition, the correct copies of these cards are also being included in tournament prize support packs, while supplies last.)

To receive your replacements cards, send your original Black Hand versions (only cards with the Black Hand expansion symbol will be accepted) of Jessica (base), Hannibal (base), and/or Yong-Sun (advanced) in good, playable condition and a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope (SASE) or international equivalent (that is: a self-addressed envelope and as many international reply coupons as are needed to cover return postage - contact your local post office for details) to:

White Wolf Card Exchange Program
ATTN: L. Scott Johnson
PO Box 8747
Columbia, SC 29202
USA

You may exchange any number of these cards in a single shipment. All replacement cards will be packaged in the same materials (hard plastic card holders, etc.) in which the original cards are received.

The original cards will not be returned.

Cards received without a self-addressed return envelope with either US postage or international reply coupon(s) will not be processed. A list of these shipments is available. See the Dead Letter list.

Not responsible for lost or misdirected mail or for damaged shipments.

Memorable Quotes (Part 112)

As witnessed during the North American Championship 2002:

• "Whaaat?! Why would you vote FOR him gaining 5 pool? He's your prey!" -- A somewhat agitated Ben Swainbank.


• "Old boys network." -- Cool response by Stephan Fazio.

Reference: VtES Usenet Newsgroup

Announcement Portuguese EC Qualifier 2011

The Portuguese VtES EC Qualifier 2011 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal on May 21st, 2011. Here are the details for this constructed tournament:

Rules/Format:

• Portuguese EC Qualifier: Standard Constructed. Detailed rules can be found on the VEKN Tournament Rules web page.
• Deck lists are mandatory, either on paper, in electronic form (USB stick), or by email to the email address below. Registration without a decklist is not possible.
  

Time Schedule:

• Saturday, May 21st, 2011
  
• Doors open/registration 10:00
  
• Round 1: 11:00
• Round 2: 14:00
• Round 3: 16:15
• Final Round: 18:30

Location:

Ilusão Paralela
Travessa do Pasteleiro, Nº22
1200-774 Lisbon, Portugal

The bar offers a wide variety of food and drink at friendly prices.

Round system:

• 3 rounds plus final (time limit: 2 h each)

Entrance Fee:

• 3 Euro (with pre-registration)
• 4 Euro (without pre-registration)
  

Price Support:

• For all participants: one booster and promo cards
• For the winner: VtES tablecloth
  
• For all finalists: One clan out of 9 pack each.
• The four remaining clan packs are distributed among players who haven't attended a tournament in the past 12 months.
• Clan Packs are built from 8 or 9 opened Sabbat War booster displays (with all the cards).

Contact & Preregistration:

• You can contact the organizers via tiago (/dot/) broom (/at/) gmail (/dot/) com.

In addition check the Domain Lisboa blog for more details (in Portuguese).

Announcement Italian EC Qualifier 2011

On June 19th, 2011 the Italian VtES EC Qualifier 2011 will be held in Bologna, Italy. The details for this event are the following:

• Date: Sunday June 19th
• Location:

  Dragon 2
  Via del Borgo di San Pietro 99/N
  Bologna, Italy

• Timeline:
  
  • Registration: 9:30
  • Starting Time: 10:30
  • Expected Finishing Time: 20:30


• Registration Fee: 10€
• Format: Standard Constructed, 3 rounds + final
• Time Limit: 2 hours
• Website: Italian Qualifier 2011 website
• Prize Support:


• Door Prizes: Each participant will receive 2 booster packs and a promo card. Each GW scored will grant you another booster pack.
• Finalist Prizes: Booster packs, special cards and special finalist prize
• Winner Prizes: Booster box, winner trophy and 120€ reimbursement to attend the EC in Warsaw.


• Remarks: You can contact the organizers anytime for any information on how to reach Bologna or accommodation. You can also check the Italian Forum (it's in Italian, but if questions asked are in English they'll be answered in English as well).

Did you know, that ... (Part 62)

.. when a Laibon vampire with the Kholo title becomes Magaji (for example by calling the Overseer political action) and thereby the Kholo title is forfeited immediately, then the Kholo card is burned? The Kholo card is not moved another non-titled Laibon of the same clan, since according to the rulebook (refer to (Section 10), the first title (Kholo) is simply lost when the Laibon vampire gains the second title (Magaji), and there's no time window which allow to move the Kholo card to a second non-titled vampire.

Post Scriptum: On the other hand if a Laibon vampire with the Magaji title uses a Kholo card during a referendum, by gaining the Kholo title he loses Magaji title immediately

Reference: VtES Usenet Newsgroup.