"LSJ? You are being cryptic .." -- XZealot
"Naw, not me. Cryptic is calling someone cryptic in a reply to yourself which contains no dialog from that supposedly-cryptic someone nor from anyone else other than yourself.Reference: VtES Usenet Newsgroup
What I have been being in this thread is 'explict and verbose'." -- LSJ
The Dutch VtES EC Qualifier 2009 will take place in Tilburg, Netherlands on August 30th, 2009. Here are the details for this constructed tournament:
Lately the combination of Liquidation and Ashur Tablets has become popular in a couple of VtES decks. The best example for deck that that uses this combo is one named "Ashur Celerity that won the Hungarian ECQ 2009 earlier this year.
I added a package of 2 Liquidations and 6 Ashurs Tablets to my Antonio d'Erlette Nephandus deck, and this improved the deck's performance significantly. The pool gain is necessary since the Nephandi and equipment I am running in this deck are quite expensive. Also later in the game I can retrieve the cards that I am going to need for a particular situation, e.g. Conditioning for ousting, Nephandus for putting them into play after they have been burned, etc.
On May 31st, 2009 the Italian National VtES Championship was held in Rome, Italy with 27 players attending the final tournament. The final standings were as follows:1. Simone "Levy" Bianchi -- Toreador Antitribu Palla Grande SwarmCongratulations to Levy for his win of the Italian National VtES Championship 2009. You can find the finalist's decklist in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup and pictures from the event in the Italian VtES forum.
2. Miro -- Followers of Set G2 DOM / Eternals of Sirius
2. Simone -- Brujah G4/5 Vote
2. Francesco -- Tzimisce Wall w/ War Ghouls (& a little vote)
2. Gian -- Lutz/Neferu/.. PRE OBF vote
As in the previous years the German National VtES Championship tournament takes place in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. The championship tournament is played on December 6th, 2009 in the same location and the same weekend as the EuroDraft event (on December 5th, 2009).
In 2009 the Spanish VtES Championship tournament is played in Sevilla, Spain. The constructed tournament is played on October 17th and 18th, 2009. The tournament event starts with the last chance qualifier on Saturday, since admittance to the championship tournament is restricted. The actual national championship tournament is played on Sunday then. You can find more information on the tournament in the Spanish VtES forum (in spanish).
This year the French VtES Championship 2009 takes place in Caen, France. The constructed tournament is played on September 26th and 27th, 2009 in the following venue:TandemThe tournament event starts with the last chance qualifier on Saturday, since admittance to the championship tournament is restricted. The actual national championship tournament is played on Sunday then. You can find more details in the Caen VEKN forum (in french). There you can also find a list of players that are already qualified.
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Arguably I didn't have the worst position at the table, but two combat decks at the table were making me twitchy. Ortje started bleeding heavily into Ralf's Gargoyles which promptly returned the favour by dunking Apache Jones. I rescued Apache from torpor. Actually I wanted the Gargoyles out of the game, since I couldn't handle Potence/Fortitude combat very well, and Ortje was already under pressure by Emiliano.
While the table setup was generally ok, since I was sitting as predator of the perceived table threat, and I was not sitting next to the Celerity Gun deck, the table had other problems for me. On one hand Markus was playing almost exactly the same unique equipment (Heart of Nizchetus, Ivory Bow) as I was, on the other Peter was also using the Ashur Tablets/Liquidation engine as I was, only with Anson he was able to play it faster. But the game turned out to be better than I anticipated. Peter had a great card flow initially, and since he was scared by Gerald Windham, he attacked him immediately, and dunked him thanks to Psyche and Blur. But I waited with ousting Thomas since I don't want to sit next to the Celerity Gun deck immediately. So I brought one Nephandus after another, while Markus also choose to build up with an Ivory Bow, a Heart of Nizchetus, a Kevlar Vest and a Ponticulus (the later two Markus stole from my ashheap with an Ericyes Fragment).
The table had a fanastic setup for me. A prey that had virtually no defense, and a predator that was too busy blocking an aggressive predator with no stealth. From the start Markus bleed Ben aggressively. and Ben was actually more victim than player. On the other end of the table Paul, Johannes and I brought out a couple of minions, but nothing really exciting was happening. I had already a couple of Nephandi out, and then started bleeding into Markus immediately, but failed to oust Markus before he did the same to Ben. With Ben gone, Markus bleeded Paul who gladly bounced the bleeds to Johannes, who initially blocked most of the bleeds. This gave Paul the opportunity to play a Pentex Subversion on Johannes' Matthias, and oust Johannes with several high-powered bleeds. In the mean time I had a Ponticulus, 6+ Nephandi, Carna and Antonio out. Paul tried to bleed me with one of his DOM minions and I declined to block. Paul then played Conditioning and Command of the Beast for a total bleed of 5, so I could play Deflection and ousted Markus who had tapped out all of his minions. Paul then conceded the game since he had no way to bypass my horde of blockers (he mostly relied on Seduction and Daring the Dawn).
So three Tremere/Tremere antitribu decks in the final, with all three playing Carna, the Princess Witch, and two aggressive decks, one with vote angle and the other with a bleed angle. The game started slow with everybody bringing out one to two vampires each. Unfortunately I had no Antonio in my starting crypt, so I decided to bring out Frondator first. I was very cautious in the beginning, not knowing that Izaak had almost no intercept in his deck, and Cassian didn't have Titus Camille in his starting crypt. The later was the reason that I was initally very cautious to use any Magic of the Smith to put equipment into play, and instead discarded them.
On June 13th, 2009 the VtES German EC Qualifier was held in Bochum, Germany with 39 players attending the qualifier tournament. The final standings were as follows:1. Izaak Havelaar (HOL) -- 2 GW 8,5 VP -- 3 VP -- Tremere G2/3 Bleed & BloatCongratulations to Izaak for his win of the German ECQ 2009. You can find the final standings and the winner's deck in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup. Here are some pictures taken during the tournament:
2. Cassian Heim (GER) -- 2 GW 7 VP -- 1 VP -- G3/4 Obf/Dom S&B
2. Markus Schnober (GER) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- 1 VP -- Tremere G2/3 Toolbox
2. Erol Öngün (GER) -- 3 GW 11 VP -- 0 VP -- Nosferatu G1/2 Royalty Parity Shift
2. Ralf Lammert (GER) -- 2 GW 6.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Tremere Antitribu Nephandus
Left: Round 3 Table 2: Erol and Sebastian making a dirty deal to oust the other three players.
Left: Round 3 Table 5: A series of quick ousts first by Markus then by Paul and Ralf made the table finish in less than an hour.
Left: Round 3 Table 8: Johannes' Imbued fight the good fight against the other player's vampires.
Left: Between the 2nd and 3rd round we had VtES quiz with 12 questions. One of the few quiet moments of the tournament.
Left: Izaak won the tournament with a Tremere Bleed & Bloat deck (here in in the final's midgame).
"Weenie Animalism" decks, as the name of this VtES deck archetype suggests, are decks based on small (sometimes also mid-cap) vampires with the Animalism discipline (preferably in the superior version). The deck can be played as rush combat as well as intercept combat deck, but both use the same combat package consisting of a large number of "Carrion Crows" and "Aid from Bats" combat cards.
With "Deep Song" the Weenie Animalism deck now has the ultimate fusion of the two strategies. A vampire using the card can bleed at +1 at inferior Animalism, and at superior he can enter combat with another vampire. The superior version also has the advantage that the roles of acting and reacting vampires are reversed during combat. This can save cards when you know that your opponent is playing "Strike: Combat Ends" for example. For ousting usually "Fame", "Tension in the Ranks" or "Dragonbound" are used similar to a Celerity Gun deck.
Bleed defense
Crypt Composition
Key Cards
Belgrade: Black dawn
Belgrade, Serbia
Date: 19.8.2007
Number of players: 10
Rounds: 3 + F
Winner: Ferenc Vasadi with 4 VP in the finals
Tournament Winning Deck by Ferenc Vasadi
Deckname : aniweenie
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 8, Max: 21, Avg: 3,5)
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1 Lisa Noble ani 1 Caitiff
1 Zip ani 2 Ravnos
1 Mouse ani 2 Nosferatu
1 Droescher One-Eye ani vic 3 Tzimisce
2 Stick ANI 3 Nosferatu Antitrib
1 Dolie abo ani 3 Akunanse
1 Bobby Lemon pro ANI 4 Gangrel
1 Yuri Kerezenski aus for vic ANI 5 Tzimisce
1 Effie Lowery obf ANI SPI 5 Ahrimanes
1 Celeste Lamontagne for ANI PRO 5 Gangrel Antitribu
1 Janey Pickman for ANI PRO 6 Gangrel Antitribu
Library: (90 cards)
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Master (15 cards)
6 Blood Doll
3 Animalism
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Hungry Coyote, The
3 Haven Uncovered
1 Archon Investigation
Action (11 cards)
2 Army of Rats
4 Taunt the Caged Beast
2 Tier of Souls
1 Aranthebes, The Immortal
2 Bum`s Rush
Reaction (15 cards)
5 Cats` Guidance
4 Instinctive Reaction
4 On the Qui Vive
2 Forced Awakening
Combat (41 cards)
16 Aid from Bats
4 Canine Horde
12 Carrion Crows
3 Pack Alpha
2 Terror Frenzy
4 High Ground
Retainer (8 cards)
5 Raven Spy
1 Owl Companion
1 J. S. Simmons, Esq.
1 Tasha Morgan
How can you target somebodies head with an Earthshock? With Migrane? And how do you target vitals when throwing a Stunt Cycle or a Well-Aimed Car? Ouch ..
Why is there only one famed vampire at a given time. With "American Idol" and such Fame seems more like a Trifle to me?
Why does anybody want to use Seduction on any Nosferatu?"Think about that for a minute. Really. Think about it.On what fucking planet would you put Ascendance in a deck? Oh, right, NONE because Ascendance is TERRIBLE.
And yet here we are debating the merits of Ascendance over Vessel. Or, shudder the thought, Vessel AND Ascendance.
If you're at the point where you're considering putting Ascendance in your deck, SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE HEAD.
That's why Vessel sucks." -- Ben Peal (3 time VtES NAC winner)
Reference: VtES Usenet Newsgroup
Deck Name: Cogwork Brussels
Author: Sebastian Meurer
Description: The deck is a Nosferatu multi-action toolbox with an emphasis on bleed actions. The foundation of the deck is Cock Robin's special ability to untap after a successful action requiring Animalism. Also Baron Dieudonne can untap after a successful action (but only by paying a blood). Another untap possibility provides Warsaw Station. With Tier of Souls, Deep Song and eventually Enkil Cog the deck has considerablw bleed potential. Thanks to Preternatural Strength you only need to make room for few extra combat cards to be very effective in combat, also by rushing selected targets with Deep Song.
Maybe the deck's biggest advantage in a tournament is, that other players tend to underestimate its bleed potential and in general have trouble assessing the deck's capabilities.
Crypt (12 cards; Capacity min=3 max=10 avg=7)
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2x Baron Dieudonne 9 ANI OBF POT PRO Nosferatu:4
2x Beetleman 4 obf ANI Nosferatu:4
1x Clarissa Steinburgen 3 ani obf Nosferatu:3
4x Cock Robin 10 aus for ANI OBF POT Nosferatu:3
1x Jeremy Wix Wyzchovsky 5 ani obf pot Nosferatu:4
2x Petra 5 aus ANI OBF Nosferatu:4
Library (82 cards)
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Master (19)
3x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Elysium: Sforzesco Castle
2x Labyrinth, The
1x Mob Connections
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
2x Perfectionist
1x Powerbase: Montreal
3x Vessel
3x Villein
2x Warsaw Station
Event (2)
1x Narrow Minds
1x Scourge of the Enochians
Action (15)
8x Deep Song
2x Preternatural Strength
5x Tier of Souls
Equipment (1)
1x Ivory Bow
Retainer (2)
2x Raven Spy
Action Modifier (13)
2x Elder Impersonation
2x Enkil Cog
2x Faceless Night
5x Lost in Crowds
2x Veil the Legions
Reaction (12)
4x Cats' Guidance
2x On the Qui Vive
6x Second Tradition: Domain
Combat (14)
7x Carrion Crows
4x Immortal Grapple
3x Taste of Vitae
Combo (4)
4x Swallowed by the Night
On May 31st, 2009 the VtES Belgian EC Qualifier was held in Brussels, Belgium with 24 players attending the qualifier tournament. The final standings were as follows: 1. Sebastian Meurer (GER) -- 1 VP 6 VP -- 4 VP -- Nosferatu Cock Robin w/ Enkil CogCongratulations to Sebastian for winning the Belgian ECQ 2009. You can find the TWD in the German VtES forum (requires account).
2. Jörg Alten (GER) -- 1 VP 5.5 VP -- 1 VP -- Giovanni/HoS Obfuscate Shambling Hordes
2. Michael Heyder (GER) -- 2 VP 8 VP -- 0 VP -- Tzimisce Ani/Aus Toolbox
2. Pierre "Stone" Tran-Van (FRA) -- 2 VP 7.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Ventrue New Lawfirm
2. Fabian Sosna (GER) -- 1 VP 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Ventrue New
Left: The Outpost in Brussel, place of the Belgian ECQ 2009.
Left: Round 2 Table 1: Herman's deck in all it's glory!
Left: Round 2 Table 3: Johannes plays a vicious Imbued deck, which terrorized the table with multiple Talbot's Chainsaw attacks per turn.
Left: The players at the final table contemplating their options in the early stage of the game.
Left: Michael played an .. exotic Yong-Sun deck, which needed to burn many vampires from it's prey crypt.
Left: Sascha's deck was a modified Brujah starter deck and had big problems sitting between two intercept decks.
Left: Despite "only" having a New Carthage as support for his Brujah Princes, Hardy's deck was able put considerable pressure on his prey, but failed to oust him eventually.
