Results Slovak EC Qualifier 2010

On August 28th, 2010 the VtES Slovak EC Qualifier was held in Bratislava, Slovakia with 27 players attending the qualifier tournament. The final standings after 3 rounds and final were as follows:

1. Ben Peal (USA) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 2 VP -- Kiasyd G4/5 Stealth Bleed
2. Tomas Kowalewski (POL) -- 2 GW 7 VP -- 2 VP -- Anson/Volker w/Guns Ashur Tablets
2. Peter Korsos (HUN?) -- 2 GW 7 VP -- 1 VP -- Dmitra Alastor Vote
2. Ferenc Vasadi (HUN) -- 2 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Cybele Shatter the Gates
2. Maros Chomjak (SVK) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Malkavian antitribu DEM/OBF

Congratulations to Ben for his win of the Slovak ECQ 2010. You can find the final standings in the Bratislava VtES Forum. In addition, Mephistopheles wrote two tournament reports (one for preliminary rounds and one for the final round). He also hosted some pictures on Picasa.

Polish National VtES Championship 2010

The Polish National VtES Championship 2010 will be held on September 25th, 2010 in Warsaw, Poland:

• Location: Paradox Cafe,
  Jezierskiego street 3/5
  Warszawa


• Start: 12 PM (Registration starts at 11 AM)


• Entry fee: 30 PLN (8 Euro)


• Format: 3R + final (2h time limit each)
  There will be a 15 minutes break after each round.


• Remark: Deck lists will be required before the tournament (electronic format would be preferred)

In case of any questions you can contact the organizer (Michał Kochanowski) via
mk00436 (at) gmail (dot) com. Also more information can be found in the Polish VtES Forum.

Results Great Lakes NAC Qualifier 2010

On August 22nd, 2010 the VtES Great Lakes NAC Qualifier was held in in Ann Arbor, Michigan with 24 players attending the qualifier tournament. The final standings were as follows:

1. David Wilson (USA) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 2 VP -- Ivan Krenyenko gets lots of stuff
2. Devin Crane (USA) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- 2 VP -- Trujah Summon History/Bruise/Bleed
2. Thomas Lynn (USA) -- 2 GW 11 VP -- 1 VP -- Malkavian antitribu Stealth/Bleed
2. Sam Hirschman (USA) -- 2 GW 6.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Assamite Loss/Heartblood
2. Mark Merlin Petersen (USA) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Big Torries w/ .44s/Masika gets the Cog

Congratulations to David for his win of the Great Lakes NACQ 2010. You can find the winner's decklist and a tournament report in the Usenet newsgroup. The events of the final round will be posted on Merlin’s blog.

Results Finnish National VtES Championship 2010

On May 29th, 2010 the Finnish National VtES Championship 2010 was held in Tampere, Finland with 49 players attending the tournament. The final standings were as follows:

1. Are Vaskela (FIN) -- 2 GW 7,5 VP -- 3 VP -- Tremere Fatties Vote
2. Arto Heinonen (FIN) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 1 VP -- Kiasyd S&B w/ Earth Swords
2. Pauli Kiova (FIN) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 1 VP -- Weenie Potence
2. Henri Ketonen (FIN) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 0 VP -- Lasombra G3/4 Stealth Bleed
2. Teemu Sainomaa (FIN) -- 2 GW 7 VP -- 0 VP -- Toreador G1/2? Grandball w/ Alastor/Assault Rifle

Congratulations to Are for his win of the Finnish Nationals 2010. A tournament report can be found in the VtES Usenet Newgroup.

VtES EC 2010: Another Friendly Reminder

Fellow Methuselah,

this is a friendly reminder of the upcoming 2010 European Championship that will take place in Paris, France starting from October 25th with the Week of Nightmares, with the LCQ / EC day 1 / EC day 2 on October 29th-31st.

Pre-registration and all the information you need is at official EC 2010 website. I strongly encourage all participants to register both to the event ("I register to EC" on the site) and to the accommodation place (named RIP, "I register to RIP" on the site), as soon as possible and redirect the information to whoever would be interested in attending the EC.

Before including here information about the venue, schedule and fees, I have a request for the people who post on a regular basis on other VtES related forums: could you either post here the URL for your local forum (national or the like) so I can post the same kind of message, or (even better) translate it yourself in your language and post there ?

You may also pass the word using the Facebook event page.

For the record, we currently have 65 pre-registered players from the following countries: Belgium (1), UK (2), France (22), Germany (2), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Spain (5), Finland (20), Norway (1), Poland (3), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Switzerland (1), USA (3). We can and should certainly have more attendance, but any boost in advertising from anyone would be welcome.

---

2010 VtES European Championship, (October 29th-31st),and Week of Nightmares (October 25th-28th), Paris

Please go to the official VtES EC 2010 website, where you can register, book accommodation, ask questions, etc. When following the links to the forums, you may also ask questions by e-mail at the address: info (at) ec2010vtes (dot) com.

• Venue:
  
  • The 2010 European Championship will be held in the Residence Internationale de Paris a.k.a R.I.P, adress 44, rue Louis Lumière, Paris, France.


• Schedule:
  
  • Monday, October 25th through Thursday, October 28th: Week of Nightmares (more and updated details on the WoN program can be found on the Facebook event page.
  
  
  • Monday, October 25th: Casual games at restaurant/pub in the afternoon, then MQE 2R+F (miniqualifier for the EC) in the store "Le Repaire du Dragon", Paris
  
  
  • Tuesday, October 26th : Casual games at the "Troll2Jeux" shop, Paris
  
  
  • Wednesday, October 27th: MQE at "Troll2Jeux shop
  
  
  • Thursday, October 28th: Sanctioned draft tournament at the RIP (that's the place where the EC takes place, also the place where most players will sleep), then Welcome Party drinks and quiz
  
  
  • Friday, 29 October: Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) or Legendary Vampire (see the VEKN France forum for more details)
  
  
  • Saturday, 30 October : EC Day 1 or Adaptability (basically Adaptability is a format in which you may switch decks between rounds, no special rule except a given vampire cannot be in more than one deck)
  
  
  • Sunday, 31 October : EC Day 2 or First Chance Qualifier (for EC 2011)
  
  
  • Monday, 1 November, 10 am : Leave the rooms


• Tournament Fees:
  
  • 30 euro for attending the 3 tournaments of the week-end (for 20 euro you
    only start playing on Saturday, or even 15 euro to only participate in one
    tournament).


• Accommodation and meal fees:
  
  • Single Room (1 bed): 52.00 euro per person per night
  • Double Room (2 beds): 34.90 euro per person per night
  • Group Room (3, 4 or 5 beds): 27.50 euro per person per night
  
  
  • 12.50 euro per meal, lunch or dinner (the breakfast is included in the room fare). Meal tickets can be purchased at that price whether you have a room or not.


• Pre-registration to the EC: Go to the official website, then click on "I register to EC". Please do it as soon as possible, it will help us a lot in organizing the event. "As soon as possible" means "now", preferably. Not one week before the event. Really. It takes 5 minutes. Do it now. Please. Tell your girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband that Paris is an awesome city (which is true, even in October), no need to negotiate.
  
  
• Booking your accommodation: (that means "what you must do if you want to sleep
  during the EC"): Go to the official website, then click on "I register to RIP".

---

The 2010 EC crew is eager to meet you there ! Stone

VtES Storyline: "Battle Lines" Aftermath

Ben Swainbank, the VtES storyline coordinator, has published the aftermath story of the VtES storyline event "Battle Lines", that took place from April to July 2010.

The ranking for the bloodlines look like this (Name -- #Wins -- (#Bahari/#Loyalists):

• Kiasyd -- 15 wins -- (10 Bahari/5 Loyalist)
• Baali -- 14 -- (14/0)
• Salubri -- 8 -- (3/5)
• Ahrimanes -- 7 -- (4/3)
• Salubri Antitribu -- 6 -- (3/2)
• Daughters of Cacophony -- 5 -- (4/2)
• Gargoyles -- 4 -- (2/2)
• True Brujah -- 4 -- (1/3)
• Nagaraja -- 3 -- (2/1)
• Blood Brothers -- 2 -- (1/1)
• Samedi -- 2 -- (0/2)

The Kiasyd won the storyline event, but only by the smallest margin possible against the Baali. The Baali pledged their allegiance unanimously to the Bahari faction, but given the advantages provided by Lilith's Blessing this is no real surprise. Only in three of the bloodlines the Loyalist faction was stronger (the Salubri, the Samedi, and the True Brujah).

Regarding the key minions, the Kiasyd showing was not as scattered as the nominations for the Baali, so The Arcadian was the winner in this category:

• The Arcadian (Kiasyd) -- 7
• Saulot (Salubri) -- 5
• Cybele (Baali) -- 4
• Isanwayen (Kiasyd) -- 4
• The Unnamed (Baali) -- 4

The winning bloodlines pledged their allegiance with a significant margin to the Bahari faction:

1. Bahari -- allegiance of 44 winning clans
2. Loyalists -- allegiance of 26 winning clans

You can find more information on VtES storylines on the official storyline website.

Ossian .. Beer!

When looking for the picture of Lilith's Blessing, the Google search presented also this picture related to a tasting of Ossian Beer:
Ridiculous .. no, when you think of it, it becomes quite clear: Lilith's Blessing is a promo card used in the Battle Lines storyline event. And so is Infamous Insurgent, which speaks of Red List minions .. and Ossian is a Red List minion. Voila!

VtES Promo Cards 2010 (Battle Lines)

Since I couldn't find the explicit card texts (other than on card pictures) for the 2010 VtES promo/storyline cards, and the White Wolf webpages on card lists hasn't been updated in months, I am posting them here:

Claudio Severino [Promo]
Cardtype: Vampire
Clan: Tremere
Group: 5
Capacity: 9
Discipline: cel obf AUS DOM THA
Camarilla: Combat cards cost an opposing vampire an additional blood. During your untap phase, burn 1 pool if there are no Gehenna cards in play.
Artist: Ginés Quiñonero

Guide and Mentor [Promo]
Cardtype: Master
Master. Put this card in play. A vampire you control may search your library for a master:archetype and move 1 blood from the bank and that card to himself or herself as a +1 stealth action that costs X pool where X is the number of copies of that card on minions you control (requirements and cost apply as normal).
Artist: Michael Gaydos

Infamous Insurgent [Promo]
Cardtype: Master
Unique master. Put this card on a Red List anarch vampire. This vampire is infernal, Bahari, and gets 2 additional votes. During this vampire's minion phase, his or her controller may untap a ready anarch he or she controls.
Artist: Erica Danell

Lilith's Blessing [Promo]
Cardtype: Master
Cost: 1 pool
Master. Put this card in play. As a master phase action, you may tap this card to search your library for a Master:Discipline card and choose a ready non-Bahari vampire you control who has no blood. That vampire gains the Discipline card (if any) and 3 blood and becomes Bahari.
Artist: Matt Smith

Karsh (Advanced) [Promo]
Cardtype: Vampire
Clan: Gangrel
Level: Advanced
Group: 3
Capacity: 10
Discipline: ANI CEL FOR POT PRO
Camarilla: Karsh may play a Blood Hunt card from your hand or ash heap as a prince. He gets 3 additional votes in blood hunt referendums. He cannot block infernal vampires.
[MERGED] Imperator (3 votes): +1 intercept.
Artist: Chad Michael Ward

Poll Results: "VtES as Living Card Game (LCG)"

Here are the results of the latest poll if the readers of this blog think, that VtES as a Living Card Game (LCG) is a viable option for the future of the game. 182 readers of this blog have voted in this poll:

• I would appreciate that. -- 28 (15%)
• I can live with VtES as LCQ. -- 47 (25%)
• I prefer the TCG model. -- 95 (52%)
• I trade/buy single cards only. -- 0 (0%)
• I don't care. -- 12 (6%)

A majority of the readers (52%) think that the current Trading Card Game (TCG) model is still the best option for the game. While only a rather small minority (15%) think that the Living Card Game model is the way to go.

Results Finnish EC Qualifier 2010

On July 23rd, 2010 the VtES Finnish EC Qualifier was held in Espoo, Finland with 93 players attending the qualifier tournament (during RopeCon 2010). The final standings were as follows:

1. Otso Saariluoma (FIN) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 3 VP -- Cybele/Lutz/Unmada Bleed/Vote
2. Ben Peal (USA) -- 3 GW 11 VP -- 1 VP -- Kiasyd w/ Nocturns S&B
2. Tuomas Vuokko (FIN) -- 2 GW 9 VP -- 1 VP -- Inner Circle G3/4 Honor the Elder/Mind Rape
2. Are Vaskela (FIN) -- 3 GW 10 VP -- 0 VP -- Gangrel/Gangrel antitribu G2/3 w/Dom Vote
2. Pasi Karjalainen (FIN) -- 2 GW 7 VP -- 0 VP -- Baali feat. The Unnamed S&B

Congratulations to Otso for his win of the Finnish ECQ 2010. You can find a tournament report, the finalist decks and the final standings in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup.

Results Washington, D.C. NAC Qualifier 2010

On July 31st, 2010 the VtES Washington, D.C. NAC Qualifier was held in Washington, D.C. with 28 players attending the qualifier tournament. The final standings were as follows:

1. Ruben Feldman (SUI) -- 3 GW 12 VP -- 5 VP -- Nosferatu G1/2 Royalty
2. Brad Cashdollar (USA) -- 2 GW 9 VP -- 0 VP -- Nergal & the Turbo Beast
2. David Cherryholmes (USA) -- 2 GW 7.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Assamite Loss Bleed
2. Adam Hulse (USA) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- 0 VP -- Troglodytia Wall
2. Tom Mickle (USA) -- 1 GW 4.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Toreador AAA Vote

Congratulations to Ruben for his win of the Washington, D.C. NAC Qualifier 2010. You find the complete results of the tournament in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup.

VtES North American Championship 2010 Schedule

The full schedule for the VtES North American Championship 2010 has now been disclosed. The NAC 2010 takes place in New Orleans, LA from September 24th to 26th, 2010, and is part of the Grand Masquerade event hosted by White Wolf/CCP.

• September 24th, 2010
  
  
  • Last Chance Qualifier
    Constructed Tournament
    4 rounds plus final
    11 am – 10 pm
  
  
  • Draught Tournament
    3 rounds plus final
    1 pm - 10 pm
  
  Remark: There will be a break at 5 pm for a presentation in the main hall for 1 hour.


• September 25th, 2010
  
  
  • North American Championship Day 1
    Constructed Tournament
    3 rounds plus final
    10 am – 8 pm
  
  
  • Shadow Twin
    Constructed Tournament for anyone not playing in the Championship
    Three rounds plus final
    1 pm - 11 pm


• September 26th, 2010
  
  
  • North American Championship Day 2
    Constructed Tournament
    3 rounds plus final
    10 am – 8 pm
  
  
  • Shadow Twin 2
    Draft Tournament for those not in day 2
    2 rounds plus final
    11 am – 8pm

You can read the full schedule in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup or you can contact Oscar Garza (VtES Organized Play Coordinator) directly at orgplay (-at-) white-wolf (-dot-) com.

It's a wash

wash (wosh, wôsh)
n.
[...].
13. (Informal) An activity, action, or enterprise that yields neither marked gain nor marked loss: "[The company] doesn't do badly. That is, it's a wash" (Harper's).

Lodging for Grand Masquerade Event

The Roosevelt Hotel where Grand Masquerade is being held is booked out. Not only that, but the initial overflow hotel The Renaissance Pere Marquette is now full, too. The event organizers now have secured another block of rooms, this time at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel nearby. The Astor Crowne Plaza will be honoring the $99.00 room rate for single king rooms and double queens with a four person maximum occupancy. You can reserve a room for the Grand Masquerade using this contact information.

Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel
New Orleans French Quarter
739 Canal Street @ Bourbon
New Orleans, LA 70130
Group Code: CCP
Reservations: 877-834-3613
Online Reservation

Seems to be a really big event ...

Deck of the Month: July 2010: Laibon Vote feat. Lutz

This month's deck is the tournament winning deck "Laibon Vote feat. Lutz" played by Kelly Schultz. Another Tup Dog deck like last month's? Well, not exactly. This one's a 60 card vote deck using the four different Laibon Kholo titles, and Lutz' special ability for ousting it's prey with raw political power. What I like about the deck is it's purity and dedication to the task at hand, ousting your prey with votes.

Deck Name: Colorado NAC Qualifier 2010: Laibon Vote feat. Lutz
Author: Kelly Schultz
Description:
Colorado Qualifier
Longmont, Colorado
June 26, 2010
12 players
3R + F

Crypt (Capacity min=1 max=11 avg=2.42; 12 cards)
===================================================
1x Lumumba 4 ani PRE Guruhi:4
1x Lutz von Hohenzollern 11 pot AUS DEM OBF PRE Malkavian:4
1x Meno Ngari 2 abo Akunanse:4
1x Misrak 2 pot Osebo:4
1x Panya, The Wicked 3 cel pre Ishtarri:4
7x Tupdog 1 POT VIS Gargoyle:3

Library (60 cards)
=====================
Master (15 cards)
4x Agent of Power
6x Ashur Tablets
3x Dreams of the Sphinx
2x Obfuscate

Political Action (16 cards)
1x Ancilla Empowerment
6x Conservative Agitation
1x Diversity
8x Kine Resources Contested

Action Modifier (22 cards)
3x Awe
3x Bewitching Oration
3x Cloak the Gathering
2x Elder Impersonation
1x Mask of a Thousand Faces
2x Perfect Paragon
4x Veil the Legions
4x Voter Captivation

Combo (7 cards)
1x Akunanse Kholo
3x Force of Personality
1x Guruhi Kholo
1x Ishtarri Kholo
1x Osebo Kholo