My hangover will kill me this tournament

Damn my head is like a police siren, screaming for attention. whitin 50 minutes a tournament will start in Utrecht (http://www.oortje.bravehost.com/vampire.htm for info)and I still want to change my deck from Aabbt kindred politics to Tzimitse presence politics. My krc's are not enough to complete them both. So Ill have to de-sleave my Ape-deck. So cards still have to be grabbed for another player, but my head man.. my head. I cant ignore it. why did I go to bed 4 o clock? I will never know why.... Quotes of a dead man oort www.oortje.bravehost.com

interne...@hotmail.com (Oortje4ever) wrote in message news:<6ccd3235.04020...@posting.google.com>... [ quoted text not captured ] Doh I made it to the finals. For some strange reason I managed to get 1 TP and 4 VP in total. Now Im sitting at home eating and posting, because it is so close to home. good because the gameconvention was very crowded and expensive. My head is cooling down and I can keep my eyes open without matchsticks. In an hour or so I will start the finals, I dont know which position. Probebly 5th, but hey, let see what fortune brings :) Oortje www.oortje.bravehost.com

[ quoted text not captured ] Well, who won? who played what? W

Wouter...@yahoo.com (Wouter Kuyper) wrote in message news:<44a2da05.04020...@posting.google.com>... [ quoted text not captured ] I did. :) Played my Samedi Bleed/Shambling deck. Like Oortje, went to bed later than 04:00.... 4 hours of sleep and a headache (hangover) are good for my play as well, apparently (based on this weekend, belgium, arnhem and bochum). I know it's a fashionable lifestyle, turning up at tourneys with lack of sleep, but has anyone else on this NG noticed it might actually help you play? ;) (Although I did decide to leave the political tabledance/VP snipe deck at home, too much concentration would've been required). If only I could also say something like the deck was made during the wee hours, in a police cell somewhere, dank and smelly, with a big redneck breathing down my neck hornily, or somesuch other statement that'll make it even more amazing. :) -- Tobias Deventer

"Tobias" <tobiasop...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:8aa6db00.04020...@posting.google.com... > I did. :) > > Played my Samedi Bleed/Shambling deck. Congratulations, did you change it much from the version I saw? Let's see the decklist.. > > Like Oortje, went to bed later than 04:00.... 4 hours of sleep and a > headache (hangover) are good for my play as well, apparently (based on > this weekend, belgium, arnhem and bochum). > > I know it's a fashionable lifestyle, turning up at tourneys with lack > of sleep, but has anyone else on this NG noticed it might actually > help you play? ;) I always play worse in the finals, where the tired-ness of being in a tournament catches up to me. Or maybe its just the better players in the final. > > (Although I did decide to leave the political tabledance/VP snipe deck > at home, too much concentration would've been required). > > If only I could also say something like the deck was made during the > wee hours, in a police cell somewhere, dank and smelly, with a big > redneck breathing down my neck hornily, or somesuch other statement > that'll make it even more amazing. :) You definitely need a better story, didn't you think of the idea when you were "back-packing through the Andes", "Rescuing the Baby from the mountian lion"? Colin Riggs all my decks were made "sitting in front of the computer"

> I did. :) > > Played my Samedi Bleed/Shambling deck. You did WHAT? lol Not that it is a bad deck or something, but winning a Tournament with it...Wouldn't have guessed that... Did you change a lot since the last time? What did the rest play? and who were the rest? W

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 02:47:16 -0800, Tobias wrote: > If only I could also say something like the deck was made during the > wee hours, in a police cell somewhere, dank and smelly, with a big > redneck breathing down my neck hornily, or somesuch other statement > that'll make it even more amazing. :) Eh. It loses its charm after the fourth or fifth time.

Wouter...@yahoo.com (Wouter Kuyper) wrote in message news:<44a2da05.04020...@posting.google.com>... [ quoted text not captured ] his prey (paul) played a nos deck wich made many small vamps and princes and did boons and damage votes. from what i saw from the final paul got fecked abit from cross table whit a rush and a anathema the final timed out and tobias had 1 vp so he won :) paul should have played archon investigation to blow up the nasty samedies :P

cowf...@hotmail.com (cowfields) wrote in message news:<1a6c91db.04020...@posting.google.com>... [ quoted text not captured ] I'll just do a report for the whole day, from what I saw. The decklist is at the end of the post. Basically, it was the no-combat-cards version of my Samedi SB/Hordes deck. I didn't get the 5th baron the deck needs to be SL-compatible, so I left in a second Catherine du Bois. The deck flowed really well for me on the day, generally there'd be very few cards left in my library when the game was over. Thanks and props to the people who suggested Jorge de la Muerte (his +1 bleed was in effect a lot of times), computer hackings (instead of scouting missions), more blood management, and specialization. It's a monstrously good card for this deck. The Jake Washington's were also excellent. There were 19 or 20 people (some sleepyhead showed up late, but I'm not sure he played). It was very good to see guys from Belgium and Germany show up for this tournament as well. Always a pleasure. Table 1: Me -> Cryptic Mission (Isaac) -> Blood Brothers (Peter, IIRC)) -> Laz Multirush (Dave) The table started with the blood brothers going strong, later heard the deck has 17 (!) Unwholesome bonds. I knew Lazverinus could toast me easily, so I decided to bring out just 1 minion (Jorge de la Muerte) and let him put a Shambling in the way of Laz, and play it easy so that Lazverinus would have to go upstream. The cryptic deck was turning over, but not very fast, it did take out 1 blood brother, but Lazverinus did indeed have to go backward (those force of will / walk of cain / daring the dawn bleeds were hurting, I bet). At one point, I lost Jorge to an Archon Investigation. Around the time Lazverinus went down to the bleeds, I got up another minion and bled out my prey (unlucky with his deflect, although I did have the spying missions ready against it). I then was 1-on-1 with the blood brother, whose daring the dawns were not much of a threat due to the shamblings. He did have 4 or 5 minions, but whenever they demolished a shambling, I'd get a new one. In the end, his minions ended up in torpor and I bled him out as well. Me: 3 VP, GW; Peter: 1 VP Table 2: Me -> Ravnos toolbox (with dom?) -> !Tor vote (Bram) -> Weenie Dem (Frank, IIRC) -> Cryptic Mission Again (Isaac) The game started with the dementation weenie going bang out of the games on Isaac, who turned his cryptics towards his predator to slow him down. Knowing my prey would probably Sense Dep me, I decided to only take actions with my first minion (George Frederick) if I had a freak drive available, but I did get greedy one time and tapped him for a Tasha Morgan, thinking my prey would sense dep his prey (since Bram was also running well). I think my second minion was Isabel Giovanni, but I'm not sure. I basically used the hordes as a deterrant force (not much rushing, the way I prefer them), and slowly bled out my prey. Bram had gotten his prey by that time, but I got my sense depped minion back, brought out another minion, and in the 1-on-1 managed to take out Bram in the end (although Bram was kicking himself for a few mistakes). Me: 3 VP, GW, Bram: 2 VP Table 3: Me -> Lazverinus Again (Dave) -> Gangrel wall w. serpentis (Tom) -> !Malk SB with Anarch Revolt (Dieter) -> Nosferatu/Beast Vote/Rush with presence (Dietmar) Dieter started with a round-1 (or was it 2?) Anarch Revolt, and a quick SB minion, prompting Dietmar to go backwards with his rush power. In reponse, Dieter shifted to a strategy of not bringing out minions (since his predator was not a powerful bleeder), to get Dietmar to go forward into me. Dave, in the meantime, did not get a Laz in his opening crypt, and before Laz could make an appearance I had pounded his minions and his pool, so Laz never made it. With a little dealing with Dietmar, Tom ousted Dieter, and I then ousted Tom with big SB. In the 1-on-1 with Dietmar, I went down to the rushing power of Dietmar. Me: 2 VP, Tom: 1 VP, Dietmar: 2 VP. Finals: I got into the finals in 1st place, and previous placement had been: Tzimi Vote (Oortje) -> Nos princely breed/vote (Paul) -> Gangrel Wall (Emiliano) -> Nos/Beast Vote/Rush (Dietmar). Knowing that the gangrel wall could stop/slow me if my stealth wasn't flowing well, I didn't want to sit next to it, and I didn't really like the rush power of Dietmar either. And, of course, with 3 vote decks at the table, I'd love it if they were at each other's throats. I thought Oortje's deck would probably run the slowest initially, allowing me some setup time, and Paul would be slowed by the Gangrel wall, so I decided to sit between Oortje and Paul: Tzimi -> Me -> Nos Breed -> Gangrel -> Nos Rush Everyone started off fairly well. I got out an early Rudolfo and Shambling, followed by the baron. Paul started breeding heavily, but I bled into him fairly hard (although the shambling rushes were generally ineffective due to his maneuvers, so I mostly kept the shambling untapped as deterrants, again). Jost was bleeding into me a bit, but Oortje didn't get many votes, and, as predicted, the vote decks were at odds with each other. Paul was allowed a Parity shift on his prey once by the other voters (mostly Dietmar), but kept going down to my bleeds. He did breed effectively though, and although he did not have vote lock, he did have the biggest chunk of votes, so he was both dangerous and in danger. In the end, all the talk etc. amounted to nothing as a series of 3-and-less bleeds at +1 stealth got him, including a Cloaked one by Jake Washington with J.S. Simmons (no second trads on paul's hand that time). All the vote-talk had slowed the table significantly, so some time after that the table timed out, with me getting the only oust and the tournament win. Once again, a fun tournament, with fun games and quality play. Thanks to Emile for organising, all the people for travelling, and see you all the 29th? Greets, Tobias Deck Name: Even Samedi Are Better With Dominate Created By: Tobias Description: Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 18, Max: 36, Avg: 6.67) ---------------------------------------------- 2 Catherine du Bois DOM for obf pre 5, Ventrue:3 4 Baron dom FOR NEC OBF THN 9, Samedi:2, 2 votes 2 George Frederick FOR nec obf THN 6, Samedi:2 2 Jorge De La Muerte cel for nec OBF THN 7, Samedi:2 1 Isabel Giovanni DOM NEC pot 5, Giovanni:2 1 Rudolfo Giovanni NEC 3, Giovanni:2 Library: (90 cards) ------------------- Master (18 cards) 1 Barrens, The 5 Blood Doll 1 Charisma 4 Dominate 2 Dreams of the Sphinx 1 Giant's Blood 2 Jake Washington (Hunter) 1 Secure Haven 1 Specialization Action (16 cards) 5 Computer Hacking 6 Govern the Unaligned 5 Restoration Action Modifier (23 cards) 5 Cloak the Gathering 3 Conditioning 2 Faceless Night 6 Freak Drive 3 Lost in Crowds 4 Spying Mission Reaction (13 cards) 7 Deflection 6 Wake with Evening's Freshness Ally (14 cards) 14 Shambling Hordes Retainer (2 cards) 1 J. S. Simmons, Esq. 1 Tasha Morgan Equipment (1 cards) 1 Sargon Fragment, The Combo (3 cards) 3 Swallowed by the Night

On 9 Feb 2004 01:38:08 -0800, tobiasop...@hotmail.com (Tobias) wrote: >Deck Name: Even Samedi Are Better With Dominate >Created By: Tobias Congratulations! You deck could enter the Tournament Winning Deck Archive, except that you lack some essential information. Tournament name? Tournament location? Date of event? Sanctioned event? Format of event (draft / constructed / restricted constructed) ? True number of players? Winning player's real name? Carpe noctem. Lasombra http://www.TheLasombra.com/decks/twd.htm

The Lasombra <TheLa...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<j1ag20la03qfsg0s2...@4ax.com>... > On 9 Feb 2004 01:38:08 -0800, tobiasop...@hotmail.com (Tobias) > wrote: > > >Deck Name: Even Samedi Are Better With Dominate > >Created By: Tobias > > Congratulations! Thanks! > You deck could enter the Tournament Winning Deck Archive, except that > you lack some essential information. > > Tournament name? Path of Death and the Soul Utrecht > Tournament location? Utrecht, The Netherlands > Date of event? 7th feb 2004 > Sanctioned event? No, due to the prince having troubles with the WW pages and passwords. > Format of event (draft / constructed / restricted constructed) ? Constructed > True number of players? 20 > Winning player's real name? Tobias op den Brouw. -- Tobias Deventer

Tobias wrote: >>Tournament name? > Path of Death and the Soul Utrecht >>Date of event? > 7th feb 2004 >>Sanctioned event? > No, due to the prince having troubles with the WW pages and passwords. The prince indicated that the trouble was with remembering to request sanctioning, not with the WW web interface. FYI. -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to V:TES news, rules, cards, utilities, and tournament calendar: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

LSJ <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:<4028DB7B...@white-wolf.com>... > Tobias wrote: > >>Tournament name? > Path of Death and the Soul Utrecht > >>Date of event? > 7th feb 2004 > >>Sanctioned event? > > No, due to the prince having troubles with the WW pages and passwords. > > The prince indicated that the trouble was with remembering to request > sanctioning, not with the WW web interface. FYI. Aha. Thanks. And also for you clarification in the other thread. -- Tobias Deventer