2 super brief tourney reports

Sept 29th tourney. Due to my short notice, only 8 meths made it. Dennis Lien, Julien Erard, Larry Lawrence, Robert Acevedo, and Cary Hill made it to the finals. Dennis won, he played some vote thing. I will attach it later. I watched every single game, and I can't for the life of me remember anybody's deck. I suck. If anyone is thinking of having 2 kids, just remember that 2 is like 4 times as taxing as 1. But I guess by the time you get to 4 kids (a la Robert G), it's old hat... Succubus Club tourney, in early August. 10 meths came down. Julien, Larry, Dennis, Brian McGreal, and Alex Harmon were in the finals. Julien won, Larry came in 3rd, and Alex was 2nd. Alex also won most VP's of deck, beating Steve Bucy on a coin toss. At least 2 decks were jakes (a Tzimisce deck with no untaps, a Tzimisce deck straight out of the Pre-con), and Wade von Grawbadger got both. Poor Wade. However, the Tzi deck w/no untaps was Larry's, and he came in 3rd. But I think that was because in the final Dennis and Brian made this sick deal (both had gruesome fast weenie bleeders), which caused the other 3 to gang up. Weirdest thing in the Succubus club tourney, only 4 decks gained VP's. Larry's and Julien's decks gained no VPs in the prelims, but both made it to the finals by playing other decks. Steve's deck got 6 VP, but he got only 1 in the prelims, so he didn't make it. Thanks to all who played. The October invitational invitees have been set. I will be sending out invites soon. After that, my next tourney will be Anarch Revolt 2002, in late January. I think Robert will run a pre-release at Third Planet for Bloodlines in Nov or Dec. chris -- chris shorb <www.vtesinla.org> (A V:TES site in development) prince of torrance, california Ultimate Disc - Hockey - Vampire the Eternal Struggle Ebay page <http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/vtessingles/>

Chris Shorb wrote: > Weirdest thing in the Succubus club tourney, only 4 decks gained VP's. > Larry's and Julien's decks gained no VPs in the prelims, but both made > it to the finals by playing other decks. Steve's deck got 6 VP, but he > got only 1 in the prelims, so he didn't make it. Players switched decks for the finals? They should've rolled dice to see which ones (with their decks) got in. [VEKN 3.8.4] -- LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc. Links to revised rulebook, rulings, errata, and tournament rules: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/

"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:3BBD8E2A...@white-wolf.com... > Chris Shorb wrote: > > Weirdest thing in the Succubus club tourney, only 4 decks gained VP's. > > Larry's and Julien's decks gained no VPs in the prelims, but both made > > it to the finals by playing other decks. Steve's deck got 6 VP, but he > > got only 1 in the prelims, so he didn't make it. > > Players switched decks for the finals? > They should've rolled dice to see which ones (with their decks) got in. > [VEKN 3.8.4] This was a wacky unsanctioned event. Fear not. Players brought thier own decks and added them to a common pool. Players then randomly drew from the pool of decks to obtain their deck for the preliminary rounds. If you qualified for the final, you got to play the final round with the original deck you brought. -Robert

[ quoted text not captured ] Ah. Right-O. Serves me right for not checking. In an unsanctioned event, you can change decks as often as the judge lets you, of course. :-) [ quoted text not captured ]

LSJ <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message news:<3BBD8E2A...@white-wolf.com>... > Chris Shorb wrote: > > Weirdest thing in the Succubus club tourney, only 4 decks gained VP's. > > Larry's and Julien's decks gained no VPs in the prelims, but both made > > it to the finals by playing other decks. Steve's deck got 6 VP, but he > > got only 1 in the prelims, so he didn't make it. > > Players switched decks for the finals? > They should've rolled dice to see which ones (with their decks) got in. > [VEKN 3.8.4] As I understand the Succubus Club Tournament concept - and it's not a VEKN sanctioned format :-) - players switch decks every round. Each participant brings a standard constructed deck. Each round, the decks are randomly distributed to the various players (possibly with the exception of disallowing players from receiving their own decks in the preliminary rounds). After the preliminary rounds, the five players who got the highest VP totals (or, perhaps, most game wins, under next year's system) with *other* people's decks go on to the final round. In the final round, each finalist plays the deck he or she brought. It sounds like fun to me, as long as people don't bring extra-bad decks on the theory that they'd rather try to make the preliminary rounds easier for themselves than do well if they make the finals. Josh

Joshua Duffin wrote: [snip accurate portrayal of Succubus Club format.] > > It sounds like fun to me, as long as people don't bring extra-bad > decks on the theory that they'd rather try to make the preliminary > rounds easier for themselves than do well if they make the finals. > I think if I ever do this again, I would demand "tournament" quality decks from everyone. This of course is tough to call, but a Tzi deck with no untaps? Come on. (of course Larry is welcome to defend this deck...). It was an interesting format, nonetheless. Chris [ quoted text not captured ]

Torrance California September 2001 Tournament Winning Deck by Dennis E. Lien - Scourge of El Segundo "A" vote deck Crypt [avg = 10] Arika x 6 Natasha Volfcheck x 6 Library (90) Master (20) 1 Creepshow Casino 2 Dreams of the Sphinx 1 Elder Library 1 Elysium: the Palace of Versailles 1 Giant's Blood 9 Minion Tap 1 Ventrue Headquarters 4 Zillah's Valley Political Actions (19) 8 Anarchist Uprising 8 Ancilla Empowerment 2 Banishment 1 Ventrue Justicar Actions (5) 5 Charming Lobby Action Modifiers (34) 1 Air of Elation 3 Alacrity 5 Awe 7 Bewitching Oration 3 Cloak the Gathering 2 Day Operation 1 Kiss or Ra 4 Seduction 8 Voter Captivation Reactions (12) 4 Obedience 4 Redirection 4 Wake with Evening's Freshness Designer Notes: This is a modification of my earlier deck that featured Anson and Rake with Natasha. I figured too many people would use Anson in a tournament setting, so I switched. Actually, Arika is simply better for my purposes. The idea is rather simple, limit the blood supply, then wait until you can kill your prey with a couple of stealthy votes and whack the rest of the table at the same time. This is principally a weenie stomper. There is precious little defense, save the Redirections and Obedience. I figured if I was facing rush combat then IG would wipe out my Majesties anyway. I was right! But in hindsight I do regret not including some Rolling with the Punches. Not a single intercept card and I don't think that's a problem. Unless you're stealthily D-attacking me, I don't care what you do, just bring out more minions please. Big time blood recursion with the Taps and Caps. The main problem with getting the votes off is cancellation and Delaying Tactics. Shrug. Three "finisher" cards with the Day Ops and the Air. Tournament Notes Robert Acevedo was my bane all day. He was playing Ventrue Ante with Quinton AND Demonstration. Ugh! Game #1, Robert was my prey and he got his combo out quick, shutting down my votes. Marcos was my predator with a Beast/Rush deck. He killed Arika the turn after I brought her out and that was about that. I held on to outlive Marcos; moral victory. Robert swept. Game #2 and now Robert is my predator and Marcos is my prey. Sigh! Here we go again. Luckily I made a deal with Marcos that I wouldn't bleed him if he didn't attack me. (Not bleeding your prey? Talk about suicide!) I figured I'd have my hands full with Robert's bleeds anyway. Fortunately Larry's weenie bleeder took Robert out with a stealthy 7 bleed, Go Peter Blaine! That got Quinton off of my back and the next turn I called an Ancilla and Banished the Beast. Marcos attacked me, breaking our deal, so I deflected Larry's next big bleed and then bled out Marcos. Two Ancillas later, Larry's weenies had betrayed him and what was left of his pool. Final: I was seeded 4th and Julien chose me as his prey. I don't know if he knew what my deck did, but he was playing Dramatic Upheaval, so it didn't matter much anyway. I think he mostly chose to have Cary for his predator because he was the only non-bleeder at the table. Larry ousted Cary very quickly and I was at Robert's mercy even though he was my prey, because that accursed Quinton was out again. Larry made a deal to back off of Julien until Robert and I were dead. Oops. Robert and I then conspired to vote Larry out and I figured I'd get second if Robert could bleed out Julien and then roll for me. Surprise, surprise. Julien was not only resilient, he outgained Robert and Hostiled Quinton. Robert was getting low on pool, so he had to let him go. I hadn't gone below 15 that game so I jumped in and bid 8 for Quinton. That kinda cinched it. Robert couldn't kill Julien with only two minions so I agreed to let Julien withdraw if he backed off me until I killed Robert. (I HATE when these deals switch around!) Anyway, Robert got down to 3 pool with one minion and I had to resort to calling three Anarchist Uprisings to kill him so he couldn't deflect a bleed. Julien withdrew and took second, Robert took third. When was the last time someone won a final as the only guy with 2 VP? Weird tourney, where were the Malks? -- Posted from rr-163-54-80.atl.mediaone.net [24.163.54.80] via Mailgate.ORG Server - http://www.Mailgate.ORG