This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
(http://www.originsgames.com/):
THURSDAY
Constructed Event #1: 10am-4pm (2R+F)
Constructed Event #2: 2pm-8pm (2R+F)
Constructed Event #3: 4pm-10pm (2R+F)
Constructed Event #4: 6pm-12am (2R+F)
Constructed Event #5: 8pm-2am (2R+F)
FRIDAY
Constructed Event #6: 1pm-9pm (3R+F)
Booster Draft Event #1: 7pm-1am (2R+F or 3R)
SATURDAY
Constructed Event #7 [NAQ]: 12pm-8pm (3R+F)
Booster Draft Event #2: 1pm-7pm (2R+F or 3R)
SUNDAY
Constructed Event #8: 11pm-5pm (2R+F)
Note that the Thursday events are "overlapping". They are set up so that
if you play in Events 1-3 and you don't make it to the final round, there
is another tournament starting up for you to join. Events 4-5 also cater
to the players who make it into town late Thursday evening.
I'm trying to get a special *V:TES COLLEGE* ribbon for purchase. Similar
to those cool *WAR COLLEGE* guys, if you buy the VC ribbon, you'll be
allowed to play in EVERY VTES EVENT for one low price. This way, you'll
be able to buy just ONE "ticket" instead of several, and you were going to
play in all the VTES events anyway, right? ;) I'll keep you updated on
this, of course.
Thoughts?
Kevin M., Prince of Henderson, NV (USA)
"Know your enemy, and know yourself; in one-thousand battles
you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, *The Art of War*
"Contentment... Complacency... Catastrophe!" -- Joseph Chevalier
HA! I already made my Badge purchase, so I'm completely in agreance
with the VTES College thing.
I seldom have time to go through the dealer hall, let alone play other
games, so for me its an excellent idea.
Raille
Kevin M. wrote:
> Thoughts?
That this is the most ass-kickingest V:TES tournament setup I've ever
heard of, from the overlapping events to the war ribbon thingy. Maybe
this is my year to hit Origins.
--
David Cherryholmes
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Kevin M. wrote:
> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
>
> THURSDAY
> Constructed Event #1: 10am-4pm (2R+F)
<snip rest of schedule>
> Thoughts?
I think I'll see you 10am on Thursday morning. I like the VTES badge idea
as well.
Matt Morgan
I agree that this is most definitely a asskickingly awesome setup.
After 4 straight years of wanting to come to Origins and then backing
out, this is also the year for me.
I do have one problem with the set up though. If Thursday is an
attempt to break the record for most tournaments held in one day (as
was apparently discussed by Jay K. and Trey M. after Origins '04), then
we should move it to Friday and start at 12:01 a.m. :-)
Peteo
Kevin M. wrote:
> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
>
> THURSDAY
> Constructed Event #1: 10am-4pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #2: 2pm-8pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #3: 4pm-10pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #4: 6pm-12am (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #5: 8pm-2am (2R+F)
This looks pretty darn nice. Are you planning on 2 hour rounds or 1
hour and 50 minutes? Not a lot of slack time in between events and I
could see a cascading time issue develop.
> FRIDAY
> Constructed Event #6: 1pm-9pm (3R+F)
> Booster Draft Event #1: 7pm-1am (2R+F or 3R)
After a mega opening, only two on the next day? I'm not sure what
turnout you'd expect, but what if you had Booster Draft #0 (2R+F (or
3R)) start simultaneously with Constructed Event #6 (which while 3+F
isn't really a premiere event)? Would there be enough interest for
folks to play two Draft events in the same day or would that just
dilute CE#6? What if they were sufficiently different formats (first
one Cam-type, second Sabbat-type)?
> SATURDAY
> Constructed Event #7 [NAQ]: 12pm-8pm (3R+F)
> Booster Draft Event #2: 1pm-7pm (2R+F or 3R)
Do you think there would be sufficient interest in a "Second Chance"
Constructed event here starting at say 7pm (let people get food) going
2R+F and lasting until 1am? You'd get the Booster Draft people in
potentially as well.
> SUNDAY
> Constructed Event #8: 11pm-5pm (2R+F)
Should be 11am, but I can't imagine pushing for more than one event on
Sunday.
> I'm trying to get a special *V:TES COLLEGE* ribbon for purchase.
Similar
> to those cool *WAR COLLEGE* guys, if you buy the VC ribbon, you'll be
> allowed to play in EVERY VTES EVENT for one low price.
Sounds like a plan.
Jeff
"Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org> wrote in message
news:o_yCd.38368$8e5.13996@fed1read07...
> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
>
> THURSDAY
> Constructed Event #1: 10am-4pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #2: 2pm-8pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #3: 4pm-10pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #4: 6pm-12am (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #5: 8pm-2am (2R+F)
>
> FRIDAY
> Constructed Event #6: 1pm-9pm (3R+F)
> Booster Draft Event #1: 7pm-1am (2R+F or 3R)
>
> SATURDAY
> Constructed Event #7 [NAQ]: 12pm-8pm (3R+F)
> Booster Draft Event #2: 1pm-7pm (2R+F or 3R)
>
> SUNDAY
> Constructed Event #8: 11pm-5pm (2R+F)
Brilliant!
I would definitely be down with Jeff's suggestion of having draft events
opposite the Friday constructed event, and another evening-start event
(or two, one constructed one draft) on Saturday. And the "draft
Cam-based, draft Sabbat-based" idea would be cool too. Pete's idea of
doing the marathon starting Thursday night at midnight (or Wednesday
night at midnight?) might be good too, though it does take the
hardcoreness of the concept to a level that might not appeal to
everyone. :-)
Josh
with satan at the wheel
> I do have one problem with the set up though. If Thursday is an attempt
> to break the record for most tournaments held in one day (as was
> apparently discussed by Jay K. and Trey M. after Origins '04), then we
> should move it to Friday and start at 12:01 a.m. :-)
>
> Peteo
Ban Peteo!
Ankur
Kevin M. wrote:
> Thoughts?
I'm very pro the Thursday schedule. That way, I can likely play a tournament
on Thursday and the one on Friday too! Score!
Good stuff, sir!
Peter D Bakija
pd...@lightlink.com
http://www.lightlink.com/pdb6
"How does this end?"
"In fire."
Emperor Turhan and Kosh
jeff_kuta <jeff...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Kevin M. wrote:>> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
>> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
>>
>> THURSDAY
>> Constructed Event #1: 10am-4pm (2R+F)
>> Constructed Event #2: 2pm-8pm (2R+F)
>> Constructed Event #3: 4pm-10pm (2R+F)
>> Constructed Event #4: 6pm-12am (2R+F)
>> Constructed Event #5: 8pm-2am (2R+F)>
> This looks pretty darn nice. Are you planning on 2 hour rounds or 1
> hour and 50 minutes? Not a lot of slack time in between events and I
> could see a cascading time issue develop.
The VEKN does not allow 1:50hr rounds, so they'd have to be 2hr rounds.
Yep, there will be slack at some level, so the events will be *slightly*
later than advertised, I'm sure. We will try DESPERATELY to avoid that,
but it is a con, after all. hehee;)
>> FRIDAY
>> Constructed Event #6: 1pm-9pm (3R+F)
>> Booster Draft Event #1: 7pm-1am (2R+F or 3R)>
> After a mega opening, only two on the next day? I'm not sure what
> turnout you'd expect, but what if you had Booster Draft #0 (2R+F (or
> 3R)) start simultaneously with Constructed Event #6 (which while 3+F
> isn't really a premiere event)? Would there be enough interest for
> folks to play two Draft events in the same day or would that just
> dilute CE#6? What if they were sufficiently different formats (first
> one Cam-type, second Sabbat-type)?
The problem lies with several players, including myself, becoming "burned
out" during what traditionally has been a relaxing, laid-back convention.
So, yes, the insanity is on Thursday, but then to follow it up with more
insanity on Friday will, in my experience, burn out the player for the
remainder of the weekend.
>> SATURDAY
>> Constructed Event #7 [NAQ]: 12pm-8pm (3R+F)
>> Booster Draft Event #2: 1pm-7pm (2R+F or 3R)>
> Do you think there would be sufficient interest in a "Second Chance"
> Constructed event here starting at say 7pm (let people get food) going
> 2R+F and lasting until 1am? You'd get the Booster Draft people in
> potentially as well.
Hmmm. That sounds like a good idea. Let me think about that.
>> SUNDAY
>> Constructed Event #8: 11pm-5pm (2R+F)>
> Should be 11am, but I can't imagine pushing for more than one event
> on Sunday.
Whoops, ya, 11am. Sorry!
>> I'm trying to get a special *V:TES COLLEGE* ribbon for purchase.
>> Similar to those cool *WAR COLLEGE* guys, if you buy the VC ribbon,
>> you'll be allowed to play in EVERY VTES EVENT for one low price.>
> Sounds like a plan.
>
> Jeff
Kevin M., Prince of Henderson, NV (USA)
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Peter D Bakija <pd...@lightlink.com> wrote:
> I'm very pro the Thursday schedule. That way, I can likely play a
> tournament on Thursday and the one on Friday too! Score!
Just once, Peter, you'll have to ditch out on that SFB game which you have
mastered, and play the entire Origins at the VTES tables. ;)
> Peter D Bakija
> pd...@lightlink.com
> http://www.lightlink.com/pdb6
>
> "How does this end?"
> "In fire."
> Emperor Turhan and Kosh
Kevin M., Prince of Henderson, NV (USA)
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Joshua Duffin <jtdu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Kevin M." wrote:>> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
>> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
>>
>> THURSDAY
>> Constructed Event #1: 10am-4pm (2R+F)
>> Constructed Event #2: 2pm-8pm (2R+F)
>> Constructed Event #3: 4pm-10pm (2R+F)
>> Constructed Event #4: 6pm-12am (2R+F)
>> Constructed Event #5: 8pm-2am (2R+F)
>>
>> FRIDAY
>> Constructed Event #6: 1pm-9pm (3R+F)
>> Booster Draft Event #1: 7pm-1am (2R+F or 3R)
>>
>> SATURDAY
>> Constructed Event #7 [NAQ]: 12pm-8pm (3R+F)
>> Booster Draft Event #2: 1pm-7pm (2R+F or 3R)
>>
>> SUNDAY
>> Constructed Event #8: 11pm-5pm (2R+F)>
> Brilliant!
>
> I would definitely be down with Jeff's suggestion of having draft
> events opposite the Friday constructed event, and another
> evening-start event (or two, one constructed one draft) on Saturday.
I don't want to dilute the Constructed tournaments with more draft
tournaments. I think the two draft tournaments work out fine where they
are.
It may work out to add another 2R+F Booster Draft on Friday night, though,
instead of adding another constructed tournament at that time. As you
know, several people drop out of booster draft tournaments after the first
round due to bad deck choices, or whatever, so we'll see.
> And the "draft Cam-based, draft Sabbat-based" idea would be cool too.
Well, I haven't decided what the draft format(s) will be, so we aren't
there yet.
> Pete's idea of doing the marathon starting Thursday night at midnight
> (or Wednesday night at midnight?) might be good too, though it does
> take the hardcoreness of the concept to a level that might not appeal
> to everyone. :-)
I'd like to ENJOY the convention, thank you very much. ;)
> Josh[ quoted text not captured ]
pete...@gmail.com wrote:
> I do have one problem with the set up though. If Thursday is an
> attempt to break the record for most tournaments held in one day (as
> was apparently discussed by Jay K. and Trey M. after Origins '04),
> then we should move it to Friday and start at 12:01 a.m. :-)
I want to ENJOY the convention, Peter! hehee:)
I was going to run SIX tournaments on Thursday but thought beter of it.
> Peteo[ quoted text not captured ]
> THURSDAY
> Constructed Event #1: 10am-4pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #2: 2pm-8pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #3: 4pm-10pm (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #4: 6pm-12am (2R+F)
> Constructed Event #5: 8pm-2am (2R+F)
>> Note that the Thursday events are "overlapping". They are set up so that
> if you play in Events 1-3 and you don't make it to the final round, there
> is another tournament starting up for you to join. Events 4-5 also cater
> to the players who make it into town late Thursday evening.
>
Is there any concern that players might play in Event #2, get no VPs,
ditch the event and join Event #3 for a clean slate? Then get no VPs,
ditch the event and join Event #4 for an even cleaner slate, repeated ad
nauseum? That could create some very weird results and annoy the Judges to
no end.
I dont know if there is really THAT much of a hardcore issue. The
record (as if there's some official record anyway) at stake here is
simply number of tournaments. People don't have to participate in all
of them, in fact with first rounds concurrent with finals of previous
tournaments, it's not really possible for people to do that anyway.
Anyone would be free to play in as many or as few tournaments as they'd
like. So, provided that you make at least one final during the day,
you're gauranteed at least a 4-hour break at some point. The idea is
to simply have a tournament going on at all times during a 24-hour
span. Four hours of sleep is plenty! Totally doable! Where's your
VTES spirit!?
Peteo
FULL of VTES spirit!
No one said that you had to run all of them Kevin :-P I'll gladly step
in if it's warranted. Or wait, is there some official Origins rule
that says that you do have to be the organizer for them?
Peteo
Doesn't know crap about cons, is a bad bad gamer.
Kevin M. wrote:
> Just once, Peter, you'll have to ditch out on that SFB game which you have
> mastered, and play the entire Origins at the VTES tables. ;)
But this year, I'm playing a new ship! In which I kind of suck! But with
that crazy Thursday schedule, there might be *tons* of VTES for me! Tons!
Hurrah for Kevin! The best judge ever!
[ quoted text not captured ]
At the risk of going OT, what are you flying this year? I haven't
touched my SFB for a couple of years. Has much changed?
And once again hooray for Kevin!
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"Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org> wrote in message
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> Thoughts?
Wow! Excellent job, Kevin! I'm unlikely to be able to go but
I had to express my admiration for what looks like a kick-ass
schedule of games. (Not to mention my jealosy of those who
can go...)
Fred
"Peter D Bakija" <pd...@lightlink.com> wrote in message
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> Kevin M. wrote:
>>> Thoughts?>
> I'm very pro the Thursday schedule. That way, I can likely play a
> tournament
> on Thursday and the one on Friday too! Score!
>
> Good stuff, sir!
>
>
> Peter D Bakija
We have a timing issue here!
When will there be time for the Origins Newsgroup invitational, which is
commonly held on Thursday night?
Raille
Kevin M. wrote:
> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
>
Impressive, but no Rapid Thought? No Storylines? Just a whole lot of
plain jane constructeds and a few drafts?
G
Mark wrote:
>>At the risk of going OT, what are you flying this year? I haven't
touched my SFB for a couple of years. Has much changed?>>
Gorn. Not much. WYN only gets 1 Gat ever. Andro is effectively banned.
-Peter
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Maybe next year I'll have that much VTES spirit.
Understand, too, that I'm not trying to setup the standard VTES
convention, here. What I'm trying to do, and try to do every year, is
make Origins the favorite convention for VTES players. Each year, I try
to make it a *little* bigger and a LOT better. The fact that Origins
isn't (and hopefully won't be) the location of the NAC only works in its
favor. That allows me to vary what I'm able to do with the number of
tournaments, when they will start, etc., and that's a HUGE plus.
I'm also taking the player's wants and needs into account. There are a
group of about 20 Origins "regulars", and every year I talk to them at
least a little about how they liked it this year, what do they want to see
next year, how can I be a better TO/GM, etc. They give me feedback (which
is how this Thursday insanity came about) and I can then go about
fulfilling their deepest desires. Well, maybe not *that* much, but I do
what I can.
It's a lot like playtesting, trying to run a con in the way that I try to
run Origins for the VTES players. There are ideas that get through pretty
much as-is: the Tatu's request for a 2R+F on Sunday instead of a 3R+F (due
to flight concerns) being one of them. There are ideas that get through
but in a modified form: originally, Kristoff & Morita had asked for
literally 24 hours of VTES (which I'm unwilling to do) but I was willing
to try to create in a similar format, which is how the multiple
overlapping Thursday tournament schedule came about. And there are ideas
that don't get through: the aforementioned 24 hours of VTES, for example,
and the main reason for that is *several* other players have spoken to me
about how they want to play but not ****P*L*A*Y**** at Origins.
When more than half of that group of "regulars" comes to you literally
each year and says "you did a(nother) good job!" the inertia against
changing the status quo becomes great. :)
> Peteo[ quoted text not captured ]
Raille <rai...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> We have a timing issue here!
>
> When will there be time for the Origins Newsgroup
> invitational, which is commonly held on Thursday night?
It has been steadily dwindling for the last five years, and I decided to
schedule around (or through) it this year with something the players
wanted and have been asking for.
Also, keep in mind that due to my coordination with the people running
Origins (a few friends of mine, hehee) we now have permanent VTES space
for the entire con -- the SAME space, for the ENTIRE con -- so using the
NGI as a "get together" seemed redundant.
> Raille[ quoted text not captured ]
[ quoted text not captured ]
I'm going to have enough to do running everything listed already without
having to create a storyline to go along with it. And, with all due
respect to LSJ (or whomever created it) I loathe the Rapid Thought format.
I suggest you come to Origins 2005 and embrace the coolness of "just a
whole lot of plain jane constructeds" and "a few drafts". hehee;)
> G[ quoted text not captured ]
Frederick Scott <nos...@no.spam.dot.com> wrote:
> "Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org> wrote:>> Thoughts?>
> Wow! Excellent job, Kevin! I'm unlikely to be able to go but
> I had to express my admiration for what looks like a kick-ass
> schedule of games. (Not to mention my jealosy of those who
> can go...)
Fred, I thought you were independently wealthy! What the hell? ;D
And I might even get the LA guys to come, so you HAVE to show up!
> Fred[ quoted text not captured ]
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As I will be the only judge, there is *some* concern, but I believe the
generally high level of ethics I've come to expect at Origins will
outweigh the players' desires to act like weenies. In five years, only
one player has ever scooped and only twice have I had to rule on a deal
(and one of *those* times was involving the player who scooped).
There was also some thought at the highest levels of WW of creating a
t-shirt for me to give to players who played in every event, but I decided
against this idea for the very reason you cite. :P
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"Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org> wrote in message
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> Fred, I thought you were independently wealthy! What the hell? ;D
I was. Then I spent it all on cards.
(No regrets, though.)
Fred
<talo...@yahoo.ca> wrote in message news:1104924477.1...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Kevin M. wrote:>> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
>> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
>>>
> Impressive, but no Rapid Thought? No Storylines?
How does one plan a Storyline at a convention months in the
future? I think any conventions which have included Storylines
were ones that were condusive to adding a tournament a few weeks
before the convention is scheduled, because that's what you'd have
to do.
Fred
"Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org> wrote in message
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> talo...@yahoo.ca wrote:
> > Kevin M. wrote:
> >> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
> >> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
> >
> > Impressive, but no Rapid Thought? No Storylines? Just a whole lot
of
> > plain jane constructeds and a few drafts?
>
> I'm going to have enough to do running everything listed already
without
> having to create a storyline to go along with it. And, with all due
> respect to LSJ (or whomever created it) I loathe the Rapid Thought
format.
I have to concur. Rapid Thought is just not that much fun. I think
it'd be more fun with capacity restrictions (anti-weenie) and adding
Anarch Revolt to the banned list. But that's just me. :-)
Storylines would be cool, but as Fred pointed out, we don't know if
there'll be any going on in June/July yet, so it's hard to plan them
now.
I wouldn't mind seeing some wacky variant formats - Toy Chest Test,
maybe, or Succubus Club, or a set-limited constructed perhaps - but
standard constructed is fun too.
Josh
regularly original
"Joshua Duffin" <jtdu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:342ho8F...@individual.net...
> "Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org> wrote in message> > I'm going to have enough to do running everything listed already
> without
> > having to create a storyline to go along with it. And, with all due
> > respect to LSJ (or whomever created it) I loathe the Rapid Thought
> format.
>
> I have to concur. Rapid Thought is just not that much fun. I think
> it'd be more fun with capacity restrictions (anti-weenie) and adding
> Anarch Revolt to the banned list. But that's just me. :-)
It is a variant, after all.
To be used by people who like it.
People who like others are free to modify the rules to fit.
See also Create-A-Clan's myriad implementations.
--
LSJ (vte...@white-wolf.com) V:TES Net.Rep for White Wolf, Inc.
V:TES homepage: http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/
Though effective, appear to be ineffective -- Sun Tzu
You might indeed get at least one LA guy to show up. I often visit my
parents in Indiana for the 4th of July and for this tournament
schedule, I may have to make a detour.
Well planned.
Raille wrote:
> We have a timing issue here!
>
> When will there be time for the Origins Newsgroup invitational, which is
> commonly held on Thursday night?
Apparently, the Newsgroup Invitational is now an actual tournament! That
starts at 8:00, and 10:00 :-)
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 06:03:45 -0800, "Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org>
scrawled:
>There was also some thought at the highest levels of WW of creating a
>t-shirt for me to give to players who played in every event, but I decided
>against this idea for the very reason you cite. :P
you could make the tshirt for everyone who _completed_ every event,
start to finish.
just put a picture of Freak Drive on it.
salem
domain:canberra http://www.geocities.com/salem_christ.geo/vtes.htm
(replace "hotmail" with "yahoo" to email)
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 05:58:04 -0800, "Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org>
wrote:
>talo...@yahoo.ca wrote:>> Kevin M. wrote:>>> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
>>> (http://www.originsgames.com/):>>
>> Impressive, but no Rapid Thought? No Storylines? Just a whole lot of
>> plain jane constructeds and a few drafts?>
>I'm going to have enough to do running everything listed already without
>having to create a storyline to go along with it.
You needn't. Simply use existing storyline formats. The Eye format
would be cool imo. Or post a 'tender' for submissions from all the
princes/organizers out there that have run their own storyline events
and pick the coolest.
Of course, you could simply run a storyline event without any special
rules, it would be a constructed tourney with the storyline crypt
restriction.
I love the storylines myself, and I doubt I'm alone.
> And, with all due
>respect to LSJ (or whomever created it) I loathe the Rapid Thought format.
>
Well I like it, and I imagine others do too.
>I suggest you come to Origins 2005 and embrace the coolness of "just a
>whole lot of plain jane constructeds" and "a few drafts". hehee;)
>
The thought has crossed my mind. But the thought of constructed after
constructed event and no 'fun' events would likely burn me out in the
first day.
A little variety is the spice of life as they say!
G
"Peter D Bakija" <pd...@lightlink.com> wrote in message
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> Raille wrote:
>>> We have a timing issue here!
>>
>> When will there be time for the Origins Newsgroup invitational, which is
>> commonly held on Thursday night?>
> Apparently, the Newsgroup Invitational is now an actual tournament! That
> starts at 8:00, and 10:00 :-)
>
>
> Peter D Bakija
> pd...@lightlink.com
> http://www.lightlink.com/pdb6
Well in that case. Game on!
:)
:)
Raille
Tal...@nodamspamhotmail.com wrote:
> "Kevin M." wrote:>>I suggest you come to Origins 2005 and embrace the coolness of "just a
>>whole lot of plain jane constructeds" and "a few drafts". hehee;)>
> The thought has crossed my mind. But the thought of constructed after
> constructed event and no 'fun' events would likely burn me out in the
> first day.
To each his own, I guess. You should really come, though.
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"LSJ" <vte...@white-wolf.com> wrote in message
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[re the Rapid Thought tournament format]
> It is a variant, after all.
> To be used by people who like it.
> People who like others are free to modify the rules to fit.
> See also Create-A-Clan's myriad implementations.
Good point.
Maybe I'll try it again, modified, sometime. :-)
Josh
sloooow thought
"salem" <salem_ch...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 06:03:45 -0800, "Kevin M." <you...@imaspammer.org>
> scrawled:
>
> >There was also some thought at the highest levels of WW of creating a
> >t-shirt for me to give to players who played in every event, but I
decided
> >against this idea for the very reason you cite. :P
>
> you could make the tshirt for everyone who _completed_ every event,
> start to finish.
>
> just put a picture of Freak Drive on it.
Well, yeah, except that it's not actually possible to complete every
event, start to finish, since the Thursday tournaments overlap with each
other...
Unless, of course, you let people play in more than one tournament at a
time, with different decks at different tables, running back and forth!
Now *that* would be worthy of a Freak Drive t-shirt. :-)
Josh
wants to play in three tournaments at once
Kevin M. wrote:
>This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
>(http://www.originsgames.com/):>THURSDAY>Constructed Event #1: 10am-4pm (2R+F)
>Constructed Event #2: 2pm-8pm (2R+F)
>Constructed Event #3: 4pm-10pm (2R+F)
>Constructed Event #4: 6pm-12am (2R+F)
>Constructed Event #5: 8pm-2am (2R+F)>FRIDAY
>Constructed Event #6: 1pm-9pm (3R+F)
>Booster Draft Event #1: 7pm-1am (2R+F or 3R)>SATURDAY
>Constructed Event #7 [NAQ]: 12pm-8pm (3R+F)
>Booster Draft Event #2: 1pm-7pm (2R+F or 3R)>SUNDAY
>Constructed Event #8: 11pm-5pm (2R+F)
In addition to all of this goodness I plan to host
a pre-Origins tournament on Wednesday evening
June 29th at the Guardtower game store here in
Columbus, OH. Store hours might mandate that
the event starts at 6pm. Details to follow. Please
try to show up early and hang out with us.
>I'm trying to get a special *V:TES COLLEGE*
>ribbon for purchase. Similar to those cool *WAR
>COLLEGE* guys, if you buy the VC ribbon, you'll
>be allowed to play in EVERY VTES EVENT for
>one low price. This way, you'll be able to buy just
>ONE "ticket" instead of several, and you were going
>to play in all the VTES events anyway, right? ;) I'll
>keep you updated on this, of course.
That would be great, but I doubt that the Origins folks
will let that happen. They have a recent history of
gouging the money out of us. Good luck Kevin!
Jay Kristoff, V:EKN Prince of Columbus, Ohio USA
"Joshua Duffin" <jtdu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> you could make the tshirt for everyone who _completed_ every event,
>> start to finish.
>>
>> just put a picture of Freak Drive on it.>
> Well, yeah, except that it's not actually possible to complete every
> event, start to finish, since the Thursday tournaments overlap with each
> other...
>
> Unless, of course, you let people play in more than one tournament at a
> time, with different decks at different tables, running back and forth!
> Now *that* would be worthy of a Freak Drive t-shirt. :-)
*thhhhhppppptttt* (coffee squirts out mouth)
More like, give their opponents a t-shirt for the amount of patient
waiting it would require of them. Perhaps Mind Numb would be
appropriate.
Fred
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:14:50 -0700, "Frederick Scott"
<nos...@no.spam.dot.com> scrawled:
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i thought it was just final rounds that overlapped with round 1 of the
next tournament?
so, you'd be handing out tshrts to ..well....consistently mediocre
players. :) those that fail to make the finals, but try again every
time!
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"salem" <salem_ch...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:14:50 -0700, "Frederick Scott"
> <nos...@no.spam.dot.com> scrawled:
>
> >"Joshua Duffin" <jtdu...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:3457klF...@individual.net...> >> Unless, of course, you let people play in more than one tournament
at a
> >> time, with different decks at different tables, running back and
forth!
> >> Now *that* would be worthy of a Freak Drive t-shirt. :-)
> >
> >*thhhhhppppptttt* (coffee squirts out mouth)
> >
> >More like, give their opponents a t-shirt for the amount of patient
> >waiting it would require of them. Perhaps Mind Numb would be
> >appropriate.
>
> i thought it was just final rounds that overlapped with round 1 of the
> next tournament?
> so, you'd be handing out tshrts to ..well....consistently mediocre
> players. :) those that fail to make the finals, but try again every
> time!
No, for the first tournament, only the final round overlaps with the
next, but after that, they start every two hours: 10 am, 2 pm, 4 pm, 6
pm, 8 pm. So you could only play in all of them if you didn't make the
finals in the first one and then dropped after the first round in the
second, third, and fourth. But you could play the last one to
conclusion.
And yeah, I would be fine with a Mind Numb t-shirt for the "run back and
forth" idea. Or "Rapid Thought". Or "Movement of the Slow Mind." ;-)
Josh
"psychic projection"?
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 09:40:31 -0500, "Joshua Duffin"
<jtdu...@yahoo.com> scrawled:
>
>No, for the first tournament, only the final round overlaps with the
>next, but after that, they start every two hours: 10 am, 2 pm, 4 pm, 6
>pm, 8 pm. So you could only play in all of them if you didn't make the
>finals in the first one and then dropped after the first round in the
>second, third, and fourth. But you could play the last one to
>conclusion.
ok, i guess i could have read the post properly. but i didn't, cause i
couldn't go. :( but i want to!!
>And yeah, I would be fine with a Mind Numb t-shirt for the "run back and
>forth" idea. Or "Rapid Thought". Or "Movement of the Slow Mind." ;-)
Flurry of Action?
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Kevin M. wrote:
> This is the tentative schedule of VTES events for Origins 2005
> (http://www.originsgames.com/):
>
The site appears dead. Anybody know what that is about? Server stuff
or something more serious?
G