Legendary Vampire - official announcment

Dear players, We would like to announce that Legendary Vampire Tournament will be held on 11th of November 2011 during EC 2011 in Warsaw. We would like to invite TOP 20 players from the list below. 5 additional invitations will be sent to players, who proved to be TOP players in last years presenting great performance, and may have problems with getting to the TOP 20! We will present invited players once we get confirmation that they are going to join EC2011 this year. The list will be updated each time I receive confirmation that particular player is going to join the Legendary Vampire Tournament. The rank is based on TWDA page with following rules. For each tournament won in 2010/2011 a player is given points as below : Ranking points = X*log5(Y), where : X - modifier (5 - Continental tournament winner, 3 - NC winner, 2 - ECQ winner, 1 - other tournament) Y - attendance for particular tournament The list is still not closed yet - we are still waiting for people reporting tournaments till 30th of September 2011. The final list will be published on 1st of October 2011. Special invitations : Erol Ongun X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION Pascal Bertrand X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION Martin Weinmayer X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION Ben Peal 5,53 - WON'T PARTICIPATE - SPECIAL INVITATION Rank Player Points Confirmed Rank Player Points Confirmed 1 Erik Torstensson 44,93 ?????? 2 Hugh Angseesing 28,19 REGISTERED FOR EC 3 John Bell 24,05 WON'T PARTICIPATE 4 Brian Moritz 23,91 YES 5 Greguss Csaba 23,89 YES 6 Mark Loughman 21,73 ?????? 7 Jason Ryan 21,25 ?????? 8 Otso Saariluoma 18,05 YES 9 Martin Major 16,51 YES 10 Marcin Watras 16,06 YES 11 Jerome Goyet 15,55 ?????? 12 Bill Troxel 13,39 ?????? 13 Felipe Fiuza 12,89 ?????? 14 Jay Kristoff 12,73 ?????? 15 Tomasz Izydorczyk 12,61 YES 16 Matt Morgan 12,32 ?????? 17 Peter Botos 12,04 YES 18 Izaak Havelaar 11,97 REGISTERED FOR EC 19 Robert Scythe 11,32 ?????? 20 Alessandro Donati 10,38 YES 21 Matt Hirsch 10 ?????? 22 Kamel Senni 8,95 ?????? 23 Tomasz Kowalewski 8,87 YES 24 Yannick Gibert 8,46 ?????? 25 Jon Darbro 8,41 ?????? 26 Nick Miller 8,41 ?????? 27 Stephen Sing 8,41 ?????? 28 Peter Bouwman 8,29 REGISTERED FOR EC 29 Darby Keeney 7,95 ?????? 30 Ville Kaijasaari 7,4 YES 31 Otto Kukkasniemi 7,25 REGISTERED FOR EC 32 Juri Juskevits 7,01 YES 33 Rodd Closson 6,9 ?????? 34 Heikki Palomäki 6,75 YES 35 Ivor Blockley 6,61 ?????? 36 Anthony Coleman 6,57 ?????? 37 Denes Kocis 6,5 REGISTERED FOR EC 38 Adam Esbjörnsson 6,49 YES 39 Cesar Ruiperez 6,34 REGISTERED FOR EC 40 Ralf Lammert 6,34 YES 41 John Eno 6,28 ?????? 42 Emiliano Imeroni 6,21 WON'T PARTICIPATE 43 Fernanda Nunes 6,07 ?????? 44 Danilo Torrisi 5,93 ?????? 45 Sergio G. 5,85 ?????? 46 Timothée Daudé 5,79 ?????? 47 Ben Peal 5,53 WON'T PARTICIPATE 48 Brad Cashdollar 5,29 ?????? 49 Lucien de Prins 5,28 ?????? 50 Andrew Kashpar 5,17 ?????? 51 Genís Prats 5,13 ?????? 52 Simon Reed 5,1 ?????? 53 Dave Baker 5,06 ?????? 54 Morgan Tomlinson 5,05 ?????? 55 Ádám Horváth 4,98 ?????? 56 Timo Rekola 4,94 REGISTERED FOR EC 57 Tuomas Nyberg 4,91 ?????? 58 Cameron Goudie 4,86 ?????? 59 Eliseu Ângelo 4,78 ?????? 60 Milán Horváth 4,78 REGISTERED FOR EC 61 Selen Turkay 4,72 ?????? 62 Jordi Tomás 4,58 ?????? 63 Rudolf Garski 4,52 YES 64 Marius Iscru 4,49 ?????? 65 Pawel Kosz 4,38 REGISTERED FOR EC 66 Bartosz Wroblewski 4,29 REGISTERED FOR EC 67 John Best 4,18 ?????? 68 Gyula Erdos 4,11 REGISTERED FOR EC 69 Alfred Behrends 4,1 REGISTERED FOR EC 70 Tomrs López Jiménez 4,02 ?????? 71 David Wilson 4,02 ?????? 72 Randal Rudstam 4,02 YES 73 Norbert Flasko 4 REGISTERED FOR EC 74 Roberto Venturi 3,98 ?????? 75 David Tatu 3,9 REGISTERED FOR EC 76 Jakub Serafin 3,78 ?????? 77 Manuel Diehm 3,78 REGISTERED FOR EC 78 Patrick Robinsson 3,78 ?????? 79 David Litwin 3,74 ?????? 80 Lubomir Danda 3,72 ?????? 81 Paul Wiggers 3,72 REGISTERED FOR EC 82 Alejandro Rodriguez 3,68 ?????? 83 Pierre Tran-Van 3,68 YES 84 Igor Pereira 3,59 ?????? 85 Erol Hammer 3,52 REGISTERED FOR EC 86 Grayson Nootenboom 3,52 ?????? 87 Ruben Feldman 3,5 ?????? 88 Alexander Loginov 3,45 ?????? 89 Karl Cheng Chua 3,45 ?????? 90 Alex Minov 3,41 ?????? 91 Caroline Hyll 3,41 ?????? 92 Daniel Boud 3,37 ?????? 93 Jerôme Schwartz 3,37 ?????? 94 Nikolaj Wendt 3,37 ?????? 95 Oscar Garza 3,37 ?????? 96 Reyda Seddiki 3,29 ?????? 97 Jakub Baranski 3,27 ?????? 98 Mike Courtois 3,26 ?????? 99 Jelmer Wedholm 3,19 ?????? 100 Antoine Franqueville-Roy 3,15 ?????? "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

That's the best option we get Regards Szewski

> Szewski wrote: > That's the best option we get > > Regards > Szewski > As a quick note, optimal tournament size is 25 players (like during last year EC). Why not keep this size? Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

there will be 25 players. But 20 is from TWDA (and etc etc) and 5 is from invitations...look at Wargrim post Regards Szewski

Edit - that was wrong basic maths

@Pascal - I used log5 to promote players winning larger tournaments. We have three players with special invitations that confirmed their presence at LV. Erol Ongun, Pascal Bertrand and Ben Peal. "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

I'll be at the EC. Not sure if I'm participating in LV this year; I might prefer to compete in the LCQ this time around. I'll try and let you know before the actual EC

There is one important thing we would like to remind. People who would play in LV tournament and are still not qualified for EC Day 1 will not be automatically qualified by taking part in LV !!! This only concerns people who are invited for the tournament and may concern people who would be in TOP 20 of the rank but won a tournament in 2010. Only winner of the LV will gets qualified for Day 1. Please keep it in mind "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

41 Martin Major 5,61 Though the odds are bad for me, I'd be happy to play this event. NC for Hungary hunfragment.blogspot.com

If I can arrange to visit my sister in Stockholm during that time then I will participate. Have to let you know.

I would like to ask all NCs to inform players from the list about the LV tournament and ask them to decide whether they are going to join LV or not. Thanks in advance for your help ! "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

Please check the twda for our player Peter Botos (or Botos Peter, same guy). According to him he should have 6.02 points on this list which would be 37th place. He would like to play the event. Cheers. NC for Hungary hunfragment.blogspot.com

24 Pierre Tran-Van 7,52 => Yes.

Dear Players, The list of TOP 75 players based on TWDA will be presented till end of this week. The list will be created based on results starting from 2010.01.01 till 2011.09.30. There are only 2-3 days left to report tournaments that would be included in the final list. "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

I will be there! =) Adam Esbjörnsson, Prince of Örebro

The Prize

Some info on the Finns on the list: 3 Otso Saariluoma 18,05 Not decided yet 25 Ville Kaijasaari 7,40 Not decided yet 26 Juri Juskevits 7,01 YES 45 Heikki Palomäki 5,20 Not decided yet Finnish Politics!

Yes, I'll be there too. -Otso S.

I have updated the list. This is the final list for Legendary Vampire Tournament. There are some minor changes as there were some mistakes in tournaments reporting and I had to correct some of the results. Please confirm your presence ! The sooner you do it, the better for us all We have still one invitation left as Brian Moritz qualified directly from the ranking. "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

Wow I have jumped up to 9th place! YAY! So yes I am playing the event. Confirmed! / Csaba Greguss and Péter Botos will play the event, too/ NC for Hungary hunfragment.blogspot.com

I'd like to confirm my presence at the event. thx, Péter Botos

I will be at the EC. And if luck were with me, I would love to play the LV! #63 Rudolf Garski National Coordinator Germany nc [dot] germany [at] magenta [dot] de

Sadly, I won't make it to the EC this year #42 Emiliano Imeroni Emiliano "Sans Terre" - Wandering Player - Prince of Brussels

> wargrim wrote: > The list will be updated each time I receive confirmation that particular player is going to join the Legendary Vampire Tournament. > Any updates? It would be nice for me to see a "YES" behind my name ... National Coordinator Germany nc [dot] germany [at] magenta [dot] de

I will be at the EC and would attend the LV tournament (If no one more able than me turns up yet, that is...) 77 Manuel Diehm 3,78

Same goes for me 72 Randal Rudstam 4,02 Prince of Lidingö

I'll confirm that I prefer to play the LCQ this year.

I will crosscheck the rank for LV and the list of players that confirmed their presence at EC and present the results tomorrow. "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

I have cross-checked the top 100 list for LV with registration list. People who would like to take part in the event and are registered for EC please send a confirmation via PM or send a mail to . II would like to inform you that registration for LV will take place on Thursday before/after/during Welcome Party. If you won't be able to attend Welcome Party or you're arriving on Friday please inform us earlier via mail. Therea re lots of people who are in TOP 100 list but will not take part in the event! It's a great chance for everyone to play in LV!. There sooner you confirm your presence the better for us all. Ben Peal most probably won't be able to join the event... "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

Don't forget to provide me with your full name !! "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"

As of Monday 2011.11.07 below players would qualify to LV 2 Hugh Angseesing 28,19 REGISTERED FOR EC 4 Brian Moritz 23,91 YES 5 Greguss Csaba 23,89 YES 8 Otso Saariluoma 18,05 YES 9 Martin Major 16,51 YES 10 Marcin Watras 16,06 YES 15 Tomasz Izydorczyk 12,61 YES 17 Peter Botos 12,04 YES 18 Izaak Havelaar 11,97 REGISTERED FOR EC 20 Alessandro Donati 10,38 YES 23 Tomasz Kowalewski 8,87 YES 28 Peter Bouwman 8,29 REGISTERED FOR EC 30 Ville Kaijasaari 7,4 YES 31 Otto Kukkasniemi 7,25 REGISTERED FOR EC 32 Juri Juskevits 7,01 YES 34 Heikki Palomäki 6,75 YES 37 Denes Kocis 6,5 REGISTERED FOR EC 38 Adam Esbjörnsson 6,49 YES 39 Cesar Ruiperez 6,34 REGISTERED FOR EC 40 Ralf Lammert 6,34 YES 56 Timo Rekola 4,94 REGISTERED FOR EC 60 Milán Horváth 4,78 REGISTERED FOR EC Erol Ongun X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION Pascal Bertrand X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION Martin Weinmayer X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION People who are registered for EC and havn't confirmed their presence at LV tournament yet and would like to join the LV Tournament are requested to send conformation mail to . If you're marked with ?????? it means that I don't have information about you being pre-registered for EC. If you'd like to take part in LV please send an e-mail to . The registration for LV will be closed on Thursday. "Iusiurandum patri datum usque ad hanc diem ita servavi"