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Origins 2001 Results & winning decks [LONG]

12 messages from 10 participants · 13 July 2001 – 14 July 2001
original thread on Google Groups

Kevin M.

Here are the results of the tournaments that I ran at Origins, along with complete decklists w/comments from the final table in each event. (Sorry about the delay, but this was more information than I thought it would be, and compiling it in a useful format for the newsgroup took longer than I thought.) -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Origins 2001 Friday Constructed event Origins gaming convention, 7-6-01, Columbus, Ohio Rank Name City, State Total VPs TPs 1 Bernard Bresnahan Grand Ledge, MI 12 (4) 162 2 David Tatu Atlanta, GA 7 (1) 144 3 Robyn Merrill Los Angeles, CA 5.5 (0) 150 4 Aaron Steele Madison Heights, MI 5 (0) 114 20 Madman Fisher Chicago, IL 4.5 114 5 John Fleming Erie, PA 4 (0) 138 6 Peter Bakija Ithica, NY 4 126 7 James Hamblin Madison, WI 4 102 8 Noal McDonald Farmington Hills, MI 3.5 138 9 Ulysses Lateiner Columbus, OH 3 126 10 Keith Rekitt Erie, PA 2.5 96 11 Dan Murawski Erie, PA 2 102 12 Mark Loughman Newark, OH 2 84 13 John Bell Cincinnatti, OH 1.5 90 14 Andrew Sackett Ithica, NY 1 102 15 Jay Kristoff Columbus, OH 1 78 15 Will Kristoff Columbus, OH 1 78 17 Robert Atkinson Cincinnatti, OH 0 82 18 David McCarty South Haven, MI 0 72 19 Corey Brindley Westchester, OH 0 70 Final Table seating: Aaron -> David -> John -> Robyn -> Bernard -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Origins 2001 Saturday Qualifier (Constructed) event Origins gaming convention, 7-7-01, Columbus, Ohio Rank Name City, State Total VPs TPs 1 Bernard Bresnahan Grand Ledge, MI 10(4) 142 2 Robyn Merrill Los Angeles, CA 7 (1) 150 3 John Bell Cincinnati, OH 8 (0) 138 4 David Tatu Atlanta, GA 7 (0) 156 5 Mark Loughman Heath, OH 6 (0) 144 6 Nathan Williams Newark, OH 6 130 7 Jay Kristoff Columbus, OH 4.5 138 8 Joe Churchill Columbia, SC 4 132 8 Madman Fisher Chicago, IL 4 132 10 Aaron Steele Madison Heights, MI 4 124 11 Greg Ciallella Sharpsville, PA 4 102 12 Ulysses Lateiner Columbus, OH 3.5 102 13 Daniel Decker Bangor, MI 3 130 14 Jamie Johnson Newark, OH 3 120 15 Tim Hunt Pickerington, OH 2 102 16 Daniel Decker II Bangor, MI 2 100 17 Corwin Brindley West Chester, OH 2 88 18 Will Kristoff Columbus, OH 1 102 19 Noal McDonald Farmington Hills, MI 1 90 19 David Wood Cincinnati, OH 1 90 21 Aaron Filmore South Haven, MI 1 84 22 David McCarty South Haven, MI 1 72 23 Jeff Thompson Austin, TX 0 82 24 Andrew Coen Fairborn, OH 0 76 25 Matt Latham Detroit, MI 0 70 26 Adam Gillings Idaho Falls, ID 0 60 Final Table seating: Bernard -> John -> Mark -> David -> Robyn -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- NOTES: The number of Princes at Origins this year was quite high; this fact, as well as several "name" players showing up, caused the competence and competition levels to be quite high, IMHO. There was almost no reason for a judge to be there, except to call time, and to explain Rotschreck, of course. I felt quite satisfied when they understood the explanation. Some of the players involved even went so far as to state how great the card was now that they understood it. They then proceeded to trade me several good cards for some of my Rotschrecks. :) As The Lasombra has stated previously, there wasn't really any specific deck types at either tournament, but it seemed to me that people were playing a wide variety of decks that may no longer be valid choices after Final Nights becomes legal. In the Friday tournament, one of the new players, having come from the M:tG area to play, played 1 round, then, thinking it was similar to a M:tG tournament, never came back. (This was the only explanation we could think of for her compete invisibility after the first round. We sent scouts out to track her, but no trace was ever found.) In the Friday tournament, Madman played 3 rounds, then had to go, so John Fleming was allowed to play in the finals. He was quite happy with that change of events. In each tournament, David McCarty offered 2 packs of Ancient Hearts for the player in last place after the 3rd round was finished, who had played in all 3 rounds. Several players talked about this idea, and we all think it would become a good idea if it became an "unofficial" tournament rule. It certainly will be at any tournament where David McCarty is there! :) The Lasombra, after having staggered into Columbus at 1:20am on Saturday morning, was pleased that he was the only person all weekend able to stop Bernie's 'Origins Power', even though the 1 table where Bernie sat with The Lasombra, they were cross-table, and John Bell swept. :) Speaking of Bernie, he was in The Zone all weekend. I'm not sure if anyone really noticed it, but he had that look in his eyes every time I talked to him. Bernie: wear shades at GenCon! :) In one of the tournaments, there was this crazy 5-player table where 2 War Ghouls were being traded back and forth with the cross-table "ally" each turn via Succubus Club, because both players were the only non-bleed decks at the table and believed from the outset that they were doomed unless they beat down every other minion with the War Ghouls. The Succubus Club was always given to the other player "in exchange" for the 2 War Ghouls, i.e. I begin my turn w/Succubus Club, I give my cross-table ally the Succubus Club in exchange for the 2 War Ghouls. The funny thing was that, after receiving the 2 War Ghouls, the acting Methuselah would then untap the 2 War Ghouls (since it was "still" the untap phase) and start serving up War Ghoul beatings. Both of the co-operating players thought this was correct, and the other 3 players at the table never said anything, and since I was watching another table for practically the whole round (they kept asking questions and "missing" uptap- and master-phase effects), the entire match was played that way. Later, after I had heard what had happened, one of the players involved in the trading said to me that she said at the table that she thought calling the judge to figure out when the War Ghouls untapped would be the right thing to do (since the 3 bleed decks were falling down really hard at this point), but the 3 bleed deck Methuselahs told her not to bother, so she said "OK," and kept beating the crap out of them with the War Ghouls. The closest we came to "out-of-game considerations" was the last round of the Qualifier where, at a 4-player table, David Tatu (HI TATU!) somehow used his Presence and Dominate abilities to convince the whole table that the best thing for them to do would be to withdraw, so everyone would receive a VP. I think Tatu was the last player to withdraw. ;) Speaking of withdrawing, Noal McDonald and 2 other player agreed to withdraw with, like, 6 minutes left in the round. They were the last table, and when I heard about it I went over to their table, only to see all 3 of them furiously untapping all their cards, discarding, redrawing, and passing their turn to the next Methuselah. There were no turn-based effects in play, so I mercifully stopped them from destroying their cards and had them end the round. Props to Jay Kristoff: after taking over Columbus just a few weeks ago, he demonstrated the 5th tradition and bought me an enormous pizza; after a few hours, he demonstrated the 2nd tradition and kicked me out of his house (he had to go to work). :) A couple really decent LARPers came up to me and suggested that, in the future, Origins' and GenCon's tournaments be held so that they end at ~7pm, so that the LARP community can participate in both VTES and their LARP activities. The Sealed Deck tournament had fewer players than I originally thought (we only had 10), and 3 players dropped after the first round so we were unable to continue; therefore the tournament became unsanctioned. In policing the draft, we had a box at a table of SUPPOSEDLY 2nd edition Sabbat War that had 20+ packs with either 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, or 16 cards. It became interesting for me to attempt to "correct" the packs. Strangely enough, that wacked box had 2 Disarms and MANY copies of Beast, Leatherface (which were defensively drafted against Noal.) THE Andrew S. Davidson decided to join us for the draft, and it was nice to see him again. Speaking of Andrew (esp. how he likes to analyze cards in decks) there were a LOT of Suddens and DIs in the decks, especially at the top. There was also a preponderance of Succubus Club. Tatu, Robyn, Mr. Joe Churchill, and I spoke until late into the night each evening about things, and something that kept coming up was how banning Succubus Club might be something to revisit. Our reasoning was that, if cards are banned (or erratta'ed) mainly because they are undercosted, then Succubus Club should possibly be banned, since it has the possibility of being AMAZINGLY undercosted. Then again, it may have just been all the blood wine! On a final note, thanks to LSJ's wife for deciding to have a little tykester, so LSJ could be a homebody and decide that I could be given the opportunity to run the events at Origins. It was great fun, and everyone kept coming up to me and saying how I was doing a good job, which made me feel really, really good. Again, thank you Scott, and I would be happy to substitute for you any time you'd like. Any openings at WW? 8-) -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: Bernard Bresnahan 07-06-01 Constructed Created by: Bernard Bresnahan Description: "It's all about the Protean Weenies, baby!" Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 7, Max: 19, Avg: 3.25] 1 Anastasia Grey (ani pro, Gangrel, 3) 1 Camille Devereux (ani FOR PRO, Gangrel, 5) 2 Chandler Hungerford (PRO, Gangrel, 3) 2 Daliyah (obf PRO, Nosferatu, 4) 1 Huang (pro, Pander, 1) 1 Igo the Hungry (pre pro, Caitiff, 1) 1 Mirembe Kabbada (ani PRO SER, Gangrel, 5) 1 Raven (ani FOR PRO, Gangrel, 5) 1 Ricki Van Demsi (for pro, Gangrel, 3) 1 Sadie (pro, Gangrel Antitribu, 2) Library: (70 cards) Master (16 cards) 2 Blood Doll 2 Direct Intervention 1 Giant's Blood 4 Information Highway 4 Protean 1 Sudden Reversal 2 Tribute to the Master Minion (54 cards) 6 Claws of the Dead 14 Computer Hacking 6 Earth Meld 5 Flesh of Marble 3 Forced Awakening 8 Form of Mist 1 Gangrel Justicar 3 Laptop Computer 8 Rapid Change -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: David Tatu 07-06-01 Constructed Created by: David Tatu Description: Q: "So, how does your deck work?" Tatu: "Well, it got me to the finals." Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 12, Max: 33, Avg: 6] 1 Beast (ani cel OBF POT, Nosferatu Antitribu, 7) 1 Duck (obf pot, Nosferatu, 3) 1 KoKo (pot, Nosferatu, 2) 1 Lupo (pot, Brujah, 2) 1 Murat (OBF POT ser, Nosferatu, 7, Prince) 2 Nikolaus Vermeulen (ani for obf POT, Nosferatu, 7, Prince) 1 Rake (aus cel pot PRE, Brujah, 6, Prince) 1 Selma the Repugnant (ani for OBF POT, Nosferatu, 8, Prince) 2 Sheldon (ANI AUS for OBF POT, Nosferatu, 9, Justicar) 1 Volker (CEL pot, Brujah, 5, Prince) Library: (90 cards) Master (16 cards) 1 Dreams of the Sphinx 1 Elysium: The Palace of Versailles 1 Fortitude 1 Labyrinth, The 1 Legendary Vampire 1 Life Boon 8 Minion Tap 1 Secret Library of Alexandria, The 1 Succubus Club Minion (74 cards) 1 Anarchist Uprising 1 Ancilla Empowerment 1 Changeling Skin Mask 2 Cloak the Gathering 1 Consanguineous Boon 1 Conservative Agitation 1 Disputed Territory 5 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The 5 Forgotten Labyrinth 2 Freak Drive 1 Hidden Strength 6 Immortal Grapple 2 Kindred Restructure 5 Kine Resources Contested 1 Laptop Computer 2 Lost in Crowds 4 Pushing the Limit 1 Rumors of Gehenna 9 Second Tradition: Domain, The 5 Skin of Steel 1 Superior Mettle 3 Swallowed by the Night 6 Taste of Vitae 6 Torn Signpost 2 Undead Strength -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: Robyn Merrill 07-06-01 Constructed Created by: Robyn Merrill Description: "All I know is, I'm the War Ghoul girl!" Crypt: (15 cards) [Min: 9, Max: 21, Avg: 3.53] 1 Anastasia Grey (ani pro, Gangrel, 3) 1 Bear Paw (ANI for pre pro, Gangrel, 5) 1 Caliban (ANI AUS VIC, Tzimisce, 6) 1 Dani (ani, Nosferatu Antitribu, 2) 2 Devin Bisley (ANI AUS vic, Tzimisce, 5) 1 Gillian Krader (ani dem, Pander, 2) 1 Leon (ani for, Gangrel Antitribu, 3) 1 Nigel the Shunned (ANI obf POT, Nosferatu Antitribu, 5) 1 Panagos Levidis (ani obf, Gangrel, 3) 1 Raziya Samater (ani pot, Brujah, 3) 1 Tommy (ani pot, Nosferatu Antitribu, 3) 1 Vliam Andor (ani, Gangrel, 2) 2 Wendy Wade (ani aus, Tzimisce, 3) Library: (90 cards) Master (17 cards) 6 Animalism 4 Blood Doll 2 Direct Intervention 1 Dreams of the Sphinx 1 Hungry Coyote, The 2 Sudden Reversal 1 Tribute to the Master Minion (73 cards) 11 Aid from Bats 2 Army of Rats 10 Carrion Crows 10 Cats' Guidance 2 Conquer the Beast 3 Delaying Tactics 1 Drawing Out the Beast 6 Embrace, The 4 Forced Awakening 3 Guard Dogs 2 Owl Companion 1 Rats' Warning 5 Raven Spy 2 Revenant 1 Shepherd's Innocence 1 Song in the Dark 4 Taste of Vitae 2 Tier of Souls 3 War Ghoul -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: Aaron Steele 07-06-01 Constructed Created by: Aaron Steele Description: "Did you ever notice that Distraction has a superior? Neither does anybody else." Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 14, Max: 30, Avg: 5.58] 1 Delilah Easton (pre, Toreador, 2) 1 Donatien (AUS cel pot PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 9, Cardinal) 1 Greta Kircher (AUS CEL obf PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 7) 1 Ian Wallingford (aus CEL PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 6, Bishop) 2 Jost Werner (ani AUS PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 6) 1 Lachlan (AUS CEL dom PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 8, Archbishop) 1 Lolita (for pre, Toreador Antitribu, 3) 1 Mariana Gilbert (cel PRE, Toreador, 4) 1 Rigby (aus CEL pot PRE, Brujah Antitribu, 5) 1 Sheila Mezarin (AUS cel for PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 6) 1 Victor Revell (aus CEL dem pre, Toreador Antitribu, 5) Library: (90 cards) Master (17 cards) 2 Blood Doll 2 Direct Intervention 1 Festivo dello Estinto 1 Fetish Club Hunting Ground 1 Giant's Blood 1 Hungry Coyote, The 1 Minion Tap 2 Palla Grande 1 Pentex Subversion 1 Powerbase: Madrid 1 Rack, The 3 Sudden Reversal Minion (73 cards) 3 Aire of Elation 3 Alacrity 3 Art Scam 2 Awe 3 Banishment 2 Bewitching Oration 1 Blood Siege 1 Bribes 2 Catatonic Fear 2 Change of Target 1 Consanguineous Boon 1 Crusade: Detroit 1 Crusade: Philadelphia 1 Crusade: Toronto 1 Distraction 1 Domain Challenge 1 Dramatic Upheaval 3 Enchant Kindred 1 Entrancement 6 Forced Awakening 1 J. S. Simmons, Esq. 5 Kine Resources Contested 8 Majesty 1 Marijava Ghoul 3 Media Influence 3 Mind Numb 1 My Enemy's Enemy 4 Patronage 2 Propaganda 1 Revelations 3 Telepathic Misdirection 2 Wake with Evening's Freshness -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: John Fleming 07-06-01 Constructed Created by: John Fleming Description: "I love knowing I'm bringing the pain before you even start swinging. Before you strike, there's pain. After you strike, there's pain." Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 13, Max: 30, Avg: 5.58] 2 Caliban (ANI AUS VIC, Tzimisce, 6) 1 Corine Marcón (ani AUS VIC, Tzimisce, 6) 1 Devin Bisley (ANI AUS vic, Tzimisce, 5) 2 Dragos (ANI AUS vic, Tzimisce, 7) 1 Horatio (vic, Tzimisce, 2) 1 Lolita (for pre, Toreador Antitribu, 3) 1 Meshenka (ANI AUS VIC, Tzimisce, 8, Priscus) 1 Sascha Vykos (ani AUS dom THA VIC, Tzimisce, 8, Priscus) 1 Violet Tremain (dom pre tha vic, Tzimisce, 6, Bishop) 1 Wendy Wade (ani aus, Tzimisce, 3) Library: (87 cards) Master (13 cards) 3 Blood Doll 1 Direct Intervention 1 Information Highway 2 Library Hunting Ground 1 Powerbase: Montreal 1 Rack, The 1 Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The 1 Sudden Reversal 2 Vicissitude Minion (74 cards) 4 Aid from Bats 2 Army of Rats 1 Aura Reading 4 Blood of Acid 1 Bloodform 2 Breath of the Dragon 5 Carrion Crows 3 Cats' Guidance 5 Changeling 5 Drawing Out the Beast 4 Enhanced Senses 3 Forced Awakening 6 Horrid Form 2 Inner Essence 1 J. S. Simmons, Esq. 3 Leather Jacket 1 Mr. Winthrop 1 My Enemy's Enemy 1 Owl Companion 4 Precognition 1 Reform Body 1 Revenant 2 Scorpion Sting 1 Skin Trap 5 Song of Serenity 1 Taste of Vitae 1 Telepathic Misdirection 3 Wake with Evening's Freshness 1 War Ghoul -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: Bernard Bresnahan Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01 Created by: Bernard Bresnahan Description: "Dominate - Major Boon. When the boon is in play, it is good. You don't need blood gain when you're not getting bled." Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 11, Max: 27, Avg: 4.75] 1 Courtland Leighton (dom for pre, Ventrue, 4) 1 Emerson Bridges (DOM FOR pot PRE, Ventrue, 8, Prince) 1 Gloria Giovanni (DOM nec, Giovanni, 4) 1 Ingrid Russo (DOM for, Ventrue Antitribu, 4) 1 Luccia Paciola (DOM for pre, Ventrue, 6) 1 Peter Blaine (aus dom for, Ventrue Antitribu, 4) 1 Ranjan Rishi (DOM for PRE, Ventrue, 5) 1 Royce (dom, Pander, 1) 1 Samson (dom, Ventrue Antitribu, 2) 1 Sir Walter Nash (DOM FOR PRE, Ventrue, 7, Prince) 1 Stefano Giovanni (DOM nec pot pre, Giovanni, 6) 1 Vanessa (aus DOM FOR pre, Ventrue Antitribu, 6) Library: (80 cards) Master (13 cards) 1 Demonstration 1 Giant's Blood 6 Major Boon 2 Sudden Reversal 2 Tribute to the Master 1 Ventrue Headquarters Minion (67 cards) 5 Bonding 10 Deflection 2 Far Mastery 2 Ivory Bow 2 Kindred Coercion 4 Kine Resources Contested 6 Leather Jacket 1 Mind Rape 2 Palatial Estate 3 Pulling Strings 6 Redirection 6 Scouting Mission 4 Seduction 1 Sleeping Mind, The 6 Superior Mettle 1 Thanks for the Donation 6 Wake with Evening's Freshness -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: Robyn Merrill Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01 Created by: Robyn Merrill Description: "Something like this wasn't supposed to go the finals." Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 16, Max: 31, Avg: 6.17] 3 Anson (aus CEL dom PRE, Toreador, 8, Prince) 1 Felicia Mostrom (AUS CEL pre, Toreador, 5) 1 Greta Kircher (AUS CEL obf PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 7) 1 Jost Werner (ani AUS PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 6) 1 Kite (AUS DEM obf pre, Malkavian Antitribu, 7, Bishop) 2 Tatiana Romanov (AUS cel pre, Toreador, 7, Prince) 1 Victoria (AUS cel obf, Malkavian, 5) 2 Zöe (AUS cel obf, Malkavian, 3) Library: (90 cards) Master (24 cards) 1 Art Museum 3 Blood Doll 14 Brainwash 1 Minion Tap 1 Parthenon, The 3 Pentex Subversion 1 Succubus Club Minion (66 cards) 3 .44 Magnum 7 Aire of Elation 2 Distraction 4 Eagle's Sight 8 Enchant Kindred 5 Enhanced Senses 1 Entrancement 4 Forced Awakening 8 Majesty 2 My Enemy's Enemy 3 Precognition 3 Second Tradition: Domain, The 2 Spirit's Touch 1 Taste of Vitae 6 Telepathic Misdirection 7 Wake with Evening's Freshness -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: David Tatu Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01 Created by: David Tatu Description: "I played Ventrue because I didn't think there would be any intercept. I get here today -- no intercept." Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 13, Max: 28, Avg: 5] 1 Courtland Leighton (dom for pre, Ventrue, 4) 1 Emerson Bridges (DOM FOR pot PRE, Ventrue, 8, Prince) 1 Gideon Fontaine (PRE, Ventrue, 3) 1 Heather Florent (dom FOR PRE, Ventrue, 6) 1 Itzahk Levine (cel pre, Ventrue, 3) 1 Jazz Wentworth (dom for PRE, Ventrue, 5) 1 Melissa Barton (cel dom for pre, Ventrue, 5) 1 Ranjan Rishi (DOM for PRE, Ventrue, 5) 1 Roland Loussarian (for pre, Ventrue, 3) 1 Sir Walter Nash (DOM FOR PRE, Ventrue, 7, Prince) 1 Timothy Crowley (ani dom FOR PRE, Ventrue, 7, Prince) 1 Violette Prentiss (dom PRE, Ventrue, 4) Library: (90 cards) Master (16 cards) 1 Anarch Troublemaker 4 Blood Doll 1 Direct Intervention 1 Elder Library 1 Hostile Takeover 1 Information Highway 1 Life Boon 1 Protected Resources 1 Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The 1 Succubus Club 1 Sudden Reversal 1 Tribute to the Master 1 Ventrue Headquarters Minion (74 cards) 1 Anarchist Uprising 1 Ancilla Empowerment 4 Awe 5 Bewitching Oration 2 Change of Target 1 Conditioning 4 Consanguineous Boon 2 Conservative Agitation 1 Daring the Dawn 1 Day Operation 6 Deflection 1 Disputed Territory 1 Dramatic Upheaval 2 Freak Drive 1 Ghoul Escort 2 Hidden Strength 1 Ivory Bow 1 Judgment: Camarilla Segregation 1 Kindred Restructure 4 Kine Resources Contested 1 Kiss of Ra, The 6 Majesty 3 Obedience 1 Palatial Estate 1 Praxis Seizure: Berlin 1 Praxis Seizure: Cairo 1 Rumors of Gehenna 5 Second Tradition: Domain, The 3 Skin of Steel 1 Superior Mettle 1 Ventrue Justicar 4 Voter Captivation 4 Wake with Evening's Freshness -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: John Bell Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01 Created by: John Bell Description: "God, Fame with weenie-Potence is foul." Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 11, Max: 20, Avg: 3.83] 1 Agatha (obf POT, Nosferatu Antitribu, 4) 1 Beast (ani cel OBF POT, Nosferatu Antitribu, 7) 1 Duck (obf pot, Nosferatu, 3) 1 Hector Sosa (pre POT, Brujah, 4) 1 Hugo (POT pre vic, Brujah Antitribu, 4) 1 Jacob Bragg (cel pot, Brujah Antitribu, 3) 1 KoKo (pot, Nosferatu, 2) 1 Nigel the Shunned (ANI obf POT, Nosferatu Antitribu, 5) 1 Raziya Samater (ani pot, Brujah, 3) 1 Sammy (ani obf pot, Nosferatu, 4) 1 Shane Grimald (ani dom pot, Gangrel Antitribu, 4) 1 Tommy (ani pot, Nosferatu Antitribu, 3) Library: (90 cards) Master (19 cards) 1 Depravity 7 Fame 5 Haven Uncovered 1 Mob Connections 5 Sudden Reversal Minion (71 cards) 6 Army of Rats 10 Bum's Rush 8 Immortal Grapple 10 Increased Strength 8 Pushing the Limit 7 Taste of Vitae 7 Thrown Gate 7 Torn Signpost 8 Undead Strength -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Deck Name: Mark Loughman Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01 Created by: Mark Loughman Description: "If I can't get Arika or Queen Anne, Roxanne is my baby." Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 21, Max: 40, Avg: 7.75] 1 Arika (aus cel DOM FOR OBF PRE, Ventrue, 11, Inner Circle) 2 Emerson Bridges (DOM FOR pot PRE, Ventrue, 8, Prince) 2 Ingrid Russo (DOM for, Ventrue Antitribu, 4) 1 Luccia Paciola (DOM for pre, Ventrue, 6) 1 Marty Lechtansi (ani DOM for OBF POT, Nosferatu, 9, Primogen) 2 Queen Anne (aus DOM FOR obf PRE, Ventrue, 10, Prince) 1 Roxanne (AUS DOM FOR OBF pot, Malkavian, 9, Primogen) 2 Sir Walter Nash (DOM FOR PRE, Ventrue, 7, Prince) Library: (84 cards) Master (19 cards) 2 Archon Investigation 4 Blood Doll 3 Hostile Takeover 4 Obfuscate 4 Sudden Reversal 2 Uptown Hunting Ground Minion (65 cards) 5 Bonding 4 Cloak the Gathering 3 Conditioning 10 Deflection 1 Entrancement 6 Govern the Unaligned 4 Kine Dominance 3 Lost in Crowds 7 Obedience 2 Redirection 5 Second Tradition: Domain, The 4 Skin of Rock 6 Skin of Steel 5 Wake with Evening's Freshness -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Kevin M., Prince of Madison, WI (remove PLEASENOSPAMME for direct reply) "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

The Nosferatu Stuff

I'm having wierd cashe problems with my internet explorer. If anyone has any ideas let me know. Otherwise check out my site for some pictures of this whole mess! http://www.geocities.com/roansteele/jyhad_tournaments.html Aaron

Raille

"Kevin M." wrote: > In each tournament, David McCarty offered 2 packs of Ancient Hearts for > the player in last place after the 3rd round was finished, who had played > in all 3 rounds. Several players talked about this idea, and we all > think it would become a good idea if it became an "unofficial" tournament > rule. It certainly will be at any tournament where David McCarty is > there! :) > At least until I run out of packs to donate. > Speaking of Bernie, he was in The Zone all weekend. I'm not sure if > anyone really noticed it, but he had that look in his eyes every time I > talked to him. Bernie: wear shades at GenCon! :) I guess I was too beat down to look up that high. ;) > A couple really decent LARPers came up to me and suggested that, in the > future, Origins' and GenCon's tournaments be held so that they end at > ~7pm, so that the LARP community can participate in both VTES and their > LARP activities. Excellent Idea. We really need to encourage the LARP players to play VTES. Still would mean starting the tourney about noon, or even 11am. Which would be perfectly fine with me. I was waking about 9am each day, and after coffee ect, I was fully ready to play by 11. > THE Andrew S. Davidson decided to join us for the draft, and it was nice > to see him again. Did he ever fine if shadowfist decks? Raille

Andrew S. Davidson

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 08:48:42 -0400, Raille wrote: >Did he ever find his Shadowfist decks? Nope and that's a shame as they were my theme movie decks which were lots of fun and took a while to build: Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, Big Trouble in Little China and Forever Knight. The latter even featured Hopping Vampires. The lessons are: 1. Travel light. I find this impossible myself and well deserve the title Mr Suitcase. 2. Always keep your bags in your personal space. I tossed mine aside when we moved to escape the vicious draft from the air-con. 3. Don't use Ultra-Pro shoulder bags as they are too anonymous and advertise the presence of potentially valuable rares. 4. Don't play in the WotC area alongside Magic players. They have the morals of a mink and won't even think that you might have cards for another game in your bag. 5. Cultivate a good Zen attitude like the best Kung Fu masters. The glass is already broken ... Andrew

Andrew S. Davidson

On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Kevin M wrote: >A couple really decent LARPers came up to me and suggested that, in the >future, Origins' and GenCon's tournaments be held so that they end at >~7pm, so that the LARP community can participate in both VTES and their >LARP activities. A good plan which might get you more female players. My eye was caught by a Sailor Moon tournament which seemed to be mostly women and I bet that Magination had more than its share too. VTES is never going to score highly as a cute game, so you need to make time for the goth element to join in, instead. >The Sealed Deck tournament had fewer players than I originally thought >(we only had 10), and 3 players dropped after the first round so we were >unable to continue; therefore the tournament became unsanctioned. >THE Andrew S. Davidson decided to join us for the draft, and it was nice >to see him again. Sorry to be one of the drop-outs but I was ousted first, as usual, and really wanted to go hunt for my stolen cards and get some sleep. I had supposed that the draft was just a pick-up event - I didn't realise that it was the real thing. I was quite enjoying squeezing the life out of The Lasombra until Noal descended on me from a great height and put me to bed. And who was that guy who came across table at me? I must be doing something right to get three of you going for me. >It was great fun, and everyone kept coming up to me and saying how >I was doing a good job Hear, hear. And you're still doing a good job as a 727-line con report of this quality is no mean feat. And thanks for the Madness too - they will go nicely with the Monocle that I bought from a singles dealer <grin>. Andrew

Matt Latham

As a LARPer if I had made the finals there would have been issues (however, since I came in second to last it worked out OK... too bad I couldnt have won those PHAT Ancient Hearts packs). After I got smashed (and yelled at, and danced at, etc) in round two I had plenty of time to run back to the hotel room, change into my Armor, and get back in time to get smashed in round 3. (at a really cool table with the other 0 point guy, John with his neat POT/ani deck, and a really really neat Francois Villon Chimestry deck) The LARP was so good this year that I did not want to miss even a moment of it. That is not generally the case. Thanks to Aaron for popping down to the LARP to tell me of Bernie's Triumph. When he's the next North American Champion I can say I knew him when...... Matt Not counting Aaron or Jay out, mind you....

LSJ

"Kevin M." <kjme...@PLEASENOSPAMMEhome.com> wrote: >On a final note, thanks to LSJ's wife for deciding to have a little >tykester, so LSJ could be a homebody and decide that I could be given the >opportunity to run the events at Origins. It was great fun, and everyone >kept coming up to me and saying how I was doing a good job, which made me Thanks for stepping into the fire for me - and congratulations on your marvelous performance. >feel really, really good. Again, thank you Scott, and I would be happy >to substitute for you any time you'd like. Any openings at WW? 8-) Not at WW, but you can change a few diapers if you like. :-) -- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE web-based e-mail and newsgroup access at: http://MailAndNews.com

XZealot

> A good plan which might get you more female players. My eye was > caught by a Sailor Moon tournament which seemed to be mostly women and > I bet that Magination had more than its share too. VTES is never > going to score highly as a cute game, so you need to make time for the > goth element to join in, instead. I have found that Magi Nation is a perfect feeder game for new Vampire Players, It uses minions with variable levels of counters that you keep track of. It uses minion on minion interaction, and it uses the counters off your mage to create the creatures you play. It is a perfect game to lure players away from to play VTES. I hope this helps. Comments Welcome, Norman S. Brown, Jr. XZealot Archon of the Swamp

Eric Jome

In article <55E9B112051CB37D.D5A74FB5...@lp.airnews.net>, Andrew S. Davidson <a...@csi.com> wrote: > They have the morals of a mink... I never really thought of mink as having a particularly immoral character. :) Perhaps weasel? >5. Cultivate a good Zen attitude like the best Kung Fu masters. This isnt just good advice about card games... its advice for life. Sorry to hear they never showed up again Andrew. Eric

Peter D Bakija

Kevin wrote: >>The Sealed Deck tournament had fewer players than I originally thought (we only had 10), and 3 players dropped after the first round so we were unable to continue; therefore the tournament became unsanctioned. In policing the draft, we had a box at a table of SUPPOSEDLY 2nd edition Sabbat War that had 20+ packs with either 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, or 16 cards. It became interesting for me to attempt to "correct" the packs. Strangely enough, that wacked box had 2 Disarms and MANY copies of Beast, Leatherface (which were defensively drafted against Noal.)>> Yeah, it was sad that I had to drop out, as I really like Draft, but we had only just finished the first round and it was 1:00am (and after three consecutive nights of 4 hours of sleep, the old weakling that I am simply gave out). I figured that there were at least 5 guys left for another round, so that was at least another game. The draft was excellent, though--10 packs of SW works really well, and we all made fairly cohesive decks (and got good booty as well). Again, I really like draft, but simply couldn't survive a second round at that point. (hey Kevin, you still have those Disarms?) Peter D Bakija PD...@aol.com http://www.geocities.com/bakija6 "She's a hero you see. She's not like us." -Giles

Andrew S. Davidson

On 13 Jul 2001 13:23:38 -0500, Eric Jome wrote: >I never really thought of mink as having a particularly immoral >character. :) Perhaps weasel? Weasels got a bad rep from Wind in the Willows but I like them. For my mink influence, see the fine SF story, "Mother Hittons Littul Kittons" by Cordwainer Smith. http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/smith/smith1.html Andrew

James Coupe

In message <53B22188BE0D75C1.04D93EDC...@lp.airnews.net>, Andrew S. Davidson <a...@csi.com> writes >Weasels got a bad rep from Wind in the Willows but I like them. Gah. Those giant weasels certainly gave me a pounding in a D&D 3rd game recently. Damn things. Thank god for the local halfling tribe is all I can say. -- James Coupe PGP Key: 0x5D623D5D EBD690ECD7A1F She twirled a lock of hair around her forefinger and smiled B457CA213D7E6 faintly. "Actually, I'd settle for a small Greek." 68C3695D623D5D