Tournament report : French ECQ 2008, Paris
Stone
at the game convention Ludicite (http://www.citedujeu.com), 3 rounds +
final.
Report with short description of the metagame (2 GW 7 was the ticket to hit
the final) :
Final Rank Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs Deck
1 Rodolphe DANAC 2 8 3 144 Bima Dominate
2 Orian GISSLER 2 6 1,5 144 Una Freak Show rush
3 Jerome GOYET 2 9 0 168 Ravnos Embrace Carnival
4 François POUYAT 2 8 0 138 Blanche Spirit Marionnette
5 François VABRE 2 7 0 144 Courier Flash Grenade
6 Florian PROSPER 1 7,5 156 Nocturn Gr 3-4
7 Sylvain FAUCON 1 6 156 Ozmo 94
8 Kamel SENNI 1 5 132 Nosfe Royalty
8 Samuel BENIES 1 5 132 Setite Gr 4-5 S&B
10 Arthur DE LUSTRAC 1 4 132 !Malk S&B
11 Philippe LANG 1 4 102 Carna toolbox
12 Thomas GIBSON 1 3,5 108 Tore vote
13 Antonio COBO CUENCA 1 3 108 Tore vote
14 Arnaud BAIGTS 0 5 144 Ozmo 94
15 Hervé GUILLEMET 0 3 132 Torvus wall
16 Denis CHANTELOUP 0 2,5 126 Palla Grande
17 Eric HENRY 0 2 96 !Nosfe rush
18 Matthias LEVESQUE 0 1,5 108 Malgorzata/Uta/Carna toolbox
29 Matthieu ALCHOURROUN 0 1,5 102 Daughters Embrace vote Gr 3-4
20 Cedric GOFFAUX 0 1 96 Celegun
21 Etienne FAUST 0 1 90 Army of Allah Gr 4-5
22 Christophe BOLO 0 1 84 AAA toolbox
23 Sylvie DESCHAMPS 0 0,5 96 Imbued event
24 Jean-Marc POLESEL 0 0,5 84 high-cap obf vote
24 Christophe RONCO 0 0,5 84 ani/for wall
24 Pierre-Yves AUROUSSEAU 0 0,5 84 Nosfe Royalty
27 Quentin BRABAN-AVENEL 0 0 76 Orlando vote
27 Sebastien LELIEVRE 0 0 76 !Malk S&B
27 Julien BORNE 0 0 76 Lasombra vote/bleed Gr 2-3
30 Khamsing SOMSACK 0 0 72 Lasombra Gr3-4 + Vittel
30 Mauricio TOLEDO 0 0 72 Giovanni powerbleed+Ex Nihilo
30 Nathalie Mary BENIES 0 0 72 Tzimisce toolbox
30 Alexis DE PERETTI 0 0 72 pot/cel rush
34 Jean-Christophe RIBAUT 0 0 66 !Gangrel rush amaranth
The first 9 players qualified for the continental championships. Note that
due to the 2008 rules on qualification, 4 of them redundantly qualified
(Kamel, Orian, Florian, Rodolphe).
Final
TTC (Una Freak show, 5th seed) -> PcGeol (Ravnos Embrace Carnival, 1st
seed) -> Raspy (Blanche Spirit Marionnette, 3rd seed) -> Krid (Bima
dominate, 2nd seed) -> François V. (!Nosfe Courier, 4th seed)
PcGeol gets Ravnos and 2 Embraces, his Spleen will go to torpor due to his
special (his last action was a bleed blocked by Clanche). Raspy has Blanche
and a weenie dom. Krid influences his FoS and recruits Bimas. Francois V.
does the same with !Nosfe and Couriers. TTC influences Una.
PcGeol has several Direct Interventions in hand, it would be the bane of
TTC's Una Freak show deck, but PcGeol plays the DI on a Daring the Dawn
played by Raspy on a bleed by a Ravnos stolen with Spirit Marionnette.
Another DI will be played on a Set's Curse from Krid, at a moment when
PcGeol had 5 vampires.
Then TTC starts playing with Una, which will take about 26 minutes. He'll
play about all his deck (only 2 Armor of Vitality in hand at the end of his
turn). He gets permanents (see decklist below), burns or torporizes all but
one of PcGeol's vampires (the one left will be Mind Numb'ed) and does the
same with Raspy's vampires. TTC also has some weenies in play.
Raspy stops influencing. Krid bleeds gently but steadily, he doesn't put too
much forward pressure so that Francois V. can also move forward on TTC,
protecting himself with Flash Grenades. On the next turn, TTC ousts PcGeol
after about 1h
Then, Krid puts Pentex on Una and keeps bleeding for 1 at first, his initial
tactic being to let Francois oust TTC. But Francois is too slow to Krid's
taste, so Krid goes full throttle and becomes the "bad guy" of the table.
Francois keeps the head out of water as he can, notably thanks to the Vessel
played cross-table by Raspy, who had influenced Blanche again in the
meanwhile.
Krid eventually ousts Francois. TTC, after yielding a contested Pentex,
seemingly estimates he can no longer win and withdraws with Krid's
agreement. Then Krid wins without any surprise the final duel against Raspy,
after 1h50mn or so. Congratulations to him !
He wins 2 RPG books (Cadwallon) nicely provided by the Ludicite organizing
crew, 15 additional boosters, 1 starter LotN of his choice and sleeves. The
other finalists get 3 additional boosters; those who stayed till the end got
1 starter LotN (since they're all second, dice roll was used to determine
who got to choose first) and sleeves. All players, finalists included, got 2
boosters LotN and all the 2008 promo cards.
The french version of the report, with pictures, can be found on the Paris
VEKN site :
http://www.veknfrance.com/site/article.php3?id_article=209
Many thanks to :
-Multiseb, official organizer of the tournament, such a nice venue would
never have been available without him
-the Ludicite organizing staff, especially Sylvain, for their hospitality,
their enthusiasm and the really nice atmosphere they infused to the
convention
-PcGeol, Ankha and Sylvain F. who gave me a much needed helping hand in the
initial setup of organizing, early in the morning
-Ankha for sacrificing his place as a player in order to run demos during
all the day ; to Floppy for assisting in the demos later on
-Johannes Walch for his much appreciated prize support as European
Coordinator
-Blackwood, French Coordinator, for contributing to the logistics of prize
support
-the players themselves, who were very ponctual, disciplined and friendly
(at least for the first two rounds!!)
Finally, here are the decklists of the finalists (I have no clue whether
they'll show without those pesky line spaces, any advice from a comp wiz kid
is welcome) :
Deck Name: C'est pas ta semaine - bad week for ya
Created By: PcGeol
Description:
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 8, Max: 15, Avg: 2,75)
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1 Salbatore Bokkengro for pro CHI 4 Ravnos
2 Spleen ani chi 2 Ravnos
1 Anka ani chi pro 4 Ravnos
1 Vedel Esbreno chi for 3 Ravnos
1 Tsigane aus chi 3 Ravnos
1 Lazar Dobrescu for 3 Ravnos
2 Sasha Miklos chi 2 Ravnos
2 Zip ani 2 Ravnos
1 Sennuwy ani chi for 4 Ravnos
Library: (78 cards)
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Master (49 cards)
8 Parthenon, The
3 Week of Nightmares
2 Last Stand
1 Anarch Troublemaker
8 Ravnos Carnival
1 Fortune Teller Shop
6 Direct Intervention
1 Barrens, The
2 Fortschritt Library
2 Pentex Subversion
6 Blood Doll
3 Dreams of the Sphinx
3 Specialization
1 Not to Be
2 Tribute to the Master
Action (22 cards)
22 Embrace, The
Action Modifier (1 cards)
1 Daring the Dawn
Reaction (5 cards)
5 Delaying Tactics
Event (1 cards)
1 Anthelios, the Red Star
This deck was last saved at 19:35:20 on 27/04/2008
Deck Name: Looks like a Sasha deck - except it's crap
Created By: François V.
Description:
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 10, Max: 22, Avg: 4,08)
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2 Dani ani 2 Nosferatu Antitribu
1 Shannon Price ani obf 3 Nosferatu Antitribu
1 Tommy ani pot 3 Nosferatu Antitribu
1 Agatha obf POT 4 Nosferatu Antitribu
1 Josef ani obf obt 4 Nosferatu Antitribu
1 Tock obf pot pre 4 Nosferatu Antitribu
3 Cicatriz ani obf pot 5 Nosferatu Antitribu
2 Christanius Lionel pot ANI OBF 6 Nosferatu Antitribu
Library: (81 cards)
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Master (19 cards)
3 Haven Uncovered
1 Fortschritt Library
1 Archon Investigation
1 Retribution
1 Coven, The
1 Nosferatu Kingdom
1 Hungry Coyote, The
2 Perfectionist
2 Filchware`s Pawn Shop
6 Blood Doll
Action Modifier (3 cards)
3 Change of Target
Reaction (5 cards)
5 Poison Pill
Combat (16 cards)
11 Concealed Weapon
5 Backstep
Ally (16 cards)
1 Alia, God`s Messenger
1 Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
14 Courier
Equipment (17 cards)
3 Unlicensed Taxicab
14 Flash Grenade
Event (5 cards)
1 Nightmares upon Nightmares
1 Blood Trade
1 Veil of Darkness
1 Slow Withering, The
1 Blood Weakens
This deck was last saved at 19:32:33 on 27/04/2008
Deck Name: Nameless deck
Created By: Raspy
Description:
Crypt: (13 cards, Min: 9, Max: 24, Avg: 4,38)
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5 Blanche Hill aus FOR OBE 6 Salubri
1 Ilyana Ravidovich aus dom for pre 5 Ventrue
1 Kyoko Shinsegawa aus cel dom for 5 Tremere
1 Ingrid Russo for DOM 4 Ventrue Antitribu
1 Peter Blaine aus dom for 4 Ventrue Antitribu
1 Lana Butcher dom for 3 Ventrue
1 Samson dom 2 Ventrue Antitribu
1 Mustafa Rahman dom 2 Tremere
1 Ohanna dom 2 Malkavian
Library: (75 cards)
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Master (18 cards)
3 Perfectionist
2 Vessel
6 Blood Doll
1 Misdirection
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Anarch Troublemaker
4 Heidelberg Castle, Germany
Action (15 cards)
13 Spirit Marionette
2 Graverobbing
Action Modifier (21 cards)
3 Repulsion
5 Daring the Dawn
4 Freak Drive
3 Change of Target
6 Conditioning
Reaction (11 cards)
2 On the Qui Vive
6 Deflection
3 Delaying Tactics
Combat (5 cards)
5 Anesthetic Touch
Retainer (3 cards)
1 Tasha Morgan
1 J. S. Simmons, Esq.
1 Robert Carter
Equipment (2 cards)
2 Aaron`s Feeding Razor
This deck was last saved at 19:41:24 on 27/04/2008
Deck Name: shit deck from n°3 world rank
Created By: Orian Gissler
Description:
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 4, Max: 36, Avg: 4,33)
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5 Una dem ANI FOR PRE PRO9 Gangrel Antitribu
1 Sandra White 1 Caitiff
1 Nedal cel nec 1 Caitiff
1 Lisa Noble ani 1 Caitiff
1 Franciscus aus 1 Caitiff
1 Huang pro 1 Pander
1 March Halcyon for 1 Pander
1 Royce dom 1 Pander
Library: (90 cards)
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Master (1 cards)
1 Pentex Subversion
Action (23 cards)
1 Mantle of the Bestial Majesty
1 Enrage
1 Harass
1 Zillah`s Tears
1 Resilient Mind
1 Mind Numb
1 Dual Form
1 Muricia`s Call
1 Sense Death
1 Big Game
1 Trainer
1 War Party
1 Taunt the Caged Beast
1 Bum`s Rush
1 Ambush
1 Aranthebes, The Immortal
1 Bloodlust
1 Embrace, The
1 Blessing of Chaos
1 Rumble
1 Heart of the City
1 Creation Rites
1 Shadow of the Beast
Action Modifier (45 cards)
45 Freak Drive
Political Action (1 cards)
1 Templar
Combat (4 cards)
4 Armor of Vitality
Ally (1 cards)
1 Mylan Horseed (Goblin)
Retainer (6 cards)
1 Murder of Crows
1 Ghoul Retainer
1 Tasha Morgan
1 Owl Companion
1 Jackie Therman
1 J. S. Simmons, Esq.
Equipment (9 cards)
1 Aaron`s Feeding Razor
1 Blood Tears of Kephran
1 Flak Jacket
1 Hawg
1 IR Goggles
1 Mark V
1 Leather Jacket
1 Ivory Bow
1 Sire`s Index Finger
This deck was last saved at 19:39:07 on 27/04/2008
and the deck of the winner :
Deck Name: Bima Dominate
Created By: Rodolphe Danac aka Krid
Description: French ECQ in Paris, saturday, April 26th 2008, convention
Ludicite (http://www.citedujeu.com), 34 players, 3 rounds+final
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 16, Max: 24, Avg: 5)
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1 Ankh-sen-Sutekh obf PRE SER 6 Followers of Set
3 Halim Bey obf tha DOM SER 6 Followers of Set
1 Sahira Siraj obf ser tha 4 Followers of Set
1 Renenet ser OBF PRE 5 Followers of Set
1 Sisocharis cel obf pre 4 Followers of Set
2 Black Lotus aus obf ser DOM 5 Followers of Set
2 Zhenga obf pre SER 5 Followers of Set
1 Ahmose Chambers obf ser 3 Followers of Set
Library: (78 cards)
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Master (20 cards)
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Visit from the Capuchin
1 Giant`s Blood
15 Dominate
1 Opium Den
Action (15 cards)
11 Govern the Unaligned
2 Set`s Curse
2 Waters of Duat
Action Modifier (15 cards)
3 Conditioning
1 Domain of Evernight
1 Faceless Night
1 Veil the Legions
2 Spying Mission
2 Lost in Crowds
2 Cloak the Gathering
3 Forgotten Labyrinth
Reaction (12 cards)
4 Delaying Tactics
8 Deflection
Ally (15 cards)
14 Bima
1 Vagabond Mystic
Combo (1 cards)
1 Swallowed by the Night
This deck was last saved at 19:45:25 on 27/04/2008
I hope I didn't forget anything or mistyped a decklist or
whatever....Anyway, it was overall a nice tournament, one of the things I
regret is that all the players were french, even though the advertisement
was made on various foreign forums. I hope it'll be more international next
year, wherever the french 2009 ECQ is handled.
See you all in Prague,
Stone