Attention Mike C.

[Brandon Haas]

Hi Mike,

Here's Jeff Kuta's email address: jeff...@gmail.com

By the way, can I please have your decklist for the TWDA?

Thanks,

Brandon

[shorb]

Wait, Mike you were up there? And you won!?

Man, I miss all the fun.

Brandon - where's the report, you've had 24 hours man :-)

On Dec 19, 12:36 am, Brandon Haas <brandonsantac...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Mike,

> Here's Jeff Kuta's email address: jeff.k...@gmail.com

[***JediMike***]

Thanks for all your hospitality, it was great fun. I'll TWDA buy the
weekend.

On Dec 19, 12:36 am, Brandon Haas <brandonsantac...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> Here's Jeff Kuta's email address: jeff.k...@gmail.com

[***JediMike***]

Yes, I made a last minute call to go, and I figure if was gonna go I
might as well win the thing! :)

[***JediMike***]

Hey Brandon,

I found this on my FELDB:



Deck Name: Arika and Friends Tap & Bleed
Created By: Michael Courtois
Description: Big Girls bloat, taps, and bleeds BIG! Mind Rape bleed
with Heart of the City, add Conditioning and AI be damned, a bleed of
10 goes a long way! Be responable though! Sulubri Anti Fills them back
up then rinse and repeat.

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 26, Max: 44, Avg: 8.75)
----------------------------------------------
4 Arika aus cel DOM FOR OBF PRE11
Ventrue
2 Blanche Hill aus FOR OBE 6 Salubri
1 Carlotta Giovanni dom NEC obf POT7 Giovanni
1 Leandro AUS cel dom OBF PRE11
Malkavian
3 Matthias AUS FOR nec OBE7 Salubri
1 Queen Anne aus DOM FOR obf PRE10 Ventrue

Library: (90 cards)
-------------------
Master (22 cards)
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Heidelberg Castle, Germany
15 Minion Tap
2 Parthenon, The
3 Secure Haven

Action (18 cards)
2 Heart of the City
4 Mind Rape
9 Renewed Vigor
3 Spirit Marionette

Action Modifier (40 cards)
6 Cloak the Gathering
7 Conditioning
4 Daring the Dawn
5 Elder Impersonation
1 Enkil Cog
7 Lost in Crowds
3 Repulsion
5 Spying Mission
2 Veil the Legions

Political Action (2 cards)
1 Anarchist Uprising
1 Reins of Power

Equipment (3 cards)
1 Changeling Skin Mask
1 Heart of Nizchetus
1 Sargon Fragment, The

Event (1 cards)
1 Narrow Minds

Combo (4 cards)
4 Swallowed by the Night

This deck was last saved at 8:12:43 PM on 12/20/2011

[shorb]

How much did Villein hose you? (New verbiage on Villein kicks in Jan
1, right?)

PS, this deck would have been much better with 1 copy of Clan
Impersonation :-)

[Frederick Scott]

Hey, Mr. Wedge DID say, "Minion Tap was playable again." I had no
idea it would be so soon.

[Brandon Haas]

My impression was that Mike faced zero Villeins during the qualifier. In the finals there were about three Vessels, though....

Brandon

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From: shorb <chris...@gmail.com>
To: V:TES in Los Angeles <vtes...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 9:19 PM
Subject: [vtesinla] Re: Attention Mike C.

[***JediMike***]

It was truly remarkable, I saw no Villain's or AI's at any of my
tables the entire tourny. Clan Impersonation?

***JediMike***

[Frederick Scott]

It's not all that remarkable. I've heard of many WHOLE decks being compiled
with Blood Dolls, Vessels, Tributes, even such crazy things as Voter Caps
and Con Boons for pool management. This is why I've always thought the
notion of Minion Tap being a worthless card was overwrought. Your deck and
its success demonstrated that perfectly.

I agree, you were kind of lucky about the AIs. But it's a good deck.

(Brandon, what do Vessels have to do with anything? Last I looked Vessels
only mattered to people using Blood Dolls. Confused...)

Fred

[Brandon Haas]

Vessels suck for the most part, where Villeins are a staple in most high cap tournament decks these days. I found it surprising to see any played at all, but people have their reasons.

In tournament 1 I played 5 Villeins and saw AI go off a handful of times I don't remember if I was ever AI'd, but it really made me careful. Dennis had that Anu deck where he boosted bleeds in order to burn his pred's vampires. Freddy Gage put me in a tough spot where I either had to bleed for 1 against Dennis (which became 2 for titled vampires) or risk AI from him.

I found the different play groups to make for an interesting tournament because of interactions like that.

Brandon

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From: Frederick Scott <frds...@cox.net>

To: V:TES in Los Angeles <vtes...@googlegroups.com>

Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [vtesinla] Re: Attention Mike C.

[Preston]

Cheesy with extra cheese on the side.

Geez.


On Dec 20 2011, 8:17 pm, "***JediMike***" <jedispa...@earthlink.net>
wrote:

[***JediMike***]

On Jan 28, 7:36 pm, Preston <prestonpoul...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Cheesy with extra cheese on the side.
>
> Geez.
>

Funny, I call the deck legal.

[Frederick Scott]

Hey, according to Matt, your Minion Taps weren't quote "playable
again" until January. Did that make your cheesy deck legal or
illegal?

Well, never you mind. It being a qualifier, one might have thought
that opponents would be on the lookout for cheese and have metagamed
against it. But I guess nobody thought there'd be cheese at a
qualifier. You must have surprised them. Those are the kinds of clever
insights I never see coming.

See you all next weekend! I'm bringing Mike with me so I can be
mightily abused, too.

Fred

[***JediMike***]

I played MT legally, If Villien was played I would have been taxed
like always. I just got lucky. I was playing counter cheese any
way. :)

[Brandon Haas]

Sorry guys, I couldn't round up anyone to drive to LA with me for your tournaments. I guess the idea of four tournaments over two days isn't that appealing(?!?!?). Humbug!

Brandon

[matthew wedge]

Bah, maybe next time.

Matt