Tournament report + TWD : Conditioning, december 12th 2009, Paris
Stone
%*$ lines when posting here)
Report of the sanctioned tournament 'Conditioning', december 12th, 2009 at
the Troll2Jeux shop (http://www.troll2jeux.com/), Paris.
26 players attended this last event of the year, traditionally organized and
judged by meh, post-EK and pre-HttB.
the results :
Final Rank Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs
1 Orian GISSLER (Vignes) 2 8 2 168
2 Arnaud BAIGTS (weenie anima) 2 8 2 144
2 Karim BALOUL (Nosfe Royalty) 2 7 0 144
2 Quentin BRABAN-AVENEL (Orlando vote toolbox) 2 6 1 138
2 Pascal BERTRAND (Black Cat Beretta) 1 5.5 0 138
6 Antonio COBO CUENCA (Anson Grooming vote) 1 5 156
7 Thomas GIBSON (Nocturn) 1 5 132
8 Franck BERNARD (Shambling) 1 4 132
9 Tristan DUCOUSSO (Stanislava Royalty) 1 4 102
10 Eric VERNEAU (weenie auspex) 1 3 112
11 Alexis DE PERETTI (Ventrue LF Gr-4-5) 1 3 108
11 Khamsing SOMSACK (Vittel + !Ventrue bleed) 1 3 108
13 Etienne FAUST (weenie presence bleed) 0 4 150
14 Fran�ois GREINER (Shambling + bleed) 0 3 120
15 J�r�me GOYET (Blanche Hill Spirit Marionnette) 0 2 120
16 Jean-No�l JOURDAN (Celegun) 0 2 94
17 Yann DROUGLAZET (Tzim wall) 0 1 94
18 David FLEURY (Roxanne multirush Trophy) 0 1 90
19 Timoth�e DAUDE (Guruhi are the Land+Talbot) 0 0.5 78
19 Benoit CHABORD (Neph) 0 0.5 78
21 Dominique MILLION (Count Germaine multirush) 0 0 76
22 Nicolas DEWYSE (AAA) 0 0 70
22 Guilhem MARRANNES (Khisha Bimji wall) 0 0 70
24 Rudy GORDON (Akunanse toolbox) 0 0 66
25 Matthieu ALCHOURROUN (Hell-for-Leather rush&bleed) 0 0 60
25 Julien OHLER (Eurayle+Ventrue) 0 0 60
ranks after the prelims :
1/ TTC (Vignes) 2GW 8VP 168 TP, our former n�1 world rank or current n�1
world rank
2/ Arnaud B. (weenie anima) 2GW 8VP 144 TP, who didn't play in round 1
3/ Karim B. (Nosfe Royalty) 2GW 7VP, his first final in sanctioned
constructed tournament, congrats
4/ Quentin B. A. (Orlando vote toolbox) 2GW 6VP, his 2nd final in sanctioned
constructed
5/ Floppy (Black Cat Beretta) 1GW 5.5 VP, who had won the LCQ 2009 in Palma
and who crossed most of France to go to Paris
Poor Antonio, who had ended up 6th at the EC day 2 with an Anson Grooming
deck is also 6th of this tournament, with an Anson Grooming deck.
Seating
Quentin (Orlando vote toolbox) -> TTC (Vignes) -> Floppy noted FzD (Black
Cat Beretta) -> Karim (Nosfe Royalty) -> Arnaud (weenie anima)
A transcript of the final follows, it should be more or less readable. It's
not a step-by-step transcript, though the pool total of a given player is
indicated at the end of a player's turn between parentheses, or at some key
moments. " Bleeds 1 " means a vamp bleeds for 1 and is unblocked if nothing
else is specified. The transcript assumes Powerbase Montreal had always been
used (either for influencing a vamp out or for retro-transfert), it doesn't
usually go into the details of which Vessel'ed or Blood Doll'ed vamp get
blood off. " vamp (X) " means such vamp currently has X blood on him. The
fluffy details of table talk are not given here, mostly because the various
degrees of tone and the real meanings are inferred from knowing the players
and their style. It's available on the french forum for those who are
interested and able to read french, though. Spectators and players are free
to voice here their own biased opinions, of course.
Turn 1
TTC : plays Anarch Troublemaker, influences 1 (29)
FzD : influences 1, influences Antoinette (28)
Karim : influences 3 (27)
Arnaud : influences 1, influences Stick (26)
Quentin : influence 3+1 (26)
Turn 2
TTC influences 2/2 elsewhere (25)
FzD : Antoinette bleeds 1, influences Black Cat. (24).
Karim : influences, no vampire out.
Arnaud : Blood Doll on Stick blood, Stick employs Raven Spy. Influences
Droescher One Eye and Zip. (23)
Quentin : influences 5/3, still no vamp out. (22)
Turn 3
TTC : influences Edward Vignes (21)
FzD : gains +1 from Edge. Antoinette bleeds for 1, Black Cat bleeds for 1.
Influences Marianna Gilbert (21)
Karim : influences Sheldon (16)
Arnaud : Zip performs action Aranthebes. Stick : gets 2nd Ravenspy.
Droescher bleeds 1. Influences Bobby Lemon. (18)
Quentin : influences Orlando. (17)
Turn 4
TTC : Vignes Govern sup., TTC gets Ranjan Rishi and Boss Calilhean in ready
region. (17)
FzD : Black Cat bleed 1. Antoinette bleed 1. Marianna bleed 1. Karim (13).
FzD influences Nik.
Karim : Sheldon 4th Trad. Arnaud : On the Qui Vive (OtQV) on Stick, attempts
to block, Sheldon plays Faceless Night, Lost in Crowds, Stick plays sup.
Cat's Guidance, Aranthebes is used, Sheldon plays sup. Elder Impersonation,
action successful, Freak Drive. Sheldon calls Kine Resources Contested.
Forced Awakening on Stick and attempt to block, Sheldon plays Lost in
Crowds, action unblocked. Terms : 3 Arnaud 1 FzD, referendum passes. Arnaud
(15). FzD (19). Karim influences Selma. (10) ()
Arnaud : Vessel on Zip. Puts Powerbase Montreal into play. +1 blood on Stick
via Blood Doll. Bobby : Owl Companion. Droescher bleeds 1. Orlando :
Telepathic Misdirection on TTC. Ranjan : Deflection or Redirection on FzD.
FzD : no block. Zip bleeds 1, unblocked. Quentin (16). Arnaud calls the next
vamp, +1 Montreal.
Quentin : Orlando sup. Govern, unblocked. Influences Ladislaz Torch. (15).
Turn 5
TTC : plays Giant's Blood on Stick. Boss steals Montreal. Ranjan Govern sup.
Influences Ingrid Russo (16)
FzD : Black Cat plays Ambush on Rajan, unblocked. Concealed Weapon on
Beretta, 3 times. Maneuver to long with 1st Beretta, Rajan S :CE with Force
of Personnality. Nik equips with a Beretta in play. Marianna bleeds 1.
Karim (9). FzD (17)
Karim : Legendary Vampire on Selma. Selma 4th Trad, Stick attempts to block,
sup. Forgotten Labyrinth, action unblocked, Freak Drive. Sheldon : 4th Trad,
Stick attempts to block, sup. Elder Imp., Forced Awakening on Bobby,
Aranthebes is used, Faceless Night, action unblocked. Karim gets Murat out.
Karim (6).
Arnaud : Vessel on Droescher. Puts Erciyes Fragment into play. Zip has 1
blood, hunts. Bobby employs Raven Spy. Droescher steals Montreal. Arnaud
(15).
Quentin : Orlando calls Con Boon, unblocked. Terms of the vote : !Tremere,
referendum passes by 7. Ladislaz bleeds 1. Ingrid Russo blocks. Theft of
Vitae, press, Theft of Vitae, press, hit for 1. Ladislaz (5), Ingrid in
torpor. Influences 4. Quentin (13)
Turn 6 (31mn played)
TTC : Coven into play. Edward rescues Ingrid out of torpor. Coven used on
Ingrid (2). Ranjan (2) bleeds for 2 (FzD controls 1 brujah, Ranjan has +1
bleed). Antoinette tries to block, Bonding sup., unblocked. Floppy (14).
Ingrid : Govern sup, unblocked. TTC calls next vamp. Lana Butcher is out.
TTC (15)
FzD : plays Nod. 2 Beretta on Nik, 2 Beretta on Antoinette. Fame on Sheldon.
Marianna bleeds 1. Murat blocks. Hits for 1, Marianna (3), Murat (6). Black
Cat bleeds 1, unblocked, Karim (5).Nik bleeds 1. Karim (4). FzD (14), with
Antoinette as the only untapped vamp.
Karim : plays Labyrinth. Murat calls Parity Shift, Stick tries to block,
Lost sup. Arnaud declines to block. Karim takes 5 from Arnaud, passes by 10.
Karim (8), Arnaud (10).
Arnaud : uses Vessels, Arnaud (12). Uses blood doll, Arnaud (13). Zip hunts,
unblocked, Zip (2). Droescher (2) bleeds 1, Ladislaz OtQV, block, Aid from
Bats inf Vs sup Theft of Vitae. Dorescher (0), Ladislaz (6). Bobby hunts,
Bobby (3). Calls the next vamp, puts 1 with Montreal. Arnaud (12)
Quentin : Secure Haven on Orlando. Orlando sup. Govern. Ladislaz plays Ivory
Bow, OtQV on Bobby, block. Quentin's hand seen via Owl Companion : Archon
Inv, Madrid, Conservative, Anarchist, Ancilla, OtQV, Seduction. Combat :
Carrion, Aid from Bats x2, Ladislaz in torpor. Gets Polly Kay Ficher out.
Turn 7 (48mn played)
TTC : Pentex on Antoinette. Rajan bleeds for 5 (Conditioning), unblocked.
Vignes bleed, sup. Conditioning. Ingrid bleed, Seduction sur Sheldon, sup.
Conditioning, FzD is at 1 pool. Boss Cailean : Mind Numb on Polly Kay
Fischer. Lana Butcher bleeds 1. FzD is ousted after 50mn of play. TTC gets
Gloria Giovanni out. TTC (15).
Karim : Karim (8). Plays Specialisation. Selma plays 4th Trad, unblocked,
Freak Drive. Karim (10)
Arnaud : Animalism sup on Droescher. Uses Vessels, Blood Doll...Zip Hunts.
Bobby employs his 2nd Raven Spy. Droescher bleeds 1, Quentin (10). Retro 2,
Arnaud (17).
Quentin : Ladislaz doesn't untap as normal, Mind Numb burns. Puts Monastery
of Shadows into play. Orlando sup. Govern. Arnaud declines to block. TTC
cycles OtQV and Wake. Quentin retro 2. Quentin (9).
Turn 8 (57mn played)
TTC : uses Anarch Troublemaker on Selma and Sheldon. Pentex on Murat. Ingrid
hunts, unblocked. Lana Butcher Govern bleed, unblocked. Karim (7), Lana (2).
Gloria bleeds Govern+Conditioning, Karim (1), Gloria (2). Rajan hunts, Rajan
(2). Vignes hunts, Vignes (3). Boss bleeds 1. Karim is ousted after 59mn of
play. TTC (18)
Arnaud : Droescher hunts. Stick equips with Sniper, unblocked. Zip bleeds 1.
OtQV on Polly, block, hit for 1 vs Canine Horde. Zip (0). Polly (7). Arnaud
gets Bothwell out. Arnaud (15).
Quentin : Vessel on Polly, burns the Blood Doll on Stick. Plays Dreams, used
Dreams for hand size. Orlando bleeds for 2, Wake on Vignes, Redirection on
Arnaud. Bobby blocks. Hand seen via Owl Companion : Murmur, Ancilla, Walk of
Flame, Vessel, Obedience, Anarchist, Conservative. Combat : Carrion / Aid
from Bats, no press, Cats Guidance. Bobby (1), Orlando (4). Retro 2. Quentin
(8).
Turn 9 (1h04mn played)
TTC : Misdirection on Bobby, Bothwell is the only untapped vamp. Lana
Butcher bleeds with Govern, Arnaud declines to block, Arnaud loses only 2
due to Aranthebes. Arnaud (13). Gloria bleeds with Govern, Forced Awakening
on Stick, block, Carrion, Stick uses Sniper, Gloria in torpor, Cat's
Guidance. Boss : bleeds with Govern, Stick blocks. Stick uses Sniper. Boss
(2). Arnaud has only Bothwell untapped, TTC has Rajan, Vignes, Ingrid
untapped, Arnaud has 13 pool. Vignes bleeds with Entrancement, Bothwell
blocks, Aid from Bats. Vignes (2). Arnaud still has Erciyes, Quentin has
OtQV in his ash heap. Rajan steals Erciyes, OtQV on Bobby who attempts to
block, Daring the Dawn. Rajan in torpeur (1). Ingrid steals Montral, OtQV
Stick who blocks. Stick uses Sniper, in torpor. Influences 4, TTC (13)
Arnaud : Bobby bleeds 1, Polly block+Obedience. Stick : Taunt the Caged
Beast on Lana. OtQV on Boss who blocks. Aid from Bats, Force of
Personnality. Zip : plays Army of Rats. Droescher hunts. Arnaud (13).
Quentin : uses Dreams. Polly calls Anarchist Uprising, Forced on Bobby who
attempts to block, Monastery of Shadows used+Mirror Walk sup. Action
unblocked, referendum passes by 7. Quentin (6), TTC (7), Arnaud (8). TTC
uses Erciyes to get a Blood Doll.
Turn 10 : (1h18mn played)
TTC : Blood Doll on Boss. Boss (1), TTC (6). Vignes (2), bleeds with Govern,
Seduction on Bothwell, sup. Force of Personnality, Arnaud declines to block,
TTC plays Conditioning, bleed fizzles since Vignes cannot pay the cost of
Govern. Vignes is empty, bleed is not successful. Boss bleeds with Govern,
Bothwell attempts to block, Daring the Dawn, inf Conditioning, bleed for 5.
Boss burns, Arnaud (3). Lana (1) bleeds, TTC plays Conditioning, no top deck
of Daring, block of Bothwell, Carrion, Aid from Bats, Lana in torpor. TTC
influences 4 on a vamp who already had 4 blood on it, Catherine Dubois
(capacity 5) gets out in ready region, the 3 extra blood roll off to the
blood bank. TTC (2).
Arnaud : Army of Rats activates. Rack on Bobby, Quentin plays Sudden
Reversal. Stick bleeds 1, unblocked. Bobby hunts, Droescher bleeds 1,
unblocked. Quentin (3). Zip hunts. Arnaud (5).
Quentin : uses Dreams. TTC (2), Arnaud (5), Quentin (4) (after using
Vessel). Polly bleeds 1 with Seduction on Catherine Dubois ; TTC declines to
block, Quentin plays Murmur of the False Will, Catherine plays Deflection on
Arnaud, Bothwell blocks. Pack Alpha on Raven Spy+hit for 1.
Turn 11 (1h27mn played)
TTC : TTC has 2 pool, plays Misdirection on Orlando. [snip illegal actions
due to not realising Orlando had Secure Haven, rollback on the master
phase]. TTC is ousted after roughly 1h29mn of play.
I took less notes after that, but basically Quentin tried his last shot for
the duel : Ancilla with Seduction on Stick, uses Monastery of Shadow for
Stealth and Mirror Walk, Arnaud plays Direct Intervention on Mirror Walk,
Ancilla is blocked, shortly after Arnaud wins the duel, after 1h36mn of
play.
Results : TTC 2VPs, Arnaud 2VPs, Quentin 1VP.
TTC is 1st seed and therefore wins the tournament. Congratulations to him !
Each played got 1 booster (more or less randomly picked from an assortment
of EK, KoT, LotN, 3rd Ed) and promos. Finalists got IIRC 5 additional
boosters. The winner got ten additional boosters or so.
Thanks to :
-the players for a tournament held with good spirit and in a timely manner.
-the Troll2Jeux shop (www.troll2jeux.com) for their hospitality, as usual.
-Johannes Walch, our European Coordinator, for support.
The complete report in french, including pictures, can be found at the
french forum :
http://www.veknfrance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15763
and also on the site
http://www.veknfrance.com/site/article.php3?id_article=232
Finally, the decklist :
Deck Name: Collier of Love
Created By: TTC Master aka Orian Gissler
Description: TWD of the sanctioned, constructed tournament " Conditioning ",
shop Troll2Jeux, Paris, France, december 12th, 2009 (post-EK, pre-HttB). 26
players, 3 rounds + final.
Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 14, Max: 23, Avg: 4,66)
----------------------------------------------
1 Boss Callihan dom for pro PRE 5 Ventrue
1 Catherine du Bois for obf pre DOM 5 Ventrue
1 Diana Vick dom pre 3 Ventrue
3 Edward Vignes for DOM PRE 6 Ventrue
1 Gloria Giovanni nec DOM 4 Giovanni
1 Ilyana Ravidovich aus dom for pre 5 Ventrue
1 Ingrid Russo for DOM 4 Ventrue Antitribu
1 Lana Butcher dom for 3 Ventrue
1 Peter Blaine aus dom for 4 Ventrue Antitribu
1 Ranjan Rishi for DOM PRE 5 Ventrue
Library: (72 cards)
-------------------
Master (11 cards)
2 Anarch Troublemaker
1 Coven, The
1 Giant`s Blood
2 Jake Washington (Hunter)
2 Misdirection
3 Pentex Subversion
Action (18 cards)
2 Entrancement
14 Govern the Unaligned
2 Mind Numb
Action Modifier (20 cards)
4 Bonding
7 Conditioning
4 Daring the Dawn
2 Foreshadowing Destruction
3 Seduction
Reaction (18 cards)
10 Deflection
4 On the Qui Vive
2 Redirection
2 Wake with Evening`s Freshness
Combo (5 cards)
5 Force of Personality
Next sanctioned tournament in Paris : " Neonate Breach ", on sunday, january
10th, 2010, Troll2Jeux shop.
And last but not least, don't forget the European Championship in Paris
(october 29th-31st, 2010) !
Stone
brandonsantacruz
> (report written on Word then saved as .txt, I don't know how to avoid those
> %*$ lines when posting here)
>
> Report of the sanctioned tournament 'Conditioning', december 12th, 2009 at
> the Troll2Jeux shop (http://www.troll2jeux.com/), Paris.
>
> 26 players attended this last event of the year, traditionally organized and
> judged by meh, post-EK and pre-HttB.
>
> the results :
>
> Final Rank Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs
> 1 Orian GISSLER (Vignes) 2 8 2 168
> 2 Arnaud BAIGTS (weenie anima) 2 8 2 144
> 2 Karim BALOUL (Nosfe Royalty) 2 7 0 144
> 2 Quentin BRABAN-AVENEL (Orlando vote toolbox) 2 6 1 138
> 2 Pascal BERTRAND (Black Cat Beretta) 1 5.5 0 138
> 6 Antonio COBO CUENCA (Anson Grooming vote) 1 5 156
> 7 Thomas GIBSON (Nocturn) 1 5 132
> 8 Franck BERNARD (Shambling) 1 4 132
> 9 Tristan DUCOUSSO (Stanislava Royalty) 1 4 102
> 10 Eric VERNEAU (weenie auspex) 1 3 112
> 11 Alexis DE PERETTI (Ventrue LF Gr-4-5) 1 3 108
> 11 Khamsing SOMSACK (Vittel + !Ventrue bleed) 1 3 108
> 13 Etienne FAUST (weenie presence bleed) 0 4 150
> 15 Jérôme GOYET (Blanche Hill Spirit Marionnette) 0 2 120
> 16 Jean-Noël JOURDAN (Celegun) 0 2 94
> 17 Yann DROUGLAZET (Tzim wall) 0 1 94
> 18 David FLEURY (Roxanne multirush Trophy) 0 1 90
Self-oust FTW!
Vincent
>
> Self-oust FTW!
Please do not quote the whole message! ;)
Matthew T. Morgan
> A transcript of the final follows, it should be more or less readable.
Wow, really great job on the transcript. I feel like I was there!
> Turn 10 : (1h18mn played)
>
> TTC : Blood Doll on Boss. Boss (1), TTC (6). Vignes (2), bleeds with Govern,
> Seduction on Bothwell, sup. Force of Personnality, Arnaud declines to block,
> TTC plays Conditioning, bleed fizzles since Vignes cannot pay the cost of
> Govern.
Oops! I presume this wasn't intended, since Boss would've ousted Arnaud.
Or was some top-decking needed?
> Vignes is empty, bleed is not successful. Boss bleeds with Govern,
> Bothwell attempts to block, Daring the Dawn, inf Conditioning, bleed for 5.
> Boss burns, Arnaud (3). Lana (1) bleeds, TTC plays Conditioning, no top deck
> of Daring, block of Bothwell, Carrion, Aid from Bats, Lana in torpor. TTC
> influences 4 on a vamp who already had 4 blood on it, Catherine Dubois
> (capacity 5) gets out in ready region, the 3 extra blood roll off to the
> blood bank. TTC (2).
I figure this was intended, figuring weenie ANI would win the duel.
TTC
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Stone wrote:
> > A transcript of the final follows, it should be more or less readable.
>
> Wow, really great job on the transcript. I feel like I was there!
>
> > Turn 10 : (1h18mn played)
>
> > TTC : Blood Doll on Boss. Boss (1), TTC (6). Vignes (2), bleeds with Govern,
> > Seduction on Bothwell, sup. Force of Personnality, Arnaud declines to block,
> > TTC plays Conditioning, bleed fizzles since Vignes cannot pay the cost of
> > Govern.
>
> Oops! I presume this wasn't intended, since Boss would've ousted Arnaud.
> Or was some top-decking needed?
This was unintended. I was getting tired, it was late, I had like 99%
to miss the weenie ani and to self-oust anyway so....
and I did something I never do, I did not remove the blood of my
vampire to put it on the GtU so I thought ok one blood I can pay my
conditionning... oops
however Boss would never have killed Arnaud, I was needing one more
daring the dawn for it I did not have. I think he let Vignes's bleed
pass because of force of personnality meaning if he would wake and try
to block and I play daring, it could be bad for him.
>
> > Vignes is empty, bleed is not successful. Boss bleeds with Govern,
> > Bothwell attempts to block, Daring the Dawn, inf Conditioning, bleed for 5.
> > Boss burns, Arnaud (3). Lana (1) bleeds, TTC plays Conditioning, no top deck
> > of Daring, block of Bothwell, Carrion, Aid from Bats, Lana in torpor. TTC
> > influences 4 on a vamp who already had 4 blood on it, Catherine Dubois
> > (capacity 5) gets out in ready region, the 3 extra blood roll off to the
> > blood bank. TTC (2).
>
> I figure this was intended, figuring weenie ANI would win the duel.
Yes this was intended this time lol. I was intended to lose as much
pool as possible very fast because my predator if pentexed could die
really fast also.
The final misdirection was not. However, would I had figure it would
kill me, I probably would have done so. I tried my best killing
weenie :ANI: in the last 3-4 turns but it was really too difficult. He
had 5 pools too much.
Stone
"Matthew T. Morgan" <far...@io.com> a �crit dans le message de
news:alpine.BSF.2.00.0...@eris.io.com...
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Stone wrote:
>
> > A transcript of the final follows, it should be more or less readable.
>
> Wow, really great job on the transcript. I feel like I was there!
thanks. Will probably use the same format for the tournaments I organize on
my own (i.e. without any multi-judge system), but that's only once a year.
There's another tournament report somewhere on the french forum with a full
transcript of the final (again won by TTC with a Reversal of Fortune deck,
http://www.veknfrance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15678), but I confess it's a
bit too much of a hassle to get the translation done.
>
> > Turn 10 : (1h18mn played)
> >
> > TTC : Blood Doll on Boss. Boss (1), TTC (6). Vignes (2), bleeds with
Govern,
> > Seduction on Bothwell, sup. Force of Personnality, Arnaud declines to
block,
> > TTC plays Conditioning, bleed fizzles since Vignes cannot pay the cost
of
> > Govern.
>
> Oops! I presume this wasn't intended, since Boss would've ousted Arnaud.
> Or was some top-decking needed?
No, based on the amount of blood Vignes had, plus the fact Arnaud had
clearly declined to block, and definitely the look on TTC's face when he
realized he couldn't pay for the Govern, it wasn't intended. It would
probably have costed him the final if he wasn't top seed.
>
> > Vignes is empty, bleed is not successful. Boss bleeds with Govern,
> > Bothwell attempts to block, Daring the Dawn, inf Conditioning, bleed for
5.
> > Boss burns, Arnaud (3). Lana (1) bleeds, TTC plays Conditioning, no top
deck
> > of Daring, block of Bothwell, Carrion, Aid from Bats, Lana in torpor.
TTC
> > influences 4 on a vamp who already had 4 blood on it, Catherine Dubois
> > (capacity 5) gets out in ready region, the 3 extra blood roll off to the
> > blood bank. TTC (2).
>
> I figure this was intended, figuring weenie ANI would win the duel.
Yes, this one was intended, the players actually talked about it when they
were down to 3 players. At some point, Quentin also had virtually (i.e.
provided he wasn't blocked) the means to oust both TTC and Arnaud with an
Ancilla, but it would have ended up in 2VPs for Quentin and 2 for TTC, so he
didn't play it. In the meanwhile, Arnaud tried to oust Quentin as fast as he
could as he knew TTC would in last resort impale himself on Arnaud and
probably transferring out for good after that.
The flaw in the strategy is that if it had happened, leaving Quentin and
Arnaud in a duel, Arnaud could have conceded, granting Quentin 3VP and the
win. But it probably wouldn't have fitted with Arnaud's style and mood, so I
guess that's why TTC went that road (or however you're supposed to say it
properly in english, I guess you get the picture).
Stone
Matthew T. Morgan
> thanks. Will probably use the same format for the tournaments I organize on
> my own (i.e. without any multi-judge system), but that's only once a year.
> There's another tournament report somewhere on the french forum with a full
> transcript of the final (again won by TTC with a Reversal of Fortune deck,
> http://www.veknfrance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15678), but I confess it's a
> bit too much of a hassle to get the translation done.
I don't read very much french, but I can read vtes just fine. That link
is an interesting read. You get the play-by-play of how someone wins with
a trick deck when the trick doesn't exactly come together right away.
Kevin M.
> (report written on Word then saved as .txt, I don't know how to avoid
> those %*$ lines when posting here)
>
> Report of the sanctioned tournament 'Conditioning', december 12th,
> 2009 at the Troll2Jeux shop (http://www.troll2jeux.com/), Paris.
>
> 26 players attended this last event of the year, traditionally
> organized and judged by meh, post-EK and pre-HttB.
>
> the results :
>
> Final Rank Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs TPs
> 1 Orian GISSLER (Vignes) 2 8 2 168
Vignes? YAWN.
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orianice
>
> Vignes? YAWN.
>
> Kevin M., Prince of Las Vegas
Is this a taunt to hear an answer like "Kevin M? Yawn."
sure worked
Kevin M.
> Kevin M. wrote:
>> Vignes? YAWN.
>
> Is this a taunt [...]
This is not a taunt. You know I respect you and your record.
Part of the YAWN is that I wish that ultra-high level players like
yourself would explore new concepts instead of just racking up
win after win with the same old decks.
The other part of the YAWN is that this stupid deck keeps
ousting enough preys to get into finals and win tournaments. ;)
Kevin M., Prince of Las Vegas
_angst_
> orianice wrote:
> > Kevin M. wrote:
> >> Vignes? YAWN.
>
> > Is this a taunt [...]
>
> This is not a taunt. You know I respect you and your record.
>
> Part of the YAWN is that I wish that ultra-high level players like
> yourself would explore new concepts instead of just racking up
> win after win with the same old decks.
>
Actually I would say that part of being a good player is exploring all
strong deck-concepts. In that way you will learn more. Both how to
play the concept and through that learn how to handle the concept when
facing it. Also, I'm not sure Orian has any former TW's with Vignes.
Secondly this is a modified version (I still can't believe you got
away with not playing majesties ;)) of the deck.
> The other part of the YAWN is that this stupid deck keeps
> ousting enough preys to get into finals and win tournaments. ;)
>
What's stupid about it? It's a crazy strong deck and an impressive
build by the Swiss guys. It should get credit instead of yawns :)
Regards
Alex
orianice
>
> Part of the YAWN is that I wish that ultra-high level players like
> yourself would explore new concepts instead of just racking up
> win after win with the same old decks.
>
I also do, but you cannot Just explore new concepts. I played a new
deck at German championships but I have to mix, I cannot just play new
decks(most of them being variant of existing decks).
I also like to play decks that have proven themselves good because
they work the best. As Alex has underlined it, it is also probably a
different version than usual since not running majesties.
> The other part of the YAWN is that this stupid deck keeps
> ousting enough preys to get into finals and win tournaments. ;)
>
Vignes is stupid but Vignes is strong. During final I have 5 vampires
out on T6, anarch troublemaker on play and pentex in hand. How can I
not kill my prey with that? except weenie intercept of course.
Kevin M.
> KevinM wrote:
>> The other part of the YAWN is that this stupid deck keeps
>> ousting enough preys to get into finals and win tournaments. ;)
>>
> Vignes is stupid but Vignes is strong. During final I have 5 vampires
> out on T6, anarch troublemaker on play and pentex in hand. How
> can I not kill my prey with that? except weenie intercept of course.
One might say "How can you not play Vignes every tournament forever?"
floppyzedolfin
> Vignes is stupid but Vignes is strong. During final I have 5 vampires
> out on T6, anarch troublemaker on play and pentex in hand. How can I
> not kill my prey with that? except weenie intercept of course.
Tss tss tss.. You ousted me because you had Ranjan, the Traitor. There
is no other reason.
orianice
>
> > Vignes is stupid but Vignes is strong. During final I have 5 vampires
> > out on T6, anarch troublemaker on play and pentex in hand. How
> > can I not kill my prey with that? except weenie intercept of course.
>
> One might say "How can you not play Vignes every tournament forever?"
>
failed to reach their objectives when playing Vignes (qualifying or
final)