Tournament Report:Dramatic Upheaval Columbus
Jay Kristoff
Columbus. It took place in the Guard Tower game store here in Columbus
Ohio. Many thanks to them for having us. Twenty-four players participated,
keeping me from being able to evoke the multi-judge rules. Of the
twenty-four, fourteen were from outside of central Ohio, and seven were
V:EKN Princes.
Of the fifteen qualifying games, fourteen of them had game wins. None
of them exceeded the two hour time limit. Was this a sign of players being
aware of, and changing their style of play to fit the new tournament
environment? Maybe so. Given the commonality of game wins the final round
participants would have been the same under both the new and old tournament
rules. Here are the standings going into the final round:
Name Game wins VP
TP
Jared Strait 2 10
174
Nick Smith 2 9
168
Will Kristoff 2 8
148
Doug Brindley 2 8
144
Aaron Steele 1 5
156
Ron Mart 1 5
132
Kevin Salamone 1 4
132
Andrew (Wes) Weston 1 4
124
Aaron Fillmore 1 4
102
John Bell 1 3
112
Matt Flint 0 4
144
Daniel Decker 0 2
108
Joe DiNardo 0 2
102
Jason Hall 0 1
96
Corey Brindley 0 1
90
Alexander James 0 1
90
Noal McDonald 0 1
90
Erik Baldwin 0 0
72
Kevin Bolte 0 0
72
David McCarty 0 0
70
Brian Shafer 0 0
70
Peter Thumbery 0 0
70
Bernie Bresnahan 0 0
66
Mark Loughman 0 0
60
In the final round they sat: Nick>Will>Jared>Doug>Aaron with Nick going
first.
Doug bled everyone out with Dominate. See his deck on this newsgroup and on
Lasombra's tournament winning decks page.
If you played in this tournament and would like to talk about specific
games, please do so now.
Jay Kristoff, V:EKN Prince of Columbus Ohio
Wes
"Jay Kristoff" <j...@columbus.rr.com> wrote
> If you played in this tournament and would like to talk about specific
> games, please do so now.
Thanks for a great tournament Jay! I had lots of fun (though not so much
sleep).
The one game that I won was rather amusing in that I had four vampires
burned and six in torpor yet still managed to win the game. I ousted two
prey but then ended up sandwiched between two THA decks that tag-teamed my
minions like there was no tomorrow. It was rather funny actually.
I would also like to say that I was very impressed by the level of
sportsmanship in Ohio. People played with honour, won with class and lost
with dignity.
The pizza in Columbus wasn't half-bad either!
Cheers,
WES
vermillian
> "Jay Kristoff" <j...@columbus.rr.com> wrote
>
> > If you played in this tournament and would like to talk about specific
> > games, please do so now.
> Thanks for a great tournament Jay! I had lots of fun (though not so much
> sleep).
Its all that staying up and playing munchkin, isn't it?
> The one game that I won was rather amusing in that I had four vampires
> burned and six in torpor yet still managed to win the game. I ousted two
> prey but then ended up sandwiched between two THA decks that tag-teamed my
> minions like there was no tomorrow. It was rather funny actually.
>
> I would also like to say that I was very impressed by the level of
> sportsmanship in Ohio. People played with honour, won with class and lost
> with dignity.
And not a bit of profanity, anywhere! :)
> The pizza in Columbus wasn't half-bad either!
If you're referring to the place next door, I fear to ever visit your
home town and experience the pizza you have there... if you're
referring to another pizza place in town (like... hound dogs) then
I'll agree. Good pizza.
Till next time.
~Screaming Vermillian (guy who played games till 3 in the morning that
night)
vermillian
> If you played in this tournament and would like to talk about specific
> games, please do so now.
So this dude with a deck consisting of AUS +1 bleed permanent vampires
(toreador, malks, anti-tor, etc...)'s deck consisted of probably 15
ascensions, 10 telepathic counters, 10 intercept, 5 wooden stakes,
some odd generic combat cards (lucky blow, and dodges... even though
all his vamps we saw had Aus, at least, and could have redrawn that
combat...), and computer hacks...
Odd deck to say the last, and even more odd, it got a table win on the
first table I was on...
At one time, I counted his pool and the ascensions in his discard
pile, and they were equal, at 10. Funny that...
Other comments: I had great fun taking pictures for Aaron, sorry I
didn't get any interesting crazy pictures, but... you guys just didn't
do anything interesting or crazy (like jump on the gaming table and
declare that all methuselahs are your b*tch@s)...
I saw two blood lines decks. A Kiasyd Lasombra stealth bleed (with
some off bruise on occasion) deck, played by Nick (made into finals).
Another that consistantly got out a DoC, then an independent gargoyle
weenie, and then a baali, which went out for concordance... I don't
think it scored ANY VP, but the guy was a real sharp player and came
close, and survived a long time in the games...
Most interesting game I played in, Aaron was my predator with Pulse of
Canaile Mask of 1000 faces deck (as I'm calling it), myself a not so
effective FoS SB and my prey Kiasyd reduce bleed, and what else I
don't know...
I tempted my grand preys minion tapped Roxanne, who had a pulse of
canaille on herself, and then I tempted my predator's ozmo or
something, also with a pulse... it turned out I got them on the same
turn, and used them and my three other minions (one who had tempted
herself) to bleed my prey out... next turn I got hit for 12 or
something rediculous like that... all well. I was really just trying
to help Aaron get into the finals. :)
Thanks all who attened, jay for spending an obscene amount of time in
organizing it, and to the gaurdtower for having the space for the
tournament (even though there was another gaming event going on that
day, too).
~Screaming Vermillian
berni...@attbi.comholdlespam
wrote:
>"Jay Kristoff" <j...@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message news:<rfE38.60856$zk4.13...@typhoon.columbus.rr.com>...
>> If you played in this tournament and would like to talk about specific
>> games, please do so now.
One other thing. It was nice to see people NOT bitching about someone
playing old-school stealth/bleed. It may not be the most beloved style
of choice, but is a completely valid tourney style.
While constant bleeds in excess of 5-6 per turn get rediculous, maybe it
can remind people why Archon Investigation was printed in the first
place.
Kudos to the winner, just wish I was his prey (my deck was built to take
advantage of stealth/bleeders).
>So this dude with a deck consisting of AUS +1 bleed permanent vampires
>(toreador, malks, anti-tor, etc...)'s deck consisted of probably 15
>ascensions, 10 telepathic counters, 10 intercept, 5 wooden stakes,
>some odd generic combat cards (lucky blow, and dodges... even though
>all his vamps we saw had Aus, at least, and could have redrawn that
>combat...), and computer hacks...
That would be Aaron from West Michigan. Didn't get a chance to
see the deck in action, but he had fun which is what counts.
>Odd deck to say the last, and even more odd, it got a table win on the
>first table I was on...
>
>At one time, I counted his pool and the ascensions in his discard
>pile, and they were equal, at 10. Funny that...
>Other comments: I had great fun taking pictures for Aaron, sorry I
>didn't get any interesting crazy pictures, but... you guys just didn't
>do anything interesting or crazy (like jump on the gaming table and
>declare that all methuselahs are your b*tch@s)...
>
>I saw two blood lines decks. A Kiasyd Lasombra stealth bleed (with
>some off bruise on occasion) deck, played by Nick (made into finals).
>Another that consistantly got out a DoC, then an independent gargoyle
>weenie, and then a baali, which went out for concordance... I don't
>think it scored ANY VP, but the guy was a real sharp player and came
>close, and survived a long time in the games...
Hey! I was your prey sitting with the THREE Kiasyd in front of you.
Math Check :-)
>Most interesting game I played in, Aaron was my predator with Pulse of
>Canaile Mask of 1000 faces deck (as I'm calling it), myself a not so
>effective FoS SB and my prey Kiasyd reduce bleed, and what else I
>don't know...
>
>I tempted my grand preys minion tapped Roxanne, who had a pulse of
>canaille on herself, and then I tempted my predator's ozmo or
>something, also with a pulse... it turned out I got them on the same
>turn, and used them and my three other minions (one who had tempted
>herself) to bleed my prey out... next turn I got hit for 12 or
>something rediculous like that... all well. I was really just trying
>to help Aaron get into the finals. :)
The one time in the tourney I get a bleed deck behind me and my
hand is full of combat. No wakes or Deflects :-(
Serves me right for bringing a storyline deck to a standard tourney.
>Thanks all who attened, jay for spending an obscene amount of time in
>organizing it, and to the gaurdtower for having the space for the
>tournament (even though there was another gaming event going on that
>day, too).
>
>~Screaming Vermillian
Special thanks to Jay for his display of all the Traditions:
1st: THE MASQUERADE: Hides the fact he's a gamer really well
2nd: DOMAIN: Took a hit for the team after dinner. Eggs don't hurt much
3rd: PROGENY: Will (Jay's Bro) provided a lift for folks Sat. morning
4th: THE ACCOUNTING: Jay collected Entry fees for the tourney
5th: HOSPITALITY:Giving us Michigan boys a place to crash while in town.
6th: DESTRUCTION: Assisted in devouring 1/2 a pizza when "Not" hungry
Thanks Jay! Columbus is a really cool place to visit..
Bernie Bresnahan
Prince of Lansing, MI.