2 super brief tourney reports
Chris Shorb
Lien, Julien Erard, Larry Lawrence, Robert Acevedo, and Cary Hill made
it to the finals. Dennis won, he played some vote thing. I will attach
it later. I watched every single game, and I can't for the life of me
remember anybody's deck. I suck. If anyone is thinking of having 2 kids,
just remember that 2 is like 4 times as taxing as 1. But I guess by the
time you get to 4 kids (a la Robert G), it's old hat...
Succubus Club tourney, in early August. 10 meths came down. Julien,
Larry, Dennis, Brian McGreal, and Alex Harmon were in the finals. Julien
won, Larry came in 3rd, and Alex was 2nd. Alex also won most VP's of
deck, beating Steve Bucy on a coin toss. At least 2 decks were jakes (a
Tzimisce deck with no untaps, a Tzimisce deck straight out of the
Pre-con), and Wade von Grawbadger got both. Poor Wade. However, the Tzi
deck w/no untaps was Larry's, and he came in 3rd. But I think that was
because in the final Dennis and Brian made this sick deal (both had
gruesome fast weenie bleeders), which caused the other 3 to gang up.
Weirdest thing in the Succubus club tourney, only 4 decks gained VP's.
Larry's and Julien's decks gained no VPs in the prelims, but both made
it to the finals by playing other decks. Steve's deck got 6 VP, but he
got only 1 in the prelims, so he didn't make it.
Thanks to all who played.
The October invitational invitees have been set. I will be sending out
invites soon. After that, my next tourney will be Anarch Revolt 2002, in
late January. I think Robert will run a pre-release at Third Planet for
Bloodlines in Nov or Dec.
chris
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LSJ
> Weirdest thing in the Succubus club tourney, only 4 decks gained VP's.
> Larry's and Julien's decks gained no VPs in the prelims, but both made
> it to the finals by playing other decks. Steve's deck got 6 VP, but he
> got only 1 in the prelims, so he didn't make it.
Players switched decks for the finals?
They should've rolled dice to see which ones (with their decks) got in.
[VEKN 3.8.4]
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Robert Goudie
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> Chris Shorb wrote:
> > Weirdest thing in the Succubus club tourney, only 4 decks gained VP's.
> > Larry's and Julien's decks gained no VPs in the prelims, but both made
> > it to the finals by playing other decks. Steve's deck got 6 VP, but he
> > got only 1 in the prelims, so he didn't make it.
>
> Players switched decks for the finals?
> They should've rolled dice to see which ones (with their decks) got in.
> [VEKN 3.8.4]
This was a wacky unsanctioned event. Fear not. Players brought thier own decks
and added them to a common pool. Players then randomly drew from the pool of
decks to obtain their deck for the preliminary rounds. If you qualified for the
final, you got to play the final round with the original deck you brought.
-Robert
LSJ
Ah. Right-O. Serves me right for not checking.
In an unsanctioned event, you can change decks as often as the judge lets you,
of course. :-)
Joshua Duffin
> > Weirdest thing in the Succubus club tourney, only 4 decks gained VP's.
> > Larry's and Julien's decks gained no VPs in the prelims, but both made
> > it to the finals by playing other decks. Steve's deck got 6 VP, but he
> > got only 1 in the prelims, so he didn't make it.
>
> Players switched decks for the finals?
> They should've rolled dice to see which ones (with their decks) got in.
> [VEKN 3.8.4]
As I understand the Succubus Club Tournament concept - and it's not
a VEKN sanctioned format :-) - players switch decks every round.
Each participant brings a standard constructed deck. Each round, the
decks are randomly distributed to the various players (possibly with
the exception of disallowing players from receiving their own decks
in the preliminary rounds). After the preliminary rounds, the five
players who got the highest VP totals (or, perhaps, most game wins,
under next year's system) with *other* people's decks go on to the
final round. In the final round, each finalist plays the deck he or
she brought.
It sounds like fun to me, as long as people don't bring extra-bad
decks on the theory that they'd rather try to make the preliminary
rounds easier for themselves than do well if they make the finals.
Josh
Chris Shorb
[snip accurate portrayal of Succubus Club format.]
>
> It sounds like fun to me, as long as people don't bring extra-bad
> decks on the theory that they'd rather try to make the preliminary
> rounds easier for themselves than do well if they make the finals.
>
I think if I ever do this again, I would demand "tournament" quality
decks from everyone. This of course is tough to call, but a Tzi deck
with no untaps? Come on. (of course Larry is welcome to defend this
deck...). It was an interesting format, nonetheless.
Chris
The Lasombra
Winning Deck by Dennis E. Lien - Scourge of El Segundo
"A" vote deck
Crypt [avg = 10]
Arika x 6
Natasha Volfcheck x 6
Library (90)
Master (20)
1 Creepshow Casino
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Elder Library
1 Elysium: the Palace of Versailles
1 Giant's Blood
9 Minion Tap
1 Ventrue Headquarters
4 Zillah's Valley
Political Actions (19)
8 Anarchist Uprising
8 Ancilla Empowerment
2 Banishment
1 Ventrue Justicar
Actions (5)
5 Charming Lobby
Action Modifiers (34)
1 Air of Elation
3 Alacrity
5 Awe
7 Bewitching Oration
3 Cloak the Gathering
2 Day Operation
1 Kiss or Ra
4 Seduction
8 Voter Captivation
Reactions (12)
4 Obedience
4 Redirection
4 Wake with Evening's Freshness
Designer Notes:
This is a modification of my earlier deck that featured Anson and Rake with
Natasha. I figured too many people would use Anson in a tournament setting,
so I switched. Actually, Arika is simply better for my purposes.
The idea is rather simple, limit the blood supply, then wait until you can
kill your prey with a couple of stealthy votes and whack the rest of the
table at the same time. This is principally a weenie stomper.
There is precious little defense, save the Redirections and Obedience. I
figured if I was facing rush combat then IG would wipe out my Majesties
anyway. I was right! But in hindsight I do regret not including some
Rolling with the Punches. Not a single intercept card and I don't think
that's a problem. Unless you're stealthily D-attacking me, I don't care what
you do, just bring out more minions please.
Big time blood recursion with the Taps and Caps.
The main problem with getting the votes off is cancellation and Delaying
Tactics. Shrug. Three "finisher" cards with the Day Ops and the Air.
Tournament Notes
Robert Acevedo was my bane all day. He was playing
Ventrue Ante with Quinton AND Demonstration. Ugh!
Game #1, Robert was my prey and he got his combo out
quick, shutting down my votes. Marcos was my predator with a Beast/Rush
deck. He killed Arika the turn after I brought her out and that was about
that. I held on to outlive Marcos; moral victory. Robert swept.
Game #2 and now Robert is my predator and Marcos is
my prey. Sigh! Here we go again. Luckily I made a deal with Marcos that I
wouldn't bleed him if he didn't attack me. (Not bleeding your prey? Talk
about suicide!) I figured I'd have my hands full with Robert's bleeds anyway.
Fortunately Larry's weenie bleeder took Robert out with a stealthy 7
bleed, Go Peter Blaine! That got Quinton off of my back and the next turn I
called an Ancilla and Banished the Beast. Marcos attacked me, breaking
our deal, so I deflected Larry's next big bleed and then bled out Marcos.
Two Ancillas later, Larry's weenies had betrayed him and what was left of his
pool.
Final: I was seeded 4th and Julien chose me as his
prey. I don't know if he knew what my deck did, but he was playing Dramatic
Upheaval, so it didn't matter much anyway. I think he mostly chose to have
Cary for his predator because he was the only non-bleeder at the table.
Larry ousted Cary very quickly and I was at Robert's mercy even though he was
my prey, because that accursed Quinton was out again. Larry made a deal to
back off of Julien until Robert and I were dead. Oops. Robert and I then
conspired to vote Larry out and I figured I'd get second if Robert could
bleed out Julien and then roll for me. Surprise, surprise. Julien was not
only resilient, he outgained Robert and Hostiled Quinton. Robert was getting
low on pool, so he had to let him go. I hadn't gone below 15 that game so I
jumped in and bid 8 for Quinton. That kinda cinched it. Robert couldn't
kill Julien with only two minions so I agreed to let Julien withdraw if he
backed off me until I killed Robert. (I HATE when these deals switch
around!) Anyway, Robert got down to 3 pool with one minion and I had to
resort to calling three Anarchist Uprisings to kill him so he couldn't
deflect a bleed. Julien withdrew and took second, Robert took third. When
was the last time someone won a final as the only guy with 2 VP? Weird
tourney, where were the Malks?
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