December Portsmouth Tourney report
James Mcclellan @ Liquid Information
Only 11 Methuselahs turned up for Saturday’s gig at Second Byte, and that
meant two tables of 4 and one of 3 during the heats, which was a bit
weird. Still, we were quorate and had some nice games, and although I
didn’t get to play against absolutely everyone I nearly did, so for a
change can give a reasonable summary a la James Coupe of who was playing
what.
William Lee won the tournament with a Malkavian-antitribu derangement
deck, of which more [ie a complete listing] at the end of this message.
I was second with a virtually-identical clone of Stuart Pieloch’s "It’s
all about the flow" mainly anti-ventrue dom/for/aus deck from the recent
Atlanta tournament. Instead of 8 Redirections I packed 4 Redirectionsand
4 Deflections; otherwise, as they say, qv. In a more combat-heavy
environment it would have done better, plus I probably picked the wrong
place to sit in the final. Nevertheless, a deck that can get 1 or more VPs
in every game of a tournament IS good.
Also in the final were:
Jon Cooper, playing a Stanislawa bleed, combat and takeover deck. If you
blocked he played Dawn op, Drawing out the Beast and then Earth Meld; then
he grave-robbed your vamp. If you didn’t block he bled for shedloads.
Nice!
Pierre Rebstock also played a Stanislawa deck, indeed THE Stanislawa deck
he’s been playing for a while now.
Sid Sidhu played a presence bleed, bloat and anti-vote deck. He actually
managed to pull off theKindred coercion/Elder Kindred Network trick to
oust Mark Baxter in the last heat. He had at least one Archon
Investigation in there, as I learned to my cost in the final. But this
deck was really built for a different metagame.
The following didn’t make the final:
Garry Scarlett played a big cammie vote deck, and got about 2 VPs with it.
Niki Sehmi played the Undead Persistence/Trap/big DOM bleeds deck. Nice
deck, again, but awfully vulnerable to SCE. Garry and Nick tied 2-2 in the
runners-up game [Alex and Mark also played in this].
Mark Baxter played his stealthy presence bleed, bloat and vote deck. He
also got some VPs with it.
Anam Sheader played her rapidly-improving Lasombra
does-a-bit-of-everything deck. No VPs but lots of fun!
Alex from London played the only rush-combat deck – Bru/!Bru pot/cel and
quite nice, but probably needed a shade more presence-bleed to force the
blockers and/or rush.
John Keech played a presencebleed and vote deck and suffered BADLY from
contesting with Sid, Mark and Garry.
I had the most VPs going into the final [9] and got 1 in the final [Sid]
which was not bad considering that I lost a vamp to Archon Investigation
and was reduced to 1 pool. But then I was up against Will who was VERY
strong [Sid had been spending all his time defending against me and trying
to shift the Deranges about so that he could take his princely actions].
So Will got all the other VPs, for a final total of 9. I wasn’t at all
unhappy about Will winning, since I like to see novel and creative decks
do well, and here therefore for the archives is one such, William Lee’s
Malkavian Derangement deck.
CRYPT [12 vampires]
Vasantasena x 2
Hannibal
Virgil
Korah x 2
Quirah
Artemis
Muriel Foucade
Claven
Yorik
Boy Toy
LIBRARY [81 cards]
MASTERS [11 cards]
Dementation x 2
Obfuscate
Malkavian Derangement: paranoia x 2
Elysium the Arboretum
Blood Doll
Minion Tap x 2
Sudden Reversal
Golconda
DEMENTATION [20 cards]
Derange x 8
Blessing of Chaos
Kindred Spirits x 3
Eyes of Chaos x 3
Confusion x 2
Coma x 2
Mind Tricks
OBFUSCATE [14 cards]
Lost in Crowds x 4
Cloak the Gathering x 4
Swallowed by the Night x 2
Forgotten labyrinth
Quick Exit x 3
AUSPEX [9 cards]
Telepathic Misdirection x 3
Spirit’s Touch x 3
Precognition x 2
Revelations
OTHERS [23 cards]
Sacrifice x 2
Cardinal Benediction x 2
Crusade: Miami
Disputed Territory
Banishment
Cardinal Sin: Insubordination x 2
WWEF x 3
Forced Awakening x 2
Leather Jacket x 3
Ivory Bow
Deer Rifle
Enchanted Marionette
Mr Winthrop
Dauntain Black magician
Walk Through Arcadia
Thanks as usual toJohn Eagles for organising the event and judging. Prize
support is in the pipeline, apparently. BTW John and Ian’s shop is now a
smoke-free zone and after Saturday we hope it will a fart-free zone, too,
certainly those of us who were downwind of whoever let rip with a mighty
rip at the start of the third heat. My lips are sealed on the identity of
the culprit, and I hope the same will be true of his sphincter next time
it’s pointing in my direction.
Michael didn’t play vampires on Saturday because he was visiting his
friend Jack. Sadly, their combined Orc-Gobbo force was vanquished by the
Hordes of Tzeentch and Slaanesh [the latter commanded by a girl, which is
nice to see, though I wonder how her mum feels about her pre-pubescent
little darling being into thinly-disguised SM sex and violence], but not
before Michael’s Gobbo shaman had invoked the Foot of Mork [or possibly
Gork] to squash a Keeper of Secrets. So since we had the night off Lady
legbiter and I played Strip Jyhad, for the rules of which see the
alt.games.jyhad ng, or wait till the Christmas !Gangrel NL. I lost, but
I’m sure you had all already guessed that.
And that is NOT all for 1999, VTES-tournament-wise. Our regular Wednesday
group is now an official, DCI-sanctioned constructed-deck event, and so
there are two further opportunities in 1999 for Portsmouth Methuselahs to
get those ratings improved. We start about 8 for those who don’t know, the
venue isSecond Byte, 70B Albert Rd, and there will be an entry fee.
Further details available by phoning 01705 787222.
legb...@my-deja.com
means that Will won with 3 VPs, i was second with 1, and Jon was third
with 1. And now i have updated the UK player ratings: here they are.
VTES/JYHAD UK PLAYER DCI RATINGS DECEMBER 99
Rob Treasure DCI number 1106257 rating 3363 [20 games]
Legbiter [James McClellan] DCI number 1103006 rating 3220 [26 games]
Barney Baker DCI rating 3187 [8 games]
William Lee DCI number 1104755 rating 3170 [19 games]
Jon Cooper DCI number 1106256 rating 3110 [23 games]
Steve Cantlow DCI number 1103330 rating 3064 [8 games]
Sid Sidhu DCI number 1080012 rating 3062 [10 games]
Lunar Moon [Rebecca Ixer] DCI number 1106260 rating 3049 [4 games]
Pierre Rebstock DCI number 1106157 rating 3038 [19 games]
Andy Smith rating 3036 [4 games]
Andrew Bond DCI number 1104814 rating 2997 [3 games]
Anklebiter [Michael McClellan] DCI number 1132385 rating 2991 [11 games]
Niki Sehmi DCI number 1080065 rating 2978 [13 games]
James Coupe DCI number 1103322 rating 2968 [11 games]
Adam Lewis DCI number 1106154 rating 2962 [3 games]
Nathan Hanley DCI number 1132388 rating 2951[6 games]
James Wilson DCI number 1080063 rating 2945 [3 games]
John Lee Barber DCI number 1106267 rating 2927 [6 games]
John Keech DCI number 1103347 rating 2926 [6 games]
Baz Dove 2923 rating 2923 [3 games]
Chris Booth 2923 [3 games]
Steve Wright rating 2912 [3 games]
Garry Scarlett DCI number 1106152 rating 2907 [15 games]
Ian Stubbington DCI number 1132411 rating 2904 [15 games]
Alex Eales DCI number 1080060 rating 2904 [3 games]
Andrew Cobb DCI number 1132388 rating 2903 [9 games]
Gareth Holman DCI number 1132374 rating 2897 [3 games]
Matt Green DCI number 270879 rating 2885 [16 games]
Mike Nudd DCI number 117797 rating 2876[9 games]
Robert Shread DCI number 1106258 rating 2874 [6 games]
Mark Baxter DCI number 1103348 rating 2872 [9 games]
Alex Hughes DCI number 1106159 rating 2861 [16 games]
Patrick Vance DCI number 1106269 rating 2803 [12 games]
Anam Sheader DCI number 1132386 rating 2757 [18 games]
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