Origins 2001 Results & winning decks [LONG]
Kevin M.
Here are the results of the tournaments that I ran at Origins, along with
complete decklists w/comments from the final table in each event. (Sorry
about the delay, but this was more information than I thought it would
be, and compiling it in a useful format for the newsgroup took longer
than I thought.)
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Origins 2001 Friday Constructed event
Origins gaming convention, 7-6-01, Columbus, Ohio
Rank Name City, State Total VPs TPs
1 Bernard Bresnahan Grand Ledge, MI 12 (4) 162
2 David Tatu Atlanta, GA 7 (1)
144
3 Robyn Merrill Los Angeles, CA 5.5 (0) 150
4 Aaron Steele Madison Heights, MI 5 (0) 114
20 Madman Fisher Chicago, IL 4.5 114
5 John Fleming Erie, PA 4 (0)
138
6 Peter Bakija Ithica, NY 4
126
7 James Hamblin Madison, WI 4 102
8 Noal McDonald Farmington Hills, MI 3.5 138
9 Ulysses Lateiner Columbus, OH 3 126
10 Keith Rekitt Erie, PA 2.5
96
11 Dan Murawski Erie, PA 2 102
12 Mark Loughman Newark, OH 2 84
13 John Bell Cincinnatti, OH 1.5
90
14 Andrew Sackett Ithica, NY 1 102
15 Jay Kristoff Columbus, OH 1 78
15 Will Kristoff Columbus, OH 1 78
17 Robert Atkinson Cincinnatti, OH 0 82
18 David McCarty South Haven, MI 0 72
19 Corey Brindley Westchester, OH 0 70
Final Table seating:
Aaron -> David -> John -> Robyn -> Bernard
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Origins 2001 Saturday Qualifier (Constructed) event
Origins gaming convention, 7-7-01, Columbus, Ohio
Rank Name City, State Total VPs TPs
1 Bernard Bresnahan Grand Ledge, MI 10(4) 142
2 Robyn Merrill Los Angeles, CA 7 (1) 150
3 John Bell Cincinnati, OH 8 (0)
138
4 David Tatu Atlanta, GA 7 (0) 156
5 Mark Loughman Heath, OH 6 (0) 144
6 Nathan Williams Newark, OH 6 130
7 Jay Kristoff Columbus, OH 4.5 138
8 Joe Churchill Columbia, SC 4 132
8 Madman Fisher Chicago, IL 4 132
10 Aaron Steele Madison Heights, MI 4 124
11 Greg Ciallella Sharpsville, PA 4 102
12 Ulysses Lateiner Columbus, OH 3.5 102
13 Daniel Decker Bangor, MI 3 130
14 Jamie Johnson Newark, OH 3 120
15 Tim Hunt Pickerington, OH 2 102
16 Daniel Decker II Bangor, MI 2 100
17 Corwin Brindley West Chester, OH 2 88
18 Will Kristoff Columbus, OH 1 102
19 Noal McDonald Farmington Hills, MI 1 90
19 David Wood Cincinnati, OH 1 90
21 Aaron Filmore South Haven, MI 1 84
22 David McCarty South Haven, MI 1 72
23 Jeff Thompson Austin, TX 0 82
24 Andrew Coen Fairborn, OH 0 76
25 Matt Latham Detroit, MI 0 70
26 Adam Gillings Idaho Falls, ID 0 60
Final Table seating:
Bernard -> John -> Mark -> David -> Robyn
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NOTES:
The number of Princes at Origins this year was quite high; this fact, as
well as several "name" players showing up, caused the competence and
competition levels to be quite high, IMHO. There was almost no reason
for a judge to be there, except to call time, and to explain Rotschreck,
of course. I felt quite satisfied when they understood the explanation.
Some of the players involved even went so far as to state how great the
card was now that they understood it. They then proceeded to trade me
several good cards for some of my Rotschrecks. :)
As The Lasombra has stated previously, there wasn't really any specific
deck types at either tournament, but it seemed to me that people were
playing a wide variety of decks that may no longer be valid choices after
Final Nights becomes legal.
In the Friday tournament, one of the new players, having come from the
M:tG area to play, played 1 round, then, thinking it was similar to a
M:tG tournament, never came back. (This was the only explanation we
could think of for her compete invisibility after the first round. We
sent scouts out to track her, but no trace was ever found.)
In the Friday tournament, Madman played 3 rounds, then had to go, so John
Fleming was allowed to play in the finals. He was quite happy with that
change of events.
In each tournament, David McCarty offered 2 packs of Ancient Hearts for
the player in last place after the 3rd round was finished, who had played
in all 3 rounds. Several players talked about this idea, and we all
think it would become a good idea if it became an "unofficial" tournament
rule. It certainly will be at any tournament where David McCarty is
there! :)
The Lasombra, after having staggered into Columbus at 1:20am on Saturday
morning, was pleased that he was the only person all weekend able to stop
Bernie's 'Origins Power', even though the 1 table where Bernie sat with
The Lasombra, they were cross-table, and John Bell swept. :)
Speaking of Bernie, he was in The Zone all weekend. I'm not sure if
anyone really noticed it, but he had that look in his eyes every time I
talked to him. Bernie: wear shades at GenCon! :)
In one of the tournaments, there was this crazy 5-player table where 2
War Ghouls were being traded back and forth with the cross-table "ally"
each turn via Succubus Club, because both players were the only non-bleed
decks at the table and believed from the outset that they were doomed
unless they beat down every other minion with the War Ghouls. The
Succubus Club was always given to the other player "in exchange" for the
2 War Ghouls, i.e. I begin my turn w/Succubus Club, I give my cross-table
ally the Succubus Club in exchange for the 2 War Ghouls. The funny thing
was that, after receiving the 2 War Ghouls, the acting Methuselah would
then untap the 2 War Ghouls (since it was "still" the untap phase) and
start serving up War Ghoul beatings. Both of the co-operating players
thought this was correct, and the other 3 players at the table never said
anything, and since I was watching another table for practically the
whole round (they kept asking questions and "missing" uptap- and
master-phase effects), the entire match was played that way. Later,
after I had heard what had happened, one of the players involved in the
trading said to me that she said at the table that she thought calling
the judge to figure out when the War Ghouls untapped would be the right
thing to do (since the 3 bleed decks were falling down really hard at
this point), but the 3 bleed deck Methuselahs told her not to bother, so
she said "OK," and kept beating the crap out of them with the War Ghouls.
The closest we came to "out-of-game considerations" was the last round of
the Qualifier where, at a 4-player table, David Tatu (HI TATU!) somehow
used his Presence and Dominate abilities to convince the whole table that
the best thing for them to do would be to withdraw, so everyone would
receive a VP. I think Tatu was the last player to withdraw. ;)
Speaking of withdrawing, Noal McDonald and 2 other player agreed to
withdraw with, like, 6 minutes left in the round. They were the last
table, and when I heard about it I went over to their table, only to see
all 3 of them furiously untapping all their cards, discarding, redrawing,
and passing their turn to the next Methuselah. There were no turn-based
effects in play, so I mercifully stopped them from destroying their cards
and had them end the round.
Props to Jay Kristoff: after taking over Columbus just a few weeks ago,
he demonstrated the 5th tradition and bought me an enormous pizza; after
a few hours, he demonstrated the 2nd tradition and kicked me out of his
house (he had to go to work). :)
A couple really decent LARPers came up to me and suggested that, in the
future, Origins' and GenCon's tournaments be held so that they end at
~7pm, so that the LARP community can participate in both VTES and their
LARP activities.
The Sealed Deck tournament had fewer players than I originally thought
(we only had 10), and 3 players dropped after the first round so we were
unable to continue; therefore the tournament became unsanctioned. In
policing the draft, we had a box at a table of SUPPOSEDLY 2nd edition
Sabbat War that had 20+ packs with either 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, or
16 cards. It became interesting for me to attempt to "correct" the
packs. Strangely enough, that wacked box had 2 Disarms and MANY copies
of Beast, Leatherface (which were defensively drafted against Noal.)
THE Andrew S. Davidson decided to join us for the draft, and it was nice
to see him again.
Speaking of Andrew (esp. how he likes to analyze cards in decks) there
were a LOT of Suddens and DIs in the decks, especially at the top. There
was also a preponderance of Succubus Club. Tatu, Robyn, Mr. Joe
Churchill, and I spoke until late into the night each evening about
things, and something that kept coming up was how banning Succubus Club
might be something to revisit. Our reasoning was that, if cards are
banned (or erratta'ed) mainly because they are undercosted, then Succubus
Club should possibly be banned, since it has the possibility of being
AMAZINGLY undercosted. Then again, it may have just been all the blood
wine!
On a final note, thanks to LSJ's wife for deciding to have a little
tykester, so LSJ could be a homebody and decide that I could be given the
opportunity to run the events at Origins. It was great fun, and everyone
kept coming up to me and saying how I was doing a good job, which made me
feel really, really good. Again, thank you Scott, and I would be happy
to substitute for you any time you'd like. Any openings at WW? 8-)
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Deck Name: Bernard Bresnahan 07-06-01 Constructed
Created by: Bernard Bresnahan
Description: "It's all about the Protean Weenies, baby!"
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 7, Max: 19, Avg: 3.25]
1 Anastasia Grey (ani pro, Gangrel, 3)
1 Camille Devereux (ani FOR PRO, Gangrel, 5)
2 Chandler Hungerford (PRO, Gangrel, 3)
2 Daliyah (obf PRO, Nosferatu, 4)
1 Huang (pro, Pander, 1)
1 Igo the Hungry (pre pro, Caitiff, 1)
1 Mirembe Kabbada (ani PRO SER, Gangrel, 5)
1 Raven (ani FOR PRO, Gangrel, 5)
1 Ricki Van Demsi (for pro, Gangrel, 3)
1 Sadie (pro, Gangrel Antitribu, 2)
Library: (70 cards)
Master (16 cards)
2 Blood Doll
2 Direct Intervention
1 Giant's Blood
4 Information Highway
4 Protean
1 Sudden Reversal
2 Tribute to the Master
Minion (54 cards)
6 Claws of the Dead
14 Computer Hacking
6 Earth Meld
5 Flesh of Marble
3 Forced Awakening
8 Form of Mist
1 Gangrel Justicar
3 Laptop Computer
8 Rapid Change
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Deck Name: David Tatu 07-06-01 Constructed
Created by: David Tatu
Description: Q: "So, how does your deck work?" Tatu: "Well, it got me to
the finals."
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 12, Max: 33, Avg: 6]
1 Beast (ani cel OBF POT, Nosferatu Antitribu,
7)
1 Duck (obf pot, Nosferatu, 3)
1 KoKo (pot, Nosferatu, 2)
1 Lupo (pot, Brujah, 2)
1 Murat (OBF POT ser, Nosferatu, 7, Prince)
2 Nikolaus Vermeulen (ani for obf POT, Nosferatu, 7, Prince)
1 Rake (aus cel pot PRE, Brujah, 6, Prince)
1 Selma the Repugnant (ani for OBF POT, Nosferatu, 8, Prince)
2 Sheldon (ANI AUS for OBF POT, Nosferatu, 9,
Justicar)
1 Volker (CEL pot, Brujah, 5, Prince)
Library: (90 cards)
Master (16 cards)
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Elysium: The Palace of Versailles
1 Fortitude
1 Labyrinth, The
1 Legendary Vampire
1 Life Boon
8 Minion Tap
1 Secret Library of Alexandria, The
1 Succubus Club
Minion (74 cards)
1 Anarchist Uprising
1 Ancilla Empowerment
1 Changeling Skin Mask
2 Cloak the Gathering
1 Consanguineous Boon
1 Conservative Agitation
1 Disputed Territory
5 Fifth Tradition: Hospitality, The
5 Forgotten Labyrinth
2 Freak Drive
1 Hidden Strength
6 Immortal Grapple
2 Kindred Restructure
5 Kine Resources Contested
1 Laptop Computer
2 Lost in Crowds
4 Pushing the Limit
1 Rumors of Gehenna
9 Second Tradition: Domain, The
5 Skin of Steel
1 Superior Mettle
3 Swallowed by the Night
6 Taste of Vitae
6 Torn Signpost
2 Undead Strength
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Deck Name: Robyn Merrill 07-06-01 Constructed
Created by: Robyn Merrill
Description: "All I know is, I'm the War Ghoul girl!"
Crypt: (15 cards) [Min: 9, Max: 21, Avg: 3.53]
1 Anastasia Grey (ani pro, Gangrel, 3)
1 Bear Paw (ANI for pre pro, Gangrel, 5)
1 Caliban (ANI AUS VIC, Tzimisce, 6)
1 Dani (ani, Nosferatu Antitribu, 2)
2 Devin Bisley (ANI AUS vic, Tzimisce, 5)
1 Gillian Krader (ani dem, Pander, 2)
1 Leon (ani for, Gangrel Antitribu, 3)
1 Nigel the Shunned (ANI obf POT, Nosferatu Antitribu, 5)
1 Panagos Levidis (ani obf, Gangrel, 3)
1 Raziya Samater (ani pot, Brujah, 3)
1 Tommy (ani pot, Nosferatu Antitribu, 3)
1 Vliam Andor (ani, Gangrel, 2)
2 Wendy Wade (ani aus, Tzimisce, 3)
Library: (90 cards)
Master (17 cards)
6 Animalism
4 Blood Doll
2 Direct Intervention
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Hungry Coyote, The
2 Sudden Reversal
1 Tribute to the Master
Minion (73 cards)
11 Aid from Bats
2 Army of Rats
10 Carrion Crows
10 Cats' Guidance
2 Conquer the Beast
3 Delaying Tactics
1 Drawing Out the Beast
6 Embrace, The
4 Forced Awakening
3 Guard Dogs
2 Owl Companion
1 Rats' Warning
5 Raven Spy
2 Revenant
1 Shepherd's Innocence
1 Song in the Dark
4 Taste of Vitae
2 Tier of Souls
3 War Ghoul
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Deck Name: Aaron Steele 07-06-01 Constructed
Created by: Aaron Steele
Description: "Did you ever notice that Distraction has a superior?
Neither does anybody else."
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 14, Max: 30, Avg: 5.58]
1 Delilah Easton (pre, Toreador, 2)
1 Donatien (AUS cel pot PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 9,
Cardinal)
1 Greta Kircher (AUS CEL obf PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 7)
1 Ian Wallingford (aus CEL PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 6,
Bishop)
2 Jost Werner (ani AUS PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 6)
1 Lachlan (AUS CEL dom PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 8,
Archbishop)
1 Lolita (for pre, Toreador Antitribu, 3)
1 Mariana Gilbert (cel PRE, Toreador, 4)
1 Rigby (aus CEL pot PRE, Brujah Antitribu, 5)
1 Sheila Mezarin (AUS cel for PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 6)
1 Victor Revell (aus CEL dem pre, Toreador Antitribu, 5)
Library: (90 cards)
Master (17 cards)
2 Blood Doll
2 Direct Intervention
1 Festivo dello Estinto
1 Fetish Club Hunting Ground
1 Giant's Blood
1 Hungry Coyote, The
1 Minion Tap
2 Palla Grande
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Powerbase: Madrid
1 Rack, The
3 Sudden Reversal
Minion (73 cards)
3 Aire of Elation
3 Alacrity
3 Art Scam
2 Awe
3 Banishment
2 Bewitching Oration
1 Blood Siege
1 Bribes
2 Catatonic Fear
2 Change of Target
1 Consanguineous Boon
1 Crusade: Detroit
1 Crusade: Philadelphia
1 Crusade: Toronto
1 Distraction
1 Domain Challenge
1 Dramatic Upheaval
3 Enchant Kindred
1 Entrancement
6 Forced Awakening
1 J. S. Simmons, Esq.
5 Kine Resources Contested
8 Majesty
1 Marijava Ghoul
3 Media Influence
3 Mind Numb
1 My Enemy's Enemy
4 Patronage
2 Propaganda
1 Revelations
3 Telepathic Misdirection
2 Wake with Evening's Freshness
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Deck Name: John Fleming 07-06-01 Constructed
Created by: John Fleming
Description: "I love knowing I'm bringing the pain before you even start
swinging. Before you strike, there's pain. After you strike, there's
pain."
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 13, Max: 30, Avg: 5.58]
2 Caliban (ANI AUS VIC, Tzimisce, 6)
1 Corine Marcón (ani AUS VIC, Tzimisce, 6)
1 Devin Bisley (ANI AUS vic, Tzimisce, 5)
2 Dragos (ANI AUS vic, Tzimisce, 7)
1 Horatio (vic, Tzimisce, 2)
1 Lolita (for pre, Toreador Antitribu, 3)
1 Meshenka (ANI AUS VIC, Tzimisce, 8, Priscus)
1 Sascha Vykos (ani AUS dom THA VIC, Tzimisce, 8,
Priscus)
1 Violet Tremain (dom pre tha vic, Tzimisce, 6, Bishop)
1 Wendy Wade (ani aus, Tzimisce, 3)
Library: (87 cards)
Master (13 cards)
3 Blood Doll
1 Direct Intervention
1 Information Highway
2 Library Hunting Ground
1 Powerbase: Montreal
1 Rack, The
1 Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
1 Sudden Reversal
2 Vicissitude
Minion (74 cards)
4 Aid from Bats
2 Army of Rats
1 Aura Reading
4 Blood of Acid
1 Bloodform
2 Breath of the Dragon
5 Carrion Crows
3 Cats' Guidance
5 Changeling
5 Drawing Out the Beast
4 Enhanced Senses
3 Forced Awakening
6 Horrid Form
2 Inner Essence
1 J. S. Simmons, Esq.
3 Leather Jacket
1 Mr. Winthrop
1 My Enemy's Enemy
1 Owl Companion
4 Precognition
1 Reform Body
1 Revenant
2 Scorpion Sting
1 Skin Trap
5 Song of Serenity
1 Taste of Vitae
1 Telepathic Misdirection
3 Wake with Evening's Freshness
1 War Ghoul
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Deck Name: Bernard Bresnahan Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01
Created by: Bernard Bresnahan
Description: "Dominate - Major Boon. When the boon is in play, it is
good. You don't need blood gain when you're not getting bled."
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 11, Max: 27, Avg: 4.75]
1 Courtland Leighton (dom for pre, Ventrue, 4)
1 Emerson Bridges (DOM FOR pot PRE, Ventrue, 8, Prince)
1 Gloria Giovanni (DOM nec, Giovanni, 4)
1 Ingrid Russo (DOM for, Ventrue Antitribu, 4)
1 Luccia Paciola (DOM for pre, Ventrue, 6)
1 Peter Blaine (aus dom for, Ventrue Antitribu, 4)
1 Ranjan Rishi (DOM for PRE, Ventrue, 5)
1 Royce (dom, Pander, 1)
1 Samson (dom, Ventrue Antitribu, 2)
1 Sir Walter Nash (DOM FOR PRE, Ventrue, 7, Prince)
1 Stefano Giovanni (DOM nec pot pre, Giovanni, 6)
1 Vanessa (aus DOM FOR pre, Ventrue Antitribu, 6)
Library: (80 cards)
Master (13 cards)
1 Demonstration
1 Giant's Blood
6 Major Boon
2 Sudden Reversal
2 Tribute to the Master
1 Ventrue Headquarters
Minion (67 cards)
5 Bonding
10 Deflection
2 Far Mastery
2 Ivory Bow
2 Kindred Coercion
4 Kine Resources Contested
6 Leather Jacket
1 Mind Rape
2 Palatial Estate
3 Pulling Strings
6 Redirection
6 Scouting Mission
4 Seduction
1 Sleeping Mind, The
6 Superior Mettle
1 Thanks for the Donation
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness
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Deck Name: Robyn Merrill Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01
Created by: Robyn Merrill
Description: "Something like this wasn't supposed to go the finals."
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 16, Max: 31, Avg: 6.17]
3 Anson (aus CEL dom PRE, Toreador, 8, Prince)
1 Felicia Mostrom (AUS CEL pre, Toreador, 5)
1 Greta Kircher (AUS CEL obf PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 7)
1 Jost Werner (ani AUS PRE, Toreador Antitribu, 6)
1 Kite (AUS DEM obf pre, Malkavian Antitribu,
7, Bishop)
2 Tatiana Romanov (AUS cel pre, Toreador, 7, Prince)
1 Victoria (AUS cel obf, Malkavian, 5)
2 Zöe (AUS cel obf, Malkavian, 3)
Library: (90 cards)
Master (24 cards)
1 Art Museum
3 Blood Doll
14 Brainwash
1 Minion Tap
1 Parthenon, The
3 Pentex Subversion
1 Succubus Club
Minion (66 cards)
3 .44 Magnum
7 Aire of Elation
2 Distraction
4 Eagle's Sight
8 Enchant Kindred
5 Enhanced Senses
1 Entrancement
4 Forced Awakening
8 Majesty
2 My Enemy's Enemy
3 Precognition
3 Second Tradition: Domain, The
2 Spirit's Touch
1 Taste of Vitae
6 Telepathic Misdirection
7 Wake with Evening's Freshness
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Deck Name: David Tatu Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01
Created by: David Tatu
Description: "I played Ventrue because I didn't think there would be any
intercept. I get here today -- no intercept."
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 13, Max: 28, Avg: 5]
1 Courtland Leighton (dom for pre, Ventrue, 4)
1 Emerson Bridges (DOM FOR pot PRE, Ventrue, 8, Prince)
1 Gideon Fontaine (PRE, Ventrue, 3)
1 Heather Florent (dom FOR PRE, Ventrue, 6)
1 Itzahk Levine (cel pre, Ventrue, 3)
1 Jazz Wentworth (dom for PRE, Ventrue, 5)
1 Melissa Barton (cel dom for pre, Ventrue, 5)
1 Ranjan Rishi (DOM for PRE, Ventrue, 5)
1 Roland Loussarian (for pre, Ventrue, 3)
1 Sir Walter Nash (DOM FOR PRE, Ventrue, 7, Prince)
1 Timothy Crowley (ani dom FOR PRE, Ventrue, 7, Prince)
1 Violette Prentiss (dom PRE, Ventrue, 4)
Library: (90 cards)
Master (16 cards)
1 Anarch Troublemaker
4 Blood Doll
1 Direct Intervention
1 Elder Library
1 Hostile Takeover
1 Information Highway
1 Life Boon
1 Protected Resources
1 Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper, The
1 Succubus Club
1 Sudden Reversal
1 Tribute to the Master
1 Ventrue Headquarters
Minion (74 cards)
1 Anarchist Uprising
1 Ancilla Empowerment
4 Awe
5 Bewitching Oration
2 Change of Target
1 Conditioning
4 Consanguineous Boon
2 Conservative Agitation
1 Daring the Dawn
1 Day Operation
6 Deflection
1 Disputed Territory
1 Dramatic Upheaval
2 Freak Drive
1 Ghoul Escort
2 Hidden Strength
1 Ivory Bow
1 Judgment: Camarilla Segregation
1 Kindred Restructure
4 Kine Resources Contested
1 Kiss of Ra, The
6 Majesty
3 Obedience
1 Palatial Estate
1 Praxis Seizure: Berlin
1 Praxis Seizure: Cairo
1 Rumors of Gehenna
5 Second Tradition: Domain, The
3 Skin of Steel
1 Superior Mettle
1 Ventrue Justicar
4 Voter Captivation
4 Wake with Evening's Freshness
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Deck Name: John Bell Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01
Created by: John Bell
Description: "God, Fame with weenie-Potence is foul."
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 11, Max: 20, Avg: 3.83]
1 Agatha (obf POT, Nosferatu Antitribu, 4)
1 Beast (ani cel OBF POT, Nosferatu Antitribu,
7)
1 Duck (obf pot, Nosferatu, 3)
1 Hector Sosa (pre POT, Brujah, 4)
1 Hugo (POT pre vic, Brujah Antitribu, 4)
1 Jacob Bragg (cel pot, Brujah Antitribu, 3)
1 KoKo (pot, Nosferatu, 2)
1 Nigel the Shunned (ANI obf POT, Nosferatu Antitribu, 5)
1 Raziya Samater (ani pot, Brujah, 3)
1 Sammy (ani obf pot, Nosferatu, 4)
1 Shane Grimald (ani dom pot, Gangrel Antitribu, 4)
1 Tommy (ani pot, Nosferatu Antitribu, 3)
Library: (90 cards)
Master (19 cards)
1 Depravity
7 Fame
5 Haven Uncovered
1 Mob Connections
5 Sudden Reversal
Minion (71 cards)
6 Army of Rats
10 Bum's Rush
8 Immortal Grapple
10 Increased Strength
8 Pushing the Limit
7 Taste of Vitae
7 Thrown Gate
7 Torn Signpost
8 Undead Strength
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Deck Name: Mark Loughman Saturday Qualifier 07-07-01
Created by: Mark Loughman
Description: "If I can't get Arika or Queen Anne, Roxanne is my baby."
Crypt: (12 cards) [Min: 21, Max: 40, Avg: 7.75]
1 Arika (aus cel DOM FOR OBF PRE, Ventrue, 11,
Inner Circle)
2 Emerson Bridges (DOM FOR pot PRE, Ventrue, 8, Prince)
2 Ingrid Russo (DOM for, Ventrue Antitribu, 4)
1 Luccia Paciola (DOM for pre, Ventrue, 6)
1 Marty Lechtansi (ani DOM for OBF POT, Nosferatu, 9,
Primogen)
2 Queen Anne (aus DOM FOR obf PRE, Ventrue, 10,
Prince)
1 Roxanne (AUS DOM FOR OBF pot, Malkavian, 9,
Primogen)
2 Sir Walter Nash (DOM FOR PRE, Ventrue, 7, Prince)
Library: (84 cards)
Master (19 cards)
2 Archon Investigation
4 Blood Doll
3 Hostile Takeover
4 Obfuscate
4 Sudden Reversal
2 Uptown Hunting Ground
Minion (65 cards)
5 Bonding
4 Cloak the Gathering
3 Conditioning
10 Deflection
1 Entrancement
6 Govern the Unaligned
4 Kine Dominance
3 Lost in Crowds
7 Obedience
2 Redirection
5 Second Tradition: Domain, The
4 Skin of Rock
6 Skin of Steel
5 Wake with Evening's Freshness
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Kevin M., Prince of Madison, WI
(remove PLEASENOSPAMME for direct reply)
"Know your enemy, and know yourself; in one-thousand battles
you shall never be in peril." -- Sun Tzu, _The_Art_of_War_
"Contentment... Complacency... Catastrophe!" -- Joseph Chevalier
The Nosferatu Stuff
any ideas let me know.
Otherwise check out my site for some pictures of this whole mess!
http://www.geocities.com/roansteele/jyhad_tournaments.html
Aaron
Raille
> In each tournament, David McCarty offered 2 packs of Ancient Hearts for
> the player in last place after the 3rd round was finished, who had played
> in all 3 rounds. Several players talked about this idea, and we all
> think it would become a good idea if it became an "unofficial" tournament
> rule. It certainly will be at any tournament where David McCarty is
> there! :)
>
At least until I run out of packs to donate.
> Speaking of Bernie, he was in The Zone all weekend. I'm not sure if
> anyone really noticed it, but he had that look in his eyes every time I
> talked to him. Bernie: wear shades at GenCon! :)
I guess I was too beat down to look up that high. ;)
> A couple really decent LARPers came up to me and suggested that, in the
> future, Origins' and GenCon's tournaments be held so that they end at
> ~7pm, so that the LARP community can participate in both VTES and their
> LARP activities.
Excellent Idea. We really need to encourage the LARP players to play
VTES.
Still would mean starting the tourney about noon, or even 11am. Which
would be perfectly fine with me. I was waking about 9am each day, and
after coffee ect, I was fully ready to play by 11.
> THE Andrew S. Davidson decided to join us for the draft, and it was nice
> to see him again.
Did he ever fine if shadowfist decks?
Raille
Andrew S. Davidson
>Did he ever find his Shadowfist decks?
Nope and that's a shame as they were my theme movie decks which were
lots of fun and took a while to build: Pulp Fiction, The Matrix, Big
Trouble in Little China and Forever Knight. The latter even featured
Hopping Vampires.
The lessons are:
1. Travel light. I find this impossible myself and well deserve the
title Mr Suitcase.
2. Always keep your bags in your personal space. I tossed mine aside
when we moved to escape the vicious draft from the air-con.
3. Don't use Ultra-Pro shoulder bags as they are too anonymous and
advertise the presence of potentially valuable rares.
4. Don't play in the WotC area alongside Magic players. They have
the morals of a mink and won't even think that you might have cards
for another game in your bag.
5. Cultivate a good Zen attitude like the best Kung Fu masters. The
glass is already broken ...
Andrew
Andrew S. Davidson
>A couple really decent LARPers came up to me and suggested that, in the
>future, Origins' and GenCon's tournaments be held so that they end at
>~7pm, so that the LARP community can participate in both VTES and their
>LARP activities.
A good plan which might get you more female players. My eye was
caught by a Sailor Moon tournament which seemed to be mostly women and
I bet that Magination had more than its share too. VTES is never
going to score highly as a cute game, so you need to make time for the
goth element to join in, instead.
>The Sealed Deck tournament had fewer players than I originally thought
>(we only had 10), and 3 players dropped after the first round so we were
>unable to continue; therefore the tournament became unsanctioned.
>THE Andrew S. Davidson decided to join us for the draft, and it was nice
>to see him again.
Sorry to be one of the drop-outs but I was ousted first, as usual, and
really wanted to go hunt for my stolen cards and get some sleep. I
had supposed that the draft was just a pick-up event - I didn't
realise that it was the real thing. I was quite enjoying squeezing
the life out of The Lasombra until Noal descended on me from a great
height and put me to bed. And who was that guy who came across table
at me? I must be doing something right to get three of you going for
me.
>It was great fun, and everyone kept coming up to me and saying how
>I was doing a good job
Hear, hear. And you're still doing a good job as a 727-line con
report of this quality is no mean feat. And thanks for the Madness
too - they will go nicely with the Monocle that I bought from a
singles dealer <grin>.
Andrew
Matt Latham
since I came in second to last it worked out OK... too bad I couldnt have
won those PHAT Ancient Hearts packs). After I got smashed (and yelled at,
and danced at, etc) in round two I had plenty of time to run back to the
hotel room, change into my Armor, and get back in time to get smashed in
round 3. (at a really cool table with the other 0 point guy, John with his
neat POT/ani deck, and a really really neat Francois Villon Chimestry deck)
The LARP was so good this year that I did not want to miss even a moment of
it. That is not generally the case.
Thanks to Aaron for popping down to the LARP to tell me of Bernie's Triumph.
When he's the next North American Champion I can say I knew him when......
Matt
Not counting Aaron or Jay out, mind you....
LSJ
>On a final note, thanks to LSJ's wife for deciding to have a little
>tykester, so LSJ could be a homebody and decide that I could be given the
>kept coming up to me and saying how I was doing a good job, which made me
Thanks for stepping into the fire for me - and congratulations on
your marvelous performance.
>feel really, really good. Again, thank you Scott, and I would be happy
>to substitute for you any time you'd like. Any openings at WW? 8-)
Not at WW, but you can change a few diapers if you like. :-)
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XZealot
> caught by a Sailor Moon tournament which seemed to be mostly women and
> I bet that Magination had more than its share too. VTES is never
> going to score highly as a cute game, so you need to make time for the
> goth element to join in, instead.
I have found that Magi Nation is a perfect feeder game for new Vampire
Players, It uses minions with variable levels of counters that you
keep track of. It uses minion on minion interaction, and it uses the
counters off your mage to create the creatures you play. It is a
perfect game to lure players away from to play VTES. I hope this
helps.
Comments Welcome,
Norman S. Brown, Jr.
XZealot
Archon of the Swamp
Eric Jome
Andrew S. Davidson <a...@csi.com> wrote:
> They have the morals of a mink...
I never really thought of mink as having a particularly immoral
character. :) Perhaps weasel?
>5. Cultivate a good Zen attitude like the best Kung Fu masters.
This isnt just good advice about card games... its advice for life.
Sorry to hear they never showed up again Andrew.
Eric
Peter D Bakija
>>The Sealed Deck tournament had fewer players than I originally thought
(we only had 10), and 3 players dropped after the first round so we were
unable to continue; therefore the tournament became unsanctioned. In
policing the draft, we had a box at a table of SUPPOSEDLY 2nd edition
Sabbat War that had 20+ packs with either 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, or
16 cards. It became interesting for me to attempt to "correct" the
packs. Strangely enough, that wacked box had 2 Disarms and MANY copies
of Beast, Leatherface (which were defensively drafted against Noal.)>>
Yeah, it was sad that I had to drop out, as I really like Draft, but we had
only just finished the first round and it was 1:00am (and after three
consecutive nights of 4 hours of sleep, the old weakling that I am simply gave
out). I figured that there were at least 5 guys left for another round, so that
was at least another game.
The draft was excellent, though--10 packs of SW works really well, and we all
made fairly cohesive decks (and got good booty as well). Again, I really like
draft, but simply couldn't survive a second round at that point.
(hey Kevin, you still have those Disarms?)
Peter D Bakija
PD...@aol.com
http://www.geocities.com/bakija6
"She's a hero you see.
She's not like us."
-Giles
Andrew S. Davidson
>I never really thought of mink as having a particularly immoral
>character. :) Perhaps weasel?
Weasels got a bad rep from Wind in the Willows but I like them. For
my mink influence, see the fine SF story, "Mother Hittons Littul
Kittons" by Cordwainer Smith.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/smith/smith1.html
Andrew
James Coupe
<53B22188BE0D75C1.04D93EDC...@lp.airnews.net>,
Andrew S. Davidson <a...@csi.com> writes
>Weasels got a bad rep from Wind in the Willows but I like them.
Gah. Those giant weasels certainly gave me a pounding in a D&D 3rd game
recently. Damn things.
Thank god for the local halfling tribe is all I can say.
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