VtES North American Championship 2009

NAC 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana

2009-12-03T10:55:00.002-05:00

Kevin Mergen (Prince of Las Vegas) sent in a proposal for the North American Championship 2010 to be in Las Vegas, Nevada to White Wolf/CCP last month, and he received an official letter from White Wolf/CCP today thanking him for his proposal and to let him know that the NAC 2010 will be happening as part of a larger White Wolf Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana in Fall 2010.

This also fits in with the news from this year's International Camarilla Convention (ICC) which took place in Atlanta, Georgia took in November 2009.

"The Gathering in New Orleans. We announced that we’ll be holding a massive convention/meetup for all the fans of our products, whether that’s Mind’s Eye Theatre, oWoD or nWoD, VTES or anything World of Darkness inspired."

You can watch the announcement for the general vampire convention on the White Wolf's YouTube Channel as part of the wrap-up session of the ICC.

WoN and NAC 2009 Statistics

2009-10-12T10:00:00.001-04:00

During the Week of Nightmares and the 2009 North American Continental Championship events, the players were asked to keep track of what turn players were ousted and when the game ended if it was called for time (2 hour rounds).

There is a preliminary spreadsheet available.

Data mining is underway ...

Not all 1st Chance Qualifier events had that noted. There were 9 reports that we had to throw out because they were not complete. We only had a few reports that noted which player # was ousted in which turn.

Out of 142 recorded games..

21 games had ousts on turn 5
48 on or by turn 6
76 on or by turn 7
94 on or by turn 8
111 on or by turn 9
126 on or by turn 10
133 on or by turn 11

If there were no ousts by turn 11, the likelihood of the game timing out with no game win increased dramatically (6 of 9).

If a game was going to time out, it was most likely to happen on turns 12-13-14. (4/6/5 each)

Every game that went more than 20 turns finished (2).

122 games finished in 15 turns or fewer.
73 games finished in 12 turns or fewer (i.e. just more than half).

4 games finished on turn 7 or earlier
10 games finished on turn 8 or earlier
14 games finished on turn 9 or earlier
26 games finished on turn 10 or earlier
48 games finished on turn 11 or earlier
73 games finished on turn 12 or earlier
95 games finished on turn 13 or earlier
107 games finished on turn 14 or earlier

Originally posted by The Lasombra in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup

NAC 2009: VtES T-Shirts

2009-10-09T02:00:00.002-04:00

Here are a number of t-shirts as seen during NAC 2009:

Left: Prey is not only to your left, although I haven't heard of an 8 player variant yet.

Right: What discipline is this!?!?

Left: You don't even need a Heart to do this!

Right: Yeah, right ...

Day 2 NAC 2009: TWD

2009-10-08T20:15:00.000-04:00

North American Continental Championship Day 2
Atlanta, Georgia
October 4, 2009
25 players
3R + F

Michael Heyder's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name: Laibon Rule the World
Created By: Michael Heyder
Description:

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 23, Max: 36, Avg: 7,58)
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3 Batsheva obt pot ANI PRE 6 Guruhi
1 Fish pre ANI POT 5 Guruhi
4 Nana Buruku ANI POT PRE 8 Guruhi
4 Nangila Were obf ser ANI POT PRE 9 Guruhi

Library: (90 cards)
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Master (24 cards)
8 Ashur Tablets
1 Channel 10
2 Fame
1 Giant`s Blood
4 Grooming the Protege
1 KRCG News Radio
1 London Evening Star, Tabloid Newspaper
2 Monster
1 Palace Hunting Ground
1 Powerbase: Tshwane
1 Therbold Realty
1 Wall Street Night, Financial Newspaper

Action (14 cards)
6 Enchant Kindred
3 Founders of the Ebony Kingdom
1 Heroic Might
2 Preternatural Strength
2 Well-Marked

Action Modifier (8 cards)
8 Guruhi Are the Land, The

Reaction (13 cards)
2 Cats` Guidance
4 Guard Dogs
2 Instinctive Reaction
1 Lost in Translation
4 Sense the Savage Way

Combat (22 cards)
6 Carrion Crows
7 Immortal Grapple
2 Pack Alpha
3 Taste of Vitae
4 Thrown Sewer Lid

Retainer (4 cards)
4 Raven Spy

Equipment (5 cards)
2 Flak Jacket
1 IR Goggles
2 Leather Jacket

First Chance Qualifier NAC 2009: TWD

2009-10-08T20:00:00.000-04:00

First Chance Qualifier 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
October 4, 2009
25 players
3R + F

Erol Öngün's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name: Do you mind 1.2
Created By: Erol Öngün
Description:

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 22, Max: 43, Avg: 8,75)
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2 Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff
3 Arika aus cel DOM FOR OBF PRE 11 Ventrue
2 Lucinde Alastor obf pot tha DOM FOR PRE 10 Ventrue
3 Marcus Vitel DOM FOR OBF OBT PRE 10 Ventrue
2 Queen Anne aus obf DOM FOR PRE 10 Ventrue

Library: (82 cards)
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Master (18 cards)
1 Dark Influences
1 Dreams of the Sphinx
1 Giant`s Blood
4 Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1 Information Highway
1 Pentex Subversion
1 Ventrue Headquarters
5 Villein
3 Wash

Action (11 cards)
1 Entrancement
2 Govern the Unaligned
8 Mind Rape

Action Modifier (25 cards)
2 Elder Impersonation
1 Enkil Cog
3 Faceless Night
3 Forgotten Labyrinth
6 Freak Drive
5 Lost in Crowds
2 Perfect Paragon
3 Voter Captivation

Political Action (10 cards)
1 Ancient Influence
1 Ancilla Empowerment
2 Banishment
4 Parity Shift
1 Political Stranglehold
1 Reins of Power

Reaction (10 cards)
8 Deflection
2 On the Qui Vive

Combat (5 cards)
5 Majesty

Equipment (1 cards)
1 Heart of Nizchetus

Combo (2 cards)
2 Force of Personality

Day 1 NAC 2009: TWD

2009-10-08T19:45:00.000-04:00

North American Continental Championship Day 1
Atlanta, Georgia
October 3, 2009
51 players
3R + F

Hugh Angseesing's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name : Stick Men
Author : Hugh Angseesing
Description :

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 3 max: 8 average: 5.75
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2x Owain Evans, The Wanderer 8 AUS DOM FOR cel pre !Ventrue:3
2x Blackhorse Tanner 7 AUS DOM FOR !Ventrue:3
2x Neighbor John 5 AUS dom for !Ventrue:4
1x Joseph O'Grady 7 DOM FOR aus cel !Ventrue:3
1x Jefferson Foster 6 AUS DOM for tha bishop !Ventrue:4
1x Jephta Hester 5 DOM FOR aus !Ventrue:4
1x Louis de Maisonneuve 5 FOR aus dom obf !Ventrue:4
1x Lana Butcher 3 dom for Ventrue:3
1x Ulrike Rothbart 3 dom for !Ventrue:4

Library [82 cards]
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Action [11]
1x Abbot
10x Govern the Unaligned

Action Modifier [8]
2x Bonding
6x Conditioning

Combat [18]
5x Hidden Strength
5x Indomitability
2x Rolling with the Punches
1x Taste of Vitae
5x Weighted Walking Stick

Equipment [2]
1x Bowl of Convergence
1x Ivory Bow

Event [2]
1x Scourge of the Enochians
1x Uncoiling, The

Master [14]
2x Anarch Troublemaker
2x Blood Doll
1x Channel 10
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x KRCG News Radio
1x Misdirection
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Montreal
2x Vessel
1x Wall Street Night, Financial Newspaper

Reaction [27]
9x Deflection
2x Delaying Tactics
2x Eagle's Sight
2x Enhanced Senses
2x Forced Awakening
2x My Enemy's Enemy
4x On the Qui Vive
1x Telepathic Misdirection
3x Wake with Evening's Freshness

Last Chance Qualifer NAC 2009: TWD

2009-10-08T19:30:00.000-04:00

Last Chance Qualifier NAC 2009
Atlanta, Georgia
October 2, 2009
37 players
3R + F

Ferenc Vasadi's Tournament Winning Deck

Deck Name : Ravnos LCQ
Author : Ferenc Vasadi
Description :

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 8 average: 5.25
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4x Gabrin 8 ANI CHI dom for Ravnos:2
1x Joaquina Amaya 6 ANI CHI FOR Ravnos:2
1x Vaclav Petalengro 6 ANI CHI for pot Ravnos:2
1x Khalil Ravana 5 CHI ani for pre Ravnos:2
1x Salbatore Bokkengro 4 CHI for pro Ravnos:2
1x Tsigane 3 aus chi Ravnos:2
1x Vedel Esbreno 3 chi for Ravnos:2
1x Sasha Miklos 2 chi Ravnos:2
1x Spleen, Georgio Gutterpunk 2 ani chi Ravnos:2

Library [90 cards]
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Action [2]
1x Aranthebes, The Immortal
1x Army of Rats

Action Modifier/Combat [3]
3x Mirror Image

Action/Reaction [9]
9x Draba

Combat [22]
8x Apparition
2x Canine Horde
10x Carrion Crows
1x Mayaparisatya
1x Trap

Equipment [3]
1x Shilmulo Tarot
1x Sniper Rifle
1x Treasured Samadji

Master [15]
2x Blood Doll
1x Kumpania
1x Park Hunting Ground
1x Path of Paradox, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Powerbase: Montreal
2x Rack, The
2x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
3x Vessel
1x Week of Nightmares

Reaction [31]
8x Cats' Guidance
5x Deflection
5x Forced Awakening
7x Ignis Fatuus
3x On the Qui Vive
3x Sense the Savage Way

Retainer [5]
1x Mr. Winthrop
4x Raven Spy

Fun Things To Do During NAC

2009-10-06T18:00:00.000-04:00

A couple of fun things to do around NAC 2009

Playing boardgames all the time as side (main?) events. Yes, Scott, I mean you.
The favourite was "Battlestar Galactica".

Making fun of Hugh's kinky accent.

Learning to profiting from other player's mistakes.

Learning from my own mistakes (over and over again) ..

Playing with players from 9 different countries.

Seeing a non-american player win the championship tournament.

Seeing Jozyxqk's "artwork" on a painting by Heather Kreiter.

Watching americans favourite pastime, playing around other player's defenses, i.e. playing
"Drawing out the Beast", "Charismatic Aura", "Immortal Grapple", "Hide the Mind", ..

Meeting all the other players and playing VtES with them.

Of course a non-exhaustive list .. what did you enjoy besides playing VtES during the Week of Nightmares and NAC? Feel free to comment!!

NAC 2009: Pictures from Day 2

2009-10-06T17:30:00.001-04:00

Here are some pictures taken during the Day 2 of the NAC 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia on October 4th, 2009.

Left: Round 1 Table 2

Right: Round 2 Table 4

Left: Round 3 Table 5

Right: Round 3 Table 4

Left: NAC 2009 Final Heads-up (Ferenc)

Right: NAC 2009 Final Heads-up (Michael)

NAC 2009: Pictures from Day 1

2009-10-06T17:00:00.002-04:00

Here are some pictures taken during the Day 1 of the NAC 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3rd, 2009.

Left: Round 3 Table 1

Right: Round 3 Table 2

Left: Round 3 Table 3

Right: Round 3 Table 4

Left: Round 3 Table 6

Right: Round 3 Table 7

Left: Round 3 Table 9

Right: Round 3 Table 9

Left: Round 3 Table 10

Right: The coinflip decision between Ben and Evan for making it to Day 2, which Ben won.

Left: Johannes controlled region with certain "aquisitions" from other players.

Right: John E.'s deck with 'Edgehog.

Results NAC 2009: North American Championship (Day Two)

2009-10-05T00:30:00.001-04:00

The results of the VtES North American Championship 2009, which was played on October 2nd-4th, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia have been disclosed. 25 players played in the final NAC tournament, and the standings in the finals were:

1. Michael Heyder (GER) -- 1 GW 5.5 VP -- 3 VP -- Guruhi Bloat/Combat
2. Ferenc Vasadi (HUN) -- 3 GW 7.5 VP -- 2 VP -- Nosferatu G4/5 Royalty Parity Shift
2. Ruben Feldmann (SUI) -- 3 GW 12 VP -- 0 VP -- Nosferatu G1/2 Royalty Parity Shift
2. Matt Morgan (USA) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- Toreador G1/2 Royalty Parity Shift
2. Hugh Angseesing (UK) -- 1 GW 4.5 VP -- Ventrue antitribu Wall/Bleed

Congratulutions to Michael for winning the NAC 2009. He's first European winning the NAC, and the first "non-native" to win a continental championship.

Results First Chance Qualifier NAC 2009

2009-10-05T00:15:00.004-04:00

Here are the results of the NAC First Chance Qualifier 2009, which was played on October 2nd-4th, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia have been disclosed. 25 players played in the First Chance Qualifier, and the standings in the finals were:

1. Erol Ongun (GER) -- 2 GW 10 VP -- 1.5 VP -- Arika & Friends Mind Rape
2. Ben Peal (USA) -- 1 GW 5.5 VP -- 0.5 VP -- MidCap Animalism Combat
2. Jeff Brendon (USA) -- 3 GW 7.5 VP -- 0.5 VP -- Old School Toreador
2. Aaron Clark (USA) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 0.5 VP -- Tremere Toolbox
2. Bill Troxley (USA) -- 1 GW 3.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Weenie Ally

Congratulations to Erol for winning the FCQ.

NAC: More Pictures from Day 2 Finals

2009-10-04T18:30:00.001-04:00

More pictures from the Day 2 & FCQ finals:

Left: The playarea of Day 2 final approx. one hour into the game.

Right: The playarea of the FCQ final approx. 1.5 hour into the game.

NAC: Pictures from Day 2 Final

2009-10-04T17:45:00.007-04:00

Pictures from the NAC Day 2 finals:

Left: Final Table NAC Day 2 Tournament.

Right: Play area of the final table of Day 2.

Left: Final of the FCQ tournament.

Right: Playarea of the FCQ tournament.

NAC 2009: Final of FCQ has started

2009-10-04T17:20:00.001-04:00

The final of the First Chance Qualifer of the North American VtES Championship 2009 has started 15 minutes ago. The participants are:

Ben Peal (USA) -- 1 GW 5.5 VP -- MidCap Animalism Combat
Jeff Brendon (USA) -- 3 GW 7.5 VP -- Old School Toreador
Erol Ongun (GER) -- 2 GW 10 VP -- Arika & Friends Mind Rape
Bill Troxley (USA) -- 1 GW 3.5 VP -- Weenie Ally
Aaron Clark (USA) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- Tremere Wall

The seating is Aaron --> Erol --> Bill --> Ben --> Jeff

More to come ..

NAC 2009: Final of Day 2 Starting

2009-10-04T17:15:00.002-04:00

The final of the Day 2 of the North American VtES Championship 2009 starts right now. The participants are:

Ruben Feldmann (SUI) -- 3 GW 12 VP -- Nosferatu G1/2 Royalty Parity Shift
Ferenc Vasadi (HUN) -- 3 GW 7.5 VP -- Nosferatu G4/5 Royalty Parity Shift
Matt Morgan (USA) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- Toreador G1/2 Royalty Parity Shift
Michael Heyder (GER) -- 1 GW 5.5 VP -- Guruhi Bloat/Combat
Hugh Angseesing (UK) -- 1 GW 4.5 VP -- Ventrue antitribu Wall/Bleed

The seating is Michael --> Hugh --> Ferenc --> Ruben --> Matt with Michael as starting player.

More to come!

NAC: Attendance of Foreign Players

2009-10-04T08:15:00.001-04:00

The following nations (beside the Americans) showed up during the Week of Nightmares and NAC 2009:

2 Australian players (one living in the US)
1 British player
6 Danish players
5 German players
3 Hungarian players
1 Mexican player
1 Swedish player
1 Swiss player

Results NAC 2009: North American Championship (Day One)

2009-10-03T21:15:00.005-04:00

Here are the results of the Day One tournament of the VtES North American Championship 2009, which is played on October 2nd-4th, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. The qualifier for the NAC finals have been finished on Saturday, with 51 players playing in this tournament of which 25 qualified for the finals. The standings of the final round were as follows:

1. Hugh Angseesing (UK) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 1.5 VP -- Ventrue antitribu Wall/Bleed
2. Michael Heyder (GER) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 1.5 VP -- Lasombra Old School HighCap Vote/Bleed
2. Ferenc Vasadi (HUN) -- 2 GW 6 VP -- 0.5 VP -- Neo-Tremere HighCap Toolbox feat. Ani
2. Robyn Tatu (USA) -- 2 GW 9 VP -- 0 VP -- Lasombra Mid Cap Bleed w/ Black Hand Tech
2. Ruben Feldmann (SUI) -- 2 GW 9 VP -- 0 VP -- Pander Vote

Congratulations to Hugh for winning the Day One tournament.

NAC 2009: Pictures from Day 1 Final

2009-10-03T19:28:00.012-04:00

Here are the decks from the Day 1 Final:

Left: Player 1: Ruben's Pander Vote

Right: Player 2: Ferenc's Tremere Toolbox

Left: Player 3: Hugh's Ventrue antitribu Bruise & Bleed

Right: Player 5: Michael's Lasombra Old School Vote

Left: Player 4: Robyn's Lasombra S&B

NAC 2009: Pictures from Day 1 Final

2009-10-03T19:10:00.000-04:00

Here's the first picture from the ongoing final of Day 1 of the North American Championship 2009:

NAC 2009: Final of Day 1 Starting

2009-10-03T19:00:00.008-04:00

The final of the Day 1 of the North American VtES Championship 2009 starts right now. The participants are:

Robyn Tatu (USA) -- 2 GW 9 VP -- Lasombra Mid Cap Bleed w/ Black Hand Tech
Ruben Feldmann (SUI) -- 2 GW 9 VP -- Pander Vote
Hugh Angseesing (UK) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- Lasombra Old School HighCap Vote/Bleed
Michael Heyder (GER) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- Guruhi Bloat/Combat
Ferenc Vasadi (HUN) -- 2 GW 6 VP -- Neo-Tremere HighCap Toolbox feat. Ani

The seating is Hugh --> Robyn --> Michael --> Ruben --> Ferenc with Ruben as starting player.

More to come!

NAC 2009: Ongoing Day 1 Tournament

2009-10-03T16:15:00.000-04:00

Currently the second round of the Day 1 tournament of the North American VtES Championship 2009 with 51 players is being played.

The metagame is very aggressive, for example all but one game (of eleven games total) of the first round were finished after 90 minutes. Decks played include a large number of bleed decks of all kind like multiple Dementation Bleed decks, Weenie Presence decks, Gangrel PermaBleed as well as aggressive Vote decks mainly with Camarilla titles and votes (Parity Shift) are played.

The last prelimary round then starts in a couple of minutes ..

NAC 2009: Pictures from the LCQ

2009-10-03T10:00:00.000-04:00

Here are some pictures taken during the LCQ of the NAC 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia:

Left: Round 3 of the LCQ.

Right: Michael trying to talk his way out of the weenie hordes of Rodd & Evan in roudn3 of the LCQ.

Left: Argument between the players in round 3 of the LCQ on table 4.

Right: Final table of the LCQ with Nick, Michael, Erol, Ferenc and Bill (left, then clockwise)

Left: Bill's play area with 26 pool and 4 minions after he had quickly ousted Nick.

Right: The play areas of Michael, Erol and Ferenc at the same time.

Left: The final of the draft tournament (that took place parallel to the LCQ).

Right: Players already started casual VtES games when finals were played.

Results North American Championship 2009: Last Chance Qualifier

2009-10-02T23:30:00.003-04:00

On October 2nd, 2009 the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) during the North American VtES Championship 2009 was played in Atlanta, Georgia with 37 players attending. Of those the first 33% (13%) qualified for the actual North American VtES Championship on the following two days, if not already qualified. In fact 4 players actually got the qualification they lacked before. The results of the tournament after 3 rounds and final looked like this:

1. Ferenc Vasadi (HUN) -- 3 GW 8 VP -- 3 VP -- Ravnos Wall feat. Gabrin
2. Bill Troxel (USA) -- 2 GW 9 VP -- 2 VP -- !Malk/Malk Dive into Madness Bleed
2. Erol Ongun (GER) -- 1 GW 6.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Stanislava & Friends Vote & Bloat
2. Nick Miller (AUS) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Ravnos ..
2. Michael Heyder (GER) -- 1 GW 4.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Guruhi Bruise & Bleed

Congratulations to Ferenc for his win of the NAC LCQ 2009. The deck's performance was quite impressive, gaining all four possible GWs of the tournament.

Results Draft Tournament "Ghoul Messenger"

2009-10-02T23:00:00.000-04:00

Here are the results of the draft tournament (named "Ghoul Messenger") that took place (parallel to the LCQ) during the Week of Nightmares on 02/Oct/2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. With 15 players participating in the tournament after2 rounds and a final:

1. Hugh Angseesing (UK) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 3 VP
2. Andreas Nusser (GER) -- 1 GW 3,5 VP -- 2 VP
2. Matthew Morgan (USA) -- 2 GW 7 VP -- 0 VP
2. Matthew Hirsch (USA) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 0 VP
2. Mattias Kallenberg (USA) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 0 VP

Congratulations to Hugh for winning the draft tournament. In the draft tournament four Keepers of Tradition and 3 VtES Boosters were used.

CCP/White Wolf Tour during WoN

2009-10-02T22:00:00.005-04:00

Later on 01/Oct/2009 (before the draft tournament) about two dozen of the Week of Nightmare participants made trip to the CCP/White Wolf office that is located outside of Atlanta, Georgia. The visit included a tour through the office building and later a barbecue in/outside of the kitchen.

Left: Greg from CCP Marketing was our guide for the tour of the CCP office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Right: Greg explaining the inner workings and non-existent projects of CCP.

Left: The awards/trophy showcase (some for EVE Online; some for White Wolf products).

Right: Print sheet of the Camarilla expansion.

Left: Storeroom & recreational area in the office building.

Right: Team Germany during the barbecue session with honorary team member Matt from Washington, D.C.

Results Jyhad -- "Play-as-Printed" Draft

2009-10-02T10:00:00.008-04:00

Here are the results of the ~~VtES~~ Jyhad Draft tournament that took place during the Week of Nightmares 2009 on 01/Oct/2009. The draft was done with 5 Jyhad booster packs (with 19 cards each) per player. The interesting thing was that the cards were to be played as printed. To name a few examples: a "Hawg" has a press each turn, "Enchant Kindred" has no inherent +1 stealth on superior and "Mob Connections" can be used to provide a press to continue in combat where none of your minions is involved.

1. Mark Loughman (USA) -- 2 GW 8 VP -- 3 VP -- Ventrue/Tremere Vote/Breed/Bleed
2. Oscar Garza (USA) -- 1 GW 4.5 VP -- 2 VP -- ???
2. Somam Adinolf (USA) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 0 VP -- ???
2. Martin Randers (DEN) -- 1 VP 5.5 VP -- 0 VP -- ???
2. Mike Perlman (USA) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- ???

Here are some pictures from the actual draft tournament:

Left: The ongoing draft tournament during the 1st round.

Right: Mark's Lawfirm deck during one of his preliminary games. He cheated because he was playing a constructed deck.

Left: The final table of the Jyhad draft tournament shortly after the game.has started.

Week of Nightmares 2009: Day 4

2009-10-02T02:30:00.004-04:00

Here are the result of the 4th VtES Mini-Qualifier event during the Week of Nightmares 2009 on September 28th:

1. Adam Hulse (USA) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 3 VP -- Aus/For/Nec Wall feat. Troglyditia
2. Rodd Closson (USA) -- 1 GW 6 VP -- 1 VP -- Tremere antitribu Vote feat. Orlando
2. Martin Randers (DEN) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 1 VP -- Anarch Weenie Presence Bleed
2. John Flournoy (USA) -- 2 GW 7 VP -- 0 VP -- Nos/Las Ani/Dom Toolboxy Combat
2. Brad Cashdollar (USA) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Setite Typhonic Beast Rush Combat

After 5 out 6 appearances on the final tables at the previous Week of Nightmares 2009 tournaments, Adam was finally able to secure his victory. Congratulations, Adam.

Right: Picture of the final table of this tournament just a few minutes after Brad was being overrun by the Anarch Presence Weenie deck run by Martin.

Results Storyline "Eden's Legacy" during WoN

2009-10-01T15:30:00.007-04:00

Here are the results of the "Eden's Legacy" tournament that was played on October 29th, 2009 during the Week of Nightmares 2009.

1. Selen Turkay (USA) -- 0 GW 2 VP -- 2.5 VP -- Akunanse Bleed/Block Combat
2. Adam Hulse (USA) -- 0 GW 1.5 VP -- 1.5 VP -- Daughter's of Cacophony Vote
2. Bill Troxel (USA) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Guruhi Vote/Combat
2. Oscar Garza (USA) -- 1 GW 3.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Giovanni Cry Wolf Khazaar's Diary
2. Mark Loughman (USA) -- 1 GW 3 VP -- 0 VP -- Osebo 419 Operation Combat

So the Akunanse won; not surprisingly the Laibon were quite often seen, since they got to search their library for a card when one is moved from the uncontrolled to the ready region. Very interesting rules, the Motivations played a big role, while the Codex wasn't used in all of the games.

You can find the tournament winning deck in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup.

WoN: Day 4: Pictures from the Tournaments

2009-10-01T15:15:00.001-04:00

Some pictures from day 4 of the Week of Nightmares 2009 (that is 01/Oct/2009). A little bit more since I just got ousted by bleed by 6 by "Unmada after the bleed was bounced three times (one was even canceled with "Touch of Clarity"...

Left: Darby, Nikolaij, Bill, Shawn and Hugh figthing the long fight.

Right: Heads-up between Michael and an hungarian players.

Left: John (Dom/Ani combat/block), Rodd (!Tremere vote) and Mikkel (Unmada Enkil Cog Bleed).

Right: Brad and a danish player in the heads up.

Today I saw a lot of combat decks, some Potence based, some Animalism based, but waaay to many for my deck.

Memorable NAC Quotes (Part 2)

2009-10-01T15:00:00.005-04:00

"It's certainly not 'Vampire: the Group Hug'" -- Brad (from Newark)

NAC Ancedotes (Part 2)

2009-10-01T10:30:00.003-04:00

During one of the mini-qualifiers finals:

"Everytime I look into that direction I am almost blinded by the glare." -- Darby (from Denver) who wanted someone to close the drapes on a window.

"That's just me .." -- Mark (from Colorado).

WoN: Day 3: Pictures from the Tournaments

2009-10-01T01:45:00.004-04:00

Some pictures from day 3 of the Week of Nightmares 2009 (that is 30/Sep/2009). Rather few this time, because I was busy most of the time with either playing in a tournament, or building decks for a tournament, or watching other player's games of a tournament ...

Left: The "garbage collection" of Team Laibon in the "Sect Wars" tournament after/during deck construction.

Right: The Toreador (Team Camarilla) fighting in a last stand vs. the Istarri (Team Laibon).

Week of Nightmares 2009: Day 3

2009-10-01T01:30:00.002-04:00

Here are the result of the 3rd VtES Mini-Qualifier tournament named "Masasi Blood Milk" during the VtES Week of Nightmares 2009 on September 30th, 2009:

1. Darby Keeney (USA) -- 2 GW 6 VP -- 4 VP -- !Malkavian S&B w/ Black Hand Tech
2. Mark Loughman (USA) -- 1 GW 3 VP -- 1 VP -- Nosferatu Ani/Pot Deep Song Rush
2. Martin Randers (DEN) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Nergal Great Beast Turbo
2. Ralf Lammert (GER) -- 1 GW 4.5 VP -- 0 VP -- Tzimisce/Toreador antitribu War Ghoul
2. Erol Ongun (GER) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 0 VP -- Malkavian Princes Vote/Block

You can find Darby's tournament winning deck (named "Cholinesterase Inhibition (Redux)") in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup.

The second event of the day was the Sect Wars event where there were four 4-player teams sharing four starters plus half box of boosters of the following editions:

Keepers of Tradition
Lords of the Night
3rd Edition
Legacies of Blood

The deck building session lasted for an hour where the participants could build four decks with the given materials for their team. The deck had to be 60 to 90 cards, but the draft texts of the cards could actually be used.

Results to come ..

Memorable NAC Quotes (Part 2)

2009-09-30T22:00:00.000-04:00

Using the Rules is only for those who don't know how to cheat. -- Unkown VtES player (at least he didn't want to admit he said it).

Week of Nightmares Anecdotes (Part 1)

2009-09-29T23:00:00.002-04:00

How do you torporize a vampire with "Delaying Tactics"? -- After the vampire has spend all the blood during the political, you'll just play "Delaying Tactics". When he's forced to hunt then, you remind the acting player that the vampire has "Pulled Fangs" already.

-- As reported by Adam.

WoN: Day 2: Pictures from the Tournaments

2009-09-29T22:45:00.000-04:00

Some pictures from day 2 of the Week of Nightmares 2009 (that is 29/Sep/2009):

Left: The Wesley Inn near the Atlanta airport is the venue of the NAC 2009.

Right: The second round of the mini qualifier with 17 players well underway.

Left: Heads-up in the storyline tournament: Oscar's Kaazar Wraiths ag. Jeff's Salubri antitribu.

Right: A table full of Laibon decks during "Eden's Legacy".

"Legacy of Eden" Storyline during Week of Nightmare

2009-09-29T22:00:00.000-04:00

The VtES Storyline tournament "Eden's Legacy" is well underway; the second round of the tournament is currently played. During the tournament the most popular motivations were:

Motivated by Knowledge -- burn a blood to draw a card
Motivated by Secrecy -- burn a blood to draw a card (edge required)
Motivated by Gehenna -- burn a blood to enter combat (edge required)
Motivated by Jyhad -- burn a blood to get +1 bleed (edge required)

In general also the Laibon showed a really strong presence in the tournament, approx. ~40% of the decks were Laibon based decks. All major Laibon clans had a strong presence with a slight emphasis on Akunanse.

The finals just started with three Laibon decks in it.

Memorable NAC Quotes (Part 1)

2009-09-29T17:45:00.003-04:00

"First Rule of VtES is: Do not die!" -- Adam Hulse

Week of Nightmares 2009: Day 2

2009-09-29T17:45:00.000-04:00

Here are the results of the Mini-Qualifier tournament on 29/Sep/2009 during the Week of Nightmares 2009.

1. Magnus Hultin (SWE) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 4 VP -- Giovanni Powerbleed
2. Ralf Lammert (GER) -- 1 GW 5.5 VP -- 1 VP -- Setites Bima Dominate
2. Jesper Boje (DEN) -- 2 GW 6 VP -- 0 VP -- Nergal Turbo
2. Adam Hulse (USA) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 0 VP -- Ventrue antitribu Bleed/Block
2. Nikolaj Wendt (DEN) -- 1 GW 3 VP -- 0 VP -- Obf/Dom Bleed feat. Lorrie

You can find the tournament winning deck in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup

Week of Nightmares 2009: Day 1

2009-09-29T17:30:00.000-04:00

Here are the results of the 1st Constructed Tournament event during the VtES Week of Nightmares 2009 on September 28th, 2009:

1. Oscar Garza (USA) -- 1 GW 5 VP -- 4 VP -- Akunanse Toolbox
2. Martin Randers (DEN) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 1 VP -- Toreador Antitribu Combat w/ WWS
2. Adam Hulse (USA) -- 1 GW 4 VP -- 0 VP -- Nosferatu Alsono Petrodon Dom/Ani
2. Nikolaj Wendt (DEN) -- 1 GW 3 VP -- 0 VP -- Enkidu Great Beast
2. Mikkel Petersen (DEN) -- VP 2 VP -- 0 VP -- Brujah antitribu Bleed

You can find Oscar's tournament winning deck "Akunanse are the better Gangrel" in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup.

Since too few guys brought decks for the Create-A-Clan Tournament a Mini Qualifier was played later that day:

1. Darby Keeney (USA) -- 0 GW 3 VP -- 3 VP -- Salubri feat. Arika Mind Rape
2. William Troxel (USA) -- 1 GW 5 -- 1 VP -- Wennie Dem Bleed
2. Martin Randers (DEN) -- 1 GW 3 -- 1 VP -- Tremere Outcast Mage
2. Adam Hulse (USA) -- 2 VP 6 VP -- 0 VP -- Obf/Pre IC vote
2. Oscar Garza (USA) -- 1 VP 4 GW -- 0 VP -- Nosferatu Royalty feat. Beast

You can find Darby's tournament winning deck "Hey Mike" in the VtES Usenet Newsgroup.

WoN: Day 1: Pictures from the Mini-Qualifiers

2009-09-29T09:30:00.000-04:00

Here are some pictures from the 2nd Mini Qualifier tournament during the Week of Nightmares I took after arriving in Atlanta late on Monday (28/Sep/2009):

Left: Round 2 of the 2nd Mini-Qualifier: On the table in the front Oscar's Nos Combat deck dominated the table.

Right: Round 2 Table 2: Saw Hugh's Weenie Animalism fighting a !Malk K&S Bleed deck in the head's up.

Left: Round 2 Table 3: Here Adam's Obf/Pre Vote deck after initally being under pressure by a Weenie Demenation deck claimed the victory.
Right: Final Round: After Oscar's deck was squashed rightaway by !Malkavian K&S Bleed, Darby's unique Ventrue/Salubri finally won this MQ.

Complete results to follow!

Week of Nightmares starts .. NOW!

2009-09-28T00:01:00.000-04:00

The Week of Nightmares is the prelude to the North American VtES Continental Championship. It's a whole week of VtES -- a series of tournaments switching between regular constructed tournaments and alternate formats like create-a-clan tournaments or storyline events. The Week of Nightmares starts on September 28th, 2009 and leads over to the NAC 2009 on October 2nd with the Last Chance Qualifier. The whole Week of Nightmares as well as the NAC 2009 takes place in Atlanta, Georgia.

Monday 28th of September
- 11 a.m. start -- Blessed Audience
  Mini-Qualifier, 2R + F
- 6 p.m. start -- Reindoctrination

Tuesday 29th of September
- 11 a.m. start -- Consume the Dead
  Mini-Qualifier, 2R + F
- 6 p.m. start -- Fire on the Mountain
  Eden's Legacy Storyline
  Introduction
  Rules

Wednesday 30th of September
- 11 a.m. start -- Masai Blood Milk
  Mini-Qualifier, 2R + F
- 6 p.m. start -- Bind the Night-Walker
  Sect War variant
  Draft plus, $15 entry fee

Thursday 1st of October
- 11 a.m. start -- Earth-Feeder
  Mini-Qualifier, 2R + F
- 6 p.m. start -- Excellent Thirst
  Jyhad Draft, 2R + F
  5 Boosters, $7 entry fee.

Read more on the Week of Nightmares and the NAC 2009 on Lasombra's NAC 2009 webpages.