WoN and NAC 2009 Statistics

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

Fun Things To Do During NAC

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: Attendance of Foreign Players

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 Draft Tournament "Ghoul Messenger"

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

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 Storyline "Eden's Legacy" during WoN

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

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)

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

NAC Ancedotes (Part 2)

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

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).

WoN: Day 2: Pictures from the Tournaments

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

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)

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

WoN: Day 1: Pictures from the Mini-Qualifiers

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!

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.