NAC 2009: Final of FCQ has started

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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 Jyhad -- "Play-as-Printed" Draft

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

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

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).

Week of Nightmares 2009: Day 3

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 ..