Poll Result: Do you think v:tes has a future?

Hi folks!

It never had a past nor a presence...	3 (3%)
Nope. It moved from sort-o-dead to totally dead.	10 (12%)
Maybe Chuck Norris will save v:tes.	17 (21%)
Another 3 years without expansions...	14 (17%)
After the Grand Masquerade everything will go back to normal!	36 (45%)

Though 36 out of totally 80 votes were cast saying that v:tes life will be back to normal after the Grand Masquerade, the majority of the people (55%!!!) were more pessimistic. Rumors I heard actually say that CCP is not going to keep v:tes alive since they don't want to do anything paper related. I don't want to name my source(es) so don't ask for it. Let's hope the rumors turn out to be a false alarm!!!

by: Mephistopheles

Tournament Report: ECQ Bratislava - the final

Hi folks!

The ranking before the finals:

1st: Ben Peal - Kyasid yawn-bleed

2nd: Tomas - Anson Ashur Gun

3rd: Peter Korsos - Dmitra Alastor

4th: Frankie - Cybele shatters zhe Gate

5th: Maros - DEM/OBF yawn-bleed

The order they sat down, starting with the player who had to start with 1 transfer:

Peter -> Ben -> Maros -> Frankie -> Tomas

Here are the most important things that happened (I didn't write down every single turn, like player x transfers and discards), in the order they happened:

Peter: didn't draw a Dmitra, also his Dreams got Suddened by Ben

Frankie: could play his dreams, which helped him to get Cybele out by turn 2

Tomas: started with 2 1 caps

Maros: Pentexed the freshly influenced Arcadian

Frankie: drew a lot of Tend the Flocks, Annazir pops out! (can steal equipments)

Peter: tries to play Parity Shift -> gay fight with Anson (no .44 magnum yet!)

Maros: bleed Frankie for 8!

Frankie: Villein - Tend the Flock - Pentex contest, then steals Heart of Cheating from Maros

Peter: even the vampire no.6 is not a Dmitra

Ben: influenced out Phaerydima, has now 2 vampires to go

Maros: bleeds Frankie for a lot

Frankie: Unleashes Hells Fury

Tomas: Liquidation + 3rd Ashur, has a .44 finally. Attacks Carlak.

Ben: starts putting pressure on Maros

Maros: bleeds Frankie down to 3 pool.

Frankie: plays 2nd Unleash Hells Fury, bleeds for 3, plays Enkil Cog

Tomas: Liquidation, has maybe no rush card, bleeds for 1

Peter: brings out Karen Suadela

Ben: Song of Pen, ousts Maros

At this point I have to interrupt the sequence. There are two things here I have to comment. First of all Maros shouldn't have influenced out a 4th vampire imo, since that really just helped Ben a lot. I think he could have killed Frankie next turn, even with 1 less vampire. The other thing is: at the moment he launched an attack against Frankie he did not have the cards to oust him. I don't know his deck, but I think he could not have made it. This way he actually gave Ben 2 vp's by suiciding into Frankie.

Tomas: Fame on Carlak, does not rush cross table.

Peter: plays a Pentex on Anson and plays a Parity Shift backwards. Then classic KRC.

Ben: Song of Pen again, has enough stealth to bypass 2nd Trad. 2nd VP!

Tomas: diablerie on Dame Hollerton

Peter: Villein, calls Anarchist but votes it down together with Tomas. 2 blood for Carlak :)

Ben: Great Symposium, bleed3, Gremlins on .44

Tomas: plays Parity, but Ben blocks with Aura Absorption, Bens vamp goes to torpor

Peter: plays Parity Shift on Ben, gives the pool to Tomas. Tomas won't attack next turn.

Ben: Governs down, brings out new Dame Hollerton

Tomas: plays Montreal, Ben suddens it. Plays liquidation, rushes and torporizes Arcadian

Peter: bleeds for 1 with Carlak. Ben deflects. Carlak gets torporized. Fame ->3pool!!!

Ben: self ousts, to give Peter a vp, since Tomas is way stronger he easily ousts Peter.

Ben 2 Vps, Tomas 2 Vps, Peter 1 Vp, since Ben was 1st seat, he wins the final!

Congratulations to Ben!!!

by: Mephistopheles

Tournament Report: ECQ Bratislava - preliminaries

Hi folks!

Finally I got to play v:tes again, this time at an ECQ. As I wrote earlier I needed a divine inspiration. Though the inspiration I've got wasn't divine enough, I did ok. Since I had no time to build a new deck by myself and also I was bored by my old decks I've decided to check the TWDA for something I can build. I've picked Martin Weinmayer's EC winning deck. I made some minor changes in it, like adding 2 copies of mind numb, a card I really missed there.

So here is what happened:

1st round: Me -> Richard Glasner (Ravnos Bree/Boon) -> ??? (Assamite) -> ??? (Arika+obf ventrue)

I had a really good start here! First turn Dreams of the Sphinx, then Troublemaker, Wider View, another Dreams. The master cards were really coming the way they should. Crypt was fine, too. I was aware that sitting between 2 vote decks I can't afford any delay, so I went forward as fast as possible. Thanks God that Arika didn't draw enough politics, so she came bleeding. That was just what I needed to oust faster. After I've ousted Richard I really had no problem with gaining the Second vp. The 1vs1 game against Arika seemed hard in the beginning, but the deck ran out of stealth cards and I could DI a nasty Parity Shift. I managed to block both Arika and Queen Anne and after we both hit for 1, they were left with 0 blood on them. The Pentex I played on Arika was an overkill, but funny for me... 1GW 4 VP

2nd round: Me -> Matus (Owain) -> Jakub (Baali) -> Colos (Petaniqua) -> Maros (OBF-DEM)

Maros had a great start here. He played a Pentex Subversion on Petaniqua right away, leaving him with no predator at all. Maros kept bleedin me like hell, in the early stages of the game I managed to bounce some of them. I tried to bleed Owain myself, but either it was more of a wall deck then I thought, or Matus just had a great draw. I didn't manage to make any pool damage to him. I've got ousted shortly later. 0VP

3rd round: Me-> Botos (PRO-DOM) -> Dano (Cybele-o-tron) -> Tomas (Anson + Volker/Ashur)

This was basically a race against time. I knew that under normal circumstances I can oust Botos, but with the combat engine behind me it seemed like a real challenge. Tomas torporized Cybele right away, and was going for me pretty soon. Fortunately I managed to outspeed him and got my VP before a Frontal Assault + Haven Uncovered on the new Cybele won Tomas the game. 1VP

So altogether I made 1GW 5VP's which was enough for a tied 7th place. I did qualify the 3rd time, but once more missed the final by 0,5 VP's. The place was really ok and the people were all very nice. We enjoyed the game, and that is the most important thing. I hope the people there will start organizing more tournaments!!! I made a bunch of pictures, check them here!

And here is my deck:

Deck Name: A tribute to v:tes in Austria

Created By: Martin Weinmayer, tweaked by Martin "Mephistopheles" Major

Crypt: (12 cards, Min: 12, Max: 24, Avg: 4,5)

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1 Gideon Fontaine PRE 3 Ventrue

1 Isabel de Leon AUS 3 Toreador

1 Jazz Wentworth dom for PRE 5 Ventrue

3 Jost Werner ani AUS PRE 6 Toreador Antitribu

1 Lolita for pre 3 Toreador Antitribu

1 Mariana Gilbert cel PRE 4 Toreador

1 Ramiel DuPre aus cel dom PRE5 Toreador

1 Remilliard AUS pre 4 Toreador Antitribu

1 Roland Loussarian for pre 3 Ventrue

1 Sheila Mezarin AUS cel for PRE6 Toreador Antitribu

Library: (80 cards)

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Master (14 cards)

2 Anarch Troublemaker

1 Coven, The

2 Direct Intervention

3 Dreams of the Sphinx

1 Giant`s Blood

2 Misdirection

2 Pentex Subversion

1 Wider View

Action (18 cards)

2 Art Scam

7 Enchant Kindred

3 Entrancement

4 Intimidation

2 Mind Numb

Action Modifier (13 cards)

8 Aire of Elation

3 Change of Target

2 Daring the Dawn

Reaction (24 cards)

2 Delaying Tactics

2 Eyes of Argus

4 My Enemy`s Enemy

4 On the Qui Vive

8 Telepathic Misdirection

4 Wake with Evening`s Freshness

Combat (8 cards)

8 Majesty

Combo (3 cards)

3 Force of Personality

I will write a very detailed report of the final soon!

by: Mephistopheles

I need a divine inspiration!!!

Hi folks!

As most of you might know the ECQ Bratislava is coming up. I still have no deck, but I have to build one today since I will be away on holiday until Saturday. So 'nough said, lets go build a deck!

by: Mephistopheles

/after 1 month without v:tes an ECQ is the first game I will play... /

Friendly Reminder: EC Paris

Fellow Methuselah,

this is a friendly reminder of the upcoming 2010 European Championship that

will take place in Paris, starting from October 25th with the Week of

Nightmares, with the LCQ / EC day 1 / EC day 2 on October 29th-31st.

Pre-registration and all the information you need is at

http://ec2010vtes.com/. I strongly encourage all participants to register

both to the event ("I register to EC" on the site) and to the accomodation

place (named RIP, "I register to RIP" on the site), as soon as possible and

redirect the information to whoever would be interested in attending the EC.

Before including here information about the venue, schedule and fees, I have

a request for the people who post on a regular basis on other VtES-related

forums : could you either post here the URL for your local forum (national

or the like) so I can post the same kind of message ; or (even better)

translate it yourself in your language and post there ?

You may also pass the word using the Facebook event :

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001175474390#!/profile.php?...

For the record, we currently have 65 pre-registered players from the

following countries : Belgium (1), UK (2), France (22), Germany (2), Hungary

(2), Italy (1), Spain (5), Finland (20), Norway (1), Poland (3), Portugal

(1), Slovakia (1), Switzeland (1), USA (3). We can and should certainly have

more attendance, but any boost in advertising from anyone would be welcome.

*************************************************************************** **********

2010 VtES European Championship, (October 29th-31st), and Week of Nightmares

(October 25th-28th), Paris

adress of the 2010 EC site : http://ec2010vtes.com/ (to register, book

accomodation, ask questions etc. please go there and follow the links to the

forums, you may also ask questions by e-mail at the adress : info (at)

ec2010vtes (dot) com )

Venue :

The 2010 European Championship will be held in the Residence Internationale

de Paris a.k.a R.I.P, adress 44, rue Louis Lumière, Paris, France.

Schedule :

-Monday, October 25th through Thursday, October 28th : Week of Nightmares

(more and updated details on the WoN program can be found on the Facebook

event page at

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001175474390#!/profile.php?... )

-Monday, October 25th : casual games at restaurant/pub in the afternoon,

then MQE 2R+F (miniqualifier for the EC) in the store "Le Repaire du

Dragon", Paris

-Tuesday, October 26th : casual games at the "Troll2Jeux" shop, Paris

-Wednesday, October 27th : MQE at Troll2Jeux shop

-Thursday, October 28th : sanctioned draft tournament at the RIP (that's the

place where the EC takes place, also the place where most players will

sleep), then Welcome Party drinks and quizz

-Friday, 29 October : Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) or Legendary Vampire (see

http://www.veknfrance.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16120 for more details)

-Saturday, 30 October : EC Day 1 or Adaptability (basically Adaptability is

a format in which you may switch decks between rounds, no special rule

except a given vampire cannot be in more than one deck)

-Sunday, 31 October : EC Day 2 or First Chance Qualifier (for EC 2011)

-Monday, 1 November, 10 am : Leave the rooms

Tournament Fees :

30 euro for attending the 3 tournaments of the week-end (for 20 euro you

only

start playing on Saturday, or even 15 euro to only participate in one

tournament).

Accomodation and meal fees :

Single Room (1 bed) : 52.00 euro per person per night

Double Room (2 beds) : 34.90 euro per person per night

Group Room (3, 4 or 5 beds) : 27.50 euro per person per night

12.50 euro per meal, lunch or dinner (the breakfast is included in the room

fare). Meal tickets can be purchased at that price whether you have a room

or not.

Pre-registration to the EC : http://ec2010vtes.com/ , then click on "I

register to EC". Please do it **as soon as possible**, it will help us a lot

in organizing the event. "As soon as possible" means "now", preferrably. Not

one week before the event. Really. It takes 5 minutes. Do it now. Please.

Tell your girlfriend/boyfriend/wife/husband that Paris is an awesome city

(which is true, even in october), no need to negotiate.

Booking your accomodation (that means "what you must do if you want to sleep

during the EC") : http://ec2010vtes.com/ , then click on "I register to

RIP"

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The 2010 EC crew is eager to meet you there !

by: Stone

Even more v:tes gods :)

Hi folks!

I can't remember the last time I played v:tes. Since there are no games or tournaments I played I have nothing to report. Since I don't play I don't build new decks. So what can I do? Do some research! I've updated the v:tes gods list. I will write an article about the Pharaoh vampires soon. This time I will not only post the links, but I will write some text too...

Meanwhile feel free to write me if you miss any "god" from the list!

by: Mephistopheles

HNC Ranking updated

Hi folks!

After another HNC round was held in Bonyhád I've updated the Ranking page. I couldn't play the tournament so no report from my side. Thirteen players showed up there to watch Balázs Sebestyén winning. Congrats!

by: Mephistopheles

More v:tes Gods

Hi folks!

I've added another two Gods (Ankou, Louhi) to my list of crypt deities. Thanks Matias for the research!

by: Mephistopheles

Summon History: gods in v:tes

Hi folks!

It's been a while since my last Summon History article. This time I decided against writing an actual article. Instead I will list those crypt cards who refer to certain gods and give you a link to some sites. I think most of us do know some basic stuff about these deities, but I thought that it might be nice to have the complete list here. So here they are, by alphabetical order:

Ankou

wikipedia

Cybele

wikipedia

Huitzilopochtli

wikipedia

Louhi

wikipedia

Mictlantecuhtli

deliriumsrealm

wikipedia

Nergal

wikipedia

Sutekh

wikipedia

Voodoo gods (Loa)

Baron Samedi

Papa Legba

Others (Semi-gods, spirits, giants, etc)

Enkidu

Obaluaye

Porphyrion

If you guys know of any other god being a v:tes crypt card, please tell me!

by: Mephistopheles

Deck Idea: Maleficia Vote Deck

Hi folks!

I just had an awesome idea! Why not build a Maleficia Vote Deck with Annazir and Friends using Barreness to decrease capacity and play Neonate Breach. Add some Reckless Agitation and you have a crazy ousting power. Not only Barreness is useful, you can make good use of Psalm of the Damned, too.

The point is: reduce capacity so that every player has a vampire with capacity 4 or less. This way 1 Neonate Breach can inflict 16 pool damage to the table. AWESOME!!! Of course you need to play this smart otherwise the entire table will pull out your eyes and skull-fuck you...

Have fun shredding playaz!

by: Mephistopheles