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
So why did Tomas give the win to Ben instead of to Peter? Tomas was getting 2nd in any case.
ReplyDeleteDid Tomas threaten Ben saying, "If you transfer out, I will also transfer out and give the win to Peter?"
Tomas acted like a gentleman and like all players should act imo. Ben did what everybody else should have done in that situation. 1. There is no sense in punishing somebody for doing the right thing. 2. After Ben ousted himself, Tomas said that he rather finishes the finals with 2Vps than 0Vp. I think that was a really great decision. You should always maximize your Vp's, no matter what happens!
ReplyDeleteI hold Tomas in the highest respect for this!
Deck Name: Kiasyd Fastball
ReplyDeleteCreated By: Ben Peal
Description:
Just wind up and throw the high cheese! Gremlins and Bonding for 3 bleed at 2 stealth. Nocturns to get in the way of rushers. Sudden Reversals to shut down Villein and other shenanigans. It probably wants a couple more On the Qui Vive (instead of a couple Wakes) and Delaying Tactics (instead of a couple Deflections). Foreshadowing Destruction should probably be another Song of Pan. Scourge of the Enochians should probably go in there, and perhaps The Uncoiling.
CRYPT (12)
2 The Arcadian
2 Pherydima
2 Omme Enberbenight
2 Roderick Phillips March
2 Isanwayen
2 Dame Hollerton
LIBRARY (90)
1 Great Symposium
1 The Barrens
1 Pentex Subversion
2 Dreams of the Sphinx
4 Blood Doll
5 Sudden Reversal
1 Wider View
3 Song of Pan
10 Nocturn
9 Gremlins
5 Govern the Unaligned
9 Bonding
4 Shadow Play
4 Aura Absorption
4 Shroud of Absence
4 Stone Travel
4 Fae Contortion
1 Forshadowing Destruction
8 Deflection
6 Wake with Evening's Freshness
2 On the Qui Vive
2 Delaying Tactics