Thursday, July 28, 2005

8:10 PM - V:EKN Official Toreador Newsletter July 2005 Published

The V:EKN Official Toreador Newsletter July 2005 has been published. In it, Sten During writes about Toreador Grand Ball, Neighborhood Watch Commander and posts a deck. You can read the newsletter on the newsgroup at the following link:

V:EKN Official Toreador Newsletter July 2005

Remember, the Yahoo! group VTES-Newsletters is a great way to get the newsletters delivered to you via e-mail:

VTES-Newsletters Yahoo Group

The XML RSS feed for the VTES-Newsletters Yahoo Group can be found at the following link:

VTES-Newsletters Yahoo Group XML

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8:01 PM - Stewart Wieck New V:TES Product Manager

On the Conclave, Steve Wieck announced that his brother and White Wolf co-founder Stewart Wieck will be the new Product Manager for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. Congratulations Stewart and good luck in your new role. You can read Steve Wieck's announcement on the Conclave Monitor at the following link:

Product Manager Change

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Wednesday, July 27, 2005

8:54 PM - NAC Location to Rotate Starting in 2006

Starting in 2006, the location of the North American Championship for V:TES will rotate to different sites throughout the North American continent. In 2006, the NAC will be hosted by the city of Atlanta on Columbus Day weekend in conjunction with the Week of Nightmares. At Gencon Indy in 2006, there will be a United States Championship which will consist of constructed and limited events. You can read Oscar Garza's announcement on the newsgroup at the following link:

North American Championships to Adopt Rotating Venue Beginning in 2006

You can read Oscar Garza's announcement on the White Wolf webpage at the following link:

North American Championships to Adopt Rotating Venue Beginning in 2006

NOTE: Columbus Day in 2006 falls on October 9th, not the 12th.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2005

12:31 AM - Official Malkavian Antitribu Newsletter, July 2005 Posted

The Official Malkavian Antitribu Newsletter, July 2005 has been posted. In it, Ilya Ginsburg takes a look at how the Black Hand relates to the Malkavian antitribu. You can read the newsletter on the newsgroup at the following link:

Official Malkavian Antitribu Newsletter, July 2005 on the newsgroup

And remember, the Yahoo! group VTES-Newsletters is a great way to get the newsletters delivered to you via e-mail:

VTES-Newsletters Yahoo Group

The XML RSS feed for the VTES-Newsletters Yahoo Group can be found at the following link:

VTES-Newsletters Yahoo Group XML

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Thursday, July 14, 2005

11:23 AM - Origins 2005 Tournament Reports and Winning Decks Posted

Tournament reports and winning decks from Origins 2005 have been posted on the newsgroup by Kevin Mergen. You can find the complete list at the following link:

Origins 2005 Tournament Reports and Winning Decks

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Friday, July 08, 2005

1:37 PM - V:TES Not Pay-to-Play

In a post on the White Wolf forums, Philippe R. Boulle stated that White Wolf card games (like V:TES) are not bound by the new pay-to-play policy.

"Card games are not covered by this license. To learn more about organized play for Vampire: The Eternal Struggle visit its webpage at http://www.white-wolf.com/vtes/."

The policy basically states that if an event organizer is charging fees for players to play a White Wolf game, they have to obtain a license from White Wolf to do so. A one year license costs $20 per player or organizer, depending on the nature of the game event.

UPDATE:

The current pay-to-play policy has been withdrawn. You can read about it in this post on the White Wolf Forums:

Pay-to-Play Policy Withdrawn

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Saturday, July 02, 2005

7:13 PM - Origins Saturday Qualifier Part 4

Qualifiers:

David Setty
Chris Herro
Chris Berg
David Barasch
Josh Duffin
Kurt Kopp

Finalists:

David Setty
Chris Herro
Chris Berg
David Barasch
Mark Loughman

Sorry for my lack of updates after this point. I was called away. I'll gather some intel from my sources and get back to you.

UPDATE:

Account courtesy of Mark Loughman:

"Finals were me preying on Dave Setty (Democratis) preying on Christian Herro's thau/dom tremere/itremere preying on The Dave's(Barasch) Turbo Cybele preying on Chris Berg's Stanislava Dom Gangrel.

Dave B. is OBVIOUSLY the table threat and draws a fair amount of hate. The rest of us are skirmishing for quite a while. Dave Setty makes one tiny mistake and I punish him ( he forgot to blood doll up to Demo and announced another action...I said' wait, you have a mandatory hunt action'...then 2nd trad and punched the big D into torpor. Setty ousts Xian with a mix of deflections and his own bleeds. I get Setty shortly thereafter. Berg has called 2 PTOs on Cybele by this point...1 was DId the other burnt her, slowing Barasch considerably, but Xian's defensive stance allows him to bring out another the old fashioned way. Dave B doesn't think he can get the Gamgrel on his own and I know I need help to survive all that stealth dom-bleed so we cut a deal. Berg ousts me with his final action before i vote him out of existence.

As I'm gathering my stuff, Dave B bleeds a couple of times for 3 and Chris Mind rapes Cybele. Dave Golcondas her and starts on another one. Chris crushes his will with a third PTO, this time killing the Great Beast.

It was a wild game.

Chris Berg 3vp, GW. Dave Setty 1vp. Me 1 vp."

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4:20 PM - Origins Friday Tournament Finals Re-Cap

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4:11 PM - Origins Saturday Qualifier Part 2

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2:58 PM - Origins Saturday Qualifier Part 1

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Friday, July 01, 2005

8:07 PM - Origins Friday Update

Friday Tournament finalists:

Mark Loughman
Robin Tatu
Peter Bakija
Brian Hess
D Paul Bowles

Peter won the tournament. You can read it report on it at the following link:

Peter Bakija's Origins report on the newsgroup

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12:27 AM - Origins Thursday Part 9

Will Kristoff wins 6:00 PM Tournament with 4VPs.

Rumor has it that Connor Bell got his revenge in the finals of the 8:00 PM tournament and ousted his father John for the win.

UPDATE:

From Josh Duffin on The Madness Network:

"In the finals, I was the prey of the seven-year-old Connor Bell with hardcore Setite stealth bleed, grandprey of his father John Bell with Enkidu/Karsh rush; my prey was Matt Morgan with his Yazid Tamari/other Assamites vote-bleed-Church-Alamut-Heartblood deck; my grandprey was Jens Rasmussen with a cool Baali thing that included Undying Thirst (sa-WEET!). Connor bled me a bunch and I didn't draw enough bounce to keep my pool high and kill my prey better; I bled my prey a bunch anyway and nearly ousted him except not quite when he said he thought I could get him down to 1 but not quite oust him (I got him down to 1 but didn't quite oust him); that led to my downfall when one of the bounced bleeds to Jens, I played stealth on thinking that Jens had said I should cycle stealth; in fact I think he must have said NOT to cycle stealth (a little problem of hearing what you want to hear rather than what's actually said I suppose, heh), and Matt ousted Jens on account of that. I still got Matt the next turn or so but had lost a VP through my carelessness; I then got hit some by Enkidu I think, and Connor kept bleeding for a bunch, finishing me off. In the endgame Enkidu looked strong and all, but I think he ran out of blood or something (and certainly he had been impaired for a while by Undying Thirst making him want to either eat someone in torpor (and get burned in a blood hunt) or do nothing and be relatively useless), and Connor's guys kept bleeding for a bunch, and the outcome was about what you might expect. Connor 3 VPs, Josh 1, Matt 1, for Connor's first (I believe) tournament win. As someone said, he must be, pound for pound, the best VTES player on the planet. :-)"

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