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Vampire: Elder Kindred NetworkTM is the Official V:TES Players' Organization dedicated to the continued health of V:TES. The V:EKN endeavors to help V:TES grow in popularity through the embracing of new players as well as through the support of the existing fans.
The V:EKN is the organization responsible for sanctioning and regulating official V:TES tournaments, recording V:TES players' ratings (and rankings), and sponsoring the creation of monthly Clan Newsletters.
V:EKN Princes are volunteers who promote V:TES at the local level by, for example, coordinating tournaments and demos.
Membership
All players who register with V:EKN shall be assigned a unique V:EKN membership number. Only registered players with an active standing shall be able to hold Volunteer Officer Positions. A player must play in at least one officially sanctioned event within the past 18 months to be considered active. Lapsed players shall be again considered active for the next 18 months after participating an officially sanctioned event.
Organization and Officers of V:EKN
Inner Circle
National Coordinators
Princes
V:EKN ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Fellow Methuselahs,
Let me apologize for being late on this State of the V:EKN. It was due 01. April but I couldn´t get it done until today. Nevertheless this gives the opportunity to fully cover the recent events.
As most of you know in the fall of last year there has been a decision by the V:EKN to produce a fan made set. A design team with a handful of people was assembled and they set off to build that set. Unfortunately at the end of December, right around the start of R1 of playtesting, a conflict broke out in the team. My goal was to solve this conflict and to bring all the parties involved back together again. From all my experience in dealing with V:TES and the V:EKN, and I never thought this wouldn´t be possible or even it would be a hard task. Turns out it was. The differences couldn´t be reconciled and first one guy split from the team and then two others followed, you may have seen the topics in the forum. This was a really sad experience for me as a Chairman and a hard time. I did not want this to happen but in trying to solve that conflict I realized an important problem: there are people who see the ability to make decisions as a right they have earned and that volunteering results in entitlement. From where I stand this is fundamentally wrong. The ability to make decisions is a responsibility, not a right, and there is no reward for volunteering except the happy faces and respect of your fellow players. I quote Robyn Tatu: "It’s really simple. Volunteers simply go to work. If they’re not happy with their current assignment they quit or find other areas where they can contribute". The good news is this only slightly impacted the development process and we are still on track for Round 3 of playtesting. Ben Peal will speak to more details in an upcoming Designers' Diary.
During the public discussions about the design team I read from several people that they think the Inner Circle is too secretive and only staffed with a close connected group of people. To be honest, when building the new V:EKN after White Wolf dropped V:TES we didn´t build an Inner Circle. We just named important positions and put them in there. Also since we have been getting along just fine in the V:EKN days, the Inner Circle´s ability to make decisions was not that important before. So what we did is to think long and hard about the structure and members of the Inner Circle and here are the changes to come:
- The Storyline Coordinator position will be moved from the Inner Circle to the Design Team. All later tournament legal reward cards have to follow the standard design process.
- There will be a new group within the Inner Circle: Chairmen Emeriti. This is for formerly dedicated members of the V:EKN who currently can´t devote much of their time to the V:EKN. This is a non-voting position, senior advisors.
- In addition to the V:EKN Marketing Director there will be a V:EKN Spokesperson. The Marketing Director will handle external communication and actively market V:TES to the outside and the Spokesperson will proactively interface with the player base, the princes and the national coordinators.
- V:EKN Scribe. Accurately recollecting the decisions made by the Inner Circle and archiving them, maintaining and monitoring a calendar of important dates for the VEKN, keeping the records of the association in a safe place.
- Vice Chairman. Well, Vice-President. You get it.
So far for the structure. Let me talk about persons, we have a few changes coming here as well.
- Eric Chiang will be leaving us as storyline coordinator after running the event at the NAC. We thank him for his service. There are two promising candidates and we will give you a new name soon.
- David Tatu will be taking over the V:EKN Scribe position.
- Robert Goudie will be the first Chairman Emeritus.
The positions of: Vice Chairman, Spokesperson and Marketing Director are currently open. If you are interested in a more active position in the V:EKN or want to lift that veil of secrecy (*grin*) now is the time. I sincerely hope that this step shows that there has never been any desire for secrecy on the Inner Circle´s part and that we have an open mind about anybody wanting to participate.
A recent change to the website was the introduction of a V:TES video channel, a link (www.vekn.net/index.php/cause-and-effect) to the well known Cause & Effect. I think this is a great series and a prime display of volunteering at work. Thank you guys for letting us use your content. Again, this goes out to every player: if you want to contribute to the V:EKN, I am sure there is a place for you.
As I mentioned in the Cause & Effect interview, there's about a 20% chance of the game coming back into print. We've had dialog with various companies with respect to this. At this time, there is nothing tangible to report. However, dialog with those companies continues, and we'll be sure to let you know if there are any developments.
Johannes Walch
Chairman of the V:EKN |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 18:05 |
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Fellow vekn.net users,
We have added a Photo Gallery complement to the website, so that anyone can upload V:TES-related pictures.
There are three main categories available: Tournaments, Players and Fan-made products.
Any vekn.net registered user can create his own category and upload there (note that registered users can upload pictures only to the categories they own.)
Each user has a 50MB disk quota for his pictures. Please, use it wisely.
The Photo Gallery is public, so anyone dropping by vekn.net will be able to see all the pictures contained there.
Once the users start uploading images we will start moving their categories under a specific category.
You can access the Photo Gallery from the Resources menu or by clicking on the following link:
vekn.net/index.php/photo-gallery
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Greetings from the V:EKN Design Team!
The mid-round report from the playtesters arrived last week, and we've been taking a look at the feedback and deciding what changes we may want to make in preparation for Round Three. Personally, I take a fatalistic pleasure in watching the playtesters take our beautiful creations and smash them to bits. Partly for that reason, we're having the playtesters test a larger number of cards than the set will include.
Based on playtester feedback, some cards from Round One did not make the cut for Round Two and were sent back to the Design Team for further development. It is entirely possible that similar cuts will be made for Round Three. There are other reasons for testing more cards than will be in the set. Representing the World of Darkness source material well in V:TES is a high priority for us, and we want more than just our own opinions as to whether the cards we've designed reflect that world respectfully. We're also keen to have this set be comprised of the best cards we've designed for the needs they're intended to address. So, in some respects, we're treating the playtesters as having the role of a focus group for the larger V:TES community as well as having their normal playtesting responsibilities. We do have a clear direction and goal in mind, and we're using the feedback from the playtesters to determine which of the options we've created will get us to that goal
Among our additional tasks for Round Two is to determine which cards are certain to make the final cut for the set and are thereby approved for having artwork commissioned for them. Some cards received this approval after Round One, and we look forward to seeing more cards join them after Round Two. We won't be doing official sneak previews until the weeks leading up to the set's release sometime this summer. However, look for concept sketches in the coming Designers' Diary entries.
Regards,
Ben Peal and the V:EKN Design Team |
Greetings from the V:EKN Design Team!
We're glad to announce that Round Two of playtest has begun! We're grateful for the effort and feedback that the playtesters gave into Round One, and the information they've provided us has allowed us to further shape, mold, and refine the set. To a large extent, the playtesters have more experience with playtesting V:TES cards than we designers have with designing them. As such, it's imperative that we in the Design Team trust the playtest teams, and as much as we're designing the cards, the playtest teams have a very clear and direct effect on how these cards develop. We very much look forward to their feedback in Round Two!
So, how is the set shaping up? As we mentioned previously, the crypt will be entirely Group 5 Sabbat, filling in and rounding out needs and holes for the standard Sabbat clans. As for the library, we are indeed developing Sabbat-specific political actions. It's a tough challenge to come up with a political action card on the level of Reckless Agitation or (gasp!) Parity Shift that is still interesting and creative in its own way. We're presently testing half a dozen or so political actions, some being pool loss/redistribution schemes, some being something else entirely. As always, we'll see what the playtesters do with them and what feedback they give us, and eventually one or more of these cards will make their way into your hands.
What do we mean by "eventually"? Right now, we're looking at a summer release for this set. We'll have a much clearer picture of a release date as we move into Round Three and as more of the artwork is created. Now that we're a second round into the playtest process, we'll have more frequent Designers' Diary updates for you. We'll do another one at the end of March, so stay tuned!
Regards,
The V:EKN Design Team |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Andreas Nusser
NC Germany
Vampire: Elder Kindred Network
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V:EKN tournament prize support ensured until 2015
Walch & Nusser Game Distributors and David Tatu received the remaining
VTES promo cards from CCP. Thus both will be able to continue and ensure
support to any North Amercian / European Qualifier Championships, National Championships and regular tournaments until 2015.
National Coordinators from Europe, princes and tournament organisers can find tournament support, including Qualifier T-shirts, exclusively at
www.vtes.de/catalog/index.php?cPath=22_24.
OOP boosters and several sought after promo cards such as Lilith's Blessing, Victor Pelletier will be only available in ECQ and NC prize support to encourage players attending national/international events.
We are happy to announce that this year's ECQ winners will also receive a complete Sabbat War Rare card factory set.
Players in North America and the rest of the World (excluding Europe) can find V:TES Products and tournament support at www.sites.google.com/site/rosetatuproductions/home
About Vampire: Elder Kindred Network
Founded in 1997, the Vampire: Elder Kindred Network is the official Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Players' Organization dedicated to the continued health of V:TES. The V:EKN endeavors to help the game grow in popularity through the embracing of new players as well as through the support of the existing fans. www.vekn.net
About Vampire: The Eternal Struggle
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle is a Deckmaster^(TM) trading card game set in White Wolf's popular World of Darkness. Created in 1994 by Richard Garfield as the follow-up to his groundbreaking Magic: The Gathering trading card game, V:TES is one of the most enduring games in the genre with fans and organized play events in countries across the globe.
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