[HELP] History of the VEKN

My memory about the events back then is a bit hazy after all this years. J

As it was, the Madness Network was Robert’s baby. I remember having some lengthy discussion with Robert about cardlimits. Our group in Vienna (which was fairly big at that time) used 4CL, and I advocated it in the NG. In the end, Robert convinced me that NL would be the way to go. After that, he invited me to become membership director.

I was heavily involved in the first continental event ever, the EC 1999, I was head judge and head organisator. As WW reversed the license agreement with WotC, the members of the Madness Network board of directors each wrote a separate mail to Steve Wieck. I boasted about the European player scene, how the EC was a huge success, and that VTES is going strong in Europe. Steve visited me in Vienna that year (early 2000) with his family. After that he allowed me to hold the EC 2000 with the support of WW. As Steve was very forthcoming and we were quite drunk on joy, we decided to have the Madness Network to become the official players organization it is now.