ORIGINS: First Chance Qualifier

* = qualified (for 2013 NAC and EC)

Final Prelim Prelim Final
Rank Name GWs VPs VPs TPs

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1 James Messer* 1 5 3 114
2 Randy Rudstam* 1 6.5 0 114
2 Peter Kapsalis* 1 3 1 78
2 Brian Moritz* 1 5 0 114
2 Hugh Angseesing*2 7 1 120
6 Ben Peal* 1 3 78
7 Evan Lloyd* 1 2.5 84
8 David Tatu* 0 3 102
9 Ankur Gupta* 0 3 84
10 Jesper Boje* 0 2.5 102
11 Rob Dudock* 0 2.5 96
12 Kevin Butcher 0 2 96
13 Mark Loughman 0 2 72
14 Selen Turkay 0 2 66
15 Brad Cashdollar 0 1.5 90
16 Sonam Adinolf 0 1.5 78
17 Matt Hirsch 0 1.5 66
18 David Litwin 0 1 66
19 Martin Randers 0 1 60
19 Justin Clothier 0 1 60
21 Bill Troxel 0 1 54
22 Robyn Tatu 0 0.5 72
23 John Mickle 0 0.5 60
24 Bob Joseph 0 0.5 54
24 Matt Morgan 0 0.5 54
24 Aaron Clark 0 0.5 54
24 Peter Oh 0 0.5 54
24 Kelly Schultz 0 0.5 54
29 Mikkel Petersen 0 0.5 48
30 Devin Crane 0 0 54
31 Darby Keeney 0 0 48
31 John Flournoy 0 0 48
33 Cory Seigel 0 0 42
33 Norm Brown 0 0 42
33 David Cherryholmes0 0 42


Deck Name: If You Can't Beat Ashur, Play Them
Author: James Messer

Crypt [13 vampires] Capacity min: 7 max: 10 average: 9.07692

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4x Ambrosio Moncada 10 DOM OBT POT PRE aus for cardinal Lasombra:2
1x Angelica 10 DOM OBT POT cel obf cardinal Lasombra:2
3x Francisco Domingo 9 DOM OBT POT PRE pro archbishop Lasombra:2
1x Alvaro 9 OBT POT dom pre archbishop Lasombra:2
1x Antonio Delgado 9 DOM OBT POT tha archbishop Lasombra:2
2x Gratiano 8 DOM OBT obf pot priscus Lasombra:2
1x Sela^ 7 POT PRE cel obt archbishop !Brujah:2

Library [76 cards]

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Master [26]
7x Ashur Tablets
1x Black Forest Base
1x Direct Intervention
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Elysian Fields
1x Fear of Mekhet
1x Giant's Blood
1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
1x Monastery of Shadows
2x Parthenon, The
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Power Structure
6x Villein
1x Wash

Action [7]
1x Entrancement
4x Govern the Unaligned
1x Horseshoes
1x Shadow Twin

Action Modifier [22]
2x Awe
2x Blanket of Night
1x Bonding
1x Conditioning
1x Iron Glare
2x Perfect Paragon
2x Seduction
2x Shadow Play
2x Shroud of Absence
2x Shroud of Night
2x Tenebrous Form
3x Voter Captivation

Reaction [6]
4x Deflection
2x On the Qui Vive

Ally [4]
4x Nocturn

Combat [2]
2x Shadow Body

Equipment [1]
1x Zaire River Ferry

Political Action [8]
1x Ancient Influence
2x Banishment
3x Kine Resources Contested
1x Neonate Breach
1x Scourge

Seems like there were plenty of timeouts here with only 8 GWs (out of 21 possible).

Day 1 was totally opposite (27 GWs out of 30 possible) and Day 2 seemed OK as well (10 GW out of 15).

Lönkka wrote:

Seems like there were plenty of timeouts here with only 8 GWs (out of 21 possible).

Day 1 was totally opposite (27 GWs out of 30 possible) and Day 2 seemed OK as well (10 GW out of 15).

Yeah, seemed like a lot of timeouts this time. I myself ran a little experiment and ran a few full-forward decks and a few wallish decks. My sample size is small, but the results are fairly striking. I had no timeouts (at least not with me still alive) when I played an aggressive deck and quite a few timeouts playing walls.

Because those timeouts prevented what might have been eventual game wins, I'd say the aggressive deck is a better choice. Usually you can get away with a wall on day 2, but my games were ponderously slow and it wasn't a good choice.

I played another kind of wallish deck (with lots of allies and Unmasking) for this particular tournament, but honestly everybody was so tired and such, my games were just goofy fun.

vtesocrates wrote:

my games were just goofy fun.

I like goofy fun!
It seems that way too often people forget the fun part in VTES.

I'll sort the lists in the weekend (for 2012 and for 2013), but I think that after NAC Day1, everybody qualifies for 2013 Continentals.
Oh, and that is also for the ACCs and SAC of 2013.

Non-existant user wrote:

If you win a 10+ player tournament in North America after the 2012 NAC at Origins, then you are qualified for all Continental Championships in 2013. (Note: this is exactly how qualification works for First Chance Qualifiers!)

FCQ was only 2 rounds plus finals so only 15 GW available but 9 GW is still under par.