TWD: Rhein-Main-Bashing, 3. Mai 2014, Mainz, Germany

And here is the Archon for this event (which reads "Rhine Main Bashing" in international affairs ^^) ...

1 Johannes W. 1 5 2 114

2 Rudolf G. 1 4 0 108 (higher coin-ranking)
2 Ali A. 1 4 2 108
2 Ralf W. 1 4 1 96
2 Martin S. 1 3,5 0 96

6 Jan S. 1 2 78 (first time in Mainz, that a gamewin was NOT enough to enter the finals)
7 Joscha D. 0 2,5 90
8 Anja P. 0 2 96
9 Kai K. 0 1,5 78
10 Tobias H. 0 1 60
11 Kristian W. 0 1 54
12 Ralf L. 0 0 36
12 Robert F. 0 0 36
12 Sebastian M. 0 0 36
12 Jörg W. 0 0 36
16 Frederick E. 0 0 30

I really dig this deck. Ive built with Aksynia, Fakir, and Zayyat, and had plans to use the 4 big vamps in this deck, but hadnt yet due to uncertainty about it working (and ive been gunshy about all 10-11 cap stuff since LB got banned and took my all 11 cap decks with it) but plainly theres potential.

johannes wrote:

I was completely surprised how well it worked. Built the night before under funny crap category

Im still impressed. I thought about a torpor olympics (movement of the slow body, rapid healing, regeneration, force of will, dayop, daring the dawn, etc) deck with these vamps due to disciplines, special text, and blood to pool farming potential, but this looks a bit more practical.

This was the final table:
Ali A. (Malk & !Malk Stealth Bleed) => Ralf W. (Nos & !Nos Stealth Vote & Bleed) => Martin S. (Saulot Wall) => Rudolf G. (Thetmes Contract Rush) => Johannes W. (Gangrel & !Gangrel Big Cap Combat)

The Big-Cap decks found (or had) no crypt acceleration, thus they influenced out their first minions slowly.
The Malkavians started bleeding with Morel turn 3.
Martin got hit early be a Parity Shift played by Ralf.
Rudolf invested a lot of combat cards in a border skirmish between Thetmes and Saulot, so he had more or less none left for Johannes' minions (Aksinya and Janey).
Ali's Malkavians continue bleeding.
A second Parity Shift (now against Ali) fails due to Quentin King III's and Thetmes' votes.
Martin finally finds a Magic of the Smith, which gets DIed by Ralf.
Rudolf is aware that his friendly predator is almost ousted, so he decides to cross-table rush Alonso Petrodon.
The subsequent Graverobbing (inferior) gets blocked by Saulot via Eagle's Sight.
Johannes has now also Mimir in his ranks.
Alonso gets rescued.
Aksinya is plays inferior Magic of the Smith, which Ali's Persia declines to block -- due to Johannes' statement that he would self-oust if blocked.
The Malkavian continue bleeding. The fourth of them enters play.
Ralf survives and ousts Martin via Anarchist Uprising.
Thetmes finally sends Aksinya to torpor, but finds no Provision of the Silsila and is low on blood. A bleed for 4 passes with the help of a Cloak the Gathering.
Johannes is down to 4 pool, but successfully recovers.
Ali ousts Ralf, and continues bleeding, now Rudolf.
Rudolf is down on 3 pool and more or less out of options. He releases Janey out of the Pentex -- with the second attempt, the first one gets blocked by one of Ali's vampires.
Johannes cycles like hell and does his very best to send as many of Ali's vampires to torpor.
Some Dodges prevent desaster for Ali, and with the help of a Blood Doll he has two ready-to-bleed vampires in his turn.
Rudolf gets ousted. Ali forgets to influence out Jackie, a crucial mistake, plus he is almost out of cards.
He bleeds Johannes down to 1 pool the next turn, but then the tides have turned.
2 VPs for Johannes, who wins the tournament due to his higher ranking.

Congrats, Johannes, very well played!