Cause and Effect special - An hour with Ben Peal, Design Team Leader

Greetings!

Similarly to the episode we did with Johannes we're going to have an hour with the Design Team Leader Ben Peal concerning him and his duties with the vekn. Once again we would love to have you, the community, help us. Please ask any questions here that you want Ben Peal to answer. Questions can also be e-mailed to . The show is going to air tuesday the 27th of March.

Is there anything that you would change in Short-Leash Bleed for better success in 2012?
How about Cheesequake?

Dear Mr. Ben:
You were recently accused of forcing the introduction of cards that went against the theme of the expansion, that we know is G5 Sabbat.
Can you tell us if this rumor is true?
Can you unveil a bit of what is that outside theme and the reasons why you wanted to test those cards?

I understand if you want to keep this ultra secret or don't want to break the NDA.
Thanks in advance.
Tiago

Does pdf sets have names or is it just pdf set #1 or pdf set #2?

Anything about future plan? Like 25 card pdf set every year, every two years or no time plan?

Will pdf sets always focus on theme, like next set focusing independent vampires and making some underplayed mechanisms more useful (like contracts&corruption)?

What are the biggest problems now in tournament metagame? Does strong deck archetypes need balancing? Or does underplayed archetypes need more cards? Is balance done by making strong decks weaker or weak decks stronger?

What is the focus of new set? Tournament playing or casual players trying wacky decks or something in between?