Hello!

Later, rather than sooner, comes the TWD report of the Finnish National Championships of May 19th.

We filmed the whole of finals, but I have yet to figure out how to edit and make the video pretty - I'll need to ask for the help of my brother for that. We also have plenty of pictures, but they have not yet been organized and all.

So at the moment you will have to make do with an Archon, and TWDs.


www.cabal-ostium.net/vtessm/VTESSMArchon.xls


We had some problems with a couple of seatings because I had, in my great wisdom, doubled one attendee who had payed in advance, and signed in Eetu Rautiainen, our second judge and organizer, who obviously wasn't playing. This is why the Archon might seem a bit confuding. The final standings and results of the finals, as well as the seating, stand correct, however.

The finals:

Petteri Teerikangas
Reetta Rautiainen
Timo Rekola
Jarkko Suvela
Niina Stenberg

We actually had to double check if GWs actually trump VPs when battling for the finals, since there were plenty of players with more VPs than Niina, but she beat them with her two GWs. I think it is in order to give her a special mention - she is not a regular in weekly games (in Helsinki, where she's stationed), but almost all her gaming experience comes from roughly 3 or 4 tournaments, one of them being the EC from previous years. So, despite her being a wee bit green, she managed to pummel her way into the finals - and was very, very close to winning the FNC!

The game proceeded with relative slowness, which irritated Jarkko to no end, since he got fewer turns than he would've liked due to cross table bickering between Reetta and Petteri. The game seemed to revolve over Niina taking a careful, but aggressive offensive towards Petteri, who in turn attempted to finish Reetta off with as few turns as possible. Reetta was struggling with getting actions through with Auspex and a gunwall in front of her, and ultimately with simply surviving. Jarkko was largely left unnoticed before the end of the game, after Petteri and Reetta were taken down, and the little time left wasn't enough for him to build up even though the turns seemed to speed up greatly.

Eventually Jarkko was taken down as his War Ghouls were either stolen or mauled, and with only ~5 minutes time to play Niina started to panic a little and made a couple of bad choices - one of them being not risking bringing out another vampire despite her impressive amount of pool. This slowed her down just enough to let Timo seize his chance, take greased lightning turns and wear Niina down, and ultimately oust her at roughly 1:30 left at the clock.

Congratulations once again to all the finalists, as well as Timo Rekola for being the new Finnish Champion!

TWDs:

Deck Name : asguresh.can.ver.1.4
Author : Timo Rekola
Description :
Slightly modified Asguresh can - deck from JR -tournament...

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 6 average: 4.41667
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4x Asguresh 6 CEL NEC aus Nagaraja:5
2x Andre LeRoux 3 aus Toreador:5
2x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:0
1x Dominique Santo Pa 6 AUS CEL pot pre !Toreador:4
1x Homa 6 AUS CEL POT Osebo:4
1x Titi Camara 5 AUS CEL pot Osebo:5
1x Idrissa 4 CEL aus Osebo:4

Library [90 cards]
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Action [3]
1x Bum's Rush
2x Nose of the Hound

Ally [3]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
2x Neighborhood Watch Commander (Hunter)

Combat [28]
2x Aura Reading
4x Blur
7x Concealed Weapon
4x Psyche!
3x Pursuit
2x Sideslip
4x Taste of Vitae
2x Weighted Walking Stick

Equipment [8]
6x .44 Magnum
2x Bowl of Convergence

Event [1]
1x Scourge of the Enochians

Master [19]
1x Archon Investigation
2x Auspex
1x Barrens, The
1x Lilith's Blessing
1x Erciyes Fragments, The
1x Fame
2x Guardian Angel
1x Pentex™ Subversion
1x Powerbase: Luanda
1x Rack, The
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
3x Vessel
2x Wash
1x Wider View

Reaction [28]
4x Enhanced Senses
4x Eyes of Argus
4x Forced Awakening
4x On the Qui Vive
4x Quicken Sight
8x Telepathic Misdirection
 
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Niina Stenberg

Crypt (12)
2 Ankh-sen-Sutekh 6-cap Follower of Set G4
1 Antoinette, She Who Watches 6-cap Toreador G3
1 Axel Von Anders 5-cap Brujah antitribu G4
2 Herbert Westin 5-cap Brujah G4
1 Isouda de Blaise 7-cap Toreador antitribu G4
1 Raphael Catarari 5-cap Nosferatu antitribu G4
2 Renenet 5-cap Follower of Set G4
1 Stavros 7-cap Malkavian antitribu G4
1 Suzanne Kadim 7-cap Toreador G3

Library (81)
Obfuscate:28 • Presence:24 • Auspex:2

Master (21, 10 trifles)
1 Archon Investigation 3 pool
1 Coven, The Trifle
1 Direct Intervention 1 pool
3 Dreams of the Sphinx 1 pool
1 Giant's Blood
1 KRCG News Radio 2 pool
3 Lilith's Blessing 1 pool
1 Pentex(TM) Subversion 2 pool
7 Villein Trifle
2 Wash Trifle

Action (11)
2 Entrancement Presence
4Legal Manipulations Presence 1 blood
5 Social Charm Presence

Equipment (2)
2 Sport Bike 1 pool

Action Modifier (25)
3Aire of Elation Presence 1 blood
5Cloak the Gathering Obfuscate
3 Elder Impersonation Obfuscate 1 blood
3Faceless Night Obfuscate
4 Lost in Crowds Obfuscate
4 Spying Mission Obfuscate
3 True Love's Face Obfuscate & Presence

Reaction (9)
2 Delaying Tactics 1 blood
1 On the Qui Vive
2 Telepathic Misdirection Auspex 1 blood
4 Wake with Evening's Freshness

Combat (7)
7 Majesty Presence 1 blood

Combo (6)
3Hide the Mind Obfuscate
3 Swallowed by the Night Obfuscate
 
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'Dabbling with Warghouls/ Whack-a-mole'
tekijä: Jarkko Suvela
konsepti: Käytä vic/ani/aus komboa joko stealthiks tai +bleediin ja untappaa Dabblerilla tehdäksesi toisen toiminnon.
kaasu: Dragonbound+Bleed.
jarru: Intercept+Bruise.

Krypta (G2/3):
3x Little Tailor of Prague, AUS ANI VIC dem, +1bleed, vic/tzi special
Caliban, AUS ANI VIC
Corine Marcón, AUS ani VIC, +1str
Devin Bisley, AUS ANI vic
Elizabeth Westcott, AUS ani cel vic
Horatio, vic
4x Tupdog, POT VIS, cycle/chumpblock

Kirjaston koko: 86 korttia

Master: 16
Jake Washington x4
Dabbler x3
Blood Doll x2
Vessel x2
Charisma x2
Dreams of the Sphinx x2
Pentex Subversion

Ally: 15
Warghoul x8
Corrupt Construction x3
Asanbonsam Ghoul x2
Vagabond Mystic x2

Retainer: 6
Corpse Balloon x4
Tasha Morgan
J. S. Simmons, Esq.

Reaction: 15
Telepathic Misdirection x6
On the Qui Vive x4
Eyes of Argus x3
My Enemy's Enemy x2

Combat: 9
Trap x5
Boxed In x2
Meld with the Land x2

Combo: 2
Plasmic Form x2

Modifier: 18
Changeling x9
Mind of the Wilds x9

Event: 5
Dragonbound x2
Unmasking x2
FBI Special Affairs Division

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Petteri's deck is yet to be recieved.

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Reetta's deck is yet to be recieved.


The organizers thank the players and other attendees once again! It was definitely fun, and we'll keep trying to give you a proper video of the whole of finals, as well as pictures, before fall.

Yours
Petrus Makkonen
Prince of Joensuu

Were there 28 players or 27?
Do you plan to fix the Archon?
If there is a tie before the finals, you can resolve it on the Methuselahs page by putting in a coin flip number (in the designated column). This allows the finals page to be correct.


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Finnish National Championship
Joensuu, Finland
May 19, 2012
xx players
3R + F

Timo Rekola's Tournament Winning Deck with 3 VPs in the Finals

Deck Name : asguresh.can.ver.1.4
Author : Timo Rekola
Description :
Slightly modified Asguresh can - deck from JR -tournament...

Crypt [12 vampires] Capacity min: 1 max: 6 average: 4.41667
------------------------------------------------------------
4x Asguresh 6 CEL NEC aus Nagaraja:5
2x Andre LeRoux 3 aus Toreador:5
2x Anarch Convert 1 Caitiff:0
1x Dominique Santo Pa 6 AUS CEL pot pre !Toreador:4
1x Homa 6 AUS CEL POT Osebo:4
1x Titi Camara 5 AUS CEL pot Osebo:5
1x Idrissa 4 CEL aus Osebo:4

Library [90 cards]
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Action [3]
1x Bum's Rush
2x Nose of the Hound

Ally [3]
1x Carlton Van Wyk (Hunter)
2x Neighborhood Watch Commander (Hunter)

Combat [28]
2x Aura Reading
4x Blur
7x Concealed Weapon
4x Psyche!
3x Pursuit
2x Sideslip
4x Taste of Vitae
2x Weighted Walking Stick

Equipment [8]
6x .44 Magnum
2x Bowl of Convergence

Event [1]
1x Scourge of the Enochians

Master [19]
1x Archon Investigation
2x Auspex
1x Barrens, The
1x Lilith's Blessing
1x Erciyes Fragments, The
1x Fame
2x Guardian Angel
1x Pentex™ Subversion
1x Powerbase: Luanda
1x Rack, The
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
3x Vessel
2x Wash
1x Wider View

Reaction [28]
4x Enhanced Senses
4x Eyes of Argus
4x Forced Awakening
4x On the Qui Vive
4x Quicken Sight
8x Telepathic Misdirection

27 is the correct number.


Not exactly. We tried to fix it during the tournament but if we attempted to tinker with the Metuselahs page, the seating and table orders for all rounds would be messed up. I'm not really sure how to fix this, so we did all the changes to rounds manually. The seatings for all rounds are correct, as we tinkered with them by hand as we went.


Thankfully we didn't really need to do this, since it was clear who got in the finals once we cleared the fact that GWs trump VPs.

Also, thank you for the cleaned up deck list!

Kraus wrote:


To fix it, open another copy of a blank Archon.
Put in only the correct information.
Repeat for each page.

Congrats to Timo for the win!

Kraus wrote:
I'll also try to post some pics I took either today or tomorrow.

Kraus wrote:
Also worth mentioning, if I heard it right, this was the first deck she ever built herself making the feat even more impressive -well done Niina!


Kraus wrote:
The power behind the throne would like to thank the organizers for excellently organized tournament, nice venue* and 5th Tradition!

I'd also like to thank Jarkko for providing a painting for the winner which, if I have not misunderstood, is apparently going to be used in the upcoming PDF set.


* the venue was some rather new event hall or somesuch for Eastern Orthodox Church and the spacy gaming area was decorated with plenty of icons. Also the organizers had reserved sauna from the downstaris so after the tournament plenty of players were able to do the post-gaming discussions in proper Finnish atmosphere.

Lastly, free alcohol became also available uring the finals -now THAT is service!
The adjoining area had surprisingly also been booked for some social gathering and when they wrapped up they noticed that they had some tasty red wine and excellent cognac left so they asked the VTES players if these wanted to help to empty the bottles... duh!

Adonai wrote:

Thank you! I'll try to see to it.

The cognac was awesome - and totally planned for! I hope we thanked the elder lady enough for the leftovers.

Yep, all the thanks to Jarkko for the fantastic painting - it was seriously amazing! I'll try to find a picture of our special t-shirt. It has the logo of the event at the front side, and on the back there're:

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Hilarious.

Some paintings on the wall



Closeup of the prize painting



Overview of the tournament in progress with judges Eetu and Petrus checking things out.


In Joensuu they start playing VTES young
-former Prince of Joensuu, Tomi, with his 3rd Tradition



Finals table during latter stages.
Players clockwise from bottom left: Reetta, Timo, Jarkko, Niina and Petteri



Iconoclastic iconography.
Life imitates art as the new Finnish Champion poses with his loot.

great works guys!

Also I find copy paste values a great way of fixing the archon...

Oh, and before we get any more detailed information, Petteri was playing Sha-Ennu bleed/box/something, and Reetta was recruiting Shamblers with Guillaume Giovanni. Sorry, I should've shared this info in the beginning. I'm inquiring their decklists right now - let's hope they still have them written down somewhere.

It was fun tournament (thank you again for the organizers and also to all participants!), and Kraus was very right about me panicing on the end of the final - I was already surprised really much to even get to the final, but then when I managed to oust twice, I was so over helmed that I wasn't able to keep my game together. Originally, I was thinking about to bring out one new vampire if I oust my prey, but having two ousts just messed my head up... I also let the out-game whispers ("Hell no, obfuscate-presence stealth bleed CAN'T win the National Championships!") get under my skin, which was maybe the most stupid thing I made. There were few really big mistakes that I made on game, but well, have to learn from this.

Also, as Lönkka said, this was my first deck that I have done all by myself; but also to be 100% honest, it's the 3rd version from it - tested the first version once in Helsinki, second version on GothCon. It started as something little different, but did get simplified on to this.