40th clans of vampires

Online league: 40th clans of vampires

online league via Lackey and Discord

Online league,format 3 round+finals.

Multi deck sistem

schedule:
Round 1: 21-26 March
Round 2: 26 March- 01. April
Round 3: 02.-06. April
Finals: 13 April

Organized Games will be played in Sundays start in 21h CET

Time limit for every table(4 or 5 players) will be 2 hours.

Communication will be in the English language via Discord. Players who do not speak English well can use lackey chat, but are required to listen to other players via discord.

A VEKN ID is required for registration.
Discord link for registration: discord.gg/9Y7W3UWY

The league will be ranked in the Vekn Online Constructed Ranking.

Archon online set parings and seating. The first name needs to host the table. 1st player in table load deck 1st,last load deck last. Before the game starts, players must shuffle their crypt and library!
In finals, there are different order load decks: 1st load 5th seed,last load top seed. After everyone has loaded their decks, the players reveal his top three crypt cards.

Finals rules:
In finals, players can choose any deck, even if they do not use this deck during the league.
Standard finals rules: players reveal the top 3 crypts and choose their position on the table; the top seed chooses his position last.

Self organize game rules:
Self-organized game will be allowed for players who cannot play in Sundays.
Self-organized games must be opened for everyone participating in the league and announced on the VTES league discord server.
Player who want to organize self-organize game,need to ask in league discord server if there interested people for league game.
when get enough players for 1 or more tables,players need to call one of judges to judge open check-in in lackey.
Judge open check-in for Self organize game,and run archon for parings and seating.
If not one judge is available, the players determine the seating arrangement by throwing a dice, and report the result after the game.
Mix round is not allowed in self organize games.

In the case of an "inconvenient" (6,7, and 11) number of players, the rule that applies is who registered for the game earlier.

Finals will be played: tuesday 15th april 21:00 CEST

Finalists:

40th Clans of Vampires (50 players) Finals
15th April 2025 9pm CEST

Marcin Zakrzewski: Topseed 2GW 9.5VP (Lackeyname "Kalesoner")
Representing Poland. Marcin is one of the new generation players being introduced to the game in 2021 by the Warsaw VTES community. He quickly learned the game and was able to win the prestigious title of Polish Champion in 2024. Marcin soon joined the online community and met Bram van Stappen, who became his new mentor. Marcin had already succeeded his mentor by defeating Bram and winning the online league tournament final earlier this year. Marcin isn't one to mess around, and he usually plays highly aggressive bleed decks.

Bram van Stappen: 2nd Seed 2GW 7.5VP (Lackeyname "gotcha")
Representing Belgium. Bram is a clear favorite in any finals in which he competes, winning more than half of them. His most recent accomplishment was winning a tournament in Vilnius with a Shalmath Combat Deck, demonstrating his exceptional skill at the VTES table. Unfortunately, his teaching responsibilities prevent him from performing at as many live events as he would like. However, Bram is likely to appear at this year's European Championship in Denmark. Bram still holds the global record for national titles (7 titles).

Erik Wallgren: 3rd Seed 1GW 8VP (Lackeyname "Carakkaz")
Representing Sweden. Although Erik's friends first introduced him to the game in 2014, Mathias Haga would quickly become his mentor and bash down on all his ideas. Erik began to play a lot of decks without a combat module as Randal Rudstam's philosophy of simply ignoring the game's combat element gained traction. Mirror Walk, Secure Haven, and Obediance are his favorite combat cards. Erik won his first tournament playing Huitzilopochtli in late 2024, and he prefers high cap vampires and star vampire decks.

Maciej Kozłowski 4th/5th Seed 1GW 5.5VP (Lackeyname "ZaraZ")
Representing Poland. Maciej has been playing since 1995, when Dark Sovereigns was released. He began with a group of friends at an RPG club, where they played up to 12-player tables with 40 pool because they wanted more vampires in play and games to last longer. Maciej enjoys playing non-meta decks, often pursuing the less obvious and more difficult paths, such as combat decks or decks that require more setup time to get going. Maciej joined the online community in early 2025 and has already advanced to the finals of his second online tournament.

Ruben Feldman 4th/5th Seed 1GW 5.5VP (Lackeyname "wizztard")
Representing Switzerland. The legendary player has returned to the VTES stage after a nearly ten-year absence to support his little family. Ruben is one of the best-performing players of all time; his VEKN stats are simply insane. His streak of 25 consecutive finals was only recently broken in an Italian tournament this year (he was one VP short of making the finals again). He has been world rank 1 several times, setting a record and peaking at 1944 rating points in 2007 (only broken by Otso Saariluoma's magical 2000). His playing style is high risk, high reward, with a focus on swarm bleed or vote decks such as Ravnos Clown Car and Legacy of Pander Vote. Everyone who is having problems with timeouts should watch and learn.

STREAM LINKS:

https://www.youtube.com/@BloodlustBroadcast
(english Maaike Kerschot and Ben Winkeler)

www.twitch.tv/bleeddetres
(spanish Alejandro Rodriguez)