Darkness Within - online league

Darkness Within - online league

online league via Lackey and Discord

Online league,format 3 round+finals.

Multi deck sistem

schedule:
round 1: 7-13 may
round 2 : 14-20 may
round 3 : 21-27 may
finals: 1st june

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/2qvZbp6f

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.

Darkness Within - online league

Yesterday is finished R1.
32 players playing.
top standings after R1:


R2 start today. organized games for R2 will be played in sunday 21h CEST.
if you cannot play in sunday,try to get self organize game any other days.
R2 will be finished 20th may.

FINALS : sunday 8th june 21:00 CEST

Darkness Within - online league

FINALS : sunday 8th june 21:00 CEST

stream: www.twitch.tv/wodnews

finalists:
TOP SEED: Will Matson #2970007 @Anemone 2 GW 9,5 VP 174 TP
2nd SEED : Mikołaj Nosek #6100000 @Tempek 2 GW 7 VP 138 TP
3rd SEED : Mårten Cederholm #2870010 @Marten 1 GW 7 VP 162 TP
4th SEED : Martin Weinmayer #3340035 @angrynewb 1 GW 5,5 VP 156 TP
5th SEED : Lech Ivanov #5250030 @Zerux 1 GW 5,5 VP 114 TP

players can chose any decks in finals

Darkness Within


11 May 2025, 21:00 – 01 June 2025, 23:00
Online Multi-Deck Constructed
3R+F
42 players
Lech Ivanov (#5250030) with 1 VPs in finals.

www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/12337

Deck Name: Anarch Gangrel Death Star
Player: Lech Ivanov

Crypt (12 cards, min=14 max=25 avg=5)
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1x Massimiliano 7 ANI FOR pro baron Gangrel:6
1x André the Manipulator 6 FOR PRO Gangrel:5
1x Casey Snyder 6 PRO ani cel for baron Gangrel:6
1x Kuyén 6 ANI PRO baron Gangrel:6
1x Martina Srnankova 6 FOR PRO ani Gangrel:6
1x Crow 5 ANI for pro tha Gangrel:5
1x Dario Ziggler 5 FOR ani pro tha Gangrel:6
1x Kamile Paukstys 5 PRO ani for Gangrel:6
1x Hanna Nokelainen 4 ani for pro Gangrel:6
1x Nathan Turner 4 PRO ani Gangrel:6
1x Indira 3 PRO Gangrel:6
1x Joaquín de Cádiz 3 for pro Gangrel:6
Library (83 cards)
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Master (23; 6 trifle)
1x Anarch Railroad
1x Archon Investigation
1x Backways
1x Carfax Abbey
1x Club Illusion
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention
1x Ecoterrorists
4x Effective Management
1x Ennoia's Theater
2x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
1x Life Boon
1x Poacher's Hunting Ground
5x Villein
1x Zoo Hunting Ground
Action (15)
1x Fee Stake: Corte
1x Fee Stake: Perth
1x Fee Stake: Seattle
12x Thing
Political Action (9)
5x Consanguineous Boon
2x Domain Challenge
2x Revolutionary Council
Action Modifier (5)
1x Cryptic Rider
4x Earth Control
Reaction (18)
6x Bait and Switch
6x Deep Ecology
6x Eyes of the Wild
Combat (12)
7x Earth Meld
5x Form of Mist
Event (1)
1x Scourge of the Enochians

Lech was gracious enough to write a report detailing how he used a Lifeboon strategy to win the finals. He carried out his plan perfectly and deserved to win.
Moving forward, I believe Lifeboon should be banned from tournament play. While Lifeboon works well in the pre-rounds, it becomes too disruptive in the final game with the timeout win rule and seeding. I believe it will become increasingly important to encourage players to play more aggressively, and enabling a Lifeboon strategy surely does not help with this. leave your thoughts in the comments please.

Special shoutout to Mårten Cederholm who streamed the final last minute. you can rewatch the game here:
www.twitch.tv/wtf_murre_bb

Finals seating:
Martin Weinmayer (4th Seed) Hecata Servitor Bleed ->
Lech Ivanov (5th Seed) Gangrel Anarch Toolbox ->
Will Matson (Topseed) Goratrix Block ->
Mårten Cederholm (2nd Seed) Gangrel Anarch Toolbox ->
Mikołaj Nosek (3rd Seed) Gangrel Anarch Toolbox ->

Final Game: (Lech Ivanov perspective)
After we revealed the crypt cards for place pick, I realized that I was in big trouble because we had a three-way crypt contest. Martin played the deck he won the tournament in Serbia with, so everyone knew that sitting in front of him was the worst position because his deck is by far the most aggressive. So I end up being his prey and Goratrix being my prey. I knew from the start that ousting Goratrix was not an option for me, and that if I tried to bleed, I would only help him get a VP, so my plan was clear: win by life boon.
I had a good spread on crypt, with Kuyen on start, followed by Andre the manipulator (even if not anarch, 2 hand size is worth it) and Massimiliano. As Martin is well-known in the community and has posted his winning deck, I decided to take advantage of this. Because the deck list was known to the majority of players, I told my prey that if he starts to block, he will ensure a Victory Point for Martin, who plays an aggressive deck and will need to score to win, and now he can win simply by time out.
So we agreed that he would let me develop as long as I didn't move forward, which I did. I was fortunate to draw a Lifeboon early in the game and have some cards, such as Domain Challenge, to bring someone close to death and then save them with a Lifeboon. For those who are unfamiliar with the Lifeboon, it works as follows: a player uses the Lifeboon to save another player who is being ousted from oust by giving him his pool, but the next vp saved is given to the savior, along with 0.5 vp from the time out.
I played a Club Illusion to help Marten and Mikolaj put more pressure on their prey. I knew I'd never use it because I'd help the top seed by bleeding, and he'd bounce. Despite Martin's relentless assault, I was able to bloat effectively, so I keep my pool as close to 20 as possible. I see that my plan is working because both other gangrels are battling vampires and masters, so one of them will eventually fall, but it needed to happen as late as possible, so I played a couple of Consanguineous Boons to slow the process down, but it happens at the 17-minute mark.
Mikolaj is being ousted, and I play a Lifeboon on him (this is where I made a nearly fatal mistake: I had 18 pools and decided to give him 8 pools, which was a little too much; I thought 7 or 6 was enough). Because with 17 minutes on the clock, everyone, including me, needed to survive about one more rotation, and if there had been another 10 seconds, I could have been eliminated due to a lack of decrease or bounce. I also had to spend 1 pool to DI the Enkil Cog that was played on Goratrix because he would get a VP during the other turn as Marten was down to 2 pools and one bleed would kill him.
Overall very close game and I was happy that my plan worked.