Fee Stake: Berkeley w/deck

We had 9 players attend our tournament in Berkeley. Things went well other than a couple last-minute no-shows. We went ahead and had a good time anyway.

Fee Stake: Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, USA
3/4/12
2r+f
Standard Constructed
9 players

Finals:
Ian Thompson (!Brujah Unexpected Coalition)> Ian Lee (Princes featuring Ezmerelda)> Alex Con Hon (Tzim Wall)> Kenneth Davenport (Giovanni w/Shamblers)> Brandon Haas (ANI Rush)

Winner: Brandon Haas

Not technically TWD:
Deck Name: Gone Batty
Author: Brandon Haas
Description: This is a deck I've been toting for a while and have been hesitant to bring it out due to the fact that it can quickly wreck your predator and prey's games. In this tournament I was able to find the balance between hurting my prey and holding off my predator.

Vampires:
2x Janey Pickman 6 ANI
2x Stick 3 ANI
1x Anjalika Underwood 5 ANI
1x Beetleman 4 ANI
1x Celeste Lamontagne 5 ANI
1x Effie Lowery 5 ANI
1x Fish 5 ANI
1x Petra 5 ANI
1x Sahana 5 ANI
1x Yuri Kerezinski 5 ANI Bishop

Library: 80 cards

Master: 12
1x Archon Investigation
1x The Barrens
3x Blood Doll
1x Dreams of the Sphinx
3x Fame
2x Haven Uncovered
1x Humanitas

Actions: 19
2x Arson
9x Bum's Rush
5x Deep Song
3x Harass

Allies/Retainers: 2
2x Underbridge Stray

Combat: 46
19x Aid from Bats
2x Canine Horde
15x Carrion Crows
3x Drawing Out the Beast
2x Fake Out
5x Taste of Vitae

Events: 1
1x Narrow Minds

I'm not sure if any of L.A. new about this tournament or some of us would have gone up. No way some silly animalism deck would've won

Heh, well it was a hard-fought victory. I played in all 5-player tables and each of them timed out. In games one and two I got 1.5 vps and 2.5 in the Final. I faced off against Lev's Unnamed Enkil Cog deck. We traded blows a lot and I lost two vampires (scourge and diablarie). I barely ousted him before time and got my predator to agree to a time-out to prevent my prey from winning.

Thanks for the offer to come up. We generally like to make it worth your while with 2+ tournaments and a place to crash for such a long trip. This was Ian Thompson's first time organizing a tournament. He did very well and I think it will only get better as he starts to figure out when/where to hold these things.

Eudemonia did screw us over by not responding to Ian's request to put the event on their calendar (and guarantee space). When we stopped by their store looking for a 10th player (Games of Berkeley, where we played, is only about 2 blocks away), they were almost completely empty. Maybe one day they will get their shit together. Had they not done that, I think we would have had 10 or maybe a little more.

We will let you know when we run big tournaments, don't worry I'll keep pushing the LA tournaments. I think the next one is right before finals, but I'll still consider it. I noticed that there were 10 players in your tournaments over President's Day weekend and I pointed it out to the players in attendance. It really does matter if we go. Unlike events further away (i.e. Origins), LA is driveable and therefore much less costly.

Ian Lee was saying that the Labor Day weekend conventions in the Bay Area are not that great, so maybe we can round up a posse to drive down to Strategicon. I'll be starting my externship in Fall, so hopefully I can make time for that.

Thanks for checking in.

-Brandon

Robert wrote:

I'm not sure if any of L.A. new about this tournament or some of us would have gone up. No way some silly animalism deck would've won

Is there no L.A. player on Facebook that reads the Berkeley VTES group? They are incredibly active. Y'all should be paying attention.