TWD and report: Ropecon 2023 (Helsinki, Finland, July 29th)
15 Oct 2023 08:32 - 01 Nov 2023 13:53 #109559
by PetriWessman
Ok, this is embarrassing -- the tournament was at the end of July and
everything went fine... except that I totally forgot to write up this
tournament report after sending off the Archon. My bad, apologies, and
let's correct things now.
After last year's EC here in Helsinki, this year's tournament was the
first "normal" VTES tournament at Ropecon since 2019 (due to the Covid
years). We got a very respectable 47 players in total, and this year
Ropecon had decided to move the sales area to another part of the con
building, leaving more room for the tournament / play areas. This was
nice, and the place was less crowded and noisy than
previously. Tournament setup went smoothly, thanks again to Jani Malmi
for help there!
Also a big thank you to Black Chantry & Ultra Pro for prize support! Among other things, we got an awesome promo version of the new Anarch Baron Saku Pihlajamäki, modeled after long-time Finnish VTES NC Janne Lönnqvist (who did not know about it beforehand, nice surprise for him).
As for tournament play itself, we had no new tournament players this
year so everyone was at least somewhat familiar with the game, but of
course deck types and play styles varied a huge amount. As usual,
there were all sorts of decks, and no single type really seemed to
dominate. The only thing I noticed as "new" here was the relatively
large number of Anarch Brujah decks. Seeing Brujah finally be
tournament-viable (outside outliers like Euro-Brujah) is really nice,
job well done Black Chantry I'd say.
The finalists were:
I'd like to especially congratulate Nina here, winning every single
prelim round is no mean feat. In the end, the win went to Otso
Saariluoma, with 2.5 VP in the final round. Good job, everyone!
We unfortunately didn't have video coverage of final round this year,
but I've provided a condensed summary (see below).
-Petri "Orava" Wessman
Decklists
Tournament Winner (Otso Saariluoma)
Other Finalists
Nina Nilsson
Tero Aalto
Esa-Matti Smolander
Jyri Puhakka
(unfortunately still missing this, if it was sent to me I've
managed to miss it -- I'll add it here later if I get it).
Final Round summary
This is a general view of what happened during final round, based on my notes. Only more or less significant events are included.
The players were (in seating order):
Turn 1
Kim: Smiling Jack
Turns 2-3
Just general buildup
Turn 4
Tero: Enochians to burn Esa-Matti's Marciana
Otso: Army of Rats
Jyri: Unnamed bleeds for 2, bounced around, lands on Nina, Enkil Cog, untap. Unnamed burns Smiling Jack.
Esa-Matti: Stanislava bleeds for 3
Turn 5
Jyri (on Nina's turn): Unnamed Enkil Cog bleed for 6
Nina: Nightmares Upon Nightmares
Turn 6
Esa-Matti: Ingrid Rossler Govern bleed, lands on Tero after bounces
Turn 7
Jyri: Unnamed bleeds, Leurnean blocks, Unnamed to torpor with Disarm. Horde rescues. Unnamed Calls the Great Beast, Great Beast bleeds for 3.
Nina: Bituin plays Constant Revolution
Esa-Matti: Ingrid removes Constant Revolution, Stanislava bleeds for 3, lands on Jyri after bounces.
Turn 8
Otso: bleed for 2
Nina: Smiling Jack
Esa-Matti: Chandler burns Smiling Jack, Stanislava bleeds for 3, bounces to Otso, reduced to 1
Turn 9
Otso: bleed for 2, Jyri ousted
Nina: bleed for 2, play Slow Withering
Turn 10
Otso: bleed blocked, Leurnean to torpor
Esa-Matti: Stanislava Banishes Tero's Malgorzata
Turn 11
Otso: lots of small bleeds
Esa-Matti: Ingrid tries Parity shift, gets blocked, ends up in torpor
Turn 12
Nina: two bleeds, both gets blocked, Esa-Matti's Chandler and Ingrid to torpor
Esa-Matti: Stanislava bleeds for 3, gets blocked after some bounces
Turn 13
Otso: plays Club Illusion, bleeds, Nina is ousted (with 45 seconds left on clock)
game times out
- Tournament: Ropecon 2023 VTES tournament
- Date: Saturday July 29th, 2023
- Place: Ropecon 2023 gaming convention, Messukeskus, Helsinki, Finland
- Players: 47
- Format: Constructed, 3R+F
- Organizer/judge: Petri Wessman
- Winner: Otso Saariluoma (see below for deck list)
Ok, this is embarrassing -- the tournament was at the end of July and
everything went fine... except that I totally forgot to write up this
tournament report after sending off the Archon. My bad, apologies, and
let's correct things now.
After last year's EC here in Helsinki, this year's tournament was the
first "normal" VTES tournament at Ropecon since 2019 (due to the Covid
years). We got a very respectable 47 players in total, and this year
Ropecon had decided to move the sales area to another part of the con
building, leaving more room for the tournament / play areas. This was
nice, and the place was less crowded and noisy than
previously. Tournament setup went smoothly, thanks again to Jani Malmi
for help there!
Also a big thank you to Black Chantry & Ultra Pro for prize support! Among other things, we got an awesome promo version of the new Anarch Baron Saku Pihlajamäki, modeled after long-time Finnish VTES NC Janne Lönnqvist (who did not know about it beforehand, nice surprise for him).
As for tournament play itself, we had no new tournament players this
year so everyone was at least somewhat familiar with the game, but of
course deck types and play styles varied a huge amount. As usual,
there were all sorts of decks, and no single type really seemed to
dominate. The only thing I noticed as "new" here was the relatively
large number of Anarch Brujah decks. Seeing Brujah finally be
tournament-viable (outside outliers like Euro-Brujah) is really nice,
job well done Black Chantry I'd say.
The finalists were:
- Nina Nilsson (3 GW, 10 VP)
- Otso Saariluoma (2 GW, 8.5 VP)
- Tero Aalto (2 GW, 7.5 VP)
- Jyri Puhakka (1 GW, 6.5 VP)
- Esa-Matti Smolander (1 GW, 6 VP)
I'd like to especially congratulate Nina here, winning every single
prelim round is no mean feat. In the end, the win went to Otso
Saariluoma, with 2.5 VP in the final round. Good job, everyone!
We unfortunately didn't have video coverage of final round this year,
but I've provided a condensed summary (see below).
-Petri "Orava" Wessman
Decklists
Tournament Winner (Otso Saariluoma)
Deck Name: Gangrel Grinder
Author: Otso Saariluoma
Description: Based on the deck by Édouard Menneson.
Crypt (12 cards, min=16 max=26 avg=5.42)
========================================
2x Massimiliano 7 ANI FOR pro baron Gangrel:6
2x Casey Snyder 6 PRO ani cel for baron Gangrel:6
2x Kuyén 6 ANI PRO baron Gangrel:6
1x Martina Srnankova 6 FOR PRO ani Gangrel:6
1x Kamile Paukstys 5 PRO ani for Gangrel:6
1x Mickey Wheeler 5 ani cel for pro 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
Library (79 cards)
==================
Master (18; 7 trifle)
----------------------
2x Carfax Abbey
2x Club Illusion
1x Direct Intervention
1x Ecoterrorists
1x Gangrel Revel
1x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
1x Powerbase: Montreal
1x Rack, The
1x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
2x Vessel
4x Villein
1x Wider View
Action (10)
------------
1x Army of Rats
1x Constant Revolution
8x Thing
Equipment (2)
--------------
1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Sniper Rifle
Political Action (1)
---------------------
1x Revolutionary Council
Retainer (4)
-------------
1x Mr. Winthrop
3x Raven Spy
Action Modifier/Reaction (4)
-----------------------------
4x Form of the Bat
Reaction (21)
--------------
4x Bait and Switch
5x Deep Ecology
2x Eyes of the Wild
10x Organized Resistance
Combat (18)
------------
3x Claws of the Dead
3x Donnybrook
4x Earth Meld
2x Form of Mist
4x Hell-for-Leather
2x Weighted Walking Stick
Event (1)
----------
1x Scourge of the EnochiansOther Finalists
Nina Nilsson
Deck Name: Slow thirsty smiles of nightmares
Author: Kimbo
Crypt (12 cards, min=15 max=28 avg=5.58)
========================================
2x Aline Gädeke 7 POT PRE cel baron Brujah:6
2x Valeriya Zinovieva 7 POT cel pre pro baron Brujah:6
2x Atiena 6 CEL obf pot pre baron Brujah:6
2x Leumeah 6 PRE cel for pot baron Brujah:6
1x Bituin 6 THA ani cel dom baron Tremere:6
1x Elen Kamjian 4 CEL POT Brujah:6
1x Ariane 3 cel pot pre Brujah:5
1x Rayne 2 pot Brujah:6
Library (84 cards)
==================
Master (25; 8 trifle)
----------------------
1x Anarch Free Press, The
1x Barrens, The
1x Carfax Abbey
1x Direct Intervention
1x Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
1x New Carthage
1x Papillon
1x Powerbase: Los Angeles
1x Rack, The
8x Smiling Jack, The Anarch
4x Vessel
4x Villein
Action (7)
-----------
1x Constant Revolution
1x Illegalism
2x Line Brawl
1x Make the Misere
1x Open War
1x Preternatural Strength
Equipment (2)
--------------
1x Heart of Nizchetus
1x Kevlar Vest
Political Action (1)
---------------------
1x Eat the Rich
Action Modifier (1)
--------------------
1x Monkey Wrench
Reaction (27)
--------------
5x Bait and Switch
18x Organized Resistance
4x Protection Racket
Combat (18)
------------
6x Bollix
2x Disarm
9x Dust Up
1x Stunt Cycle
Event (3)
----------
1x Nightmares upon Nightmares
1x Slow Withering, The
1x ThirstTero Aalto
The Fanchon Show: The King of Survival Strikes Again
Crypt (13 cards, min=36 max=44 avg=10.08)
-----------------------------------------
6x Malgorzata 9 AUS DOM THA VIC pre priscus Tremere antitribu:4
4x Lord Tremere 11 ANI AUS DOM THA VIC obe Tremere:5
3x Mistress Fanchon 11 AUS CEL DOM OBF THA VIC inner circle Tremere:4
Library (79 cards)
Master (16; 6 trifle)
1x Academic Hunting Ground
3x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
3x Information Highway
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x University Hunting Ground
6x Villein
Action (2)
2x Magic of the Smith
Equipment (3)
1x Bowl of Convergence
2x Heart of Nizchetus
Political Action (9)
2x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancilla Empowerment
4x Banishment
1x Kine Resources Contested
1x Reins of Power
Action Modifier (22)
6x Changeling
4x Conditioning
1x Foreshadowing Destruction
7x Mirror Walk
4x Seduction
Action Modifier/Combat (2)
2x Plasmic Form
Reaction (24)
5x Deflection
7x Eyes of Argus
7x Obedience
2x On the Qui Vive
1x Redirection
2x Telepathic Misdirection
Event (1)
1x Scourge of the EnochiansEsa-Matti Smolander
Deck Name: stani coni 23
Author: esa-matti smolander
Crypt (13 cards, min=22 max=44 avg=8.77)
========================================
5x Stanislava 11 ANI CEL DOM FOR PRO inner circle Gangrel:2
1x Xaviar (ADV) 10 ABO ANI FOR PRO aus cel pot justicar Gangrel:3
4x Ingrid Rossler 9 ANI FOR PRO dom prince Gangrel:2
1x Mark Decker 8 CEL PRO ani for obf pot prince Gangrel:3
1x Chandler Hungerford 3 PRO Gangrel:2
1x Marciana Giovanni, Investigator 2 dom Giovanni:2
Library (74 cards)
==================
Master (17; 6 trifle)
----------------------
1x Backways
1x Coven, The
1x Direct Intervention
2x Dreams of the Sphinx
1x Giant's Blood
1x Information Highway
1x Monastery of Shadows
1x Papillon
1x Pentex(TM) Subversion
1x Sudden Reversal
4x Villein
1x Wider View
1x Zoo Hunting Ground
Action (6)
-----------
6x Govern the Unaligned
Political Action (13)
----------------------
2x Anarchist Uprising
1x Ancient Influence
2x Ancilla Empowerment
4x Banishment
1x Kine Resources Contested
1x Parity Shift
1x Political Stranglehold
1x Reins of Power
Action Modifier (18)
---------------------
2x Conditioning
5x Earth Control
1x Enkil Cog
4x Forced March
1x Foreshadowing Destruction
1x Freak Drive
4x Instantaneous Transformation
Action Modifier/Combat (2)
---------------------------
2x Rapid Change
Reaction (9)
-------------
6x Deflection
2x On the Qui Vive
1x Sense the Savage Way
Combat (9)
-----------
3x Earth Meld
6x Form of MistJyri Puhakka
(unfortunately still missing this, if it was sent to me I've
managed to miss it -- I'll add it here later if I get it).
Final Round summary
This is a general view of what happened during final round, based on my notes. Only more or less significant events are included.
The players were (in seating order):
- Tero Aalto (3rd seed)
- Otso Saariluoma (2nd seed)
- Jyri Puhakka (4th seed)
- Nina Nilsson (1st seed)
- Esa-Matti Smolander (5th seed)
Turn 1
Kim: Smiling Jack
Turns 2-3
Just general buildup
Turn 4
Tero: Enochians to burn Esa-Matti's Marciana
Otso: Army of Rats
Jyri: Unnamed bleeds for 2, bounced around, lands on Nina, Enkil Cog, untap. Unnamed burns Smiling Jack.
Esa-Matti: Stanislava bleeds for 3
Turn 5
Jyri (on Nina's turn): Unnamed Enkil Cog bleed for 6
Nina: Nightmares Upon Nightmares
Turn 6
Esa-Matti: Ingrid Rossler Govern bleed, lands on Tero after bounces
Turn 7
Jyri: Unnamed bleeds, Leurnean blocks, Unnamed to torpor with Disarm. Horde rescues. Unnamed Calls the Great Beast, Great Beast bleeds for 3.
Nina: Bituin plays Constant Revolution
Esa-Matti: Ingrid removes Constant Revolution, Stanislava bleeds for 3, lands on Jyri after bounces.
Turn 8
Otso: bleed for 2
Nina: Smiling Jack
Esa-Matti: Chandler burns Smiling Jack, Stanislava bleeds for 3, bounces to Otso, reduced to 1
Turn 9
Otso: bleed for 2, Jyri ousted
Nina: bleed for 2, play Slow Withering
Turn 10
Otso: bleed blocked, Leurnean to torpor
Esa-Matti: Stanislava Banishes Tero's Malgorzata
Turn 11
Otso: lots of small bleeds
Esa-Matti: Ingrid tries Parity shift, gets blocked, ends up in torpor
Turn 12
Nina: two bleeds, both gets blocked, Esa-Matti's Chandler and Ingrid to torpor
Esa-Matti: Stanislava bleeds for 3, gets blocked after some bounces
Turn 13
Otso: plays Club Illusion, bleeds, Nina is ousted (with 45 seconds left on clock)
game times out
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16 Oct 2023 12:19 #109571
by Lönkka
Replied by Lönkka on topic TWD and report: Ropecon 2023 (Helsinki, Finland, July 29th)
After a long hiatus, in addition to now customary bunch of swedes, we also had danish players participate the Ropecon tournament.
This time it was the "other" Jesper that made it here and he even brought both of his 3rd Traditions with him, although with just one of them attending the tournament (and beating her old man in the standings with the seventh place. This is no mean feat as Jesper tends to de extremely well in the tournaments. Nice to see that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!)
And here is the link to the Event Calendar just in case:
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/10767
This time it was the "other" Jesper that made it here and he even brought both of his 3rd Traditions with him, although with just one of them attending the tournament (and beating her old man in the standings with the seventh place. This is no mean feat as Jesper tends to de extremely well in the tournaments. Nice to see that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!)
And here is the link to the Event Calendar just in case:
www.vekn.net/event-calendar/event/10767
Finnish 
Politics!
Politics!
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18 Oct 2023 09:34 #109592
by Jannu
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National Coordinator of Finland
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Replied by Jannu on topic TWD and report: Ropecon 2023 (Helsinki, Finland, July 29th)
Archon was approved when sent.
Thanks for hosting a big tournament for us!
Thanks for hosting a big tournament for us!
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