TWD + Report: Finnish ECQ (Ropecon 2011), July 29th

Is there ANY WAY that I could obtain one of those sky blue dominate shirts? If so, msg me here on VEKN.net. Thanks!

I'll do some corrections (and add Teemu's deck list) once I get back from Dublin, have to leave for airport pretty soon so no time atm

Yes, there's some weirdness around turn 12 and Victoria. I'll see if I can figure it out, but probably it's just that I've missed some action in there.

1. Many for the extensive reporting, Petri. I know how much work that is!

2. 90 players (again), I really hope many of Finnish players will come to the EC this year.

3. Both brothers playing the same deck (and I think they're equally good players): one nearly winning the finals, the other ending almost at the end of the ranking ..

Rank Name Prelim GWs Prelim VPs Final VPs Deck/comment
2 Adam Esbjörnsson 2 9 1 "Rautakanki" (see below)
...
71 Isak Bjärmark Esbjörnsson 0 0.5 "Rautakanki"

If this is true, it shows how important table seating and the individual opponents are.

extrala wrote:

2. 90 players (again), I really hope many of Finnish players will come to the EC this year.

Like we never arrive anywhere in en masse...

extrala wrote:

3. Both brothers playing the same deck (and I think they're equally good players): one nearly winning the finals, the other ending almost at the end of the ranking ..

Brilliant players and whats more, really nice people!

Even having ousted Teemu, I don't really think that Adam had that much of a chance of winning the tournament though. With Otso's Auspex weenies being his prey and Ville's combat monster being his predator...


BTW They weren't playing with the same deck, the Rautakanki thing is just a slogan the Swedes were hyped out with. Rautakanki apparently sounds so much cooler to them than the Swedish equivalent Järnspik (literall "Iron bar" which is a 1,5 metre long 10 kilogram tool used in construction/dismanteling/gardening etc).

Here's a pic:
212.50.144.81/tyokalu/ekauppa/images/kanki2.jpg

Apparently, during the tournament, all the Swedes were supposed to yell "Rautakanki" every time after ousting someone. As Adam did during the finals when he ousted Teemu causing much puzzlement amongst Finnish onlookers... The guys themselves will probably be able to explain the reasons for this behavior better than I.

Heh, when we went ovet to my place on Saturday evening and had a Duffin Draft I brought out my rautakanki from the shed to be used as the edge

KevinM wrote:

Is there ANY WAY that I could obtain one of those sky blue dominate shirts? If so, msg me here on VEKN.net. Thanks!

Kev, the design is ridiculously simple so you can EASILY silkscreen one yourself. Just print the symbol and cut it with a hobby knife in like 5 minutes and then silk screen it. If you want to skip purchasing the $20 tools for printing (which can be used for other designs ad infinitum), even having similar one printed for you at local silk screening company, or an internet one, will most likely be way cheaper than to have one printed AND mailed to you.

AFAIK the colors on the shirt are important as they are the colors of Swedish flag so you might want to modify them a bit for American use. Like buy a red/white striped shirt and use blue paint for screening...

Also personally I think that the Swedish design would be even more perfect if they had used the Tre Kronor design for it and used three DOM symbols.

Like this:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Tre_kronor_3.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Crowns

BTW guys, is it just me or you had a low turn out of Girls Decks?
Girls decks are so last year?
People are sick of them / frowned upon?
They stood no chance?
Lönkka made a secret Thaumaturgical pact with the Inconnu's master deamons to ban such a type of deck?
Hugh spoiled it for everybody else?

Lönkka wrote:

BTW They weren't playing with the same deck, the Rautakanki thing is just a slogan the Swedes were hyped out with. Rautakanki apparently sounds so much cooler to them than the Swedish equivalent Järnspik (literall "Iron bar" which is a 1,5 metre long 10 kilogram tool used in construction/dismanteling/gardening etc).

Here's a pic:
212.50.144.81/tyokalu/ekauppa/images/kanki2.jpg

We call that a "digging iron." I think Rautakanki sounds better, too.