Ashur´s EC experience 2013 part 1: LCQ

Hi. Lots and lots and lots of people have begged me to write something about my EC experience this year. I will, but it will be in a short and strict format. The arrows on the table graphics shows the amount of pressure a Methuselah put on his or her prey – yellow is “not much”, orange is “some” and red is “a lot”. 

First: Last Chance Qualifier 2013, Stockholm, Sweden.

In spite the EC was in my hometown this year, I felt really uninspired. I wasn´t qualified, so I felt like playing a easy deck that could take at least 1 game win. I also had been in the finals with a Kindred Spirits deck just one week before this, so I took that deck. Yes, it has no bounce. And yes, that extra Uncle George should have been a extra Persia instead.

CRYPT:
1 x Adelaide Davis (4)
1 x Persia, the Beautiful Statue (5)
2 x Uncle George (5)
1 x Tony (6)
1 x Midget (3)
1 x Yorik (3)
1 x Claven (4)
1 x Artemis (6)
1 x Dolphin Black (6)
1 x Ruth McGinley (6)
1 x Korah (7)

LIBRARY:
3 x Dreams
1 x The Barrens
2 x Misdirection
2 x Villein
4 x Wash
2 x Agent of Power
1 x Uncoiling
/15

18 x Kindred Spirits
1 x Restructure
/19

3 x Elder Impersonation
4 x Lost in Crowds
3 x Spying Mission
3 x Cloak the Gathering
3 x Faceless Night
3 x Swallowed by the Night
2 x Domain of Evernight
8 x Confusion
1 x Deny
6 x Eyes of Chaos
/36

4 x On the Qui Vive
3 x Delaying Tactics
4 x Touch of Clarity
/11
/81


Table 1:


















Difficulty for me: 1/5. This pretty much fell into my lap.
My performance: 4/5. Can´t complain, although it was more about luck than skill. I had no deck and just a few minutes left when it ended though.
The other players: Sergio play this very slow, I´m not sure what his plan was. Elisabet is a new player, she just bled full throttle, making some beginner mistakes in timing and defense. Donk was totally owned. I thought Peter was able to stop me, but he had a bad draw with no wakes when he needed them.
Lesson to learn: Not really.

Me: 5 vp


Table 2:


















Difficulty for me: 4/5
My performance: 2/5. I was a dead fish from start here, but Ober is a master of the noble art of overextending, so I actually had a chance for a while, when he took one of my deals.
The other players: Ober had this game in his pocket from get go. Andreas had it very difficult here, he didn´t have much defense and Ober let Kalle bled him out.
Lesson to learn:

Ober: 3 vp
Kalle: 2 vp


Table 3:



















Difficulty for me: 2/5. Looked totally winable. I was wrong.
My performance: 1/5. Had a crappy start and couldn´t even oust my super-weak prey, the pre-weenie. Neither could I defend myself against my predator, even though he was severly beaten by the !Salubri.
The other players: I am very impressed with Franck here, taking the sweep with a !Salubri bruiser. He didn´t listen to Noberts or Remeks rather highpitched tabletalk at all, and made a lot of good decisions in tricky situations. He got to the finals in this tornament.
Lesson to learn: None really. I could not do much.

Franck: 5 vp

This tournament was won by Matti Palomäki playing a White Lily rush deck. I have no idea how that happened, as I didn´t see much of the finals, but I think there was three combat decks in it. Weird.

Mission accomplished - I qualified for EC day 1. Stay tuned for more about that.

The Stockholm League - October 30 2013

The Dynamic Duo strikes again! Once again Randy uses the the
ultimate tagteam from Keepers of Tradition to sweep a table.

Three tables were played in the fourth round of ten in our October–December league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Note: Standard tournament rules means that Danse Macabre cards are not allowed in the league until November 4.

Table 1:
1. Randy (Nosferatu royalty with Giotto Verducci) 4 vp, 1 gw
2. Erik (Assamite rush with Massassi)
3. David (Tremere sb “Carna is Vignes”) 1 vp
4. Robert (Setites with lurking Rabbat)
5. Ivan (Ravnos with dom)

Table 2:
1. Henrik (G2-3 Ventrue with obf vote)
2. Robert (Gangrel anarch vote) 3 vp, 1 gw
3. Jonas H (Lasombra/Kiasyd sb) 2 vp
4. Kimbalaja (Setites with dom)
5. Erik (Harbingers with Shamblings)

Table 3:
1. Randy (Malkavian vote with Lutz & Unmada) 4 vp, 1 gw
2. Ivan (True Brujah Shalmath toolbox wall)
3. Donk (Aus-Ani vote)
4. David (Tremere sb “Carna is Vignes”)

League standings:
Peter W 64 rtp
Masso 44 rtp
Randy 42 rtp
Jonas S 40 rtp
Robert 28 rtp
Ober 20 rtp
Henrik 12 rtp
Gergo, Jonas H 8 rtp
David 6 rtp
Erik, Kalle 4 rtp
Ivan 2 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

The next round of the league is played at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!

The Stockholm League - October 23 2013

This guy is rather hard to handle when he is (kind of)
unblockable and does around three actions each turn.

Three tables were played in the third round of ten in our October–December league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Note: Standard tournament rules means that Danse Macabre cards are not allowed in the league until November 4.

Table 1:
1. David (Ventrue lawfirm with Arika)
2. Daniel (!Nosferatu Cailean wall)
3. Randy (Toreador powerbleed with Anson)
4. Peter W (Malk/!Malk Kindred Spirits sb) 4 vp, 1 gw
5. Henrik (Malkavian 1995) 1 vp

Table 2:
1. Donk (Brujah Debate with Gehenna)
2. Masso (True Brujah Shalmath rush) 4 vp, 1 gw
3. David (Ventrue lawfirm with Arika)
4. Robert (!Tremere bruise-bleed)
5. Kalle (Assamite combat toolbox) 1 vp

Table 3:
1. Randy (Toreador powerbleed with Anson) 1 vp
2. Peter W (!Brujah bruise-bleed)
3. Henrik (Kiasyd Marconius toolbox)
4. Jonas S (Tzimisce speed-Warghouls) 3 vp, 1 gw

League standings:
Peter W 64 rtp
Masso 44 rtp
Jonas S 40 rtp
Ober 20 rtp
Randy 18 rtp
Henrik 12 rtp
Gergo, Robert D 8 rtp
Erik, Kalle 4 rtp
David, Ivan 2 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

The next round of the league is played at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!

The Stockholm League - October 16 2013

Three tables were played in the second round of ten in our October–December league. Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Note: Standard tournament rules means that Danse Macabre cards are not allowed in the league until November 4.

Table 1:
1. Ivan (Pot-pre bigcap vote) 0,5 vp
2. Peter W (!Nosferatu Cailean wall) 0,5 vp
3. David (Ventrue lawfirm) 0,5 vp
4. Henrik (Kiasyd Earth Swords toolbox) 1,5 vp
5. Erik (Assamite toolbox)

Table 2:
1. Donk (Brujah Debate with Gehenna)
2. Randy (Malkavian 94 sb) 1,5 vp
3. Robert D (Akunanse wall)
4. Kalle (Nana pot-rush) 0,5 vp
5. Masso (True brujah Shalmath rush) 1,5 vp

Table 3:
1. Erik (Giovanni Shambling Hordes)
2. Peter W (Brujah/!Brujah pot-pre bruise-bleed) 3 vp, 1 gw
3. Ivan (Imbued ???)
4. Robert D (Pre-weenie) 2 vp
5. Ober (!Tremere sb)

Table 4:
1. Jonas S (Ani-Aus Ira Rivers vote-wall)
2. Masso (True Brujah Shalmath rush) 3 vp, 1 gw
3. Henrik (Kiasyd Earth Swords toolbox) 2 vp
4. Kalle (Nana pot-rush)
5. Donk (Brujah Debate with Gehenna)

League standings:
Peter W 40 rtp
Jonas S, Masso, Ober 20 rtp
Randy 14 rtp
Gergo, Henrik, Robert D 8 rtp
Erik 4 rtp
David, Ivan 2 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

The next round of the league is played at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!

The Stockholm League - October 9 2013

Three tables were played in the first round of ten in our October–December league. Thanks to our foreign friend Gergo for attending this night!

Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Note: Standard tournament rules means that Danse Macabre cards are not allowed in the league until November 4.

Table 1:
1. Randy (G4-5 midcap obf-pre sb) 2 vp
2. Erik (G3-4 midcap obf-pre sb)
3. Masso (Baali vote)
4. Henrik (G2-3 Ventrue bigcaps with obf vote)
5. Peter W (!Nosferatu Cailean wall) 3 vp, 1 gw

Table 2:
1. Marcus (Ventrue lawfirm)
2. Randy (G4-5 midcap obf-pre sb)
3. Peter W (!Nosferatu Cailean wall)
4. Gergo (Baali Maleficia toolbox) 2 vp
5. Ober (!Tremere sb) 3 vp, 1 gw

Table 3:
1. Kimbalaja (Malkavian dem sb)
2. Jonas S (Ani-Aus Ira Rivers vote/wall) 3 vp, 1 gw
3. Kalle (Pot-weenie)
4. Masso (Baali vote) 1 vp
5. Erik (Tremere/!Tremere sb) 1 vp

League standings:
Jonas S, Ober, Peter W 20 rtp
Gergo, Randy 8 rtp
Erik, Masso 4 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

The next round of the league is played at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!

The Stockholm League - October 2 2013 and final result

[Very nice pic will not appear due to federal government shutdown.]

Congratulations Ober, the winner of this league! Erik made a good attempt to capture the victory with his 4 vp-win, but Ober managed to get 1 vp with his Warghouls and stayed ahead past the finish line.

Five tables were played in the final round of ten in our July–September league (well, actually it was our July-October league).

This night we had several high profile guest because of the EC being held in Stockholm this weekend - thanks to Pascal, Robert S, Rudolf, Dennis, Matt, Brian and Mike for attending.

Standard tournament rules apply + printed proxy is allowed.

Table 1:
1. Robert S (Nosferatu Sheldon toolbox)
2. Erik (!Tremere sb) 4 vp, 1 gw
3. Donk (Brujah Debate breed-boon)
4. Pascal (Toreador Grand Ball vote multiact with Epikasta)
5. Kalle (Obf-pre sb) 1 vp

Table 2:
1. Hugh (G4-5 pot-pre bigcap vote)
2. Rudolf (Tremere/!Tremere grinder) 2 vp, 1 gw
3. Dennis (G4-5 Ventrue lawfirm with Samedi and Reanimated Corpse) 1 vp
4. Randy (Pre-pro vote with Aksinya and Regent) 1 vp

Table 3:
1. Rudolf (Assamite Thetmes rush)
2. Dennis (G2-3 vis-dom midcaps) 4 vp, 1 gw
3. Masso (Petaniqua sb)
4. Ober (G2-3 weenie Warghoul) 1 vp
5. Randy (G 3-4 Toreador weenie-vote)

Table 4:
1. Brian (Synesios vote-toolbox)
2. Matthew (Setite vote with Kementiri)
3. Ivan (!Brujah toolbox) 1 vp
4. David (G1-2 Ventrue lawfirm)
5. Mike (Eurobrujah with Archon) 4 vp, 1 gw

Table 5:
1. Jan Erik (Guhuri Eze toolbox)
2. Jens (Ventrue lawfirm) 1,5 vp
3. Robert S (BH Lasombra toolbox with Descent into Darkness)
4. Henrik (G2-3 Obf-Ventrue vote) 2,5 vp, 1 gw
5. Robert D (Shalmath wall)

League standings:
Ober 136 rtp
Erik 134 rtp
Jens 120 rtp
Henrik 102 rtp
Donk 80 rtp
Jonas H 74 rtp
Tomas 70 rtp
Kristofer Å 64 rtp
Randy 60 rtp
Robert D 56 rtp
Johnny 54 rtp
David 48 rtp
Ivan, Masso 34 rtp
Kimbalaja 30 rtp
Kalle, Peter W 28 rtp
Caroline, Dennis, Marcus, Mike 24 rtp
Alex 22 rtp
Rudolf 8 rtp
Christofer L, Jonas S, Rasmus, Robert S 4 rtp
Bram 2 rtp
(1 gw = 8 ratingpoints, 1 vp = 4 ratingpoints. Note: Players can play more than one game each round if their participation are needed to complete a table where at least one player has not yet played a league game this round, but only the best result each round counts for rating. If more players than 5 want to play such a table, lowest vp-count this round has priority. No league game starts after 20.00.)

A new league begins at Dragon´s Lair, Kungsholmstorg 8 next Wednesday about 1800-ish. Be there!

EC Stockholm 2013 begins!

The European Championships is held this weekend here in beautiful Stockholm! We´ll try to post some bits of the action here at Stockholm Jyhad, but for more coverage check out http://www.vekn.net/ec2013/coverage or at the Facebook coverage group.