Asian Continental Championships 2013

So the ACC has been over for a week and I finally got time off from Real Life to talk about it.

First, a quick round up of the players, the decks and how they did:

Rank	Name - Deck	Prelim GWs	Prelim VPs	Final VPs
1	Bann - Mummify (Spell of Life ft. Halim Bey)	1	7	3
2	Stephen - Saulot Puppeteer (Spirit Marionette ft Saulot)	1	6.5	0
2	YY (Me) - Ladies & Gentlemen (G4/5 Ventrue Grinder)	1	4	1
2	Nomura-san - (G2/3 Thrown Junk Bruise Bleed)	1	4.5	1
2	Hidetoshi-san - (Stanislava et al)	2	8.5	0
6	Fadzuli - (G2/3 !Malk Vote)	1	4
7	Fay - The Scarlet Letter (G1/2 Toreador Aching Beauty)	1	4
8	Johann - Traditions of the Camarilla (Gangrel Vote)	1	3
9	Ayukata-san - Al-muntaqim, the Avenger with his Catiff friends that multi-rush (True Brujah Combat)	0	2
10	Troy - (Blood Brothers Torrance Circle Combat)	0	1.5
11	Jared - (Cock Robin Toolbox)	0	1.5
12	John Ferdie - (!Tremere Toolbox)	0	1
13	Arsenio - (G1/2 Toreador Vote)	0	1
14	Keith - Dirty Money (Giovanni Weenie Bloat & Bounce ft Acquired Ventrue Assets)	0	0.5
15	Aaron - (G2/3 Lasombra Vote)	0	0
16	Lucinio - (Euro Brujah)	0	0
17	Kristine - (Tremere/!Tremere Combat ft Muaziz)	0	0
17	John Worrall - Isouda de Blaise Multiact	0	0

I think I did pretty well this time around, with much less mistakes (at least major ones).

Round 1

Aaron -> Bann -> Fadzuli -> Me -> Kristine

It was unfortunate that Kristine's main deck combo did not work the way she expected it to (old card vs new text) and she was ousted fairly quickly by me. I think I had Mary Anne Blaire, Victor Donaldson, Mustafa the Heir and Graham Gottesman out by that point. Since I had the majority votes, Aaron and Fadzuli could not do much, so I just kept bleeding into Aaron and bouncing bleeds over. Unfortunately, I could not oust Bann before time ran out.

1GW + 2.5VP

Round 2

Me -> Hidetoshi-san -> Nomura-san -> Jared -> John Worrall

I got off to a shaky start for this game (note to self: take out Juniper from the deck. She has a cute ability, but the lack of votes hurts like crazy), drawing only 3 titled vampires and getting Victor Pelletier when I went fishing for more (another note to self: take out Victor P from the deck. He is the only vampire I cannot get for free with Govern) and starting off with no bounce and no wakes. Fortunately, John was not able to oust me before I finally drew into some bounces.

The game lasted for an hour and a half with no one being ousted. I was unable to bleed Hidetoshi-san for big amounts (dude packs way too many bounces) and he managed to stealth past Nomura-san's defenses before I could oust him. Then John lost all his minions to combat from both sides and he was ousted by Jared. I managed to convince Jared to send all of Hidetoshi-san's minions into torpor, but time ran out and I had to settle for 0.5VP.

Stephen commented that the amount of combat on my table was ridiculous and hoped he didn't have to sit down with us at any point during the event. Guess he reckoned without Murphy's Law.

1GW + 3VP

Round 3

Stephen -> Me -> Lucinio -> Fadzuli

I hate sitting downwind of a Spirit Marionette deck! Between that, Saulot, Neutral Guard and Heidelburg Castle, I spent the entire game hunting and bloating. Stephen got into a pretty comfortable position with Saulot getting a Heart of Cheating and Mylan Horseed untapping him for various shenanigans. I finally had enough of the old man and got Pentex to park a van outside his apartment.

Then came the longest pitch for a deal I have ever had to do in V:tES. For a good half an hour, Stephen and I spent our time between turns trying to convince Lucinio to do the right thing. Of course, for Stephen, this meant for him to help remove Pentex Subversion as it would mean a weaker predator for him once I go into full defense mode. I, however, was convinced that if Stephen and he were to go one-on-one, Lucinio would not be able to handle Saulot and he should leave the Pentex alone while Fadzuli weakens Stephen.

When I talked to Lucinio after the game, he told me that when we first started pitching, my plan did sound better. I guess when he finally decided to burn the Pentex, it was too late for him. I bled him down to one pool and agreed to help Fadzuli oust Stephen if he would oust Lucinio with his KRC.

In the end, I could not out vote Fadzuli's minions and a Powerbase: Madrid and was ousted immediately after Stephen.

1GW + 4VP

Final Table

I managed to edge past Fadzuli and Fay in tournament points to get into the final table.

Unfortunately, it is now the wee hours of the morning and I don't think I can coherently talk about one of the most exciting finals I have ever played in, so I will continue in the next post.

Stay tuned!

Road to ACC 2012 - Where to Stay

Itabashi is fairly close and easily accessible to many popular places in Tokyo. Transport via the rail or subway systems is a breeze (just remember to write down the station names in advance in case you need to ask for help). This means that you can stay outside of Itabashi, enjoy all the sights Tokyo has to offer and still easily make your way to the ACC! How cool is that?

Itabashi (板橋)

Itabashi is right where the ACC 2012 will be held and if you are the active type, you can walk/jog/cycle to the Greenhall right from your hotel (some hotels even provide free use of their bicycles).

There are not many hotels in Itabashi, but they are all highly affordable and offer rooms that are bigger than similarly classed rooms in the busier parts of Tokyo.

Shibuya (渋谷)

Shibuya stands as a major entertainment and commercial centre in modern Japan. A direct train from Shibuya, Ebisu or Ikebukkuro rail stations will bring you directly to Itabashi.

Hotels in Shibuya range from the fancy Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel to the Granbell Hotel to various inns and youth hostels.

Shinjuku (新宿)
Shinjuku is home to many shopping malls and multi-storey departmental stores as well as a vibrant night life and is a major transport hub in Tokyo.

Just like in Shibuya, hotels in Shinjuku range from the classy Park Hyatt Tokyo to nice but affordable hotels like the Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku to various capsule hotels.

Road to ACC 2012 - Getting to Itabashi

Itabashi (板橋区) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan, with an estimated population of 531,793 and a population density of 16,270 persons per km².

From Narita International Airport, take a train run by either Keisei or JR East companies. Tickets and travel times varies by route (JR pass covers travel on the JR Sobu line)

If you are taking the Keisei Limited Express (快速特急) or the Keisei Express (特急) trains, stop at Nippori (日暮里) station and switch to the JR Yamanote (山手線) line.

If you are taking the JR Narita Express (成田エクスプレス) aka N'EX or the JR Sobu Rapid (総武快速線) lines, stop at Tokyo (東京) station and switch to the JR Yamanote (山手線) line.

On the Yamanote (山手線) line, switch at Shinjuku (新宿) station to the Saikyo (埼京線) line towards Saitama (埼玉) and stop at Itabashi (板橋) station.

Update: Asian Continental Championship 2012

 
The reigning Prince of Tokyo, 鮎方(Ayukata)-san has finalised the details of the ACC 2012!

Asian Continental Championship Tokyo 2012

Venue:
Itabashi Greenhall
板橋区役所 グリーンホール

36-1 Sakaecho, Itabashi, Tokyo

Map: http://bit.ly/LDss05 

Date:
22nd September 2012

Format:
3 rounds (2 hours) + Final (2.5 hours)

Time Table (Tentative):
All timings are based on local time in Tokyo, Japan (UTC+9)
9:00 Registration start
10:00 1st Round start
1:00 2nd Round start
3:30 3rd Round start
6:00 Final

Bleed you there!

Asian Continental Championships 2012

 
Ayukata-san has fixed the dates for ACC 2012 to be on 22nd September 2012 in Japan.
Other details to be confirmed, but yay, fixed dates!
 

Asian Continental Championships (or How I Failed at V:tES)

So my first ever foray into the international V:tES tournament scene is officially over and I am back home again. It was wonderful to see 25 players turn up for a tournament and it was definitely an interesting experience to see and feel the Filipino meta game.

Unfortunately, I crashed spectacularly and left with a paltry 0.5VP. I think I know now what went wrong, and I believe it started way before I even left Singapore (event report to follow).

Mistake Number 1:

After some playtesting with fellow Singaporean players, I decided to change the crypt to include a few Tupdogs to do some effective crypt cycling. Which was fine. What was NOT fine was that in a frenzy, I overdid the idea and ended up with almost half my crypt with crypt cycling cards. Not my brightest idea. While it never came up during my limited playtesting, I should have realised that it doesn't even work in theory.

Mistake Number 2:

So I came back early from work that day to grab the stuff we were going to need for the ACC and I took the opportunity to look through my deck once more and took out my one last copy of Second Tradition. On hindsight, I should have kept all 4. Got royally owned on the third round simply because I couldn't even generate that measly 1 intercept (see report for more). Also, what I failed to realise at that point was that removing the Second Traditions meant that I was losing 4 wake options as well, which, as expected, came back to bite me.

Mistake Number 3:

Going to bed at almost 2am the night before the tournament does not a better play make.

Mistake Number 4:

This was partially due to mistake number 1. See, what my deck was meant to do was spend lots of pool to bring out a big vampire, and just keep using superior Enchant Kindred to bring out the smaller vampires for cheap or for free. Which always meant that I ended up with way more pool than what I should have based on the minions I control. So because I included the Tupdogs, my first turn was suddenly much faster (even if ineffective). That changed my entire tempo and I suddenly wanted to keep being able to do stuff, so I brought out the smallest vampire, and screwed up the entire strategy.

Now, if you are still with me, the tournament report! Disclaimer: all events are reported purely from memory, so report may differ from actual events.

It was 9am on the morning of Sunday, 9th October 2011. We got a free ride from Luicinio, one of the local players and were at the Schizo Art Cafe before anyone else.

Schizo is this leettle art cafe tucked away at the end of Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, Philippines. Located at the second floor of a two level shop house, it is a nice cozy spot to hang out with friends, and was a snug fit for 25 players.

We waited around while the other players appeared and Paul, the resident Prince of Manila got around to doing registrations.

For some strange reason, the Archon file that Kristine downloaded for use did not automatically do the round seating, so we ended up spending quite a bit of time simply trying to get the first round going. Kudos to the organisers for being able to quickly arrange and seat everyone the old fashioned way. Strangely enough, the both the copy I got for the Singapore qualifiers and the one I just grabbed off the VEKN website works fine. Might have been the macro settings on Kristine's notebook. Oh well.

Round 1

Ayukata-san (Princes with Dom/Obf) -> Me (Ishtarri Coalition Multiact) -> Jhun (Lasombra feat. Marcus Vitel) -> Khervin (Tzimisce Raptor) -> Faust (Kiasyd S&B)

I had 3 Tupdogs and Klaus Konrecht in my opening crypt.

"Worst crypt EVER!"

So I decided to bring out 2 Tupdogs, which gained me a collective gasp from the table. Then the Tupdogs called a single Neonate Breach (not a single KRC or CA came up in my first 15 or so cards, which became a trend the entire tourney), hitting everyone else on the table for 1.

After two turns or so, Jhun had Marcus Vitel, Khervin had Velya, Faust had Isanwayen and Dame Holllerton and Ayukata-san had Gilbert Duane and Cardano who had become a Legendary Vampire, which meant everyone had a comfortable start, except me. Remember how I talked about the pitfalls of using Tupdogs as a crypt cycling mechanic? Yeah, it bit me right then, and I was sitting on 15 pool with only Ubende in my ready region. Jhun then got out Lucita (merged), who got herself a .44 Magnum and then proceeded to bleed Khervin for a little. Khervin brought out John Paleologus and pinged away at Faust's pool (he later conceded that he never drew a single of the Raptors that his deck so relied on for intercept). Without much pressure from behind, Faust's Kiasyds happily bled into Ayukata-san with Governs and Bondings, which, of course, got bounced on to me. Ayukata-san quickly ousted me after that, but not before I convinced the table to remove Cardano's Legendary status.

Faust then managed to bring out Pherydima and ousted Ayukata-san, but ran out of blood on his vampires and could not generate enough stealth to get past Jhun's Lasombra. Jhun took the opportunity to go forwards and cleared his way to victory with a well timed Entombment on Khervin's Eternally Vigilant Guardian Angel, Velya. Without Velya's support, Khervin succumbed to Jhun's bleeds and Faust, who had been severely weaken by then, fell soon after.

Result: Me 0VP, Jhun 1GW 3VP, Khervin 0VP, Faust 1VP, Ayukata-san 1VP

Round 2

Kristine (Presence S&B) -> Edmund (Matthias et al) -> Karl (Trujah Powerbleed) -> Me -> Troy (Ivan Krenyenko Equipment)

I spent the enitre game alternating between pushing for Karl to be ousted and rooting for him. I actually had a fair shot at a GW this game, but made too many mistakes and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Once again, I made the mistake of bringing out a small vampire, this time being Victor Pelletier. Fortunately for me, while it did hamper me some, it was not a grave mistake this time. On my third turn, I attempted a Parity Shift against my minionless prey, and Karl expertly used Quicksilver Contemplation to force Victor to abstain, making it my one vote against Lydia's one. Edmund could throw his edge (which he had obviously no way of keeping) to help his grand prey move further away from his prey's ousting capabilities, but flatly refused, even though I offered to grant him pool on my next vote.

The table then began to grind, with each player taking increasingly repetitive actions:

• Troy used Ivan Krenyenko's ability to fish for equipments and equiped them, then used Freak Drive to untap and bleed Kristine for some. At some point, he slapped an Enkil Cog on Ivan to bleed some more.
• Kristine bled Edmund with Public Trusts and Social Charms, sprinkled with the occasional Aire of Elation for extra flavour.
• Edmund used Matthias to Spirit Marionette whoever was available and then bled Karl with the Marionetted vampire and his many Dominate weenies
• Karl grabbed the Ankara Citadel with Summon History and proceeded to Vaticinate, untap with Freak Drive, and bleed with Cheat the Fates and Quicksilver Contemplation.

Interetingly, my deck, which has up to that point always allowed be to take a number of repeated actions near rivaling God Himself, decided that I needed to see how Voter Captivations worked, and happily fed me 3 copies without a single political action card. Needless to say, I didn't do much.

I finally drew into a copy of Disputed Territory, after contesting Karl's Dreams of the Sphinx, and promptly stole the Ankara Citadel for myself. The resultant Voter Cap gave me just enough pool to not be ousted that turn. I managed to keep my pool up with Villeins, an Ancient Influence and more Voter Caps long enough to see Karl fall to Edmund's bleeds.

Then I made an awesome mistake. I Pentex'd Ivan Krenyenko and had a field day bleeding and voting, but forgot to keep Ayo untapped to block the burn attempt, which led to Kristine's oust by Troy and the table timed out soon after.

Results: Me 0.5VP, Troy 1GW 2.5VP, Kristine 0VP, Edmund 1VP, Karl 0VP

Round 3

Me -> Stephen (Ahrimane Toolbox) -> Paul (Tumnimos Eldest are Kholo) -> Mark (Ventrue Combat feat. Lucinde) -> Nomura-san (Brujah Antitribu Urban Reconstruction)

Once again, the changed tempo killed the deck. Mark also did not help, since he spent almost the enitre game doing nothing to his prey, which meant Nomura-san kept all of his Sport Bike riding minions to block my actions. The only interesting things that happened this game was that Mark did not bring out Lucinde because he did not want to contest the Ventrue Justicar title with Victor Pellitier (I specifically asked if he would prefer if I went for the Prince of Paris title instead, but he said nevermind. On hindsight, I should have been clearer in my offer and not assume that he knew what Victor does. Later on, he confessed he had no idea.), and that Paul was nice enough to keep rescuing Victor from torpor.

I made the mistake of over counter-offering what was already a fantastic deal, and got ousted by Nomura-san fairly quickly. An unpressured predator is an unnecessarily strong predator. Not a fun game, this one.

Results: Me 0VP, Stephen 1GW 4VP, Paul 0VP, Mark 0VP, Nomura-san 1VP


All in all, it was a good experience to meet up with other players and see the Philippines meta game. Stephen won the final table, successfully defending his title (read all about his road to victory on Singing V:tES). Next year, I should put out a bounty for anyone who ousts or helps oust Stephen. Muahahahaha! Until next year then!

Asian Continental Championship - Final Countdown

 
Three more days until the second Asian Continental Championship!

The results for all the qualifying events are in. Congratulations to Bann, Taka, Nomura-san, Aurelio, Khervin (Toad), Jeremiah (Faust) and Jason for joining the list of qualified players! The current qualified players are:

VEKN#	Name (Qualifying Tournament)
-------	-----------------------------------
1006637	Stephen Sing (1st place ACC 10)
1003787	Hidetoshi Hayakawa (2nd place ACC 10)
3160000	Yeo Le Fei (2nd place ACC 10)
5360018	Law Gee Hwan (2nd place ACC 10)
1001215	Johann Ong (2nd place ACC 10 & 2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1004027	Taka'aki AYUKATA (Organiser Osaka Qualifier)
1001135	Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua (1st place Quezon City Qualifier)
1003558	Troy Espiritu (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1002594	Mark Raymund Villareal (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1004269	Frederick Tomas (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1002111	Kristine Bartolome (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1003299	John David V. Balingit (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
9430001	Mara Angela Narciso (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1001661	Paul Jonathan Tio (Organiser Quezon City Qualifier)
1000287	Charlene Fernandez (1st place Quezon City Qualifier)
1000288	Haig Bobis (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1002104	Lucinio de Guzman Jr. (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1001125	Francis Godoy (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
5360022	Zheng Yongyan (Organiser Singapore Qualifier)
5360006	Bann Lum (2nd place Singapore Qualifier)
8320001	Kohei Nomura (1st place Osaka Qualifier)
1003482	Aurelio Icatiano (1st place Last Chance Qualifier)
1000445	Khervin Cheng Chua (2nd place Last Chance Qualifier)
1005720	Jeremiah Faustino (2nd place Last Chance Qualifier)
9430002	Jason Docallos (2nd place Last Chance Qualifier)

 

Asian Continental Championship - Last Chance Qualifier

  From Paul, Prince of Manila City, Philippines:

The Last Chance Qualifier happened last September 10 at Marks place. We started at 10 in the morning and ended on a happy note sometime past 6pm. Lunch was served with a giant 36" pizza, yet i disgress from the actual report.

We had a total of 9 players, which was a shame really as a 10th player might have joined but was still new and didnt feel like he could participate well in a tourney.

Participants:

Aurelio Icatiano (Imbued toolbox deck)
Jeremiah Faustino "Faust"(Assamite intercept)
Jason Docalios (Tremere anti G3-4 bleed)
Khervin Cheng Chua "Toad"(Tzimisce G3-4 bleed)
Paul Jonathan Tio (Una multiaction deck)
Hannibal Bobis "Haig"(Setite G2-3 temptation deck)
Charlene Fernandez Bobis "Charlie"(Salubri/Harbinger G2 intercept deck)
Mark Villareal (Brujah G2-3 Fortitude rush/bleed)
Francis Godoy "Jun"(Lasombra G2-3 bleed)

ROUND 1

Table 1

Aurelio (3VP, GW)
Jason
Charlene (1VP)
Paul

The game started with the imbued but the table was pretty static by itself, as Jason's bleeds were confounded by Charlie's intercept deck. Aurelio kept a good pressure on his predator Paul by throwing Vampiric disease (which severely limited her ability) and Society of Leopold and Pentex. The only highlight here was when Paul stole Cassie with an entrancement at superior which was passed by at +3 stealth. In the end though the mortals got the table when Charlie ousted Paul after Una coudnt untap anymore because of the Vampiric Disease draining Una's precious blood.

Table 2

Jeremiah
Hannibal
Francis (Jun)
Mark Khervin (Toad) (5VP, GW)

This table got into a ruckus with combat getting mixed with the various Meths, in the end the Tzimisce bleed swept the table and the game win with careful planning and consolidation of his vampires while the other Meths were busy.


ROUND 2

Table1

Jeremiah (Faust)
Jason (2 VP)
Haig
Charlie
Aurelio (3VP, GW)

The Tremere anti bleeder got through with some very important bleeds under mirror walk, and was able to oust Haig and Charlie succesively. But in the end, ran into the imbued set up and fresh after his oust of the Assamite Faust. In the end the mortals claimed this win as well.

Table 2

Mark
Jun
Paul
Toad (4 VP, GW)

Toad made an early headway as bleeding with fiendsih tongue and changelings as Mark brought the biggest vamp yet Gwendolyn. This left him with a weakened state and didnt allow him to influence any other vamps. Jun brough out adv Vitel followed by Lucita adv. By the time Toad ousted the Brujah, the Lasombra had three vampires out which included Aurora van Brande. But at this time the Una deck had set up and pretty much had so many attachments including eternal Vigilance and premanent +4 bleed, and +3 intercept. Sengir dagger and Ivory bow equipped it was a an awesome sight and held the Lasombra incursions to a minimum, especially after Vitel was Pentexed by Paul and Aurora falling to a well timed Coma by Una. In the end though, Jun fell to the Tzimisce. The battle was a close one but eventually Tzimisce hordes swept the table.


ROUND 3

Table 1

Jason (1 VP)
Mark
Faust (4 VP, GW)
Haig
Jun

The Assamites managed to solidify their position in this table. In the end, with the exception of Mark being ousted by bleeds it was swept away by the Assamites.

Table 2

Aurelio (3 VP, GW)
Charlie
Paul (1 VP)
Toad

Aurelio managed to solidify his position early and started weakening both prey and predators with Vampiric Diseases. Toad placed an early Pentex on Una, but Paul retaliated by placing a well-timed Pentex of his own on Lady Zara. Una, Jacob fermor and Ossian started bleeding, eventually weakened from the disease Toad succumbed to the bleeds. Charlie fell soon afterwards to Aurelio, but before a real battle could commence Aurelio slaps Una with Penetex and soon claims victory.


FINALISTS:

1 Aurelio Icatiano (3 GW, 9VP)
2 Khervin Cheng Chua (Toad) (2 GW, 9 VP)
2 Jeremiah Faustino (Faust) (1 GW, 4VP)
2 Jason Docalios (3 VP)
5 Paul Jonathan Tio (1 VP)
5 Charlene Fernandez Bobis (1 VP)

Check out Aurelio Icatiano's winning deck.

Asian Continental Championships - Manila City Qualifier

Congratulations to Charlene, Hannibal, Francis and Lucinio for joining the list of qualified players! The current qualified players are:

VEKN#	Name (Qualifying Tournament)
-------	-----------------------------------
1006637	Stephen Sing (1st place ACC 10)
1003787	Hidetoshi Hayakawa (2nd place ACC 10)
3160000	Yeo Le Fei (2nd place ACC 10)
5360018	Law Gee Hwan (2nd place ACC 10)
1001215	Johann Ong (2nd place ACC 10 & 2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1004027	Taka'aki AYUKATA (Organiser Osaka Qualifier)
1001135	Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua (1st place Quezon City Qualifier)
1003558	Troy Espiritu (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1002594	Mark Raymund Villareal (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1004269	Frederick Tomas (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1002111	Kristine Bartolome (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1003299	John David V. Balingit (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
9430001	Mara Angela Narciso (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1001661	Paul Jonathan Tio (Organiser Quezon City Qualifier)
1000287	Charlene Fernandez (1st place Quezon City Qualifier)
1000288	Haig Bobis (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1002104	Lucinio de Guzman Jr. (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1001125	Francis Godoy (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)

From the VEKN official site:

On the next day, 6 players showed up for the 2nd ACC qualifiers at Louie's place. Unfortunately, due to the lack of further players, 1 of them Kristine graciously backed out and a 5player table was made.

Hannibal (weenie potence)
Charlene (Arika bleed/bloat deck)
Mark (Giovanni rush)
Lucinio (Louie)(weenie political brujah G5)
Francis Godoy (Lasombra toolbox deck)

Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
------------	------------	------------
1)Francis	1)Charlene	1)Francis (5 VP, 1GW)
2)Hannibal	2)Mark	2)Hannibal
3)Louie (1 VP)	3)Louie	3)Charlene
4)Mark	4)Hannibal (4VP 1 GW)	4)Lucinio
5)Charlene (4 VP, 1 GW)	5)Francis (1 VP)	5)Mark

Finals:
1)Charlene (3VP 1 GW)
2)Hannibal (1 VP)
3)Francis (1 VP)
4)Lucinio
5)Mark

Organizer: Lucinio (Louie) De Guzman
Winner: Charlene
Charlene's Tournament Winning Deck
Qualifying players:
1)Charlene (3VP 1 GW)
2)Hannibal (1 VP)
2)Francis (1 VP)
2)Lucinio
2)Mark

 

Asian Continental Championships - Quezon City Qualifier

Congratulations to Karl, Troy, Mark, Frederick, Kristine, David and Mara for joining the list of qualified players! The current qualified players are:

VEKN#	Name (Qualifying Tournament)
-------	-----------------------------------
1006637	Stephen Sing (1st place ACC 10)
1003787	Hidetoshi Hayakawa (2nd place ACC 10)
3160000	Yeo Le Fei (2nd place ACC 10)
5360018	Law Gee Hwan (2nd place ACC 10)
1001215	Johann Ong (2nd place ACC 10 & 2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1004027	Taka'aki AYUKATA (Organiser Osaka Qualifier)
1001135	Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua (1st place Quezon City Qualifier)
1003558	Troy Espiritu (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1002594	Mark Raymund Villareal (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1004269	Frederick Tomas (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1002111	Kristine Bartolome (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1003299	John David V. Balingit (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
9430001	Mara Angela Narciso (2nd place Quezon City Qualifier)
1001661	Paul Jonathan Tio (Organiser Quezon City Qualifier)

From VEKN official site:

A total of 16 players were able to play last week Sept 3 at Prince David Condo, Katipunan area, although we were forced to start early for round1. Anyway here are the results:

1)Troy Espiritu (weenie Assamite)
2)Hannibal Bobbis (weenie Potence)
3)Johann Ong (Khazar's Diary)
4)Karl Cheng Chua (Trujah toolbox)
5)Mara Narciso (Toreador Bleed)
6)Charlene Fernandez Bobis (Political)
7)Frederick Tomas(Cock Robin intercept retainer)
8)Mark Villareal (Giovanni Rush and bleed)
9)Jeremiah Faustino (Gangrel toolbox intercept deck)
10)Lucinio De Guzman Jr. (Euro Brujah)
11)Paul Jonathan Tio (Una repeater action)
12)Kristine Bartolome De Guzman (Tremere intercept)
13)Katherine Cheng Chua (Assamite Gr2 rush)
14)Francis Godoy (Lasombra Gr3-4 with Vitel 2nd trad)
15)David Balingit (TremereGr3-4)
16)Edmund Ruaro (Muaziz and setite support)

Round 1
Table 1	Table 2	Table 3
1)Troy 2)Hannibal 3)Johann 4)Karl (4 VP, GW)	1)Mara (1VP) 2)Charlene 3)Frederick (2 VP, GW) 4)Mark (1 VP)	1)Jeremiah 2)Lucinio(Louie)(1 VP) 3)Paul 4)Kristine (4VP, GW) 5)Katherine
Round 2
Table 1	Table 2	Table 3
1)Frederick (1 VP) 2)Jeremiah 3)David (3 VP, GW) 4)Mara (1 VP) 5)Francis	1)Katherine 2)Louie 3)Charlene 4)Johann (5 VP, GW) 5)Hannibal	1)Troy (3 VP, GW) 2)Mark (1 VP) 3)Kristine 4)Karl (1 VP) 5)Paul
Round 3
Table 1	Table 2	Table 3
1)Kristine 2)Edmund 3)Mark (5 VP, GW) 4)Charlene 5)David	1)Louie 2)Jeremiah (1 VP) 3)Frederick (1 VP) 4)Johann 5)Karl (3VP, GW)	1)Paul 2)Hannibal 3)Mara 4)Troy (4 VP, GW)

Finalists
1)Karl
2)Troy
3)Mark
4)Johann
5)Frederick

Standings:
1) Karl 2 GW, 8 VP
2) Troy 2 GW, 7VP
2)Mark 1 GW 7 VP
2)Johann 1 GW 5 VP
2)Frederick 1 GW 4 VP
6)Kristine 1 GW 4 VP
7)David 1 GW 3VP
8)Mara 2 VP
9)Louie 1 VP
10)Jeremiah 1 VP
11)Hannibal 0
12)Charlene 0
13)Paul 0
14)Katherine 0
15)Edmund 0
16)Francis 0

Organizer: Paul Jonathan Tio
Winner: Karl Cheng Chua
Karl's Tournament Winning Deck
Top 8:
1) Karl 2 GW, 8 VP
2) Troy 2 GW, 7VP
2)Mark 1 GW 7 VP
2)Johann 1 GW 5 VP
2)Frederick 1 GW 4 VP
6)Kristine 1 GW 4 VP
7)David 1 GW 3VP
8)Mara 2 VP

ACC 11 Updates

 
Details for the Asian Continental Championships 2011 are up on Facebook. I will repost them here for your convenience.

ENTRANCE FEE: Php500

FORMAT:
Format will be standard constructed. Detailed rules can be found on the VEKN tournament rules webpage.

ROUNDS:
Rounds Format: 3 rounds plus final (time limit: 2h each + 2.5h for the final table)

TOURNAMENT RULES AND INFORMATION:
- The top 50% (players) who join their country's qualifying tournaments are automatically qualified for the ACC.

VENUE DETAILS:
Schizo Art's Facebook Page

Map of Shizo Art

Commuting Instructions:
1. From Santolan EDSA, take any ride that will head towards Eastwood.
2. Go down at the Katipunan-White Plains intersection. Walk towards the direction of banapple.
3. Look for the logo in the event photo and you'll find Schizo.

ACCOMMODATIONS:
For those coming in from other countries, if you need help finding a place to stay, you can contact Kristine Bartolome-De Guzman.

Hotels Near the Tournament Venue:
- Oracle Residences
- Fernandina 88 Suites
- ACL Suites
- Regalia Suites

If you plan to fly out on Friday night and get back to Singapore by Sunday night, Tiger Airways offers the best rates with the best timings. Keep in mind that there is a ~$20 airport fee when departing from Manila.

Bleed you there!
 

Asian Continental Championships 2011

 
We are back! Paul has set the date of the ACC '11 on 9th October 2011!

Details to follow. Watch this space!
 

Asian Continental Championships Preliminary Round 3

Right, so I disappeared to Sri Lanka or a while (hence the lag for Round 3).

Round 3:

Table 1 (Taka'aki bleeding Hayakawa bleeding B.K. bleeding Johann bleeding Le Fei)

Table 2 (John bleeding Gee Hwan bleeding Lucinio bleeding Karl bleeding Derek)

Table 3 (Stephen bleeding Keith bleeding Ben bleeding Danz bleeding Bann)

Hayakawa had the cutest card sleeves in the tournament.

Obfuscate: Now you see him...

Now you don't!

I think Danz knows something we don't. He didn't share...

Results from Round 3:

• Table 1 saw Le Fei ousting sweeping the table for 5VPs.
• Table 2. I know Gee Hwan got a game win, but I can't remember exactly what happened. Will update after I find my Archon file.
• Table 3. Ben ousted Danz (who promptly went to take a nap... I guess it was a long day) for 1VP. Keith ousted Ben and timed out for 1.5VPs. Bann and Stephen both stuck around for an additional 0.5VPs.

Asian Continental Championships Preliminary Round 2

Prizes, promos and the round timer

Round 2:

Table 1 (Ben bleeding John bleeding Danz bleeding B.K. bleeding Hayakawa)

Table 2 (Johann bleeding Bann bleeding Le Fei bleeding Lucinio bleeding Gee Hwan) 

Table 3 (Karl bleeding Taka'aki bleeding Derek bleeding Keith bleeding Stephen)

Danz and Karl share a light-hearted moment

Murphy's Law hits some players

John's Alastor deck
sans minions that can play Alastor

Ben's Amaravati Death Star
sans Amaravati

Carlak goes crazy, no thanks to Danz

but John quickly takes his revenge!

Results from Round 2:

• Table 1 timed out AGAIN!!!. 0.5VPs all round (double boring).
• Table 2. Johann ousted Bann and Le Fei for 2.5VPs. Le Fei ousted Lucinio for 1VP. Gee Hwan sticks around long enough for 0.5VPs.
• Table 3. Stephen ousted Karl and Derek for 2.5VPs. Karl ousted Taka'aki for 1VPs. Keith sits tight till time for 0.5VPs.

Asian Continental Championships Preliminary Round 1

My apologies for the late posting. Real life has been quite hectic for the past month.
Anyway, good things come to those who wait, so here's a look at what happened on the 21st day of November of the year 2010.

Quick breakdown of the players and their decks:
(in no particular order)
John Robert Worrall playing G4-5 Alastor
Yeo Le Fei playing Cannon in D (G5-6 Daughters Stealth Vote)
Benjamin Sum playing Amaravati Death Star
Law Gee Hwan playing Ravnos Breed Boon featuring Tsunda
Keith Lee playing Turbo Khazar's Diary
Bann Lum playing Weenie Obf Stealth Vote
Derek Yang playing Tremere Bruise Bleed
Johann Ong playing Tzimisce Raptor Wall
Stephen Sing playing Magical History
Eng Boon Khim playing Ghaduba!
Ayukata Taka'aki playing Anarch Wall
Danz Holandez playing Madness Network with Deranged
Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua playing Black Hand Guns
Hidetoshi Hayakawa playing Giovanni with Protean
Lucinio de Guzman Jr. playing Eurobrujah featuring Theo Bell

Round 1:

Table 1 (John bleeding Le Fei bleeding Ben bleeding Gee Hwan bleeding Keith)

John eye's Le Fei's cards...

...but fails to distract her from the camera

Ben plots his next move...

... as Gee Hwan looks on

Keith slyly observes the table

Table 2 (Bann bleeding Derek bleeding Johann bleeding Stephen bleeding B.K.)

Bann: "Really?"

Derek utterly enjoying himself

Big smiles from Johann

Stephen puts on his game face

B.K. settles in for the Eternal Struggle

Table 3 (Taka'aki bleeding Danz bleeding Karl bleeding Hayakawa bleeding Lucinio)

Taka'aki and his
awesome blood counters

Danz does a magic trick

Karl watches on

Lucinio plots his next action

Hayakawa plays it cool

Results from Round 1:

• Table 1 timed out. 0.5VPs all round (booooooooooring)
• Table 2. Stephen ousted B.K., Bann and Johann for 4VPs. Bann ousted Derek for 1VP.
• Table 3. Danz ousted Karl for 1.5VPs. Hayakawa ousted Lucinio and Taka'aki for 2.5VPs.

Asian Continental Championships - Are You Qualified

 
A quick reminder, once again, that the first ever Asian Continental Championships will be held this Sunday, 21st November 2010.

If you have yet to qualify for the event, fear not for there is still one more chance to do so! Come join us this Saturday, 20th November 2010, for the Last Chance Qualifier. Prizes await those who qualify!

Details are available here: http://domainsg.blogspot.com/2010/05/inaugural-south-east-asian.html

Bleed you there!
 

Asian Continental Championship Mini-Qualifier

 
I would like to take this opportunity to announce the Bann Mini-Qualifier for the Asian Championships.

The Asian Continental Championships: Bann Mini-Qualifier

Date: 23rd October 2010

Location: PARADIGM INFIMITUM
220 Orchard Road, #03-01
Singapore 250009
Tel: 6734 3858

Entry Fee: SGD$5

Format: V:EKN Constructed, 3 round + final table (2 hours per round + 2.5 hour table)

Registration starts at 11.30am.

Each player will be given a free booster pack (subject to availability) and a whole bunch of exciting promotional cards.
Bleed you there!
 

Asian Continental Championship Singapore Qualifiers Finals

 
Sorry for the long delay, but here's the report from the finals.

After the dust from the preliminary rounds settled, 5 Methuselahs lined up for the final table.

• Derek didn't have much of a choice, going into the final table at 5th position.
  
• Keith chose to be bled by Derek, after having seen Derek's deck, and feeling fairly confident of his ability to stop Derek's bleeds.
  
• My memory is a little vague on this one, but I believe Danz chose to bleed Derek, and Stephen inserted himself between Danz and Derek.
  
• Robin then chose to be bled by Keith, knowing full well that he had exactly what was needed to completely stop Keith.
  

Le Fei's roll of a die set the final table in the following order:
Stephen's Forest of Blood bleeding Derek's Tremere/!Tremere Bruise Bleed bleeding Keith's Khazar's Diary bleeding Robin's Madness Network bleeding Danz's Toreador Toolbox.

Round 1

• Stephen played a Dreams of the Sphinx.
  
• Keith played a Channel 10 and influenced out Cristofero Giovanni.
  
• Robin played a Zillah's Valley.
  

Round 2

• Stephen influenced out Chavi Oraczko.
• Derek got himself Selena's services.
• Keith Liquidated some assets, got Cristofero to recruit Carlton Van Wyk, influenced out Mario Giovanni, and Unmasked the Masquerade.
• Robin finished exerting his influence on Rachel Brandywine.
• Danz lured Marcellus into his employment.

Round 3

• Stephen visited a Fortune Teller Shop who told Chavi to Deprive Marcellus of his Senses, but a Direct Intervention from Danz himself saved Marcellus the embarrassment. Chavi then decided to get herself a set of Shilmulo Tarot instead. Stephen used his Sphinx's last dream to end his turn with Papa Legba in his service.
• Derek got his own Dreams of the Sphinx but decided to bide his time and ended his turn after some influencing.
• Keith paid a visit to the Parthenon and used its powers to Liquidate some more. He then used his new found fortune to call in the services of Ambrosius, the Ferryman and then promptly used a Sudario Refraction to get back a Khazar's Diary, a Spectral Divination and a Liquidation. Marciana Giovanni joined his fast growing family of necromancers.
• Robin made Rachel his Blood Doll and got her to bleed Danz for 2. Marcellus attempted to block the bleed, but Rachel Cloaked her own Gathering to sneak past Marcellus to give Robin the Edge and making herself the leader of Enkil Cog.
• Danz had Marcellus get the Ivory Bow.

Round 4

• Stephen taught Pap Legba a level of Chimestry. Chavi and Papa Legba both embraced a Tumnimos each. Stephen then influenced out Gharston Roland.
• Derek made a Vessel of Selena, severing the link between Robin and Rachel. Selena's bleed was blocked by Carlton. Carlton dodged Selena's hand strike, and when Selena pressed with an Apportation, Carlton managed to Dodge it again. Selena pressed again with Apportation and they both had a little bitch fight. Derek then got out Ladislas.
• Keith Acquired some Assets from the Ventrue, and Liquidated some more of his own. Cristofero started the Khazar's Diary engine. Mario recruited Felix Hessian and Keith got Chas Giovanni Tello.
• Robin made Rachel a Perfectionist who proceeded to perfectly employ a Homunculus. Henry Taylor joined Robin's army.
• Danz had Marcellus bleed, but was blocked by Gharston. Marcellus pulled out a Concealed Saturday Night Special and shot Gharston's Apparition a little, and then tried again with a Blur of shots, but all he got was another Apparition. Marcellus tried to press with some Telepathic Tracking, only to realise that the Apparitions stayed for the whole combat. Danz then brought Sheila Mezarin into the team.

Round 5

• Stephen started on the Path of Paradox, and led with a bleed for 1 with Gharston, gaining the Edge. Chavi recruited a Procurer. and Papa Legba got the Treasured Samadji while one of the Tumnimos hunted again.
• Derek got Ladislas to Govern Keith's Unaligned, but was blocked by Felix Hessian, resulting in some ghetto fighting. Selena tried bleeding for 1 but got slapped around by Ambrosius instead. Thelonius joined Derek's forces.
• Keith Liquidated twice and used a Sudario Refraction to get back 2 copies of Khazar's Diaries and a Suadrio Refraction. Marciana added to the Diary and Chas recruited the Repo Man. Robin activated Rachel's Enkil Cog to bleed, but Sheila Telepathically Misdirected it to Stephen, who used his untapped Tumnimos to block.
• Robin untaps and tries to have Henry Taylor Clan Impersonate a Malkavian. Rachel tries again to bleed Danz for 3. Danz Wakes Sheila Mezarin and sends the bleed to Keith with My Enemy's Enemy. Keith blocked using Repo Man, who dies. Victoria is now out.
• Danz calls a Kindred Segregation with Sheila, successfully burning Felix Hessian and Ambrosius, though Keith paid to keep Carlton. Marcellus' attempt to effect a Parity Shift was blocked.

Round 6

• Stephen teach Tumnimos Chimerstry. Papa Legba then bleeds for 2, but was Deflected to Keith instead. To keep the forward momentum going, Tumnimos bleeds with Fata Morgana. Chavi also bleeds with another Fata Morgana.
• Derek plays the Barrens, then continues on to bleed lots. Thelonius bleeds for 1, followed by Selena bleeding with Governed the Unaligned. However, Selena's bleed was blocked by Carlton van Wyk, who shot Selena for 1 and dies. Ladislas bleeds with Govern the Unaligned and Conditioning for 6. Derek gets Brooke.
• Keith Liquidates twice again, and tries to complete Kharzar's Diary with Cristofero. Rachel blocks with the right of the Second Tradition and loses Cristofero in a Mental Maze. Keith tries again with Mario and succeeds in bring Khazar's Diary to 7 counters, allowing Marciana and Chas to make some wraiths. Robin uses the Enkil Cog again to bleed with Rachel, who Impersonates Marcellus' Elder when he woke and attempted to block.
• Robin bloats a little with Victoria's ability and plays the Madness Network. Henry Taylor gets himself a Carrion Coffin, using Form of Mist to slip past Keith's wraith. Victoria Impersonates the Giovanni and Rachel bleeds again for 3.
• Danz got some pool back when Marcellus' used a Parity Shift to move pool from Robin. Sheila bleeds and effects an Aire of Elation for 3 pool loss. Robin uses the power of the Madness Network to have Henry Taylor equip with a Sport Bike and bleed Danz with Rachel.

Round 7

• Stephen plays a brand new copy of Dreams of the Sphinx and, acknowledging that the end is near, bled with everything he had. Keith lost 2 pool from a Deflected Papa Legba, but the rest managed to land on Derek. Robin used Rachel to bleed, but Danz Forcefully Awoke Sheila and used her Telepathy to Misdirect Rachel to Stephen.
• Derek used Thelonius to bleed for 1 and chose to leave the other minions untapped in preparation for Stephen's next wave of bleeds. Rachel's attempt to bleed using the Madness Network was sent to Stephen when Sheila got wind of it On the Qui Vive.
• Robin bloats some more with Victoria and sets up a Powerbase in Zurich. Rachel bleeds and Victoria, the newly minted Giovanni, made a wraith using the magic of Khazar's Diary.
• Danz ousts Stephen with a bleed from Sheila. Marcellus tried to block Rachel, but Lost her in the Crowds. Even his Enhanced Senses failed to penetrate her Cloaking.

Round 8

• Derek bleeds for 1 for a bunch, and Rachel using Form of Mist to land a bleed past Marcellus.
• Keith attempts to withdraw.
• Robin sent Rachel out to hunt for blood, while Victoria proceeds to make more wraiths. Both wraiths bleed into Danz, and Marcellus could not prevent his master from being ousted even with a desperate cycling of cards. Henry then bleeds into Derek, but was deflected to Keith, causing Keith's withdrawal attempt to fail.

Round 9

• Derek get a Visit from the Capuchin, but was unable to land a single bleed on Keith. Rachel calls on the Fifth Tradition to feed Henry, who attempts to bleed Derek. Rachel tries to Cloak Henry in an attempt to sneak the bleed past Ladislas, but a timely report from Keith's Channel 10 promptly put a stop to that.
• Keith attempts to withdraw again.
• Robin uses Victoria to make another wraith, and the three wraiths manage to oust Derek. Henry bleeds Keith for 1.

Round 10

• Keith attempts to withdraw again, and manages to convince Robin to give him the chance to experience a successful withdraw attempt.
• Robin does nothing.

Round 11

• Keith's withdraw attempt is successful, netting him 1 Victory Point.

Final Result:

1st - Robin Pong with Game Win and 3 Victory Points in the final table.

2nd - Danz Holandez with 1 Victory Point in the final table

2nd - Keith Lee with 1 Victory Point in the final table

2nd - Stephen Sing 

2nd - Derek Yang

6th - Eng Boon Khim

7th - Bann Lum

8th - Wu Yi Peng

9th - Edward Choy

10th - Fauzi Shafie

11th - Muhd Dzaki Abadi Samri
12th - Zheng Yongyan (withdrew from event)

Pictures to come when I get the time.