A couple weekends ago we played a tournament in Castro Valley. I met some players I had neither seen nor heard of before, which was exciting. Brandyn mentioned wanting to run tournaments regularly, which I am all for.
Speaking of tournaments, we'll be holding a qualifier weekend at Andy's house Saturday December 17th and Sunday the 18th. I am looking forward to another big weekend and hope we can get more new players involved. Ajay, a player I know through Andy, has come to our events and game days a few times now. It is interesting to see a new player get a better and better understanding of the game and overcome the nervousness that comes with being put on the spot. I still get nervous in tournaments, so I have a lot of empathy for that.
I apologize for not writing more. School is really kicking my ass. As I type, I am cutting into my sleep for the fourth straight night. Arg.
Deck ideas keep coming and I've had some great trades recently. Some notable acquisitions:
Kaymakli Nightmares
2x Liquidation (so broken)
Powerbase: LA
Black Forest Base
I was more than a little disappointed at the Castro Valley tournament when a newer player, playing Imbued, decided that his goal in life was to kill his predator. This apparently held true for both of the games he timed out in. For a while I was more peeved with him. Lately I realized that while he screwed me strategically, I could have still pulled through tactically. I got a GW and 3vp in round one, but nada in round two, which put me in 6th place before the finals. I think I was so pissed to see another shitty imbued deck and player that I overlooked the obvious: kill your prey. I was playing for the GW when it was unlikely and that likely cost me the tournament.
"Kill your prey and let god sort it out." That should be my motto from now on. Maybe then I'll remember ;)
Kindred Lore: Order of Saint Blaise
3 days ago
You're very welcome with the trade. Still waiting for your cards to arrive though.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I like your motto. I always tell myself that in VTES, step 1 is kill your prey. step 2 is survive your pred. :)
That is disconcerting that the shipment is taking so long. If it doesn't arrive, let me know. You know where to find me. I mailed them to Manila August 27th according to my customs declaration.
ReplyDeleteI seem to learn, forget and re-learn various aspects of VTES. I've heard from older players (ICL?), "everything old is new again." I guess that's true in more ways than one!
LOL I am so tempted to play IMBUED then in the next tournament that you and I participate in just to mess with you, particularly when I am one of those shitty players you so hate! Beware the IMBUED whose goal is to screw with their predator! LOLOLOL
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This is why all of my decks will feature Stanislava and/or Autonomic Mastery....
ReplyDeleteImbued can be good and somewhat interesting, but you have to try to win. When I played with you in that tournament, you played well. Had Andy not drawn Banishment the game could have gone a lot differently. 4+ Ravnos + Week of Nightmares = no bueno.
I'm thinking more and more that having a fair amount of anti-ally tech is necessary at tournaments. If everyone runs a little bit then most tables will be able to excise stupid game-stopping ally decks and still have a way to deal with the random allies that show in other decks like Carlton and Mylan.
ReplyDeleteI totally replied to this, then it ate my post. I said it is always good to have ally stealing cards, or the votes that hose allies. (the original post was better)
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