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 ====== Ropecon 2008 ECQ ====== ====== Ropecon 2008 ECQ ======
  
-Tournament reportunder construction.+{{tournament:rc2008-1.jpg|}} 
 + 
 +The annual [[http://ropecon.fi|Ropecon]] VTES tournament on August 8th was also an EC qualifier this year. We had a grand total of 83 players, which is a step down from last year's 88 but still a hell of a lot of people. 
 + 
 +Things went very smoothly this year. We were back in the main hall area, so there was (more or less) enough oxygen for everyone though it //was// crowded, as always. Due to the high number of pre-registrations there was extremely little hassle at startup time, and I mananged to get all the tables going at around 6:15pm, nicely on schedule. A big thanks to all the players, once again, for making this a very pleasant tournament to run. There was the usual bunch of rules questions, but nothing came up that totally stumped me -- of course, having the complete rulings set and list of current card texts available on the laptop helps more than a bit. 
 + 
 +As usual, the variety in decks was huge, and I can't claim to have any sort of overview on what people played this year; I saw all kinds of decks while observing the table play. I don't remember seeing too many Anarch decks with the new cards, I guess that tech is still so new that people aren't familiar enough with it to try it out in a big tournament. Most of the decks in the finals were very fast decks, for what it's worth. 
 + 
 +The tournament win this year went to **Lasse Pöyry**, playing a fairly traditional (but very efficient) Lasombra bleed machine. Unlike last year's Great Lasombra Fest, Lasse's deck was the only Lasombra one in the finals. The finals were fun to watch, with the first six rounds going //very// fast and people dropping left and right... and then Kari and Lasse settling down for a Nephandi vs Lasombra war of attrition. The final round ended in a draw, Lasse took tournament win due to higher preliminary scoring. 
 + 
 +21 players received EC qualifications and also a spiffy ECQ t-shirt (thanks to White Wolf), and also thanks to WW we had a nice pile of boosters and some other stuff for the finalists (Fantasiapelit also donated some gift certificates, thanks in that direction also). Everyone in the tournament got a nice pile of promo cards, and in general I got the feeling people were pretty happy with everything. 
 + 
 +We had quite a few "oldtimers" returning to the game, and Juho Linna made it to the finals even though he hasn't played much at all for 3-4 years (as far as I know). We also had one of our first international visitors, with Hugh Angseesing trying to lay down the U.K. smackdown on the Finns (with little success). He did get his revenge during the next day's draft tournament, though. :) 
 + 
 +See below for full results, finalist deck lists, a transcript of the final roundand some more pictures. 
 + 
 +-- Petri "[[Orava]]" Wessman
  
-[[Orava]] 
  
 ===== Players and results ===== ===== Players and results =====
  
-Players in **bold type** got EC qualification.+The first 21 players (shown in **bold type** below) got EC qualifications.
  
 ^ Rank  ^ Name ^ Prelim GWs ^ Prelim VPs ^ Final VPs ^ Deck/comment ^ ^ Rank  ^ Name ^ Prelim GWs ^ Prelim VPs ^ Final VPs ^ Deck/comment ^
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 | 54 | Jouko Loijas | 0 | 1       | | | 54 | Jouko Loijas | 0 | 1       | |
 | 55 | Petteri Teerikangas | 0 | 1       | | | 55 | Petteri Teerikangas | 0 | 1       | |
-| 56 | Jussi Hattara | 0 | 1       | "Power Jacko's Leathers"  |+| 56 | Jussi Hattara | 0 | 1       | [[http://www.secretlibrary.info/index.php?deck=view&id=564|"Power of Jacko's Leathers"]] |
 | 56 | Johannes Leppä | 0 | 1         | | 56 | Johannes Leppä | 0 | 1         |
 | 58 | Mikko Moisander | 0 | 1       | "Aggravated Assamites"  | | 58 | Mikko Moisander | 0 | 1       | "Aggravated Assamites"  |
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 | DQ | Elias Maliniemi | 0 | 1       | "Kiasyd - TB"  | | DQ | Elias Maliniemi | 0 | 1       | "Kiasyd - TB"  |
  
 +(Elias Maliniemi has a "disqualified" flag because he left for the pub and didn't attend the last round of the game)
  
 ===== Decks ===== ===== Decks =====
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   * play //Dreams//, use it to add pool to uncontrolled.   * play //Dreams//, use it to add pool to uncontrolled.
   * bring out //Keith Moody//   * bring out //Keith Moody//
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 **Lasse** **Lasse**
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   * play //Alamut//   * play //Alamut//
-  * //Hafsa// steals Calebros' title+  * //Hafsa// steals //Calebros//' title, plays //Marked Path// on that 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * use //Dreams// for +2 hand size, //Dreams// burns 
 +  * //Blood Doll// on //Antonio// 
 +  * //Keith// gets //Nephandus// 
 +  * bring out //Nephandus// (//Antonio//'s special) 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * //Vessel// on //Henri//, burn Kari's //Doll// 
 +  * //Henri// //Govern//s down 
 +  * bring out //Virginie, Prodigy// 
 + 
 +**Juho** 
 + 
 +  * //Christine// bleeds with //Scouting Mission// + //Bonding// = bleed of 3 
 +  * bring out //Mariel, Lady Thunder// 
 + 
 +==== Round 4 ==== 
 + 
 +**Juhani** 
 + 
 +  * //Vasilis// bleeds for 1 
 +  * Smudge calls //KRC// 3 to Antti, 1 to Kari, vote fails 
 +  * //Julius// calls //KRC//, //DI// from Antti 
 +  * //Julius// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Calebros// calls //Disputerd Territory// to steal Alamut, passes 
 +  * bring out //Volker, Puppet Prince// 
 + 
 +**Antti** 
 + 
 +  * //Hafsa// plays //Khabar: Glory// 
 +  * //Hafsa// bleeds for 2, blocked, stealth, gets bounced to Lasse, gets bounced onwards to Juho, bleed ok 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Blood Doll// on Antonio 
 +  * //Nephandus// plays //Aranthebes// 
 +  * //Nephandus// //Computer Hacks// for 2, //Virginie// wakes and blocks, burns //Nephandus// with //Entombment// 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds, gets +1 from //Empowering the Puppet King//, bleed of 2 ok 
 +  * //Keith// bleeds, //Henri// blocks 
 +  * //Antonio// hunts 
 +  * bring out //Nephandus// (//Antonio//'s special) 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * //Virginie// //Scouting Mission// down 
 +  * //Henri// does the same 
 +  * bring out //Andrew Emory//, //Banjoko// 
 + 
 +**Juho** 
 + 
 +  * //Christine// bleeds with //Scouting Mission//, stealths, and adds //Conditioning//, bleed of 4 
 +  * //Mariel// //Govern//s down 
 +  * bring out //Didi Meyers// 
 + 
 +==== Round 5 ==== 
 + 
 +**Juhani** 
 + 
 +  * //Life in the City// on //Vasilis// 
 +  * //Julius// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Volker// calls //KRC// with //Closed Session//, 3:1, gets //Delaying Tactics// from Kari 
 +  * //Volker// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Smudge// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Calebros// bleeds for 1 
 + 
 +**Antti** 
 + 
 +  * no actions 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Keith// hunts 
 +  * //Antonio// hunts 
 +  * bring out //Nephandus// (//Antonio//'s special) 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * //Banjoko// bleeds with //Threats//, bleed of 3 
 +  * //Virginie// bleeds with //Bonding//, bleed of 3 
 +  * //Henri// hunts 
 + 
 +**Juho** 
 + 
 +  * //Christina// bleeds with //Scouting Mission// + //Conditioning//, bleed of 4 
 +  * //Didi// bleeds, gets //Mask of 1000 Faces// from //Mariel// who continues the bleed with //Conditioning// and //Command of the Beast//. Total bleed is 5, which gets //Archon Investigation// from Juhani, //Mariel// burns. 
 +  * //Didi// bleeds with //Govern// + //Threats//, bleed of 5. **Juhani is ousted** 
 +  * bring out //Gloria Giovanni// 
 + 
 +==== Round 6 ==== 
 + 
 +**Antti** 
 + 
 +  * //Hafsa// plays //Hakim's Law: Leadership// 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds with //Leverage// + //Empowering the Puppet King//, bleed of 3 is bounced to Juho, //Gloria// blocks 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1, //Banjoko// wakes and blocks 
 +  * //Antonio// hunts 
 +  * //Keith// hunts 
 +  * bring out //Nephandus// (//Antonio//'s special) 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * //Banjoko// plays //Nocturn// 
 +  * //Andrew// plays //Nocturn// 
 +  * //Henri// bleeds with //Conditioning//, bleed of 4 
 +  * //Banjoko// bleeds with //Govern// + //Threats//, bleed of 5 
 +  * //Nocturn// bleeds for 1, **Juho is ousted** 
 +  * //Andrew// bleeds with //Govern// + //Conditioning//, bleed of 5 
 +  * //Nocturn// bleeds for 1, **Antti is ousted** 
 +  * //Virginie// plays //Nocturn// 
 +  * //Virginie// hunts 
 +  * pay 1 for new vampire 
 + 
 +==== Round 7 ==== 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Pentex// on //Henri// 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds, //Nocturn// blocks 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds with //Puppet King//, bleed of 2 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Antonio// bleeds with //Conditioning//, bleed of 3 
 +  * bring out //Nephandus// (//Antonio//'s special) 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * //Andrew// removes //Pentex// (using stealth) 
 +  * //Banjoko// plays //Nocturn// 
 +  * //Henri// //Scounting Mission//s down 
 +  * //Virginie// //Scounting Mission//s down 
 +  * bring out //Dame Hollerton// 
 + 
 +==== Round 8 ==== 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Life in the City// on Antonio 
 +  * play //Jake Washington// 
 +  * //Keith// hunts 
 +  * //Antonio// hunts 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * //Capitalist// on //Henri//, gets //Wash//ed 
 +  * (empty) //Andrew// hunts, //Nephandus// blocks (Aranthebes), dodge + dodge, //Andrew// still ready 
 +  * //Dame// bleeds, //Jake// blocks and burns 
 +  * //Henri// bleeds with //Govern//, //Keith// wakes and blocks, stealth, bleed of 3 
 +  * //Virginie// hunts 
 +  * //Banjoko// hunts 
 + 
 +==== Round 9 ==== 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Blood Doll// on //Keith// 
 +  * //Nephandus// gets //Flash Grenade// 
 +  * //Nephandus// gets //Flash Grenade// 
 +  * //Nephandus// gets //Flash Grenade// 
 +  * //Antonio// hunts 
 +  * //Keith// hunts 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * play //Elysian Fields// 
 +  * //Andrew// hunts, //Nephandus// blocks (Aranthebes), stealth, hunt ok 
 +  * //Dame// bleeds, //Nephandus// blocks, concealed //Flash Grenade//, //Dame// dodges, //Nephandus// uses FG 
 +  * //Virginie// bleeds, //Nephandus// blocks, concealed //Flash Grenade//, //Virginie// dodges 
 +  * //Banjoko// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Henri// bleeds for 2 with //Scouting Mission// 
 + 
 +==== Round 10 ==== 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * play //Dreams// 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds with //Puppet King// for 2 
 +  * //Keith// hunts 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds, //Dame// wakes and burns //Nephandus// with //Entombment// 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * //Vessel// on //Dame//, gets //Wash//ed 
 +  * //Capitalist// on //Henri// 
 +  * //Henri// bleeds, gets stealth, Nephandus blocks (Aranthebes), //Henri// plays //Entombment//, //Nephandus// uses FG 
 +  * //Virginie// bleeds, gets stealth, bleed for 2 
 +  * //Banjoko// bleeds for 2 with //Bonding// 
 +  * //Andrew// hunts 
 + 
 +==== Round 11 ==== 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Life in the City// on //Antonio// 
 +  * play //University Hunting Ground// 
 +  * //Keith// hunts 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds, //Henri// wakes and blocks, //Henri// goes to torpor 
 +  * //Nephandus// burns //Henri// 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds, //Virginie// wakes and blocks, //Virginie// goes to torpor 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Antonio// bleeds, //Dame// blocks, concealed //Flash Grenade//, //Antonio// strikes with it 
 +  * play //Unmasking// 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * play //Political Hunting Ground// 
 +  * //Banjoko// bleeds, //Nephandus// blocks, stealth, Aranthebes, blocked. //Banjoko// dodges, //Nephandus// uses FG. 
 +  * //Andrew// plays //Nocturn// 
 +  * //Andrew// bleeds with //Govern//, //Nephandus// wakes (//On the QV//) and blocks 
 + 
 +==== Round 12 ==== 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * play //FBI Special Affairs Division// 
 + 
 +**Lasse** 
 + 
 +  * play //Path of Night// 
 +  * //Dame// plays //Nocturn//, //Nephandus// blocks and plays concealed FG 
 +  * //Banjoko// bleeds with //Bonding// and uses //Elysian Fields//, //Nephandus// blocks (Aranthebes) 
 +  * //Andrew// bleeds, //Nephandus// wakes and blocks, //Andrew// goes to torpor 
 + 
 +==== Round 13 ==== 
 + 
 +**Kari** 
 + 
 +  * //Nephandus// bleeds for 1 
 +  * //Nephandus// //Computer Hacks// for 2, **Lasse is ousted** 
 + 
 +Game ends at 2:29am, having taken 1:29 of game time. The final result is a draw between Lasse and Kari, but Lasse goes on to win the tournament due to higher preliminary round results. 
 + 
 + 
 +===== Pictures ===== 
 + 
 +Some pics from the tournament, by Marko Saari. If anyone has pics of the final round and/or of the finalists, let me know. 
 + 
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 +{{tournament:rc2008-4.jpg|}} 
 +{{tournament:rc2008-5.jpg|}} 
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 +[[http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=29265&l=f8555&id=686831177|Photos by Jussi Hattara @Facebook]]
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