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tournament:ropecon2011 [2011/08/22 16:29] – [Other Finalists] oravatournament:ropecon2011 [2011/08/22 17:17] – [Final Round Transcript] orava
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 At least so far, the cancellation of the game doesn't seem to have had any effect on player attendance; in fact, with 90 players we had the third highest attendance ever. Not bad for a "dead" game :). In addition, everything went //really// smoothly, I actually managed to get the first round started almost at 18:00 which is a new record. Thanks for this goes to the players; everyone registered on time, lots of people helped out with organizing the tables, and in general it was just a very fun tournament to run. Thanks, everyone. At least so far, the cancellation of the game doesn't seem to have had any effect on player attendance; in fact, with 90 players we had the third highest attendance ever. Not bad for a "dead" game :). In addition, everything went //really// smoothly, I actually managed to get the first round started almost at 18:00 which is a new record. Thanks for this goes to the players; everyone registered on time, lots of people helped out with organizing the tables, and in general it was just a very fun tournament to run. Thanks, everyone.
  
-Most of the players were Finnish of course, but we had a nice Scandinavian (Sweden & Denmark) team also present. Most of my own time and energy went into running things and answering rules questions, or course, but my impressions based on watching random tables for random amounts of time was that the quality was pretty high. Lots of nice, well-tuned decks and good play, and also a ton of different deck types -- no one type seemed to dominate (pun alert) the game. What I heard from some players seems to confirm this, I was told that the game was tighter and more focused in general this year. There were precious few easy wins to be had, this time. I got the impression that there were fewer vote decks out there than usual, at least I didn't see all that many.+Most of the players were Finnish of course, but we had a nice Scandinavian (Sweden & Denmark) team also present. Most of my own time and energy went into running things and answering rules questions, or course, but my impressions based on watching random tables for random amounts of time was that the quality was quite high. Lots of nice, well-tuned decks and good play, and also a ton of different deck types -- no one type seemed to dominate (pun alert) the game. What I heard from some players seems to confirm this, I was told that the game was tighter and more focused in general this year. There were precious few easy wins to be had, this time. I got the impression that there were fewer vote decks out there than usual, at least I didn't see all that many around... but on the other hand the final had two so what do I know.
  
-The final round this year was interesting but drawn out, it actually ended in a tie. There is a transcript of the final round at the end of this articlefor those interested in the nitty-gritty. The finalist decks were a varied bunch: an Auxpex weenie deck, an ani/pot combat deck, a Lasombra vote deck, a Dmitra-powered vote deck, and a Tre/!Tre dom bleed deck. After a long struggle the game ended in a timeout, with Otso's Auspex weenies and Ville's Ani/Pot hurt machine still left on the table. Otso took the tournament win due to a higher initial seed. This was especially impressive considering he also won last year's 93-player tournament(!).+The final round this year was interesting but drawn out, it actually ended in a tie -- there is a transcript of the final round at the end of this article for those interested in the nitty-gritty. The finalist decks were a varied bunch: an Auxpex weenie deck, an ani/pot combat deck, a Lasombra vote deck, a Dmitra-powered vote deck, and a Tre/!Tre dom bleed deck. After a long struggle the game ended in a timeout, with Otso's Auspex weenies and Ville's Ani/Pot hurt machine still left on the table. Otso took the tournament win due to a higher initial seed. This was especially impressive considering he also won last year's 93-player tournament(!).
  
-Ville was awarded an extra "most brutal combat deck" award (judge's discretion)in the form of a Theo Bell action figure (with torn signpost!). Very fitting. All attendees also got a //huge// pile of promos, thanks to Finnish NC Janne Lönnqvist. +Ville was awarded an extra "most brutal combat deck" award (judge's discretion) in the form of a Theo Bell action figure (with torn signpost!). Very fitting. All attendees also got a //huge// pile of promos, thanks to Finnish NC Janne Lönnqvist. 
  
 -Petri “Orava” Wessman -Petri “Orava” Wessman
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 ^ Rank  ^ Name ^ Prelim GWs ^ Prelim VPs ^ Final VPs ^ Deck/comment ^ ^ Rank  ^ Name ^ Prelim GWs ^ Prelim VPs ^ Final VPs ^ Deck/comment ^
-|  1 | **Otso Saariluoma** |  3 |  12 |  1.5 |  +|  1 | **Otso Saariluoma** |  3 |  12 |  1.5 | "Victoria's Secret" (see below) 
-|  2 | **Adam Esbjörnsson** |  2 |  9 |  1 |  +|  2 | **Adam Esbjörnsson** |  2 |  9 |  1 | "Rautakanki" (see below) 
-|  2 | **Toni Karjalainen** |  2 |  10 |  |  +|  2 | **Toni Karjalainen** |  2 |  10 |  | "Gratiano sucks!" (see below) 
-|  2 | **Ville Kaijasaari** |  3 |  10 |  1.5 |  +|  2 | **Ville Kaijasaari** |  3 |  10 |  1.5 | Nana + Nangila Ani/Pot combat (see below) 
-|  2 | **Teemu Sainomaa** |  2 |  10.5 |  |  |+|  2 | **Teemu Sainomaa** |  2 |  10.5 |  | Dmitra (decklist coming soon) |
 |  6 | **Tuomas Vuokko** |  2 |  8 |  |  | |  6 | **Tuomas Vuokko** |  2 |  8 |  |  |
 |  7 | **Arto Heinonen** |  2 |  8 |  |  | |  7 | **Arto Heinonen** |  2 |  8 |  |  |
 |  8 | **Marko Lindroos** |  1 |  6.5 |  |  | |  8 | **Marko Lindroos** |  1 |  6.5 |  |  |
-|  9 | **Jarkko Suvela** |  1 |  6.5 |  |  |+|  9 | **Jarkko Suvela** |  1 |  6.5 |  | "To be humiliated and pissed upon" |
 |  10 | **Heikki Palomäki** |  1 |  6 |  |  | |  10 | **Heikki Palomäki** |  1 |  6 |  |  |
 |  11 | **Matias Frosterus** |  1 |  5.5 |  |  | |  11 | **Matias Frosterus** |  1 |  5.5 |  |  |
-|  12 | **Kari Mäkinen** |  1 |  5.5 |  |  |+|  12 | **Kari Mäkinen** |  1 |  5.5 |  | "Lily Serenade" |
 |  13 | **Jari Vulli** |  1 |  5 |  |  | |  13 | **Jari Vulli** |  1 |  5 |  |  |
-|  14 | **Raymond Mäkeläinen** |  1 |  5 |  |  +|  14 | **Raymond Mäkeläinen** |  1 |  5 |  | "Settite Duat Production" 
-|  15 | **Jesper Wøldiche** |  1 |  5 |  |  |+|  15 | **Jesper Wøldiche** |  1 |  5 |  | "Gents with sticks" |
 |  16 | **Janne Kilpi** |  1 |  5 |  |  | |  16 | **Janne Kilpi** |  1 |  5 |  |  |
 |  17 | **Anssi Rekola** |  1 |  5 |  |  | |  17 | **Anssi Rekola** |  1 |  5 |  |  |
 |  18 | **Aleksi Kivilahti** |  1 |  5 |  |  | |  18 | **Aleksi Kivilahti** |  1 |  5 |  |  |
-|  19 | **Elias Maliniemi** |  1 |  4.5 |  |  |+|  19 | **Elias Maliniemi** |  1 |  4.5 |  | "Juusto haisee" |
 |  19 | **Ville Kilpi** |  1 |  4.5 | |  | |  19 | **Ville Kilpi** |  1 |  4.5 | |  |
-|  21 | **Jyri Puhakka** |  1 |  4 |  |  +|  21 | **Jyri Puhakka** |  1 |  4 |  | "Please, fix group 6!" 
-|  22 | **Ville Ruuskanen** |  1 |  4 |  |  |+|  22 | **Ville Ruuskanen** |  1 |  4 |  | "Hostel" |
 |  23 | **Mikko Berkovits** |  1 |  4 |  |  | |  23 | **Mikko Berkovits** |  1 |  4 |  |  |
 |  23 | **Aleksi Nuora** |  1 |  4 |  |  | |  23 | **Aleksi Nuora** |  1 |  4 |  |  |
-|  25 | Mikko Hyvärinen |  1 |  4 |  |  +|  25 | Mikko Hyvärinen |  1 |  4 |  | "Chantry of 5 Boroughs" 
-|  26 | Marko Saari |  1 |  3.5 |  |  +|  26 | Marko Saari |  1 |  3.5 |  | "Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill!" 
-|  27 | Lauri Salmi |  1 |  3.5 |  |  |+|  27 | Lauri Salmi |  1 |  3.5 |  | "Girls will find AIDS" |
 |  28 | Johan Wahlström |  1 |  3 |  |  | |  28 | Johan Wahlström |  1 |  3 |  |  |
 |  29 | Kari Vieno |  1 |  3 |  |  | |  29 | Kari Vieno |  1 |  3 |  |  |
-|  30 | Mikko Moisander |  1 |  3 |  |  +|  30 | Mikko Moisander |  1 |  3 |  | "Wall o' Zombie" 
-|  31 | Petrus Makkonen |  1 |  3 |  |  |+|  31 | Petrus Makkonen |  1 |  3 |  | "The Groaning Carnival" |
 |  31 | Otto Kukkasniemi |  1 |  3 |  |  | |  31 | Otto Kukkasniemi |  1 |  3 |  |  |
 |  33 | Seppo Lipponen |  1 |  3 |  |  | |  33 | Seppo Lipponen |  1 |  3 |  |  |
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 |  37 | Sauli Samila |  0 |  3.5 |  |  | |  37 | Sauli Samila |  0 |  3.5 |  |  |
 |  37 | Tom Lindberg |  0 |  3.5 |  |  | |  37 | Tom Lindberg |  0 |  3.5 |  |  |
-|  39 | Teemu Pulkkinen |  0 |  3 |  |  |+|  39 | Teemu Pulkkinen |  0 |  3 |  | Malkavian S+B |
 |  40 | Jari Mäkikyrö |  0 |  2.5 |  |  | |  40 | Jari Mäkikyrö |  0 |  2.5 |  |  |
 |  40 | Kimmo Pekkola |  0 |  2.5 |  |  | |  40 | Kimmo Pekkola |  0 |  2.5 |  |  |
-|  42 | Juhani Puska |  0 |  2 |  |  |+|  42 | Juhani Puska |  0 |  2 |  | "Pettämätön 1 VP:n pakka joka petti" |
 |  43 | Joni Huumonen |  0 |  2 |  |  | |  43 | Joni Huumonen |  0 |  2 |  |  |
-|  43 | Michael Holmström |  0 |  2 |  |  +|  43 | Michael Holmström |  0 |  2 |  | "Ailien" 
-|  45 | Jussi Hattara |  0 |  2 |  |  |+|  45 | Jussi Hattara |  0 |  2 |  | "Love you to death" (Theo+Beast anarch) |
 |  45 | Janne Lönnqvist |  0 |  2 |  |  | |  45 | Janne Lönnqvist |  0 |  2 |  |  |
 |  45 | Johannes Leppä |  0 |  2 |  |  | |  45 | Johannes Leppä |  0 |  2 |  |  |
 |  45 | Jussi Ranta |  0 |  2 |  |  | |  45 | Jussi Ranta |  0 |  2 |  |  |
 |  49 | Mikko Raimi |  0 |  2 |  |  | |  49 | Mikko Raimi |  0 |  2 |  |  |
-|  50 | Matias Hurme |  0 |  1.5 |  |  |+|  50 | Matias Hurme |  0 |  1.5 |  | "Die fast, Die young!" |
 |  50 | Joonas Oja |  0 |  1.5 |  |  | |  50 | Joonas Oja |  0 |  1.5 |  |  |
 |  52 | Taija Sainomaa |  0 |  1.5 |  |  | |  52 | Taija Sainomaa |  0 |  1.5 |  |  |
-|  53 | Pauli Kiova |  0 |  1.5 |  |  +|  53 | Pauli Kiova |  0 |  1.5 |  | "Anarchs rule VTES!" 
-|  53 | Tommi Hakomaa |  0 |  1.5 |  |  |+|  53 | Tommi Hakomaa |  0 |  1.5 |  | "Settite Deathstar" |
 |  53 | Tuukka Kallas |  0 |  1.5 |  |  | |  53 | Tuukka Kallas |  0 |  1.5 |  |  |
 |  53 | Rami Hänninen |  0 |  1.5 |  |  | |  53 | Rami Hänninen |  0 |  1.5 |  |  |
 |  57 | Tuomas Nyberg |  0 |  1.5 |  |  | |  57 | Tuomas Nyberg |  0 |  1.5 |  |  |
-|  57 | Ari Lensu |  0 |  1.5 |  |  +|  57 | Ari Lensu |  0 |  1.5 |  | "Terminus (BB-house)" 
-|  59 | Henri Ketonen |  0 |  1 |  |  +|  59 | Henri Ketonen |  0 |  1 |  | "Chainfist" 
-|  60 | Markku Lumijärvi |  0 |  1 |  |  |+|  60 | Markku Lumijärvi |  0 |  1 |  | AUS DOM THA |
 |  60 | Akseli Jalava |  0 |  1 |  |  | |  60 | Akseli Jalava |  0 |  1 |  |  |
 |  60 | Mika Uusi-Kilponen |  0 |  1 |  |  | |  60 | Mika Uusi-Kilponen |  0 |  1 |  |  |
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 |  63 | Antti Martikainen |  0 |  1 |  |  | |  63 | Antti Martikainen |  0 |  1 |  |  |
 |  66 | Antti Horelli |  0 |  1 |  |  | |  66 | Antti Horelli |  0 |  1 |  |  |
-|  66 | Randal Rudstam |  0 |  1 |  |  +|  66 | Randal Rudstam |  0 |  1 |  | "rautakanki" 
-|  68 | Pekko Kurttio |  0 |  1 |  |  |+|  68 | Pekko Kurttio |  0 |  1 |  | Joaquin Murietta Zip Gun Anarchs |
 |  69 | Juri Juskevits |  0 |  0.5 |  |  | |  69 | Juri Juskevits |  0 |  0.5 |  |  |
 |  69 | Juha Nyholm |  0 |  0.5 |  |  | |  69 | Juha Nyholm |  0 |  0.5 |  |  |
-|  71 | Matti Palomäki |  0 |  0.5 |  |  | +|  71 | Matti Palomäki |  0 |  0.5 |  | "Lilja"  | 
-|  71 | Peter Kaario |  0 |  0.5 |  |  | +|  71 | Peter Kaario |  0 |  0.5 |  |   
-|  71 | Isak Bjärmark Esbjörnsson |  0 |  0.5 |  |  |+|  71 | Isak Bjärmark Esbjörnsson |  0 |  0.5 |  | "Rautakanki" |
 |  74 | Lasse Pöyry |  0 |  0.5 |  |  | |  74 | Lasse Pöyry |  0 |  0.5 |  |  |
 |  75 | Ari Särkkä |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  75 | Ari Särkkä |  0 |  0 |  |  |
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 |  76 | Pasi Karjalainen |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  76 | Pasi Karjalainen |  0 |  0 |  |  |
 |  78 | Juha Ivanoff |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  78 | Juha Ivanoff |  0 |  0 |  |  |
-|  78 | V-H Kilpiä |  0 |  0 |  |  |+|  78 | V-H Kilpiä |  0 |  0 |  | Julius Eye of Hazimel |
 |  78 | Samuel Mäenpää |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  78 | Samuel Mäenpää |  0 |  0 |  |  |
 |  78 | Juho Saari |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  78 | Juho Saari |  0 |  0 |  |  |
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 |  83 | Niko Heinonen |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  83 | Niko Heinonen |  0 |  0 |  |  |
 |  83 | Mika Nurmikolu |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  83 | Mika Nurmikolu |  0 |  0 |  |  |
-|  83 | Mikko Laine |  0 |  0 |  |  |+|  83 | Mikko Laine |  0 |  0 |  | Harrod Flurry+Torrent+politics |
 |  83 | Karri Rintamaa |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  83 | Karri Rintamaa |  0 |  0 |  |  |
 |  83 | Hannu Kokkonen |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  83 | Hannu Kokkonen |  0 |  0 |  |  |
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 |  DQ | Tommi Ketonen |  0 |  0 |  |  | |  DQ | Tommi Ketonen |  0 |  0 |  |  |
  
 +The DQ is from leaving the tournament after two rounds (yes, he asked permission :). And yes, all the Swedes named their decks "rautakanki", which is Finnish for crowbar. Why? You'll need to ask them ;).
  
 ===== Decklists ===== ===== Decklists =====
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 (coming soon) (coming soon)
 +
 +===== Final Round Transcript =====
 +
 +This is based on my personal notes, scribbled down during the game. Some detail is missing and there may be mistakes here and there.
 +
 +Play started at 1:24 am and ended in a timeout 2 hours later.
 +
 +The players were (in seating order):
 +
 +  * Teemu Sainomaa
 +  * Otso Saariluoma
 +  * Toni Karjalainen
 +  * Ville Kaijasaari
 +  * Adam Esbjörnsson
 +
 +==== Round 1 ====
 +
 +Teemu: (just transfer)
 +
 +Otso: 
 +  * Powerbase: Montreal
 +  * bring out Brazil and Franciscus
 +
 +Toni: bring out Royce
 +
 +Ville:
 +  * Ashur Tablets
 +  * bring out Anarch Convert
 +
 +Adam: (just transfers)
 +
 +==== Round 2 ====
 +
 +Teemu: (just transfers)
 +
 +Otso:
 +  * Smiling Jack
 +  * Brazil tries to bleed, is blocked
 +  * Franciscus bleeds for 1
 +  * bring out Victoria
 +
 +Toni: 
 +  * Royce hunts, blocked by Victoria, Royce to torpor
 +
 +Ville:
 +  * Ashur Tablets
 +  * bring out Fish
 +
 +Adam:
 +  * Pentex on Fish
 +  * bring out Carna
 +
 +==== Round 3 ====
 +
 +Teemu:
 +  * bring out Gerald Windham
 +
 +Otso:
 +  * Vessel on Victoria
 +  * Franciscus bleeds for 1
 +  * Brazil hunts
 +  * Victoria bleeds for 1
 +  * bring out Zoe
 +
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