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[Qualifier Report] Vitória-Minas Railroad
ES-MG Region Continental Qualifier
Location: Vitória, Brasil
Date: April 9, 2005
Number of players: 20
Number of rounds: 3 + F
Last Saturday, 20 players from 3 Brazilian states gathered in Vitória
to play for a Continental Qualifier spot.
The finalists (and qualifiers) were:
David Magri (The 'Roaches Final Solution - !Toreador Embraces + Palla
Grande + Foundation Exhibit + Events) ->
Daniel "Dragos" Martinez (Brujah Debate) ->
Thalles Zaban (The Trouble Sisters - Ahrimanes) ->
Alexandre Neves (Ravnos, the Wall) ->
Ramon Moure (Shifty !Gangrel - Bleed + Stealth !Gangrel)
The final standings were:
Rank Player GW PVP FVP TP
1 David Magri 1+F 7 5 180 *
2 Ramon Moure 3 10 0 180 *
3 Thalles Zaban 2 8,5 0 174 *
4 Daniel Martinez 1 6 0 126 *
5 Alexandre Neves 1 5 0 108 *
6 Thiago Nespoli 1 4,5 144
7 Matheus Zorzal 0 4 138
8 Ricardo Marques 0 2 114
9 Marcelo Vieira 0 1,5 108
10 Bruno Moure 0 1 108
11 Gilmar Mendes 0 1 90
12 Jarbas Junio 0 1 84
13 Alan Maretto 0 0,5 84
13 Eddos Persantj 0 0,5 84
15 Ravel Zorzal 0 0,5 78
16 Daniel Stefanutti 0 0,5 66
17 André Ribeiro 0 0 78
18 Jardel Cardoso 0 0 72
19 Gabriel Waichert 0 0 48
20 Silvio Alencar 0 0 24
David Magri, the winner, wrote a few words about the final table:
"The game was pretty obvious to me. My chances depended on making
pool faster than Ramon could take it away. So far, with a bleed +
stealth deck and 3GW, he looked like a bigger threat than me. Finally,
though, I had perfect draws at the beginning! The Embraces came very
quickly and so did the Consanguineous Boons and the Art Scams. Soon, I
had a ridiculously huge amount of minions, but, in my experience, I
know they can all fall very quickly if the table gangs up against them.
Then I let my prey go forward while I created even more minions and
made more pool. I stole my prey's vote location (Oxford University,
England) and bled occasionally when I felt safe enough. When I finally
had 4 Dodges in my hand, I saw I could go forward more safely. I bled
Dragos for about 12 pool, but my 4 remaining untapped minions
wouldn't be enough to oust him. He would be left with eight minions,
4 Debates and only 4 pool [Editor's note: no Palla Grande in play]. I
thought it was a better idea to leave him with 8 pool because if he
left all his eight minions untapped to stop me, a lot of my small guys
would end in torpor. After two turns [Note: and now a Palla Grande in
play] I ousted him. The next turn, I ousted Thalles, and the next one I
ousted both Alexandre and Ramon. There was nothing they could really do
to stop 22 minions, of which 19 could bleed and 18 could bleed for
two".
Ramon Moure, 3GW in the preliminary tables and runner-up, added his
comments:
"In the beginning, things were very nice to me. My hand was perfect,
lots of bleed and stealth, so I burst forward as planned. After three
rounds, I had bled David for about 14, so he had only 9 by then. I
influenced out two more vampires and had I real chance to oust him the
next turn. That was when the game was finished for me. He put a
Foundation Exhibit in play, giving him 8 votes right away. Then he
called 3 Consanguineous Boons, giving him some 25 pool [Note: David
also called a couple Art Scams, actually giving him almost 30 pool].
>From that point on, it was total doom. He Embraced, hunted and played
Con Boon. I bled and bled (my predator gave me some room to see if I
could do anything), but his Con Boons never ended, even if Dragos would
stop some of them. The result was obvious and disheartening. My
predator noticed I was done and came after me. Since David should have
80 pool by then, I entered survival mode and was able to keep myself in
the game and get the second place after David finished his table
sweep".
In the end, I counted David's pool and minions to find out he had 147
pool and 22 minions. Is that a world record or something like that? =)
Winning deck, by David Magri:
Deck Name : Baratas Final Solution
Author : Equipe DominioSP
Description : In the End, only the 'roaches will survive.
Crypt [17 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 6 average: 4
------------------------------------------------------------
2x Remilliard, Devout 4 AUS pre !Toreador:2
2x Sabrina 4 aus cel pre !Toreador:3
2x Lolita 3 for pre !Toreador:2
2x Carter 2 cel !Toreador:2
2x Nicholas Chang 2 aus !Toreador:3
1x Ian Wallingford 6 CEL PRE aus bishop !Toreador:2
1x Jost Werner 6 AUS PRE ani !Toreador:2
1x Sheila Mezarin 6 AUS PRE cel for !Toreador:2
1x Creamy Jade 5 PRE aus cel vic !Toreador:3
1x Cristos Mantigo 5 aus cel dom obf pre !Toreador:3
1x Mercy, Knight Inqu 5 AUS cel dom pre !Toreador:2
1x Victor Revell, Loy 5 CEL aus dem pre !Toreador:2
Library [90 cards]
------------------------------------------------------------
Action [24]
7x Art Scam
13x Embrace, The
4x Thin-Blooded Seer
Action Modifier [4]
4x Change of Target
Ally [2]
2x Alia, God's Messenger
Combat [6]
6x Dodge
Equipment [1]
1x Catacombs
Event [9]
1x Anthelios, The Red Star
1x Blood Trade
1x Blood Weakens
1x Fall of the Camarilla
1x Fall of the Sabbat
1x Port Authority
1x Restricted Vitae
1x Slow Withering, The
1x Veil of Darkness
Master [25]
1x Communal Haven: Cathedral
2x Direct Intervention
1x Elder Library
1x Fetish Club Hunting Ground
1x Filchware's Pawn Shop
1x Fortschritt Library
6x Foundation Exhibit
1x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1x Humanitas
1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
4x Palla Grande
1x Parthenon, The
1x Powerbase: Madrid
2x Sudden Reversal
1x Sunset Strip, Hollywood
Political Action [19]
14x Consanguineous Boon
3x Disputed Territory
1x Rumors of Gehenna
1x Year of Fortune
I would like to thank White Wolf and Fabio Sooner (the Brazilian
national coordinator) for the amazing support. The same goes to Casa do
Colecionador, one of our local retailers and host to the event. They
support V:TES since the day I took over as a V:EKN prince with a
genuine interest and without making any exigencies.
Also many thanks to all players involved, especially to those who
traveled long distances in order to attend. Thanks in particular to Ed,
Ramon and Thalles. Those guys are always very helpful, making my
organizing tasks very easier.
Best regards,
Luiz Mello
Prince of Vitória, Brasil
[Qualifier Report] Vitória-Minas Railroad
ES-MG Region Continental Qualifier
Location: Vitória, Brasil
Date: April 9, 2005
Number of players: 20
Number of rounds: 3 + F
Last Saturday, 20 players from 3 Brazilian states gathered in Vitória
to play for a Continental Qualifier spot.
The finalists (and qualifiers) were:
David Magri (The 'Roaches Final Solution - !Toreador Embraces + Palla
Grande + Foundation Exhibit + Events) ->
Daniel "Dragos" Martinez (Brujah Debate) ->
Thalles Zaban (The Trouble Sisters - Ahrimanes) ->
Alexandre Neves (Ravnos, the Wall) ->
Ramon Moure (Shifty !Gangrel - Bleed + Stealth !Gangrel)
The final standings were:
Rank Player GW PVP FVP TP
1 David Magri 1+F 7 5 180 *
2 Ramon Moure 3 10 0 180 *
3 Thalles Zaban 2 8,5 0 174 *
4 Daniel Martinez 1 6 0 126 *
5 Alexandre Neves 1 5 0 108 *
6 Thiago Nespoli 1 4,5 144
7 Matheus Zorzal 0 4 138
8 Ricardo Marques 0 2 114
9 Marcelo Vieira 0 1,5 108
10 Bruno Moure 0 1 108
11 Gilmar Mendes 0 1 90
12 Jarbas Junio 0 1 84
13 Alan Maretto 0 0,5 84
13 Eddos Persantj 0 0,5 84
15 Ravel Zorzal 0 0,5 78
16 Daniel Stefanutti 0 0,5 66
17 André Ribeiro 0 0 78
18 Jardel Cardoso 0 0 72
19 Gabriel Waichert 0 0 48
20 Silvio Alencar 0 0 24
David Magri, the winner, wrote a few words about the final table:
"The game was pretty obvious to me. My chances depended on making
pool faster than Ramon could take it away. So far, with a bleed +
stealth deck and 3GW, he looked like a bigger threat than me. Finally,
though, I had perfect draws at the beginning! The Embraces came very
quickly and so did the Consanguineous Boons and the Art Scams. Soon, I
had a ridiculously huge amount of minions, but, in my experience, I
know they can all fall very quickly if the table gangs up against them.
Then I let my prey go forward while I created even more minions and
made more pool. I stole my prey's vote location (Oxford University,
England) and bled occasionally when I felt safe enough. When I finally
had 4 Dodges in my hand, I saw I could go forward more safely. I bled
Dragos for about 12 pool, but my 4 remaining untapped minions
wouldn't be enough to oust him. He would be left with eight minions,
4 Debates and only 4 pool [Editor's note: no Palla Grande in play]. I
thought it was a better idea to leave him with 8 pool because if he
left all his eight minions untapped to stop me, a lot of my small guys
would end in torpor. After two turns [Note: and now a Palla Grande in
play] I ousted him. The next turn, I ousted Thalles, and the next one I
ousted both Alexandre and Ramon. There was nothing they could really do
to stop 22 minions, of which 19 could bleed and 18 could bleed for
two".
Ramon Moure, 3GW in the preliminary tables and runner-up, added his
comments:
"In the beginning, things were very nice to me. My hand was perfect,
lots of bleed and stealth, so I burst forward as planned. After three
rounds, I had bled David for about 14, so he had only 9 by then. I
influenced out two more vampires and had I real chance to oust him the
next turn. That was when the game was finished for me. He put a
Foundation Exhibit in play, giving him 8 votes right away. Then he
called 3 Consanguineous Boons, giving him some 25 pool [Note: David
also called a couple Art Scams, actually giving him almost 30 pool].
>From that point on, it was total doom. He Embraced, hunted and played
Con Boon. I bled and bled (my predator gave me some room to see if I
could do anything), but his Con Boons never ended, even if Dragos would
stop some of them. The result was obvious and disheartening. My
predator noticed I was done and came after me. Since David should have
80 pool by then, I entered survival mode and was able to keep myself in
the game and get the second place after David finished his table
sweep".
In the end, I counted David's pool and minions to find out he had 147
pool and 22 minions. Is that a world record or something like that? =)
Winning deck, by David Magri:
Deck Name : Baratas Final Solution
Author : Equipe DominioSP
Description : In the End, only the 'roaches will survive.
Crypt [17 vampires] Capacity min: 2 max: 6 average: 4
------------------------------------------------------------
2x Remilliard, Devout 4 AUS pre !Toreador:2
2x Sabrina 4 aus cel pre !Toreador:3
2x Lolita 3 for pre !Toreador:2
2x Carter 2 cel !Toreador:2
2x Nicholas Chang 2 aus !Toreador:3
1x Ian Wallingford 6 CEL PRE aus bishop !Toreador:2
1x Jost Werner 6 AUS PRE ani !Toreador:2
1x Sheila Mezarin 6 AUS PRE cel for !Toreador:2
1x Creamy Jade 5 PRE aus cel vic !Toreador:3
1x Cristos Mantigo 5 aus cel dom obf pre !Toreador:3
1x Mercy, Knight Inqu 5 AUS cel dom pre !Toreador:2
1x Victor Revell, Loy 5 CEL aus dem pre !Toreador:2
Library [90 cards]
------------------------------------------------------------
Action [24]
7x Art Scam
13x Embrace, The
4x Thin-Blooded Seer
Action Modifier [4]
4x Change of Target
Ally [2]
2x Alia, God's Messenger
Combat [6]
6x Dodge
Equipment [1]
1x Catacombs
Event [9]
1x Anthelios, The Red Star
1x Blood Trade
1x Blood Weakens
1x Fall of the Camarilla
1x Fall of the Sabbat
1x Port Authority
1x Restricted Vitae
1x Slow Withering, The
1x Veil of Darkness
Master [25]
1x Communal Haven: Cathedral
2x Direct Intervention
1x Elder Library
1x Fetish Club Hunting Ground
1x Filchware's Pawn Shop
1x Fortschritt Library
6x Foundation Exhibit
1x Heidelberg Castle, Germany
1x Humanitas
1x Jake Washington (Hunter)
4x Palla Grande
1x Parthenon, The
1x Powerbase: Madrid
2x Sudden Reversal
1x Sunset Strip, Hollywood
Political Action [19]
14x Consanguineous Boon
3x Disputed Territory
1x Rumors of Gehenna
1x Year of Fortune
I would like to thank White Wolf and Fabio Sooner (the Brazilian
national coordinator) for the amazing support. The same goes to Casa do
Colecionador, one of our local retailers and host to the event. They
support V:TES since the day I took over as a V:EKN prince with a
genuine interest and without making any exigencies.
Also many thanks to all players involved, especially to those who
traveled long distances in order to attend. Thanks in particular to Ed,
Ramon and Thalles. Those guys are always very helpful, making my
organizing tasks very easier.
Best regards,
Luiz Mello
Prince of Vitória, Brasil