Who's Who in the V:TES Community

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Robert Goudie
1968
Programmer
German Board Games, Beer and Pretzels card games, Cheapass Games, etc.
30,000+
20
Los Angeles, California (USA)

Q1: How (and when) did you begin your career as a VTES-player? Who introduced you to the game? Where did you play originally?
One day back in '94 when the local game store was out of boxes of Star Trek's CCG, I bought two Jyhad starter decks and showed them to Mike Courtois. I read the rulebook and Mike and I played a couple of games and then introduced our gaming group to it. Our gaming group went from playing a different game every weekend to playing this one game over and over and over.

Q2: Which of the Sets and Expansions to VTES is your favorite, and why is it your top choice?
I suppose Jyhad and then Sabbat. Still find lots of life in the original set. My last top shelf deck made great use of Mask of a Thousand Faces--an 8 year old card that I'd never before seen played effectively. The Sabbat had lots of new things and made combat viable for the first time.

Q3: What is your favorite deck to play, and why?
My Brainwash deck. A whole lot of Brainwash, some intercept, Pentex Subversion, and some presence bleeds. I just love convincing people to play just "one more game" and then hopefully making them sit with their hands folded for 2 hours. Ahhh. Now that's fun!

Q4: If you could add something to the game, what would it be?
Some teaching tools. Maybe an interactive DVD or something. This game is very hard to learn.

Q5: What do you do to help promote the game / why are you in this list of people?
Run roughly 12+ tournaments a year with the help of the local gang. Am also the Chairman of the V:EKN, the Official V:TES players organization. Am also the caretaker of the official tournament rules. Oh, and I'm the the webmeister of our local V:TES site: http://www.vtesinla.org/

Q6: What is your favorite deck style for casual play / tournament play?
Casual play I focus on annoying or goofy decks. When I've got a deck idea I'm working on I'll work with it in the casual games. For tournament play I just try to choose the "right" deck style. It's always very focussed and highly aggressive.

Q7: Is there a difference between your casual play and tournament play?
I'm willing to risk an unproven deck in casual play but I always play competitively no matter what the environment.

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Q1: How (and when) did you begin your career as a VTES-player? Who introduced you to the game? Where did you play originally? One day back in '94 when the local game store was out of boxes of Star Trek's CCG, I bought two Jyhad starter decks and showed them to Mike Courtois. I read the rulebook and Mike and I played a couple of games and then introduced our gaming group to it. Our gaming group went from playing a different game every weekend to playing this one game over and over and over.	Q2: Which of the Sets and Expansions to VTES is your favorite, and why is it your top choice? I suppose Jyhad and then Sabbat. Still find lots of life in the original set. My last top shelf deck made great use of Mask of a Thousand Faces--an 8 year old card that I'd never before seen played effectively. The Sabbat had lots of new things and made combat viable for the first time.
Q3: What is your favorite deck to play, and why? My Brainwash deck. A whole lot of Brainwash, some intercept, Pentex Subversion, and some presence bleeds. I just love convincing people to play just "one more game" and then hopefully making them sit with their hands folded for 2 hours. Ahhh. Now that's fun!	Q4: If you could add something to the game, what would it be? Some teaching tools. Maybe an interactive DVD or something. This game is very hard to learn.
Q5: What do you do to help promote the game / why are you in this list of people? Run roughly 12+ tournaments a year with the help of the local gang. Am also the Chairman of the V:EKN, the Official V:TES players organization. Am also the caretaker of the official tournament rules. Oh, and I'm the the webmeister of our local V:TES site: http://www.vtesinla.org/	Q6: What is your favorite deck style for casual play / tournament play? Casual play I focus on annoying or goofy decks. When I've got a deck idea I'm working on I'll work with it in the casual games. For tournament play I just try to choose the "right" deck style. It's always very focussed and highly aggressive.
Q7: Is there a difference between your casual play and tournament play? I'm willing to risk an unproven deck in casual play but I always play competitively no matter what the environment.