V:EKN Tournament Report Event: Praxis Seizure: Kansas City Date: June 10th 2000 Organizer: Shawn Harrison City: Kansas City Format: Constructed # of players: 8 # of rounds: 4 # First Last City VEKN-# old rounds new 1 Steve Wyatt Kansas City 2190002 2912 4 3086 2 Jeff Thompson Austin,Texas 2030005 3053 4 3095 3 Pamela Freese Kansas City 2190005 3000 4 3034 4 Austin Souder Omaha, Nebraska 2190004 3000 4 2995 5 Drew Freese Kansas City 2190006 3000 4 2941 6 Kevin Heflin Kansas City 2190010 3000 3 2939 6 Russ Merchant Kansas City 2190007 3000 3 2937 6 Jessica Reppert Kansas City 2190008 3000 3 2938 I just got back from Praxis Seizure: Kansas City which took place at ThunderCon in Overland Park, Kansas, a suburb of Kansas City. The convention was held primarily by ThunderCastle Games, the makers of Highlander, and by the local role-playing groups. For most of Friday and Saturday, there were as many VTES players as there were Highlander players. We had eight players with Shawn Harrison acting as judge/coordinator. We had some confusion from players Russ & Jessica as they had only played it 1-on-1, and did not really have effective decks for multi-player games. At the last minute, they had to add cards to get up to the tourney minimum of 60 cards, and they had much confusion about card limits and/or the lack thereof. We played 3 rounds of 2 tables with 4 players per table. In the first round, Drew swept his table with a traditional Malkavian stealth bleed deck, but he failed to gain another victory point during the tournament. I (Jeff) swept my first table as well, with a Legacy of Pander deck that was able to take 1 victory point in every game in spite of deflected bleeds being pumped against me in every game after the first. There was also some confusion about (D) bleeds being able to target anyone on the table, and I did let them have their way and let my grand-prey bleed me with Govern the Unaligned in the third round. I did later show them in the rules and the Rules Team Rulings where this is not possible, and it did not happen again at the tournament, but I think they will still do that as a house rule. In the second round, Steve managed to sweep his table once I was on a different table, with Toreador bleed / light intercept deck. On the other table, I took one victory point, and Austin took the other three with a Weenie Obfuscate Night Moves Spying Mission deck. In the third round, I took one victory point against a table with 3 decks with light intercept, and Pamela took the other 3 by using her Sudden Reversals against my Information Highway the first turn, and my Protected Resources about halfway through. Austin took one victory point, and Steve took the other three at the second table in the third round. Going into the finals, we had the following victory point distribution: Pamela 3 Drew 4 Austin 4 Jeff 6 Steve 7 Austin bled Pamela, who bled Drew, who bled Steve, who bled me, and I bled Austin. There was quite a bit of bleed bounce in the final round, and I took 3/4 point bleeds from Pamela, Drew, and my predator Steve before all was said and done. I had ousted Austin, and Pamela had ousted Drew. Steve managed to play a Misdirection on my three untapped Pander, and bled me for 6 (total) with all of his minions, to oust me. Steve was then able to wear Pamela down enough to finish her and take first place. Final victory points: Steve 3 Jeff 1 Pamela 1 Austin 0 Drew 0 The first three rounds were lightning quick with only 4 players per table, and we had finished them and taken an hour lunch break when we started the finals at 2 p.m. We started the first round about 9:30 - 9:45 after everyone finished cataloging their decks. Hopefully, Shawn will post the winning deck, and possibly the rest, soon. After the finals, we played 3-4 games so that Shawn could play, and then headed over to Pamela and Drew's place for a little barbeque and 3-4 more games. A good time was had by most, with the possible exception of Russ and Jessica, as they disappeared after the first three rounds, and were not heard from again. Hopefully, they will get in touch with Shawn and play with the others again. Carpe Noctem. Lasombra http://www.TheLasombra.com