More Pictures from the VtES EC 2009

Here are more pictures, in total 233, from the VtES EC 2009. This time they have been posted by the tournament organizer on the Facebook presence of the VtES European Championship 2009: Palma de Mallorca.

EC 2009 Day 2 Finals Chronicle

Here are the pictures from the Day 2 final round of VtES EC 2009 tournament. Sort of a chronicle of the final round.

Left: Earlier in the game with Kamel on the play. I really like that there was a large crowd, which stayed to watch the final.



Right: A round later the players are still building up.

Left: Another round later Kamel has managed to oust Erol by first stealing Erol's Stanislava with a Temptation of Greater Power.

Right: Joaquim is rushing backwards against Christophe's EuroBrujah to get some room to breath.

Left: After some negotating & rescuing Kamel manages to call "Political Strangehold" giving everybody but Martin 6 pool.

Right: With Kamel seriously injured by Joaquim beating down his vampire, Martin can go full forward against the weakend Christophe.

Left: Soon after Christophe's defense fell, and Joaquim finally got close to ousting Kamel after putting a "Dragonbound" in play.
Right: Heads-up between Martin and Joaquim who had a defacto 5:1 minion advantage, since "Beast got a "Pentex Subversion" on him. Easy sailing home ..

Pictures from the Day 2 Tournament

Here are the pictures from the Day 1 tournament of the VtES EC 2009, specifically all the tables from round 1 of the tournament.

Left: Round 1 Table 1






Right: Round 1 Table 2

Left: Round 1 Table 3






Right: Round 1 Table 4

Left: Round 1 Table 5






Right: Round 1 Table 6

Left: Round 1 Table 7






Right: Round 1 Table 8

Pictures from EC 2009 Draft Tournament

Here are some of pictures from the draft tournament of day 2 of the VtES EC 2009. The tournament was won by Matt Morgan (USA).

Left: Drafting at the 1st table.






Right: Drafting at the 2nd table.

Left: Round 1 Table 4






Right: Round 2 Table 1


Left: Round 2 Table 2






Right: Round 2 Table 3

Left: Round 2 Table 4

More Pictures from Day 1

Some more pictures from Day 1 of the VtES EC 2009 tournament:

Left: Card trading (as in TCG) taking place.





Right: More card trading taking place.

Left: World of Darkness Original for Sale (non-VtES)



Right: The final of the booster draft tournament side event (parallel to the Day 1 tournament).

T-Shirts at the VtES EC 2009 (Part 3)

Even more of the t-shirts as seen during the VtES EC 2009:

Left: "I can has game win?" (Team USA)





Right: "Ano de la Hiena" (Team Spain)

Left: "Hearken to the Words" (Team France)





Right: "I see ousted people" (Team Finland)

EC 2009 Day 1 Final Just Started

The final of the Day 1 Tournament of the VtES EC 2009 just started 10 minutes ago. The finalists are:

1. Erol Öngün (GER) -- 2 GW 9 -- Matthias & Friends Spirit Marionette
2. Cesar Ruiperez (ESP) -- 2 GW 8 -- Giovanni Powerbleed
3. Iñaki Jimenez (ESP) -- 2 GW 7,5 -- Giovanni Powerbleed w/ Shamblers
4. Vincent Ripoli (FRA) -- 2 GW 5,5 VP -- Ventrue Bruise/Bleed
5. Hugh Angseesing (GBR) -- 2 GW 5 VP -- Ventrue antitribu Bruise/Bleed/Block

The seating order is Erol --> Vincent --> Inaki --> Hugh --> Cesar. The tournament had 111 players participating, and you needed "only" 1 GW 2.5 VP to actually qualify for the Day 2 of the EC 2009.

Siesta during VTES EC 2009 Day 1 Tournament

Two rounds of VtES have been played during the Day 1 Championship Tournament of the VtES EC 2009, and now there's a break from 2 pm to 4 pm. The metagame today has somewhat shifted from the one yesterday. After Floppy's win of the LCQ yesterday with a Malkavian Weenie Wall deck, there are a lot more wall decks (especially Weenie/Midcap Auspex decks) today, but also those with Fortitude or Celerity. At the same time the number of vote decks decreased somewhat, and the number of bleed decks (stealth/bleed as well as power bleed) is larger than yesterday. Also the number of ally deck has increased with multiple "Shambling Hordes"/"War Ghoul"/"Nephandus" decks, though not as much as the Wall and Bleed decks.

So here are the pictures from Round 1 and 2 from the Day 1 tournament.

Left: Round 1 Table 15.







Right: Round 1 Table 18.

Left: Round 2 Table 8.







Right: Round 2 Table 13.

Left: Round 2 Table 14






Right: Round 2 Table 14: Una Freakshow Closeup.

Left: Round 2 Table 15.







Right: Round 2 Table 16.

Left: Round 2 Table 17.







Right: Round 2 Table 18.

Left: Round 2 Table 19







Right: Round 2 Table 20

Left: Round 2 Table 21







Right: Round 2 Table 22

Left: Round 2 Table 23

Pictures from the Last Chance Qualifier & Storyline Event

Some more pictures from yesterday's Last Chance Qualifier and Storyline event "Friday 13th", which were played during VtES EC 2009:

Left: Original art and sketch (in the background).




Right: LCQ Round 1 Table 2 and 3.

Left: LCQ Third Round 3 Table 1


Right: LCQ Third Round 3 Table 4. Janne was playing his infamous "Undead Persistence Molotov Cocktail" deck, and Didi his "No Secrets from Tsunda" deck.

Left: LCQ Third Round 3 Table 10

Right: Final Table of the LCQ. Later in the game where Floppy already had 5 counters on the Smiling Jack, when finally the Jack was removed crosstable. But it was already too late to stop Floppy.

Left: Storyline Event Round 3






Right: Also Storyline Event Round 3