Fall Storyline 2002
THE EYE OF HAZIMEL

Glen Burnie, Maryland, November 23, 2002--WOW !! My first organized tournament and I didn't even get to play in it. Who would have "thunk" 31 people would show up in Beautiful Downtown Glen Burnie, Maryland to play VTES in the Eye of Hazimal Storyline Event!!!!

Thirty-one Methuselahs traveled to Glen Burnie, Maryland (located smack in the middle of Annapolis, Baltimore, the Chesapeake Bay, and Washington, DC) to attend the Baltimore Fall 2002 Storyline Event. Five came from Washington, DC, four from Massachusetts, three from Pennsylvania, three from Virginia, and 16 from Maryland. Eighteen Clans were represented, creating a real smorgasbord of actions. The Tremere was the most popular (and contested) clan with five Tremere decks present. Next most common decks were Malk (4) and Ravnos (3). Following with two decks each were: Ahrimanes, Gangrel, Giovanni, and Nos. Singular representatives were Assamite, Baali, Brujah, Daughters, !Malk, Samedi, Toreador, !Tremere, True Brujah, Tzimisce, and !Venture.

Tom Mickle of Tyrone, PA won the final with 1.5 VP in a game that went to time with four players remaining. Tom had a most deadly !Malk deck.

Greg Williams (Elkton, MD) was second with .5 VP with his Giovanni deck; Jason Babbit (Mannassas, VA) was third with .5 VP with his Ravanos deck; Josh Duffin (Bethesda, MD) was fourth with .5 VP with his Samedi deck; and Mike Minker (Annapolis, MD) was fifth with his gangrel deck. Mike got his first GW (actually two) and his first trip to the finals.

Fourty-minutes into the first round, all four players at table seven abruptly jumped up and started walking towards the front of the store. Event organizer Dan Coleman ran to the front asking, "What's going on?" He was told "We're taking this outside!" Concerned a brawl was about to ensue, Dan questioned why the dispute could not be settled inside. He relaxed when informed the table was going outside for a smoke break.

John Mickle had the misfortune to be playing one of the five Tremere decks at the tournament. Round one found his prey contesting Blythe, Muaziz, and Aisling. Round two his prey turned up Muaziz and contested Aisling and his grand prey also played Tremere. John sang the blues as he had five vampire contests in the first two rounds.

EVENT HISTORIAN'S RECORD
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Organizer Name: Dan Coleman
Historian Name: Dan Coleman/John Mickle (final)
Event Date: 23 NOV 2002
Event Country: USA
Event State or Region: Maryland
Event City: Baltimore
Winning Player's Name: Tom Mickle

LIST CLAN OF TOURNAMENT WINNING DECK: !Malk

LIST CONTENTS OF WINNING DECKLIST:

(no name for deck)-tom mickle

crypt / 12 vamps
2x Korah AUS DEM OBF priscus
2x Dolphin B AUS DEM OBF
Artemis aus DEM OBF
Uncle G aus DEM obf
Persia aus DEM obf burn blood 1x/action for +1 int
Claven aus dem obf
Idalia AUS dem
Yorik dem obf
Zoe AUS obf no stealth hunting
Isabel de L AUS

library / 90 cards
master / 19
antediluvian awakening
auspex
6x blood doll
dementation
2x dreams of the sphinx
giant's blood
2x institution HG
major boon
krcg news radio
rumor mill
secure haven
special report

action / 16
arson
3x blessing of chaos
the call
11x kindred spirits

retainer / 2
tasha morgan
j s simmons

equipment / 8
3x .44 magnum
2x leather jacket
flamethrower
sengir dagger
ivory bow

modifier / 24
2x cloak the gathering
10x confusion
faceless night
6x lost in crowds
5x swallowed by night

reaction / 16
delaying tactics
enhanced senses
2x my enemy's enemy
6x telepathic misdirection
6x wwef

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FINALS SPECIFIC ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Interesting Combat:
Jack Dawson with an Improvised Flamethrower, Freaking.

Interesting Deal Made Between Players:
Ravnos (Jason Babbitt) agreed to use Restoration next turn while Giovanni (Greg Williams) full-out attacked !Malk (Tom Mickel).

Surprising or Interesting situation:
Jack Dawson flipping and grabbing an Improvised Flamethrower in turn two, getting a Blood Doll in turn three, and getting JS Simmons in turn four. Later in the game Catherine Du Bois got Jack's Improvised Flamethrower and two blood with Heidelberg, and Jack grabbed another Imp Flamer and Freaked after using Giant's Blood to refuel (Samedi player Josh Duffin).

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QUOTABLE QUOTE
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Tom Mickle, playing !Malk, after short discussion of newsgroup topic 101: "responsible" bleeding: "I guess I just don't understand the meaning of the word."
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FINAL & OVERALL STANDINGS
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.....................GWs..VPs..FVPs....Points
1 Tom Mickle.........2...8....1.5....168
2 Greg Williams......2...8....0.5....168
3 Jason Babbitt......2...6....0.5....144
4 Josh Duffin........1...7.5..0.5....162
5 Mike Minker........2...6....0.0....144
6 Nicholas Bollaert...1...6...........168
7 Trey Morita........1...5.5.........162
8 Forrest Neilsen.....1...5...........132
9 Craig Porter........1...5...........126
10 Roger McCrady....1...4...........102
11 Erica Berger.......1...4............96
11 Colin Riggs.........1...4............96
13 Justin Van Breen..1...3...........118
14 Christian Herr.....1...3...........102
14 John Mickle........1...3...........102
16 Steve Holmer......0...3...........112
17 Jacob Sugar.......0...2...........120
18 Peter Oh...........0...2............96
19 Dan Keller..........0...1...........106
20 Chris Cavett.......0...1...........102
21 Phillip Steel........0...1............96
22 Todd Richter.......0...1............90
23 Kevin Karpinski.....0...0.5..........82
24 Matt Hirsch........0...0............80
25 Dwight (Wil) Jones.0...0............76
25 James Burton.......0...0............76
27 Brad Griffie.........0...0............66
27 Matt Morgan........0...0............66
27 Kate Souza..........0...0............66
30 Blake Stewart.......0...0............64
31 Simeon Nagel........0...0............60


.........again mucho, mucho, mucho thanks to all who attended...........Back to Home Page