THE PEAL SESSIONS
  >An ongoing series of interviews with some of the more interesting and creative players in the world of VTES.

Age: 33
From: Rockingham, Queensland, Australia
Favorite clan: Assamites

For how long have you been playing V:TES?

Since the game came out. What was that...1994?

Why did you travel to Gen Con?

Because I wanted to come out here and drink lots of beer with all
these, like, crazy people. Yeah, that's about it. Oh, and play some
V:TES.

What did you think of the NAC this year?

What the fuck's the NAC?

The North American Championship.

Oh! Is that what it means? Oh, righto! Yeah, it was alright. It
was a long way to come for it - I'm pretty tired when I get up here.
Yeah, it's good fun. Everyone seems to have fun and we drink lots and
it's great!

How often do you travel to play V:TES?

I travel a lot, like in Australia we travel maybe 3-4 hours to go to
some tournaments. But I travel, yeah, like, I've been over to America
twice, Europe twice - from Indonesia when I lived there. So, yeah, I get
around a bit.

What can you tell us about your local playgroup?

Rockhamption is funny - it only started up there last year, I think
it was. I wasn't living there at the time. They get together every couple
weeks or so for games. It's pretty strong up there at the moment. They
usually play at peoples' houses.

How does your local metagame affect your deck design?

In Australia we have, like, pretty combat-heavy environments. We all
tend to focus on combat decks a lot. Stealth-bleed gets jumped on pretty
quick. Yeah, we don't like cheese.

How many decks do you currently have built?

I've got 40 decks at the moment, and it's mostly clan-specific stuff.
There're only a couple that are non-clan-specific. Yeah, but the most
would be Assamite - I think I've got about 5 Assamite deck.

What's your favorite deck?

Thetmes Decapitate. He gets superior Potence, Shadow Feints, and
rips peoples' heads off.

What would you like to see in V:TES?

More of those like, those semi-lesbian pictures they put on the
cards. They fuckin' rock!

What other hobbies do you have?

Mountain biking, swimming, and I do a little bit of climbing. I do a little bit of cooking and reading - it's the sensitive side.

What are your favorite bands?

My favorite bands are Henry Rollins, Fear Factory, sometims I get
into a bit of softer metal stuff like Disturbed, Limp Bizkit.

Nightwish?

Yeah I've heard them a bit. Is that the band with the chick in it?

Yeah.

No, I'm not really into chick bands.

What are you favorite movies?

Scream is my all-time favorite. I just love that slasher flick and
the two-killer thing, like that really spun me up. And the vampire
genre like Blade, sort of action movies. I think Blade Trinity was
really piss funny.

What do you have to say to all your fans out there?

Just be true to yourself, keep drinking beer. Don't listen to what
they say - it's great shit full of lots of vitamins. And let's hope that
V:TES lives forever!

End of Interview