Dear players,
We would like to announce that Legendary Vampire Tournament will be held on 11th of November 2011 during EC 2011 in Warsaw.

We would like to invite TOP 20 players from the list below. 5 additional invitations will be sent to players, who proved to be TOP players in last years presenting great performance, and may have problems with getting to the TOP 20!
We will present invited players once we get confirmation that they are going to join EC2011 this year.

The list will be updated each time I receive confirmation that particular player is going to join the Legendary Vampire Tournament.

The rank is based on TWDA page with following rules.
For each tournament won in 2010/2011 a player is given points as below :
Ranking points = X*log₅(Y), where :
X - modifier (5 - Continental tournament winner, 3 - NC winner, 2 - ECQ winner, 1 - other tournament)
Y - attendance for particular tournament

The list is still not closed yet - we are still waiting for people reporting tournaments till 30th of September 2011. The final list will be published on 1st of October 2011.

Special invitations :
Erol Ongun X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION
Pascal Bertrand X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION
Martin Weinmayer X,XX - YES - SPECIAL INVITATION
Ben Peal 5,53 - WON'T PARTICIPATE - SPECIAL INVITATION

Rank Player Points Confirmed
Rank Player Points Confirmed
1 Erik Torstensson 44,93 ??????
2 Hugh Angseesing 28,19 REGISTERED FOR EC
3 John Bell 24,05 WON'T PARTICIPATE
4 Brian Moritz 23,91 YES
5 Greguss Csaba 23,89 YES
6 Mark Loughman 21,73 ??????
7 Jason Ryan 21,25 ??????
8 Otso Saariluoma 18,05 YES
9 Martin Major 16,51 YES
10 Marcin Watras 16,06 YES
11 Jerome Goyet 15,55 ??????
12 Bill Troxel 13,39 ??????
13 Felipe Fiuza 12,89 ??????
14 Jay Kristoff 12,73 ??????
15 Tomasz Izydorczyk 12,61 YES
16 Matt Morgan 12,32 ??????
17 Peter Botos 12,04 YES
18 Izaak Havelaar 11,97 REGISTERED FOR EC
19 Robert Scythe 11,32 ??????
20 Alessandro Donati 10,38 YES
21 Matt Hirsch 10 ??????
22 Kamel Senni 8,95 ??????
23 Tomasz Kowalewski 8,87 YES
24 Yannick Gibert 8,46 ??????
25 Jon Darbro 8,41 ??????
26 Nick Miller 8,41 ??????
27 Stephen Sing 8,41 ??????
28 Peter Bouwman 8,29 REGISTERED FOR EC
29 Darby Keeney 7,95 ??????
30 Ville Kaijasaari 7,4 YES
31 Otto Kukkasniemi 7,25 REGISTERED FOR EC
32 Juri Juskevits 7,01 YES
33 Rodd Closson 6,9 ??????
34 Heikki Palomäki 6,75 YES
35 Ivor Blockley 6,61 ??????
36 Anthony Coleman 6,57 ??????
37 Denes Kocis 6,5 REGISTERED FOR EC
38 Adam Esbjörnsson 6,49 YES
39 Cesar Ruiperez 6,34 REGISTERED FOR EC
40 Ralf Lammert 6,34 YES
41 John Eno 6,28 ??????
42 Emiliano Imeroni 6,21 WON'T PARTICIPATE
43 Fernanda Nunes 6,07 ??????
44 Danilo Torrisi 5,93 ??????
45 Sergio Gracia 5,85 ??????
46 Timothée Daudé 5,79 ??????
47 Ben Peal 5,53 WON'T PARTICIPATE
48 Brad Cashdollar 5,29 ??????
49 Lucien de Prins 5,28 ??????
50 Andrew Kashpar 5,17 ??????
51 Genís Prats 5,13 ??????
52 Simon Reed 5,1 ??????
53 Dave Baker 5,06 ??????
54 Morgan Tomlinson 5,05 ??????
55 Ádám Horváth 4,98 ??????
56 Timo Rekola 4,94 REGISTERED FOR EC
57 Tuomas Nyberg 4,91 ??????
58 Cameron Goudie 4,86 ??????
59 Eliseu Ângelo 4,78 ??????
60 Milán Horváth 4,78 REGISTERED FOR EC
61 Selen Turkay 4,72 ??????
62 Jordi Tomás 4,58 ??????
63 Rudolf Garski 4,52 YES
64 Marius Iscru 4,49 ??????
65 Pawel Kosz 4,38 REGISTERED FOR EC
66 Bartosz Wroblewski 4,29 REGISTERED FOR EC
67 John Best 4,18 ??????
68 Gyula Erdos 4,11 REGISTERED FOR EC
69 Alfred Behrends 4,1 REGISTERED FOR EC
70 Tomrs López Jiménez 4,02 ??????
71 David Wilson 4,02 ??????
72 Randal Rudstam 4,02 YES
73 Norbert Flasko 4 REGISTERED FOR EC
74 Roberto Venturi 3,98 ??????
75 David Tatu 3,9 REGISTERED FOR EC
76 Jakub Serafin 3,78 ??????
77 Manuel Diehm 3,78 REGISTERED FOR EC
78 Patrick Robinsson 3,78 ??????
79 David Litwin 3,74 ??????
80 Lubomir Danda 3,72 ??????
81 Paul Wiggers 3,72 REGISTERED FOR EC
82 Alejandro Rodriguez 3,68 ??????
83 Pierre Tran-Van 3,68 YES
84 Igor Pereira 3,59 ??????
85 Erol Hammer 3,52 REGISTERED FOR EC
86 Grayson Nootenboom 3,52 ??????
87 Ruben Feldman 3,5 ??????
88 Alexander Loginov 3,45 ??????
89 Karl Cheng Chua 3,45 ??????
90 Alex Minov 3,41 ??????
91 Caroline Hyll 3,41 ??????
92 Daniel Boud 3,37 ??????
93 Jerôme Schwartz 3,37 ??????
94 Nikolaj Wendt 3,37 ??????
95 Oscar Garza 3,37 ??????
96 Reyda Seddiki 3,29 ??????
97 Jakub Baranski 3,27 ??????
98 Mike Courtois 3,26 ??????
99 Jelmer Wedholm 3,19 ??????
100 Antoine Franqueville-Roy 3,15 ??????

That's the best option we get

Regards
Szewski

Szewski wrote:
As a quick note, optimal tournament size is 25 players (like during last year EC). Why not keep this size?

there will be 25 players. But 20 is from TWDA (and etc etc) and 5 is from invitations...look at Wargrim post

Regards
Szewski

Edit - that was wrong basic maths

@Pascal - I used log₅ to promote players winning larger tournaments.

We have three players with special invitations that confirmed their presence at LV.
Erol Ongun, Pascal Bertrand and Ben Peal.

I'll be at the EC.

Not sure if I'm participating in LV this year; I might prefer to compete in the LCQ this time around. I'll try and let you know before the actual EC

There is one important thing we would like to remind.
People who would play in LV tournament and are still not qualified for EC Day 1 will not be automatically qualified by taking part in LV !!!
This only concerns people who are invited for the tournament and may concern people who would be in TOP 20 of the rank but won a tournament in 2010.

Only winner of the LV will gets qualified for Day 1.

Please keep it in mind

41 Martin Major 5,61

Though the odds are bad for me, I'd be happy to play this event.

If I can arrange to visit my sister in Stockholm during that time then I will participate. Have to let you know.