Session #2: Joscha Duell (Dull, with the umlaut over the u)
(Interview from the 2005 EC in Budapest)
Age: 34
From: Frankfurt, Germany
Favorite clan: Malkavian antitribu - Korah is a big favorite

BP: What is your favorite deck?

JD: I like to play vote decks.  I love my Tzimisce vote most, I think, 
but I always like to play Malk bleed with some tricks - some vote tricks.

BP: For how long have you been playing the game?

JD: 10 years, like we all!

BP: How does your local metagame affect your deck design?

JD: We sometimes play with hard bounce, just for training for 
tournaments, but in our fun games I play everything.  I
test more in tournaments than in our fun games.

BP: What other games do you play?

JD: Roleplaying - White Wolf Vampire roleplaying, and some 
tabletop if I have time to.  In the last year I mainly play V:TES.

BP: What other hobbies do you have?

JD: Reading, walking, hiking.

BP: What are your favorite bands?

JD: Oh, my favorite bands!  That's difficult.  I like Him, I like  
Metallica, Linkin Park, Abba, Evanescence, Nickleback, Creed - I 
like Creed very much.

BP: What are your favorite movies?

JD: I like King of Queens - but don't tell anybody!  I'm not  that much a 
movie viewer.  I like Monty Python films - Life of Brian.

BP: What would you like to see in V:TES?

JD: Nice people!  *laughs*  I don't much about the World of Darkness, so 
I can't tell what will come.  My main urge is that the game 
stays as it is in terms of balance, and be careful pushing the game 
further.  I like all the expansions - they are all fun - so I hope that 
goes on.

BP: How often do you travel to play V:TES?

JD: Once every two months, not very much.  I mostly play with my own group.

BP: What decks do you have currently built?
  
JD: Dominate Potence with some Giovanni, Lasombra weenie Embrace, my 
Inner Circle Deck, and my Malkavian deck.

BP: What was it like to totally ace 4 Prince decks in the finals of the 
2001 EC using a Derange deck?  (Note: Josha won the 2001 EC in Paris)

JD: It was very great!  I was the 5th seed when I came into the finals, 
so I thought, "Ok, nothing to lose!", but then after some Princes get 
stuck because they had no blood anymore - it was really cool!  It was 
great to win - that was a great thing.  I didn't pay that much attention 
if somebody was pissed 'cause of Deranges.

BP: *laughs*

JD: But it was very nice - it was a great experience.

BP: Do you have words for your fans out there?

JD:  Do I have fans?

BP: Of course you have fans!

JD: Oh, no!  Yeah...Keep playing!  Have fun!  Enjoy the game, and 
don't be so hard pressing.  Peace!