Well, noise tends to cut IHW these days, so in theory…
Nice write up, coming to the Dutch nats by any chance?
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On the RP lack at the continent, I think it’s mainly because it taxes your own brain and everybody expects RP. I for one was exhausted after 13h of RP mirror matches I never played it again after regionals. And we tend to agree with eachother NEH is still stronk
The part about Minh asking where you are from and slapping down a Plascrete was hilariously side-splitting. We even make joke-comments about the English meta here in Texas.
When is the Dutch Nationals? If it’s near Amsterdam, I may even have a place to crash.
I’m interested that “Noise tends to cut IHW” - not seen that much here. Without Plascrete it’s a necessity and it have saved my bacon in many match ups.
I’m sure the world’s perception of the UK meta is entirely skewed by @Cerberus’ performance at Worlds last year…
Great report though @evilgaz, I love your cartoon cards.
For the life of me , i don’t know why everybody here is so bloody in love with NEH and Kate. People have shifted away from RP because of the braindrain in large tournaments , especially with 6 rounds. Blue sun is something that is slowly phasing out in Belgium and no Weyland made it into the top16.
I did love to see 2 JT PE in the top 16. But my own love for JT PE is well known in Belguim and around.
We did however have 46 people , on account off scott , the canadian , showing up and dropping right away. He had only learned of the Nationals after booking his flight, really wanted to join up , but didn’t want to fuck up anybody their SOS by dropping halfway through round 4.
He played against the people with a bye each round until the 4th round.
I didn’t bother registering him in the tournament software if he was going to drop right away, but officially , he did sign up and drop.
I suspect kill decks will flourish when corps are strong, because Runners struggle to spare slots for luxuries like Plascrete when they’re fighting for every access. Right now, Runners are strong and the luxuries are back. Deus Ex is going to get slotted again too, soon.