I know we have spoken of this in the past, but I am 110% willing to help out on this. I know stores and tournament organizers in VA, MD, and PA that would all be interested.
I donāt know the numbers of other regions for comparison, but DC has a large following. There were probably roughly a dozen or so well attended store championships earlier this winter. So I think if you include DC in with Baltimore/Philadelphia, that could be a region by itself (and help people from Richmond/the periphery play). Since weāre talking hypotheticals, maybe one hosted in Baltimore, and another somewhere equidistant between New York/Boston?
Maybe that makes the most sense; PA/NJ/MD/DC and NY/New England
Iām so there. Another idea, though it may be a bit creepy. Anyone up for offering their pad as a āNetrunner Hostelā for 2-day events? I certainly could for a Cleveland tourney as long as I talked with anyone wanting to stay beforehand. The travel costs can be a bit much on gamerās budget, and it might improve attendance at events.
@spags What needs to be done to figure out between Wausau and Madison? Iām voting for Madison
Yes this is likely perfect.
We could take WV and pitts too, potentially, though theyāre somewhat straddled with the midwest over there. Call it the Mid-Atlantic and the New England circuits?
Sounds solid. I know a guy in WV that may be interested, although attendance is likely more of an issue there. Less players overall.
You realize, of course, that the only reasonable choice for a GLC alt art card is Green Level Clearance?
Toxic green is pretty much the color of the Great Lakes, at least here in C-town
Nice. You got the nod.
I was going to stick with IDs, primarily, as non-FFG, non-IDs are illegal for any sanctioned tournies.
If you guys can organize two, go with God. Iāve got enough shite to deal with here.
Iām all about people housing other players. Nothing builds community like having someone drool all over your pillows.
I would say that depends entirely on the sanctioning body, wouldnāt you?
As a sort-of aside, Iāve been running a lucky ONR TRAP! in place of my Snare! in Argus in every official tournament for months now and nobodyās said a negative thing about it. I mean, I keep a real one on standby just in case, but still. Iāve also seen a pretty good number of printed-up proxy SanSans and Desperados.
And I use the Action Jacksons from the ChiLo Grudge match. Those are awesome.
Hey, in the ANRPC world, these are all legal. However, if I find you have an illegal deck, you lose a hand.
Before I turn into Stannis Baratheon, I want to dissuade proxies, generally, as I want people to buy the cards. I know that itās cheap enough that people will, but, donāt want FFG getting mad.
I actually think thatās a pretty good policy, even if a 3rd core set is a tough sell. I canāt imagine most people would have an issue with it if theyāre trying to compete at this level anyway. Plus, they put most of the one-offs in the various draft sets. Maybe someday Iāll get that third Data Dealer!
That said, you can have my old-school TRAP! when you pry it from my still warm and freshly-severed hand! Or at least Archives Interface it out of the game.
Nice to see all this start to come to a fruition. I remember our hot tub convos about this @spags . Iāll pm you for some advice, try to get a NW region going
Most great ideas, and a few terrible ones, originate in a hot tub.