Originally published at: Tournament Report, 2nd Place Manchester Regionals - StimHack
Discuss @tomdidiot’s tournament report here.
Originally published at: Tournament Report, 2nd Place Manchester Regionals - StimHack
Discuss @tomdidiot’s tournament report here.
Excellent Report! Second-place is certainly nothing to sneeze at, and you did it with decks that are a bit more unconventional than here in the US. I’m happy you finally got that bad-ass Reina mat, and I hope it sells well for you.
Your Blue Sun deck is definitely a little unconventional, but I also like it’s style. Being able to switch from one or another victory condition is something that can be quite useful and put a lot of pressure on the opponent. I really appreciate the detailed write-up, stuff like this is always interesting to read about.
Thank you for your time and effort.
Oh I’m keeping the Reina mat. I only sell/trade away duplicates; and since I was getting another Reina alt art at Manchester, I felt comfortable selling one of those.
I’m glad you enjoyed the article.
Ah, I misunderstood, then. Nice. I can’t imagine ever selling a tournament prize unless it was really wonky (like the backpacks at worlds. Did they even have a Netrunner theme? ), so I definitely agree with keeping it.
Congratulations on your achievement!
I think the backpacks have traditionally had the same art as the playmat for the same event.
I’ve never even been to a tournament, so I have no idea.
Thanks for the report, I enjoyed reading it!
I gotta say I’ve always felt more comfortable with 18-20 ICE in Blue Sun. Playing 16 ICE of which 3 are Curtains and 1 is Archer would make me nervous for the early game
Any thoughts on changes you’d make with Breaker Bay? Fit in Meru Mati?
One of my best runs was with a hybrid glacier/scorch Blue Sun. Makes me want to dust that deck off. Looks a lot like yours. I put it to bed after O&C what with all the IHW, but now that Kate is everywhere I’m thinking about it again. Thanks for the report.
. I think it’s fine to bleed a few agendas early game in this deck; unless they hit the singleton Cleaners, they still need to get in and see 3 more agendas at least (more if they’re stealing Hostiles).
I’d love to have more Ice, but I’d have to cut some vital scorch pieces or Lizzy Millses/Jacksons/money to do so. I’ve already put a Meru Mati in for an Ice wall. I’ve also done a switcheroo and put the Lotus Field back in for the reversed accounts. 17 ICE is a bit light, but I think that it’s fine in Blue sun because you can redeploy ice as needed.
Hi, Henry Kay here- I ended up going to 20 points in the swiss and bombing out immediately with a 0-2 in the top 8, incidentally. Just saying, but my EtF Glacier wasn’t running NEXT Ice- my suite was 14 Bioroids and 3x Architect.
I’d just like to apologise to everyone who attended Manchester regionals for:
Great report man, and I’m sorry again for your crappy luck in the finals. You also put up an incredible fight in our first game in the top 8 considering your bad draws.
Oops, sorry. All you bioroids look the same to me
As if manna from heavens, this appears to me in my hour of need. Everything I try against Kate (RP aside) feels weak, unreliable, like I’m just hoping I draw more econ than her in the early game. I missed my old Weyland deck, trashing everything, taking reckless amounts of bad pub, scoring agendas I know you can stop me from scoring because you’ve seen what I have in HQ. On the way home from Game Night tonight (after an average performance by my hybrid Scorch/FA NEH with Blacklists) I wrack my brain on what to bring to a few high-impact tournaments coming up… I get home, get online, and come across this article. Someone playing a deck that is 40-cards-the-same as my old one, placing second at a regionals?
I’m back, I’m home, and I’m ready for some “industrial gentrification”. Godspeed.