I think @anon50033301 is from Chicago. He may know someone who can help if you give him the $1 scoops on the continental players.
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Does anyone know for sure which datapacks will be legal for worlds, yet?
Second question: Iâm going to be on vacation in san francisco the week before (22.10.-28.10.)
Any players there, who are willing to do a few games with the german - and probably a few drinks afterwards 
PM me if youâre interested and/or know someone from SF
I think only the next data pack, Escalation, will be legal for Worlds.
And hereâs the calendar for SF bay area Netrunner meetups: http://sansanfrancisco.net/event-calendar/
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Iâm in the SF/Bay Area. I see @StephenE already linked you the SanSan Francisco calendar; there are pretty well-attended causal nights in SF on Thursdays and Berkeley (accessible via subway from SF) on Mondays and Wednesdays. A bunch of us will be preparing for worlds that week Iâm sure, so there might be additional games available even though there are no GNKs that week.
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Also the speculation is that Escalation will be legal for worlds but not the last pack of the cycle, since itâs getting too close to the date. I donât think FFGâs said anything official, however.
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As I said - Iâm goign to be at SF from 22. to 28. - I hope to just meet a few new people then and play some relaxed games with you
I also hope to get some of you to meet the local nightlife with me - I need qualified (=local) guides
by the way - nice webpage 
I will be driving from Indianapolis to Minneapolis on Tuesday 11/1. I wasnât going to go through Chicago, but I can if international players (or anyone really) needs a lift.
I also have a queen free if anyone needs a place to crash on the cheap.
Iâm not a serial killer. I promise.
I got an excellent price on a flight to MSP so Iâm just looking for a room/bed now, but still waiting to hear back from a friend.
The latest Tournament Regulations (1.1) says:
For Relaxed and Formal events, all product is legal in North America upon the productâs official release. For Premier events, all product is legal in North America 11 daysâtypically the second Mondayâafter the productâs official release. Official dates will be updated on the Product Legality page on our website (https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/op/legality).
(p. 6, emphasis mine)
Escalation will be officially released this Thursday (10/6). The fastest weâve seen the a data pack released is 3 weeks. So if Intervention gets released the soonest weâve ever seen on 10/27, thatâs only 7 days before Worlds. This is assuming that FFG doesnât break itâs own rules (cough cough swiss round structure at GenCon and Worlds last year).
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They officially announced in a FAQ that the last AGOT pack to be legal will be the one that comes out on 10/6, so itâs pretty safe to say that the same is true for Thrones.
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Updated top post with pack legality answer. It does look like, at this point, Intervention will NOT be legal unless FFG breaks its own rules.
I will update the thread with the new FAQ/Tourney Guidelines when I get off work. Unfortunately they block the FFG website. 
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Updated with a Google Calendar at the top of the thread. Peeps can message me if they need things added. Still working on getting the new FAQ/Guidlines added. I have been busy, and lazy about this stuff.
New FAQ/Guidelines added, new Non-FFG Side Events posted, and the Calendar has been updated. Also reorganized the thread to push the important stuff near the top and the historical stuff near the bottom.
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Just a heads up, especially for international travelers:
Sunday, Nov 6th, is the end of Daylight Savings Time here in America. That means that at ~2AM on Sunday, all of our clocks will be set back 1 hour. [In practice, those of us with watches or separate clocks simply set them back the night before, and our phones auto update.] Itâs an extra hour to enjoy the festivities!
Not an issue if youâre leaving before then, but I suspect lots of people will have flights on that Sunday, and everyone should be aware of the time change!
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Bump. Need to be able to find easy for rules access and whatnot. Surprised this hasnât gotten pinned.
Great work by the UK team and congrats to the first not-Dan champion of recent times Chris Dyer. Excellent work from Ben Ni too, to make it a full on all-Brit final. 
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some faction stats folks (may be grim reading)
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Thatâs⌠Depressing. NBN and Anarch as far as the eye can see. Also, Crims horribly under represented despite having a stupid good Glacier matchup and serviceable (but not super awesome) matchup vs NBN. Andy was stronk in MN testing.
Who is that single âOtherâ runner in Top64? Adam?
Something that sticks out to me is that the concentration of NBN and Anarch increases (or stays the same) approaching the top cut, while the concentration of all other factions drops off; this is without exception. I know you canât make an argument of one faction clearly being the strongest, because maybe itâs just the case that the best players are all playing that faction, but⌠I donât know, itâs just pretty easy to feel like NBN is completely overpowered.
During the stream, every game was Anarch vs. NBN, and I noticed that almost always, when runners decided to go tag-me, they lost. There were a couple exceptions to thisâMaxX DLR, and one Whizz beating SYNC the same turn he decided to go tag-meâbut it was a pretty noticeable trend. I was wondering if thereâs any data on match-ups, like what what percent of games were won by runners in double-elimination?
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