NEXT Emerald is a King of Servers-style event which will be held on Friday, June 22 (the day before US Nationals) in Seattle. The venue opens (and signups start) at 12PM, with the first round starting at 12:30PM. The event will be wrapped up no later than 5PM. The entry fee will be $15 per player.
The format is mostly identical to the basic King of Servers format. Teams of three register and must bring a set of decks that represent three different Corp factions and three different Runner (mini-)factions. However, in addition, the MWL list is shared across the entire team. Each deck can have a restricted card, but multiple decks cannot select the same restricted card. For example, each of the team’s Runner decks can have Employee Strike, Film Critic, and Aesop’s Pawnshop, respectively-- but two decks cannot both select Employee Strike.
The tournament is expected to be four Swiss rounds of 65 minutes each. Normal Swiss rules will be used, but pairings are done in teams and use total team prestige. Pairings within a team use per-player prestige. Table talk is allowed and encouraged as long as it isn’t detrimental.
Cardpool legality and MWL will be identical to the US Nationals event.
The venue is Optimism Brewing (http://optimismbrewing.com/), a local haunt for Seattle Netrunner players. They offer a drink lineup if you wish to imbibe while running the nets. Outside food is allowed.
We’re still figuring out prize details, but rest easy; we will continue the KoS tradition of creating new
!ruined pictures by awarding the entry fee pool (minus costs) to the top two teams at minimum.
So any word on signing up and prize details. I am confirmed for Nationals and I want to make sure this is happening before I book a hotel/airbnb for an extra night… thanks.
Just a bump for this tomorrow. Please note the time! We hope to have streaming set up as well, if we’re lucky, or at least record the games for the ANR time capsule
