Just registered to say thanks to everybody involved in this tournament, it was great and fun, and all my rivals were good! (again, sorry spags for that stimhack glory run win )
As I have not seen any āwelcomeā thread, Iām a spanish player who has been lurking the site for long and finally decided to register in.
Gz to @vinegarymink for winning! Hope to see you again at worlds
Even though I agree that many Kate decks are similar enough (econ/draw differs mainly on procon vs quality time, breakers differ on decoders), the NEH decks werenāt really all the same. Thereās a couple flavors of butchershop (24/7 or not) and FA (Turtlesponsors and more traditional Astrobiotics) as well as hybrids. Playing against those decks is also quite different, IMHO. In fact, I was very close to losing the game on stream beause I had identified the jdengās deck as an FA deck (based on Fast Track and SfSS) but it also had Scorches and TAs. Iād be very interested in seeing how the different NEH archetypes are represented.
I might write a report about this event at some point if people want one, if only to credit my friend making me dinner during the event. I forgot to mention her on stream.
I donāt know if itās the state of the game or my appreciation of it that has changed, but @vinegaryminkās NEH piloting was really precise during the PSI games. Itās well worth trying to watch his games. NEH vs Kate is interesting at the moment, but some of those were really good games.
I do wish that that was the deck I brought. But alas it wasnāt.
I loaded the un-updated deck into my OCTGN first and second game. Then nearly shat myself seeing the biotic labor game 3. I contacted Dan, and he gave the go ahead to just keep playing the same deck and send in the decklist to him. Stellar sport that guy.