American here, what holiday falls around now?
Yes I know, its a commentary on how we get a whopping 2 weeks vacation a year in America
Plus, OCTGN stability is still pretty ropey, so thatās probably putting people off playing as much. It certainly does me.
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I think you have to be willing to throw up an SHL request then go work on your latest jank build for about 15 minutes while waiting for somebody to show up. It also seems to be easier to get a game during prime time both US and Europe times.
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Woho, I get 6 weeksā¦alas, I am not able to actually take that much time off, so have lots of days āsavedā from previous years stacking up
7 weeks and proud!
Many are practicing for US nationals, meaning they are playing private games against each other to specifically practice against certain archetypes. also with US nationals in mind, everyone on the west coast pretty much left Monday or Tuesday- so a great number of tier 1 players are going to be offline til the weekend is over.
We usually lose unspent time off
I stopped playing on OCTGN two months ago, after I won regionals. I didnāt have any incentive to train then and also Iāve got regular Netrunner meetings IRL now. Iāll probably play some games before Nationalsā¦
Iām personally kinda taking a break, as it is. Iām still keeping up on everything, but not actively playing right now. Preferring to get a little extra sleep and recently started re-playing Dragon Quest VIII, so that takes up some of my time.
@belbo had a disconnect at the end of our match. Just posting this to show him I had the Breaking News in hand (with 2 creds) so I posted a win. Very nice player and looking forward to playing him again.
@Slakker Yep - no problem! And sorry about the disconnects (Iām still trying to log back on). Very well played. Iāve verified now 
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Small tip, if you canāt find games, you could also announce youāre up for a game in this forum
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Need a disconnect ruling here:
Two cards left in hand, none in deck, Levy burned, and Iāve got an active Hades Fragment and ELP, versus a rig thatās been mostly Aesopād to fuel runs on R&D. R&D is about half econ and a few interns, which can retrieve Batty to essentially seal off a server. Needless to say, Iām pretty confident in my situation. I would have liked to have played it out, but my opponent left without much explanation.
Regardless of the situation, Iām of the opinion that if youāre leaving and not in an overwhelmingly favorable board position, you take the hit and chalk it up to having to do things in real life. Iām a bit miffed that I reported it and found out that it was rejected an hour later, so Iām calling for arbitration. Also, heās back online now, Iāve PMed him to reconnect with no response, so thereās that.
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i had happened to have been spectating this game for a while and i agree
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Seems you forgot the part about the game running for ~2,5 hours (not kidding).
Not a single card hitting the remote for the last 2 hours being just a(n un)fun fact.
Iāve given us both lots of chances to end this - either you Battying me to death, or me stealing. While you refused to score, I kept visiting the lionās den. Iām terribly sorry though that I have some real life obligations besides A:NR.
//I appreciate the optimism and all the great things you can say about your board position from your end of the table, even after the upgrades have once again been defused, I really do. If I may, though:
- donāt overestimate PSI effects
- Iād strongly advise to move the scoring plan somewhere before the 3h mark.
@romanoSoprano: Iām sorry to say but the way you left was a joke. I can understand that after 2,5 hours you got other things to do. You should have explained the situation better and not leave this way. Saying: Iām sorry, but I can not play any longer. I never thought this would take so long, I have to be somewhere else. etc. etc. might have prevented this farce.
@thebigunit3000: Iām sorry, but this is not a victory. Weāre very coutious with handing out victories. we only do it in slamdunk situations. To me this is not slamdunk. I could also see Romano win in a lucky HQ run.
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Does this not count as an intentional disconnect? Therefore is a forfeit for the runner?
I see what you mean, but I feel that it was not to avoid a match result.
Are Universe of Tomorrow and Data & Destiny legal?
If itās on octgn, itās legal. However, since we are in transition, do inform your opponent.
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