Oh my God. Au Revoir Turing decks are, dare I say it, good… Setup is slow, but that’s why you do it in CT.
This is a great idea. I’m fascinated to see what the players do with that banned list. Sure, if I were making a banned list it might be different, but the point isn’t really about balancing the game, otherwise you’d want a more systematic approach than one card per faction. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I imagine that the banned list is more about shaking things up than making them balanced. A new constraint will be a skill-testing situation for the players and will hopefully provide viewers with some games that they don’t see every day.
Anyway, I’ll be thinking about what I’d do and it’ll be fun to see how different my thoughts are to those of the invitees. Of course the prospect of watching some VODs of good netrunner is enticing, but the best thing is the original format. Looking forward to it.
And I think that if we are getting sensitive about the word “elite” we’re too touchy.
But I don’t want to offend anyone by saying “touchy”… Forget it.
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Andy is the best one I think. You Import the SMCs.
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All three? That’s 9 Influence. I’d rather get the 3x Au Revoir for 3 Inf in CT, grab Clone Chips / Clot, and then cherry pick all the other Shaper goodies. Plus, 4+ card Maker’s Eye runs! Though I realize CC is banned here…
Just 2 SMC and tons of draw.
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I dunno, man. We’ll maybe just have to agree to disagree here. You only gain a 9 card mull with Andy… CT has a lower deck size, more MU, Shaper draw for no Influence, and free Shaper goodies like 3x SMC and Maker’s and Levy.
Perhaps this isn’t the thread for this, though? We can move to the CT thread that someone just bumped. That would be located here.
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I still found it to be a little too slow vs. dedicated FA decks, and too “not whizzard” vs. the IG menace - but yes - 2 SMC, 3 TTW, Zu, Corroder, Shrike was the influence in the build I was playing. (Cloud breakers because memory is a problem)
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I’m baffled at the naming controversy.
But my blog is named after myself, so I guess I’m part of the problem.
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Is there a list of the participants, their location and what IDs they are using anywhere?
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There will be.
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There’s no controversy, people are just upset they aren’t Elite.
[quote=“cmcadvanced, post:32, topic:7699, full:true”]There’s no controversy, people are just upset they aren’t Elite.
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I wish I could be elite but I don’t even have all gym badges.
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Thanks once again to everyone who watched or participated in our first invitational tournament. We had about 150 concurrent viewers, which is pretty incredible!
Here are some links that you might find interesting:
Twitch VOD
Tournament bracket
Slide show with deck synopses
Spreadsheet with player breakdown and decklists
This was the first online tournament that either @TheBigBoy or I have run, so I know that we were a little clumsy on the technical side. Please let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions for future tournaments. Hopefully we can do it again soon!
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This tournament was alot of fun, thanks to both bigboy and Timmy for organising it.
Quick impressions:
Corp seemed like the stronger side, I know I felt alot more secure in my corp, which didn’t lose a game, in testing and the tourney. Crims seemed likely to be popular, having lost the least of the runner factions, which made palana glacier a good choice, especially in a world without clone chips. Not surprised we saw a bunch of batty program trashing decks, even out of other corps.
I think I enjoy the meta more when the corp is stronger. I liked the feeling that my ice mattered.
I think just running the same or a very similar format again would be a decent idea. Wouldn’t mind seeing how the meta progresses after a first round of games.
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Looking at the ban-list again, I guess Faust and Clone chip are just absolutely vital cards in the runner meta, whereas the Corp cards were more replaceable. I didn’t miss the Nisei Mk2 in my deck at all, which is weird.
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just watched a bunch of the games, and took me a moment to realize what was going on when I saw a full ppvp kate deck doing its thing. Was really quite enjoyable to watch, and as rotom said, corps seemed strong, but probably not too strong, and the lack of clone chips and faust made for some exciting games, and relevant ice, which looked like the way netrunner felt like it should be played (though of course that’s a personal opinion). Seemed like decent corp and runner variety on both sides as well. I’d be interested to know what people other than rotom who played in the event thought of the decks and bans etc
This sort of extra content is super cool, though! Love seeing the deck breakdowns & a little background on each player (“favorite card” was a nice touch). Well done!
Not a surprise. PolOp isn’t an essential Crim card.
Thanks for this slideshow. Lol @bluebird503 favorite card Kate; goddamn at 5 regionals. Is Kyle the record holder in regionals Victories? Mad props
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When is the jank unelite invitational?
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