Queen Bee 2023
A Worlds Event-Within-An-Event by Sanjay What is Queen Bee? Queen Bee is a title given to the best Bee player at Worlds. It is also my attempt to bribe players into playing more bee-themed cards…
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A Look Back at the Borealis Cycle – by Eric Keilback
Author’s Note: This article was originally written before the 23.03 banlist. The first half of the Borealis cycle was released in the summer of 2022. Later that year in December the second half was released:…
Why I Hate Shaper (And You Should Too) – By Eric Keilback
I hate Shaper. I don’t hate Shaper players! Some of my very good friends are Shaper players. I disagree with their life choices, but I don’t begrudge them for playing Shaper, I just hate the…
Queen Bee 2022
Queen Bee 2022 A Worlds Sub-event brought to you by Sanjay What is Queen Bee? Queen Bee is a title for the best Bee player at Worlds. It is my brazen and unabashed attempt to…
Deconstructing Shellgame – by tehepicwin
If there’s anyone in the world who can consistently tell when a person is lying, hire that person for a billion dollars. Corps lie. Corps can say truths. But there is only one line of play that objectively wins the most.
What I’m saying is to leave your psychic abilities at the door, because they don’t exist or matter. Skill is about increasing your chances of winning, and soul-reading just isn’t a very large part.
On the Rational Player – by lostgeek
Hey everyone, lostgeek from the NISEI SBT here! In the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to sort my thoughts into a coherent theory, hoping to end up with some useful tool for our balancing work. I’ve missed that goal and this specific perspective might be very much born out of the way I personally think and conceptualize things and might not work for you, but I still think it has been a fun and interesting journey and might click for some of you as well, so… uh… here’s way too many words on meta theory for you!
Everything You Need to Know About Tournaments (Besides Playing Netrunner) – by Whiteblade111
Netrunner tournaments are a crucible of competition, with players battling it out over successive rounds to crown a winner. Winning a tournament is a tough challenge, but they don’t only test your ability to win…
YuGiOh and You: Critical Advice As We Head Into Scoops Season – by sanjay
Why yes, I have been catching up on the end of the Battle City arc of the original Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters since I found out that season 1 and season 3 were on Netflix. And…
Single Sided Swiss: How it Works by Ysengrin
This article is a guest contribution by Ysengrin. It is a repost (with permission) from his personal blog. The original article can be found here: https://netrunnerscribbler.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/single-sided-swiss-how-it-works/ Intro I have created a free application for tournament…
Netrunner Cards Whose Flavor Text Is Ruined By Doing Too Much: Power Rankings – by neuropantser
Here’s a fun fact. Think back to the FFG-official Android: Netrunner Rules of Play document. It’s 36 pages long, and it teaches you everything you need to know to play your first couple games of…