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!
Skill Deepdive: Tactical #2 – Runs
This article is co-authored with SpencerDub (NISEI Media Pipeline Coordinator). Back to Index of Articles -> Welcome back! Last time we looked at the overall structure of tactical actions, now we’ll dive into the core…
Skill Deepdive: Tactical #1
This article is co-authored with SpencerDub (NISEI Media Pipeline Coordinator). Back to Index of Articles -> Previously we have learnt how to acquire resources (efficiency) and how to have an objective (strategy). If you are…
State of the Game – 2021
Back to Index of Articles -> Today we’ll finally touch a subject I’ve been building up towards through a lot of the previous articles. What is the reason i write about skill and game-design? One…
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…