We’re now two weeks into the Most Wanted List metagame, but people have been testing for it for a month and a half now. I don’t know if the metagame is fully explored yet, but results of multiple post-MWL events are in, and it appears that there’s less diversity at the top tables than there was before the MWL was published.
In my last article, I talked about some problems Weyland has, and my attempt to try and make a deck that addresses them. One of the points I talked about was the pitfalls of rush…
Dealing with the psychology of mind-games in competitive Netrunner, and making a case for high-stakes competitive play. Why many important decisions are not purely tactical. From the author of the modern Personal Evolution archetype Bag of Tricks, discussing why you should learn to play the opponent as much as their deck. Detailing strategy and deck breakdown as well as discuss the psychology of mind-reading and how to avoid it’s pitfalls.
The MWL has reinforced that a Core 2.0, or Core reprint, or even Core erratas, are not forthcoming. FFG is not in the card game business; they’re in the game business. They don’t want to touch their Core product, and that’s fine. The INF system in ANR is elegant, and works really well. The MWL is a great way to utilize INF to modify the meta landscape.
We at Stimhack are officially announcing the launch of our new Patreon page to help support the costs of running the site and forums. With your help, we can work more on improving Stimhack by adding new…
The Netrunner community has been talking about why Weyland isn’t doing well, and what would be needed to bring them back into the competitive scene. Guest author Brian Williams brings us his take on a solution.
Dale, known online as kookoobah, has recenetly rocketed himself to the bubbling Asian Netrunner scene, taking 2nd place in the PSI games in a memorable performance, as well as 1st place in the Nationals of his home country, the Philippines.
I have decided to put forth some predictions for Worlds. Some of these will be quite accurate, while most are just jokes or dead wrong. Let’s dive in, shall we?
