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Midnight Sun has arrived and we have a monster episode to cover it!

Nate and Steve open with a recap of recent news, including our upcoming Startup Circuit opener (https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/3299). Then we have an interview with the winner of the Ashes to Ashes tournament Mike AKA asqwasqw. Finally we sit down and discuss our thoughts on the Midnight Sun cards. Enjoy!

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00:56 Retromancer's Startup Circuit Opener (https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/3299)

3:05 - Netrunner Worlds (https://nisei.net/blog/2022-world-championship-tickets-lodging-events/)

• Misprints and replacements (https://nisei.net/blog/midnight-sun-misprints-and-replacements/)

Mike AKA asqwasqw interview:

• 12:25 – Ashes to Ashes recap

Midnight Sun Startup review:

• 30:31 – Anarch

Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music

This month Nate and Steve open their episode with a chat about the recently announced Startup changes and discuss our thoughts on the evolution of the format. Afterwards we speculate on what the HB identity might be in Parhelion, the second half of the Borealis cycle.

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Finally, special thanks to manveruppd, NISEI's content creator coordinator, for answering all our questions and helping us through our first spoiler season.

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Startup Rotation Announcement (https://nisei.net/blog/revising-startup-with-midnight-sun/)

• 00:55 - Announcement Discussion

Midnight Sun HB Spoilers!

• 15:48 - #35 Echo (https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/u89ecq/RetromancerMS35.png)

29:48 - HB ID Speculation

The Ashes to Ashes tournament has finally wrapped its Swiss rounds! 38 players competed, including Nate and Steve. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped run the event.

This episode we discuss our experience in the tournament and later we chat about the Corp and Runner decks that made the top 8 cut, which had just started.

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05:15 Ashes to Ashes tournament structure

Swiss experience and memorable moments:

• 10:00 – Steve

Top 8 Corp deck discussion:

• 20:32 – Jinteki: Personal Evolution

Top 8 Runner deck discussion:

• 43:30 – Shaper: Rielle "Kit" Peddler

54:33 – Final Thoughts on Ashes to Ashes and Thank yous

57:19 – Midnight Sun Spoiler Season is July 11-22nd

Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music

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This week we’re joined by a special guest, Ed, the mod-min of the Green Level Clearance Discord. We cover a wide variety of topics: philosophy, Netrunner (plus Netrunner fan Fiction), mental health and ways we can help each other. Oh and curry, don’t forget the curry.

We’re almost too late, but you have 24 hours left to sign-up for the Ashes to Ashes Startup tournament (registration closes at May 21st, 2022 at 11:30PM PST, 6:30AM UTC). This is an asynchronous tournament played online (jinteki.net), organized on the Green Level Clearance Discord. Special thanks to Shruthless, who's been instrumental in making this event possible. Details below:

Join the GLC Discord server here: discord.gg/glc

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmvxQY048V0YlkXMTQ94S_9PNYiHrbWurQ9gGAYURjBxkHAg/viewform

ABR link: https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/3238/ashes-to-ashes-a-startup-celebration-on-glc

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05:25 – Philosophy & GLC Moderation

17:15 – Netrunner Themes & Other Fiction

25:26 – GLC Mental Health Channel

33:00  - Ashes to Ashes Startup Tournament

43:07 – Playtesting for NISEI

57:55 – Cards we are excited to see rotate out of the Startup

01:06:53 – Mmmm, Curry

Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music

The Midnight Sun Booster has been out for nearly two months and Nate and Steve are ready to share their (likely wrong) opinions on the cards! Also, towards the end of the episode we discuss how the booster has impacted the Startup meta.

Hakarl jank:

Shark Service (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/e32366c2-9937-4285-80f0-1f3fcc10fab6/shark-service-1-1-startup-#)

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02:54 - Vladi City Grid (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32006)

14:43 - Azef Protocol (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32007)

22:17 - Anemone (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32005)

35:52 - Hákarl 1.0 (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32004)

39:47 - Revolver (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32002)

42:42 - Deep Dive (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32003)

50:57 - Light the Fire! (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32001)

54:17 - Meta analysis

Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music

The entirety of the Midnight Sun Booster has been revealed! Phil, of The ShadowNet Podcast (https://anchor.fm/theshadownetanr/), returns as a guest to discuss the new cards. We also have some fun and “spoil” (imaginary) NISEI cards that might work with them.

NO NISEI EXCEL FILES WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS EPISODE!

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Midnight Sun Booster Product Announcement (https://nisei.net/blog/light-the-fire-booster-launch/)

04:28 - Deep Dive (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32003)

16:46 - Vladisibirsk Grid (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32006)

28:31 – Revolver (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32002)

40:03 - Harkarl 1.0 (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32004)

52:46 - Azef Protocol (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32007)

1:07:50 - Anenome (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32005)

1:19:15 - Light the Fire (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/card/32001)

Nate and Steve are back with new exciting season of Retromancer! This month we catch up on a bunch of Netrunner news and discuss Nate's Earthstation deck and its evolution.

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01:17 - Midnight Sun New and Deep Dive preview (https://nisei.net/blog/announcing-midnight-sun-booster-pack/)

04:37 - Borealis Production Update (https://nisei.net/blog/borealis-production-update-20220120/)

07:56 - Organized Play announcements (https://nisei.net/blog/2022-organized-play-announcements/)

16:56 - Earth Station Discussion:

• Nate's original Snare ES deck (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/e4bc5eb0-4aaa-4755-9fc6-534b45bf2a9c/-startup-snare-earth-station)

55:42 - Midnight Sun Booster Wishes

1:06:30 -Ysengrin’s upcoming Startup Tournament Feb 20 at 17 UTC (https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/3157/february-startup-tournament)

Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music

Welcome to the Retromancer’s 2021 Christmas Special!

In this very special bonus episode, we interview DanB/Booshy and get the inside scoop on PAX Unplugged and NISEI's booth there.

Huge congrats to Dan and NISEI for running such a successful event and thank you Dan for taking the time to share your experience with us.

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01:25 - DanB Intro

• Near Earth Hub (https://www.nearearthhub.net/), a Netrunner link repository
  

06:16 - PAX Unplugged 2021

53:49 - NISEI is Recruiting!

• Entry positions (https://nisei.net/blog/career-fair-entry-level-roles-2021-22/)

56:47 - Eternal League (on Green Level Clearance Discord)

58:53 - RAM Tournament

Intro Music: “Christmas March”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music

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This episode we're joined by a special guest Phil, 0thmxma, the host of the Shadow Net Podcast (https://anchor.fm/theshadownetanr). 

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3:47 - Banlist discussion

17:10 - Worlds 2021 Meta discussion - Results and VODs can be found here! (https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/3082/nisei-world-championship-2021)

29:34 - Random Access Memories - Inaugural Tournament is on December 18th, 2021!

41:00 - What we hope appears in the upcoming Borealis Set.

1:08:00 - Shadow Net's 2021 Holiday Bake-off! (https://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/comments/ril2xo/the_great_netrunner_bakeoff_2021_is_on_now/)

Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music

(AKA The one where we talk about Standard)

This episode we discuss the recently released Standard Banlist 21.10 (https://nisei.net/blog/ban2110/) and upcoming NISEI Worlds in November (https://nisei.net/blog/worlds-2021-schedule-and-prizes/)! At the end we return to Startup.

And Nate never did share that Steve decklist…

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1:20 - Runner Discussion

9:42 - Corp Discussion

**Please note: These bans only apply to the Standard format, not Startup**

28:45 – Our thoughts on Banlists and NISEI’s approach

34:00 - Worlds 2021 Schedule (November 19-21, 2021)

37:30 – Green Level Cleareances’ Startup Tournament

• Ätsch vs Oddball’s startup match (https://youtu.be/ZWhGmNIjzwk)

Check out Ätsch’s Youtube channel! He’s got a growing list of game play analysis from his startup games. He should be adding more learn to play videos soon, especially once Borealis is released.

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Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music