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August 20, 2022S2 E7: The Boat is the GOAT 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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News: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/)
06:16 Midnight Sun Replacements & Card back update- Misprints and replacements (https://nisei.net/blog/midnight-sun-misprints-and-replacements/)
- Card back update (https://nisei.net/blog/addressing-the-new-card-backs/)
Mike AKA asqwasqw interview:
- 12:25 – Ashes to Ashes recap
- 22:06 – Midnight Sun predictions
Midnight Sun Startup review:
- 30:31 – Anarch
- 41:17 – Criminal
- 51:12 – Shaper
- 59:32 – HB
- 01:08:50 – Jinteki
- 01:26:36 – NBN
- 01:44:57 – Weyland
Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music
...more July 14, 2022S2 E6: Scoopsmas in July: Startup, Spoilers and Speculation 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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Oh, you’re here for Midnight Sun HB spoilers?! We got those too! Thank you NISEI for letting us participate in spoiler season this year and allowing us to announce these cool scoops. EDIT: The images of our spoilers are now in the show notes, enjoy. Make sure to check out other content creators and NISEI spoilers in the coming days. The spoiler schedule can be found here (https://nisei.net/blog/welcome-to-midnight-sun-previews/).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
- 06:21 - Our Thoughts on the change
Midnight Sun HB Spoilers!
- 15:48 - #35 Echo (https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/u89ecq/RetromancerMS35.png)
- 19:21 - #37 Wave (https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/v33y6p/RetromancerMS37.png)
- 22:13 - #33 Refuge Campaign (https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hk9zcm/RetromancerMS33.png)
- 26:22 - #32 Midnight-3 Arcology (https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/zje2a5/RetromancerMS32.png)
29:48 - HB ID Speculation
Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music...more June 30, 2022S2 E5: Dust to Dust 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.
Here's a link to the lists if you are interested:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wbXgDfQM_C3KHZRB0Z9WBzHXucCG9RzJfFo8BDuaU70/edit#gid=0And here are the Swiss Standings:https://cobr.ai/tournaments/2406/players/standings----more----
05:15 Ashes to Ashes tournament structure
Swiss experience and memorable moments:
- 10:00 – Steve
- 14:05 – Nate
Top 8 Corp deck discussion:
- 20:32 – Jinteki: Personal Evolution
- 29:50 – HB: Precision Design
- 35:27 – NBN: Near Earth Hub
- 38:10 – Weyland: Built to Last
Top 8 Runner deck discussion:
- 43:30 – Shaper: Rielle "Kit" Peddler
- 45:33 – Crim: Ken "Express" Tenma
- 48:23 – Anarch: Hoshiko Shiro
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
...more May 21, 2022S2 E4: Ashes to Ashes: An eD_UKation (https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/v38h4v/Ashes_to_Ashes.jpg)
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
...more April 27, 2022S2 E3: The Anemone of my Enemeny is my friend 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
...more March 14, 2022S2 E2: Falsified Spoilers 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)
Intro Music: “Shake It Up”, by Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com) Background Music...more January 29, 2022S2 E1: Welcome to Earth! 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)
- Nate's updated ES deck (https://netrunnerdb.com/en/decklist/55189857-f054-4c56-94f8-41429290b228/-startup-seamless-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
...more December 23, 2021S1 E8: Retromancer Christmas Special 2021 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/)
- Executive positions (https://nisei.net/blog/executive-boot-camp-leadership-roles-2021-22/)
- Restructuring of NISEI (https://nisei.net/blog/restructuring-nisei/)
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
...more - Near Earth Hub (https://www.nearearthhub.net/), a Netrunner link repository
December 16, 2021S1 E7: All I want for Scoopsmas is... PHIL! (https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wkjbkz/PhilChristmas.jpg)
This episode we're joined by a special guest Phil, 0thmxma, the host of the Shadow Net Podcast (https://anchor.fm/theshadownetanr).
Together the three of us discuss Worlds 2021, muse on the banlists that helped shape the Worlds meta, an upcoming special NISEI format, Random Access Memories (https://nisei.net/blog/random-access-memories-format-and-tournament/), and what we hope might appear in the upcoming Borealis set!----more----
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
...more October 29, 2021S1 E6: Scoville Ban Level: Spicy! (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
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