BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:alwaysberunning.net-event-4153 METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4153alwaysberunningnet DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240518 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE STATUS:CONFIRMED DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240519 URL:https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/4153/online-summer-showdown- SUMMARY:Online šŸŒ šŸŒŽ - Summer Showdown šŸŒž šŸ¦‹ CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:āž”ļø Get Your Ticket Here! šŸ„³ šŸŒž šŸ¦‹ šŸ†\n\nI hope thi s tournament will help people prepare for the upcoming continentals season and/or play creative decks they would like to showcase on the internation al stage. šŸ˜ƒ I expect this will be another epic netrunner tournament bri nging together new and old players of all levels for a wonderful day of co nnecting with friends and hacking servers šŸ„³\nāž”ļø Check my timezone P layer meeting at 14:00 UTC \, 10:00am Eastern USA\, 7:00 am PDT\nRound 1 s tarts 30 minutes later\nāž”ļø Buy Your Ticket Here! If you've never playe d in an online tournament before you get a playset of the Alt-art Drafters by Scott Uminga (while my supplies last) šŸ¤©\n\nOptional fundraiser for netrunner travel: There is an option to donate to a travel fund at checkou t donations are being split 50% towards my worlds travel and 50% going to the Fly to EMEA Fund. Atien has contributed some EMEA exclusive prizes tha t will be raffled off during each round! Every round you play you will be entered into a drawing for EMEA prizes below. All players will be entered into the raffle (donation not required). šŸ‘€ šŸ„³\n\nWe will be playing 8 rounds of single sided swiss in the standard format with a cut to top 4 i f we have 16-47 players\, and a top 8 cut with 48+ players. This will be a lot of netrunner\, from my experience this is the best way to run a mediu m - large scale event.\nGames will be played on Jinteki.net. I will be coo rdinating the event through the Null Signal online events hub Discord serv er. You can join the server here. We will be using the #online-store-champ ionship channel for announcements.\nI plan to have event streamed\, if you have interest in commentating or helping stream please reach out to me on discord!\n\nAffordability My main goal in running this tournament online is to increase the accessibility of competitive netrunner. I have made an effort to keep the ticket price affordable\, but I want to make sure cost isn't a barrier for anyone who would like to join. If you are hesitant to play because of the cost you're welcome to use the discount code NETRUNNER 4EVERYONE for 100% off the ticket price ā¤ļø\nUPDATE: Almost all of th e free tickets I budgeted for have been claimed. I added another option fo r 50% off with the code HALFOFF. I'm hoping to make sure anyone who wants to play can participate. As of right now either code should work.\n\nAI di sclaimer: I "\;created/designed"\; the used art for the Hagen usin g generative AI tools. It is my goal as a TO to run the best possible even ts in order support our wonderful community. Art is a huge part of the com munity and I am actively seeking out more artist like Lenny and PiCat I ca n collaborate with for future projects. I personally feel very conflicted about generative AI. If you are an artist\, an artist supporter\, or anyon e curious to read more about my thoughts\, please check out this google do c ā¤ļøšŸ™ƒ\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

āž”ļø Get Your Ticket H ere! šŸ„³ šŸŒž šŸ¦‹ šŸ†

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I hope this tourna ment will help people prepare for the upcoming continentals season and/or play creative decks they would like to showcase on the international stage . šŸ˜ƒ I expect this will be another epic netrunner tournament bringing to gether new and old players of all levels for a wonderful day of connecting with friends and hacking servers šŸ„³

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āž”ļø Check my tim ezone Pla yer meeting at 14:00 UTC \, 10:00am Eastern USA\, 7:00 am PDT\nRound 1 sta rts 30 minutes later

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āž”ļø Buy Your Ticket Here! If you've never played in an online tournament before y ou get a playset of the Alt-art Drafters by Scott Uminga (while my supplie s last) šŸ¤©

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Optional fundraiser for netrun ner travel: There is an option to donate to a travel fund at chec kout donations are being split 50% towards my worlds travel and 50% going to the Fly to EMEA Fund. Atien has contributed some EMEA exclusive prizes that will be raffled off during each round! Every round y ou play you will be entered into a drawing for EMEA prizes below. All play ers will be entered into the raffle (donation not required). šŸ‘€ šŸ„³

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We will be playing 8 rounds of single sided swiss in the s tandard format with a cut to top 4 if we have 16-47 players\, and a top 8 cut with 48+ players. This will be a lot of netrunner\, from my experience this is the best way to run a medium - large scale event.

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Games w ill be played on Jinteki.net. I will be coordinating the event through the Null Signal online events hub Discord server. You can join the server here. We will be using the #online-store-championship channel for announcements.

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I plan to have event streamed\, if you have interest in commentating or helping s tream please reach out to me on discord!

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Affordabi lity My main goal in running this tournament online is to increas e the accessibility of competitive netrunner. I have made an effort to kee p the ticket price affordable\, but I want to make sure cost isn't a barrier for anyone who wo uld like to join. If you are hesitant to play because of the cost you're w elcome to use the discount code NETRUNNER4EVERYONE for 100% off the ticket price ā¤ļø

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UPDATE: Almost all of th e free tickets I budgeted for have been claimed. I added another option fo r 50% off with the code HALFOFF. I'm hoping to make sure anyone w ho wants to play can participate. As of right now either code should work.

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AI disclaimer: I "\;created/designed "\; the used art for the Hagen using generative AI tools. It is my goa l as a TO to run the best possible events in order support our wonderful c ommunity. Art is a huge part of the community and I am actively seeking ou t more artist like Lenny and PiCat I can collaborate with for future proje cts. I personally feel very conflicted about generative AI. If you are an artist\, an artist supporter\, or anyone curious to read more about my tho ughts\, please check out this google doc ā¤ļø šŸ™ƒ

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