BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:alwaysberunning.net-event-4527 METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4527alwaysberunningnet DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241117T100000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE STATUS:CONFIRMED DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241117T235900 URL:https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/4527/-uk-nationals-2024-classiq ue- LOCATION:Ashton Court Estate\, Long Ashton\, Bristol BS41 9JN\, UK SUMMARY:🇬🇧🦖 UK Nationals 2024 - Classique 🦖🇬🇧 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:\nOUR EVENT HAS MOVED!!\nWe have been informed that unfortunate ly SPARKS\, our venue for UK Nationals 2024\, has cancelled on us after fl ooding due to a burst pipe. However\, we are NOT cancelling the event. The same organisation that runs SPARKS has offered us use of another venue\, and we believe that we will be able to run UK Nats as advertised at that v enue\, with your help and goodwill.\nThis information is being posted both on discord/slack and sent to all ticketholders via email - please help us out by making sure that everyone who you know is attending sees this\, an d if you bought a ticket for someone else please ensure they receive this information ASAP.\nThe new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, Lon g Ashton\, BS41 9JN.\nCiara Maxey Memorial Classique\nIn this event\, play ers will compete in pods with pairs of curated decks from Netrunner's past \, ideal for long standing players looking to relive some of the highlight s of Netrunner past or newer players who want a chance to look back at wha t Netrunner used to be.\nRead on for more information as to which decks ha ve been selected and detailed strategy guides.\nAs is tradition this event is held in the memory of beloved community member Ciara.💜\nTickets\nIn order to play in this event you must purchase a ticket to the main event\ , that will cover you for entry into this event.\nAdditionally a pay-what- you-want ticket fee will be payable on the day\, 100% of which will be don ated to the chairty Mermaids UK who supporting trans\, non-binary and gend er-diverse children\, young people and their families.\nLink to buy ticket s\nFormat\nThe matchups for this year's tournament are:\n\nPE V Andromeda (from the finals of Worlds 2014)\nFoodcoats Vs Book of Kate\nCtM Vs Whizza rd\nSpace Tempo Vs A Damn Good Deck (Adam fans rejoice)\n\nDetailed writeu ps for all of these decks are soon to come but for now you can see the ful l lists here:\nLink to decklists\nThe event will be split into multiple po ds of up to 8 players\, with each pod seperately competing against one ano ther. In each round you will be paired against 1 opponent\, assigned a mat chup that you have not played before and play both sides of it.\nAll decks will be provided to you so you don't even need to bring your own decks to this event!\nSchedule\n9:00am - Registration\n10:00am - Rounds 1-2\n12:40 pm - Lunch Break\n13:30pm - Rounds 3-4\n16:10pm - Finish\nVenue Change!\nN ew Venue\nThe new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, Long Ashton\ , BS41 9JN. The building is fully wheelchair accessible and we are being g iven use of several spaces inside to accommodate fixed seating and the str eam. There is wi-fi available\, but for the time being we are planning to stick to our policy of restricting access to that in order to prioritise t he stream.\nHowever\, Ashton Court is a little way out of Bristol City Cen tre - approximately 15-20 minutes’ drive or 45 minutes by bus from Brist ol Temple Meads train station. In addition\, the building itself is 10-12 minutes’ walk up a long driveway from the nearby bus stops.\nTravel\nWe are exploring several options for helping attendees traverse the extra dis tance to the new venue. Firstly\, we ask that any attendees who have a car and are able to make trips from Bristol city centre to Ashton Court at th e start or end of any of the days please make themselves known to us so th at we can arrange carpooling for those without vehicles. There is free par king available at the venue. We will be coordinating this in the below thr ead\, so please post there if you are able to help.\nWe are aware that thi s extra travel may create an obstacle for some attendees who have physical access needs or who had not budgeted for it in their planning. If you hav e particular needs in terms of transport or access\, or your financial sit uation is such that the cost of this extra transport would be a barrier to your participation in the event\, please contact us using the details bel ow. We will coordinate transport (likely via taxi) for those who need it f or these reasons\, using the event budget.\nIn addition\, in order to assi st people in making the journey from the edge of the Ashton Court estate t o the venue building\, we will be running a volunteer shuttle service. If you have a vehicle\, will be driving to the venue\, and are willing to hel p shuttle people at the start or end of any of the days\, please get in to uch.\nFood\nAshton Court does not have the facilities to cater for the num ber of attendees we are expecting\, and given the size of the estate it is not close enough to other places where attendees could buy food in a time ly fashion. As such\, we recommend that all attendees make plans to bring food for themselves for each day that they attend\, especially on Saturday which will be a long day.\nIn addition\, we will be sourcing a large quan tity of vegan\, nut-free snacks which we will make available at cost price in the venue\, for payment by cash or card. Please do not assume that thi s tuck shop will be able to adequately feed you for the whole event.\nPriz ing\nAs a partion prize for this event you will recieve a 'Trans Lives Mat ter' sticker from The Tag Mill (for which a seperate donation has already been made to Mermaids UK)\n\nAdditionally the winner of any classique pod will be awarded a lovely Begemot alt-art from Irish Nationals\n\nAdditiona l prizing yet to be announced.\nVolunteering\nWe are looking for lots of v olunteers to help with reporting results and pairings\, judging games\, ru nning and commentating the stream\, setting up\, running side events and m uch much more.\nAll attendees who volunteer during the main event on Satur day will get free entry into all side events and will not need to buy a ti cket. If you plan to play on Saturday but volunteer on other days\, we are very grateful for your help but you will still need to buy a ticket!\nLin k to sign-up form\nContact\nDiscord: @not_yeti\nemail: ewanmilneu@gmail.co m\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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OUR EVENT HAS MOVED!!

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We have been informed that unfortunately SPARKS\, our venu e for UK Nationals 2024\, has cancelled on us after flooding due to a burs t pipe. However\, we are NOT cancelling the event. The same organisation t hat runs SPARKS has offered us use of another venue\, and we believe that we will be able to run UK Nats as advertised at that venue\, with your hel p and goodwill.

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This information is being posted both on discord/s lack and sent to all ticketholders via email - please help us out by makin g sure that everyone who you know is attending sees this\, and if you boug ht a ticket for someone else please ensure they receive this information A SAP.

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The new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, L ong Ashton\, BS41 9JN.

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Ciara Maxey Memorial Classique\n

In this event\, players will compete in pods with pairs of curated decks from Netrunner's past\, ideal for long standing players looking to r elive some of the highlights of Netrunner past or newer players who want a chance to look back at what Netrunner used to be.

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Read on for mor e information as to which decks have been selected and detailed strategy g uides.

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As is tradition this event is held in the memory of beloved community member Ciara.💜

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Tickets

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In order to play in this event you must purchase a ticket to the main event\, that will cover you for entry into this event.

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Additionally a pay-what-you-want t icket fee will be payable on the day\, 100% of which will be donated to th e chairty Mermaids UK who suppo rting trans\, non-binary and gender-diverse children\, young people and th eir families.

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Link to buy tickets

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For mat

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The matchups for this year's tournament are:

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Detailed writeups for all of these decks are soon to come but for now you can see the full lists here:

\n< p>Link to decklists

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The event will be split into multiple pods of up to 8 players\, with each pod seperately competing against one another. In each round you will be paired against 1 opponent\, assigned a matchup that you have not played before a nd play both sides of it.

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All decks will be provided to you so you don't even need to bring your own decks to this event!

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Schedule< /h2>\n

9:00am - Registration\n10:00am - Rounds 1-2\n12:40pm - Lunch Brea k\n13:30pm - Rounds 3-4\n16:10pm - Finish

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Venue Change!

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New Venue

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The new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mans ion\, Long Ashton\, BS41 9JN. The building is fully wheelchair ac cessible and we are being given use of several spaces inside to accommodat e fixed seating and the stream. There is wi-fi available\, but for the tim e being we are planning to stick to our policy of restricting access to th at in order to prioritise the stream.

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However\, Ashton Court is a little way out of Bristol City Centre - approximately 15-20 minutes’ dri ve or 45 minutes by bus from Bristol Temple Meads train station. In additi on\, the building itself is 10-12 minutes’ walk up a long driveway from the nearby bus stops.

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Travel

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We are exploring several op tions for helping attendees traverse the extra distance to the new venue. Firstly\, we ask that any attendees who have a car and are able to make tr ips from Bristol city centre to Ashton Court at the start or end of any of the days please make themselves known to us so that we can arrange carpoo ling for those without vehicles. There is free parking available at the ve nue. We will be coordinating this in the below thread\, so please post the re if you are able to help.

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We are aware that this extra travel ma y create an obstacle for some attendees who have physical access needs or who had not budgeted for it in their planning. If you have particular need s in terms of transport or access\, or your financial situation is such th at the cost of this extra transport would be a barrier to your participati on in the event\, please contact us using the details below. We will coord inate transport (likely via taxi) for those who need it for these reasons\ , using the event budget.

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In addition\, in order to assist people in making the journey from the edge of the Ashton Court estate to the venu e building\, we will be running a volunteer shuttle service. If you have a vehicle\, will be driving to the venue\, and are willing to help shuttle people at the start or end of any of the days\, please get in touch.

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Food

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Ashton Court does not have the facilities to cater for t he number of attendees we are expecting\, and given the size of the estate it is not close enough to other places where attendees could buy food in a timely fashion. As such\, we recommend that all attendees make plans to bring food for themselves for each day that they attend\, especially on Sa turday which will be a long day.

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In addition\, we will be sourcing a large quantity of vegan\, nut-free snacks which we will make available at cost price in the venue\, for payment by cash or card. Please do not as sume that this tuck shop will be able to adequately feed you for the whole event.

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Prizing

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As a partion prize for this event you wi ll recieve a 'Trans Lives Matter' sticker from The Tag Mill (for which a s eperate donation has already been made to Mermaids UK)

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Additionally t he winner of any classique pod will be awarded a lovely Begemot alt-art fr om Irish Nationals

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Additional prizing yet to be announced.< /p>\n

Volunteering

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We are looking for lots of volunteers to he lp with reporting results and pairings\, judging games\, running and comme ntating the stream\, setting up\, running side events and much much more.< /p>\n

All attendees who volunteer during the main event on Saturday will get free entry into all side events and will not need to buy a ticket. If you plan to play on Saturday but volunteer on other days\, we are very gr ateful for your help but you will still need to buy a ticket!

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Link to sign-up form

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Contact

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Discord: @not_yeti\nemail: ewanmilne u@gmail.com

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