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 bot h on discord/slack and sent to all ticketholders via email - please help u s out by making sure that everyone who you know is attending sees this\, a nd 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\, Lo ng Ashton\, BS41 9JN.\nCiara Maxey Memorial Classique\nIn this event\, pla yers will compete in pods with pairs of curated decks from Netrunner's pas t\, ideal for long standing players looking to relive some of the highligh ts of Netrunner past or newer players who want a chance to look back at wh at Netrunner used to be.\nRead on for more information as to which decks h ave been selected and detailed strategy guides.\nAs is tradition this even t is held in the memory of beloved community member Ciara.💜\nTickets\nI n 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 do nated to the chairty Mermaids UK who supporting trans\, non-binary and gen der-diverse children\, young people and their families.\nLink to buy ticke ts\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 Whiz zard \nSpace Tempo Vs A Damn Good Deck (Adam fans rejoice)\n\nDetailed wri teups for all of these decks are soon to come but for now you can see the full lists here: \nLink to decklists\nThe event will be split into multipl e 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 and play both sides of it.\nAll d ecks will be provided to you so you don't even need to bring your own deck s to this event!\nSchedule\n9:00am - Registration\n10:00am - Rounds 1-2\n1 2:40pm - Lunch Break\n13:30pm - Rounds 3-4\n16:10pm - Finish\nVenue Change !\nNew Venue\nThe new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, Long Ash ton\, BS41 9JN. The building is fully wheelchair accessible and we are bei ng given use of several spaces inside to accommodate fixed seating and the stream. 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 prioriti se the stream.\nHowever\, Ashton Court is a little way out of Bristol City Centre - approximately 15-20 minutes’ drive or 45 minutes by bus from B ristol 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 distance 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 a t the start or end of any of the days please make themselves known to us s o that we can arrange carpooling for those without vehicles. There is free parking available at the venue. We will be coordinating this in the below thread\, so please post there if you are able to help.\nWe are aware that this extra travel may create an obstacle for some attendees who have phys ical access needs or who had not budgeted for it in their planning. If you have particular needs in terms of transport or access\, or your financial situation is such that the cost of this extra transport would be a barrie r to your participation in the event\, please contact us using the details below. We will coordinate transport (likely via taxi) for those who need it for these reasons\, using the event budget.\nIn addition\, in order to assist people in making the journey from the edge of the Ashton Court esta te to 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 help shuttle people at the start or end of any of the days\, please get i n touch.\nFood\nAshton Court does not have the facilities to cater for the number of attendees we are expecting\, and given the size of the estate i t 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 br ing food for themselves for each day that they attend\, especially on Satu rday which will be a long day.\nIn addition\, we will be sourcing a large quantity of vegan\, nut-free snacks which we will make available at cost p rice in the venue\, for payment by cash or card. Please do not assume that this tuck shop will be able to adequately feed you for the whole event.\n Prizing\nAs a partion prize for this event you will recieve a 'Trans Lives Matter' sticker from The Tag Mill (for which a seperate donation has alre ady 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\nAddit ional prizing yet to be announced.\nVolunteering\nWe are looking for lots of volunteers to help with reporting results and pairings\, judging games\ , running and commentating the stream\, setting up\, running side events a nd much much more.\nAll attendees who volunteer during the main event on S aturday 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 grateful for your help but you will still need to buy a ticket!\ nLink to sign-up form\nContact\nDiscord: @not_yeti\nemail: ewanmilneu@gmai l.com 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/ slack and sent to all ticketholders via email - please help us out by maki ng sure that everyone who you know is attending sees this\, and if you bou ght a ticket for someone else please ensure they receive this information ASAP.

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The new venue for UK Nats is Ashton Court Mansion\, Long 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 relive 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 mo re information as to which decks have been selected and detailed strategy guides.

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

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Tickets

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In order to play i n this event you must purchase a ticket to the main event\, that will cove r you for entry into this event.

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Additionally a pay-what-you-want ticket fee will be payable on the day\, 100% of which will be donated to t he chairty Mermaids UK who supp orting trans\, non-binary and gender-diverse children\, young people and t heir families.

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Link to buy tickets

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Fo rmat

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The matchups for this year's tournament are:

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

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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 pa ired against 1 opponent\, assigned a matchup that you have not played befo re and 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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Sched ule

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9:00am - Registration\n10:00am - Rounds 1-2\n12:40pm - Lunch Break\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 Mansion\, Long Ashton\, BS41 9JN. The building is fully wheelchai r accessible and we are being given use of several spaces inside to accomm odate fixed seating and the stream. There is wi-fi available\, but for the time being we are planning to stick to our policy of restricting access t o that in order to prioritise the stream.

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However\, Ashton Court i s a little way out of Bristol City Centre - approximately 15-20 minutes’ drive or 45 minutes by bus from Bristol Temple Meads train station. In ad dition\, the building itself is 10-12 minutes’ walk up a long driveway f rom the nearby bus stops.

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Travel

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We are exploring severa l options for helping attendees traverse the extra distance to the new ven ue. Firstly\, we ask that any attendees who have a car and are able to mak e trips from Bristol city centre to Ashton Court at the start or end of an y of the days please make themselves known to us so that we can arrange ca rpooling for those without vehicles. There is free parking available at th e venue. We will be coordinating this in the below thread\, so please post there if you are able to help.

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We are aware that this extra trave l may 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 needs in terms of transport or access\, or your financial situation is suc h that the cost of this extra transport would be a barrier to your partici pation in the event\, please contact us using the details below. We will c oordinate transport (likely via taxi) for those who need it for these reas ons\, using the event budget.

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

Food

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Ashton Court does not have the facilities to cater f or the number of attendees we are expecting\, and given the size of the es tate 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 o n Saturday which will be a long day.

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In addition\, we will be sour cing a large quantity of vegan\, nut-free snacks which we will make availa ble at cost price in the venue\, for payment by cash or card. Please do no t assume that this tuck shop will be able to adequately feed you for the w hole event.

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Prizing

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As a partion prize for this event yo u will recieve a 'Trans Lives Matter' sticker from The Tag Mill (for which a seperate donation has already been made to Mermaids UK)

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\"Trans

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Additional ly the winner of any classique pod will be awarded a lovely Begemot alt-ar t from Irish Nationals

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\"Begemot

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Additional prizing yet to be announc ed.

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Volunteering

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We are looking for lots of volunteers t o help with reporting results and pairings\, judging games\, running and c ommentating the stream\, setting up\, running side events and much much mo re.

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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 ver y grateful for your help but you will still need to buy a ticket!

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Link to sign-up fo rm

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Contact

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Discord: @not_yeti\nemail: ewanm ilneu@gmail.com

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