BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:alwaysberunning.net-event-6 METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6alwaysberunningnet DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20160902T220000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE STATUS:CONFIRMED DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20160903T115900 URL:https://alwaysberunning.net/tournaments/6/new-zealand-nationals-2016 SUMMARY:New Zealand Nationals 2016 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:New Zealand Nationals 2016\n\n4th NZ Nationals was the bomdigi! This year\, the decision was made to host the event in the South Island ( little ol' New Zealand is indeed divided into two major land masses)\, but the weekend was no less fantastic for it. 21 people ended up attending fr om all corners of the country. There were players from Christchurch (the h osting city)\, Wellington\, Auckland\, and even Hamilton present. Packs up to Blood Money were legal for the event. Suffice to say\, there were a lo t of Temujin Criminals present.\n\nAnd a lot of them came from Auckland\, the largest city of New Zealand. There is a semi-derogatory term for Auckl anders in New Zealand called "\;JAFA"\; (Just Another F** Auckland er). The Auckland players decided to embrace this term for their Just Anot her F** Andromeda. Behold!\n\nTop 8 Crew Top left to top right: Michael\, Matt\, Willam\, Robin. Bottom left to bottom right: Egor\, Luke\, Jay & \; David\nHere are the overall stats.\nAs usual NBN was dominating the top of the field\, out-performing their overall attendance. HB was the only o ther corp to make the cut\, underperforming its overall attendance (althou gh worth noting that HB was both 2nd and 3rd so both top-cut HB players di d reasonably well). The runner meta was reasonably diverse\, with 3 Anarch s\, 3 Criminals and 2 Shapers in the top-cut. With Blood Money recently re leased\, it is a good time to be a runner\, with many viable archetypes av ailable.\nBig congrats to the ever-affable Robin Candy for the win!\n\nI t hink they both won\, if their faces are any indication. David (2nd place\, left) and Robin (1st place\, right).\nChaos Theory with Security Nexus as her console. "\;But she doesn't even have a base link?"\; "\; But she doesn't get the Kate discount?"\; "\;How are we meant to e ven process this?"\; "\;What is love?"\; (Baby\, don't hurt me ...). For a fuller justification of the decisions behind using Chaos Theor y instead of Kate\, peep the NetrunnerDB link to Robin's deck. Put simply though: Kate's anti-synergy with Personal Workshop\, Chaos Theory's extra MU aiding in housing the MU-expensive Magnum Opus and SMC with room to spa re\, CT's reduced setup time and thus higher likelihood of seeing a turn 1 Mopus\, and Robin's fierce loyalty to the beloved Wünderkind. Props\, ma n.\nWe upped our streaming game this year\, which allowed us to be able to get the top 8 videos turned around in less than a week. That's impressive (if we do say so ourselves)!\n\nTop table swiss round\, game 4. William T urner (left) vs Michael Walsh (right)\n\nCommentary team From left to righ t: Donald Bubbins\, Dominic Shelton\, William Turner\, Mark Blackman.\nVid eos of the event can be found on our YouTube page. \nHUGE shout out to Mar k (@zwarbo) for helping out so much on video stream\, commentary\, set up &\; post event video editing.\nHUGE shout out to Donald (@guv_bubbs) fo r organising the tournament\, helping people find the location\, find acco mmodation\, and just generally being a fantastic fellow to have around for the community. We all love you Donald.\nThanks to Dominic for making all the on-screen elements for the stream. \nThanks to Nigel for supporting th e event from afar. Both financially and in spirit. \nThanks to Michael\, D avid\, Matthew\, Luke &\; Ben for hosting all the out-of-towners.\nAnd thanks to all the out-of-towners for coming down! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

New Zealand Nationals 2016

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4th NZ Nationals was the bomdigi! This year\, the decision was made to host the event in t he South Island (little ol' New Zealand is indeed divided into two major l and masses)\, but the weekend was no less fantastic for it. 21 people ende d up attending from all corners of the country. There were players from Ch ristchurch (the hosting city)\, Wellington\, Auckland\, and even Hamilton present. Packs up to Blood Money were legal for the event. Suffice to say\ , there were a lot of Temujin Criminals present.

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And a lot of them came from Auckland\, the largest city of New Zealand. There is a semi-derogato ry term for Aucklanders in New Zealand called "\;JAFA"\; (Just Ano ther F** Aucklander). The Auckland players decided to emb race this term for their Just Another F** Andromeda. Beho ld!

$\"Top$ \nTop 8 Crew Top left to top right: Michael\, Matt\, Willam\, Robin. Bottom left to bottom right: Egor\, Luke\, Jay &\; David

Here are the overall stats.

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As usual NBN was dominating the top of the field\, out-performing thei r overall attendance. HB was the only other corp to make the cut\, underpe rforming its overall attendance (although worth noting that HB was both 2n d and 3rd so both top-cut HB players did reasonably well). The runner meta was reasonably diverse\, with 3 Anarchs\, 3 Criminals and 2 Shapers in th e top-cut. With Blood Money recently released\, it is a good time to be a runner\, with many viable archetypes available.

Big congrats to th e ever-affable Robin Candy for the win!\n $\"enter$ \nI think they both won\, if their faces are any indication. David (2nd place\, left ) and Robin (1st place\, right).

Chaos Theory with Security Nexus as her console. "\;But she doesn't even have a base link?"\; " \;But she doesn't get the Kate discount?"\; "\;How are we meant to even process this?"\; "\;What is love?"\; (Baby\, don't hurt me...). For a fuller justification of the decisions behind using Chaos The ory instead of Kate\, peep the NetrunnerDB link to Robin's deck. Put simply though: Kate's anti-synergy with Personal Workshop\, Chaos Theory's extra MU aiding in housing the MU-expensive Magnum Opus an d SMC with room to spare\, CT's reduced setup time and thus higher likelih ood of seeing a turn 1 Mopus\, and Robin's fierce loyalty to the beloved W ünderkind. Props\, man.

We upped our streaming game this year\, w hich allowed us to be able to get the top 8 videos turned around in less t han a week. That's impressive (if we do say so ourselves)!

$\"enter$ \nTop table swiss round\, game 4. William Turner (left) vs Michael Walsh (right)

$\"enter$ \nCommentary team Fro m left to right: Donald Bubbins\, Dominic Shelton\, William Turner\, Mark Blackman.

Videos of the event can be found on our YouTu be page.

HUGE shout out to Mark (@zwarbo) for helping out so much on video stream\, commentary\, set up &\; post event video editing .

HUGE shout out to Donald (@guv_bubbs) for organising the tournam ent\, helping people find the location\, find accommodation\, and just gen erally being a fantastic fellow to have around for the community. We all l ove you Donald.

Thanks to Dominic for making all the on-screen ele ments for the stream.

Thanks to Nigel for supporting the event fr om afar. Both financially and in spirit.

Thanks to Michael\, Davi d\, Matthew\, Luke &\; Ben for hosting all the out-of-towners.

And thanks to all the out-of-towners for coming down!

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