Welcome to the second season of Lockdown! Possibly the most locked down format of them all...

Anyone and everyone is welcome to sign up, as long as you can participate in both the Swiss rounds (4) and the Top Cut games (double elimination).

Dropping out for whatever reason is allowed but will make us all sad. You have been warned.

Registration

Actual registration ONLY THROUGH THIS FORM - if you registered via ABR, you are not automatically included in the event, sorry! This is due to the specific requirements for player/deck information before the game.

Technical requirements

• a stable internet connection
• access to jinteki.net
• access to Discord - discordapp.com (voice communications optional but encouraged) - tournament channel is here - join the #lockdown channel and use the #roles channel to assign the Lockdown role to your account

Event structure:

1. Player meeting on Discord (around 20 minutes before start of Round 1)
2. 4 Swiss rounds of 65 minutes maximum each. Breaks of 5-10 minutes between each round, as required, at TO's discrection.
3. X minute break before Top Cut (as agreed with the Top Cut Players)
4. Top 4 Cut - double elimination (40 minute per game). Decklists might be public, depending on the joint decision of the Top 4 Cut participants. The games in the Final are not timed.
5. Finalist stream chat + Q&A!

ID choice & deckbuilding restrictions

• Each legal Runner and Corp ID has a score attributed to it, going from -1 (special case) up to 10. The scores are calculated from the ratings provided by members of the Lockdown Council (all Top 4 players from all previous editions).
• Players are allowed to freely pick any Runner and Corp ID to participate with, as long as the sum of their scores (their "ID score") is 10 or less.
• As an extra incentive to pick less powerful/popular IDs and diversify the field, the "ID score" is considered the primary tie breaker for Swiss ranking in this format. For example, if two players both are at 12 tournament points after round four of Swiss, the player with an "ID score" of 4 would be higher ranked than the player with a score of 9. In case of a tie, Strength of Schedule and extended SoS will still determine ranking as per usual. Ah, one more thing...

EXPERIMENT TIME! EVEN MORE LOCKDOWN!

Additional extra incentives! Both for Runner and Corp decks that meet any of the requirements listed below, you will be awarded a tie-breaker modifier. This means that your ID score will be downgraded (= made better in comparison to others) for each of the requirements your decks meet to make it more competitive:

• The deck uses fewer than the maximum allowed influence points for the ID it has.
• The deck includes only incomplete play sets of all cards in it (fewer than 3 copies of a card in most cases, fewer than 6 or 1 copy in other cases, as per text on the card).
• The deck does not include any neutral cards.

For example, if both of your decks meet all of the above requirements, you will be ranked better against players with the same ID score whose decks meet fewer requirements. Will you dare going... MAXIMUM LOCKDOWN?

Outside of these rules, the game plays identically to Standard format. Rotation and the latest Ban List are in effect (in this case SBL 20.09).

Question: Does the ID point limit count for using DJ Fenris ?
Answer: YES IT DOES - YOU CAN'T dance to DJ FENRIS with another RUNNER that has an illegal/excessive ID cost.
Runner ID + Corp ID + Runner ID hosted on DJ Fenris have to have an ID cost equal to or lower than 10

Streaming

There will be streaming happening, mainly via Twitch. All explicit requests to be streamed will be considered.

If you are not OK with being on the stream with your game(s), you will be asked to put "DNS" at the end of your table name on jinteki.net during the tournament. All requests to not be streamed will be honoured.

If you want to stream the event, please coordinate with the TO to avoid crossing the streams (they say it's dangerous). Also, consider getting a free listing in the community directory.

BANNED CORP CARDS

• Standard Ban List 20.09
• Anansi
• Bio Vault
• Biotic Labor
• Border Control
• Cyberdex Sandbox
• Daily Quest
• Global Food Initiative
• Hedge Fund
• Jeeves Model Bioroids
• Project Atlas
• Project Beale
• Project Vitruvius
• Project Yagi-Uda
• Rashida Jaheem
• Reconstruction Contract
• Slot Machine

Corp ID cost

10 points

AgInfusion: New Miracles for a New World
Asa Group: Security Through Vigilance
Pālanā Foods: Sustainable Growth
The Outfit: Family Owned and Operated
Titan Transnational: Investing In Your Future

9 points

Argus Security: Protection Guaranteed
Jinteki: Personal Evolution
Sportsmetal: Go Big or Go Home

8 points

Jinteki: Replicating Perfection
NBN: Controlling the Message

7 points

Blue Sun: Powering the Future
MirrorMorph: Endless Iteration

6 points

Earth Station: SEA Headquarters
Saraswati Mnemonics: Endless Exploration

5 points

Chronos Protocol: Selective Mind-mapping
Jemison Astronautics: Sacrifice. Audacity. Success.
SYNC: Everything, Everywhere

4 points

Acme Consulting: The Truth You Need
GameNET: Where Dreams are Real
SSO Industries: Fueling Innovation
Weyland Consortium: Builder of Nations

3 points

Haarpsichord Studios: Entertainment Unleashed
Haas-Bioroid: Architects of Tomorrow
Hyoubu Institute: Absolute Clarity
Jinteki Biotech: Life Imagined
Nisei Division: The Next Generation
Tennin Institute: The Secrets Within
Weyland Consortium: Building a Better World

2 points

Seidr Laboratories: Destiny Defined
Spark Agency: Worldswide Reach

1 point

Cybernetics Division: Humanity Upgraded
Haas-Bioroid: Stronger Together
Harishchandra Ent.: Where You're the Star
Harmony Medtech: Biomedical Pioneer
NBN: Making News

0 points

Not this time ;-)

-1 point

New Angeles Sol: Your News

BANNED RUNNER CARDS

• Standard Ban List 20.09
• Boomerang
• Bravado
• Daily Casts
• Diesel
• Dirty Laundry
• Diversion of Funds
• Engolo
• Self-modifying Code
• Stargate
• Stimhack
• Street Peddler
• Sure Gamble
• The Turning Wheel

Runner ID cost

10 points

Armand "Geist" Walker: Tech Lord
Freedom Khumalo: Crypto-Anarchist
Hayley Kaplan: Universal Scholar
Hoshiko Shiro: Untold Protagonist
Leela Patel: Trained Pragmatist
Valencia Estevez: The Angel of Cayambe

9 points

419: Amoral Scammer
Adam: Compulsive Hacker

8 points

Ele "Smoke" Scovak: Cynosure of the Net
Rielle "Kit" Peddler: Transhuman

7 points

Ken "Express" Tenma: Disappeared Clone
Lat: Ethical Freelancer
MaxX: Maximum Punk Rock
Sunny Lebeau: Security Specialist

6 points

Alice Merchant: Clan Agitator
Edward Kim: Humanity's Hammer

5 points

Omar Keung: Conspiracy Theorist

4 points

Akiko Nisei: Head Case
Kabonesa Wu: Netspace Thrillseeker
Reina Roja: Freedom Fighter

3 points

Not this time ;-)

2 points

Az McCaffrey: Mechanical Prodigy
Chaos Theory: Wünderkind
Jesminder Sareen: Girl Behind the Curtain
Laramy Fisk: Savvy Investor
Nathaniel "Gnat" Hall: One-of-a-Kind

1 point

Gabriel Santiago: Consummate Professional
Iain Stirling: Retired Spook
Quetzal: Free Spirit

0 points

Apex: Invasive Predator
Khan: Savvy Skiptracer
Los: Data Hijacker
Nero Severn: Information Broker
Null: Whistleblower
Silhouette: Stealth Operative

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