The second season of Lockdown continues!

Time to say goodbye to the Standard meta of "the good old times" as NISEI rolls out new stuff - and what better way to do it than with a last Lockdown waltz in the "old fancy clothes" ;-)

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.

(A reminder that "local time" for this event = this)

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.
• 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...

THE EXPERIMENT CONTINUES! MAXIMUM LOCKDOWN v2.1 (with greetings to Dunsch97 & the Rosenheim City Grid)

Time to morph and mutate the additional extra incentives!
Both for Runner and Corp decks that meet any of the requirements listed below, your final ID score will be lowered by 1 (one) extra ID point for each requirement that you meet. How does that work in quasi-mathematical terms?

1. You choose a Runner and a Corp from the pool the sum of which does not exceed -1 or 10 (as per the usual Lockdown rules).
2. You build your decks following the regular deck building rules and the Lockdown ban lists.
3. You check them for the optional requirements below.
4. If your decks meet a requirement, your final ID score is lowered by 1 ID point for each requirement met per each deck (to a maximum of 8 minus points if both your decks meet all the optional requirements).

All of the following are optional and each one is worth 1 ID point for the purpose of the tiebreaker ID score:

• The deck uses 2/3rds of the IDs printed influence points (rounded up to the nearest full number) (that means: 17 for 25 influence point IDs, 12 for 17 influence point IDs, 10 for 15 influence point IDs, 8 for 12 influence point IDs, 7 for 10 influence point IDs)
• 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 cards of all different types available for the side (Corps: Asset, Upgrade, ICE, Operation // Runners: Event, Program, Hardware, Resource).
• The deck is bigger by at least 4 cards (Runners) (than the printed card minimum of the ID) or smaller by at least 3 cards (Corps) (than the printed card minimum + agenda point modifier of +4 cards). For example, if your ID says that the smallest amount of cards you can have is 45 for CORP, you need to have at most 46 cards AND 20 Agenda Points in it for it to meet this requirement (or 22 Agenda Points and 51 cards, etc.). For a 45 card minimum RUNNER deck, the requirement would be at least 49 cards in the deck (or 54 for a 50 card minimum, etc.)

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), please put "DNS" at the end of your table name on jinteki.net during the tournament (but do allow spectators, for TO calls!). All requests to not be streamed will be honoured. You can absolutely change your mind about being on/off stream in between rounds - just don't forget to use the "DNS" code, it will make my life much easier, thanks!

If you want to co-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
• Bellona
• Border Control
• City Works Project
• Cyberdex Sandbox
• Engram Flush
• Hard-Hitting News
• Jinja City Grid
• Mass Commercialization
• NGO Front
• Obokata Protocol
• Project Vitrivius
• Team Sponsorship

Corp ID cost

10

Asa Group: Security Through Vigilance
Jinteki: Personal Evolution
Jinteki: Replicating Perfection

9

AgInfusion: New Miracles for a New World
Argus Security: Protection Guaranteed
NBN: Controlling the Message
Pālanā Foods: Sustainable Growth
Sportsmetal: Go Big or Go Home
The Outfit: Family Owned and Operated
Titan Transnational: Investing In Your Future

8

Blue Sun: Powering the Future

7

None this time!

6

Chronos Protocol: Selective Mind-mapping
Earth Station: SEA Headquarters
GameNET: Where Dreams are Real
MirrorMorph: Endless Iteration
SYNC: Everything, Everywhere

5

Acme Consulting: The Truth You Need
Haas-Bioroid: Architects of Tomorrow

4

Jemison Astronautics: Sacrifice. Audacity. Success.
Saraswati Mnemonics: Endless Exploration
SSO Industries: Fueling Innovation

3

Haarpsichord Studios: Entertainment Unleashed
Spark Agency: Worldswide Reach
Tennin Institute: The Secrets Within
Weyland Consortium: Builder of Nations

2

Haas-Bioroid: Stronger Together
Hyoubu Institute: Absolute Clarity
Jinteki Biotech: Life Imagined
Nisei Division: The Next Generation
Seidr Laboratories: Destiny Defined
Weyland Consortium: Building a Better World

1

Harishchandra Ent.: Where You're the Star
NBN: Making News

0

Cybernetics Division: Humanity Upgraded
Harmony Medtech: Biomedical Pioneer

-1

New Angeles Sol: Your News

BANNED RUNNER CARDS

• Standard Ban List 20.09
• Diversion of Funds
• Falsified Credentials
• Indexing
• Legwork
• Maker's Eye
• Medium
• Paperclip
• Paragon
• Pelangi
• Rebirth
• Simulchip
• Stargate
• Stimhack
• The Turning Wheel

Runner ID cost

10

419: Amoral Scammer
Armand "Geist" Walker: Tech Lord
Hayley Kaplan: Universal Scholar
Hoshiko Shiro: Untold Protagonist
Leela Patel: Trained Pragmatist

9

Freedom Khumalo: Crypto-Anarchist
Valencia Estevez: The Angel of Cayambe

8

Ele "Smoke" Scovak: Cynosure of the Net
Sunny Lebeau: Security Specialist

7

Lat: Ethical Freelancer
Rielle "Kit" Peddler: Transhuman

6

Adam: Compulsive Hacker
Edward Kim: Humanity's Hammer
Kabonesa Wu: Netspace Thrillseeker
MaxX: Maximum Punk Rock

5

Ken "Express" Tenma: Disappeared Clone
Reina Roja: Freedom Fighter
Alice Merchant: Clan Agitator
Omar Keung: Conspiracy Theorist

4

Az McCaffrey: Mechanical Prodigy

3

None this time!

2

Akiko Nisei: Head Case
Jesminder Sareen: Girl Behind the Curtain
Los: Data Hijacker
Quetzal: Free Spirit

1

Gabriel Santiago: Consummate Professional
Chaos Theory: Wünderkind
Nathaniel "Gnat" Hall: One-of-a-Kind
Silhouette: Stealth Operative

0

Apex: Invasive Predator
Iain Stirling: Retired Spook
Khan: Savvy Skiptracer
Laramy Fisk: Savvy Investor
Nero Severn: Information Broker
Null: Whistleblower

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