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Intro

UK Nationals is coming back to Sheffield, and being hosted in Patriot Games' gigantic new store! We're excited to welcome people back and aim to make this a fun long weekend of Netrunner and socialising. This is the listing for the main event, but the overall outline of the weekend is:

Friday 25th: Team tournament (teams of 3) - see separate listing
Saturday 26th: Main event swiss
Sunday 27th: Main event cut + side events (startup + classique)

Timings

Swiss rounds of the main event will be on Saturday 26th. The store will open at 09:00, with registration from 09:15. We aim to start round 1 at 10:00.

On the Sunday, the store will open at 10:00 with the top cut signing in at 10:15 and the cut starting at 10:30. Side events will also start at 10:30 (you can sign up for side events during the day on the Saturday).

Format

The main event will be standard format. Decklists are REQUIRED and must be submitted on paper on the day. The main event is a 'competitive' tier event for the purposes of judge calls and floor rules.

The number of Swiss rounds depends on player numbers, but is likely to be between 5 and 7. Rounds will be 65 minutes. We will not use the optional additional tiebreak rounds, so cut will be determined on SoS and ESoS.

Proxies & Alt Arts

Printed proxies and alt arts are allowed as long as they are legible, approved by the TO before the event begins, in good taste, and indistinguishable from other cards when sleeved. If you do not have access to a printer, then please contact the TO (Paul Gillibrand) at least 2 days before the event and he will help with proxy printing. That said, please be considerate to your opponents (and maybe stream viewers) when building your decks and stick mostly to official arts where possible (whether cards or proxies). Thanks!

Card Sleeves

Please pay particular care and attention to your card sleeves to ensure they are unmarked and fully opaque (especially when using mixed card backs) as the Nisei / Null Signal Games card backs in particular can show through many 'opaque' sleeves. If you have any concerns about if your sleeves are ok, please come and chat to a judge before the event starts. The venue will, of course, have suitable sleeves available to purchase!

Prize support

Early Bird: The first 80 people to buy tickets will receive 1 colour mark die (HQ, R&D, Archives faces) which can be used to randomise your Mark for the new Midnight Sun criminal cards.

Participation: TBC special alt art for UK nationals

Top 64: 3x Drafter alt art by Scott Uminga

Top 32: 3x Aniccam alt art by Dominique van Velsen

Top 16: Top cut enamel pin badge

Top 8: Resistance playmat by Dominique van Velsen

Winner: Custom one-of-a-kind trophy, world Championship bye, and invite to the Circuit Breaker Invitational

Side Events

We will be running two "official" side events on the Sunday, starting at 10:30am. Players are also welcome to organise other side events (eternal, cube draft, etc.) and we will endeavour to provide some prize support if possible! All side events will be 'casual' level events.

Ciara Maxey Memorial Classique: In this event, players will compete in pods with pairs of curated decks from Netrunner's past. The official list of decks (and notes on the match-ups) will be released closer to the time. For this event, an optional donation can be made to Gendered Intelligence in memory of Ciara.

Startup: This will be 4 rounds of Swiss using the Startup format. There will be startup-appropriate prizes, including some very cool alt-art IDs.

New players

For new players who are keen to come but may have not been to many/any tournaments before or who might not be familiar with the standard format, Guy Patching is offering to help out before the tournament (selecting decks, what to expect at the tournament) and on the day as a friendly face to chat to. You can contact Guy by email on guypatching@googlemail.com or GuyPatching on Stimhack Slack or GLC Discord.

More Information

Patriot Games' new store has a lot more space, and an in-store cafe. Outside food and drink is permitted, but no alcohol. There is a small amount of on-street parking directly outside the store, and plenty of local car parks. The store is a 10-15 minute walk from Sheffield station.

If you'd like more information or help with travel / accommodation planning then feel free to email pauly@me.com or join #uk-nationals-2022 on Stimslack.

To help with planning travel, accommodation, and things to do, I've made a Google map with various local places highlighted.