Christmas, Christmas time is near~~~
Time for cards and time for cheers~~~

At the time of writing, it is snowing and pitch black out my dorm as my university is slowly replacing the pathway lights. What better time than now to gather people for joyeous activity(Netrunner) in these solitude times.

Have you missed out in regionals, nationals or worlds and thought - if only I can also get my hands on those alt arts?
Have you recently gotten into Netrunner and would like to meet some strange and wonderful people that are - other netrunner players ?
Have you seen the annoucement on the new Start-Up banlist and thought - hmmm maybe I test my deckbuilding skills ?
Do you just want to play some netrunner?[1]
[1]: I can lend decks out, just tell me before the day!

Look no further than this special start-up CO!

Venue: Geek Retreat Birmingham, 18b Hall St, Birmingham B18 6BS
Date: 08/12/2024
Registration from: 10:30
Tournament begins: 11:00, with a lunch break after round 1.
Entry fee: FREE![1] or Playset of Standard Legal Alt Arts Cards OR a Standard Legal Alt Art ID [2][3][4]
Format: Single-Sided Swiss in Startup(with latest banlist).
[1]: I am more than happy to wave entry fee to encourage more participation inline with the Christmas spirit
[2]: These will be used as additional prizes on the day
[3]: TheRealLap inc. reserve the right to reject this alternative form of payment on the day(Do not hand in Seamless Launch from the problematic printing!)
[4]: Voluntary donation of £2 would be welcome!

Tournament Structure

This is a standard format event likely consisting of 6, 40 minute rounds of single-sided swiss. (If we get more players than expected, there may be a cut; if we get fewer, there may only be 5 rounds. This will be confirmed at the start of the day.)

The full planned schedule is as follows, which contains buffer time:
10:30-11:00: Registration and briefing
11:00-11:50: Round 1
11:50-12:40: Round 2
12:40-13:30: Round 3
13:30-14:30: Lunch
14:30-15:20: Round 4
15:20-16:10: Round 5
16:10-17:00: Round 6
17:00 onwards: Prizes, cut if necessary.
If cut, it would be top-4 single elimination timed at 40 minutes finishing before 18:30 ideally.

Location