https://static.stimhack.com/category/articles/ A Community for Netrunner Players en-US Fri, 06 Oct 2023 19:15:11 -0700 https://static.stimhack.com/queen-bee-2023/ Fri, 06 Oct 2023 19:15:11 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=17723 Guest Author A Worlds Event-Within-An-Event by Sanjay What is Queen Bee? Queen Bee is a title given to the best Bee player at Worlds. It is also my attempt to bribe players into playing more bee-themed cards… https://static.stimhack.com/a-look-back-at-the-borealis-cycle/ Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:07:52 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=17644 Guest Author Author’s Note: This article was originally written before the 23.03 banlist. The first half of the Borealis cycle was released in the summer of 2022. Later that year in December the second half was released:… https://static.stimhack.com/queen-bee-2022/ Sun, 11 Sep 2022 06:50:21 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=17572 Guest Author Queen Bee 2022 A Worlds Sub-event brought to you by Sanjay What is Queen Bee? Queen Bee is a title for the best Bee player at Worlds. It is my brazen and unabashed attempt to… https://static.stimhack.com/deconstructing-shellgame-by-tehepicwin/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 16:14:59 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=17499 Guest Author If there’s anyone in the world who can consistently tell when a person is lying, hire that person for a billion dollars. Corps lie. Corps can say truths. But there is only one line of play that objectively wins the most. What I’m saying is to leave your psychic abilities at the door, because they don’t exist or matter. Skill is about increasing your chances of winning, and soul-reading just isn’t a very large part. https://static.stimhack.com/on-the-rational-player/ Thu, 04 Nov 2021 05:39:00 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=17279 Guest Author Hey everyone, lostgeek from the NISEI SBT here! In the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to sort my thoughts into a coherent theory, hoping to end up with some useful tool for our balancing work. I’ve missed that goal and this specific perspective might be very much born out of the way I personally think and conceptualize things and might not work for you, but I still think it has been a fun and interesting journey and might click for some of you as well, so… uh… here’s way too many words on meta theory for you! https://static.stimhack.com/skill-deepdive-tactical-2-runs/ Sun, 20 Jun 2021 11:41:11 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16994 Elusive This article is co-authored with SpencerDub (NISEI Media Pipeline Coordinator). Back to Index of Articles -> Welcome back! Last time we looked at the overall structure of tactical actions, now we’ll dive into the core… https://static.stimhack.com/skill-deepdive-tactical-1/ Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:27:30 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16112 Elusive This article is co-authored with SpencerDub (NISEI Media Pipeline Coordinator). Back to Index of Articles -> Previously we have learnt how to acquire resources (efficiency) and how to have an objective (strategy). If you are… https://static.stimhack.com/state-of-the-game-2021/ Sat, 29 May 2021 11:37:39 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16877 Elusive Back to Index of Articles -> Today we’ll finally touch a subject I’ve been building up towards through a lot of the previous articles. What is the reason i write about skill and game-design? One… https://static.stimhack.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-tournaments-besides-playing-netrunner/ Tue, 18 May 2021 05:49:36 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16859 Guest Author Netrunner tournaments are a crucible of competition, with players battling it out over successive rounds to crown a winner. Winning a tournament is a tough challenge, but they don’t only test your ability to win… https://static.stimhack.com/what-makes-netrunner-special/ Wed, 05 May 2021 09:48:15 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16154 Elusive You might have heard about this game. Or not. Really, in this world of options it is easy to get lost in the noise. Netrunner is an asymmetric Cyberpunk card-game for two players. Two… https://static.stimhack.com/dead-or-alive-2018/ Tue, 04 May 2021 08:39:03 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16754 Elusive Back to Index of Articles -> ‘The Announcement’ How is your meta? In my area the game is experiencing a strong revival with more players than in a long time. Local turnout is very high… https://static.stimhack.com/skill-deepdive-strategy/ Mon, 03 May 2021 14:01:08 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16110 Elusive Back to Index of Articles -> Now, having handled the acquisition (and even some spending of) resources during the game you should be set up for success. While efficiency is mainly about your own actions… https://static.stimhack.com/yugioh-and-you-by-sanjay/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 04:22:31 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16670 Guest Author Why yes, I have been catching up on the end of the Battle City arc of the original Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters since I found out that season 1 and season 3 were on Netflix. And… https://static.stimhack.com/single-sided-swiss-how-it-works-by-ysengrin/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:08:04 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16662 Guest Author This article is a guest contribution by Ysengrin. It is a repost (with permission) from his personal blog. The original article can be found here: https://netrunnerscribbler.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/single-sided-swiss-how-it-works/ Intro I have created a free application for tournament… https://static.stimhack.com/flavor-text-power-rankings/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:14:19 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16618 Guest Author Here’s a fun fact. Think back to the FFG-official Android: Netrunner Rules of Play document. It’s 36 pages long, and it teaches you everything you need to know to play your first couple games of… https://static.stimhack.com/single-sided-swiss-format/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 07:39:47 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16569 Guest Author Note for lazy readers: The article ends with a request for community feedback on the issues addressed herein. If you want to skip to it, the form is here: https://forms.gle/oNtZCpKDX7yD6cjt6 Articles by Ysengrin and qvm… https://static.stimhack.com/lateral-growth-expanding-your-horizontal-play-by-eric-keilback/ Fri, 10 Jul 2020 09:55:49 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16488 Guest Author Hello, my name is Eric Keilback, but you probably know me online as Whiteblade111. I’m the current US National champion, and I’ve played a lot of asset spam decks in my time with the game…. https://static.stimhack.com/the-state-of-the-metagame-2019/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 01:00:14 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16455 Ajar “Corp sucks.” I’ve heard that a lot this year. If you’ve had a conversation about the Android: Netrunner and NISEI meta with someone, you’ve probably heard something similar at some point. Over the course of… https://static.stimhack.com/the-two-year-turn/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:31:05 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16437 Guest Author Back in 2015, Noah McKee wrote this great article about his start into competitive Netrunner. It is with deep sadness that we heard this morning that Noah has passed away. In honor of his indelible… https://static.stimhack.com/the-board-plays-peace-in-our-time/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:26:10 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=16408 Null Signal Games So… 7 days, 7 updates. Let’s take a brief moment to recap on what’s gone on over the last week. We’ve had… A rogue intern spill details about the 2019Q1 game kit and dates for…