https://static.stimhack.com/category/new-players/ A Community for Netrunner Players en-US Tue, 18 May 2021 05:49:36 -0700 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/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/win-conditions/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:55:09 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=15807 Saan Greetings and welcome to the final(?) piece in my series of articles on deck building for newer players! If this is your first time reading one of these, you might be interested in reading the… https://static.stimhack.com/giving-your-deck-enough-credit/ Sun, 22 Oct 2017 05:33:05 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=15323 Saan Now that Core 2 and rotation has been announced, I thought I’d do a series of articles aimed at early level deck construction. One of the things I hear most from new players is “Is… https://static.stimhack.com/the-most-consistent-card-in-your-deck/ Wed, 27 Sep 2017 02:09:38 -0700 https://stimhack.com/?p=15143 Saan Now that Core 2 and rotation has been announced, I thought I’d do a series of articles aimed at early level deck construction. One of the things I hear most from new players is “Is… https://static.stimhack.com/7-things-you-can-do-to-get-better-at-netrunner/ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:12:18 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=13676 Xenasis Introduction The tips in this article are aimed to be applicable to most (if not all) decks, and I’ve tried to keep stuff like “play better cards/decks” out of here. This article isn’t about deck… https://static.stimhack.com/teaching-netrunner-on-the-fly/ Thu, 23 Jul 2015 06:40:05 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=10658 Trypios Trypios gives us his guide for teaching Netrunner to new players, with a focus on visuals and mini-decks to use in your own teaching games. https://static.stimhack.com/essential-vocabulary-for-netrunner-netrunner-with-willingdone/ Wed, 17 Jun 2015 20:19:18 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=10285 Willingdone New to Netrunner? In this video, I cover some of the basic vocabulary used by experienced players to describe game phenomena. Originally published 2/22/2015. https://static.stimhack.com/playing-against-replicating-perfection-netrunner-with-willingdone/ Tue, 09 Jun 2015 08:45:55 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=10165 Willingdone In this video, I share a few tips for beating one of the most popular decks in tournament Netrunner, Jinteki Replicating Perfection. https://static.stimhack.com/playing-against-personal-evolution-netrunner-with-willingdone/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 08:45:23 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=9937 Willingdone In this Segment, I examine a few ways to play successfully against Jinteki: Personal Evolution. Originally published 11/23/2014. https://static.stimhack.com/evaluating-runner-play-expected-value-and-the-big-picture-netrunner-with-willingdone/ Wed, 27 May 2015 18:01:04 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=9884 Willingdone In this video, I look at how the concept of expected value can inform big picture decision making as the Runner. Originally published 10/30/2014. https://static.stimhack.com/playing-against-scorched-earth-netrunner-with-willingdone/ Sun, 24 May 2015 10:33:01 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=9831 Willingdone Playing well against Scorched Earth is largely a matter of understanding the Corp’s capability. In this video, we look at a few mental shortcuts players can use to speed up their decision making. Originally published… https://static.stimhack.com/principles-of-corp-deckbuilding-winning-and-defending-netrunner-with-willingdone/ Wed, 20 May 2015 15:10:16 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=9796 Willingdone As an introduction to Corporation deckbuilding, I stress the importance of pairing your method of winning the game with the right defensive style. I describe the three main ways to win the game and look… https://static.stimhack.com/shuffling-sleeved-cards-and-proper-randomization-netrunner-with-willingdone/ Tue, 19 May 2015 07:43:31 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=9765 Willingdone This video demonstrates proper shuffling and randomization using sleeved cards. Be sure to check out Xenasis’s article that I referenced in the video. https://static.stimhack.com/jackson-howard-basics/ Mon, 18 May 2015 12:44:42 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=9730 Willingdone This video is designed to help new players understand common plays and basic tactics involving Jackson Howard. https://static.stimhack.com/teaching-netrunner-part-3/ Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:59:46 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=5550 Zebadiah This is part three of an article focused on helping experienced Android: Netrunner players teach the game to new players. https://static.stimhack.com/the-anarch-cookbook-chapter-one/ Sat, 12 Jul 2014 01:05:08 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=4675 PeekaySK PeekaySK begins a brand new series taking an exhaustive look at Anarchs. https://static.stimhack.com/teaching-netrunner-part-2/ Mon, 20 Jan 2014 13:14:31 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=1444 Zebadiah Part 2 of Zebadiah’s series on how to best teach new players Netrunner. In this article Zebadiah goes over the decklists he uses to teach new players. https://static.stimhack.com/teaching-netrunner-part-1/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:14:52 -0700 http://stimhack.com/?p=1417 Zebadiah Zebadiah’s shows you the best way to go about teaching Netrunner to newbies, going over general principles and ideas for teaching Netrunner.