Announcing… the UK Inter-City Friendly!

Do you live outside of London? Do you play Netrunner with at least three other people? Do you want to HAVE SOME FUN?

On the 13th June, 2015, London’s Loading Bar will be hosting a tournament for teams of 4, with each team representing a particular town, city or region from the UK. Here’s how that works!

Have a chat with your meta. Once you’re sure you’d like to enter a team, email me at quintinsmithster@gmail.com and I’ll reserve you a slot. We have room for 60 people, or 15 teams. Decide which four players are going to represent you using a tournament, pulling names out of a hat, a ouija board, it’s up to you. Come down to London on the day for a noon start. In the eight decks brought by your team of four, all seven Netrunner factions must be represented.

The tournament itself will be structured as follows!

On arrival team members will be randomly divided into one of four pods (essentially four concurrent tournaments). This ensures no-one from the same region will play one another.

Each pod plays six rounds of swiss pairing over six hours. The total prestige of all four team members is your team’s final score! PRIZES! Including (but by no means limited to) a set of laser-engraved Netrunner pint glasses, a trophy and the right to host the next Inter-Regional Friendly (where the trophy might change hands again). Tournament finishes by 7pm at the latest, though the bar stays open till late.

Quinns, have you ever run a tournament before?

I’ve run six, and they’ve all gone 100% smoothly like a pint of Guinness. Incidentally, pints of Guinness and other things like coffee & Loading Bar’s legendary Diesel Cocktails (which you set on fire) will be available from the fully-stocked bar on the day!

Wait. What are we doing about the London team?

You can compete to qualify for it on the 9th of May. Tickets are now live!

Can I come and watch or support a team?

Um, probably! If we get a full 60 people the bar might be a little bit cramped, but I’m sure it’ll be fine. I’ll be filming some matches throughout the day, though, and putting them on YouTube with commentary.

I have a different question.

No worries. Email me using the above address!