F*** You I'm Famous - 2nd Place at Argentina Open 2015

Windave 281

Well, we finally had our biggest tournament since we started running our little netrunner community in Argentina (a place where the cards aren't so easy to get and we don't get any official support from FFG). We had 19 persons participating, so we did 4 rounds of swiss and a top 4 double elimination. I placed 2nd with this deck and a Jinteki Biotech.

This is a pretty standard MaxX Eater build but with a personal touch that I love mechanically and thematically: Notoriety. I think Notoriety is great because sometimes the last agenda is hard to get (specifically versus RP) and Eater can make the runs easier to score it. You can either score it early after you Siphon or Keyhole, or you can score it late to finish the game. You can even grab it from your heap, if it will give you the win, and see the corp go nervous trying to defend centrals even more, but it's obviusly best to have it unseen in your grip. Thematically I love Notoriety because I think an ultra tagged MaxX has to be famous in some way (as the Data and Destiny card "Reality Threedee" already shown us: F**K YOU NBN!)

This deck won 3 and lost 1 in swiss. Then it won the first match of the double elimination but lost the final match versus the current and three times champion, the great Durín. In fact, the only two matches this deck lost was versus Durín and his amazingly good piloted NEH Butcher.

It was an amazing experience, I learned so much. I felt myself how after you played 9 matches your mind starts to get tired, and with all the nervous of having reached that far you start to reason wrong or hurried and you end up making a lot of mistakes that, after playing the match or after a few seconds you cannot believe you actually did them (like using that Knifed on an UNREZZED Eli, how could you do that?!).

I wish our community can keep growing and having lots of tournaments like this one, and someday we could have official support from FFG too.

Cheers!

In Spanish for the pibes:

Bueno, finalmente tuvimos el torneo más grande desde que empezamos la comunidad de netrunner Argentina (un lugar donde las cartas no son tan fáciles de conseguir y no tenemos ningún soporte oficial de FFG). Tuvimos 19 personas participando, así que hicimos 4 rondas de suizo y un Top 4 de doble eliminación. Yo salí 2do con este mazo y un Jinteki Biotech.

Esta es una MaxX Eater estándar pero con un toque personal que amo mecánica y temáticamente: Notoriety. Creo que Notoriety es genial porque a veces el último punto de agenda es difícil de conseguir (específicamente contra RP) y Eater hace más facil los runs para poder anotarlo. Podes anotarlo temprano después de usar Siphon o Keyhole, o podes anotarlo más tarde para cerrar el partido. Podés incluso agarrarlo de archivos, si es el punto ganador, y ver como la corp intenta nerviosa defender los centrales aún más, pero obviamente siempre es mejor tenerlo sin ser visto en la mano. Temáticamente amo el Notoriety porque creo que una MaxX que juega ultra tageada tiene que ser famosa de alguna forma (como ya la carta spoileada "Reality Threedee" nos mostró: F**K YOU NBN!)

Este mazo ganó 3 y perdió 1 en las suizas. Después ganó el primer partido de la doble eliminación pero perdió el partido final contra el actual tricampeón Durín. De hecho, los únicos dos partidos que perdió el mazo en todo el torneo fueron contra Durín y su NEH Butcher increíblemente piloteado.

Fue una experiencia increíble y aprendí muchísimo. Supe en carne propia como después de jugar 9 partidos la mente se empieza a cansar, y con todos los nervios de haber llegado tan lejos, empieza a razonar de formas erradas o apuradas y terminas cometiendo algunos errores que después de jugar el partido o de algunos segundos, no podés creer haber cometido (como haber usado un Knifed en un Eli UNREZZEADO, cómo pudiste hacer eso?!).

Espero nuestra comunidad pueda seguir creciendo y tengamos muchos más torneos así, y algún día también podríamos tener el soporte oficial de FFG!

Saludos!

4 comments
17 Aug 2015 ncaron

The problem I see with Notoriety in MaxX: Maximum Punk Rock is that it can become telegraphed. I think where Notoriety shines is when it is not expected. In MaxX, odds are the corp will see it go to archives and you will have to retrieve it with Déjà Vu giving him a hance to adjust and make it tougher on tou to succeed.

That being said, congratz on the 2nd place finish!

18 Aug 2015 Windave

Thanks for the comment Alternity, while it is true that a telegraphed Notoriety will be hard to score, with Eater sometimes you will still be able to score it if you get the credits, and if it's the last point, it is worth it.

18 Aug 2015 ncaron

Have you thought about using Quest Completed instead? Mitigates the inability to threaten remotes and potentially allows you to score 3 pts instead of 1 from Notoriety

18 Aug 2015 Windave

I tried Quest Completed, I really like that event, but I found that it is too situational and most of the time they already Installed double advance and you don't have it, or you have it in the heap and you just don't have time to bring it back and use it. And if you deja vu it just in case, the corp will know and will try to bait you with 3 advancement agendas. Notoriety is much more flexible, while singularity can deal with a remote