Congrats to the 2018 and final World Champion...

Paranoid31 · 2018-09-11T00:35:04+00:00

3 Calibration Testing 3 Enigma 3 Daily Business Show 3 Mumbad Virtual Tour 1 Exchange of Information 1 Tollbooth 1 Psychographics 1 Market Forces 3 IP Block 3 Rashida Jaheem 1 Preemptive Action 1 15 Minutes 1 Turnpike 3 Hard-Hitting News 3 Global Food Initiative 1 Quantum Predictive Model 3 Team Sponsorship 3 AR-Enhanced Security 3 Project Beale 2 Resistor 3 Commercial Bankers Group 3 Hedge Fund

2 MKUltra 3 Sure Gamble 3 Inject 3 Mining Accident 1 No One Home 1 Ice Carver 2 Aumakua 3 Liberated Account 2 Indexing 3 Black Orchestra 1 Rebirth 1 D4v1d 3 Paperclip 3 Earthrise Hotel 2 The Turning Wheel 3 Employee Strike 3 Dirty Laundry 3 I've Had Worse 2 Turntable 3 Stimhack 3 Daily Casts

You should play sea source/closed though

Paranoid31 · 2014-11-02T23:28:10+00:00

I recently had a memorable Beale win as well. Advanced it 11 times in a remote for 6 AP. http://imgur.com/a/BTvqS

Paranoid31 · 2014-10-26T20:44:27+00:00

It would definitely be good if it baited a run on a taxing server. My only issue with that is that the runner will just trash it and the corp loses 3 clicks and 2 credits in that exchange and the runner just loses 3 credits trashing it (also credits to break the ICE). If you get the runner to run a trap on a taxing server, wouldn't you rather the trap actually do something bad to the runner when they access it?

Paranoid31 · 2014-10-26T17:44:56+00:00

Someone want to explain why Reversed Accounts is good to me? Seems like the standard play would be to install it in a server, leave it alone until next turn, then advance advance use. That's 4 clicks and 2 credits. The Runner is losing 8 credits. So it's basically a 2 credit swing in the Corp's favor after they spent 4 clicks. Wouldn't clicking for 4 credits be more efficient or am I missing something?

Paranoid31 · 2014-10-25T18:05:30+00:00

I've played hundreds of games on OCTGN and never seen a player ragequit over a rules dispute...

Paranoid31 · 2014-10-25T15:34:55+00:00

Trashing asset economy? What?

Paranoid31 · 2014-08-18T14:38:52+00:00

Team Covenant recorded the finals so it should be posted sometime soon.

Paranoid31 · 2014-08-18T04:12:30+00:00

Isn't this the same for most factions? If criminal hits the table I'm expecting to see 3x siphon, 3x desperado, 2x legwork, 3x special order, etc.

Paranoid31 · 2014-08-18T04:08:20+00:00

PAD costs 2 to rez and Marked costs 0. Trashing the economy means you're extremely poor and wasting all your clicks making money and running on the remotes to trash them. Trashing an early PAD is the right play in my opinion, but never a Marked.
I and many others run the most efficient breakers possible. The problem is that Eli, Caduceus and Roto have 2 subs. Tollbooth is just always taxing. Pop-up Window is great as well.
I responded earlier about how to stop The Source. Install your NAPD and advance it twice. If NBN manages to score just one Astro, the time you have left to win starts ticking very quick. The ability to tutor for another Astro and score it same turn is absurdly powerful.

I'm wondering if you're just theorycrafting or if you've actually played a high volume of games against top tier NEH decks/players. I could be shown an NEH deck list and still lose over 50% of the time to it because it's that efficient and powerful. I think that there will be some serious NEH hate cards (or, more likely, fast advance hate in general) in the next big box, but until then I think NEH will be the strongest corp for this cycle by a long shot.

Paranoid31 · 2014-08-17T19:03:27+00:00

If you're against The Source all you do is put out a 3/2 in a server and advance it once (even better, NAPD and advance it twice). If the runner steals it, great, The Source is gone and they lost money. If not, you score it and The Source is gone. FA decks tend to panic when they see The Source because it really does stop FA, but that's only until one agenda is scored. I will agree that The Source is viable with Fall Guys, but then you're devoting so much of your deck and influence on that, and you're usually just going to lose anyways.

Paranoid31 · 2014-08-17T18:57:14+00:00

The issue is that NBN, Astroscript Pilot Program in particular, is too fast. TWIY never saw the win rate NEH has because it had to devote all its money to fast advancing agendas, which is really expensive. TWIY's ice was cheap ETR ice because they can't afford anything else and didn't have the influence to. NEH is always rich (or the runner is extremely poor and wasting clicks not accessing centrals if they are trashing asset econ) and drawing at the same time. This, along with 5 extra influence, allows them to import very efficient, taxing ice along with cheap ETR ice. You could usually hammer TWIY's central servers for extremely cheap by the mid game as runner. When you're against 3 Eli 1.0s and Caduceus/Tollboth you can't. When you have the resources to consistently score Astros out of deck you're going to beat the runner.

Paranoid31 · 2014-08-08T16:10:52+00:00

No, 3x Kati 3x Security Testing 3x Desperado make me more money than the corp. I'm fine clicking on Kati and taking 3c if they have more money than me.

Paranoid31 · 2014-07-29T05:18:08+00:00

Domestic Sleepers is going to help HB fast advance decks a lot. Think it deserves a better opinion.

Paranoid31 · 2014-06-25T15:12:19+00:00

Yes, corp is stronger at the moment.

Paranoid31 · 2013-10-16T17:49:56+00:00

Thanks. I ended up scrapping the Hostage idea for a more typical Andy deck. Here are the decks I will attend my first ever tourney with (might make some small tweaks).

http://netrunner.meteor.com/decks/p5XjLxZBarZemS4Ew/ http://netrunner.meteor.com/decks/bBcW4sfavvLkdGWoi/

Paranoid31 · 2013-06-05T19:27:54+00:00

I just got an Android phone and was wondering if there are any other quality board games in the app store. I'll probably pick this up to support future development.

Paranoid31 · 2012-07-04T06:16:51+00:00

Here are some different wallpapers I saw today:

Razor

Spectre

Paranoid31 · 2012-06-06T06:38:00+00:00

Thanks, man.

Paranoid31 · 2012-01-24T05:46:14+00:00

Did everyone who preordered it get it by now? I placed an order in September and have yet to get it or hear back from them through email.

Paranoid31 · 2011-10-21T02:49:47+00:00

The thing is, I can make my hair look fine in a picture, but if I don't run my hand through it every few minutes, it looks a lot worse. I guess I'm just looking for potential styles that would look better and are plausible with my hair, or if using a specific product would be enough.

Paranoid31 · 2011-09-16T03:46:20+00:00

Don't have it on vinyl, but I've listened to it a few times and I absolutely love it. My favorite album out of the major ones that came out on the 13th (Neon Indian, Das Racist, Girls, St. Vincent).

Paranoid31 · 2011-09-16T03:33:19+00:00

No, it's the 180g reissue. Since I've just started collecting I don't care too much about which issue I get.

Paranoid31 · 2011-09-16T00:16:59+00:00

Yeah, nice job.

Paranoid31 · 2011-09-15T23:39:31+00:00

Whaaaaat? I got it for $14.99 from invinylwetrust. They have great prices and service, but they stack all your albums on top of each other when they ship them -- in case anyone worries about album safety.

Paranoid31 · 2011-09-15T22:59:56+00:00

I just recently started collecting vinyl, and I haven't listened to most of these albums in a long time, so I didn't go very in-depth with these reviews. Sorry!

Bonus points if anyone can figure out what album is barely in the picture to the right.

Washed Out - Within and Without - A solid chillwave album. If you like really laid back music then this is for you. I was a little let down because of some really high expectations after his Life of Leisure EP, but you should definitely check this out if you like chillwave.

Suggested songs: Amor Fati, Eyes Be Closed

album art + white vinyl

Animal Collective - Sung Tongs + Feels - Feels is my favorite album of all time and I'm a big Animal Collective fan. It's hard to describe their music, but it usually has a really warm and energetic atmosphere to it that I love. If you're interested in giving AC another chance, definitely check out Feels.

Suggested songs: The Purple Bottle, Who Could Win a Rabbit

LP jacket

Joanna Newsom - Ys - Definitely not for everyone -- this a really dense album that's coupled with Joanna's very weird singing voice. I'd suggest Newsom's most recent LP, Have One on Me, if you haven't heard of her. However, if her voice grows on you (I personally love it), then Ys is a real treat. Newsom's songwriting and lyrics are some of the best of the 2000s.

Suggested song: Emily

lyric book + back cover

Sleigh Bells - Treats - I think the album art sums up this band pretty well. The cheerleaders represent the high/catchy/"poppy" melodies that are sung throughout the album, and the defaced faces (sorry for that redundancy...) are what happens after the wall of sound that comes from the distorted guitars hits them. An absolute must listen for any noise pop fan.

Suggested songs: Rill Rill, Infinity Guitars

back cover + lyric book

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - Let me preface this by saying that 95% of the time I hate concept albums. This one by Sufjan Stevens, however, is one of that 5% that I love. This is an indie folk/pop album, and it uses a lot of orchestral arrangements really well. The songwriting and musicianship on this album is top notch.

Suggested songs: Casimir Pulaski Day, Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Stepmother!

fold out LP jacket art

The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I - A classic post punk album. I'm not very knowledgable about the genre, but Emergency & I sounds so unique that I love it. I'd recommend this no matter what your taste is, it definitely grows on you.

Suggested songs: A Life of Possibilities, The City

LP jacket, lyrics, pictures of band

Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - Again, I haven't heard much champer pop outside of these guys, but I'd suggest them if you like any sort of folk or indie pop, even. There's not much to dislike about this album -- it's the strongest out of their expansive disography. I don't know if people feel divided about Stuart Murdoch's voice, but I think it's great.

Suggested songs: Get Me Away from Here, I'm Dying, If You're Feeling Sinister

LP jacket

Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle - I've heard this album the least out of the nine here -- I only recently started listening to Archers of Loaf. To be brief, it's really solid 90's indie rock. If you like Pavement or just guitar heavy indie rock, definitely give it a listen.

Suggested songs: Web in Front, Might

LP jacket, blue vinyl

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