Special guest co-host and World Champion Chris Dyer (Nemamiah online) returns! He and Johno get excited about Terminal Directive, the "campaign" expansion coming for Android: Netrunner, break down Chris' Worlds-winning CTM list in detail, attempt to build a Slee deck, and finish with a game of Calling In Flavours.

Click 1: News Now Hour - 00:02:42

Terminal Directive has been announced! It will be a campaign-style expansion which contains new cards, and more interestingly, a new way to play Netrunner, and we are fascinated! Johno and Chris speculate on what we will see, and what we hope we'll be getting when we inevitably get it.

FFG's Announcement Article

Click 2: Harmony Decktech - 00:16:12

We have a detailed look at Chris' CTM list that he piloted to World Champion. We very thoroughly look through all of his card choices and some of the alternatives he considered, as long as what changes he might make for the upcoming meta.

Snekbite (The List)
NBN: Controlling The Message
TheBigBoy's CTM list
Commercial Bankers Group
Mumbad Virtual Tour
Hard-Hitting News
Exchange of Information
Resistor
Pop-up Window
Tollbooth
Data Raven
Cobra
Gejben's Nordics CTM list
Data Ward

Click 3: Brainstorm - 00:42:05

Johno and Chris attempt to build a deck around Chief Slee and attempting to get a Chief Slee kill. Thanks to Lane for playing us!

Chief Slee
Gagarin Deep Space
Tour Guide
Jeeves Model Bioroids
Encryption Protocol
Corporate Troubleshooter
Pop-up Window
Sandburg
The Finished "Greensleeves" list
The Game
Lane's Khan deck
Crisium Grid

Click 4: Calling in Flavours - 01:03:47

Johno and Chris attempt to guess Shaper programs from only their flavour text.

"Originally not very popular, the regulator was overlooked by those who used energy sinks to protect their rig..."
"'All programs are connected. The data that runs through one, runs through all' - Rielle 'Kit' Peddler"
"'It doesn't actually bend time, it just feels like it. That's relativity.' - Hayley Kaplan"
"'Make sure you tell the source code which executable you want it to compile into...' - The Professor"
"The Creator"
"'I once saw someone running a seven-tier nested daemon tree. Not for any reason...' - Kate 'Mac' McCaffrey"
"'The itsy-bitsy spider went up the data spout' - Chaos Theory"
"... and the end?"
"It can slice through the thickest knots of data"
"'What if this ice wants to be free?' - Rielle 'Kit' Peddler"
"'Its bytes are definitely worse than its bark' - Chaos Theory"
"δὶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν ποταμὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐμβαίης"
"He always uses the same key"
"'The Incans believed that the sun god resided in the Hanan Pacha, the upper realm of the cosmos...' - The Professor"
"Out there the thousand-petalled lotus symbolises detachment from illusion..."
"Sucks energy like a Martian terra-bot but it keeps you focussed"

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