Come on down to this Circuit Opener to celebrate the release of The Automata Initiative, the newest set from Null Signal Games! Players will compete in the brand new post-rotation Standard. New and Old players alike are encouraged to jump into the deep end of an unsolved meta and see if you can be the one who finds the next Big Hoshi-uh.. Thing.

Format + Structure

The Automata Initiative Standard
Single Sided Swiss

Up to 15 players: 6 rounds, no cut
16-32 players: 6 rounds, top 3 cut

40 minute rounds.

Prizes

Winner: Invitation to the 2023 Circuit Breaker Invitational Championship.
Top 4: Smartware Distributor playmat.
Top 8: 3x Boomerang alt art.
Top 16: 3x Seamless Launch alt art.
Lucky door prizes: Enigma alt art.
Extra prizes available on the day

(Expected) Timing

10:00 - check-in opens
10:45 - check-in closes
11:00 - round 1
11:45 - round 2
12:30 - round 3
13:15 - round 4
14:00 - lunch break (45 minutes)
15:45 - round 5
15:30 - round 6
16:15 - top 4 cut (if needed)

After-party

All are welcome to gather for dinner and drinks on Saturday night. Details to follow.

Netrunner

Netrunner is an asymmetrical 2-player card game in which hackers face off against megacorps in a cyber-noir dystopia. It was a WOTC CCG from 1996 to 1999, and a FFG LCG from 2012 to 2018. It lives on as an LCG published by NISEI.

Null Signal Games

Null Signal Games is the not-for-profit collective that has been designing, publishing and organizing events for Netrunner since Fantasy Flight Games' licence expired in 2018.

Circuit Openers

Circuit Openers kick of the Netrunner Organised Play season. They are Casual, Sanctioned events for the purposes of Null Signal's Organised Play Policies.

Netrunner Melbourne Circuit Opener