#ran cao

[fetalai]

"Shut the fuck up, Zach." - Ran Cao joking with Zach Cavis during their match in the Top 16 cut at Netrunner’s North American Championship. [Scenes from Netrunner’s 2017 North American Championship at Gen Con]

If I’m recalling this correctly, Zach gave Ran the Andromeda deck she’s playing here. Not having much time to spend playing or practicing Netrunner lately, she relied on friends to give her Cerebral Imaging and Andy lists to learn right before the event -- before the tournament began, you could see Ran reviewing the stapled pages of decklists and articles she printed out with instructions on how to pull off CI combos. And she took those decks right to Top 16.

Paired against her Gen Con roommate here, Ran teased that he should give her advice on what to do. Zach proceeded to predict each click Ran would take during her first turn (optimal Andy turns are pretty easy to plot out), even reminding her to use Dirty Laundry during a Temüjin Contract run to get the most money possible. Anyone who caught her Blast Zone segment in ScoopsCast episode 2 would not be surprised by her reaction.

[fetalai]

Tony is sad ⧉ 

Why is Stimhack Slack’s mascot and illuminati overlord so down? Maybe it’s because the retriever has to wear that cone around his head while he recovers from an infection? Or perhaps Tony is just tired of waiting for Weyland to become tier one again. 😤 😤

His owner, Ran Cao, is the best Weyland player in the world. I’ve begged her to do a profile with us for more than a year now, but since we haven’t been able to make that happen, here’s her dog instead. Cheer up, Tony. Mausolus comes out in just three more data packs.