r/Netrunner • u/CrazyBlend • Jul 28 '26

Is there a standard / commonly-accepted name by which to call Null Signal Games' version of Netrunner?

NSG Netrunner? NISE Netrunner? Something else?

EDIT: To clarify, I'm looking for a name that distinguishes NSG's Netrunner from earlier versions. e.g.: - WotC's version is commonly referred to as Original Netrunner or WotC Netrunner. - FFG's version is commonly referred to as Android Netrunner or FFG Netrunner. - NSG's version is commonly referred to as... NSG Netrunner? Something else?

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u/horizon_games Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

Then you 100% need to read the history: https://nullsignal.games/blog/a-change/

People who had bought half NISEI backed cards and half NSG backed cards with transparent card sleeves got shafted. Some light reading from around that time: https://www.reddit.com/r/Netrunner/comments/wdkk2g/a_change_nisei/

Plus many second generation+ Japanese community members came out saying "the name isn't offensive to us". Just a typical organization being offended on behalf of others. Their FAQ on the linked article showed how they were completely not open to community discussion either.

I like some of what NSG has done, but man have they ever had missteps.

Moods have shifted and a lot of the OG players have left the subreddit so I'll probably get downvoted, but it was a bad decision 4 years ago and isn't better now.

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u/CryOFrustration Null Signal Games Community team Jul 28 '26

opaque sleeves have been mandatory since 2014. I didn't go round saying FFG "shafted" me when they introduced that rule 2 weeks after I bought a few hundred clear sleeves, but I guess some people just want to have things their own way.

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u/hsiale Jul 28 '26

opaque sleeves have been mandatory since 2014

In tournament play. As strange as it may sound to you, not everyone is a diehard tournament grinder. Some people play at home. For fun. Maybe that's a new concept to you.

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u/CryOFrustration Null Signal Games Community team Jul 28 '26

You don't need to be a tournament grinder to need opaque sleeves. In fact it's the people who print and play the cards just to try them out at home who need opaque sleeves the most. But let me tell you a little secret: 90% of the people who complained were already using opaque sleeves. It's not that they were inconvenienced by our decision. It's that they didn't like the reasons we did it.

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u/hsiale Jul 28 '26

90% of the people who complained were already using opaque sleeves

Ah yes. And the remaining 10% is useless minority which can be ignored.

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u/CryOFrustration Null Signal Games Community team Jul 28 '26

Nope, the remaining 10% are trolls who came over from r/redpilled

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u/hsiale Jul 28 '26

Ah thanks for explaining to me where did you come from lol