"I'll take 5 billion clicks please": ALMOST A WIN at throwba

Based off of CelestialSpark's writeup of the eternal infinite click combo, the goal is to use Surfer and Pichação to get infinite clicks, then win the game with Conduit runs.

The thought process was this:

• Put all the necessary tools on Pauleʼs Café for clickless installs. In the Groove can cover the extra cost for pretty much everything but Kyuban.
• Ayla “Bios” Rahim: Simulant Specialist can protect a Diana's Hunt and In the Groove if I draw lucky on NVRAM
• I need money and memory, so uhhhhh Keiko engine?
• Caldera is both the tech for all the kill lists I was expecting and good coverage for infinite Conduit runs if I'm running into 3x Snare! or something.
• if I'm running into only big ICE, I can put Gebrselassie on Euler so it only requires a single boost to not get stopped on credits.
• It turns out it's hard hitting a combo that requires two ice to be rezzed beforehand. Cleaver and Echelon help you get to the second piece of ice safely. Jack out once you're done though. Successful runs? NOT IN MY NETRUNNER GAMES.
• Why VRcation over Diesel? My sleep deprived ass was thinking "Mystic Maemi synergy" the night before. lol.
• Should have probably cut 4 cards. Looking back on it now they'd have been 1x Overclock 1x Muse the Echelon and the Turbine

I played two games. The first I instant died to @jfoley's Complete Image Chronos Protocol. The second one was vs @CyberShark's NEH list and involved an In the Groove + double Pichação turn that involved me getting the entire combo setup minus Diana's Hunt as I drew through half my deck looking for the second copy (the first was trashed from Scorched Earth). After drawing all but 5-ish cards from 7 or 8 clicks and WAY too many installs, it ended up being two or three draws away and I had to end my turn with everything on the two ice but no way to actually go infinite :(. Died shortly after.

Cool things I learned from Throwback

• Pauleʼs Café is really cool. Like it's kind of OK to spend the extra credit to get Ari installs of whatever you want (ok yes i know you spend the click beforehand it's not actually good)? Like just tech an Egret or two, dump it on Paule, and run with a single breaker and you're FINE. Stacking for In the Groove is SO FUN. If you want discounts Dr. Nuka Vrolyck and DJ Fenris are probably enough to be worth it kind of.
• Skorpios Defense Systems: Persuasive Power works on played events wtf. Glad this ID is gone.
• Mayfly + Trick Shot is BUSTED. YOU GET TO KEEP THE MAYFLY FOR THE SECOND RUN SINCE THE TIMING WINDOW IS THE SAME WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Huge shoutout to everyone who I met at Cascadia this year. Amazing tournament run by some amazing people. I got to meet a ton of new folks, had a blast both days of the event, and now have a backlog of jank ideas to test for the future. See y'all at worlds!