So people I have been speaking with say this card is an "objectively terrible" piece of ice. I think I have to disagree. Admittedly, it is niche, and requires positioning. But think of it this way, purely from a cost standpoint. Right now the cost to you is 2 for the rez, 2 to put it in an optimal position as your third (outtermost) piece of ice in a server, and 1 to install it. The cost to a runner, on average to break this ice is 4. If they do not break the ice, and let it fire, as long as you have 2 ice behind it with a strength greater than two, it now becomes a 6 tax. And then what can they do, Inside Job it? Thats still 2 and one run.

Could this ice have been better with a Builder Move to outtermost position ability? Yes. But there are other ways to move it like Tenma Line, Sunset, or Mumbad City Grid. Its niche, but dont discount it outright.

The Weyland Chum as it were, a neat Code Gate with beautiful artwork that will simply struggle to find a space in competitive decks. The biggest issue with this piece of ICE is not the positioning requirements, but the lack of impact the ability has. Strength 5 Code Gates are automatically attractive, but one that can allow itself to fire with no immediate consequence to the Runner may not be pulling enough weight to justify its existence. It doesn't help being native to Weyland, a faction that primarily consists of pumpable barriers.

Factor the install cost of the ICE vs the Rez Cost, vs holding onto it to wait for that Archer you're desperate to install in front of, and your focus has turned from making this a potentially taxing card to devoting set-up just to make this work. It's not worth it. The value in Chum at least stems from the threat of a kill in a faction that runs low-strength, multi-sub, dangerous ICE. Jannkmasters will always have a nice combo in mind with Red Tape, but tournament decks aren't going to see enough value to replace gear-check ICE with a card that isn't impactful enough, and will inevitably be cheaper for the Runner to break the next ICE at +3 strength than break Red Tape.