By FiFi aka "ZeroTrail"
You want to develop your skillz, but you aren't sure where to start. Maybe starting with a competition like NCL is intimidating. Did you know there are games you can play on your own, before the NCL Games begin? ZeroTrail advocates for war games as the best way for beginners to learn command line and for experts to hone their skills!
We know what you're thinking: Now that the semester is over and with finals out of the way, what's a student gotta do to learn some Python during winter break around here?? Never you fear, "Beginner Python with wolfshirtz" is here!
JeanaByte
It's the one-year anniversary of JeanaByte's first How to Run Your NCL Preseason Recaps! To wrap up the Fall 2020 Preseason, she speaks as a student coach about how to lead a recap session, including seasoned advice for areas of focus, questions to ask, and the major no-no to avoid! Pro Tip: Take notes during every Game, and run a recap after each one!
By Taisa
It's the most critical Game of the season. This one is for all the marbles. You want to bring your all. Taisa endeavors to bring all that the NCL Player Ambassadors can offer you in support in this latest installment of the "Everything You Need to Know" Series.
By FiFi aka "ZeroTrail"
FiFi shares the most important things to know about the NCL Preseason in Fall 2020. Your score during the Preseason won't be reflected on your Scouting Report, but do you know what will? Learn about brackets, cheating, and what it all means to your Scouting Report!
wolfshirtz
It's not often that a tool comes along and changes things. For wolfshirtz, that tool was Ghidra, an open-source decompiler that turns assembly language into something more human-readable. And it's not often that a blog post comes along and explains Ghidra so well! Wolfshirtz walks you through how to get started with Ghidra, his tricks for getting a feel for and maximizing its features, and his cheat sheet of top hotkeys!
Fred Stinchcombe
Are you new to NCL or returning after an absence? Fred elaborates on the wonders of the NCL Gymnasium, where you can develop your skills in an practice arena outside of the Games. Let's walk through what to do with that lovely picture of a lamb!
Paul Buonopane
Paul Buonopane has composed a succinct, polished, effective introduction to NCL. What is its purpose? How do the Games work? Do you know the difference between NCL and Cyber Skyline? What can you do to help keep prices low? What are the perks for players?
MistressVenom
MistressVenom loves to eat logs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and as an awesome 2 AM snack. Let her show you how to analyze logs like a pro, using four of the tastiest methods: manually, Excel, command line, and Splunk!
By ghostinth3machine
Intimidated by Wireshark? It's just a fancy spreadsheet! Ghostinth3machine shows you how to filter traffic, follow streams, search, view statistics, and otherwise go from wearing down your scroll wheel to making that fancy spreadsheet work for you!
