Sportsmetal still good?

Trying to find a new corp before Singapore Nats so I don't have to play the PE shell game.

Despite the meta generally being considered to be in the Corps' favour at the moment, it feel like this is only true for decks that can play around the speed and consistency that current runners have. Much of which largely invalidates ICE in some form. Forcing corps to rely on value engines and click compression chicanery like Asa and R+ to out tempo and out mind game the runner. All of which is fine if you like those playstyles.

Que Sportsmetal. In the lead up to AusNats I'd played a few games against this ID using MCA Austerity policy in combo with some variation on asset spam or FA. But with the relative consistency of PD and Asa, I don't know if Sportsmetal is a reasonable variant.

Regardless, I love the interaction between the ID and Tranquility Home Grid. Which just screams fully upgraded Doom server to pump out those points.

In practice it struggles with tempo. If it pulls off a Salvo early, the agenda spam + econ procs makes it hard to come back from. And if Tucana is firing off, your servers are getting chonky. But if it doesn't get ahead, then the match up comes into play. Bankhar invalidates almost all ice. Turtle can often just walkthrough the bioroids until it can eat your Brans. And Turbine and Takobi shapers are still bopping around out stripping your defenses.

All things said and done I've tinkered with this list, adding and removing NEXT lockdowns, Nico campaigns. Toying with the upgrade ratios and plugging in different ICE and various econ operations. This is the best version of the list atm, but I still think its not quite there. Its fun to play but not consistent enough to be viable. I'm not sure if its just not glacial enough or if its better to go wide and abuse Wage workers and MCA Austerity.

So I open the floor to the community. What are your thoughts?