First idea, more flavorful than anything but could lead to good combos. I might come up with something else after the rest of Stormwind is revealed and I know what I'm working with.
justice does not work like that. "Innocent until proven guilty"
“Innocent until proven guilty” is a very important principle. If the State of California announced that they were going to skip the trial and just imprison some Blizzard executives or fine the company millions of dollars, that would be a horrible miscarriage of justice. I’m very glad that the government is held to a strict standard of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, even if it means some criminals go free.
But that doesn’t mean every citizen should hold themselves to that standard. You’re allowed to break up with someone because you THINK they’re cheating on you. You can decide not to be friends with someone because you HEARD they’re a jerk. And if you hear that there’s evidence that a company is hurting people, you can decide how to react. The world outside the courtroom is more nuanced and complex than the one in the courtroom, and you simply can’t avoid making judgement calls that might help or hurt the wrong person.
It really is your choice. Personally, I expect to keep playing Hearthstone unless I hear that these problems were all throughout Team 5 as well. And I’ll feel guiltier about the part of my payment that props up credit card companies than the part that goes to Blizzard. But I totally understand why some people are choosing to cut back on the game, or even to express anger about the allegations before eventually playing again. If the chaos right now means that the reveal season is interrupted, then that’s not a miscarriage of justice. It’s a case of people doing their best in an imperfect world.
I tried about 2.5 hours ago and got this too. I don't know if they have yet to reset the giveaway for day 3 or if the day 3 packs are already depleted.
I've been looking for a very specific artwork which features a dwarf with a weird parrot-like animal caged, but I coudn't find it. I think Cheese used that art a long while ago back in Hearthpwn.
If this were Hearthpwn this guy would have like 30 likes, glad to see we are not there.
Dude, it's an investigation from the freaking state of California. I understand your point with Zalae, but with this one... We're almost sure they're guilty. The only thing we can put in doubt is HOW MUCH, but some shit has been done here mate. It even involved suicide (!!!). If this was a regular case, the state wouldn't need to be involved. It only does when the shit is real and the case is impossible for individuals to manage.
Your concern for a streamer is one thing but how is Blizzard, a large corporate entity, being punished by us? We made angry comments on social media? We decided not to pre-order their next expansion? That's not punishment. If we misjudged Blizzard, it's fine, they'll recover.
No i wont. and there is no need to. There is a reason there is a court that excist to balance things out and put justice to what the company have done over the years. and it will for better and worse. as someone said, they cant ignore this something has to happen.
I started at "Tradeable Hero card" and worked from there.
Unless you Trade it more than 5 times, you'll always pay 5 total mana for the Hero (the Cost of the card + the Cost of Trading). I wanted it to be more than just an Armor-bomb so I included a way to spend the Armor in the Hero Power.
I hope you like tinkering with new keywords as much as I do. We'll probably see what Blizzard has in store for us when it comes to Tradeable within the next 24 hours, so maybe someone will even predict an actual card :D
Here's what I've got in mind:
As it is, the card always deals as much damage as you have paid Mana for it (trades included). That makes it very versatile but also not overly strong. I wonder if I should make the buff it gets from trading a bit bigger. What do you think?
(I'll capitalize and embolden "Traded" in my next version, this card was created before Auctioneer Jaxon was revealed.)
Not to mention that even when you do play Kurturus it has no immediate impact, it might be playable if it reduced the cost of all of your cards by 2, but playing a vanilla pile of stats that late into the game means your opponent probably kills you before you see any benefit anyway
Runed Mythril Rod, but without backfire or (in wild) plot twist meaning there's no way to do more than one stage in a turn consistently, only affecting the cards you just drew, and impossible to do over multiple turns unlike RMR, even if you do manage to complete the quest you still need to pay 5 for Kurturus, so it's probably going to be at least turn 8 or 9, and you've already used at least 3 of your best draw cards in most cases, and even for the earlier stages skull makes the discount irrelevant and gliding early to complete a stage means you're probably down a card or two in hand
Its never realistically going to do anything anyway. Especially since the lawsuit is currently on the way and will likely take up to a year before acitivision blizz gets anywhere near court.
We can trust that there would be some internal shake ups to address this issue even if the lawsuit comes to naught. Unlike more pertinent and persistent issues that tends to divine opinion, like how CEOs get paid exorbitant amounts of cash over their staff, or the very unequal nature of work vs pay in general, any form of harassment, much less sexual harassment, is nearly universally frown upon by all walks of life regardless of their stature. So much like the women suffrage movement, or the civil rights movement, I have no doubt that change will happen autonomously without any need to appeal for militancy or full blown boycotts.
Its entirely reasonable to withhold from blizz products until this stink ends. But it'll be entirely on our own conscience to do so.
Glide seems to be a must if you're aiming to actually complete the quest. Otherwise, "Your first Skull of Gul'dan this game discounts the cards drawn by (1) more" is probably enough to slot here and there?
Had more to do than just this latest lawsuit. This latest lawsuit for me is the line. Hearthstone isn't my first Blizzard game and have been playing most of what they have for well over 10 years.
Some things they improved upon so all good. Others are getting worse. Don't find it worth my time to deal with them anymore. So many games out there to play instead.
BUT not supporting a company due to a long history of sexual abuse and racism is a very good reason to stop supporting them and doesn't happen very often so I won't fall into an Amish lifestyle. Most people understand how to treat others respectfully. The ones that don't shouldn't be a company at all.
Its going to be a card dump then, likely tomorrow since that was the date for the full reveals to have been done anyway.
This is going to go down as one of the roughest times in hearthstone history. Disappointing. Not merely because of the shambles that is and was the final portion of the reveal season, but also that's it bringing out the worst of some people in its community.
As many have opined, least they could've done is to tell us earlier what just happened. I mean they moved the final reveals a day earlier only to move it again? Fairly certain 99% of the community supports any notion of solidarity for the victims of harassment but no one likes to be served shit when they've clearly been promised some ice cream.
Honestly I would have rather had they cancel the theory craft streams aswell then.. ofcourse the streamers have nothing to do with this and some rightfuly did not reveal their card. Just the whole mess with all the sexual harassment and discrimination claims going on,.But also them knowing the cards early on and getting to play them feels a bit to much like streamer privilege to me.
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
First idea, more flavorful than anything but could lead to good combos. I might come up with something else after the rest of Stormwind is revealed and I know what I'm working with.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
“Innocent until proven guilty” is a very important principle. If the State of California announced that they were going to skip the trial and just imprison some Blizzard executives or fine the company millions of dollars, that would be a horrible miscarriage of justice. I’m very glad that the government is held to a strict standard of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, even if it means some criminals go free.
But that doesn’t mean every citizen should hold themselves to that standard. You’re allowed to break up with someone because you THINK they’re cheating on you. You can decide not to be friends with someone because you HEARD they’re a jerk. And if you hear that there’s evidence that a company is hurting people, you can decide how to react. The world outside the courtroom is more nuanced and complex than the one in the courtroom, and you simply can’t avoid making judgement calls that might help or hurt the wrong person.
It really is your choice. Personally, I expect to keep playing Hearthstone unless I hear that these problems were all throughout Team 5 as well. And I’ll feel guiltier about the part of my payment that props up credit card companies than the part that goes to Blizzard. But I totally understand why some people are choosing to cut back on the game, or even to express anger about the allegations before eventually playing again. If the chaos right now means that the reveal season is interrupted, then that’s not a miscarriage of justice. It’s a case of people doing their best in an imperfect world.
DreamHack Beyond Begins, 3 Hearthstone Tournaments Plus Free Forged in the Barrens Packs Available
I tried about 2.5 hours ago and got this too. I don't know if they have yet to reset the giveaway for day 3 or if the day 3 packs are already depleted.
Finfested Waters - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Congrats, Arkasaur!
Finfested Waters - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Congratulations to Arkasaur!
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
First idea, purely by flavor.
I've been looking for a very specific artwork which features a dwarf with a weird parrot-like animal caged, but I coudn't find it. I think Cheese used that art a long while ago back in Hearthpwn.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
If this were Hearthpwn this guy would have like 30 likes, glad to see we are not there.
Dude, it's an investigation from the freaking state of California. I understand your point with Zalae, but with this one... We're almost sure they're guilty. The only thing we can put in doubt is HOW MUCH, but some shit has been done here mate. It even involved suicide (!!!). If this was a regular case, the state wouldn't need to be involved. It only does when the shit is real and the case is impossible for individuals to manage.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
Your concern for a streamer is one thing but how is Blizzard, a large corporate entity, being punished by us? We made angry comments on social media? We decided not to pre-order their next expansion? That's not punishment. If we misjudged Blizzard, it's fine, they'll recover.
Should Blizzard fans boycott Hearthstone?
No i wont. and there is no need to. There is a reason there is a court that excist to balance things out and put justice to what the company have done over the years. and it will for better and worse. as someone said, they cant ignore this something has to happen.
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I started at "Tradeable Hero card" and worked from there.
Unless you Trade it more than 5 times, you'll always pay 5 total mana for the Hero (the Cost of the card + the Cost of Trading). I wanted it to be more than just an Armor-bomb so I included a way to spend the Armor in the Hero Power.
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I hope you like tinkering with new keywords as much as I do. We'll probably see what Blizzard has in store for us when it comes to Tradeable within the next 24 hours, so maybe someone will even predict an actual card :D
Here's what I've got in mind:
As it is, the card always deals as much damage as you have paid Mana for it (trades included). That makes it very versatile but also not overly strong. I wonder if I should make the buff it gets from trading a bit bigger. What do you think?
(I'll capitalize and embolden "Traded" in my next version, this card was created before Auctioneer Jaxon was revealed.)
New Demon Hunter Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by Thijs - Final Showdown
Not to mention that even when you do play Kurturus it has no immediate impact, it might be playable if it reduced the cost of all of your cards by 2, but playing a vanilla pile of stats that late into the game means your opponent probably kills you before you see any benefit anyway
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
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New Demon Hunter Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by Thijs - Final Showdown
Runed Mythril Rod, but without backfire or (in wild) plot twist meaning there's no way to do more than one stage in a turn consistently, only affecting the cards you just drew, and impossible to do over multiple turns unlike RMR, even if you do manage to complete the quest you still need to pay 5 for Kurturus, so it's probably going to be at least turn 8 or 9, and you've already used at least 3 of your best draw cards in most cases, and even for the earlier stages skull makes the discount irrelevant and gliding early to complete a stage means you're probably down a card or two in hand
Should Blizzard fans boycott Hearthstone?
Its never realistically going to do anything anyway. Especially since the lawsuit is currently on the way and will likely take up to a year before acitivision blizz gets anywhere near court.
We can trust that there would be some internal shake ups to address this issue even if the lawsuit comes to naught. Unlike more pertinent and persistent issues that tends to divine opinion, like how CEOs get paid exorbitant amounts of cash over their staff, or the very unequal nature of work vs pay in general, any form of harassment, much less sexual harassment, is nearly universally frown upon by all walks of life regardless of their stature. So much like the women suffrage movement, or the civil rights movement, I have no doubt that change will happen autonomously without any need to appeal for militancy or full blown boycotts.
Its entirely reasonable to withhold from blizz products until this stink ends. But it'll be entirely on our own conscience to do so.
New Demon Hunter Spell - Final Showdown
Glide seems to be a must if you're aiming to actually complete the quest. Otherwise, "Your first Skull of Gul'dan this game discounts the cards drawn by (1) more" is probably enough to slot here and there?
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
Had more to do than just this latest lawsuit.
This latest lawsuit for me is the line.
Hearthstone isn't my first Blizzard game and have been playing most of what they have for well over 10 years.
Some things they improved upon so all good.
Others are getting worse. Don't find it worth my time to deal with them anymore. So many games out there to play instead.
BUT not supporting a company due to a long history of sexual abuse and racism is a very good reason to stop supporting them and doesn't happen very often so I won't fall into an Amish lifestyle. Most people understand how to treat others respectfully. The ones that don't shouldn't be a company at all.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
Doomsayers are annoying af and there is no way this is the end of HS.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
Its going to be a card dump then, likely tomorrow since that was the date for the full reveals to have been done anyway.
This is going to go down as one of the roughest times in hearthstone history. Disappointing. Not merely because of the shambles that is and was the final portion of the reveal season, but also that's it bringing out the worst of some people in its community.
As many have opined, least they could've done is to tell us earlier what just happened. I mean they moved the final reveals a day earlier only to move it again? Fairly certain 99% of the community supports any notion of solidarity for the victims of harassment but no one likes to be served shit when they've clearly been promised some ice cream.
New Demon Hunter Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by Thijs - Final Showdown
Broken Armor Warrior has a great ring to it, though
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
I do, but given how a lot of people were looking forward to this I thought you were being memey and sincere
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
opinion on accusations? yes indeed, but lets not forget that justice does not work like that. "Innocent until proven guilty"
im willing to bet theres sexual harassment going on in the company but we cant already pre-determine that the ppl accused are guilty.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
Honestly I would have rather had they cancel the theory craft streams aswell then.. ofcourse the streamers have nothing to do with this and some rightfuly did not reveal their card. Just the whole mess with all the sexual harassment and discrimination claims going on,.But also them knowing the cards early on and getting to play them feels a bit to much like streamer privilege to me.
New Rogue Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by SnowKiss - Sketchy Information
I'd like to say again how glad I am that Explosive Sheep is back in Standard. That'll be in a competitive deck sooner or later!
New Rogue Card Revealed for United in Stormwind by SnowKiss - Sketchy Information
Either nothing, or you'll get a dormant Sherazin. Hopefully the latter! Likely the former, though. Meh.