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it was, idk what happened here

oh I see, I had no idea the layout looks this weird when comments get deleted. That explains a lot.

if only it wasn't a battlecry

Its a strong minion on 4 on its own, it gets better with rush, but I wouldn't count on that very often, given that there's simply very little that can actually buff it in hand.

But as a 4 mana 3/5 with a crucial divine shield, and in paladin as well, it cannot be understated how difficult it is to remove it. For that, this earns high marks from me. In fact, the only reason I can see for not including this into every paladin archetype in standard is simply because kazakus exists.

Are these people your friends?

Do you know the Wow team personally?

Do you know the defendants and plaintiffs?

Bit on the fence if this is 2 or 3 stars, leaning on 3.

I had honestly forgotten that they were going to push a Divine Shield package for Paladin this expansion with Prismatic Jewel Kit. Even if you don't manage to hand buff it though, a 4 mana 3/5 with Divine Shield is actually rather sturdy, could get Blessing of Authority on curve. If you do get a Jewel Kit proc on this and have some durability left, then you basically have a Overlord Runthak ready to go.

Its a handbuff support card in an expansion where the only handbuff card revealed so far is Prismatic Jewel Kit

Unless there more methods to do this other than Invigorating Sermon, Im just not that optimistic about the rush part. As it stands its a strong minion on its own, being a 3/5 divine shield in a class where board control is relevant.

Probably see play in a sermon deck, or some form of theoretical divine shield midrange paladin. Or just jam this in all paladins, because divine shield on 4 is just too powerful in a follow up to something like Blessing of Authority

Monetary punishment is the only thing that large corporations respond to. If Blizzard isn't punished, then abuse by higher-ups will continue. Besides, even the CEO of Blizzard Bobby Kotick has a history of sexual abuse. I think that is very indicative of the company itself.

Edit: Went to double-check, and it was sexual harassment, not sexual abuse. 

I fear that's likely wishful thinking. While not all game companies are as bad as the WoW team seems to be, one thing that is pervasive in the games industry is that companies take advantage of the passion of developers for making games. Often this takes the form of "crunch": unpaid overtime for months on end. There are also other ways employees are treated unfairly, like companies withholding their names from the credits as retaliation. Blizzard in particular is known for paying salaries that aren't enough to cover the high cost of living in that area of California.

That said, I do have hope that some of the people starting new companies will try to improve the culture of game development, even if they were part of the bad old culture themselves for years.

Eh, you might want to read up on this case: Blizzard is being sued precisely because the company was aware of abuse and didn't take appropriate action for many years.

Perhaps "must" is too strong. But "can" certainly applies. We can believe victims, and we, as citizens, are not obligated to give the presumption of innocence to anyone in how we deal with them.

Let's try another hypothetical.

Your brother steals $20 from your wallet. You know this because you saw him do it. The next day, you tell your friend. In exactly no world is your friend obligated to go "whoah, hold up. We have to presume your brother is innocent. This is only alleged until proven beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law." -- Just stop for a second and think on that one. Would it make sense in any world for your friend to say that? Is that what you'd expect them to do?

Of course, context matters. Maybe your friend knows your brother was actually out of town at the time. Maybe you have a history of mistakenly thinking people have taken money from your wallet. Those are, of course, possibilities.

Or maybe your brother is well known to be someone who takes $20 from your wallet. It's not the first time he's taken your cash. In fact, other people have accused him of just the same thing. 

Your friend needs someone to look after their wallet. They are not in any way obligated to believe that your brother is innocent of all these wallet-snatching shenanigans. 

Blizzard-Activision is a big company, and, believe it or not, these kinds of things happen in big companies all the time. There are loads of people who have spoken about these sorts of things across the industry. We know how hostile the gaming community is to women. We know how hostile the gaming community is to race. These are not new pieces of information. 

Yes, the court must presume innocence. But we're not the court. We're listening to our friends say that they've been wronged.

While i can understand, completely aggree with canceling reveal season and stand with people who stands against this disgusting thing, I really don't understand why people acts like its the company's fault.

I mean, Some people mentions here and around web that they will cancel their payments, pre-purchase etc. in order to support the stand against this kind of stuff and it really feels dumb to me to be honest. This is not the company's fault and it is only on some disgusting people that has done this and I'm almost sure of that Blizzard will do anything to punish them by their side and cancelling the reveal season proves that a bit. They simply think like content creators as how Coriolis mention;

Their reasoning is the same as Brian Kibler, Alliestrasza, Lieutenant Eddy and TrumpSC: Card reveal videos and discussions could be seen as an attempt at distracting the public away from the lawsuit and its allegations.

People shouldn't try to punish blizzard for that in my opinion. If the company won't do anything against it, That is the time for punishment for company in my opinion.

My main question is: was anyone of Team 5 part of that macho shit?

I do not care about other Blizzard games and I really do not give a shit about Activision.

IMO we need the list of dickheads who was part of that disgusting behaviour, I mean list of initials and games they belonging to.

Then we will know more and can do some decisions.

Their statement was pretty shocking indeed. Tightening policies and sending people to training are empty gestures if HR continues to let harassers get away with it. I was not surprised to see these used as excuses; Ubisoft did the same. What did surprise me was the tone: they're not even willing to consider that these allegations might be true, instead acting all insulted. That's not the attitude of a company that wants to improve.

I actually like them better than original Quests. Giving rewards for each part is nice. 1 mana discover a card from my deck in 3 turns, Seek Guidance, is nice. Even if I don't finish the quest, that's not a bad result. Lost in the Park doesn't have the flashiest reward. However if you play it on one, hero power on two, coin Park Panther on 3 and you already have 5 armor (6 with hp) plus the panther and hero attacks you've killed 2 minions. That's a big swing early facing a more aggressive opponent.

There is a lot more to evaluate on these than just hitting that end reward. I think that makes them interesting if not good already.  I'll have to see how the rest come out but I'm definitely excited by them.

Honestly, the response from Act/Blizz was so reactive, it was like the 'frat boy' wrote it as a personal defence. "State bureaucrats are to blame" How tone-deaf and unsupportive of the victims. I'm glad many content creators have spoken up in support of victims of such disgusting behaviour. Cultural change at Act/Blizz needs to go all the way to the top. I agree with Flux regarding Team 5's decision to pull the reveals, from what I read and view of the team they are inclusive and considered. 

I do not think this is as bad as people are making it out to be. This looks like a tool for decks that plan to remove minions with face attacks, and against aggro games can get pretty tight that way. If you aren't going against an aggro deck, I imagine you would just mulligan it away similar to how other quest decks would mulligan their quest when they are going against aggro.

Thank you for the speedy reply.

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@IksarHS pretty tough day to be a blizz fan with the lawsuit news coming out. i doubt you can comment on it, but what do you do on the hs side to keep the culture positive and inclusive?

@RidiculousHat I haven't looked into it much, but from what I did read it sounds horrifying. I hope whatever truth comes out of it lands as harshly as possible on those responsible. In 10 years I've been here, I've honestly thought of Blizzard as the most open and inclusive place there is.

Obviously I looked it up. Its in reddit anyway, but this was the first time Ive even heard of such a thing.

Where was this hinted at? I can't seem to find it anywhere. 

It is pretty rude to reply with an ad hominem. If you cannot defend your point anymore, just do not reply.

The state doesn't sue a company over unconfirmed allegations.  For it to reach this far this is an exceeding amount of evidence.  Prosecutors won't take up big profile cases they don't believe they can win.  This isn't a handful of small lawsuits, it's a massive problem with every woman on the staff filing complaints.  This goes far beyond he said/she said.  The reasoning for making up massive charges makes no logical sense and is just a tone deaf attempt to defend the undefendable.  

To our knowledge, no one from the Hearthstone team has been implicated. I don’t believe that the published information is clear about identifying everyone, and it’s hard to believe that there is NO cultural bleed between teams, so who knows what the truth is.

What little we’ve seen so far from the HS team does seem reassuring. The major figures are making strong statements that say the right things. That may seem like the bare minimum, but it’s hard to speak out when your company is facing legal action. Either their management is allowing them to make these statements, or they care too much about the issue to be silenced. Also, putting off the card reveals was done in solidarity with community figures and signaled that the community should feel free to speak out on this without repercussion.

Those actions could be a cynical public relations act, sure. But compared to the pissy, immature statement that Blizzard corporate put out, it does seem like this team understands the issue and at least knows how to conduct themselves.

(Seriously, can you believe that statement? I had trouble believing a multi-billion dollar company could have a culture as toxic as California described, until I saw Blizzard’s response. We may not have seen proof of the allegations yet, but we’ve already been shown that the people running Blizzard truly are dumb and entitled.)

In short, right now I’m giving Hearthstone the benefit of the doubt. I’ll definitely be listening for any stories that come out now, and I’ll be willing to believe them if I do start hearing more bad stories. 

That is the most backward way of thinking I have read in quite some time. It looks to be a prime example of someone who thinks they know something, when in fact they know nothing.