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I think the art team made a mistake by not plastering a nasty snarl with demon-like teeth on her face. I mean, shes a demon hunter, isnt she?

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Frankly, after tuning in to the Progress Day podcast on YouTube, I have just about zero respect for Swim's point of view. The episode in question was discussing the Twitch Rivals tournament and Patch 1.2, and Swim was really childish about the results. Specifically, he complains about losing to Kripp's Burn Aggro list and describes it as though it was some random list even though it was about as cut-and-dry a Burn Aggro netdeck as you could get. He then went on to complain about how tournaments are better when you can predict your opponent's line-ups, and that his opponents were just "bringing random stuff" instead of "outgaming [him]." He came off as a petulant child who felt entitled to first place simply because he plays more Legends of Runeterra on Twitch than the various Hearthstone streamers who joined the tournament. 

The part I'm referencing from Swim is here, a few minutes into the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdUEac4l9J8&feature=youtu.be&t=538

I have not seen the Twitch Rivals tournament so what I'm about to say could be wrong, but I don't think you should be too hard on Swim because of what he said on the podcast. If you're participating in a tournament where people expect you to be the expert who stomps all the inexperienced people, and the opposite happens followed by twitch chat endlessly making fun of you for it, it makes sense that you're going to be frustrated by it. In addition his loss(es?) was(/were) apparently to Noxus/P&Z burn aggro, on which I think we can all agree that it is not the type of deck you want to see being played in tournaments because it is incredibly easy to pilot and losing against it feels like losing a coinflip.

I'm not saying everything Swim is saying is completely correct or justified, but I don't think you should abandon all your respect for him just because of what he said here. Everyone says something dumb every once in a while, especially when they're frustrated about something.

Hi guys, I am really interested to catch today's discussion stream.

I figured out  8am - 10am PT would be 5pm-7pm in central Europe. Could anyone please confirm my math is correct here? 

thanks in advance :) 

Um. OK. I guess from that we learn humans tend to find more human-looking things attractive. Who knew?

Fortunately for us the hero skins are not taking part in a beauty pageant, so the demon hunter skin that looks like a demon hunter rather than a questing librarian will do just fine. On a side note, I could totally see the HS team making a questing librarian card one day.

I've watched the trailer a bunch of times and I can only say this:

Now this is how you make a SUPER VILLAIN PRESENTATION.

Congratulations to all the winners!

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Honestly, it might just be a Demon Hunter skin. Better cash in on the hype sooner than later. If we go by my "two characters" theory it would be a good way to make a new hero for the class that doesn't feel repetitive (given how Demon Hunters all kinda look the same)

Seems he was right all along..

Grats to the winners :)

Congratulations to all the winners, and here's to another year of awesome content!

Thanks Alfi, she looks so badaas :P I really hope it would be 20 for the bundle, it´s inta buy for me then :)

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Quite sure she didn't even knew she had a sister. Or in fact that she was a druid all along.

Congrats to all the winners!

Full art for you, guys

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I, for one, am happy for this portrait. Let´s hope it´s not overpriced..

Should be $20 for 20 packs + portrait + cardback, so good valu

Nothing, they just made her up for HS

Check trailer at 2.06 - PvE Aranna portrait is 10 times hotter than DH Aranna from bundle.

The best new is the bug solve of Zephry's.

I've lost two games cuz he doesn't offer me Windspeaker when i have Evasive Drakonid on board.

Mark my words I'll get to finalists if it's the last thing I do!  

Doomguard Devastator is my exploration into excess damage since it is a mechanic that I am especially fond of and would like to see more of in the future.  Initially bounced around ideas of it being cheaper with only targeting friendly minions, but the ability to choose what enemy minion to kill involves more interesting decision making.

Shadow Seer follows my deep love for Thief Priest and allows for some Envoy of Lazul synergy.  I also always enjoy games of information, and this pushes that by giving the player and the opponent the same knowledge, whereas most other Thief Priest cards are player-only.

Corpse Explosion is the one out of the three I am most conflicted on.  I really enjoy the effect and its interaction with Deathrattle synergies and Deathrattle-hate, but the flavor seems a bit off.  Corpse Explosions typically involve a single target exploding, implying some initial minion damage/destruction, which this card does not have.  Although I really like the effect, the only thing that keeps this card in this competition is the name rather than the effect.  It's also hard to find Corpse Explosion art that aligns with Blizzard's modern art style philosophy.

EDIT: Aha, just saw the "You cannot use the word 'next'" ruling, gonna have to replace Shadow Seer with a different thing ;-;

I wonder if Swim mulligan/keep his tech cards in the starting hand.

If Swim does search for them: he is just a bad player.
If Swim does not: +10 points for OldManSanns post... it won't change the outcome enough to matter.

An idea I was tossing around. I was wondering if it might be too wordy or weird of an effect for the damage to bounce around between sides of the board. Would it be better to just stop at one random enemy minion?

Pokeniner - Does it distribute the excess damage randomly or to all of them uniformly? I initially thought the excess damage might spread to neighboring minions once, which might be an avenue to explore. I think either way, for the effect, 4 cost may be more fair. It is essentially 4 free damage to random enemy minions.

grumpymonk - I really like the effect of Bestow Faith, but I think it may be too powerful for its mana cost since something like Holy Light costs 2 and restores 6 health. Keeper Romulus seems very powerful, wow 12 mana capabilities. That being said, I think combining that with the extra empty mana crystal may be too much for one card?

Demonxz95 - I love the art for Felfire Fury and think it is a solid card. Soul Enchantress would have a lot of uses, but I think it may have too many?  Would something like Micro Mummy grant +2/+1 at the end of the turn or Divine Spirit give a minion +1/(Double)+1? I guess to me, it feels non-intuitive for cards that only deal with attack or health to have the other stat affected.

why be content with 1 x existing in your textbox, when you can expand it into 4 x’s? 

edit: btw, this would trigger with all cards that have an “x” in english, even if you’re playing in other languages