I just assumed these ads were showing up because they only wanted ads that loaded quickly and didn't bog down the site. Hence why these low brow, and maybe even propaganda type of ads you're talking about are showing up, because they put out low cost and low quality ads. But I must admit I hadn't paid attention to the publisher or provider of the ads, or even the content most of the time.
I personally wouldn't mind seeing some higher quality ads from better advertisers popping up instead of these ads that are mostly text. First, because the low quality ads actually make the site look cheap and low quality to me. Second, OoC would likely get more revenue from having better ads on their site.
Last thing I'll add, I used to work in digital advertising for a large publisher, and if the site doesn't have enough established traffic, or if a publisher or ad serving platform does not yet know what the audience for the site is, that could also be a reason for seeing these types of ads right now. Because higher profile advertisers usually have layers of targeting data added to their ad campaigns, unless they are buying out specific ad space on a particular website. While again, if someone is spreading propaganda might just throw their ad anywhere they can get it.
I did see a really nice Best Buy ad on this very forums page though as I'm typing this response, so maybe things will be changing soon if my last point is actually why we're seeing these ads you're referring to and we'll start seeing more mainstream ad placements.
This would also make it so that someone playing a popular class would take longer to find a match than someone playing an unpopular one. It would also help counter the problem of one deck becoming a large percentage of what you face
No. It would be incredibly difficult for Hearthstone to implement an algorithm to target specific players, and they have no incentive to do so. However, I think it could be cool if Hearthstone implemented a system where it tried not to match you against the same class twice in a row (kind of like how shuffle on iPods was changed to be less random so songs of the same style wouldn't follow one another as much, even though it was purely random before)
Sea Serpent has Beast synergy that Nerubian lacks, but in this deck it plays no role so Nerubian Egg should be the better choice here unless I'm missing something.
But I’m pretty sure that’s just something OOC isn’t aware of and more than sure that they wouldn’t want these kind of ads to show up on their website in the first place.
Hopefully there’s an easy way to straight up ban these questionable ads.
I had this happened to me too alot when I was playing on Gadgetzan expansion, theres one certain deck I faced often and lost many games, switched to another deck, and never seen that obnoxious deck again and lost several times again.
Feels bad man when you facing rigged matchups right now, but during rise of shadow expansion I had good matchups several games. It may be suspicious right now, but you can still try to spam it until you have finally to see the opponent you want.
But of course... taking a break is my best answer for now, I would give up at that moment honestly.
Basically strolled my way up from ranks 16-10 in two days of minimal playtime with this deck.
Running a tempo deck with a hidden OTK seems to be, uh... good.
Still struggles with heavy control that can develop a board to pressure you and knows to kill all mechs while maintaining their health pool, but good mulligan/draws with this deck tend to overcome most problems. Another big problem I've faced: board development that heals (like quest shaman discovering Jinyu Waterspeaker... twice).
Hard to get to an OTK when you're fighting just to stay alive, but so it goes.
I have been playing a lot of Galakrond Warlock, but I noticed, that most of my opponents were Shamans. Against those I really struggled to win, so i looked up, which deck was best against Shaman. Apparently Holy-Wrath-Paladin is doing pretty well against them and since I had all the necessary cards, I thought I'd give it a try. I played 10 games with it, but not a single Shaman (mostly Rogue, which is the strongest deck against Holy-Wrath-Paladin :D).
Then I switched back to Warlock and I faced 3 Shamans in a row, after that I stopped playing. The last SEVEN games with my Warlock Deck were against Shaman.
I'm not salty, I have a positive winrate after all, I just find it suspiciously unexpectable (statistically speaking). Has someone of you encountered a similar situation?
Of course a Santa legendary should give out presents, so Sir Kringle gives both players one of Marin the Fox's legendary treasures. It also gives the opposing player a dilemma; do they destroy it and deny their opponent a treasure, or leave it alive and get a treasure for themselves?
Next up: an epic Neutral that has Windfury synergy
First things first, I am _not_ complaining about the existence (or of even the amount of) ads!
Recently whilst browsing through your website, I noticed a weird trend in the ads that got displayed to me, as a lot of them were advertising books from a certain publisher in Germany ("Kopp Verlag") that has a.... Not so nice reputation.
I'm not going into my issues with this publisher any further as this might (sadly enough) start some political discussions which (in my humble opinion) do not need to take place in the forum's for a card game.
I assume that you do not have much of a decision on what your ad provider displays to me personally, but it puts your website, with good content which I like to visit regularly since it started in a sort of bad light... So... I don't know just wanted to let you guys know and maybe you can talk to your ad Provider to stop advertising right wing literature on you website? ^^"
PS.: So far it actually only happens on this site...
Thanks for this! I've been wanting to build a menagerie deck ever since I saw those new Murloc's coming out. Had a winstreak going in Wild with this deck and it's also pretty fun to play, no one really expects it and if you play well, you'll be way ahead on board. I just had one question, What do you think about: Hench-Clan Hag ? It summons Amalgams, which fit the menagerie theme but it doesn't work so well with Embiggen
Grimm Face Hunter
there is a replace for Houndmaster Shaw?
Content of ads
I just assumed these ads were showing up because they only wanted ads that loaded quickly and didn't bog down the site. Hence why these low brow, and maybe even propaganda type of ads you're talking about are showing up, because they put out low cost and low quality ads. But I must admit I hadn't paid attention to the publisher or provider of the ads, or even the content most of the time.
I personally wouldn't mind seeing some higher quality ads from better advertisers popping up instead of these ads that are mostly text. First, because the low quality ads actually make the site look cheap and low quality to me. Second, OoC would likely get more revenue from having better ads on their site.
Last thing I'll add, I used to work in digital advertising for a large publisher, and if the site doesn't have enough established traffic, or if a publisher or ad serving platform does not yet know what the audience for the site is, that could also be a reason for seeing these types of ads right now. Because higher profile advertisers usually have layers of targeting data added to their ad campaigns, unless they are buying out specific ad space on a particular website. While again, if someone is spreading propaganda might just throw their ad anywhere they can get it.
I did see a really nice Best Buy ad on this very forums page though as I'm typing this response, so maybe things will be changing soon if my last point is actually why we're seeing these ads you're referring to and we'll start seeing more mainstream ad placements.
Suspicious Matchmaking
This would also make it so that someone playing a popular class would take longer to find a match than someone playing an unpopular one. It would also help counter the problem of one deck becoming a large percentage of what you face
Suspicious Matchmaking
No. It would be incredibly difficult for Hearthstone to implement an algorithm to target specific players, and they have no incentive to do so. However, I think it could be cool if Hearthstone implemented a system where it tried not to match you against the same class twice in a row (kind of like how shuffle on iPods was changed to be less random so songs of the same style wouldn't follow one another as much, even though it was purely random before)
Galakrondlock in case you want to play Odd Paladin with Warlock portrait
Sea Serpent has Beast synergy that Nerubian lacks, but in this deck it plays no role so Nerubian Egg should be the better choice here unless I'm missing something.
Content of ads
I can confirm this and it’s really disturbing.
But I’m pretty sure that’s just something OOC isn’t aware of and more than sure that they wouldn’t want these kind of ads to show up on their website in the first place.
Hopefully there’s an easy way to straight up ban these questionable ads.
Suspicious Matchmaking
Its the classic rock-paper-scissor :
Whenever I play rock, my opponent has the paper. But when I use paper, I'm being counter with scissor ...
Suspicious Matchmaking
I know I sound like some flat-earther now :D
but yes, it seemed rigged.
Do you think Blizzard would actually do something like that? For example to keep winrates of certain decks in control.
Galakrondlock in case you want to play Odd Paladin with Warlock portrait
Serpent Egg instead of Nerubian Egg?
Suspicious Matchmaking
I had this happened to me too alot when I was playing on Gadgetzan expansion, theres one certain deck I faced often and lost many games, switched to another deck, and never seen that obnoxious deck again and lost several times again.
Feels bad man when you facing rigged matchups right now, but during rise of shadow expansion I had good matchups several games. It may be suspicious right now, but you can still try to spam it until you have finally to see the opponent you want.
But of course... taking a break is my best answer for now, I would give up at that moment honestly.
Suspicious Matchmaking
Basically what you are saying that Blizzard is rigging random players to have the best matchup available against you.
Suspicious Matchmaking
Assuming 30% of decks are shaman decks, then the probability of not playing against shaman for 10 games in a row is less than 3%. (0.7^10)
Pretty low, but not impossible, I know, just found it really weird, that when I switched back I only faced shamans again.
Suspicious Matchmaking
To be fair I meet a shit ton of Shamans no matter what I play.
Remember that 10 (even 20) games aren't a big enough sample to get conclusions from.
DoD - Wild Deathrattle 38+ Damage OTK Hunter
Basically strolled my way up from ranks 16-10 in two days of minimal playtime with this deck.
Running a tempo deck with a hidden OTK seems to be, uh... good.
Still struggles with heavy control that can develop a board to pressure you and knows to kill all mechs while maintaining their health pool, but good mulligan/draws with this deck tend to overcome most problems. Another big problem I've faced: board development that heals (like quest shaman discovering Jinyu Waterspeaker... twice).
Hard to get to an OTK when you're fighting just to stay alive, but so it goes.
Suspicious Matchmaking
I don't really know how to post an image, so here is a link to a screenshot of the decktracker:
https://ibb.co/0tPP0r3
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Is it Fierce Monkey?
Suspicious Matchmaking
I have been playing a lot of Galakrond Warlock, but I noticed, that most of my opponents were Shamans. Against those I really struggled to win, so i looked up, which deck was best against Shaman. Apparently Holy-Wrath-Paladin is doing pretty well against them and since I had all the necessary cards, I thought I'd give it a try. I played 10 games with it, but not a single Shaman (mostly Rogue, which is the strongest deck against Holy-Wrath-Paladin :D).
Then I switched back to Warlock and I faced 3 Shamans in a row, after that I stopped playing. The last SEVEN games with my Warlock Deck were against Shaman.
I'm not salty, I have a positive winrate after all, I just find it suspiciously unexpectable (statistically speaking). Has someone of you encountered a similar situation?
Here's some art, make a card! [Legacy Game]
Recently discovered how powerful these 2 keywords are together xD
Next: Here's a challenge, a spell that interacts with Dragons and Stealth in some way.
Here's some art, make a card! [Legacy Game]
Of course a Santa legendary should give out presents, so Sir Kringle gives both players one of Marin the Fox's legendary treasures. It also gives the opposing player a dilemma; do they destroy it and deny their opponent a treasure, or leave it alive and get a treasure for themselves?
Next up: an epic Neutral that has Windfury synergy
Content of ads
Hi,
First things first, I am _not_ complaining about the existence (or of even the amount of) ads!
Recently whilst browsing through your website, I noticed a weird trend in the ads that got displayed to me, as a lot of them were advertising books from a certain publisher in Germany ("Kopp Verlag") that has a.... Not so nice reputation.
I'm not going into my issues with this publisher any further as this might (sadly enough) start some political discussions which (in my humble opinion) do not need to take place in the forum's for a card game.
I assume that you do not have much of a decision on what your ad provider displays to me personally, but it puts your website, with good content which I like to visit regularly since it started in a sort of bad light... So... I don't know just wanted to let you guys know and maybe you can talk to your ad Provider to stop advertising right wing literature on you website? ^^"
PS.: So far it actually only happens on this site...
Hearthstone Balance Changes Confirmed For Next Week
And then they end up nerfing Lance Carrier.
Galakrond Dragon Warrior
Yeah Barista Lynchen and War Master Voone, and obviously Town Crier to get Scion asap ;)
Galakrond Dragon Warrior
Also, Scion of Ruin and Barista Lynchen is Valuetown Maximus. Seen a few concedes after that combo.
Menagerie Druid
Thanks for this! I've been wanting to build a menagerie deck ever since I saw those new Murloc's coming out. Had a winstreak going in Wild with this deck and it's also pretty fun to play, no one really expects it and if you play well, you'll be way ahead on board. I just had one question, What do you think about: Hench-Clan Hag ? It summons Amalgams, which fit the menagerie theme but it doesn't work so well with Embiggen
Iksar's Legend Galakrond Rogue (Hearthstone Dev)
sap maybe?