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good decision, now we just need to see someone getting suspended over this horrible incident. they came to the conclusion that they rushed in on a harsh punishment therefor i think someone at the company should be held accountable and punished accordingly.

I had to actively research that part. Noone seems to talk about the "eight words" thing :/ Thanks for informing me.

It's still a BS excuse to fire the casters over this. I saw one of them literally in tears about basically loosing his job.

It certainly still smacks of a corporate response where they're trying not to completely piss off Tencent.  That said, that isn't unreasonable.  Brack has to look out for the business or there is no Blizzard.

That said; Does that make it okay?  I think that anyone reasonable will consider it, at least.  And I think it's still fair to say that Blizzard will not get some people back.  I am considering it.  They recognize that they messed up.  I just find the denial of their relationships overseas to be flimsy and disingenuous.  Otherwise, it's about what I would have expected.

I don't know if it's enough to get Kibler/Admirable back, but at least it'll make it more palatable for them to go back to if they decide to.

You missed the part where the two casters encouraged BlitzChung to "say the eight words", which is the slogan for the HK protesters. They even ducked before he said it, which obviously implies that they knew what he's going to say.

The punishment was harsh, but to say that the casters "[kept] the focus on the event" is wrong.

I’m honestly glad they did this today. It feels thought out, feels like a right response, better than not saying anything or waiting passed the weekend.  Took a bit longer than I’d hoped for, but I understand where they are coming from.  It doesn’t matter who the person was or what political platform they were pushing, esports should be kept to the sport and is not required to be a political platform.  They could that on their own personal streams or social media’s. Still a bit of a black eye on the blizzard history. This will not be forgotten.

Really enjoying this deck. You found the perfect mix of synergies. Well done.

Not even cheaters have been treated this harshly this fast. Not to mention that their excuse for banning the casters was that they didn't "keep the event focused on the tournament" which is absolute BS. They immediately cut away; like, what else were they supposed to keep that event focussed?

They can not walk back to much. Do you think it is enough or OK for time being. What do you think kibler/admirable should do now? 

Wanna see an 8 mins record?

Well I mean, there is no surprise in the message really, but still... 6 months? I mean it is like missing 3-4 events or so... still pretty harsh... Not to mention for one of the casters main game was Overwatch so not sure how many of those events he would miss...

Hmmm....seems like a load of conciliatory corporate crap.

I wonder.  What would happen if they threw a tournament and no one participated in any way?  No players, no casters, no streamers, no viewers?  

Battletag: bodziaq#2141
Region: EU
Trade only? Yes, you go first.

DONE

And normally that would be my sentiment too, but Standard only players that don't keep full collections would have been at a disadvantage. Now that players know there is a chance for Wild cards making a return to Standard, folks will have to reconsider dusting cards that are rotating out.

You'd rather have chat spam ResidentSleeper or OMEGALUL? At least this way it helps raise awareness.

Firstly, thank you for checking out the deck! :)

I have already addressed most of your points in the first 5 minutes of the video posted, so if you haven't got a chance to I would highly recommend watching it as I address other aspects as well! 

I'll summarize for your comment though; You're absolutely right that Emperor Thaurissan is not NEEDED in this deck, as this combo has existed for awhile.  What Emperor Thaurissan does do is improve the VERSATILITY of the deck.  For example, if you have to use up a Lightning Bolt or Totemic Smash early on to survive,  we can discount both Eureka! to 5 and 3 spells for our OTK that way.  Or, if we have Malygos in hand but no Eureka! we can still get an OTK with 4 spells. Additionally, because this combo requires 3-4 1 mana cost spells, sometimes finding them all is hard, so Emperor Thaurissan can discount a Frost Shock, or Earth Shock to use with Spirit of the Frog to be able to cycle into our combo spells. Since most of the cycling comes from Spirit of the Frog it makes it that much easier to dump our hand and cycle for what we have left. Also, Beakered Lightning and Zap! are great 0 mana cost spells to not only control the board, but to start the cycling.

As far as early board control with lackeys, I've found that I survive well enough with 6 AOE spells in the deck already and prefer more value-oriented cards to make more room in the deck for versatile cards, and cycling.  Every minion we put in this deck is 1 less card draw and really slows this deck down. 

You are not alone. I agree with you too.

Absolutely overpowered. Not capped as far as I can see. With banana split and Spells cost (1) less. Round 6 turn 2 I had THREE  33/33 charge taunt minions. Completed run with a 101/101 BFF.

Speed run complete.

Not a majority at all.  I try not to judge people by the incredibly loud and obnoxious vocal minority

Nads

Mr. Toast has something to say:

https://twitter.com/DisguisedToast/status/1182464793946415104?s=09

Ppl never said that they shouldnt be punished. There are rules but there are fitting punishments too. This wasnt a fitting punishment which was clearly a move to apease china and not to apply the rules pre established. The caster banned for life even at OW. Thats not how a free and democratic country works let alone an american company like Blizzard known for their motto of freedom.

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