Generally the statement from Sottle and from the other casters Raven and Darroch seem on the whole fair and reasonable when looked at individually. The thing that bothers me is their similarity to each other:
Sottle: "I would like to affirm that I fully intend to fulfill my contracts with Hearthstone Esports and am open to work with them in the future."
Raven: "I will continue to fulfill my ongoing contracts with the Hearthstone team [...] and will look to continue to work with them in future."
Darroch: "I plan on fulfilling my current obligations and continuing to cast Hearthstone in the future."
If you look at each statement, they effectively the same message beat for beat.
Another example - soft disagreement with Blizzard's actions but commitment to stay on.
Sottle: "I do not have to agree with the actions or policies of any employer, partner, or service to continue to be affiliated with them."
Raven: "Although I do not agree with the decisions that have been made by Blizzard [...] will look to continue to work with them in future."
Darroch: "hope that anyone reading can understand that I can disagree with their choices and still be affiliated with them."
I get that each of them would take care with preparing a public message. Who wouldn't. However, when they end up sounding so similar that they're effectively identical beat for beat, it makes it seem less sincere and more like a prepared politically correct statement that Blizzard PR guided them to make.
The contrast is even more stark when you compare the similarity of these statements to how different the statements are of other people that are more assertive with their condemnation of Blizzards actions i.e. Kibler, Admirable, Amnesiac etc. They don't sound anywhere near as cookie cutter.
9/9 since October(ish) 2017. The new patch kicked me the new Priest, Paladin, and Shaman (which I love!) and the others are 900 or more, except for Warlock at 800. Should be a fun few months getting the rest. Might take a while since life has made my game time much more scarce over the last few months.
Americans seem to say that they love their freedom of speech a lot but then someone expresses that freedom of speech by kneeling during the anthem at a football game, some of you Americans seem not to love free speech as much.
Not all, maybe not even a majority but I wouldn't be so openly proud of American's love of free speech when you as a nation seemingly only love it when it's convenient.
I mean it's a nice deck and i tried making it but you don't even need the tick from thaurissan; eureka, bolt, bolt, smash, smash, is ten mana in itself, and you don't run any other spells that damage face(not counting the one frost shock which you could save the coin for if you needed the extra damage), so idk why it's in the deck.
If you want more damage so the enemy isn't at full health for the exact 30 dmg combo, you could make it more tempo oriented adding lackeys to it, they'll help with board control to where you wouldn't need as much AOE anyway.
Spirit of the frog is a good card draw engine it's true but you can't use 5 of your spells with it(counting the frost shock), and if you need the beakered lighting for aoe you wouldn't want to use it with the frog anyway and it would draw a combo piece that you couldn't play after.
I create new hybrid deck Quest/M´thun for druid. What do you think about it? Tell me your tips or some ideas for card change.For more watch thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jq2GSmcwyM or take a look on my channel ( deck ID will be avaible soon)
You'll have better chances in surviving the early/mid-game aggression by playing one Taunt minion at a time and also push for some face damage too. N'Zoth, the Corruptor will allow you to play the tempo-loss Emperor Thaurissan turn and of course heal you to full for some time after. That way you may play your combo with less combo pieces sometimes or straight up win without it, by adding a copy of Seance for an alternative win-condition.
26 minutes is my best. Madame Lazul is fast b/c you can cheese out Convincing Infiltrator. I take extra copies of that in loot choices and also take the Mirror card - and promptly use all "copy & add to deck" chances on Infiltrator. Taking empty loot boxes is always a good choice, too.
same here but with obsidian statue took considerably longer to beat though since i drew all 7 of my statues on the last boss, never lucky
They may not support Blizzards desicion, as they have said. But they may need the job and it can be difficult to find a new job at the the spot. As Kibler said, we can't expect the other casters to do the same as him, because they may not have so much to fall back on in a financial standpoint. (Sorry for bad english)
26 minutes is my best. Madame Lazul is fast b/c you can cheese out Convincing Infiltrator. I take extra copies of that in loot choices and also take the Mirror card - and promptly use all "copy & add to deck" chances on Infiltrator. Taking empty loot boxes is always a good choice, too.
I agree with you. Do you think if somebody would express opinions you mention you expect them to get same harsh punishment? I think not. I think that by issuing such a harsh punishment for first time offender blizzard acted politically. I think admirable statement is not too good. But Brian's is. Very detailed and to the point. You don't have to agree of the issue at hand, but you have to see that blizzard acted inappropriatly for the situation
I might be alone with this opinion but I think politics should not be part of hearthstone at all. The statement from blitzchung was wrong and a punishment was correct. He abused a game to phrase a political opinion. The punishment was way to strong, that’s true.
This opens the door for other statements. What had happened if he would have said „USA, stop killing us with drones“ or „free the Mexican child’s at the border of USA“. These are massive violation against human rights as well. In this case I am sure that most would have said that the reaction of blizzard would have been correct.
Games should never be a platform for politics. Even if a country is at war with each other, games like hearthstone should be something to UNITE people with sharing a passion. Thatsadmirable reaches longterm the opposite: games like hearthstone to be used as an idiological platform. In conclusion people and countries who dont share the values wont play it anymore. That’s in my opinion the wrong way.
Been playing this with much success. Agreed on what others here have said. You need to wait to do anything (other than absolutely necessary removal and hand thinning to avoid overdraw) until you have discounts + Flamewaker. Most of my wins come with nearly all the damage on 1-2 turns. Most of the games I lost were because I just could not draw Flamewaker or Sorcerer's Apprentice. I think the winrate on HSreplay will go up once bad players stop playing the deck.
Here's some art, make a card! [Legacy Game]
Aw, thanks Basil!
Major board clear for Hunter, but damages your own hero and takes a whole turn to play.
Next up, a neutral Epic with Discover.
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
Generally the statement from Sottle and from the other casters Raven and Darroch seem on the whole fair and reasonable when looked at individually. The thing that bothers me is their similarity to each other:
Sottle: "I would like to affirm that I fully intend to fulfill my contracts with Hearthstone Esports and am open to work with them in the future."
Raven: "I will continue to fulfill my ongoing contracts with the Hearthstone team [...] and will look to continue to work with them in future."
Darroch: "I plan on fulfilling my current obligations and continuing to cast Hearthstone in the future."
If you look at each statement, they effectively the same message beat for beat.
Another example - soft disagreement with Blizzard's actions but commitment to stay on.
Sottle: "I do not have to agree with the actions or policies of any employer, partner, or service to continue to be affiliated with them."
Raven: "Although I do not agree with the decisions that have been made by Blizzard [...] will look to continue to work with them in future."
Darroch: "hope that anyone reading can understand that I can disagree with their choices and still be affiliated with them."
I get that each of them would take care with preparing a public message. Who wouldn't. However, when they end up sounding so similar that they're effectively identical beat for beat, it makes it seem less sincere and more like a prepared politically correct statement that Blizzard PR guided them to make.
The contrast is even more stark when you compare the similarity of these statements to how different the statements are of other people that are more assertive with their condemnation of Blizzards actions i.e. Kibler, Admirable, Amnesiac etc. They don't sound anywhere near as cookie cutter.
Golden Hero Portrait - Completionist & Grind
9/9 since October(ish) 2017. The new patch kicked me the new Priest, Paladin, and Shaman (which I love!) and the others are 900 or more, except for Warlock at 800. Should be a fun few months getting the rest. Might take a while since life has made my game time much more scarce over the last few months.
Grandmasters Season 2 Concludes With Playoffs Weekend!
PLEASE tell me you guys are going to BlizzCon with a bunch of paddle balls while chanting that!
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
Americans seem to say that they love their freedom of speech a lot but then someone expresses that freedom of speech by kneeling during the anthem at a football game, some of you Americans seem not to love free speech as much.
Not all, maybe not even a majority but I wouldn't be so openly proud of American's love of free speech when you as a nation seemingly only love it when it's convenient.
Maly Shaman
I mean it's a nice deck and i tried making it but you don't even need the tick from thaurissan; eureka, bolt, bolt, smash, smash, is ten mana in itself, and you don't run any other spells that damage face(not counting the one frost shock which you could save the coin for if you needed the extra damage), so idk why it's in the deck.
If you want more damage so the enemy isn't at full health for the exact 30 dmg combo, you could make it more tempo oriented adding lackeys to it, they'll help with board control to where you wouldn't need as much AOE anyway.
Spirit of the frog is a good card draw engine it's true but you can't use 5 of your spells with it(counting the frost shock), and if you need the beakered lighting for aoe you wouldn't want to use it with the frog anyway and it would draw a combo piece that you couldn't play after.
Apxvoid's Tempo Mage
If you play this as tempo deck, you gonna have a bad time. It is more like miracle/combo deck.
Doom in the Tomb Decks From Hearthstone Pros
Geez, not even a day has gone by and everyone is playing these exact decks.
NEW Quest/Mecha'thun DRUID deck
I create new hybrid deck Quest/M´thun for druid. What do you think about it? Tell me your tips or some ideas for card change.For more watch thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jq2GSmcwyM or take a look on my channel ( deck ID will be avaible soon)
[Wild] Uldum Even Totem Shaman
I am pretty sure that if you copy the code to hearthstone then it will save the code forever, so you could do that.
What I do is I will just bookmark the page and then I can come back to it later.
Doom in Tomb speed
Ive just seen someone on reddit do 8 minutes, just chose all BFF's you are offered and somewhere down the road you get a crazy run.
OTK Priest
I like the idea a lot! I will try the deck but I would take out Mass Dispel, 2xPenance and 2xBone Wraith and I would add one more copy of Dead Ringer (or Plague of Death) and Khartut Defender, 2xRotten Applebaum and N'Zoth, the Corruptor.
You'll have better chances in surviving the early/mid-game aggression by playing one Taunt minion at a time and also push for some face damage too. N'Zoth, the Corruptor will allow you to play the tempo-loss Emperor Thaurissan turn and of course heal you to full for some time after. That way you may play your combo with less combo pieces sometimes or straight up win without it, by adding a copy of Seance for an alternative win-condition.
Doom in Tomb speed
same here but with obsidian statue took considerably longer to beat though since i drew all 7 of my statues on the last boss, never lucky
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
They may not support Blizzards desicion, as they have said. But they may need the job and it can be difficult to find a new job at the the spot. As Kibler said, we can't expect the other casters to do the same as him, because they may not have so much to fall back on in a financial standpoint. (Sorry for bad english)
Doom in Tomb speed
26 minutes is my best. Madame Lazul is fast b/c you can cheese out Convincing Infiltrator. I take extra copies of that in loot choices and also take the Mirror card - and promptly use all "copy & add to deck" chances on Infiltrator. Taking empty loot boxes is always a good choice, too.
Grandmasters Season 2 Concludes With Playoffs Weekend!
Chat usually spams "where is my pack" "pack" "give me pack"...
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
I agree with you. Do you think if somebody would express opinions you mention you expect them to get same harsh punishment? I think not. I think that by issuing such a harsh punishment for first time offender blizzard acted politically. I think admirable statement is not too good. But Brian's is. Very detailed and to the point. You don't have to agree of the issue at hand, but you have to see that blizzard acted inappropriatly for the situation
[Wild] Uldum Even Totem Shaman
We need an option to "save this deck" or "heart" or something here on this site. I'm going to try this one out later.
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
I might be alone with this opinion but I think politics should not be part of hearthstone at all. The statement from blitzchung was wrong and a punishment was correct. He abused a game to phrase a political opinion. The punishment was way to strong, that’s true.
This opens the door for other statements. What had happened if he would have said „USA, stop killing us with drones“ or „free the Mexican child’s at the border of USA“. These are massive violation against human rights as well. In this case I am sure that most would have said that the reaction of blizzard would have been correct.
Games should never be a platform for politics. Even if a country is at war with each other, games like hearthstone should be something to UNITE people with sharing a passion. Thatsadmirable reaches longterm the opposite: games like hearthstone to be used as an idiological platform. In conclusion people and countries who dont share the values wont play it anymore. That’s in my opinion the wrong way.
Singleton control dragon paladin.
Use it if you got it, i like having the extra last ditch AOE since it's a singleton deck.
Awakens isn't a 100% chance for you to get, you could even use ragnaros since it's free real estate now
Doom in the Tomb Decks From Hearthstone Pros
Agreed. Or at least let us use our golden copies lol.
Apxvoid's Tempo Mage
precisely. its not an aggro tempo deck. its get the cards u need and go to town, with so many spells that u otk ppl with 30 health
Singleton control dragon paladin.
Seems like a fun deck to play, but I'd swap deathwing for yesera, she provides more value
Apxvoid's Tempo Mage
Been playing this with much success. Agreed on what others here have said. You need to wait to do anything (other than absolutely necessary removal and hand thinning to avoid overdraw) until you have discounts + Flamewaker. Most of my wins come with nearly all the damage on 1-2 turns. Most of the games I lost were because I just could not draw Flamewaker or Sorcerer's Apprentice. I think the winrate on HSreplay will go up once bad players stop playing the deck.
Best Friend Forever is Busted
It's easily busted. It sticks with you for all heroes in all future runs.
If you get it as an option, take it and go for a run with priest. You get the mirror deck option and you can easily add more dogos to your deck.
They cap out at 20, I imagine it is to give you 30 cards at the start.
I managed a time of 10:20 full clear