Honestly, what's the difference? Chat is usually a waterfall of Twitchspeak and nonsense. It may as well be used for something like expressing one's support for a player who was treated too harshly by Blizzard.
- Evolve Shaman and Combo Priest are the aggro decks of choice IMO. Not sure which is better. Spirit of the Frog turned Evolve Shaman into a more consistent deck.
- Druid is again trying to figure out what its best win condition is. It probably won't settle on something until the metagame settles.
- Highlander Hunter is well positioned as probably the best midrange deck.
- Holy Wrath Paladin is in a decent spot at the moment with all of the greedy AF N'Zoth decks and it has an okay mu against Priest/Shaman.
- At least one of these greedy N'Zoth decks feels like it could be a high T2 deck. They shut down the game really quickly if they make it to the right point.
- I wonder what will happen to Quest Shaman. The aggro evolve ones feel better to me at the moment.
- Tempo Rogue is certainly better than it used to be.
- Not a fan of any of the variants of Flamewaker mage as of yet.
- Secret Paladin is fine. Not scared of it though.
Great summary! I personally love the new (old) drafting without buckets. Long term arena knowledge really pays off, especially with only wild cards.
Also, no basic and classic is extremly refreshing! Secrets give me headaches because i‘m so used to play around the classic stuff, love it!
Some worthy mentions:
- A guy played Bolster as if it was Into the Fray with a Hand full of taunts. Allways read your cards guys.
- I got Reno Jackson in a Warrior/Warlock and he carried me easily to 12 wins. As you said, taunt and healing are premium.
- I think, the Legendary occurence rate has gone up. I am above 1 Legendary/deck in 5 runs.
- Premium cards like Tar Creaper litterlay win games on turn 3.
- Poison is bonkers because of the lack of removal.
- The little removal i have is often used for early tempo plays instead of later value turns. You can generally capitalize endlessly on a strong turn 5 or 6.
Really good impressions so far! Haven‘t enjoyed arena this much in a long time
Sottle and any other broadcaster that continues to work for blizzard are just as bad as blizzard. They fired two broadcasters for being there. Your jobs mean nothing to them. Way to sell your soul for a few bucks now.
In MTG you usually want 60 cards, and 24-26 lands. That leaves 36-34 cards, you are allowed to have 4 copies of a card in your deck, if you have 24 lands, that means you can have 9 different cards, 4 copies of each. So it is possible to have a decent deck in magic with only 9 different cards in your deck. In hearthstone, you are only allowed 15 different cards at best.
And even with lands, your deck is still 60 cards, so my point still stands. 2/30 = 4/60.
Yes, but you also have lands in your deck as part of the 60-75 cards (or am I wrong about that for MTG?) - this adds a totally different layer of randomness in the draw that is entirely absent from hearthstone.
imo it's better played in a more combo style. When playing against it you can just remove threats as they come, as long as you can put high health minions down or heal then this mage deck is shutdown. the combo style is harder to play around, can destroy your board, put you on low health and build a board in one fat turn.
I've seen loads of quest rogue since the expansion came through. From what i've seen the weapon is now really useful as there seems to be an increase in more mid-range decks but it can't deal well with n'zoth decks (which are prominent currently) and struggles to close games.
Only way I got it to work is to select the new portrait as the default. Then it worked on all decks at least. Maybe can be used as a temporary workaround until bug is fixed. Made my whole interface yellow though. (Yes I play a lot of mage)
no its really annoying all the hong kong things in chat i gives me a real bad vieuwers experience 95% of the chat does not really care and just doing it to be annnoying ..........
I think they put the card in there to promote multiple runs and give that sense of overkill... the card is certainly broken, but isn't that what holiday dungeon runs are about?
Most of your maelstrom of loathing, bitterness and generally shitty human behaviour doesn't merit much of a response.
I'll leave it at this; You are nowhere near as good, impactful or important as you see yourself. And karma is a real bitch. You want to wish bad things on people for disagreeing with your opinions? What a sad little life you must lead. Life has a way of catching up with folks who act the way you do.
Enjoy wasting your time in a community that you apparently hate.. and judging by the response, we don't seem to like you either.
I have a feeling the AU team was going to leave the tournament regardless of Blizzard's reaction... the fact that Blizzard did nothing highlights the fact blitzchung's region was integral to his punishment. I hope this controversy continues to receive the exposure it's getting now (and more) to bring attention to Hong Kong's plight.
I think they'll try to let things go until it completely overwhelms chat and then they'll blame a "negative viewing experience for others" as a reason to drop the hammer.
I agree that this would be an optimal outcome. But I sense that train has long since left the station. I can't imagine that the folks in Irvine sat on their hands and chose not to call their Chinese friends to talk about it. Pessimistic as it is of me to say, I think that if Blizz planned to do anything but pray that it blows over in time for the Con, they'd have done it by now.
Didn't love Admirable before, but I certainly have more respect for him now. I honestly can't see how the other casters are doing the mental gymnastics required to say "This thing is bad. And what my employer did was really wrong, but I'm staying anyway". I seriously hope that they don't try to portray it as a principled stance later.
While I continue to have hope that Blizzard will come to its senses, I would at this point call it a fool's hope. And I suspect I'll be removing Hearthstone from more than just my phone in the next day or two. No point leaving it installed if they're not changing their minds.
I was able to get Glinda and the treasure that reduced my minion cost by 1, making my best friend an (extremely slow) OTK. One of the games where I got to play the combo featured the (most fun treasure ever!) Wondrous Wonderball popping up and turning my already 10/10 BFF into a random legendary, forcing me to play the damn thing 40 MORE times out of hand for the OTK.
I've actually been keeping an eye on Sottle's twitter recently expecting a strong statement from him. He's never been too shy about expressing his political views :)
For that reason I'd hoped he'd join fellow casters in pulling out, though of course it's his decision and by no means do I mean to imply he is doing anything wrong. And of course I don't know his personal contractual/financial situation.
The best thing would be for Blizzard to at least try to rectify the situation. Apologize, restore the winnings for Blitzchung except the season in question, reduce his ban to one season (a month) or something similar.
That way they have tempered their over to the top response to the rule break to something more reasonable. And I'd recommend they tread very carefully about being seen to pander to China in the future.
Grandmasters Season 2 Concludes With Playoffs Weekend!
Honestly, what's the difference? Chat is usually a waterfall of Twitchspeak and nonsense. It may as well be used for something like expressing one's support for a player who was treated too harshly by Blizzard.
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
You can't say N-word.
*Shots fired*
Hallow's End Meta predictions
Some thoughts from Day 3/4 of our new meta:
- Evolve Shaman and Combo Priest are the aggro decks of choice IMO. Not sure which is better. Spirit of the Frog turned Evolve Shaman into a more consistent deck.
- Druid is again trying to figure out what its best win condition is. It probably won't settle on something until the metagame settles.
- Highlander Hunter is well positioned as probably the best midrange deck.
- Holy Wrath Paladin is in a decent spot at the moment with all of the greedy AF N'Zoth decks and it has an okay mu against Priest/Shaman.
- At least one of these greedy N'Zoth decks feels like it could be a high T2 deck. They shut down the game really quickly if they make it to the right point.
- I wonder what will happen to Quest Shaman. The aggro evolve ones feel better to me at the moment.
- Tempo Rogue is certainly better than it used to be.
- Not a fan of any of the variants of Flamewaker mage as of yet.
- Secret Paladin is fine. Not scared of it though.
Dual Arena First Impressions
Great summary! I personally love the new (old) drafting without buckets. Long term arena knowledge really pays off, especially with only wild cards.
Also, no basic and classic is extremly refreshing! Secrets give me headaches because i‘m so used to play around the classic stuff, love it!
Some worthy mentions:
- A guy played Bolster as if it was Into the Fray with a Hand full of taunts. Allways read your cards guys.
- I got Reno Jackson in a Warrior/Warlock and he carried me easily to 12 wins. As you said, taunt and healing are premium.
- I think, the Legendary occurence rate has gone up. I am above 1 Legendary/deck in 5 runs.
- Premium cards like Tar Creaper litterlay win games on turn 3.
- Poison is bonkers because of the lack of removal.
- The little removal i have is often used for early tempo plays instead of later value turns. You can generally capitalize endlessly on a strong turn 5 or 6.
Really good impressions so far! Haven‘t enjoyed arena this much in a long time
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
Sottle and any other broadcaster that continues to work for blizzard are just as bad as blizzard. They fired two broadcasters for being there. Your jobs mean nothing to them. Way to sell your soul for a few bucks now.
Hearthstone Hypothesis - Why is Randomosity So Prominent in Hearthstone?
In MTG you usually want 60 cards, and 24-26 lands. That leaves 36-34 cards, you are allowed to have 4 copies of a card in your deck, if you have 24 lands, that means you can have 9 different cards, 4 copies of each. So it is possible to have a decent deck in magic with only 9 different cards in your deck. In hearthstone, you are only allowed 15 different cards at best.
And even with lands, your deck is still 60 cards, so my point still stands. 2/30 = 4/60.
Mobile app down?
Yep.. just got the virus too.. Im on android.. hope there's a cure soon.
Hearthstone Hypothesis - Why is Randomosity So Prominent in Hearthstone?
Yes, but you also have lands in your deck as part of the 60-75 cards (or am I wrong about that for MTG?) - this adds a totally different layer of randomness in the draw that is entirely absent from hearthstone.
Apxvoid's Tempo Mage
imo it's better played in a more combo style. When playing against it you can just remove threats as they come, as long as you can put high health minions down or heal then this mage deck is shutdown. the combo style is harder to play around, can destroy your board, put you on low health and build a board in one fat turn.
Mobile app down?
Game randomly crashing on Android. Can't spot a pattern.
Quest Rogue - Teched for Meta
I've seen loads of quest rogue since the expansion came through. From what i've seen the weapon is now really useful as there seems to be an increase in more mid-range decks but it can't deal well with n'zoth decks (which are prominent currently) and struggles to close games.
How've you been finding it?
PROBLEM WITH 1000 WINS PORTRAITS
Only way I got it to work is to select the new portrait as the default. Then it worked on all decks at least. Maybe can be used as a temporary workaround until bug is fixed. Made my whole interface yellow though. (Yes I play a lot of mage)
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
You might be right. Though if they think that they will be wrong. Hopefully they'll at least try to soften their stance and do some damage limitation.
Grandmasters Season 2 Concludes With Playoffs Weekend!
I hope they do ban everyone that is spammin g the chat
Grandmasters Season 2 Concludes With Playoffs Weekend!
no its really annoying all the hong kong things in chat i gives me a real bad vieuwers experience
95% of the chat does not really care and just doing it to be annnoying ..........
Best Friend Forever is Busted
I think they put the card in there to promote multiple runs and give that sense of overkill... the card is certainly broken, but isn't that what holiday dungeon runs are about?
Brian Kibler No Longer Comfortable Casting Grandmasters Finals at BlizzCon, No Involvement Going Forward
LOL. WOW there salty.
Most of your maelstrom of loathing, bitterness and generally shitty human behaviour doesn't merit much of a response.
I'll leave it at this; You are nowhere near as good, impactful or important as you see yourself. And karma is a real bitch. You want to wish bad things on people for disagreeing with your opinions? What a sad little life you must lead. Life has a way of catching up with folks who act the way you do.
Enjoy wasting your time in a community that you apparently hate.. and judging by the response, we don't seem to like you either.
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
I have a feeling the AU team was going to leave the tournament regardless of Blizzard's reaction... the fact that Blizzard did nothing highlights the fact blitzchung's region was integral to his punishment. I hope this controversy continues to receive the exposure it's getting now (and more) to bring attention to Hong Kong's plight.
Grandmasters Season 2 Concludes With Playoffs Weekend!
I think they'll try to let things go until it completely overwhelms chat and then they'll blame a "negative viewing experience for others" as a reason to drop the hammer.
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
I agree that this would be an optimal outcome. But I sense that train has long since left the station. I can't imagine that the folks in Irvine sat on their hands and chose not to call their Chinese friends to talk about it. Pessimistic as it is of me to say, I think that if Blizz planned to do anything but pray that it blows over in time for the Con, they'd have done it by now.
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
Didn't love Admirable before, but I certainly have more respect for him now. I honestly can't see how the other casters are doing the mental gymnastics required to say "This thing is bad. And what my employer did was really wrong, but I'm staying anyway". I seriously hope that they don't try to portray it as a principled stance later.
While I continue to have hope that Blizzard will come to its senses, I would at this point call it a fool's hope. And I suspect I'll be removing Hearthstone from more than just my phone in the next day or two. No point leaving it installed if they're not changing their minds.
Best Friend Forever is Busted
That's pretty interesting. Seems like an intentional Easter Egg, given the all caps "FOREVER" in the card text.
Best Friend Forever is Busted
I was able to get Glinda and the treasure that reduced my minion cost by 1, making my best friend an (extremely slow) OTK. One of the games where I got to play the combo featured the (most fun treasure ever!) Wondrous Wonderball popping up and turning my already 10/10 BFF into a random legendary, forcing me to play the damn thing 40 MORE times out of hand for the OTK.
[13.10.2019] AnkaZoth Scheme Rogue
I just thought that it could come clutch in for spell power and more draw. But then again, maybe the draw will backfire.
ThatsAdmirable Cancels BlizzCon Casting, Sottle Still On Board, American University Hearthstone Team Forfeits Matches
I've actually been keeping an eye on Sottle's twitter recently expecting a strong statement from him. He's never been too shy about expressing his political views :)
For that reason I'd hoped he'd join fellow casters in pulling out, though of course it's his decision and by no means do I mean to imply he is doing anything wrong. And of course I don't know his personal contractual/financial situation.
The best thing would be for Blizzard to at least try to rectify the situation. Apologize, restore the winnings for Blitzchung except the season in question, reduce his ban to one season (a month) or something similar.
That way they have tempered their over to the top response to the rule break to something more reasonable. And I'd recommend they tread very carefully about being seen to pander to China in the future.