I don't know if this is true (the intent of Blizzard to garner global attention while still keeping their lucrative ties with China strong), but I greatly hope so.
While many have suggested Blizzard determined the severity of the punishment, I think that is an assumption as well... we simply do not know what the influencing parties were in that decision.
Each individual has their own decision to make on how they will react to this information (and, if chWolfgang is right, this information reaches a lot more individuals based on Blizzard's actions). They each must decide if a reciprocating punishment should be levied on Blizzard (i.e. quitting, protesting), if Blizzard's actions, while concerning to reprehensible, are understandable, or if they stand with Blizzard's decision and support it. This is the freedom that we enjoy in our country (as well, I pray, in all of yours) and within this forum.
When given that perspective, what truly matters becomes clear. Don't allow your reactions toward Blizzard distract you from the real issue.
Edit: as the story continues, Blizzard continues to make poor decisions, so as hopeful as I was that Blizzard was attempting to covertly bring global attention to Hong Kong Human Rights, it seems this is not the case. They also handled the two casters for Blizzard Taiwan unfairly and have (as far as I can tell) not reverted their stance on firing them for simply being the recipient of BlitzChung's message. Any recommendations for games like Hearthstone?
If you also had an ongoing Arena run (let's say at 2 losses) before the event went live, you would be awarded with all the rewards from that run plus an extra Arena ticket, while the old run would be forfeited. The same will happen at the end of the event, so keep that in mind as well.
Blizzard has taken sides against democracy by punishing Blitzchung so heavily. I can understand banning him to deny him a platform if you want to stay out of politics, but by firing the casters and robbing the champion of his prize money they have gone beyond that.
Blizzard can be held responsible for the severity of the punishment. That was completely their decision. Many of us don't like how heavy-handed it was.
As far as examples of companies involved in China, look at the Daryl Morey story involving the NBA. They are obviously taking a hit in China, but I'd say that ethically they are trying pretty hard to be right.
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They usually have HDT fixed real soon after patches break it. I'm sure it's their #1 priority!
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Maybe, but as this will kill the stats collection for hsreplay.net I'm pretty sure they'll fix it ASAP.
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Patches never go live instantly on mobile, and if they do, it's a rarity.
They have to go through appstore / google play approval processes before they show up.
Blizzard Removes Blitzchung From Grandmasters, Prize Money Taken Away For Anti-China Comments
I don't know if this is true (the intent of Blizzard to garner global attention while still keeping their lucrative ties with China strong), but I greatly hope so.
While many have suggested Blizzard determined the severity of the punishment, I think that is an assumption as well... we simply do not know what the influencing parties were in that decision.
Each individual has their own decision to make on how they will react to this information (and, if chWolfgang is right, this information reaches a lot more individuals based on Blizzard's actions). They each must decide if a reciprocating punishment should be levied on Blizzard (i.e. quitting, protesting), if Blizzard's actions, while concerning to reprehensible, are understandable, or if they stand with Blizzard's decision and support it. This is the freedom that we enjoy in our country (as well, I pray, in all of yours) and within this forum.
When given that perspective, what truly matters becomes clear. Don't allow your reactions toward Blizzard distract you from the real issue.
Edit: as the story continues, Blizzard continues to make poor decisions, so as hopeful as I was that Blizzard was attempting to covertly bring global attention to Hong Kong Human Rights, it seems this is not the case. They also handled the two casters for Blizzard Taiwan unfairly and have (as far as I can tell) not reverted their stance on firing them for simply being the recipient of BlitzChung's message. Any recommendations for games like Hearthstone?
Hearthstone Deck Tracker broken in 15.4 Hearthstone
FYI most recent patch seems to have broken Hearthstone Deck Tracker, likely as a new version on Unity is being employed.
Or at least myself and other people in the relevant discord are experiencing this issue.
Can play without but like to keep the stats and pack opening stats.
Thought I'd post to stop others from trying to fault find the problem as we'll need to wait for a HDT release to fix.
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My graphics are broken with this update. Anyone else has this?
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I have the same question
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Not testing it yet, but maybe Firestone will work?
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I'm guessing the patch is not live yet on mobile? I'm not seeing new quests / arena ticket or anything new.
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FYI this appears to have broken Hearthstone Deck Tracker, likely as a new version on Unity is being employed.
Or at least myself and other people in the relevant discord are experiencing this issue.
Can play without but like to keep the stats and pack opening stats.
Update from discord:
Our developers are already looking into it! I'll update here as soon as we have anything to announce.
Update 2:
Now fixed!
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personally, I don't care what they are saying in their comment, just adding the 'I'm first!' thing frustrates me.
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I'm still waiting for the update to hit Android. Usually it's here right away.
Will incomplete arenas be rewarded with a ticket when the next tavern arrives?
Yes. Read here: https://outof.cards/forums/hearthstone/game-modes/arena/1701-psa-free-arena-tickets-hallows-end-2019.
Recent Threads should take you to the newest post
Not yet, but definitely something that we want to implement.
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Yep! We'll have them all rendered very soon.
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First to reply to this and I agree, should have at least some substance
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New arena rotation, dual classes, removal of power buckets during drafting ... oh my.
Blizzard Removes Blitzchung From Grandmasters, Prize Money Taken Away For Anti-China Comments
You gotta lower your ideals of freedom if you wanna suck on the warm teat of China
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Don't forget this is also the patch that contains those new 1000 win portraits!
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I repeat: team5 give us the legendary card of the damn Headless Horseman! (possibly viable, thank you).
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Mummy Paladin is gonna be nuts now with Sylvannas and Ragnaros.
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If you also had an ongoing Arena run (let's say at 2 losses) before the event went live, you would be awarded with all the rewards from that run plus an extra Arena ticket, while the old run would be forfeited. The same will happen at the end of the event, so keep that in mind as well.
Blizzard Removes Blitzchung From Grandmasters, Prize Money Taken Away For Anti-China Comments
Blizzard has taken sides against democracy by punishing Blitzchung so heavily. I can understand banning him to deny him a platform if you want to stay out of politics, but by firing the casters and robbing the champion of his prize money they have gone beyond that.
Blizzard Removes Blitzchung From Grandmasters, Prize Money Taken Away For Anti-China Comments
Blizzard can be held responsible for the severity of the punishment. That was completely their decision. Many of us don't like how heavy-handed it was.
As far as examples of companies involved in China, look at the Daryl Morey story involving the NBA. They are obviously taking a hit in China, but I'd say that ethically they are trying pretty hard to be right.
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I can excuse it when there is an actual comment attached to it. But just simply saying first is silly.