I didn't say that Blitzchung should have made the statement; but for Blizzard to go out of their way to permanently ban him and fire the two casters just for being there is ridiculous. Don't put words in my mouth.
Basically you are saying people rights should be banned from HS as money is much more important
Stop that i basicly say that thats just crap No i say that hs should go over politics GM and Polictics are 2 different things thats what i say Hs is not violating any human right they just dont wannah have that kind of content on GM and thats there good right because its about gaming
Also reallty funnyt that out of nowhere evryone cares about hong kong before this its was non excisting here
Because this is a Hearthstone forum. Why would we talk about politics on a video game fan site?
I don't recall you ever criticizing the Chinese government on Out of Cards before. Know why? Because this is a Hearthstone fan site; Video games shouldn't be involved in politics, and Blizzard supporting China is unacceptable; if no one ever did anything because it wouldn't have a "big enough impact," the world wouldn't function.You're not being edgy or smart by pointing out that not playing Hearthstone will topple Chinese dictatorship. But you seriously don't think all the controversey surrounding Blizzard and the NBA atm won't affect anything at all? Give me a break, go back to calling people inbred for disagreeing with you about "a children's card game" in your own words.
I 100% agree. Grandmasters isn't the place to talk about politics, but the punishment was way too harsh and it's clear what statement they're trying to make.
I played over a hundred games of Handlock during Rise of Shadows. Jaraxxus was borderline playable imo. If he was buffed to 8 mana and the interaction was removed, there'd probably be a T2 or T3 Midrange Warlock deck out there. Unfortunately, both of those things have to happen before he becomes playable again.
Ironhide Direhorn was originally in the deck, but I ended up cutting him because it almost always got removed before the Overkill effect was possible. We usually have a pretty large hand size, so Octosari ends up overdrawing a ton in my experience.
Awesome deck! Really suprised by how good Starfire and Bite can be in the right situation. Only thing that felt off was the Savage Striker. Seems to just be something you drop on 2 90% of the time. Maybe put in Druid of the Swarm if that's going to consistently be the case?
It's no more or less problematic than most swingy tempo turns in HS.
it is at turn 3
If you play it turn 3 that means that you already have 4 minions on board. If that's the case you should already be in a good spot. And stop acting like this is happening every time on turn 3. That's an insane high roll.
no, ffs, it means there ARE 4 minions on the board, of which at least 2 could quite easily be theirs. And ofc it'S an "insane" highroll. That's the point you dunce. It's a complete shutdown that can happen at any point if they just happened to open with it. it's literally the Healzoo opener on crack.
The point isn't about consistency, it's about how unfair of a combo it is and how it shouldn't even exist in the first place.
Quest Shaman itself is very capable of going wide in the early game and you're not gonna win against them by just trading off all your minions, because you should try to actually kill them before they steamroll you with the Quest.
Literally any deck with the perfect curve is unfair. Your theoretical situation where your Quest Shaman opponent who can't play anything on turn 1 goes super wide on turn 2 (and for some reason you don't respond and just go face?) just isn't likely at all. If you're playing Zoo, your'e unfavored in that matchup. That's ok, decks can be bad against certain combos. Calm down, your'e not helping your case by calling people who disagree with you a dunce.
It's no more or less problematic than most swingy tempo turns in HS.
it is at turn 3
If you play it turn 3 that means that you already have 4 minions on board. If that's the case you should already be in a good spot. And stop acting like this is happening every time on turn 3. That's an insane high roll.
I don't think it's that big of a problem. It's a big power spike but most decks have big if not bigger power strikes right now. Priests are having 12/12+ on early turns, Edwin is still a card, druids are rushing two 5/5s for 5 (not even a combo), aggro warrior can do some nutty stuff with the merc. It's pretty far off from the value and power of conjurer's calling. Mogu + mutate isn't even super strong in several matchups and 8 drops has plenty of rolls that aren't too insane to deal with.
I think it's pretty important for the deck to get some raw tempo and it makes games interesting. Sometimes you get blown out but that just happens in hearthstone. you would have to change a lot of cards before it made sense to nerf that.
we'Re talking about a 2-card combo that punishes decks that are just playing their gameplan and have no other option to beat you.
We're talking about a 7-mana Sea Giant that also deals 3 damage.
There are a ton of insanely strong 2-card combos. If your gameplan does not take the possibility of facing early big minions into account, you should probably change it because Combo Priest, Mech Hunter, and Mech Paladin all exist.
I haven't been able to play the game for almost a week now, ridiculous.
Freljord! I wanna play some dumb combo decks.
I really like Taunt Warrior w/ Varian, super fun
Good for you Kibler, I'm glad he acknowledged that not everyone is in the same spot he's in while still standing up for his beliefs.
Garrosh, Uther, and Jaina are all awesome, not really motivated to grind too much for the other ones.
I didn't say that Blitzchung should have made the statement; but for Blizzard to go out of their way to permanently ban him and fire the two casters just for being there is ridiculous. Don't put words in my mouth.
Because this is a Hearthstone forum. Why would we talk about politics on a video game fan site?
Well, the NBA lost their connection to China. Maybe the same could happen to Blizzard.
I don't recall you ever criticizing the Chinese government on Out of Cards before. Know why? Because this is a Hearthstone fan site; Video games shouldn't be involved in politics, and Blizzard supporting China is unacceptable; if no one ever did anything because it wouldn't have a "big enough impact," the world wouldn't function.You're not being edgy or smart by pointing out that not playing Hearthstone will topple Chinese dictatorship. But you seriously don't think all the controversey surrounding Blizzard and the NBA atm won't affect anything at all? Give me a break, go back to calling people inbred for disagreeing with you about "a children's card game" in your own words.
I 100% agree. Grandmasters isn't the place to talk about politics, but the punishment was way too harsh and it's clear what statement they're trying to make.
I'm going to go F2P after this. Who's in?
I played over a hundred games of Handlock during Rise of Shadows. Jaraxxus was borderline playable imo. If he was buffed to 8 mana and the interaction was removed, there'd probably be a T2 or T3 Midrange Warlock deck out there. Unfortunately, both of those things have to happen before he becomes playable again.
Ironhide Direhorn was originally in the deck, but I ended up cutting him because it almost always got removed before the Overkill effect was possible. We usually have a pretty large hand size, so Octosari ends up overdrawing a ton in my experience.
Yeah the Beast package is usually how you win against most decks, lot's of fun! Stampeding Kodo is a really underrated card in the current meta imo.
If you only face meta decks anyway, why not play ranked?
I completed it on Normal fine (saved remaining health both times I lost), don't think it's a universal issue.
Awesome deck! Really suprised by how good Starfire and Bite can be in the right situation. Only thing that felt off was the Savage Striker. Seems to just be something you drop on 2 90% of the time. Maybe put in Druid of the Swarm if that's going to consistently be the case?
Literally any deck with the perfect curve is unfair. Your theoretical situation where your Quest Shaman opponent who can't play anything on turn 1 goes super wide on turn 2 (and for some reason you don't respond and just go face?) just isn't likely at all. If you're playing Zoo, your'e unfavored in that matchup. That's ok, decks can be bad against certain combos. Calm down, your'e not helping your case by calling people who disagree with you a dunce.
If you play it turn 3 that means that you already have 4 minions on board. If that's the case you should already be in a good spot. And stop acting like this is happening every time on turn 3. That's an insane high roll.
There are a ton of insanely strong 2-card combos. If your gameplan does not take the possibility of facing early big minions into account, you should probably change it because Combo Priest, Mech Hunter, and Mech Paladin all exist.