I've pushed out an editor update that may resolve the issue.
Pretty strange we're only hearing about this one in particular now. If the issue does persist, can you confirm it also exists when you disable all your browser addons? Sometimes those can do evil against sites.
I just don't want to advertise my decks because it's more about a discussion. I'm no new to the outof.cards etc and I know how to post decks. Still apreciate your suggestion though ^^
Less about advertising them and more about giving people easy access to the cards so they can discuss them. Right now there is a barrier to entry for this thread if people want to talk about the decks you've recommend, that being loading Hearthstone and pasting deckstrings =)
What was the point of this maneuver by Hearthpwn? It was really weird because as I understood, outofcards was supposed to become a replacement for Hearthpwn, but now we have two forums with low activity.
The original purpose of Hearthstation Out of Cards *was* to become a replacement for Hearthpwn, as we had known for a while that it was shutting down. Flux wanted to purchase Hearthpwn so he and the rest of us could keep it alive, but he was denied the opportunity. We learned after-the-fact that Hearthpwn would survive under new, completely different management. By then Out of Cards was already under way; hence the two websites/forums.
Trust me/us, it was not intentional that we would split the community :/
Can confirm everything Linky says.
The split is definitely not ideal and not how I wanted things originally but you know what, I think this was for the best. It'll take us sometime to implement everything we really want so a slowly building community, although frustrating at times, helps us gain more targeted feedback from the people who matter the most - the ones that will actually talk to you.
When you directly compare the types of engagement the two sites have, Out of Cards goes way above what HearthPwn has ever had. Sure, they got a bunch of people that just swing on by for some decks, but we've got the important part that gives us real strength.
I'm so proud of the team we've assembled here and will continue to build upon for years to come. The community has also been so welcoming to the idea of Out of Cards and with the support really shows that we're on the right track. FeelsGoodMan.
You're incorrect in your assumptions of how the front page picks decks. Votes do matter to some degree, but it isn't everything. All decks have an internal score we call the "hot score" and is periodically recalculated.
I completely agree though that we need to do more for deck discoverability. One thing that I implemented early on was automatic flagging of decks that have guides written for them. This is linked in our navigation as the first item under Decks to encourage people to not only write guides but also make it so much easier to find good decks. https://outof.cards/hearthstone/decks/?has_guide=true
I've talked internally about doing something with showcasing a random deck with a guide on the front page or also allowing staff to be able to "recommend" decks that would gain increased internal scores to get them to the front page faster. We've also got some work to do with making it more obvious that people should be voting on decks which may end up helping some other decks see the light.
There is a lot more work we can do with decks and it'll be something that gets improved down the line. There's also plenty of places we haven't been automatically linking decks yet which can help with it too. Right now though, the focus is on some other tools that we want to get out for the community (which should help with decks too) and then we can wrap back around and start working more on the core of decks.
Some updates have gone out over the past few days, here is our changelog!
I'm sorry these don't come out as frequently as they should. We didn't push out much worth mentioning during the card reveal period and expansion launch. I've also been helping get all our new staff on board, as you've probably noticed with all the great new content we've had on the front page. Love 'em <3
New Features
You can now "install" Out of Cards onto your Android Phone if you use Chrome.
Chrome on android has this cool feature called "Add to Home screen". We now have meta data that tells this how to act and will show our derpcorn icon should you choose to add the site to your home screen. It is easy, one-tap access to the site!
Content authors on news posts now have bios!
They'll display at the bottom of posts if an author has written one. Learn more about all of us =)
Deck Collection BBCode
We've got a new bbcode you can use to promote your decks. "hsdeckcollection" is the tag name and it accepts a comma-separated list of deck ids.
Example usage:
Card BBCode can now use custom names!
By using the new, optional text argument, you can now give your memes card tooltips and styling.
We've got better caching on the homepage now which have increased the page load speed by almost double!
Deck Embeds now display class icons in the in their headers and have footers with votes, dust cost, comments, views meta data.
Card and deck listings now have pretty headers when a single class is selected.
Card and deck listings now have pretty urls when a single class is selected.
Desktop users no longer have sticky navigation.
Dev Note: Feedback was mixed on this but ultimately it was decided to remove the sticky nav for desktop users as it sometimes created more problems then it solved.
Achievement points now display on your comments and forum posts.
Bug Fixes
When you have a class selected on the decks listing, the archetypes box will now populate with only that class (requires a page reload)
Archetypes now sort by class and then alphabetical by default across the site.
When you earn a new forum title, your old one will now still say selected.
Fixed the default font in the editor from displaying as Arial. Open Sans is the way forward!
When sending someone a direct message, you will no longer have it appear as unread for yourself.
There is no way to use Amazon Coins to purchase stuff off the Battle.net web store. They can only be used for stuff in-game.
With that said, Uldum packs are in-game so just load up the Amazon App Store version of Hearthstone and buy em. I always recommend checking in-game first to see if what you want to buy is available before buying amazon coins.
Homepage determines decks based on an algorithm I don't plan to make fully public. Good, fresh content gets noticed though by the site =)
Also, I encourage you to post deck guides in the relevant class forum and start an actual discussion around it. Its another great way to get some eyes on it!
To the Dr. Boom thing. Pocket Galaxy definitely need an adjustment too but screw everything about Dr. Boom. Legitimately makes me want to not play the game.
Undead Mage on Herod w/ Tailoring and Enchanting! Almost got to level 9, Eastern Kingdoms crashed and this has been my life for almost 2 hours.
I've pushed out an editor update that may resolve the issue.
Pretty strange we're only hearing about this one in particular now. If the issue does persist, can you confirm it also exists when you disable all your browser addons? Sometimes those can do evil against sites.
Less about advertising them and more about giving people easy access to the cards so they can discuss them. Right now there is a barrier to entry for this thread if people want to talk about the decks you've recommend, that being loading Hearthstone and pasting deckstrings =)
Can confirm everything Linky says.
The split is definitely not ideal and not how I wanted things originally but you know what, I think this was for the best. It'll take us sometime to implement everything we really want so a slowly building community, although frustrating at times, helps us gain more targeted feedback from the people who matter the most - the ones that will actually talk to you.
When you directly compare the types of engagement the two sites have, Out of Cards goes way above what HearthPwn has ever had. Sure, they got a bunch of people that just swing on by for some decks, but we've got the important part that gives us real strength.
I'm so proud of the team we've assembled here and will continue to build upon for years to come. The community has also been so welcoming to the idea of Out of Cards and with the support really shows that we're on the right track. FeelsGoodMan.
I don't think priest is going to go hiding, though it certainly did take a decent hit. Extra Arms felt so great to play, it is a shame =(
This'll be out shortly.
I agree this would be awesome.
You're incorrect in your assumptions of how the front page picks decks. Votes do matter to some degree, but it isn't everything. All decks have an internal score we call the "hot score" and is periodically recalculated.
I completely agree though that we need to do more for deck discoverability. One thing that I implemented early on was automatic flagging of decks that have guides written for them. This is linked in our navigation as the first item under Decks to encourage people to not only write guides but also make it so much easier to find good decks.
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/decks/?has_guide=true
I've talked internally about doing something with showcasing a random deck with a guide on the front page or also allowing staff to be able to "recommend" decks that would gain increased internal scores to get them to the front page faster. We've also got some work to do with making it more obvious that people should be voting on decks which may end up helping some other decks see the light.
There is a lot more work we can do with decks and it'll be something that gets improved down the line. There's also plenty of places we haven't been automatically linking decks yet which can help with it too. Right now though, the focus is on some other tools that we want to get out for the community (which should help with decks too) and then we can wrap back around and start working more on the core of decks.
thats an error on our part, sorry!
Some updates have gone out over the past few days, here is our changelog!
I'm sorry these don't come out as frequently as they should. We didn't push out much worth mentioning during the card reveal period and expansion launch. I've also been helping get all our new staff on board, as you've probably noticed with all the great new content we've had on the front page. Love 'em <3
New Features
Changes
Bug Fixes
There is no way to use Amazon Coins to purchase stuff off the Battle.net web store. They can only be used for stuff in-game.
With that said, Uldum packs are in-game so just load up the Amazon App Store version of Hearthstone and buy em. I always recommend checking in-game first to see if what you want to buy is available before buying amazon coins.
Also, shameless plug to support the site
https://outof.cards/guides/31-how-to-use-amazon-coins-to-purchase-cheaper-hearthstone-packs
Homepage determines decks based on an algorithm I don't plan to make fully public. Good, fresh content gets noticed though by the site =)
Also, I encourage you to post deck guides in the relevant class forum and start an actual discussion around it. Its another great way to get some eyes on it!
This isn't even the right forum for it.
Got Colossus of the Moon. RIP
Really hoping we'll get a round of buffs sometime too, hopefully focused on a cool event.
Oh my god please yes.
To the Dr. Boom thing. Pocket Galaxy definitely need an adjustment too but screw everything about Dr. Boom. Legitimately makes me want to not play the game.
Rastakhan's Rumble announced and released changes 3 weeks after the expansion dropped.
We're entering the third week of Saviors of Uldum, so unless they release the changes this week as well, it won't beat that!
A page for each board detailing interactions is definitely something we'll get working on soon.
What would make us the only site you want to visit?
Cheese wanting fan creations stuff, no surprises :P
Don't worry, it is coming!