Europeans have won all five masters tour event this year. Additionally, every final has been EU vs EU or EU vs China.
I'm fine with saiyan's re-promotion, he actually had to get the result in order to stay, but I'm very salty about Warma's repromotion. What kind of justice is that if you get promoted twice with the same victory? That basically means that (almost) every GM promoted after Season 1 was immune to relegation due to still being high on the all-year earnings list. He already had his chance, they should've set his (and all other promoted players') earnings to zero mid-season. Not to mention that currently it's DeadDraw AGAIN who has to suffer from this bullshit...
No flavor text currently in-game, nor in official playhs site (even though the other revealed cards do have them). I'd imagine he'll eventually get one though.
1) When will it start? The announcement mentions two times within half an hour of each hour. My best guess is that the first one is when the "waiting screen" appears and card pack drops via twitch are already possible, while the second one marks the start of the actual content.
Your guess should be correct, at least that's what I'm expecting.
It's been a while, but the new expansion brought at least one new quest:
Name
Description
Requirement
XP
Mended Wounds
Heal damaged allies.
0/15
1000
Additionally, they seem to have adjusted Loot N' Pillage, since I got the 1500 xp version with 0/9 requirement (was 0/11). I'd expect they have lowered the 0/7 requirement of the regular version as well, but haven't seen it yet.
Playing one game should be enough. No confirmation if the cards will be unavailable after the event but personally wouldn't take the risk if you really want to get them.
so i need to dish out 150 gold to play Arena and get these golden cards huh?
If you have played Arena during the Hallow's End event it will be enough, it doesn't have to be during this third week. And I believe everyone got one free ticket as part of the event (or do I remember incorrectly?).
Blizzard hasn't published the official rules for next year yet but I'd expect them to reset it yearly. I also expected the earnings to reset upon promotion but that might not be the case.
Maybe I should've given better subtitles; only one of the four players under each "Relegations" will get relegated. That doesn't take away the fact that some big names are indeed in danger.
Zoe is probably comming soon, there is in game a Lulu's voice interaction with her
Both Soraka and Zoe have been datamined, and are already featured in other card art as well (Hush, Porofly's full art) so both are definitely coming this year. Hard to say which one is next, although I believe I saw a theory that Soraka would come first since the Targon cards on the opponent's board in The Howling Abyss' reveal are the heal-synergizing Stellacorn cards. Maybe today's reveals will give more hints (or include one of the aforementioned Champions).
Maokai probably wins you the game on the spot, instant mill. Opponent has 4 turns left before dying to fatigue
The mill effect has "when I level up" condition, which would suggest that an already leveled Maokai won't have the effect. Otherwise it would indeed be a pretty broken card to get from The Howling Abyss.
Probably had this couple of times already but didn't realize we're missing it.
Brackets for the Swiss portion can be found here.
Horley's art style was definitely the right choice for the Old Gods.
Europeans have won all five masters tour event this year. Additionally, every final has been EU vs EU or EU vs China.
I'm fine with saiyan's re-promotion, he actually had to get the result in order to stay, but I'm very salty about Warma's repromotion. What kind of justice is that if you get promoted twice with the same victory? That basically means that (almost) every GM promoted after Season 1 was immune to relegation due to still being high on the all-year earnings list. He already had his chance, they should've set his (and all other promoted players') earnings to zero mid-season. Not to mention that currently it's DeadDraw AGAIN who has to suffer from this bullshit...
No flavor text currently in-game, nor in official playhs site (even though the other revealed cards do have them). I'd imagine he'll eventually get one though.
The rabbit is canon in WoW as well.
Another "super fun" card for esports. They just love random don't they?
Blizz sure went there with the exodia memes.
Not sure if the card is playable though, the pieces seem somewhat underwhelming. Would love to see C'Thun again.
Your guess should be correct, at least that's what I'm expecting.
It's been a while, but the new expansion brought at least one new quest:
Additionally, they seem to have adjusted Loot N' Pillage, since I got the 1500 xp version with 0/9 requirement (was 0/11). I'd expect they have lowered the 0/7 requirement of the regular version as well, but haven't seen it yet.
Playing one game should be enough. No confirmation if the cards will be unavailable after the event but personally wouldn't take the risk if you really want to get them.
I'd imagine he counts as a NA player nowadays since he lives there, and was therefore not eligible.
If you have played Arena during the Hallow's End event it will be enough, it doesn't have to be during this third week. And I believe everyone got one free ticket as part of the event (or do I remember incorrectly?).
Conceding is enough, you don't have to play the games. But just visiting the adventures or clicking the boss icons is not enough.
It will be added soon™ alongside some other site updates.
Blizzard hasn't published the official rules for next year yet but I'd expect them to reset it yearly. I also expected the earnings to reset upon promotion but that might not be the case.
Maybe I should've given better subtitles; only one of the four players under each "Relegations" will get relegated. That doesn't take away the fact that some big names are indeed in danger.
Healing is cheating confirmed then. 22 is a weirdly specific number, I wonder if there's a reason for it.
Both Soraka and Zoe have been datamined, and are already featured in other card art as well (Hush, Porofly's full art) so both are definitely coming this year. Hard to say which one is next, although I believe I saw a theory that Soraka would come first since the Targon cards on the opponent's board in The Howling Abyss' reveal are the heal-synergizing Stellacorn cards. Maybe today's reveals will give more hints (or include one of the aforementioned Champions).
The mill effect has "when I level up" condition, which would suggest that an already leveled Maokai won't have the effect. Otherwise it would indeed be a pretty broken card to get from The Howling Abyss.