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Mobius and pet octopus
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Sunwalker was good before sludge belcher and hasn't seen much if any play since naxxramas came out.
Professor Lich
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Just made a horrible mistake. Used Imp-plosion on a Sunwalker. Did zero damage, so I got zero imps. I realize that's how it works but I just forgot.
It was the only thing I could do that turn anyway, but still, that sucks.
It was the only thing I could do that turn anyway, but still, that sucks.
hypersheep
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RIP Twitch part two
Azzurri
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Is it being DDOS'd?
What's this story about Amaz inviting people to his tournament that were already eliminated in the qualifiers? Half the story seems to be in deleted Reddit threads and all I'm getting out of Amaz's "official" explanation is that it's "fixed" now without actually saying what that means.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I'd imagine they can invite whomever they want, even if they try and fail to get through the open bracket. It is their tournament, but also blizzard doesn't have any rules on this that would make the tournament not qualify for blizzcon points. It could come off as a bit shady I guess, but I think only first place gets blizzcon points anyway.
hypersheep
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So apparently Backspace invited some players to phase 2 of the Pinnacle 4 Qualifier that were previously eliminated in phase 1 of the qualifier. People thought this was unfair (which it probably is). This was fixed by just removing those people from the phase 2 and playing it out with 24 instead of 32 people.
Anyway I usually ignore such drama. Really /r/hearthstone is just a glutton for community drama and enjoys making mountains out of molehills.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Oh, inviting people back into the qualifiers after they were already disqualified? I mean, that would be fucked up if I was someone who wasn't disqualified.
hypersheep
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Yes, which is why they were removed. For some reason Amaz or Backspace didn't announce this, which probably made things worse.
Mobius and pet octopus
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The more I think about it, even getting invited into groups if you lose the qualifiers, even if a spot opens up they need to fill, shouldn't be allowed.
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en...2015-hearthstone-world-championship-1-30-2015
I mean, it doesn't say it explicitly but inviting someone to a higher seed after they've already failed breaks this rule I think. It is no longer inviting for just seeding preference. It is just non-legit biased advancement at that point.
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en...2015-hearthstone-world-championship-1-30-2015
I mean, it doesn't say it explicitly but inviting someone to a higher seed after they've already failed breaks this rule I think. It is no longer inviting for just seeding preference. It is just non-legit biased advancement at that point.
hypersheep
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I'm pretty sure the Pinnacle would not qualify for points, given that it'll be 5 invites and 3 from qualifiers.
Mobius and pet octopus
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You also count the people in the qualifiers. The stuff that is streamed is only part of the tournament and the stuff that isn't streamed also counts towards player counts. They do have streaming requirements but they don't need to stream everything.
You guys are still thinking too complicated. Owl is a beast. Owl-Kill Commander-Hero Power.
Trump just threw a game by picking Druid a second time
Good old Trump. This rivals his missed flight to China and not realizing it until the following day incident.
hypersheep
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Why is Twitch still down? Did someone set the servers on fire or something? I need something to distract from studying for finals!
Lactose_Intolerant
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#firetrance
Officerrob
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It's up, Reynad is on
God forbid we don't see the exact same 10+ streamers in every single tournament! Or that anyone else gets a chance to build some sort of following.
I don't see the point in people like sjow getting an invite after losing 3-0 (I dunno of he was invited but he seems like a likely candidate). Him and Forsen are my two favourite steamers but they just aren't good enough to get straight invited to these high profile tournaments, I'd rather see some new blood than giving people like this who lost in qualifiers an invite anyway
What are you talking about willis? Mech Warper is perfectly balanced!
See balanced just like Dr. Boom. Not pictured the instant concede after i ended my turn.
I live doing things like this to Hunters
Serious fuck that class
Good job fighting cancer with cancer.
LMAO!
Mobius and pet octopus
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Forsen basically got it because he almost never has any chat rules like sub mode or slow mode. I guess it is a pretty good tactic cause he got 2k dollars out of it. Forsen isn't even on the top 5 for highest mean viewership. I'd imagine if trump turned off sub mode and had unrestricted chat he'd have made an extra 2k bucks.
Professor Lich
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Golden Recombobulator makes the creature it turns golden, that's pretty awesome.
Anyway, looking for input on this burner priest deck. I opened two Shadowbombers recently and wanted to try this idea out. The potential for burst is there easily but I can easily say after two games I don't have enough minions and I feel like that is something that should change. Maybe I just need stickier minions that'll deal damage over a long period and survive a bit longer to make it to a crazy burst combo. I'm just not sure yet. Just going to keep testing it out and go from there. Any advice is appreciated!
First image was my original idea, and second is my first attempt at changing things;
Anyway, looking for input on this burner priest deck. I opened two Shadowbombers recently and wanted to try this idea out. The potential for burst is there easily but I can easily say after two games I don't have enough minions and I feel like that is something that should change. Maybe I just need stickier minions that'll deal damage over a long period and survive a bit longer to make it to a crazy burst combo. I'm just not sure yet. Just going to keep testing it out and go from there. Any advice is appreciated!
First image was my original idea, and second is my first attempt at changing things;
Arcane Golems, maybe? If you want stickier minions, maybe Shades of Naxxramas instead? What is Vol'Jin's role in the deck as it stands?
Can it juggle itself?I made this card as the joke idea for how Knife Juggler could be made more random without being better, but I wonder if there are actually decks where this would be run. Unleash The Hounds would be chaos from either player with one of these out.
This seems like a card that Blizzard could actually design. They love stuff like this.
It would hit itself because I like how stupid that is.
The kind of deck that runs shadowbomber is the kind of deck that's silly aggressive. You need to make the damage you deal to yourself irrelevant, so that means you need the kind of deck that gets ahead and stays ahead. And if it ever gets behind, you instantly lose. That would make it kind of like a shockadin deck. I think you should run a lot of cheap minions and cut most of your high-end and tech cards.
So something silly like this.
Not sure on a couple of those picks, maybe Bluegill instead of Dire Wolf Alpha. And maybe Silence instead of Ironbeak Owl.
So something silly like this.
Not sure on a couple of those picks, maybe Bluegill instead of Dire Wolf Alpha. And maybe Silence instead of Ironbeak Owl.
Professor Lich
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Vol'Jin's good at removing anything, especially stuff like Sludge and Loatheb which everyone plays on turn 5. Things do have a good way of working out, did get a kill on turn eight by dealing 17 damage past a taunt, but I feel like I should have things the board more often. Who knows, it'll be a while before I probably get it to feel right.
Servbot #42
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I also really hate that class, it just feels somewhat scummy you know? I just feel hopeless playing vs hunter most of the time since he can kill you so fucking fast and in so many ways.
I was reading a list of medical titles for whatever reason and almost every single one makes a great Dr. Boom parody card.
Boom, CHT.
Boom, R.N. would be the 2/3 version of Dr. Boom.
Boom, CHT.
Battlecry: For each card in your hand, summon a 1/1 Boom Bot. WARNING: Boom Bots may explode.
Boom, R.N. would be the 2/3 version of Dr. Boom.
Figured that'd be too good, yeah.
But now, the dude running a Hobgoblin deck loves you.
And would throw out two knives if Ogre Magi was played.
Would be awkward. A hobgoblin deck would be running things at 1-atk already and the buff would leave them neutered after buff. If anything, druid is a good class for hobgoblin, so the druid with this card could run hobgoblin and then taunt or trade off the arch druid and have a nasty board. I like the idea that this would make taunt buffs more useful for druids.
Does a Stormwind Champion let 0-atk minions get buffed by Hobgoblin?
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thepotatoman
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No it doesn't, which is good because that would make it not buff 1 attack minions that would be otherwise buffed.
"Play a 1-Attack minion" only means that the card that you play shows 1-attack on the card itself.
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