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[Zemm]

Being a top constructed player means net-decking, learning to tech, learning match-ups with tons of practice and competing every month. Kripp does none of that shit and hasn't had an interest since the original Blizzcon tournament. So of course he's not a top-100 constructed player.

He likely would be if he gave a shit. Fortunately for him, he probably makes more money than anyone else in Hearthstone doing what he's doing.

yeah it's pretty funny watching people say Kripp couldn't be a top player if he wanted. He's one of the best arena players, he could easily follow a meta and become a high rank legend player if he wanted, but he clearly doesn't want to.

Is there a bracket for this tournament? Want to watch Sjow misplay

 

[Zemm]

red manawyrm doing work

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

These casters saying priest should have picked jaraxxus vs combo lock... he would have simply lost. No mention of that though lol

Not even a recognition of that sort of risk.

 

[Lyng]

Dayum Xixo going in on Bottyhof.

Superjj came out now and backed Xixi. Pawny comes of as a ekop lvl cunt

 

[Lyng]

yeah it's pretty funny watching people say Kripp couldn't be a top player if he wanted. He's one of the best arena players, he could easily follow a meta and become a high rank legend player if he wanted, but he clearly doesn't want to.

Is there a bracket for this tournament? Want to watch Sjow misplay

Is anyone saying that? What people are, rightfully, saying is that currently Kripp is no where near top 100 constructed.

 

[Zemm]

There was some on the last page

All these Reno matchups

can't wait until he's cycled out.

 

[Fersis]

Superjj came out now and backed Xixi. Pawny comes of as a ekop lvl cunt

Forsen just tweeted:

One of the few HS events I actually was looking forward to was Global games. I know @playhearthstone can't uninvite p4wnyhof even if they wanted to. So I'll leave it up to the community to make a change. Vote for whoever you guys feel like voting for, but I'm going with SuperJJ here and will forfeit my spot if pawny gets voted in.

Source

 

[fertygo]

There was some on the last page

All these Reno matchups

can't wait until he's cycled out.

what reno matchup, most game is smorc vs smorc lol

the reno game gonna a lot more interesting if they not so tuned to beat smorc

 

[slightconfuse]

Lifecoach

 

[Tacitus_]

Jaraxxus doesn't trigger poly secret? BRODE

 

[Keyser Soze]

Jaraxxus doesn't trigger poly secret? BRODE

This should turn your hero into a 1/1 sheep with a infinte durablity "headbut" as a Weapon

When we are at it, make Morgl the Oracle die to Hungry Crab. Make it a risk to use the hero incase someone actually happens to run Hungry Crab.

The game is now automatically 100% better!

 

[Zemm]

Forsen just tweeted:

Source

Where's the vote happening?

 

[Keyser Soze]

Had the revelation to use Finja to possibly pull two Corrupted Seer's from your deck that you can hit with Evolve...

The dream is that this turns your board into One 6 Mana and Two 7 Mana minions on turn six, and you still have five Mana left to play something else that turn.

Will probably work only once in every ten games, but I guess I am going to try a version of Evolve Shaman

 

[DyslexicAlucard]

Had the revelation to use Finja to possibly pull two Corrupted Seer's from your deck that you can hit with Evolve...

The dream is that this turns your board into One 6 Mana and Two 7 Mana minions on turn six, and you still have five Mana left to play something else that turn.

Will probably work only once in every ten games, but I guess I am going to try a version of Evolve Shaman

Between that, Thing from Below, Doppelgangster, Nerubian Prophet, Feral Spirits, Barnes and Moat Lurker, you could have a ton of Evolve targets. The real issue comes in needing those Evolves. You'd have to run Master of Evolutions too, just to increase consistency a bit. It probably won't be good against this aggro meta, but it certainly would be fun to pull off!

 

[Keyser Soze]

Between that, Thing from Below, Doppelgangster, Nerubian Prophet, Feral Spirits, Barnes and Moat Lurker, you could have a ton of Evolve targets. The real issue comes in needing those Evolves. You'd have to run Master of Evolutions too, just to increase consistency a bit. It probably won't be good against this aggro meta, but it certainly would be fun to pull off!

Thanks for tips. Let's see where this goes...

I will be happy with one win to start with. It should catch somone of guard... hopefully!

I had to stick in one Devolve due to the deck's theme... :/

 

[Zemm]

yep, looks about right

 

[Dahbomb]

I didn't expect Reno Mage to be the top performing Reno deck before MSG released. I had Renolock on top.

 

[Yaboosh]

Between that, Thing from Below, Doppelgangster, Nerubian Prophet, Feral Spirits, Barnes and Moat Lurker, you could have a ton of Evolve targets. The real issue comes in needing those Evolves. You'd have to run Master of Evolutions too, just to increase consistency a bit. It probably won't be good against this aggro meta, but it certainly would be fun to pull off!

I'm not sure the average 7 drop is better than a tfb though.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Just played a dragon priest who tried to bogart my jade cards. I think he soon realized that starting a jade train when your opponent is already at 6/6+ is not a winning strategy.

 

[Yaboosh]

Got an 80g quest on NA.


Anybody who wants it must bring a basic deck only. No classic cards, no adventure cards, no Wotog, not Gadgetzan etc.



Chris#110874

 

[Nirolak]

Yeah I think this is backwards. If you have a new card pool every week nobody knows what's good at first, like new Tavern Brawls. It gives people with less skill a better chance to find a good line.

I think the only thing that would actually make Arena inaccessible is changing the draft format so that you had to pick like 30 cards out of 50 cards all at once.

As long as the existing format is there, someone who just understands the basic setup of the game should be able to at least make something reasonable without getting blown out by real deck builders, since removal and on-curve stat minions are going to be at least moderately strong.

Mind, it makes it much harder to make synergy decks this way even if you do stack things in favor of them.

 

[fertygo]

ShtanUdachi and Pavel is da man

they bring the true Renolock, not the weeny sub-optimal anti aggro renolock that weak af that everyone else bring

If you want anti aggro deck, other deck can do the job better

 

[scarlet]

ShtanUdachi and Pavel is da man

they bring the true Renolock, not the weeny sub-optimal anti aggro renolock that weak af that everyone else bring

If you want anti aggro deck, other deck can do the job better

Leeroy + faceless combo?

 

[Zemm]

Yogg Saron may have just sent someone to Malibu and stopped another

haha what a clown fiesta this tournament is

 

[fertygo]

Yogg Saron may have just sent someone to Malibu and stopped another

haha what a clown fiesta this tournament is

got nutted in rogue mirror by my dude Anakth tho

miracoli mirror so very lul

edit: damn sjow and Neirea met in quarter

 

[Zemm]

man this is a harsh format, player goes 7-0, loses 1 and is knocked out :/

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Casting for HCTs continue to be shit...

 

[Fersis]

man this is a harsh format, player goes 7-0, loses 1 and is knocked out :/

Yeah, makes no sense.
Top 8 should be double elimination.

Casting for HCTs continue to be shit...

Casting or production?
I havent watched much but the casters are doing a good job. (Though i personally would like MORE Kibler)

 

[ScribbleD]

Beneath The Grounds is just a beautiful card. Gonna miss it when it rotates.

 

[Zemm]

Casting or production?
I havent watched much but the casters are doing a good job. (Though i personally would like MORE Kibler)

Both have been bad, at least the two British casters have been terrible. Like yesterday they were going on and on about what a mistake it was for the priest to not pick Jaraxxus from the Dragon Operative when he's playing against a combo lock.

 

[fertygo]

Dat Renolock win Kreygasm

Anatkh tho dayum.. I see him very often in various streamer chat so I sorta knew him ;__;

 

[MThanded]

Can't wait for the new set. Tournament has been a slog.

 

[ScribbleD]

Can't wait for the new set. Tournament has been a slog.

How long is it usually from a new expansion's announcement to its release?

 

[Zemm]

turn 1 10/10 Edwin

 

[fertygo]

Sjow miss 2 turn lethal setup ;______;

why...

he almost made it to big time finally

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Both have been bad, at least the two British casters have been terrible. Like yesterday they were going on and on about what a mistake it was for the priest to not pick Jaraxxus from the Dragon Operative when he's playing against a combo lock.

Those 2 guys are always bad. Admirable sometimes good, often mediocre, sometimes bad but I haven't seen him be real bad in a while now. He used to be really obnoxious.

One of the big things I hate is the fake hype now. Also never criticizing a bad or mediocre play. I dislike when they justify the bad play because it happens to work out. Casters should know that is results oriented reasoning. The never punished meme, is sometimes appropriate. And the OMG shakku so good look he survived 3 rounds. Damn, any minion that survives 3 rounds is great.

And in terms of fake hype "omg the dirty rat pulled the doomsayer this is a big deal"... it wasn't. It was probably the worst pull. I am 99.99% sure the other 2 pulls were better. And one of the other pulls was leeroy... so... gg casters. Fake hype.

 

[slightconfuse]

Wow Pavel beating pirate warrior with Reno mage and lock

 

[fertygo]

I feel bad for that Glaser dude, he looked so defeated lol

 

[Dahbomb]

I have a HS tournament next week. I should be watching this tournament to get some ideas. Instead I have not even opened HS a single time in over a month, not even for Tavern Brawl. I have not even collected my rank 15 rewards for the month of January.

 

[slightconfuse]

Wow green sheep bought the greedest decks

 

[Vanillalite]

Wish we could get rid of these 5 cards

Patches
Brann
Reno
Spirit Claws
Insert Shaman Dmg spell here

Then see where we at.

 

[zoukka]

Wish we could get rid of these 5 cards

Patches
Brann
Reno
Spirit Claws
Insert Shaman Dmg spell here

Then see where we at.

Jade meta.

 

[fertygo]

Wish we could get rid of these 5 cards

Patches
Brann
Reno
Spirit Claws
Insert Shaman Dmg spell here

Then see where we at.

Only 2 deck that exist

Jade Shaman and Jade Druid

actually scratch that, because Jade Shaman is so much better no reason peep play Jade Druid

 

[1871]

Had the revelation to use Finja to possibly pull two Corrupted Seer's from your deck that you can hit with Evolve...

Not taking into account mulligan, you have 2 chances out of three to draw a seer before you draw Finja. Doesn't work.

 

[Vanillalite]

Jade meta.

Only 2 deck that exist

Jade Shaman and Jade Druid

actually scratch that, because Jade Shaman is so much better no reason peep play Jade Druid

Brann wouldn't be there to spiral out Jade idols on theory though.

 

[fertygo]

Brann wouldn't be there to spiral out Jade idols on theory though.

lol plenty of effective Jade list out there cutting Brann

he not that needed

 

[Dahbomb]

Tempo Mage, Control Warrior, Zoolock and Pirate Warrior would still exist and maybe Druids can play the Malygos/Token combo variant.

Removing Brann honestly hurts the Reno decks more.

But it's probably best to wait for the rotation to see stuff like Flamewaker gone.

 

[Mobius and pet octopus]

Jade rogue is pretty good too tbh.

Also, I think hand paladin could have a solid place as well.

 

[fertygo]

Hand buff deck single handely destroyed by dèvolve

Its wilĺ never take off

 

[bangbang i'm a timpani]

what a great finals we have coming up. two players who go face and the casters are trying to say how great their strategies are.