Decay Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 A game of skill. edit: vs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exenorate Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Did you see the Unstable Portal into Kodo when the Shredder dropped a Gilblin Stalker? ESPORTS! Really though, I'm sad reynad lost, he got some pretty unfortunate draws in the finals. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I loved that reynad vs lifecoach match because lifecoach of course spent so much time thinking, and the commentators spent so much time analyzing every possible play, heavily debating reynad's chance of winning with his overly cautious plays, lifecoach's risky play into mirror entity, and then unstable portal was played and literally everything talked about for the last five minutes was thrown out the window. I'm not sad reynad lost. He made some really bad plays throughout the tournament and got by on luck. Eventually his luck ran out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exenorate Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I loved that reynad vs lifecoach match because lifecoach of course spent so much time thinking, and the commentators spent so much time analyzing every possible play, heavily debating reynad's chance of winning with his overly cautious plays, lifecoach's risky play into mirror entity, and then unstable portal was played and literally everything talked about for the last five minutes was thrown out the window. I'm not sad reynad lost. He made some really bad plays throughout the tournament and got by on luck. Eventually his luck ran out. The commentators probably get together before Lifecoach plays and make a list of things to talk about since he ropes nearly every turn, heh. But yeah that was pretty funny. Overall a fun tournament to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohman Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Really though, I'm sad reynad lost, he got some pretty unfortunate draws in the finals. Oh well. He had his fair share of good RNG plus a number of misplays, so I'm relatively glad Phonetap won. Plus, it's nice to see someone win who's not already a visibly established HS personality/player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Get hyped for a new ~menu button~ It's notable because it is almost certainly going to be a new play mode. Also China's hearthstone company teased that new heroes wouldn't be the biggest addition in the next update. I'm thinking we'll get maybe a tournament mode you buy into with arena-style rewards for doing well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohman Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Interesting. I hope a new mode comes out soon then, just so r/hearthstone can shut up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wouldn't really get hyped for that, I'd rather play arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Maybe they'll do constructed arena. Pick a constructed deck, and fight to get up to 12 wins with it. Or maybe they'll do a new draft mode! A mode closer to MTG's draft mode would be pretty neat, but that involves a time commitment between many players and that's probably not something Blizzard wants to do. edit: MTG's draft mode is that eight players open a booster pack each, pick a card, pass the rest of the pack to the left in a circle until all the cards are picked, repeat for multiple packs until full decks are made. Then they compete in a randomly seeded tournament. It would have to be modified a bit to fit Hearthstone (5 card packs wouldn't do) but you get the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 Maybe they'll do constructed arena. Pick a constructed deck, and fight to get up to 12 wins with it. Or maybe they'll do a new draft mode! A mode closer to MTG's draft mode would be pretty neat, but that involves a time commitment between many players and that's probably not something Blizzard wants to do. edit: MTG's draft mode is that eight players open a booster pack each, pick a card, pass the rest of the pack to the left in a circle until all the cards are picked, repeat for multiple packs until full decks are made. Then they compete in a randomly seeded tournament. It would have to be modified a bit to fit Hearthstone (5 card packs wouldn't do) but you get the idea. Yeah, the constructed arena thingy iffs me. The nice thing about arena is the random decks, my main problem with hearthstone is that I get bored to no end after 2 or 3 constructed matches and don't wanna play it anymore (and that I take all of my arena money and whimsically buy packs). MTG's draft mode would be fairly interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exenorate Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm personally hoping its a statistics tracker of some sort. Granted I'd love a new play mode such as Nozdormu mode or 2v2, but I'm more interested to see how my match history is, matchups I usually win/lose, etc. Would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohman Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm personally hoping its a statistics tracker of some sort. Granted I'd love a new play mode such as Nozdormu mode or 2v2, but I'm more interested to see how my match history is, matchups I usually win/lose, etc. Would be cool. If you're not already aware of it, look up hearthtracker, It's a program that'll keep track of your stats for each deck plus your overall stats, as well as having an option to automatically count cards for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exenorate Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Oh? Interesting. I'll check it out when I get home tonight. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'd love to have the mode in-game anyway. Having to open up another program whenever I decide to play hearthstone... yada yada. I'm way too lazy for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I'm personally hoping its a statistics tracker of some sort. Granted I'd love a new play mode such as Nozdormu mode or 2v2, but I'm more interested to see how my match history is, matchups I usually win/lose, etc. Would be cool. A stat tracker is not something they'd put in that spot on the UI. Those main spots are pretty much reserved for game modes only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exenorate Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 A stat tracker is not something they'd put in that spot on the UI. Those main spots are pretty much reserved for game modes only. Good point, still hoping for a Blitz(Nozdormu style) mode or Tournament mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohman Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I'd love to have the mode in-game anyway. Having to open up another program whenever I decide to play hearthstone... yada yada. I'm way too lazy for that. Yeah, same. I lasted all of about a week using it. I enjoyed the card tracker feature, but it can make you (more) lazy and develop the bad habit of not tracking what's been played in your head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohman Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 So, Blizzard announced the new game mode: Tavern Brawl! Sounds very cool, just like the Challengestone tournament that happened awhile back. Also, each deck can have a different card back now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arakura Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Ooh preset decks? Might actually be worth playing for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 ...Hearthstone is fun. Just so you know, I was playing anti-aggro druid and he was playing a more aggro zoolock... Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 You just had to capture my shame for all to see, didn't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 You just had to capture my shame for all to see, didn't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohman Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 ...Hearthstone is fun. Just so you know, I was playing anti-aggro druid and he was playing a more aggro zoolock... Lol. I accept everyone in adds me, in hopes of enjoying this kind of abuse. On my 500th win as a wallet warrior, I had a shaman add me and call me a pay-to-win faggot. It felt appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I think my monkey brain is too slow for grim patron warrior. My win record with it is pretty decent but every single match is mentally exhausting. What a crazy freaking deck. At first I was surprised because you don't see too many people on the ladder run it. The deck actually dominates almost all matchups. It's so incredibly OP it's actually kind of ridiculous. It also has a somewhat low barrier to entry. 4 Naxx wings and 1 BRM wing, and a few hundred dust. But then I actually tried playing it and yeah, it is pretty much the most difficult deck to actually play correctly in the history of hearthstone. Maybe second to or tied with freeze mage? The math you must do on the fly is pretty intense and the strategy is often very nuanced with a lot of ways to play wrong. edit: Trump missed lethal in his stream today playing patron warrior. He took a screenshot of the board state and together with his chat of thousands, stared at that screenshot and group thinked out the turn over and over again. Taking in ideas from the many people in his chat, it took them collectively an hour to find lethal. An hour. Grim Patron Warrior in a nutshell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohman Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 That's combo decks in a netshell, though grim patron involves * a lot* more counting than Miracle did since the damage you could deal with miracle was/is set in stone. I'd say patron is more difficult than freeze mage, though I've got a lot more experience with freeze mage than patron. I would say the three most difficult decks to play in Hearthstone are Patron, Freeze, and Oil IMO. I need to give patron a shot, as control warrior is getting a little stale atm. As for taking an hour to find lethal, that seems almost unbelievably crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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