OLD GODS, NEW TRICKS A Special Edition Card Design Competition
Well met, HearthPwn! This week, in lieu of our standard Weekly Card Design Competition, we're doing something special to celebrate the launch of the new Whispers of the Old Gods expansion. We've once again partnered with MyMiniFactory.com, the world's largest curated 3D printing platform, to put on a special Old-Gods-themed Card Design Competition: "OLD GODS, NEW TRICKS". The grand prize? As usual for our MMF-sponsored competitions, the winner will receive a Custom 3D-Printed model of their winning card!
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!
For this competition, TWO 3D-Printed cards will be awarded! The first winner will be determined through our usual competition process. The second? Well, you'll just have to check back tomorrow to find out. ^_~
Built by their excellent community members RicSal and 3DNA, These cards are roughly 15 cm in height and 10 cm in length, and once the model is printed, it will then be hand finished with acrylic-based paints and airbrushing to add more detail. What does a 3D-printed Hearthstone card look like? I'm glad you asked! (Click on each image for a larger version!)
Here we have Exorcism, the winner of our Winter Unveiling competition: From winning card, to 3D render, to finished product! The winning card from our Love is in the Air competition is not yet completed, or else we would show it off as well, but it is actively being worked on.
Seriously, these guys are unbelievably awesome for doing this for all of us, and you should definitely check out theirpages as well as MyMiniFactory.com in general, because they've got a lot of awesome stuff going on. If you're a 3D designer, want to get into the 3D printing landscape, and you'd like to showcase your own work, upload your 3D models to MyMiniFactory.com.
If you've entered in any of our competitions before, you already know there are rules, so let's get right to them...
Competition-Specific Restrictions:
Your card must be a Whispers of the Old Gods card. In Hearthcards.net, you can mark your card with the Tentacle emblem watermark by looking to the right of the "Card Text" section and clicking on "Swirl, Vanilla Set" to bring up a drop-down menu where you can then click on "Old Gods, New Expansion".
You must select (at least) one of the following three themed restriction to abide by:
"Ancient Abominations" - Your card must be a 10-Mana, Neutral, Legendary Minion. We ask voters to favor those entries that fit well alongside existing Old Gods, both thematically as Lovecraftian horrors from beyond and mechanically as having effects one builds their decks around.
"Crazed Cultists" - Your card must interact with either an existing Old God (referring to it specifically by name) or 10-mana minions in general. This was just going to be "C'Thun Synergy" category, but we decided to broaden it to let you name other Old Gods if you want, as well as make room for cards like Ancient Harbinger.
"Forgotten Fears" - Your card must be "Forbidden". That is, it must spend all your mana and do something based on the amount spent. Be warned, these are trickier to design than they may first appear...
Your card may not produce any additional unique token cards, like how Beneath the Grounds produces Ambush! or Ysera produces Dream Cards. Your card must stand on its own, mostly because you're only getting 1 card printed if you win.
We want your entries to be more "realistic" then we typically demand for our competitions. The following set of rules were created with that aim:
Your card may have no more than 4 normal lines of text, the current maximum on actual Hearthstone cards.
Your card may not include any invented keywords, especially not to get around the previous rule.
Your card may not include mechanics that are vaguely worded, again especially not to get around the previous rules. (An example of a vaguely worded card would be Lord Jaraxxus.)
Your card's mechanics may not be worded in blatantly non-standard ways, again especially not to get around the previous rules. (Example: "Battlecry: Choose a character. It takes 1 damage." would not be accepted, because there's plenty of precedent for us to know that should just be worded as "Battlecry: Deal 1 damage.".)
Your card must be for an existing class or be Neutral.
You may not include certain keywords or mechanics outside of classes in which they currently exist. Specifically, we're looking at Choose One, Combo, Overload, Secret, and Weapons.
Remember that your card must be functional. Something with the card text of "Deal 1 damage." that forgets to include that it's a Battlecry will be disqualified, as will something with the card text of "Deathrattle: Discover a minion." that requires impossible interaction during your opponent's turn.
Your card's artwork may not be a photograph or an in-game screenshot. We're trying to encourage realistic-looking entries here, and taking the time to find good artwork for your card is to your benefit anyway.
Remember that, although HearthCards is awesome, you MUST host your card somewhere other than Hearthcards. Save it and upload it toImgur, Photobucket, or some other similar site. HearthCards has a limited server space and will purge cards after a few days, and nobody wants your card disappearing part-way through the finals. We understand that there are some HearthCards memberships that will allow you to save your card there for longer (and you should totally get one of those just for general fan creation purposes, by the way), but we don't know who has those memberships and we can't tell from the URLs.
Please remember that You may not delete ANY posts you make in this Submission Topic, not even accidental ones, such as by double-posting or by accidentally posting something here that you meant for the Discussion Topic. If you do accidentally post more than once, inform any of the Fan Creation Forum moderators via PM, and we will handle it.
General Competition Rules
These are the rules that remain consistent from competition to competition. Read them thoroughly, even if you've entered one of our competitions before. (Some of you still make mistakes like deleting posts or hosting your entry images on HearthCards.)
First, these are the rules about Posting:
You are allowed to submit only one entry. An entry consists of only one collectible card, plus any necessary additional material or commentary (explained below).
You are allowed to post in this Submission Topic only once, only to submit your one entry.
You may not delete ANY posts you make in this Submission Topic, not even accidental ones you may make over your one allowed, such as by double-posting or by accidentally posting something here that you meant for the Discussion Topic. If you do accidentally post more than once, inform any of the Fan Creation Forum moderators via PM, and we will handle it.
Speaking of the Discussion Topic, that is where any discussion of this competition should go. This thread is for submissions only. If you want to discuss your card or ask questions about the competition rules or process, you can find a link to the Discussion Topic at the top of this thread. Plenty of folks there will be happy to help you out.
Once you have submitted your one entry, you are allowed to make only minor changes to it. Minor changes are things like correcting typos or making balance changes that do not alter the spirit of your entry as determined by we the moderators. If you want to make any changes and have any doubts as to their legality, ask us first.
These are the rules about your Submission:
Accompanying the image of your card, you may offer some minimal additional commentary to explain its design, balance, and/or other qualities. Flavor text is also welcome.
You may not submit any Gold cards. (It's just a cheap attention grab tactic that makes it unnecessarily difficult to determine what class your card is for.)
Your entry must be a card of your own creation. We've been doing this for a while, so if you blatantly rip off somebody else's idea, we will know.
Fun and even humorous entries are perfectly allowed, but "troll" entries will be disqualified. If you're worried that your card may be misinterpreted as a troll card, contact a moderator before you submit.
TIP: Though not a rule exactly, we highly recommend that you insert your images using this icon on the bar above the post text editor: . Just click that button and put in the URL of your image. Cards that are uploaded and attached to your post are not disallowed, but in our experience they will not do nearly as well, so this is for your own benefit more than anything.
Finally, know that manipulating votes in any way is strictly forbidden. Any violators will receive an official warning, and will be banned from this and all future HearthPwn Card Design Competitions.
Competition Process
Most phases of this competition have a longer time frame than usual. There are also a couple of other minor process changes from the usual, so it would be prudent for everybody to review this.
Entry Phase and Early Voting (Starts Now! Ends 20:00 UTC 3/May/2016) It is during this Phase that you may submit entries to the Submission Topic. You may also, of course, feel free to give early up-votes to any submissions that you like! Voting Phase (Starts 20:00 UTC 3/May/2016, Ends 20:00 UTC 4/May/2016) During this Phase, the Submission Topic will be locked, so no more entries may be submitted. Instead, use this time to browse the submissions and up-vote your favorites! Final Phase (Starts 21:00 UTC 4/May/2016, Ends 21:00 UTC 5/May/2016) During this Phase, the Discussion Topic will also be locked, and a new Poll Topic will go up. Discussion will be allowed to continue in the Poll Topic, and it will also include all the qualifying finalists and poll to decide the winner of the competition!
How do we determine the qualifying finalists? First, we'll pull up-vote data from each submission using the formula detailed below:
(ab) / (c) = x
Where, a = The total number of submissions on the same page as the submission. b = The total number of up-votes that the submission received. c = The total number of up-votes on the same page as the submission. x = The submission's final score.
The formula basically measures which cards stood out the most, with the necessary assumption that each page is about equal in overall submission quality. It will be the entries that receive the highest final scores that move on to the Final Phase.
The bottom line is that, although entries on the earlier pages of the Submission Topic are much more visible and thus receive many more up-votes than entries on later pages, you don't actually have to rush to get your entry in as soon as possible because the up-votes end up being weighted by what page your entry ends up on in order to determine its final score.
If you would like to take a look at how Finalist Polls are normally conducted, CLICK HERE to check out the Finalist Poll for our Weekly Card Design Competition #39. As you can see, finalist cards are ordered by their score using the above formula.
If you are a frequent competitor, please note the following:
Because of the unique nature of this competition, we cannot predetermine or even estimate the number of finalists.
For this competition, the top-voted card on each page of the Submission Topic is not guaranteed to move on to the Final Phase.
The final poll for this competition will be hidden until its conclusion.
Wild Cards will not be implemented for this competition.
Rewards
In addition to OMG, a 3D-printed card, there are a couple of things here different from the usual.
Bragging rights are always awesome, but as usual, we do offer a couple of HearthPwn site rewards to competition winners: Their card forever immortalized in our Winners' Gallery! A unique Avatar Border & "Card Design Champion" Title, as depicted below!
(Note: As this week's competition is not part of the normal competition cycle, winners will not have the ability to help us choose any future competition themes, as would normally be the case for a standard Weekly Card Design Competition.)
Share Your Creation on Twitter!
While not necessary to enter the competition, we invite everyone to share their card designs on Twitter with @HearthPwn and @MyMiniFactory by using the hashtag #OldGods3D. Include all of those in your tweet, upload your card image, and don't be afraid to link to your competition entry here on HearthPwn in your Tweet.
We're looking forward to seeing your card creations on Twitter!
3/4 mana draws 1 card, 5/6 mana draws 2 cards, 7/8 mana draws 3 cards and 9/10 mana draws 4 cards (these mana amounts include the cost of Forbidden Knowledge). It's below curve when compared to most card draw spells in the game but it's definitely the most flexible.
Makes it worthwhile to have a Battlecry themed deck build around him. There is nothing too majorly broken about the effect since it requires you to have those cards in your hand AND it applies to your opponent as well. There are many interesting applications and combos possible and the effect is worthy of a god.
He's forgotten both because he's one of the old gods blizzard hasn't mentioned yet in the lore and because he gives you access to cards that would otherwise be out of the game by that point. Meant for tempo/freeze mages, fatigue warrior, mill decks, randuin priests, or anyone who wanted more ways to play their opponent's cards.
A very high Tempo card, would be great for getting rid of dead cards in a control deck or just going full YOLO with a hand full of Spells/Coins/Spare Parts for a potentially sneaky lethal/board clear :P
This is the Submission Topic. The Discussion Topic is here.
OLD GODS, NEW TRICKS
A Special Edition Card Design Competition
Well met, HearthPwn! This week, in lieu of our standard Weekly Card Design Competition, we're doing something special to celebrate the launch of the new Whispers of the Old Gods expansion. We've once again partnered with MyMiniFactory.com, the world's largest curated 3D printing platform, to put on a special Old-Gods-themed Card Design Competition: "OLD GODS, NEW TRICKS". The grand prize? As usual for our MMF-sponsored competitions, the winner will receive a Custom 3D-Printed model of their winning card!
BUT THAT'S NOT ALL!
For this competition, TWO 3D-Printed cards will be awarded! The first winner will be determined through our usual competition process. The second? Well, you'll just have to check back tomorrow to find out. ^_~
Built by their excellent community members RicSal and 3DNA, These cards are roughly 15 cm in height and 10 cm in length, and once the model is printed, it will then be hand finished with acrylic-based paints and airbrushing to add more detail. What does a 3D-printed Hearthstone card look like? I'm glad you asked! (Click on each image for a larger version!)
Here we have Exorcism, the winner of our Winter Unveiling competition:
From winning card, to 3D render, to finished product!
The winning card from our Love is in the Air competition is not yet completed,
or else we would show it off as well, but it is actively being worked on.
Seriously, these guys are unbelievably awesome for doing this for all of us, and you should definitely check out their pages as well as MyMiniFactory.com in general, because they've got a lot of awesome stuff going on.
If you're a 3D designer, want to get into the 3D printing landscape, and you'd like to showcase your own work, upload your 3D models to MyMiniFactory.com.
If you've entered in any of our competitions before, you already know there are rules, so let's get right to them...
Competition-Specific Restrictions:
General Competition Rules
These are the rules that remain consistent from competition to competition. Read them thoroughly, even if you've entered one of our competitions before. (Some of you still make mistakes like deleting posts or hosting your entry images on HearthCards.)
First, these are the rules about Posting:
These are the rules about your Submission:
TIP: Though not a rule exactly, we highly recommend that you insert your images using this icon on the bar above the post text editor: . Just click that button and put in the URL of your image. Cards that are uploaded and attached to your post are not disallowed, but in our experience they will not do nearly as well, so this is for your own benefit more than anything.
Finally, know that manipulating votes in any way is strictly forbidden. Any violators will receive an official warning, and will be banned from this and all future HearthPwn Card Design Competitions.
Competition Process
Most phases of this competition have a longer time frame than usual. There are also a couple of other minor process changes from the usual, so it would be prudent for everybody to review this.
Entry Phase and Early Voting (Starts Now! Ends 20:00 UTC 3/May/2016)
It is during this Phase that you may submit entries to the Submission Topic. You may also, of course, feel free to give early up-votes to any submissions that you like!
Voting Phase (Starts 20:00 UTC 3/May/2016, Ends 20:00 UTC 4/May/2016)
During this Phase, the Submission Topic will be locked, so no more entries may be submitted. Instead, use this time to browse the submissions and up-vote your favorites!
Final Phase (Starts 21:00 UTC 4/May/2016, Ends 21:00 UTC 5/May/2016)
During this Phase, the Discussion Topic will also be locked, and a new Poll Topic will go up. Discussion will be allowed to continue in the Poll Topic, and it will also include all the qualifying finalists and poll to decide the winner of the competition!
How do we determine the qualifying finalists? First, we'll pull up-vote data from each submission using the formula detailed below:
(ab) / (c) = x
Where,
a = The total number of submissions on the same page as the submission.
b = The total number of up-votes that the submission received.
c = The total number of up-votes on the same page as the submission.
x = The submission's final score.
The formula basically measures which cards stood out the most, with the necessary assumption that each page is about equal in overall submission quality. It will be the entries that receive the highest final scores that move on to the Final Phase.
The bottom line is that, although entries on the earlier pages of the Submission Topic are much more visible and thus receive many more up-votes than entries on later pages, you don't actually have to rush to get your entry in as soon as possible because the up-votes end up being weighted by what page your entry ends up on in order to determine its final score.
If you would like to take a look at how Finalist Polls are normally conducted, CLICK HERE to check out the Finalist Poll for our Weekly Card Design Competition #39. As you can see, finalist cards are ordered by their score using the above formula.
If you are a frequent competitor, please note the following:
Rewards
In addition to OMG, a 3D-printed card, there are a couple of things here different from the usual.
Bragging rights are always awesome, but as usual, we do offer a couple of HearthPwn site rewards to competition winners:
Their card forever immortalized in our Winners' Gallery!
A unique Avatar Border & "Card Design Champion" Title, as depicted below!
(Note: As this week's competition is not part of the normal competition cycle, winners will not have the ability to help us choose any future competition themes, as would normally be the case for a standard Weekly Card Design Competition.)
Share Your Creation on Twitter!
While not necessary to enter the competition, we invite everyone to share their card designs on Twitter with @HearthPwn and @MyMiniFactory by using the hashtag #OldGods3D. Include all of those in your tweet, upload your card image, and don't be afraid to link to your competition entry here on HearthPwn in your Tweet.
We're looking forward to seeing your card creations on Twitter!
Best of Luck!
Note: If the mana cost that you are evolving does not exist, this spell won't work.
For example , if you try to evolve a (1) cost minion with (10) mana, it won't be evolved and the mana will be wasted!
Edit: Changed the watermark into WOG.
3/4 mana draws 1 card, 5/6 mana draws 2 cards, 7/8 mana draws 3 cards and 9/10 mana draws 4 cards (these mana amounts include the cost of Forbidden Knowledge). It's below curve when compared to most card draw spells in the game but it's definitely the most flexible.
Let's go Pirate Rogue!
Makes it worthwhile to have a Battlecry themed deck build around him. There is nothing too majorly broken about the effect since it requires you to have those cards in your hand AND it applies to your opponent as well. There are many interesting applications and combos possible and the effect is worthy of a god.
I think i kinda OP, but is really cool.
A wise man once said "don't be salty, be cool" "My Weekly Card Design Competition entry below"
Intended to trigger card effects that synergises with C'Thun's attack.
Closed Beta Player: 19/8/2013 (NA)/ 5/9/2013 (EU)--- Golden Card Count: 243 (Legendary: 10)
CDC 3.15: Jesus, Our Saviour | 6 Mana Neutral Legendary Minion 6/5 | "Deathrattle: Re-Summon Jesus, Our Saviour at the start of your third turn." |
EDIT: Changed the emblem to WoTOG as the rules states. (Didn't read it thoroughly, sorry!)
improved second iteration
again, thanks to Luis Royo for the artwork.
For all of the burn spell and Yogg-Saron, Hope's End haters out there. Hold on to The Coin, race your opponent to 10 and play Ozumat!
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He's forgotten both because he's one of the old gods blizzard hasn't mentioned yet in the lore and because he gives you access to cards that would otherwise be out of the game by that point. Meant for tempo/freeze mages, fatigue warrior, mill decks, randuin priests, or anyone who wanted more ways to play their opponent's cards.
Flavour Text: How has he lasted long enough to be considered 'Ancient'?
The Tactician Class (LOE Complete!)
A very high Tempo card, would be great for getting rid of dead cards in a control deck or just going full YOLO with a hand full of Spells/Coins/Spare Parts for a potentially sneaky lethal/board clear :P
Edit: Fixed Emblem.
"Elephants guide me." -Thrall
Runemaster Molgeim
When played: "Nothing short of total decimation will suffice!"
When attacking: "Decipher this!"
On death: "What have you gained from my death? You are no less doomed, mortals..."
God is dead