Hearthpwn

Published on Oct 10, 2013

Published on Oct 2, 2013

Published on Sep 20, 2013

02:35    Tournaments
02:50    Tournaments - Spectator Tool
11:14    Tournaments - Tournament Lobby/Format
22:40    Tournaments - Ladder System
27:29    Tournaments - ManaGrind Tournaments Top Rankings vs Top Tier Heroes
1:08:15 Odds vs Outs in Hearthstone (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?                                        key=0AitOVH7KInR4dHVZbGlBa1BaX0gydGQ1Mm5WVU9ReWc#gid=0) If there are any mistakes in the statistics please let us know, Noxious is not a mathematician 8)
1:23:00  Fun Times in hearthstone!
1:30:00  Q&A

On our 7th episode we were joined by Xdega which shared his thoughts about the tournament scene with us. 

Published on Sep 14, 2013

3:30      How to use trading values to your advantage
28:00    The impact of Divine Shields
49:13    The Coin
1:08:45 Pay 2 Win vs Hearthstone
1:20:28 General Feedback
1:30:25 Q&A

We were pleasantly joined by Robert, site manager for the Hearthstone Blizzpro website! http://hearthstone.blizzpro.com/

You can also check him out as one of the hosts from the Hearthpro podcasts at:
http://hearthstone.blizzpro.com/category/podcast/

Published on Sep 9, 2013

04:00    The old meta days vs the new meta days
09:25    The evolution of the meta days:
09:45    Silence
14:22    Overextending
20:35    Value of commons
24:45    Aggressive decks vs Mid game decks
28:30    Less removal more threat
34:33    Trading values
46:10    Top neutral minion picks for arena
1:40:15 Reward system feedback
1:46:45 Q&A

We are joined by FluxFlashor from www.hearthpwn.com (Curse), you can also find him on their youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/user/Hearthpwn

 Published on Aug 31, 2013

4:40   General thoughts behind Tiers
8:23   Tier 1
8:34   Rogue
35:00 Druid
55:00 Shaman

0:01   Tier 2
0:20   Warlock
11:06 Paladin
23:39 Mage
31:00 Tier 3
31:02 Hunter
36:55 Tier 4
39:14 Priest
45:50 Warrior
52:49 Q&A

Published on Aug 25, 2013

4:25      Our reactions of Beta being annouced
9:25      First impressions
16:09    About the Tutorial
21:21    Early Beta Bugs
29:26    Card balance/Hero balance
45:46    Reward system
59:18    Tournament platform/Potential for e-sport
1:18:35 Are the graphics/UIs/animations user friendly?
1:34:55 Q&A

Published on Aug 15, 2013

4:07   Matchmaking
10:00 Squelching Emotes
12:16 Taunt mechanic
20:50 Taunt minions
48:17 Arena

0:09   Alpha patch 2
1:56   Golden Gelbin Mekkatorque
4:54   Cult Master
9:15   Giants
14:27 Illidan Stormrage
22:17 Bite/Savagery
29:09 Fireball/Pyroblast
31:55 Inner Fire
33:55 Temple Enforcer
36:46 Conceal
40:45 Fan of Knives
43:03 Master of Disguise
45:37 Shadowstep
49:55 Q&A

We had a great time making this podcast and tackled a few subjects such as the Taunt mechanic, Arena strategies and Alpha Patch 2 as well as various other ones.

This weeks guest was Spacewizard from Zam, check out his channel when you have a chance! https://www.youtube.com/HSSpacewizard

ManaGrind is proud to announce that we are collaborating with Major League Gaming (MLG) http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/ to grow and expand the competitive Hearthstone community.  We have been working very hard the past few months trying to establish a competitive scene and are taking the next steps to bring this dream to fruition.

After receiving feedback from the previous tournaments we have changed a few things including:

• NA now starts at 2pm EST (Previously did at 4pm EST)

• EU now starts at 6pm CET (Previously did at 7pm CET)
• You can use the following time converter if needed http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

• Added to [General] rules: "All players must enter their Battle Tag in the "Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft player name" Section when creating their team." 

• The top four placing players will be contacted by a ManaGrind Representative to acquire your deck lists. The 1st place finisher will be asked to have an exclusive interview with one of the ManaGrind managers.

  Come and compete with some of the best players Hearthstone has to offer! Anyone with beta access is encouraged to sign up and join in on the fun. Do not be discouraged by the big names that will most likely be joining, this is your chance to grow as a player and expand your skill set. It is an important milestone in all Hearthstone players careers. There are prizes to be won in the form of MLG credits which can be used to join buy in seats for paid prize pool tournaments in the future. 

 The North American servers Hearthstone Tournament will begin at 2PM EST on Saturday November 30th, 2013. If you are interested in participating please go here: http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/tournament/na-managrind-open-6

 The European servers Hearthstone Tournament will begin at 6pm CET on Sunday, December 1st, 2013.  If you are interested in participating please go here: http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/tournament/eu-managrind-open-6/info

 Please make sure you follow the directions posted at: http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/forums/t/Tournament-Guide-8742580 on how to join the tournaments and read the NEW rules (http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/tournament/managrind-hearthstone/rules) regarding the tournaments.

 We look forward to seeing EVERYONE there!

 Also, if you are really interested in playing more competitively ManaGrind and MLG have worked together to form ladders for both the NA and EU servers. You can find the NA one here:http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/ladder/singles/ and the EU one here: http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/ladder/singles-eu/.

 Be sure to hone your skills and prepare for the exciting adventure that awaits each and every one of you.

Cheers!

P.S.: Keep in mind that MLG is currently working very hard to make the whole process more user friendly and convenient!

Keep voting guys, this is helping us a lot!

Keep voting people the data is very important to us! Cheers!

Quote from BanderitaUSA »

Are we discussing, if sideboard is preferred, how many cards are to be changed?
Changing the whole deck clearly defeats the point.

I'm all for monoclass, monodeck tournament with sideboard, bo3 up until finals, then bo5.

Obviously, voted.

If we realize that the majority voted to allow sideboards I will then create a poll for the number of cards.

Hi everyone,

 After seeing the poll created by Serejai,  ManaGrind believes that we owe the community a complete explanation on the reasoning behind our format. We have also created our own poll in regards to tournament formats and rulings and would love everyone’s feedback: http://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/2292-tournament-format-poll

 ManaGrind has been making successful open tournaments since the alpha stages of the game and is the first community to bring a competitive aspect to hearthstone.

 Our main focus was always to deliver the most consistent competitive formats for the players while eliminating the rock-paper-scissor game play (which focuses on constantly switching decks to counter your opponent which leads to an archetype battle as opposed to constructing a singular well rounded deck).

 Over the last 5-6 months we have gathered a lot of feedback in regards to which format would benefit the competitive community. Though we are very grateful that Serejai made a poll regarding a few formats as he brings up a very important question, we would like more feedback in determining the best tournament formats and ManaGrind is also misrepresented in terms of what our main format is/was.

In the poll it gives you the following options:

-TL Style(three classes) [This is in fact the Blizzcon Invitational style with a slight variation which includes a best of 3 until the finals which then switches to a best of 5. This format also presents a rock-paper-scissor approach where your aim is to consistently counter your opponents’ class/archetype.]

-Single-Class sideboard [Which is currently used in all competitive card game tournaments and pushes each player to create balanced decks. This format aims to forge balanced decks that are effective against a multitude of archetypes and by doing this, limits the concept of rock-paper-scissors gameplay]

-ManaGrind style(change class each round, sidebar between matches) [In reality this format aims to be as close to a Single-Class sideboard as possible which unfortunately  is impossible to enforce on the MLG platform which has created limitations in the policing of maintaining one deck throughout the tournament without anyone cheating. This is due to the lack of a deck registry.]

 As mentioned previously ManaGrind has been doing tournaments for over 5 months now and thus has amounted over 30 tournaments. The original ManaGrind format consists of something very similar to all other competitive card game tournaments which is a 1 deck ruling on a Swiss format and seemed to be the preferred choice by in-depth competitive Hearthstone players. Our aim was always in pushing players to construct single balanced decks as opposed to a rock-paper-scissor approach where you are focusing on countering the class/archetype of your opponent and seemed to have been popularized by the Blizzcon Invitational. That being said the poll made it seem as the “Main” ManaGrind format is the one currently used on the MLG platform when in reality we have had over 25 tournaments created with a single deck format.

 To summarize it all, separating ManaGrind from the Single-Class format is a bit misleading when in reality we have been and are still focused on providing this type of format. Also the inconsistency of the description for the CURRENT MLG/ManaGrind format (change class each round, sideboard between matches) which misleads one to believe that you MUST change your class each round and that side boarding is only found in this format where in reality it is also present in the TL tournaments (Blizzcon Invitational format) until the top 4 rankings even though that technically it is not allowed. Unfortunately without a complete registry it is hard for tournament organizers such as TL and ManaGrind to police decks when 150+ players participate in them and enforce specific rulings.  We hope you can vote on our POLL and give us an idea of what the community generally wants. 

P.S. : Again, thank you Serejai for bringing the question up in the first place, we are happy to see that you care for the community!

Kind regards,

ManaGrind

ManaGrind is proud to announce that we are collaborating with Major League Gaming (MLG) http://www.majorleaguegaming.com/ to grow and expand the competitive Hearthstone community.  We have been working very hard the past few months trying to establish a competitive scene and are taking the next steps to bring this dream to fruition.

After receiving feedback from the previous tournaments we have changed a few things including:

• NA now starts at 2pm EST (Previously did at 4pm EST)

• EU now starts at 6pm CET (Previously did at 7pm CET)
• You can use the following time converter if needed http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

• Added to [General] rules: "All players must enter their Battle Tag in the "Hearthstone Heroes of Warcraft player name" Section when creating their team." 

•  The new rule is "Both players are allowed to switch between Heroes whenever a new round starts. For the remainder of the round, each player must keep the same Hero but can sideboard and/or modify their deck after each game of the Bo3"

• The top four placing players will be contacted by a ManaGrind Representative to acquire your deck lists. The 1st place finisher will be asked to have an exclusive interview with one of the ManaGrind managers.

 Come and compete with some of the best players Hearthstone has to offer! Anyone with beta access is encouraged to sign up and join in on the fun. Do not be discouraged by the big names that will most likely be joining, this is your chance to grow as a player and expand your skill set. It is an important milestone in all Hearthstone players careers. There are prizes to be won in the form of MLG credits which can be used to join buy in seats for paid prize pool tournaments in the future. 

 The North American servers Hearthstone Tournament will begin at 2PM EST on Saturday November 23rd, 2013. If you are interested in participating please go here: http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/tournament/na-manag

 The European servers Hearthstone Tournament will begin at 6pm CET on Sunday, November 24th, 2013.  If you are interested in participating please go here: http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/tournament/eu-managrind-open-5

 Please make sure you follow the directions posted at: http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/forums/t/Tournament-Guide-8742580 on how to join the tournaments and read the NEW rules (http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/tournament/managrind-hearthstone/rules) regarding the tournaments.

 We look forward to seeing EVERYONE there!

 Also, if you are really interested in playing more competitively ManaGrind and MLG have worked together to form ladders for both the NA and EU servers. You can find the NA one here:http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/ladder/singles/ and the EU one here: http://gamebattles.majorleaguegaming.com/pc/hearthstone-heroes-of-warcraft/ladder/singles-eu/.

 Be sure to hone your skills and prepare for the exciting adventure that awaits each and every one of you.

Cheers!

P.S.: Keep in mind that MLG is currently working very hard to make the whole process more user friendly and convenient!

Hello everyone!

After two weeks, our 13th ManaCast episode is coming, this Tuesday November 19th at 4:45pm EST on www.twitch.tv/managrind, in the aftermath of the first Blizzard-supported tournament event! As a special guest this week, and for the second time over all, Trump will be with us!

In this ManaCast, we will as usual touch upon:
- the weekly MLG/ManaGrind tournaments for both North America and Europe and discuss the metagame
-we will tackle Blizzcon, looking at and discussing various invitees' decks, and also have Trump and Noxious share their experiences and thoughts regarding it.
-as a final note, we will exchange on the merits or downsides of the tournament format proposed for the Innkeeper's Invitational, and try to see if it lives up to competitive expectations.

As usual, this will be followed by a Q&A, and you are welcome to ask questions to any of us on the show!

See you then,

Tuesday, November 19th, 4:45PM EST
www.twitch.tv/managrind