Hearthpwn

so ts halloween.  I had a long day in court and wanted to celebrate.  I broke out some vodka, put on the newest Angry Video Game Nerd, and played the newest halloween arena.  Drunk.  I went 0-3.  I thought I would do good, I watched Trumps arena run.  BUt no, my draft sucked.  I sucked.  It all sucked.  But I'm drunk, so I don't care. 

share your best drunk hearthstone stories below.  Bonus points if you are drunk on a holiday and hearthstoning.  

SI have lost everything.  But games saved my life.  

I sit here, after nearly hanging myself with no where else to turn.  Considering whether it is better to slit my wrist or hang from the ceiling.  But guess what saved my life:    FUN.  Good old fastioned, unapologetic fun.  

3 months ago I lost my faith in God.  Which wouldn't typically matter, but I was raised Mormon and had a bunch of Mormon kids.  Over a period of six weeks everything started to fall apart, and I remain in my home, alone with my wife an family across the country.  I felt at a bitter end, after another rough phone call from the ex.  She did nothing wrong, I did everything wrong.  The usual. 

I came super close to ending it all, but I didn't.  Want to know why, because I decided that I still like to have fun.  All alone, nobody else, I can still have fun.  I can put on the newest episode of Rick and Morty and play my favorite game.  And it is still as fun as ever.  I Have a great job, criminal defense attorney in Kentucky.  I make plenty of money, but a career is not enough to keep me going.  WHat is enough to keep me going, the idea of coming home, and just having fun.  All alone, I don't care I can have fun. 

So yes people can hart on video games all they want, but they give me an out.  They give me something to enjoy which doesn't rely on anyone else.  It gives me a community.  So I can say today, that video games saved my life.  I am greatful for these games, and for these gaming communities that don't care if you reject God and lost your wife.  They simply care if you want to come to the table and have fun.  So thank you Trump, thank you Day9, Thank you youtube, thank you Rick and Morty, Simpsons and that various other forms of entertainment.  And thank you blizzard.  Even if all else fails, I can fall on good old fashioned fun.  And it saved my life today.  

I agree.  They tried to have an esports olympics, it was World Cyber Gaming (WCG).  But it turned out to be south Koreans owning the rest of the world.  Eventually it didn't make enough money and esports turned home to south Korea.  MLG doesn't have the feel of olympics, it feels more like the NBA.  

I would prefer a seperate esports olympics, that happened online 2 weeks after the olympics.  

R.I.P.

"That means that only 27% of all these people, from all different backgrounds, actually recommend the film."  

-- False.  Haven't seen Rotten tomatoes before?  Each movie has two different scores, one done by critics and one done by people.   YOu said "27% of all these people, from all different backgrounds."  That figure only deals with movie critics, not lots of people from lots of backgrounds.  THe Lots of people score was over 80%.  THis shows your utter lack of intelligence, are you even educated. 

YOu attacked my intelligence, but how much education have you actually had?  I Have been trained in analysis, getting a degree in English literature.  Then I can a juris deoctorate and am employed as an attorney in Kentucky, haven't passed the bar on my first try after getting a full ride scholarship through law school.  So sub par intelligence, far from it.  How much education have you actually had?  COnsidering you don't even know how rotten tomatoes works, I am guessing not much.  

And how am I a troll?  I posted a pro warcraft post on a forum dedicated to the warcraft genre?  I posted on the one forum where I would find like minded individuals.  THat is like the opposite of trolling.  

I would recommend that on the turn after their mysterious challenger is played do not attack unless you know you can clear anything.  Try to have some sort of removal for challenger or a board clear.  IF they play it on a naked board, and I don't attack next turn, just play other cards I can usually out tempo them.  Why, because 1/3 of their deck is worthless.  So just don't feed them on that turn unless you k,now you can clear.  I try to just get up a huge taunt on that turn, they attack into it and I swipe/holy noval/clear of your choice.  That way they don't get anything huge

Its kind of like playing against handlock, where you just never attack face ever.  That way, you take out 1/3 of their threats, and you only hae 4 real threats to deal with.  Take out those 4 threats and hang back, and attaqck only when you know you can kill him that turn or the following turn.  Same with secret paladin, except for with not attacking face it is playing around those secrets on that infamous turn.  That is their win condition, if you defuse it carefully, you will usually win.   

I rarely loose to face hunter.  The hunter is the priests best friend, that he kills repeatedly.  I love the face guys, helps me rank faster.  

It was the cards working as designed,  How is that RNG?  I was expecting like 2 Nerbians in one turn, or even 3!  But they were really spread apart.  

Would you use Poison Blade if it had Inspire +1/+1  be overpowered?  It would be a clear win condition.  

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100 gold!  Woo-hoo!  

"You receive 100 gold for completing the Expert set"

How about a card back? Something?

I think it is fine.  I mean gamers spend HOURS trying to get a perfect run without deaths in Volgar the Viking, and what do they get an "achievement."  That's it.  So pretty much Heathstone is giving you an opportunity to take a screenshot and brag to your friends, as an achievement.  Seems consistent with other achievement models we gamers adore.  (But I also think a card back is fine too, but then others would complain that they are money grubbing and that a poor gamer can't get all the card backs unlike other card backs they get just from laddering).

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You all must realize what thread this is, and the purpose of it.

This is a thread with the intended purpose of being an outlet for all of your salty moments. 
This absolutely does NOT invite others to come and make ignorant posts and belittle others out of boredom, fun, or any other reason.

People being salty are using the thread for it's intended purpose,  some more abundantly than others. Posting to harass, flame, or otherwise provoke any other user is not acceptable in this thread, or any other thread. Keep it to yourself, or at the very least pm it.

This is not "that one thread where you can say anything you want". Take your nerves elsewhere. People are inherently on edge when they post here, we don't need others escalating things.

This is to some extend an attempt in reducing the number of rage threads, to focus everything on one place the other part of the idea is, that I feel like blowing of some steam myself and this is a good excuse. ;)

To make this work following rules:

1. you can be angry but try to keep tone somewhat civil. The one or other f-bomb doesn't hurt though.

2. Be angry at everything BUT other members. This works when this is a place where you don't judge other people.

3. keep the forum rules in mind, no names and stuff.

So RNG screwed you over? You faced the fifth 100 hp warrior with you favorite deck that's weak against warrior? Undertaker is worse than cancer? Leave the rationality behind you, let the rage flow through you and when you cooled down go back to the rest of the forum or game being relaxed again.

So I'll start with getting my tinfoil had out and hate against my internet provider or the illuminati or anything because god damn! Control Paladin) vs Mage (no clue what kind, secrets, archmage, healbot, freezing but no aoe, double flamestrike). 28 god damn rounds. 28!! back and forth HP bounces up and down and of course one of the MVPs was Cairne which he got through unstable portal. Screw that... Stayed on the board for ages. But anyway, I remove everything, didn't draw in my weapons or muster the whole game but slowly I get it and than the turn, Muster, Hero Power, Quatermaster. One quatermaster in hand. He had no flamestrikes left he was dead, probably no chance of anything. I wonder why he takes so long. Connection loss. After all this brutal grinding, connection gone.

My start today was bad but I started to getting back in this flow, than this game and I was smelling, tasting victory, a huge moral boost and than my ISP, the illuminati, or some divine power thinks it's time to fuck with my internet. Heck he might even DDOS me, who knows!

PS: I'm tethering through my fucking phone to write his...

Flamestrike needs a nerf in Arena, the amount of Mages in Arena is beyond bullshit.

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Before gvg, I was good at arena (somewhat). I usually hit 9 wins, and even got my first (and only) 12 win key.

Now if I reach 3 wins I'm surprised. 

It usually goes this way: I play as best as I can, I keep in mind what I become vunerable to before making a play, I try to get as much value as I can without being greedy, I make decent drafts, I watch Trump playing arena a lot, etc. Yet somehow, I always end up in a point where the board looks good on my side, but then the opponent goes in with a wombo combo to my face, and suddenly I can't win anymore because I don't have taunts/heal. I had a 1-3 rogue run in wich all my losses were like that.

I just don't know what happened, and it makes me want to give up on arena. But it's the most efficient way of grinding gold, and quests only take too long.

Rush meta happend on arena, it generates more salt than joy. I understand you friend.

Had a pot brownie.  Never did marijuana before.  I had too much, was a lot more potent than I imagined.  Vaguely remember playing HS.  Dropped 6 ranks when I checked in on it the next day.

Cool idea, OP.

BTW, is it OK to share a story which is not your own but someone else's?

Good to know I helped you out, not that it matters because there's infinite you's in infinite realities...but yeah, don't kys, it's lame. Play hearthstone. 

Pretty rough time for you, pal. Glad you thought on finding some good kind of relief/happiness for your problems.

Never forget to get outside sometimes and enjoy yourself some free time away from everything, leave the phone at home, go walk, etc (don't forget to leave a reminder to someone, just in case).

I don't see the value in adding electronic strategy games to a sports festival. Yes, they require skill but no, it is not the same thing. People have the perception that many of these sports don't require thought, which is far-removed from the truth as even a stereotypical meathead sport like American football is actually highly tactical and requires strict IQ tests be put on prospective players. This means that physical sports require intelligence, creativity and strategy -- just like eSports -- but ALSO peak physical fitness.

I think eSports have value, but they're nowhere near the same thing and don't belong in the same events. Even action games like shooters require only reaction time... not actual fitness.

I feel the same about chess being in the Olympics. A better solution would simply be to create an equivalent event for video-, computer- and board games.

As a Warlock main I can only say this:

Whilst a bunch of legendaries and rares are needed for some decks, there are plenty of competitive decks that don't require them. Zoo, Midrange Shaman, Midrange Hunter, even Tempo Mage all can be done for fairly cheap, and are competitive against most decks. Pick one, get good at it, and then slowly chip away at your collection.