The HearthPwn Tavern Is Closing Its Doors
March 23, 2013 is a date that will be hard to forget.
Almost six years ago I was brought on by Curse as the Community Manager of HearthPwn. Part of the job entailed keeping everyone up to date with the latest news out of the community, and today I am with deep regret and sadness to give you one of the final updates HearthPwn has to offer, words that are difficult to type together - we are closing the doors to our Tavern.
HearthPwn will be closing its doors on June 28, 2019, 2257 days after our journey began. It is on this day you will no longer be able to add new content to the site.
Although our doors may be closing, we’re going to keep the windows open. The history of our site, all the posts, decks, and other content we all have created over the years will be archived and still viewable to those who want to see it. Creating new content will be disabled, our news will no longer be updated.
We’ve all been through a lot together over the years and I’m going to miss delivering content to you all as fast as possible, especially the sleep-deprived card reveal periods. Our amazing deck guide writers over the years have created some of the best content this game has ever seen and educated many new players in new archetypes. I’m quite happy all that content and history will still be accessible because there’s quite a bit of unique content.
Our Fan Creations section with the weekly card design competitions has some of Hearthstone’s most dedicated fans and gave way to some of the coolest card designs and always lead to questions of “Is Blizzard crazy enough to add something like this to the game?”. Only time will ultimately tell, though considering we did end up with Genn and Baku, anything is truly possible if you set your mind to it.
Speaking of those that really put their mind to it, our wonderful selection of forum trolls. You all made us work relentlessly, testing the limits of our moderation system, but you too brought a special charm to the site. Those midday laughs when we couldn’t believe you were at it again are uncountable
I could name so many of you who have improved my life in some way through HearthPwn but I can’t do that for I fear I’d miss out on someone. Even those people I never interacted with directly, there’s a good chance I read something you posted or created and thought highly of it or had a good laugh. Thank you so much for all the heartfelt and informative messages throughout the years, you’re the reason I go through madness to make sure card reveals every expansion were delivered as fast as possible.
I’d like to invite everyone to leave a message in the comment section below. What was your favourite HearthPwn memory? I’d also like to invite you to my Discord server where we can all still keep in touch, talk Hearthstone, and go crazy with card reveals even after HearthPwn closes its doors. I'll also be around on Twitch today talking about memories with y'all.
Stay awesome,
Robert and the HearthPwn Staff
PS. Myself and the moderation team will all still be around until the end. Expect to see continued coverage of the remaining adventure chapters and more. Thank you.
PPS. We still need to declare a winner in our last ever class creation competition.
An update I'd like to add from the MTG Salvation shut down message. Like them, we are also continuing with another project. You may find the old team on Out of Cards.
Quote from Feyd_RuinThe answer to the inevitable question of why is complex, but deserves a response. Our owners have expanded on to other projects, launching such epic endeavors as D&D Beyond. As these have taken off, the development team has shifted focus and simply does not have the time and resources for us that we require. They can simply no longer justify the development, infrastructure, and maintenance costs of the site compared to their other projects.
so sad to hear that. good luck for the future boys. take care
HearthPwn was the best! Best of luck going forward.
I dont think theres another site that can do the same this site does, fill the same 'hole'.. Blizzard should step up and do something about it, maybe finance the site? Anything to keep it alive.
Super sad to see y'all go...been my fav HS site since beta
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This is sad boys, I'll love this forums so much, since I discovered them, I'll miss y'all so much, the fun and laughs will always be in my mind and I hope this is not a "Good bye" but a "See you later".
I'm glad that I has been part of this community and you guys are awesome, thank you for everything and anything.
zakatara
PS: Also thanks for the key to unlock all chapters of the adventure of Rise of Shadows, much appreciated.
First of all thanks for all the great content. Really. You and the admin staff have done a remarkable effort to create a cool community with a lot of great content. I mean, this site is part of a daily routine for me: Check a few websites, go to Hearthpwn, read a couple of new threads, refer people to the salt thread, state a few opinions etc. I will genuinely miss everything about that.
Honestly this could be the final nail in the coffin for my Hearthstone interest. I rarely play the game but I like to read about it and peoples experiences, and what crazy games they have had or just their salt.
Again thanks for everything. You will be missed.
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This is extremely sad information. I believe I am here for quite long, reading and chatting with some players. I've watched almost every single fan creation contest and I will miss that the most. You've created such so great hearthstone community - I will miss you really, really much. I can't count how many hours I spent on this side - logged in or not. WIsh you all the best Hearthpwn staff!
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www.outof.cards
The whole team moved to there. Same team, now independant!
Stopped playing HS for awhile, however i still check this site from time to time. Thx for the good times
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Brilliant!
This sucks, this was the place that really helped my descent into my Hearthstone obsession. I loved seeing all the community decks that were unique, this felt like the best place to find new things that weren't just net decks. I'm happy I hit the # 1 deck on the front page (Dragon Hunter :D ) before it makes it's farewell.
it wont be the same T . T
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Sad
What is the best alternative site?
They'll live on: www.outof.cards
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