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Hearthstone Wiki Beta Key Giveaway
Our friends over at Gamepedia are holding a Beta Key Giveaway for contributors of the Hearthstone Wiki! All you have to do to enter is head on over to the Hearthstone Wiki at Gamepedia and make an edit. Winners will be chosen randomly, with each of your edits counting as an entry into the contest. Don't forget to login to your Curse account before making your edits!
The giveaway is open to everyone, but due to legal restrictions, only residents of North America are eligible for the physical prizes. The prizes are:
- Grand Prize (3): Hearthstone Beta Key + Blizzard iPhone 4/4S Cell Phone Case
- 1st Prize (1): Afterglow Prismatic Wireless Headset
- 2nd Prize (1): Perixx MX-3000 Programmable Gaming Laser Mouse
- 3rd Prize (1): Rosewill High Fidelity Passive Noise Isolating Rosewood Earbud Headphones
- Runners up (8): Blizzard iPhone 4/4S Cell Phone Case
For more information, check out the Hearthstone Wiki Beta Key Giveaway Page. Prize drawing will be held on September 2nd, 2013; Plenty of time to get your edits in.
The Coin - Love it or Hate it?
A discussion has popped up on our forums regarding The Coin. The Coin is a card that is given to the player who goes second in a Hearthstone duel, on top of receiving four cards in their hand as opposed to the normal three. The Coin and the extra card have been said to be a way to help balance out the disadvantage the player who goes second has. What are your thoughts on The Coin?
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Posted Aug 23, 2013 (Beta Patch 3664)I think it would be fine if the second player didn't also get an extra card. With the coin and a card advantage (especially with such a small starting hand), its overkill and gives an advantage to player 2.
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Posted Aug 22, 2013 (Beta Patch 3664)I also think the 2nd player should only get only the coin and not a 4th card in addition to it.
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Posted Aug 22, 2013 (Beta Patch 3664)I guess it all comes down to whether there actually is an advantage to going first. With 1 mana you usually can't do much of anything. You need to have 1 mana cards and be lucky enough to get one of them as one of your first 3 cards. I don't have beta so I don't know how often those things happen, but from the streams I've watched it seems like most players who go first do nothing and end their turn. So, what advantage is there really to overcome?
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Posted Aug 22, 2013 (Beta Patch 3664)Seems like an OK idea i would prefer some mana advntage instead of a card but this would be too OP i guess :)
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Posted Aug 21, 2013 (Beta Patch 3664)the idea is ok, but need to be forced on use at the turn u get it or something and should not count as a card to activates Rogue combos
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Posted Aug 21, 2013 (Beta Patch 3664)I think that the coin should go to the second player but the second player should not also get another card (4+ the coin) it jsut seems to be a little much, if anything the 4th card (excluding the coin) should go to the first player so It gives them a better chance of doing something on the first turn (assuming they have 1 mana cost cards).