For me a pilot is what most people including myself are, in that we have forsaken making our own decks and merely cut and paste the decks of others to pilot.
The players are the ones that come with the decks for everybody else, I’m too lazy to do that so I trawl and look for the players decks to pilot,
I think everyone is a player, as that term has been around in video games since the beginning defined as person playing the game. Player is a very general term and could apply to anyone playing hearthstone in any way. Pilot, when it comes to piloting decks, seems much more specific and should only be used in reference to how someone plays a certain deck. I don’t think either term applies to whether you are a deck builder or not. You could pilot a plane but also be the one who built the plane.
Example: I am a rogue player, with 5000 rogue wins.
I am a mill rogue pilot with 2500+ mill rogue wins.
Pilot, to me, has connotations about how proficient you use the deck and also maybe implies some destination or goal. Everyone is a player, that’s what Shakespeare said anyway—but this is a game and it’s played.
I think player or pilot is the same. I would rather say deckbuilder vs pilot. You need to become a good pilot before being a good deckbuilder.
If you do not have what it takes to understand a deck and how to play it, how can you possibly understand how to build a deck? Being a great pilot does not automatically translate to becoming a good deckbuilder.
As for myself, every card game that I played, always been a pilot copying deck to rather good success. Cannot come up with decks though. Definitely am a pilot.
Interesting question, but I think your definition of pilot implies that you are only a player when you build your decks yourself. And I disagree with that because the term "player" doesn't imply anything in terms of deckbuilding. What are BG people then?
Player is the more general term. I would consider everyone a player, but BG players not pilots because they don't pilot a specific deck
I would use different terminology, but if I take yours, I would rather consider myself a pilot or someone who adapts existing decks to what I consider better. Probably because I am too scared to invest much dust to try stuff, partly also because I am more focused on non-ladder formats. just some f2p stuff
If I were to use your definitions, I'd definitely be a player. I never netdeck and like to build a bunch of my own decks, even if I never actually end up playing them or have the dust to invest into building them. The only time I "netdeck" is to see what other people are running in similar decks to what I have already made and see if I think it would be detrimental or helpful to the deck if I switched it.
I cannot remember the last time I used a netdeck. The most enjoyable part of HS to me is theorycrafting so I probably end up spending nearly as much time in the Collections page as I do in game. Net-decking and then following a guide feels more of a test of my patience and ability observe and improve; where as running my own decks feels like a test of my creativity and ability to assess and evaluate.
I’m currently playing a Highkeeper Ra deck.
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How would you define the terms?
For me a pilot is what most people including myself are, in that we have forsaken making our own decks and merely cut and paste the decks of others to pilot.
The players are the ones that come with the decks for everybody else, I’m too lazy to do that so I trawl and look for the players decks to pilot,
I think everyone is a player, as that term has been around in video games since the beginning defined as person playing the game. Player is a very general term and could apply to anyone playing hearthstone in any way. Pilot, when it comes to piloting decks, seems much more specific and should only be used in reference to how someone plays a certain deck. I don’t think either term applies to whether you are a deck builder or not. You could pilot a plane but also be the one who built the plane.
Example: I am a rogue player, with 5000 rogue wins.
I am a mill rogue pilot with 2500+ mill rogue wins.
Pilot, to me, has connotations about how proficient you use the deck and also maybe implies some destination or goal. Everyone is a player, that’s what Shakespeare said anyway—but this is a game and it’s played.
I think player or pilot is the same. I would rather say deckbuilder vs pilot.
You need to become a good pilot before being a good deckbuilder.
If you do not have what it takes to understand a deck and how to play it, how can you possibly understand how to build a deck? Being a great pilot does not automatically translate to becoming a good deckbuilder.
As for myself, every card game that I played, always been a pilot copying deck to rather good success. Cannot come up with decks though. Definitely am a pilot.
Interesting question, but I think your definition of pilot implies that you are only a player when you build your decks yourself. And I disagree with that because the term "player" doesn't imply anything in terms of deckbuilding. What are BG people then?
Player is the more general term. I would consider everyone a player, but BG players not pilots because they don't pilot a specific deck
I would use different terminology, but if I take yours, I would rather consider myself a pilot or someone who adapts existing decks to what I consider better. Probably because I am too scared to invest much dust to try stuff, partly also because I am more focused on non-ladder formats. just some f2p stuff
If I were to use your definitions, I'd definitely be a player. I never netdeck and like to build a bunch of my own decks, even if I never actually end up playing them or have the dust to invest into building them. The only time I "netdeck" is to see what other people are running in similar decks to what I have already made and see if I think it would be detrimental or helpful to the deck if I switched it.
I cannot remember the last time I used a netdeck. The most enjoyable part of HS to me is theorycrafting so I probably end up spending nearly as much time in the Collections page as I do in game. Net-decking and then following a guide feels more of a test of my patience and ability observe and improve; where as running my own decks feels like a test of my creativity and ability to assess and evaluate.
I’m currently playing a Highkeeper Ra deck.