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Anyway, this time I ve taken 70 upvotes, more than everyone else, if I won t won this time i ll get mad XD

 There are innumerable examples of the highest-voted card during the Submission phase failing to win the Final Poll. Same for the cards that are #1 in scoring going-in; I've been in that particular situation multiple times...and failed to secure the gold medal every time. When it comes to translating early success into a true win all bets are off, which is why I maintain my defeatist attitude lel :/

I'm in that "#1" position again, so...yeah. I'll remain positive for about another hour, and then slide back into my "comfort zone" of self-critical sadness and excessive sighing.

Edit: ...good luck to everyone, by the way lol

 Lol i was trying to illude myself i will win this time... 

[Bad english incoming] 

If this isnt this time, be patient, your turn will come one day :P My first attemp was august 5, 2016. I won for the first time last week, so 2 years after several finals :D

In addition to what linkblade91 said, people who vote for the cards that go to the final are mostly passionate, probably members who created a card at least once in their life because they also have ideas. For the final vote, this is a larger public, they like to see whats new but not necessarely investigate what could be the best use of each card etc, this is mostly a heart choice :P

That said, i like what my theme inspired all of you guys !

I like a lot 5 of them, the others are cool but I can't see use or useful but not as original as the 5 i chose... sorry pumpkin03 :D

Mecha'Zoth, I really like the substract mechanic, and it's playable so nothing else to say !

Animated statue, neutral that is oriented for some class, maybe too strong in druid but I like it !

Magtheridon, the best one for me, it allows so much possibilities and such a clever design !

Agent-hopper, cool new tool for rogue ! Pushing shuffle mechanic !

Demigorgon, reducing the cost over the time in a clever way (and dangerous one for druid).

Well done to everybody, that was a cool week like always !

After I read through the comments in this final poll, I realized I made my card too OP. I origanally compare his hero power to Bloodreaver Gul'dan so I made 2 of his spells deal 6 and heal 6, because total mana cost is 4, doubled from 2 from Gul'dan.

But in the late control game, hero power becomes more powerful, as both players play more for value of their cards instead of tempo. Unlike cards, hero powers can be used repetitively. Blood harvest and Vampiric Thirst would hold off a lot of your opponents minions, plus healing you for 6 each turn. The card also becomes very cheap if you tap a lot, which all warlock does.

So I should bump up the mana cost, maybe 18, and lower the spell's power, like 4 or 5 damage/attack. (Holy Fire)

Honestly, I didn't expect my card to pass to the final poll, as on the last page of submission, Demigorgon and Amplification has like 6 upvotes already when I submitted my entry last night.

Cheers to all who've appreciated Leatherworking :) good luck to all!

Timeless, Demigorgon and Leatherworking looks neat. My vote goes to them, GL to all!

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After I read through the comments in this final poll, I realized I made my card too OP. I origanally compare his hero power to Bloodreaver Gul'dan so I made 2 of his spells deal 6 and heal 6, because total mana cost is 4, doubled from 2 from Gul'dan.

But in the late control game, hero power becomes more powerful, as both players play more for value of their cards instead of tempo. Unlike cards, hero powers can be used repetitively. Blood harvest and Vampiric Thirst would hold off a lot of your opponents minions, plus healing you for 6 each turn. The card also becomes very cheap if you tap a lot, which all warlock does.

So I should bump up the mana cost, maybe 18, and lower the spell's power, like 4 or 5 damage/attack. (Holy Fire)

Honestly, I didn't expect my card to pass to the final poll, as on the last page of submission, Demigorgon and Amplification has like 6 upvotes already when I submitted my entry last night.

 

 To be fair, I know this has happened to me before. I had an entry which I thought was balanced, but others pointed out a flaw which made me realise my mistake.

Still it happens now and then, you have a good card that just needed some small fixes to make it more balanced. All you can do is hope for the best and learn from the mistake for future competitions.

Yeah my card would probrably in the last places for this final poll. It's true that all you can do is learn from your mistakes.

On another note, you know that entries that are posted earlier in a submission page will have advantages over the entries that are submitted after it in the same page right? The first entry in a page may get some votes even before the later ones are submitted.

For solutions, I can only think of locking the upvote until the page is full of 20 entries, or the submission deadline ends. 

I would just like to point out the issue.

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On another note, you know that entries that are posted earlier in a submission page will have advantages over the entries that are submitted after it in the same page right? The first entry in a page may get some votes even before the later ones are submitted.

For solutions, I can only think of locking the upvote until the page is full of 20 entries, or the submission deadline ends. 

I would just like to point out the issue.

Everyone is pretty aware of that. There's no solution as of now. But it's not always the case. Note how Animated Statue got more votes than me on the same page, even though I posted my submission 2 days prior.

too many 2nd places, ugh :P congrats linkblade!