These are the rules that remain consistent from competition to competition.
First, these are the rules about Posting:
You are allowed to submit
only one entry
. An entry normally consists of only
one
collectible card, plus any necessary additional material or commentary (explained below).
You are allowed to post in this Submission Topic
only once
, only to submit your one entry.
You may not delete ANY posts you make in this Submission Topic
, not even accidental ones you may make over your one allowed, such as by double-posting or by accidentally posting something here that you meant for the Discussion Topic. If you do accidentally post more than once, inform any of the Fan Creation Forum moderators via PM, and we will handle it.
Speaking of the Discussion Topic, that is where any discussion of this competition should go. This thread is for
submissions only
. If you want to discuss your card or ask questions about the competition rules or process, you can find a link to the Discussion Topic at the top of this thread. Plenty of folks there will be happy to help you out.
Once you have submitted your one entry, you are allowed to make
only minor changes
to it. Minor changes are things like correcting typos or making balance changes that do not alter the spirit of your entry as determined by we the moderators. If you want to make any changes and have any doubts as to their legality, ask us first.
These are the rules about your Submission:
Accompanying the image of your card, you may offer some
minimal additional commentary
to explain its design, balance, and/or other qualities. Flavor text is also welcome.
You
may not
submit any Gold cards or animated cards. (It's just a cheap attention grab tactic that makes it unnecessarily difficult to determine what class your card is for.)
Your entry must be a card of
your own creation
. We've been doing this for a while, so if you blatantly rip off somebody else's idea, we will know.
Remember that, although HearthCards is awesome,
you MUST host your card somewhere other than Hearthcards.
Save it and upload it to
Imgur
,
Photobucket
, or some other similar site. HearthCards has a limited server space and will purge cards after a few days, and nobody wants your card disappearing part-way through the finals. We understand that there are some HearthCards memberships that will allow you to save your card there for longer (and you should totally get one of those just for general fan creation purposes, by the way), but we don't know who has those memberships and we can't tell from the URLs.
When you post your Imgur link,
make sure it's the actual image and not the hosting page!
You need to right-click and open the image in a new window/tab first; the link should have an "i" in front of it, "i.imgur.XXXX". HearthPwn won't be able to direct-post your card, otherwise.
Fun and even humorous entries are perfectly allowed, but "troll" entries will be disqualified. If you're worried that your card may be misinterpreted as a troll card, contact a moderator before you submit. Emote-related cards will be considered a troll entry.
We reserve the right to classify cards as "troll" entries as we deem necessary, even if the reasoning is
not
explicitly stated in the rules.
A Note on Group Submissions: if you team up with other people to submit an entry, you must enclose that information in your submission and
none
of you may upvote that entry.
That would be considered an unfair advantage and we will treat it as vote-manipulation. You are technically voting for yourself, and that is not allowed. Failing to tell us you're in a group is also against the rules, as we'll have no choice but to assume that you withheld the information to ghost-vote your group's submission.
TIP:
Though not a rule exactly, we
highly
recommend that you insert your images using this icon on the bar above the post text editor:
. Just click that button and put in the URL of your image. Cards that are uploaded and attached to your post are not disallowed, but in our experience they will not do nearly as well, so this is for your own benefit more than anything.
Finally, know that manipulating votes in any way is strictly forbidden. Any violators will receive an official warning, and will be banned from this and all future HearthPwn Card Design Competitions.
Competition Process
Preview Phase
(Starts Now! Ends 21:00 UTC 27/9/2018)
During this Phase, the Discussion Topic is made available, previewing this week's competition theme.
Entry and Early Voting Phase
(Starts 21:00 UTC 27/9/20018, Ends 21:00 UTC 1/10/2018)
During this Phase, the Submission Topic is made available for your submissions. You may also, of course, feel free to give early up-votes to any submissions that you like!
Voting Phase
(Starts 21:00 UTC 1/10/2018, Ends 21:00 UTC 2/10/2018)
During this Phase, the Submission Topic will be locked, so no more entries may be submitted. Instead, use this time to browse the submissions and up-vote your favorites!
Final Phase
(Starts 21:00 UTC 2/10/2018, Ends 21:00 UTC 3/10/2018)
During this Phase, the Discussion Topic will also be locked, and a new Poll Topic will go up. Discussion will be allowed to continue in the Poll Topic, and it will also include all the qualifying finalists and poll to decide the winner of the competition!
How do we determine the qualifying finalists? First, we'll pull up-vote data from each submission using the formula detailed below:
(
ab
) / (
c
) =
x
Where,
a
= The total number of submissions on the same page as the submission.
b
= The total number of up-votes that the submission received.
c
= The total number of up-votes on the same page as the submission.
x
= The submission's final score.
The formula basically measures which cards stood out the most, with the necessary assumption that each page is about equal in overall submission quality. It will be the entries that receive the highest final scores that move on to the Final Phase.
The bottom line is that, although entries on the earlier pages of the Submission Topic are much more visible and thus receive many more up-votes than entries on later pages, you don't actually have to rush to get your entry in as soon as possible because the up-votes end up being weighted by what page your entry ends up on in order to determine its final score.
But wait, there's more! During each Weekly Card Design Competition, each Fan Creation Forum moderators will be given a
Wild Card
, which they can use to advance any one entry that they feel was initially overlooked or under-appreciated to the Final Phase, regardless of its final score. Wild Cards are our way of spicing things up a bit, but please don't ask to be given one or be upset if you aren't given one. These are just supposed to be fun.
(Also, it should go without saying that, while we moderators are allowed to participate in the competitions, we are not allowed to benefit from Wild Cards.)
Rewards
Bragging rights are always awesome, but as usual, we do offer a couple of HearthPwn site rewards to competition winners:
Their card forever immortalized in our
Winners' Gallery
!
They will be allowed to select the next card design competition theme.
And a unique
Avatar Border
& "
Card Design Champion
" Title, as depicted below!
Looking for more information about the WCDC or Fan Creations in general? Why not check out this
FAQ
to see if your question is answered there? You can also PM one of us Fan Creation Mods!
Behold, foolish interlopers! I am commanding this mortal to spread the will of the Scourge throughout the interwebs, encouraging you to seek out me, Archlich Kel'Thuzad! Now coming to you as the tenth class of Hearthstone!
I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
This friendly (but reckless) goblin gives Mechs rides all the time, sharing the +3 attack and Rush of the speedy Zoomer with them at no charge. :)
This card has lots of potential in any deck that contains Mechs, since it is an extremely versatile clear. With 3 Attack and Rush, this card on its own can do some nice removal, and it gives a Mech +3 attack and Rush as well (until it leaves the battlefield). Nice addition to Odd Warrior.
Edit: And yes, you can fit a
Mecha'thun
on the Zoomer; it's not problematic at all. <code>ಠ‿ಠ</code>
"The flow of time is always cruel... its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days..."
You get a scrap. You get a scrap. EVERYONE gets a scrap!"
Collects scraps from broken mechs and uses them to upgrade operating mechs. Designed for a zoo-mech deck, but is balanced out by the fact that you can only capitalize and buff your wide mech boards if you trade instead of SMorc. Finally
Faithful Lumi
,
Mecharoo
, and
Glow-Tron
might be good :)
At the very least, this works well with
Giggling Inventor
to get some extra
Annoy-o-Tron
s in your hand, but it can generate a lot of extra value if it stays alive. Possible combos include having one copy of
Meat Wagon
that can pull both of your
Summoning Portal
s or being able to recycle your
Mechwarper
/
Skaterbot
in the infinite combo deck with
Glinda Crowskin
in Wild, though this only works if you have to trade the cards off, since if a Mech dies on your opponent's turn, the card you get will be discarded at the end of their turn. This also has discard synergy, so you can play control cards like Giggles,
Antique Healbot
,
Missile Launcher
, and
The Curator
in a
Lakkari Sacrifice
deck for free Quest progress when your minions die.
Flavor text:
“If a Mech doesn’t have a magnet in it, it’s not good enough.”
- Flogg’s 2nd Law of Mecha-Magnetism (translated from Nerglish)
its overstatted, since it robs you of tempo if you play normal Mechs. Be sure to play it when you think you have an opportunity! It’s also very cheap, so it’s not that hard to use.
This is fairly balanced when compared with
Gentle Megasaur
, for 1 more mana and it always is divine shield instead of Adapt, allowing your mechs to trade efficiently during your turn.
This is the Submission Topic. The Discussion Topic is here.
Competition Theme: Metal Masters
This week's theme comes from The_Edel_Bernal , whose "Class Training" was the winner of our One Spell Fits All competition!
Competition-Specific Restrictions:
General Competition Rules
These are the rules that remain consistent from competition to competition.
First, these are the rules about Posting:
These are the rules about your Submission:
A Note on Group Submissions: if you team up with other people to submit an entry, you must enclose that information in your submission and none of you may upvote that entry. That would be considered an unfair advantage and we will treat it as vote-manipulation. You are technically voting for yourself, and that is not allowed. Failing to tell us you're in a group is also against the rules, as we'll have no choice but to assume that you withheld the information to ghost-vote your group's submission.
TIP: Though not a rule exactly, we highly recommend that you insert your images using this icon on the bar above the post text editor: . Just click that button and put in the URL of your image. Cards that are uploaded and attached to your post are not disallowed, but in our experience they will not do nearly as well, so this is for your own benefit more than anything.
Finally, know that manipulating votes in any way is strictly forbidden. Any violators will receive an official warning, and will be banned from this and all future HearthPwn Card Design Competitions.
Competition Process
Preview Phase (Starts Now! Ends 21:00 UTC 27/9/2018)
During this Phase, the Discussion Topic is made available, previewing this week's competition theme.
Entry and Early Voting Phase (Starts 21:00 UTC 27/9/20018, Ends 21:00 UTC 1/10/2018)
During this Phase, the Submission Topic is made available for your submissions. You may also, of course, feel free to give early up-votes to any submissions that you like!
Voting Phase (Starts 21:00 UTC 1/10/2018, Ends 21:00 UTC 2/10/2018)
During this Phase, the Submission Topic will be locked, so no more entries may be submitted. Instead, use this time to browse the submissions and up-vote your favorites!
Final Phase (Starts 21:00 UTC 2/10/2018, Ends 21:00 UTC 3/10/2018)
During this Phase, the Discussion Topic will also be locked, and a new Poll Topic will go up. Discussion will be allowed to continue in the Poll Topic, and it will also include all the qualifying finalists and poll to decide the winner of the competition!
How do we determine the qualifying finalists? First, we'll pull up-vote data from each submission using the formula detailed below:
( ab ) / ( c ) = x
Where,
a = The total number of submissions on the same page as the submission.
b = The total number of up-votes that the submission received.
c = The total number of up-votes on the same page as the submission.
x = The submission's final score.
The formula basically measures which cards stood out the most, with the necessary assumption that each page is about equal in overall submission quality. It will be the entries that receive the highest final scores that move on to the Final Phase.
The bottom line is that, although entries on the earlier pages of the Submission Topic are much more visible and thus receive many more up-votes than entries on later pages, you don't actually have to rush to get your entry in as soon as possible because the up-votes end up being weighted by what page your entry ends up on in order to determine its final score.
But wait, there's more! During each Weekly Card Design Competition, each Fan Creation Forum moderators will be given a Wild Card , which they can use to advance any one entry that they feel was initially overlooked or under-appreciated to the Final Phase, regardless of its final score. Wild Cards are our way of spicing things up a bit, but please don't ask to be given one or be upset if you aren't given one. These are just supposed to be fun.
(Also, it should go without saying that, while we moderators are allowed to participate in the competitions, we are not allowed to benefit from Wild Cards.)
Rewards
Bragging rights are always awesome, but as usual, we do offer a couple of HearthPwn site rewards to competition winners:
Their card forever immortalized in our Winners' Gallery !
They will be allowed to select the next card design competition theme.
And a unique Avatar Border & " Card Design Champion " Title, as depicted below!
Looking for more information about the WCDC or Fan Creations in general? Why not check out this FAQ to see if your question is answered there? You can also PM one of us Fan Creation Mods!
Good Luck!
Behold, foolish interlopers! I am commanding this mortal to spread the will of the Scourge throughout the interwebs, encouraging you to seek out me, Archlich Kel'Thuzad! Now coming to you as the tenth class of Hearthstone!
I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
Only bring your Mechs to licensed repair shops in order to lower the chance of a violent uprising.
This friendly (but reckless) goblin gives Mechs rides all the time, sharing the +3 attack and Rush of the speedy Zoomer with them at no charge. :)
This card has lots of potential in any deck that contains Mechs, since it is an extremely versatile clear. With 3 Attack and Rush, this card on its own can do some nice removal, and it gives a Mech +3 attack and Rush as well (until it leaves the battlefield). Nice addition to Odd Warrior.
Edit: And yes, you can fit a Mecha'thun on the Zoomer; it's not problematic at all. <code>ಠ‿ಠ</code>
"Many of them tend to moonlight as Doomsayer s."
HERE MY SUBMISSION FOR THIS COMPETITION:
Arms Dealer Shab'Ara
Here are the 3 Mechanical Armaments you can Discover :
.
"The flow of time is always cruel... its speed seems different for each person, but no one can change it... A thing that does not change with time is a memory of younger days..."
You get a scrap. You get a scrap. EVERYONE gets a scrap!"
Collects scraps from broken mechs and uses them to upgrade operating mechs. Designed for a zoo-mech deck, but is balanced out by the fact that you can only capitalize and buff your wide mech boards if you trade instead of SMorc. Finally Faithful Lumi , Mecharoo , and Glow-Tron might be good :)
" Adjust RNG coeffiecent by .013% for maximum results. "
Hi i'm Tyler and I play hearthstone and watch anime.
Sometimes i make cards. I'd like to do that for a career one day if ever possible.
At the very least, this works well with Giggling Inventor to get some extra Annoy-o-Tron s in your hand, but it can generate a lot of extra value if it stays alive. Possible combos include having one copy of Meat Wagon that can pull both of your Summoning Portal s or being able to recycle your Mechwarper / Skaterbot in the infinite combo deck with Glinda Crowskin in Wild, though this only works if you have to trade the cards off, since if a Mech dies on your opponent's turn, the card you get will be discarded at the end of their turn. This also has discard synergy, so you can play control cards like Giggles, Antique Healbot , Missile Launcher , and The Curator in a Lakkari Sacrifice deck for free Quest progress when your minions die.
Flavor text: “If a Mech doesn’t have a magnet in it, it’s not good enough.” - Flogg’s 2nd Law of Mecha-Magnetism (translated from Nerglish)
its overstatted, since it robs you of tempo if you play normal Mechs. Be sure to play it when you think you have an opportunity! It’s also very cheap, so it’s not that hard to use.
Nope, he's not the guy who made me. -Bearshark
The effect lasts as long as Rocky is on the board.
This is fairly balanced when compared with Gentle Megasaur , for 1 more mana and it always is divine shield instead of Adapt, allowing your mechs to trade efficiently during your turn.
I like elementals and totems.
My submission this week!
Hope you all like it! Enjoy.
"You get an implant, you get an implant, everybody gets an implant!"
"So what if it can only attack once? Trust me, that's all you're gonna need, hahaha!"
Check out my Custom Expansion
Blasted Lands
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/220269-blasted-lands-custom-expansion-4-classes-complete