The Custom Class Competition is back for its sixth iteration! We welcome any newcomers as well as old hands who've run through this grueling gauntlet of card creation before.
The good news is, said gauntlet is much smaller this time around. With the release of Demon Hunter, Blizzard has shown us how they release a custom class midway in the game's lifespan. Therefore, we will simulate this as close as possible. Take the time to read the rules or procedures below.
The order entries presented in this thread is based on their scores in the previous voting phase, much like how a race would function.
Each entry will contain only the Hero, regular and upgraded Hero Powers, keyword tooltip, and the three showcase cards selected by the entrant. As showing 90 cards in a single post can prove to be cumbersome, a link is provided for each entry that links to their first half of the Initiate set.
@Artimex723 Watch out. Your original upgraded Hero Power token was a gold card. That's against the rules. I had to make a new version of it for you.
As for the cut-off, the bottom two scoring entries will be eliminated. The original number was 5, but there were 3 contestants who did not re-enter.
F
Thanks for adding in a full image version of the Wish card, kept meaning to go back and add that to my post (instead of just the link to the card name) but then got wrapped up in Last of Us 2.
Just a note that SoupCake's token spoiler is missing the 1/1, 2/2, and 3/3 Familiar tokens generated by the Hero Power.
@Artimex723 Watch out. Your original upgraded Hero Power token was a gold card. That's against the rules. I had to make a new version of it for you.
As for the cut-off, the bottom two scoring entries will be eliminated. The original number was 5, but there were 3 contestants who did not re-enter.
F
Thanks for adding in a full image version of the Wish card, kept meaning to go back and add that to my post (instead of just the link to the card name) but then got wrapped up in Last of Us 2.
Just a note that SoupCake's token spoiler is missing the 1/1, 2/2, and 3/3 Familiar tokens generated by the Hero Power.
He didn't put those three tokens in his Week Two submission.
@Artimex723 Watch out. Your original upgraded Hero Power token was a gold card. That's against the rules. I had to make a new version of it for you.
Thanks, I actually forgot that it's forbidden. Just wanted it to be clear which HP is the normal one and which is the upgraded one. And since I wanted to be as close to what we see in Hearthstone I thought that making it golden would be ok. Anyway, thank you for fixing it for me.
I also have a confession to make... So, for some reason, I added the wrong Hero Power tokens under Soupcake's Witch entry. He has been disqualified. But... I need to take responsibility for not finding the time to fix his entry. I was busy these past few days, but this contest is still important too.
I would like to automatically let SoupCake continue. Instead of 2 people getting DQ'ed, only the bottom scoring individual, minus SoupCake, will be DQ'ed this week.
I open the floor to anyone who has concerns or complaints against this course of action. If I do not see any concerns, after tomorrow's 24hour break, I will finalize this decision.
I also have a confession to make... So, for some reason, I added the wrong Hero Power tokens under Soupcake's Witch entry. He has been disqualified. But... I need to take responsibility for not finding the time to fix his entry. I was busy these past few days, but this contest is still important too.
I would like to automatically let SoupCake continue. Instead of 2 people getting DQ'ed, only the bottom scoring individual, minus SoupCake, will be DQ'ed this week.
I open the floor to anyone who has concerns or complaints against this course of action. If I do not see any concerns, after tomorrow's 24hour break, I will finalize this decision.
You said that you PMed them about the issue, what did they respond ?
I'm all for moving as many entries as possible to the next phase but people got eliminated last phase for invalid entries, why should this phase be different ?
Sidenote : Is the score not cummulative anymore ? The rules say that "the one who gets the most total vote" will win and you compared the comp to a race in this voting post overview so I would assume that disqualifications are based on the total score. But since you bring up SoupCake being disqualified, it must not be the case because their total is above 3 other contestants. So If you base DQs on this weeks results alone that would put SoupCake and myself in DQ territory. Not a good place to be in...
I'm obviously biased and I don't want to get into too many what-ifs, I just want to highlight the fact that my current total is above the total of 6 other contestants, most of which are less than 5 votes above me this week, and yet I'd be eliminated. To take the most extrem exemple (nothing personnal, this is just about the numbers), Sideltem got 19 votes this week, which is 1 more than my 18, bringing their total to 26. I'm at 36 total... Why does 1 vote make a difference this week when 9 last week didn't ? SoupCake is in a similar situation, having a total greater or equal to 4 other contestants but losing here by 2 votes. I know no system of counting votes is perfect, just my thoughts on this.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be fine with being eliminated this week. Competition is the name of the game and the show must go on one way or another. I'm just very surprised and a bit distraught that I would lose by 1 vote.
Hmm, why eliminate anyone for this round? That is, why not just let the current 11 roll through and then add up the cumulative scores for the Initiate set to determine the final 4?
I get that initially the "Eliminate five each round until you get to four finalists" was clean and symmetrical, but with the phase two non-participants self reducing the number of contestants anyway, at this point I don't think the difference between 10 and 11 contestants in the third phase is too much cognitive load to handle.
Hmm, why eliminate anyone for this round? That is, why not just let the current 11 roll through and then add up the cumulative scores for the Initiate set to determine the final 4?
I get that initially the "Eliminate five each round until you get to four finalists" was clean and symmetrical, but with the phase two non-participants self reducing the number of contestants anyway, at this point I don't think the difference between 10 and 11 contestants in the third phase is too much cognitive load to handle.
I personally agree with this, it's one set after all, some people maybe will unleash their set full potential with the set's second half.
The Custom Class Competition is back for its sixth iteration! We welcome any newcomers as well as old hands who've run through this grueling gauntlet of card creation before.
The good news is, said gauntlet is much smaller this time around. With the release of Demon Hunter, Blizzard has shown us how they release a custom class midway in the game's lifespan. Therefore, we will simulate this as close as possible. Take the time to read the rules or procedures below.
This is the Voting Thread! You can post additional comments here if you wish.
You can also view the entire Submission Thread here.
Overview
Monk, by Ravennos
Ninja, by McF4rtson
Nymph, by Anatomy_of_Time
Primalist, by Klipce
Witch, by SoupCake
Blood Mage, by Artimex723
Merchant, by whatTheHeck
Chronobandit, by Jengus
Note: Pinpointer is both the upgraded Hero Power you get from using Six-Shooter six times and Justicar/Baku.
Narrator, by MvonTzeskagrad
Engineer, by SideItem
Bloodburner, by Noah_McGrath
@Artimex723 Watch out. Your original upgraded Hero Power token was a gold card. That's against the rules. I had to make a new version of it for you.
As for the cut-off, the bottom two scoring entries will be eliminated. The original number was 5, but there were 3 contestants who did not re-enter.
F
Thanks for adding in a full image version of the Wish card, kept meaning to go back and add that to my post (instead of just the link to the card name) but then got wrapped up in Last of Us 2.
Just a note that SoupCake's token spoiler is missing the 1/1, 2/2, and 3/3 Familiar tokens generated by the Hero Power.
He didn't put those three tokens in his Week Two submission.
I PM'ed him to clarify what he wants.
Thanks, I actually forgot that it's forbidden. Just wanted it to be clear which HP is the normal one and which is the upgraded one. And since I wanted to be as close to what we see in Hearthstone I thought that making it golden would be ok. Anyway, thank you for fixing it for me.
awesome
Dranzerr#2178
a lot of great designs overall, best of luck to the participants.
♥ ¡hola mundo! ♥ hello world! ♥ привет мир! ♥ こにちわ せかい! ♥
The results are in!
I also have a confession to make... So, for some reason, I added the wrong Hero Power tokens under Soupcake's Witch entry. He has been disqualified. But... I need to take responsibility for not finding the time to fix his entry. I was busy these past few days, but this contest is still important too.
I would like to automatically let SoupCake continue. Instead of 2 people getting DQ'ed, only the bottom scoring individual, minus SoupCake, will be DQ'ed this week.
I open the floor to anyone who has concerns or complaints against this course of action. If I do not see any concerns, after tomorrow's 24hour break, I will finalize this decision.
You said that you PMed them about the issue, what did they respond ?
I'm all for moving as many entries as possible to the next phase but people got eliminated last phase for invalid entries, why should this phase be different ?
Sidenote : Is the score not cummulative anymore ? The rules say that "the one who gets the most total vote" will win and you compared the comp to a race in this voting post overview so I would assume that disqualifications are based on the total score. But since you bring up SoupCake being disqualified, it must not be the case because their total is above 3 other contestants. So If you base DQs on this weeks results alone that would put SoupCake and myself in DQ territory. Not a good place to be in...
I'm obviously biased and I don't want to get into too many what-ifs, I just want to highlight the fact that my current total is above the total of 6 other contestants, most of which are less than 5 votes above me this week, and yet I'd be eliminated. To take the most extrem exemple (nothing personnal, this is just about the numbers), Sideltem got 19 votes this week, which is 1 more than my 18, bringing their total to 26. I'm at 36 total... Why does 1 vote make a difference this week when 9 last week didn't ? SoupCake is in a similar situation, having a total greater or equal to 4 other contestants but losing here by 2 votes. I know no system of counting votes is perfect, just my thoughts on this.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be fine with being eliminated this week. Competition is the name of the game and the show must go on one way or another. I'm just very surprised and a bit distraught that I would lose by 1 vote.
Hmm, why eliminate anyone for this round? That is, why not just let the current 11 roll through and then add up the cumulative scores for the Initiate set to determine the final 4?
I get that initially the "Eliminate five each round until you get to four finalists" was clean and symmetrical, but with the phase two non-participants self reducing the number of contestants anyway, at this point I don't think the difference between 10 and 11 contestants in the third phase is too much cognitive load to handle.
I personally agree with this, it's one set after all, some people maybe will unleash their set full potential with the set's second half.
Click here to see my custom pirate adventure, The Treasures of VanCleef! https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/fan-creations/240766-expansion-competition-the-treasures-of-vancleef
I'll just do a general reply here.
I agree, the votes this week were rather odd, basically inversing all of Week One.
I really like the idea of cumulative votes up until the final four. I'll implement that right away.