It’s been six months since it was announced that Tournament Mode was coming. In that same announcement Ben Brode said in a couple months there would be a beta for it as well.
Six months, and still no word on Tournament Mode. No news on a beta, on features, or anything. What is going on?
It’s been six months since it was announced that Tournament Mode was coming. In that same announcement Ben Brode said in a couple months there would be a beta for it as well.
Six months, and still no word on Tournament Mode. No news on a beta, on features, or anything. What is going on?
I wonder the same
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"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..."
Blizzard has a history of being very *VERY* bad at deadlines. In the past, they could miss deadlines by years. We accept it because the results vastly warrant the delay.
Nowadays, they seem to have taken to not telling us anything about a project until they can make a true lockdown on the time. That's why we get a lot of silence followed by "oh, this major thing is comming, and it'll be at THIS DATE."
Tournament mode was very much a break from this. They aren't sure what it looks like, but they know enough to try it out, and there was no firm date on when it would happen. And they told us over 6 months in advance. This is their age-old 'SoonTM' mentality.
I only just now realized it. I got so complacent on them meeting deadlines that I forgot to watch for such things. For those who are new to blizzard, let me be blunt:
There will be a Tournament Mode, unless the system ends up so horribly bad that it get nixed (and if it does, you'll be VERY happy they killed it.)
Until there is a firm date and I mean a MM/DD/YYYY or a firm "It'll come with the next expansion." or similar lockdown, Make no assumptions on ANYTHING even the year. "sometime mid year" can literally mean "September 2020." I'm NOT kidding.
Don't bother fussing or arguing. You never ***EVER*** want to rush Blizzard. Their worst work comes when they are rushed. Just show an interest, or not, accept that it'll come....someday... and otherwise forget it until a firm date comes.
Welcome to being a Blizzard Fan. It's full of Fun.
"Can you tell us more about the upcoming tournament mode? Do you think it will also be useful to the esports community as well?
Unfortunately, I don’t have any updates for tournament mode, I also don’t necessarily work on tournament mode, but I know that there’s no updates for that mode that we’re allowed to share right now."
- Dean Ayala
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“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
The biggest component of all this is Ben said it. Ben is gone. The company has lost a couple of others from the team too, right? So what ever plans they had 6 months ago may have changed, perhaps drastically, over that period. I haven't kept track over the past 6 months, but i haven't heard much mention at all. I would not hold your breath. All that being said, I love the concept, and I hope it comes sooner than later!
I leave it as a gimmick they used to get people to stay playing the game vs other card games. Like the carrot on the stick concept. The hype was huge and people bought into it. 6 months later people are starting to realize where are some of the items they said would be realeased.
On a serious note though I expect there to be way more delays considering the people who have "jumped ship" so far.
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In that same announcement Ben Brode said in a couple months there would be a beta for it as well.
And then he left, he was probably the only person who was interested in making the mode for the game, others probably want to focus on making better expansions for December/ April.
Last I heard it was "summer beta". We are still in summer so there you go. But as others have said Blizzard is notoriously slow at development and they've lost several team members to Brode's new company.
They r saving it for Blizzcon, that would be my guess anyway. It would be a big enough announcement (or at least we assume so) and ppl would be able to playtest it right there.
It’s been six months since it was announced that Tournament Mode was coming. In that same announcement Ben Brode said in a couple months there would be a beta for it as well.
Six months, and still no word on Tournament Mode. No news on a beta, on features, or anything. What is going on?
I wonder the same
"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..."
Just as expected from blizzard.
It's still summer somewhere
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Sweet summer children.
Blizzard has a history of being very *VERY* bad at deadlines. In the past, they could miss deadlines by years. We accept it because the results vastly warrant the delay.
Nowadays, they seem to have taken to not telling us anything about a project until they can make a true lockdown on the time. That's why we get a lot of silence followed by "oh, this major thing is comming, and it'll be at THIS DATE."
Tournament mode was very much a break from this. They aren't sure what it looks like, but they know enough to try it out, and there was no firm date on when it would happen. And they told us over 6 months in advance. This is their age-old 'SoonTM' mentality.
I only just now realized it. I got so complacent on them meeting deadlines that I forgot to watch for such things. For those who are new to blizzard, let me be blunt:
There will be a Tournament Mode, unless the system ends up so horribly bad that it get nixed (and if it does, you'll be VERY happy they killed it.)
Until there is a firm date and I mean a MM/DD/YYYY or a firm "It'll come with the next expansion." or similar lockdown, Make no assumptions on ANYTHING even the year. "sometime mid year" can literally mean "September 2020." I'm NOT kidding.
Don't bother fussing or arguing. You never ***EVER*** want to rush Blizzard. Their worst work comes when they are rushed. Just show an interest, or not, accept that it'll come....someday... and otherwise forget it until a firm date comes.
Welcome to being a Blizzard Fan. It's full of Fun.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.
"Can you tell us more about the upcoming tournament mode? Do you think it will also be useful to the esports community as well?
Unfortunately, I don’t have any updates for tournament mode, I also don’t necessarily work on tournament mode, but I know that there’s no updates for that mode that we’re allowed to share right now."
- Dean Ayala
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
The biggest component of all this is Ben said it. Ben is gone. The company has lost a couple of others from the team too, right? So what ever plans they had 6 months ago may have changed, perhaps drastically, over that period. I haven't kept track over the past 6 months, but i haven't heard much mention at all. I would not hold your breath. All that being said, I love the concept, and I hope it comes sooner than later!
ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS YOUR MONEY
They realized that their profit comes from pre-orders so they won't bother with this new mode. Maybe someday, who knows.
I leave it as a gimmick they used to get people to stay playing the game vs other card games. Like the carrot on the stick concept. The hype was huge and people bought into it. 6 months later people are starting to realize where are some of the items they said would be realeased.
well they killied ben brodie rip so maybe they kill TM aswel
something something small indie company ~
On a serious note though I expect there to be way more delays considering the people who have "jumped ship" so far.
And then he left, he was probably the only person who was interested in making the mode for the game, others probably want to focus on making better expansions for December/ April.
Last I heard it was "summer beta". We are still in summer so there you go. But as others have said Blizzard is notoriously slow at development and they've lost several team members to Brode's new company.
They r saving it for Blizzcon, that would be my guess anyway. It would be a big enough announcement (or at least we assume so) and ppl would be able to playtest it right there.
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What are the chances they put it behind a paywall?
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Keep in mind that the project may have dissolved with Ben Brode
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