My instinct on starting on HS was to play every game until the end, but when I began to have problems, and heard that never conceding can appear to be a bot playing, I started to give up when well behind. After a pretty amazing game yesterday though, my advice is: hang on in there.
My opponent had 21 health left, myself just 1 - but I won the game! How? We were both down to just the one or two cards each turn, I was playing warrior though so kept bringing my 'health' back up, while his just kept going down due to the cards I was hitting him with. It was a great game. It does make sense to concede when it's clear there is no chance of winning, but depending on the hero power I shall battle on until the end, following this unexpected success.
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I had that same kind of experience today. Due to some well timed armor, and attack. I was able to hang on with 1 health left to his 20 and in the end I was victorious. That was pretty much the best match i've played. It could have gone either way, but, apparently I had the luck of the drawl.
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"Anesthetize the Living so the Living Stay Alive." - me
There's games you'll never come back from and decks that can never come back. Sometimes you can play to get them down to fireball range or whatever as your only chance for a win, but you're saving everyone's time if you give up when there's nothing in your deck that would dig you out.
I always play out ranked and arena games (insta conceding when lethal is obvious), but when I'm testing decks in casual I'll concede if I'm too far behind or if my opponent is playing really slowly because at that point it's not worth my time to play it out.
I watched my workmate lose from the point of having his opponent down to 1 health while he was still on 30 today. Wasn't even in a horrible board position, although he did have an empty hand. Just his opponent was able to keep taunting and trading and he never top-decked anything to do any damage over the top.
In casual i'm quite fast with cocneding. I'm trying to learn paladin and if I do stupid stuff like Wild Pyro into Muster or Muster if I have a full ashbringer up, I instant concede most of the time. Grinding through a game after a big misplay is not worth it in my opinion. In ranked or arena it's a different story.
I tend to only concede when i'm certain i have lost. The exception to that is hunter, when they have a solid opener and bring you own to 12-14 health at turn 4 or 5 and you play a deck without healing, you might as well concede as it's just going to be a frustrating game where you manage to get board control back but then simply die to hero power before you can kill them. Truly the most frustrating class to play against for that reason.
If u know your deck and u know there is not a single card left, that can help u win concede is only way ... why ravel in misery :)
Yeah see that's the thing. If you know you've cycled through all the good cards and what's left is gonna suck out loud, you're not gonna stay in a game that you're going to lose. No one likes hanging on when there's almost no chance of pulling out of that tailspin.
Personally I only concede when I see that my opponent will have lethal when I pass the turn over to him. I've occasionally been rewarded for not doing that, as sometimes my opponent doesn't do all the math and misses lethal. I've certainly missed lethal a time or two. I agree it's probably better to hang in there. i concede at the end of my turn if the enemy has lethal only because BM really annoys me.
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In casual, most people concede easily. Or at least more easily than if your rank is dependent on wins/losses. Which is why Casual is great for testing new decks. I concede when I pull a full hand of "conditional" cards, like buffs or combos that really need their partner cards to work. That generally tells me within a turn or two that I need to go back to the drawing board and decrease the number of such things.
If you're on turn 3 and still have nothing to play, then it's really high odds that you're falling so far behind you'll never be able to make it up.
Sometimes (always in casual) I concede just because I wound up with a terrible starting hand. Maybe I could still somehow pull it off, but why put myself through that? No fun at all to me.
Otherwise, especially playing vs shamans, the sheer card count & board difference between what you have & what they have will tell you that although they don't have lethal yet, it's bound to be just a couple more turns before they do.
Personally I only concede when I see that my opponent will have lethal when I pass the turn over to him. I've occasionally been rewarded for not doing that, as sometimes my opponent doesn't do all the math and misses lethal. I've certainly missed lethal a time or two. I agree it's probably better to hang in there. i concede at the end of my turn if the enemy has lethal only because BM really annoys me.
^This. I concede if what he has on the board with a direct attack will kill me. Occasionally, if I can tell that they are not a strong player, I will let it go. Watch them attack my characters instead of ending it, giving me a chance to win.
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I concede when the enemy has lethal on board and I can't stop it. Or when I'm extremely behind. But if there is an actual chance to come back or win, I'll play till the end.
I used to only concede when I saw my opponent had lethal, but now I've started conceding whenever I've lost board control and am confident that I can't get it back without having my health fall close to 0. I've even conceded with 20+ health on a few occasions. I'm sure there are 1-2% of those games that I could still come back to win, but I find it more time-efficient to just move to another game that I likely have a better chance of winning.
"Who are you again?" I'm amazed you haven't heard of me, you know, that one who hovers around level 20, amazingly sometimes bouncing up to 19 for a turn or two...
I do get miffed when an opponent concedes just when I'm about to make that killer move - they see they've lost, and rather than wait just a couple of seconds to let me have that winning move, they concede. Humph. I'm well experienced with the pain of losing (!) but do let folks have that bit of fun of the winning shot. While wincing.
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My instinct on starting on HS was to play every game until the end, but when I began to have problems, and heard that never conceding can appear to be a bot playing, I started to give up when well behind. After a pretty amazing game yesterday though, my advice is: hang on in there.
My opponent had 21 health left, myself just 1 - but I won the game! How? We were both down to just the one or two cards each turn, I was playing warrior though so kept bringing my 'health' back up, while his just kept going down due to the cards I was hitting him with. It was a great game. It does make sense to concede when it's clear there is no chance of winning, but depending on the hero power I shall battle on until the end, following this unexpected success.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius
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I had that same kind of experience today. Due to some well timed armor, and attack. I was able to hang on with 1 health left to his 20 and in the end I was victorious. That was pretty much the best match i've played. It could have gone either way, but, apparently I had the luck of the drawl.
"Anesthetize the Living so the Living Stay Alive." - me
Sometimes I auto concede certain match ups cause they arent fun to play
Lol...
When I'm running my Freeze Mage dailies in casual and I run into a warrior, I totally do the same.
There's games you'll never come back from and decks that can never come back. Sometimes you can play to get them down to fireball range or whatever as your only chance for a win, but you're saving everyone's time if you give up when there's nothing in your deck that would dig you out.
And I thought people sometimes conceded quickly because my awesome reputation has spread...!
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius
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"Anesthetize the Living so the Living Stay Alive." - me
I always play out ranked and arena games (insta conceding when lethal is obvious), but when I'm testing decks in casual I'll concede if I'm too far behind or if my opponent is playing really slowly because at that point it's not worth my time to play it out.
I watched my workmate lose from the point of having his opponent down to 1 health while he was still on 30 today. Wasn't even in a horrible board position, although he did have an empty hand. Just his opponent was able to keep taunting and trading and he never top-decked anything to do any damage over the top.
In casual i'm quite fast with cocneding. I'm trying to learn paladin and if I do stupid stuff like Wild Pyro into Muster or Muster if I have a full ashbringer up, I instant concede most of the time. Grinding through a game after a big misplay is not worth it in my opinion. In ranked or arena it's a different story.
I tend to only concede when i'm certain i have lost. The exception to that is hunter, when they have a solid opener and bring you own to 12-14 health at turn 4 or 5 and you play a deck without healing, you might as well concede as it's just going to be a frustrating game where you manage to get board control back but then simply die to hero power before you can kill them. Truly the most frustrating class to play against for that reason.
If u know your deck and u know there is not a single card left, that can help u win, concede is only way ... why ravel in misery :)
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Yeah see that's the thing. If you know you've cycled through all the good cards and what's left is gonna suck out loud, you're not gonna stay in a game that you're going to lose. No one likes hanging on when there's almost no chance of pulling out of that tailspin.
Personally I only concede when I see that my opponent will have lethal when I pass the turn over to him. I've occasionally been rewarded for not doing that, as sometimes my opponent doesn't do all the math and misses lethal. I've certainly missed lethal a time or two. I agree it's probably better to hang in there. i concede at the end of my turn if the enemy has lethal only because BM really annoys me.
Always looking for casual play and meeting new people. Hit me up at adampjr#1929 (NA).
In casual, most people concede easily. Or at least more easily than if your rank is dependent on wins/losses. Which is why Casual is great for testing new decks. I concede when I pull a full hand of "conditional" cards, like buffs or combos that really need their partner cards to work. That generally tells me within a turn or two that I need to go back to the drawing board and decrease the number of such things.
If you're on turn 3 and still have nothing to play, then it's really high odds that you're falling so far behind you'll never be able to make it up.
Sometimes (always in casual) I concede just because I wound up with a terrible starting hand. Maybe I could still somehow pull it off, but why put myself through that? No fun at all to me.
Otherwise, especially playing vs shamans, the sheer card count & board difference between what you have & what they have will tell you that although they don't have lethal yet, it's bound to be just a couple more turns before they do.
we are not amused....
(nothing upsets a delicate situation like a large explosion...)
^This. I concede if what he has on the board with a direct attack will kill me. Occasionally, if I can tell that they are not a strong player, I will let it go. Watch them attack my characters instead of ending it, giving me a chance to win.
There are 3 kinds of people in the world. Those that can count and those that can't.
I concede when the enemy has lethal on board and I can't stop it. Or when I'm extremely behind. But if there is an actual chance to come back or win, I'll play till the end.
I used to only concede when I saw my opponent had lethal, but now I've started conceding whenever I've lost board control and am confident that I can't get it back without having my health fall close to 0. I've even conceded with 20+ health on a few occasions. I'm sure there are 1-2% of those games that I could still come back to win, but I find it more time-efficient to just move to another game that I likely have a better chance of winning.
Who are you again?
This is statement is false.
"Who are you again?" I'm amazed you haven't heard of me, you know, that one who hovers around level 20, amazingly sometimes bouncing up to 19 for a turn or two...
I do get miffed when an opponent concedes just when I'm about to make that killer move - they see they've lost, and rather than wait just a couple of seconds to let me have that winning move, they concede. Humph. I'm well experienced with the pain of losing (!) but do let folks have that bit of fun of the winning shot. While wincing.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius
Profile pic is from nasa website.