The fan creations team has finally gotten back on its feet after all the hubbub the Uldum expansion has caused. While we have had some setbacks trying to get the show running again, hopefully, we're here to stay.
You can expect regular weekly competitions hosted on the forums from now on. Here's to another 9 seasons!
Competition Theme: Quest Chain
Competition-Specific Restrictions:
You must make a card that directly benefits Two or more Quests.
You must also choose one of these sub prompts:
Your submission may be a Neutral card that directly benefits quests from different classes.
Your submission may be a Class card that directly benefits both the quest from SoU and JtU.
Important! Simply having a battlecry minion like Questing Explorer does not mean it directly benefits all 9 quests. It’s effects (Battlecry and Draw a card) would benefit two quests, and we can split hairs about Unseal the Vault. The card would be viable for the competition, but only because it works with Supreme Archaeology and Corrupt the Waters. Here’s a shortlist of what we consider a general direct interaction....
Saviors of Uldum:
Untapped Potential: Should interact with unspent mana at the end of the turn or refresh mana crystals.
Unseal the Vault: Should allow you to summon at least 2 minions, be it through adding them to your hand or directly summoning them.
Raid the Sky Temple: A spell that either provides you with more spells or makes the ones you have easier to cast.
Making Mummies: It should have Reborn or give you a minion with reborn. Or both!
Corrupt the Waters: Battlecry minion or card that gives you Battlecry minion. Or weapon. Or hero?
Supreme Archaeology: A card that either draws cards or benefits (intentionally) from being cheap. Or has an on draw effect. Could also make your deck bigger too,
Lakkari Sacrifice: Either it should discard cards, interact with previously discarded cards, or do some wacky things when it itself is discarded. I’ll even support the classic “Discard fodder” producers that clog your hand with cards to discard.
Fire Plumes Heart: Last one! Taunt minions, bread and butter, which was basically half of SoU anyways.
These are just general guidelines, we are open to debate the voracity of direct interactions.
Below is a list of all the deadlines for this contest:
Preview Phase (August 15, 2019 [10:00 PM CST] - August 16, 2019 [10:00 PM CST]) The Discussion Topic is made available, previewing this week's competition theme. Entry and Early Voting Phase (August 16, 2019 [10:00 PM CST] - August 20, 2019 [10:00 PM CST]) During this Phase, the Submission Topic will be unlocked. You may also, of course, feel free to give early up-votes to any submissions that you like! Voting Phase (August 20, 2019 [10:00 PM CST] - August 21, 2019 [10:00 PM CST]) 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 (August 21, 2019 [10:00 PM CST] - August 22, 2019 [10:00 PM CST]) During this Phase, the Discussion Topic will also be locked, and a Finalists Thread will go up. Discussion will be allowed to continue in the Finalists Thread, and it will also include all the qualifying finalists and a poll to decide the winner of the competition!
Discussion Topic Rules
To make sure that everything runs smoothly, we need to reserve the Submission Topic for submissions only. Everything else goes here. What is everything else, you might ask?
Rules or Process. Do you have a question about the competition's process? Do you need clarification about one of the entry requirements? Are you not sure whether your entry adhered to the rules? Ask here!
Feedback or Ideas. Do you have some ideas you'd like to run by others before settling on one? Do you need help balancing or wording your entry? Do you need help finding art that will fit your card? Or do you just want feedback from the community on your entry? You're in the right place! Remember, although you are allowed to make minor tweaks to your entry after you've submitted it, you're only allowed one submission per week, so make sure that you've settled on your card for sure beforehand.
Discussion! Do you have thoughts on other people's entries? Are there directions you don't like that you're seeing too many people take? Or directions you'd like to see more people take? Would you like to help others and contribute to a greater community understanding of Hearthstone card design and balance? This is where you want to be!
All of that said, please refrain from the following:
Posting TONS of Ideas. Discussion topics become an absolute mess if everybody is posting a dozen different ideas. Please post not more than 3 distinct ideas at a time. Any more than that and we'll have to delete your post.
Advertising Your Entry. As a rule of thumb, please don't pop in here just to advertise your entry only to never be heard from again. This includes only asking short, generic questions like "Thoughts?" or "Do you think this is interesting?". Yes, getting feedback on your entry is one of the purposes of this topic, but we're not just here for other people to help you. We're here for you all to help each other.
Plagiarism. Many people post their ideas here before finalizing them in the submission topic. Directly plagiarizing those ideas to post in the submission topic yourself is absolutely not acceptable.
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!
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We're back!
The fan creations team has finally gotten back on its feet after all the hubbub the Uldum expansion has caused. While we have had some setbacks trying to get the show running again, hopefully, we're here to stay.
You can expect regular weekly competitions hosted on the forums from now on. Here's to another 9 seasons!
Competition Theme: Quest Chain
Competition-Specific Restrictions:
Saviors of Uldum:
Untapped Potential: Should interact with unspent mana at the end of the turn or refresh mana crystals.
Unseal the Vault: Should allow you to summon at least 2 minions, be it through adding them to your hand or directly summoning them.
Raid the Sky Temple: A spell that either provides you with more spells or makes the ones you have easier to cast.
Making Mummies: It should have Reborn or give you a minion with reborn. Or both!
Activate the Obelisk: Heal things or give you things that need healing.
Bazaar Burglary: Burgle things. Other people’s things.
Corrupt the Waters: Battlecry minion or card that gives you Battlecry minion. Or weapon. Or hero?
Supreme Archaeology: A card that either draws cards or benefits (intentionally) from being cheap. Or has an on draw effect. Could also make your deck bigger too,
Hack the System: Weapons and weapon accessories.
Journey to Un’goro:
Jungle Giants: Give it 5 or more attack or a way to gain 5 or more attack.
The Marsh Queen: As many 1-attack interacts as you can without stepping on Paladins’ toes.
Open the Waygate: See the previous Mage quest, because mages don’t change all that much.
The Last Kaleidosaur: Buff Spells and spell interacting minions.
Awaken the Makers: Are we just getting quests in places with Titan facilities? Deathrattle.
The Caverns Below: If you really feel like buffing this, you weren’t playing in JtU. Anyways, hand bounce or replication is good.
Unite the Murlocs: Mrrrgrggrgrlllll!
Lakkari Sacrifice: Either it should discard cards, interact with previously discarded cards, or do some wacky things when it itself is discarded. I’ll even support the classic “Discard fodder” producers that clog your hand with cards to discard.
Fire Plumes Heart: Last one! Taunt minions, bread and butter, which was basically half of SoU anyways.
These are just general guidelines, we are open to debate the voracity of direct interactions.
LooseExamples: Springpaw, Hench-Clan Shadequill, Sludge SlurperCompetition Process
Below is a list of all the deadlines for this contest:
Preview Phase (August 15, 2019 [10:00 PM CST] - August 16, 2019 [10:00 PM CST])
The Discussion Topic is made available, previewing this week's competition theme.
Entry and Early Voting Phase (August 16, 2019 [10:00 PM CST] - August 20, 2019 [10:00 PM CST])
During this Phase, the Submission Topic will be unlocked. You may also, of course, feel free to give early up-votes to any submissions that you like!
Voting Phase (August 20, 2019 [10:00 PM CST] - August 21, 2019 [10:00 PM CST])
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 (August 21, 2019 [10:00 PM CST] - August 22, 2019 [10:00 PM CST])
During this Phase, the Discussion Topic will also be locked, and a Finalists Thread will go up. Discussion will be allowed to continue in the Finalists Thread, and it will also include all the qualifying finalists and a poll to decide the winner of the competition!
Discussion Topic Rules
To make sure that everything runs smoothly, we need to reserve the Submission Topic for submissions only. Everything else goes here. What is everything else, you might ask?
All of that said, please refrain from the following:
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!