lol, clicked the notification aaand bestlucky pops up
It sometimes takes a little bit to get them banned on all the partner networks. I was assured it went through to all of them though. If we're still seeing it in a few hours, I'm going to assume someone dropped the ball and will bring it up again.
Yeah I don't know how they arrive at that conclusion honestly.
When playing a nice game and you've locked the dude in for a "next turn he's dead no matter what" play, Zilliax always pops onto the board healing them for 3, taunting up, and destroying something of yours. The inverse also happens when you're dreaming of a topdeck Zilliax because its the only thing that will save you and it happens. The inability to interact with it just feels like Ice Block tbh.
A stat that is backed up globally with data from HSReplay which has Zilliax sitting at being used in 48.7% of all decks.
Also just the fact that they said it isn't "awful" to play against is like saying it's better to lose one leg than both. While not wrong, it's a dumb statement to make. They do also state that they like it because it fits into tons of different decks for different reasons each with a different way to play it, but that's also what just makes it an annoying card.
IMO remove Magnetic or bump the cost up. Could help some of the nonsense and potentially remove it from being played in some decks. Some of those Hunter lists feel like they wouldn't be as good if he didn't have Magnetic, though don't quote me on that because its just a feeling and not something I have any stats on hand to back up.
Sorry for the delay in getting that resolved. If anyone encounters more ads like it, just get me those screenshots and urls and they'll get kicked out of rotation.
That probably wraps up the Q&A. Answers haven't come in for two hours now. I'll check in on it a couple of more times tonight and update the post with anything else that comes through as it is possible someone may have some extra time in the afternoon or even at home to answer more questions.
Overall, not a horrible Q&A. Confirmation we'll see Tyrande by the end of the year is a huge takeaway!
The problem is your account is still seen as being deleted. My understanding is its one flag that needs to be changed in the database and the past couple of times I've tried to get someone with DB access to fix some profiles, I've been ignored.
Let account assistance know that your profile is "not found" on HearthPwn and that you were previously a "user-#####" account. They might be able to get something accomplished.
The problem is your account is still seen as being deleted. My understanding is its one flag that needs to be changed in the database and the past couple of times I've tried to get someone with DB access to fix some profiles, I've been ignored.
Let account assistance know that your profile is "not found" on HearthPwn and that you were previously a "user-#####" account. They might be able to get something accomplished.
This really scammy behavior could be the reason for me to avoid this site in the future. I hope the problem is taken seriously by the administrators.
Let me give you some basic insight into how ad networks work globally and why they are plagued by such problems.
Ad network exists. Sites place Javascript on them to load ads and make money.
Ad network allows anyone to run ads without anything beyond some basic level of verification.
That person who signed up to the ad network to run ads can now post anything they want.
Person puts up a "bad ad" or multiple. They propagate through the network and display to users.
Users of websites of the ad network see the ads and report them to the website owners.
The website owners get in touch with the ad network to tell them they've dun goofed again and allowed nonsense through.
Ad network removes the bad ads, preventing anyone else from seeing them.
You're able to get around a lot of the garbage ads by not allowing really cheap ad campaigns from showing up on your site, but it isn't perfect. There are times when we notice an uptick in bad ads which we elevate our minimum bids for ads to help shelve crap which hurts our income because then ads may not even be displays but its done to protect users.
I have been informed there was a massive, global "ad attack" the other day when the ads shown in this thread and was described as the "2nd largest malvertising attack ever recorded" and was industry wide - usually things aren't this bad.
So yes, this is taken seriously, and when people give me the correct info, I can actually report it to our ads team who will then make sure the ads get removed. It sucks that there aren't better verification processes in place before ads can be put out into the wild but that's sadly not something I, or anyone here can change since its an industry wide thing.
When people respond saying "there was a pop up" or "i got redirected" and dont include a screenshot or a url they ended up at, I then have to ask them for more information. It seems like 80% of the time they never come back with additional info so those bad ads can't be removed.
What craigrs84 did was the correct way to report bad ads and I'm happy we were able to report that problem so quickly because of it. Be like craig, if you find a problem with an ad, it can even just be that the ad itself has become misplaced, tell us and give us good info so it can be resolved upon initial report.
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It sometimes takes a little bit to get them banned on all the partner networks. I was assured it went through to all of them though. If we're still seeing it in a few hours, I'm going to assume someone dropped the ball and will bring it up again.
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Yeah I don't know how they arrive at that conclusion honestly.
When playing a nice game and you've locked the dude in for a "next turn he's dead no matter what" play, Zilliax always pops onto the board healing them for 3, taunting up, and destroying something of yours. The inverse also happens when you're dreaming of a topdeck Zilliax because its the only thing that will save you and it happens. The inability to interact with it just feels like Ice Block tbh.
Half the decks being brought to HCT this weekend sport the neutral legendary.
https://www.hearthpwn.com/news/6684-hct-world-championship-2019-all-player-decks
A stat that is backed up globally with data from HSReplay which has Zilliax sitting at being used in 48.7% of all decks.
Also just the fact that they said it isn't "awful" to play against is like saying it's better to lose one leg than both. While not wrong, it's a dumb statement to make. They do also state that they like it because it fits into tons of different decks for different reasons each with a different way to play it, but that's also what just makes it an annoying card.
IMO remove Magnetic or bump the cost up. Could help some of the nonsense and potentially remove it from being played in some decks. Some of those Hunter lists feel like they wouldn't be as good if he didn't have Magnetic, though don't quote me on that because its just a feeling and not something I have any stats on hand to back up.
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The ad many of you experienced has been banned.
Sorry for the delay in getting that resolved. If anyone encounters more ads like it, just get me those screenshots and urls and they'll get kicked out of rotation.
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That probably wraps up the Q&A. Answers haven't come in for two hours now. I'll check in on it a couple of more times tonight and update the post with anything else that comes through as it is possible someone may have some extra time in the afternoon or even at home to answer more questions.
Overall, not a horrible Q&A. Confirmation we'll see Tyrande by the end of the year is a huge takeaway!
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Use Imgur for image uploads. It's easier
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You can try to reach out to account assistance.
https://curseweb.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/202628117-Account-Assistance
The problem is your account is still seen as being deleted. My understanding is its one flag that needs to be changed in the database and the past couple of times I've tried to get someone with DB access to fix some profiles, I've been ignored.
Let account assistance know that your profile is "not found" on HearthPwn and that you were previously a "user-#####" account. They might be able to get something accomplished.
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You can try to reach out to account assistance.
https://curseweb.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/categories/202628117-Account-Assistance
The problem is your account is still seen as being deleted. My understanding is its one flag that needs to be changed in the database and the past couple of times I've tried to get someone with DB access to fix some profiles, I've been ignored.
Let account assistance know that your profile is "not found" on HearthPwn and that you were previously a "user-#####" account. They might be able to get something accomplished.
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It's not the storage space or bandwidth that is the problem. The problem is people not having the time to update our extraction tools.
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You'd need to go to Twitch.tv and do an account password reset. Logging out of the site and back in should prompt you with a forgot password link.
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I've bumped the report on the above site several of you have reported. I'm quite disappointed it was not handled quickly.
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Added in this morning, sorry for the delay.
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Ignoblegarden
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Let me give you some basic insight into how ad networks work globally and why they are plagued by such problems.
You're able to get around a lot of the garbage ads by not allowing really cheap ad campaigns from showing up on your site, but it isn't perfect. There are times when we notice an uptick in bad ads which we elevate our minimum bids for ads to help shelve crap which hurts our income because then ads may not even be displays but its done to protect users.
I have been informed there was a massive, global "ad attack" the other day when the ads shown in this thread and was described as the "2nd largest malvertising attack ever recorded" and was industry wide - usually things aren't this bad.
So yes, this is taken seriously, and when people give me the correct info, I can actually report it to our ads team who will then make sure the ads get removed. It sucks that there aren't better verification processes in place before ads can be put out into the wild but that's sadly not something I, or anyone here can change since its an industry wide thing.
When people respond saying "there was a pop up" or "i got redirected" and dont include a screenshot or a url they ended up at, I then have to ask them for more information. It seems like 80% of the time they never come back with additional info so those bad ads can't be removed.
What craigrs84 did was the correct way to report bad ads and I'm happy we were able to report that problem so quickly because of it. Be like craig, if you find a problem with an ad, it can even just be that the ad itself has become misplaced, tell us and give us good info so it can be resolved upon initial report.
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Why did you bump a thread that is a year old with nothing valuable, and as your first post? Off to a great start!
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Thank you for the screenshots. Sending them over to the ads team to get them removed.