I bet you don't remember all the games that your opponent didn't get to draw/play Yogg-Saron, Hope's End because they lost too quickly or didn't get to draw it. More often than not, as people have said, Yogg-Saron doesn't just win you games outright.
4 health is a pretty good advantage over the 3 of Flame Juggler because it survives common 3 mana removal such as Frostbolt. In tempo you want to be getting as much value as you can from each of your cards, you can safely remove 2 enemy minions with 1 health with Armorsmith, with the bonus of getting some armor. I wouldn't introduce some random element with Flame Juggler when it's not strictly better anyway.
It's much easier to win as Nefarian than Ragnaros and if you dare say "I-It's because you don't know how to play!" please remove yourself from your high horse.
Dealing combat damage first works when both attacking or being attacked.
Attacking into or being attacked by a War Golem at full health will result in the War Golem dying and Maiev Shadowsong surviving, taking no damage in the progress.
Attacking into or being attacked by a Molten Giant will result in the Molten Giant taking 7 damage, then Maiev Shadowsong taking 8 damage and dying.
Two copies of Maiev Shadowsong attacking each other will deal damage at the same time for the sake of simplicity.
Leeroy Jenkins created a strategy that revolved around trying to defeat your opponent in one turn without requiring any cards on the board. Fighting for board control and battles between minions make an overall game of Hearthstone more fun and compelling, but taking 20+ damage in one turn is not particularly fun or interactive.
Blizzard must be so proud that Frothing Berserker can bring 40+ damage combo from an empty board.
Blizzard must have some pretty dim playtesters if they missed Grim Patron/Warsong Commander/Frothing Berserker combos so I'm going to think that they saw this coming. Have they decided to go against their own design philosophy?
Words can be very harmful, but as a recipient of it, you have some control over that.
Setting the 15yo's post about victim blaming aside, all you have control over is how you respond to the hate.
Chances are the person who flamed you was not thinking about you 10 minutes later. If you were still upset about his flaming, you've given him an amount of power over you that he isn't concerned about having and shouldn't have over you anyways.
As far as dealing with it for children (as I'd like to set my daughter up with an account), it's a teaching moment on how to deal with internet trolls by not feeding them, which will be a useful lesson with all the other challenges she will face in life.
I like everything the OP said, but I think I disagree with the overall premise. I think people should focus most on what they have direct control over - our own responses to incidents like this. And less on what you cannot possibly stop others from doing.
My 2 cents.
It's easy to tell people to not worry about it when they get flamed or insulted but it's not really so easy to put into practice. There's plenty of people out there who will think nothing of it and just brush it off, but there are also many people out there that will be affected by it to some degree -- either slightly or majorly.
It's not so easy to just decide that you're no longer going to react to a certain stimulus. You eat something that tastes disgusting and it'll be "Don't let the taste bother you!". You stub your little toe and it'll be "Don't let the pain bother you!". In many cases these stimuli aren't severe enough that they'll leave lasting damage, similar to online insults, but it's difficult to just ignore them.
Do you have any idea what time exactly the finalist's poll will start/entries will close? Hopefully the finalists appear at such a time that I'm able to look at the finalists again.
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Blizzard don't want to make cards that attack your opponent's hand, I believe.
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I bet you don't remember all the games that your opponent didn't get to draw/play Yogg-Saron, Hope's End because they lost too quickly or didn't get to draw it. More often than not, as people have said, Yogg-Saron doesn't just win you games outright.
What about C'Thun, Grommash Hellscream, Leeroy Jenkins, Malygos, Prophet Velen or anything else that lets you kill without requiring a board? Should we just remove all control finishers?
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Ah, you're right. It's possible for me so I assumed it was for everyone but that's because I own the adventure.
In that case, try Abusive Sergeant. It's no trogg but it's decent.
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4 health is a pretty good advantage over the 3 of Flame Juggler because it survives common 3 mana removal such as Frostbolt. In tempo you want to be getting as much value as you can from each of your cards, you can safely remove 2 enemy minions with 1 health with Armorsmith, with the bonus of getting some armor. I wouldn't introduce some random element with Flame Juggler when it's not strictly better anyway.
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Consider Acolyte of Pain over Coldlight Oracle. You don't really want to give away cards to your opponent and Acolyte has good synergy with the Lesser Heal and Power Word: Shield.
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If you're facing a lot of Harrison Jones rather than decks like Zoo, change it up to Hammer of Twilight. Very poor value to use Harrison on that.
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You shouldn't replace Tunnel Trogg because a replacement that's as good doesn't exist. Just craft it, it's 80 dust for both.
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It's much easier to win as Nefarian than Ragnaros and if you dare say "I-It's because you don't know how to play!" please remove yourself from your high horse.
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I use the cursing feature constantly, I just hope nobody is standing outside my window when I do.
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Blizzard must have some pretty dim playtesters if they missed Grim Patron/Warsong Commander/Frothing Berserker combos so I'm going to think that they saw this coming. Have they decided to go against their own design philosophy?
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It's easy to tell people to not worry about it when they get flamed or insulted but it's not really so easy to put into practice. There's plenty of people out there who will think nothing of it and just brush it off, but there are also many people out there that will be affected by it to some degree -- either slightly or majorly.
It's not so easy to just decide that you're no longer going to react to a certain stimulus. You eat something that tastes disgusting and it'll be "Don't let the taste bother you!". You stub your little toe and it'll be "Don't let the pain bother you!". In many cases these stimuli aren't severe enough that they'll leave lasting damage, similar to online insults, but it's difficult to just ignore them.
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Do you have any idea what time exactly the finalist's poll will start/entries will close? Hopefully the finalists appear at such a time that I'm able to look at the finalists again.
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