Quote from Wingdude22 >>I honestly doubt Blizzard would have reacted the same if Firebat showed up with a Donald Trump Mask. Would they have done something? Most likely.
Would the punishment have been spoken so harshly, fast, including firing Frodan and TJ? Pretty sure not.
And to believe the Hearthstone community would exist, forget and act as if nothing happened until the next expansion, seems very naive.
I fully agree... "They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom!!!"
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Minions cost three gold anyway. This guarantees a "mini tavern" of the tier you just upgraded to, which is very handy tier 4 and above. Especially given how the pool of minions decrease as you tier up. Also, if you have 3 gold leftover after upgrading, you don't need to spend one to reroll for a chance of seeing a higher tier minion. You just spend the 3 immediately to buy one.
Not saying Elise is good per se, but it is far from useless.
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You do realize your response is far more triggered than what the guy you're replying to was?
I can understand no shared minion pools, although I for one like the race to good minions and the incentive to tavern up early to get to them. I've gotten triples in hand before without having put any of them on board because rather than rerolling with my last 3 gold, I'd prefer just taking something that, although doesn't synergies with my board, I can prevent others from taking. But I don't get the problem with shredders. They aren't that good. Junkbot and Mama bear are the mvps, and stuff like cobalt guardian, cleave, and poisonous minions wreck boards.
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I wasn't being dismissive. My response is literally just saying you won't get an answer for the question that your title posed but reddit might, just trying to be helpful.
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Catalina? I'm running that and I can play HS fine. You might need to update or reinstall the client to make it 64 bit.
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Also I want to mention that for the most part, people aren’t arguing that it will last. They argue that it should. Maybe those same people moved on too quickly and that’s a shame. I know you think it won’t last but I find it questionable that you would take it as a victory that it didn’t. A “I told you so” over the freedom of an oppressed population.
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This thread is dead because the debate over whether it’s worth talking about is pretty much over, with only pretty much you here still active in arguing against it. This thread doesn’t serve the purpose that, say, Reddit does in continuing momentum to a large audience and providing news, updates, and pro HK memes. All the arguments for and against are pretty much spent here, so I’m pretty done with this thread as well.
On reddit I see around 8 “hot” posts from the last 24 hours about the issue, each with typically a few hundred comments. It’s not nearly as ubiquitous as before but I hope it stays alive. Also it’s almost certainly going to get a bump right before and during Blizzcon.
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Pro democracy advocacy is not social justice. Just saying.
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"The specific views expressed by blitzchung were NOT a factor in the decision we made. I want to be clear: our relationships in China had no influence on our decision."
Human rights is not "divisive." Oh never mind, it is. To the Chinese. Let's not forget Blizzard's apology to China.
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Wow Sherman I've never seen you be so wholesome before :)
I always knew that if a post was from you I would be amused or triggered. I'm glad we have your internet powers on our side in this discussion!
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All I can say is that blizzard is facing real pressure from the amount of displeasure being voiced. Hurting their numbers is better, quitting is better, not buying Chinese products is better, hell, going to Hong Kong is better. But I welcome the media outrage, because the pressure isn't imagined. I haven't quit and I don't intend to, and I apologize to those who want me and everyone to take the extra step, but it's practically the only game I play and there's a lot of time that has gone into my collection. I will, however, stop watching their twitch and will try to have discussions with my Chinese friends and family as well as people who simply aren't informed about the protest (I'm half Chinese but half Dutch and American raised, and I've been following the protests for a while and I'm happy that it took a game company screw up to bring this into the public discourse as much as it is now). And I'll try to keep the discussion alive.
I simply urge people to do what they're comfortable with. If you think what blizzard did is fine, fine. But I'm not for attacking people who oppose blizzard with faulty arguments.
And to those who did quit and delete their accounts, you have my respect.