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They put the card in the wrong class?
This is easily one of the weirdest card to see in any class other than hunter. If it saids "anyone's beast" then I can see it as a hunter counter, but still weird. "Your beast" is just never going to happen in druid.
May be druid of the claw will become a beast?
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Looks like they created too many hunter cards. Even though this is for druids, I think this minion might work with power of the wild, stranglethorn tiger, haunted creeper, and maybe a couple more beasts. We'll have to see though.
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"There will be less RNG in the rest of the set, guys." — Ben Brode 2014
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Interesting opinions here. I have mixed feelings myself. I usually try to assume good faith with other peoples' emotes, unless it's obvious that they're trolling. You have to play these things by ear; sometimes I can tell by the flow of the game that the emotes are all in good fun, although my perception of that does depend on my mood to some extent.
My one pet peeve that I'm surprised nobody has mentioned is "Thank You" spam. When I make a move and my opponent says "Thank You" as in, "Thank you for making such a poor play and helping my odds of winning." For some reason this drives me apoplectic and turns me into a supremely vindictive arsehole. Nothing is more satisfying than pulling out a game where some smarmy, cocky douchewaffle has been "thanking" me for making moves he deems unwise.
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Why has nobody commented on how presumptuous this thread title is? Such BM.
I feel too OP, I feel too.
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I love this deck. Made one adjustment. +1 Force of Nature, -1 Wild Pyromancer. The wild pyromancer works against your violet teacher and adding the second force of nature helps drawing for a combo finish. I would've loved to include big game hunter against handlock but this is still fine. And I fucking agree with Cairne! He's the one that helps survive for the finish. Sylvana too.
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Quote from GiveMeAegis »Well if you play hunter - Dont be pissed about getting BM'ed. Playing Huntard itself is BM
How many times did you lose to it today? 50?
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Quote from SillySocks »This thread makes me curious if there is a different level of BM in various ranks. Obviously, the casual "rank" is hidden, but you probably have an idea of where you are on the win/loss scale there.
20-15 is usually fine, a few bad apples. I have noticed a sharp increase in BM around ranks 14-10. 10-6 is pretty chill. Haven't been past 6, so can't say anymore :p
For me, Casual is filled with more BM than not. I don't keep track of my casual win/loss but it's probably close to 50%.
I've also noticed, I receive a lot more BM when I'm playing as a (control) Priest or Paladin. I assume just because in those games I'm usually "behind" early game, but if I survive to mid-game, then it swings drastically in my favor, making it an emotional rollercoaster for them.
In my experience, I see the most BM coming out of Warriors and Druids.
I see the least BM from Rogues. I think it's because they're thinking so much about their turns they don't have time to BM. Haha. :p
I would say its on every level. I am rank 3 at the moment and today I just beat #300ish legend on the ladder. He added me just to drop an insult and removed me....
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It is sort of frustrating. There are many friend requests that don't get accepted after I lose. Sometimes I actually want to talk about what happened or have a laugh about it. I guess people usually just get flamed once or twice and decide to never accept again, which is a shame because I have met some cool people through this who I have been friends with since beta.
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Quote from Ballinglikeafool »That will be a complete blowout, in 0.005% of games.
0.7143% to be exact!
0.668% without coin, 0.8% with, still, remarkably rare.
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You may think this has nothing to do with Hearthstone, but that's not quite true. Something I have noticed in Hearthstone as a whole is always referring to one's opponent as a guy. "He" made this play, etc. I'm not saying you need to say "this person of unknown gender" in place of "he," but just be aware that sometimes you are actually playing against a woman (or even someone who doesn't identify as either one) and be aware of how language influences perception. It's unfortunate that the English language doesn't have a good gender-neutral pronoun ("they" is finally gaining some traction but it's a bit awkward to use).
And if you want to get into tropes, Hearthstone is ripe with it (just like almost every other game).
I didn't get the impression that OP wanted to debate politics. (Although, I don't understand how basic respect for all human beings can even be debatable.) He just wanted to express his support for an inclusive community. Personally, I think it's important to make that support visible because it's often the exception to the rule in gaming.
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Part of what makes Hearthstone fun to watch (and not always fun to play) is the degree of RNG. It's fun to watch a tournament where 2 Rags are on the board and each opponent is a >= 8 health and has some minions on board. You hold your breath when a player clicks End Turn and when the Rag hits...... FAAAAACE it's really kind of epic. Everyone involved, winner, loser, spectators, will acknowledge that that particular win came down to RNG and not skill.
So, I definitely get your point. Like how does Shaman ALWAYS get a spell power totem? Why does Knife Juggler always hit my 1 health minion that would have given me lethal if it survived the turn? etc. It can be very frustrating when you are trying to climb ranks to get taken out by these "cheap shots."
At least there's nothing really on the line in ladder like there can be ($$$) in a tournament. Just your pride. :)
Edit: P.S. Best of luck getting to legend!
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Thank you, Robert, for posting your views. I, too, think it's a good idea to simply put it out there that many people in the gaming community are totally cool and not misogynistic, homophobic idiots. Even if you aren't personally affected by what's going on, it's still important to be aware of it because ignorance provides kindling.
Though I haven't been a member here very long, I haven't seen any of this attitude on Hearthpwn, which is really fantastic. A lot of gaming forums are... well... just not a nice place to visit.
I would encourage anyone who believes in gender/race/whatever equality post a reply here. Even if you have nothing to really say, simply having tons of posts in this thread still helps. You will show others that there are actually many, many people who are decent human beings and are welcoming to anyone who shares a passion for gaming. :)
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Always happy to see Misha. :) Too bad I usually get Huffer...
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I usually stick around. There's always a chance my opponent will suffer a power outage, their cat will step on the power button, they'll suddenly get explosive diarrhea... so much RNG could happen in those 90 seconds.
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That solo period on the second line drives me nuts. o_O
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This is great for taking out a Sludge Belcher. But 7 mana really hampers your ability to use it.
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Just opened Harrison tonight! :D
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Another line of thought is that In-game chat might affect ladder in that you could get information out of your opponent that would influence games.
I agree that emotes are often misinterpreted, mostly because of what the heroes themselves say. Guldan's "That was a mistake" for Sorry, seems threatening, whereas Anduin's "My apologies" seems fairly sincere. I would love to have some emoticons or something that would help convey the intentions behind the emote.
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Badger badger badger, mushroom mushroom...