Hello everyone. As you probably know already, the world is ending, Hearthpwn is closing down. It has been a wild ride. Much laughter was had. Many tears too, even if 95% of them were shed this week, but regardless... the time has come to say goodbye. I've looked at several of the largest threads on this website (General Discussion only), many of them from before I was here. Behold, the winners of my contest!
9) Its about time Blizzard! [Undertaker Nerf Discussion]
A blast from the past, a relic of an ancient era when Blizzard still dragged their boots to nerf cards. We can shed a tear for how long a way we've come (and laugh at the 26% of voters that somehow thought it was a bad idea). Indeed, if my research did not fail me, this was the most popular Nerf Discussion on this website. Let's give it a hand, shall we?
8) Gender Representation in Hearthstone.
Perhaps not the most pertinent of threads, it's true, but this cesspit of Social Justice attracted a whopping 17 pages of replies from our lovely community, some less civil than others. Alas, the thread ended up locked after only 4 days, and devolved into a flame war for gender rights in general, but by God did it net those views and replies. Maybe don't give this one a hand, but remark its existence and be done with it.
7) This is why Competitive Hearthstone is a Joke
A textbook display, here, folks, about the argumentative flexibility of our own community. This legendary thread started as a complaint about Yogg (damn you, DiViNE_Priest) affecting the seriousness of the pro scene, but a quick trip to its 12th page will bring you to the end of a debate about Barnes and Fandral. Truly, we have masterful rhetoricians among us.
6) Why do people think aggro is easy or scummy?
Now, this particular thread, while earning itself its share of views, is not impressive by itself. There is a mild flame war in the middle, several lengthy replies, the whole package associated with the topic. It is, however, one of the most reincarnated discussions on Hearthpwn, and perhaps the less shitstormy one I've found. With popularity to spare, this thread can fairly be interpreted as a good representative of every time this topic was summoned back to life.
5) Most annoying class to play AGAINST/Which deck require the least skills to play?
This one is a tie between two similarly sized threads, about a similar topic. Many of these have we seen during our days here, and usually, unsurprisingly, people associate the decks they dislike the most with low skill floors🤔. Regardless, the threads have sparked many echoing discussions, such as the quest for the game's hardest decks to pilot. Maybe they won't win any originality awards, but they certainly had their influence on the forums.
4) How much money have you spent on HS?
Ah, this thread, this topic... What a rollercoaster of emotions that one can feel while he reads the 8 pages of replies to this thread! From overzealous F2Pers who want to declare their money-spending celibacy too eagerly to reckless individuals who probably should not be entrusted with credit cards, these sort of threads always sparked discussion in our GD, and brought fourth all sorts of colorful characters.
3) How will Blizzard inevitably nerf rogue?
I could not hope to finish this countdown without any recent thread to reference. nichocolates earned himself not only 21 pages of replies, but he also arranged a thread that aged as finely as wine, along with a string of replies that, inversely, aged as finely as milk. This here captures one of the main struggles of Hearthpwn: the quest for balance, the difficulty of distinguishing salt from real discussions, and the paradoxical attraction of the community to the threads they complain about. nicho, you might still be active here, so come on stage and collect your award.
2) All those players that rage-friend just to complain (BM)
- kla_guy's thread about collection completion percentage
- Eternal_HS's guide to Wild Mode
- Eternal_HS's sarcastic Dead Game thread that ended up backfiring horribly thanks to rabid fanboys not getting it
- Every Wild/Standard thread that, surprising no one, turned into a shitstorm
- Every Sherman thread so far
- The Pepper Thread, widely popular, just not my cup of tea
- The many aggro skill revisionist threads that hilariously called Zoolock a control deck
- Every Purify rage thread during the days preceding Karazhan
- That thread with only "MY JAWS THAT BITE, MY CLAWS THAT CATCH!" copy pasted all over
- Every thread complaining about netdecking/Big Priest/Casual
- Those incredibly disturbing threads by that guy with the muppet profile picture. To this day I still don't know what they were about
- That one thread that complained about Priest players being discriminated against
- That thread that calls Witchwood trash, gets bashed, and later became accepted as the truth once the Year of the Raven was done
- 1xbenx1's card viability predictions (at least I think those were in GD, but maybe not)
- The threads rightly praising the meta in Un'Goro
- The threads rightly trashing the meta in MSoG
- The price discussion about the Dalaran Heist
- ConCuThanKy1292's thread about chilling, that sadly got no attention from the community :C
And finally, the big winner
1) THE SALT THREAD
Honestly, who is surprised? The Salt Thread has been a godsend all these years, and we've taken it for granted. It has birthed legends, quelled flames and accompanied us through thick and thin. Pasting its link has become an overused joke, but it is a small price to pay for the boon that the Salt Thread is. There isn't much to add to it that hasn't been said already. I'd put the link on the title, but we all probably know it back and forth by now.
Did I miss anything?
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What's the reason you are running Murloc Tastyfin over Ice Fishing?
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I would say the best time was during the Whispers of the Old Gods meta. The standard rotation had to hit it out of the park to keep people coming in and to make people stay and it worked. The rotation of GvG and Naxx was a breath of fresh air for the meta as well as the nerfs to some pretty oppressive cards. The set itself gave us a variety of new decks to play with and the meta was pretty balanced. Sure, the set gave us the birth of Shamanstone and Priest was a joke, but it was the best time to play Hearhtsone IMO.
As for worst, I would have to say Gadgetzan. By far the worst case of powercreep in the history of Hearthstone. A true case of rock, paper, scissors between Pirate Warrior, Jade Druid and Reno Warlock and Mage decks where one deck countered the other. Meanwhile Shaman continued to do its own thing and pounced on the meta when the time was right with both Midrange and Aggro Shaman. Hunter, Paladin and arguably Rogue got Shafted in that expansion and Priest was just there, playing around with its new Dragon support. Pirate Warrior and Jade Druid were, without a doubt, two of the most infamous and despised decks in Hearthstone's history. So it wasn't really a fun time to play Hearthstone then.
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Yes, they are needed. Besides the reasons the above people explained. They also help with new player's deck building skills as they can take out filler cards for better cards that have more synergy with the decks they are playing.
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Dr Boom only really sees play in Odd Rogue and occasionally Mech Mage. Other than that, not really. It doesn't impact the board like it used to and there are better cards to play.
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I know they are not going to do it. But I really do think they should consider rotating Genn and Baku a year early. These two cards have shaped the entire year of the Raven around them and have to be also taken to consideration when nerfing cards (case and point, the Equality nerf).
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Glad to hear that.
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Happy feast of Winter veil!
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Spider Bomb- Wrecks a dude, any size. Catches thieves, eats those guys. Look out! Here comes a Spider Bomb!
That one is my favourite
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For me it is The Boomship. Not only does it get rid of big minions in your hand if you are playing recruit warrior. But it can be used in an OTK deck with Grommash Hellscream, 2 Charged Devilsaur and 2 Inner Rage to kill your opponent.
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I think Cairne and Kel'Thuzad are too slow for the deck and it looks like you burn out fast. I think adding Aluneth and/or Book of Specters would help with that reloading. Also an idea, either remove the Harvest Golems or the Sludge Belchers and add two Mechanical Yetis. Then remove one card of the option you didn't choose and put in Archmage Antonidas for some fun Fireball shennanigans. You can add Flamewakers as well but I have no idea what you remove for that.