This post is about a particular statistical bias that shows up everywhere, and has nothing at all todo with me recently leaving a crappy relationship, playing HS to forget said relationship, and then getting stomped by aggro decks on ladder. Nothing. At. All.
According to some book I've read that I can't be bothered to find right now, about 1/4 of people are emotionally unavailable in relationships. Also known as 'afraid of commitment'. Or, to oversimplify, 'jerks'. Those are the people who are '1 step forward, 2 steps back' - whenever you get closer to them, they distance themselves. They don't want to get attached. Dating people like can be very frustating.
But if you're single and trying to date, it seems like *way more* than 1 out of 4 people are jerks. Maybe you're just being salty, but maybe you actually have a point*. Here's the thing, when two non-jerks date, chances are that they'll date for a good long while. But jerks don't stay in relationships all that long, so they get recycled back into the dating pool quickly, so at any particular moment they are overrepresented in the dating pool.
*Then again, if you think literally everyone you meet is a jerk, perhaps the jerk is you
So even though only 1/4 of the general population are jerks, way more than 1/4 of people who are actively looking to date are jerks. What's worse, emotionally unavailable people basically never date each other for any significant amount of time, since *at least* one person must be invested in the relationship, so the rest of us are stuck with them.
If you're not aware of this bias you may be left with the impression that *everyone are jerks*, but really it's just 1 in 4.
The same thing happens with aggro decks. Games involving aggro decks last shorter, so they get recycled back into the matchup pool more quickly. I expect aggro-aggro to have the shortest average game duration of any matchup. Meanwhile, when two control decks meet they'll be stuck playing together for a good long while.
So it seems like there are a lot more aggro players than there actually is, because aggro games are shorter.
tl;dr: emotionally unavailable people are the cancer of dating, copypasta aggro decks are the cancer of ladder, and because cancer doesn't stick to cancer the rest of us are stuck with it most of the time, so it seems like it's cancer all the way down, but it really isn't, it's just a statistical selection bias.
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People were asking for a Shaman buff/rework before last expansion hit.
Go figure.
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Nobody will ever play a card that is good vs a SINGLE CLASS.
There is no sideboard in this game.
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Has anyone noticed how this thread is unusually polite and useful?
I think "toxic/tryharders to the extreme" players are not interested in Wild cuz "Standard is the pro format, yo n00b"!Thumbs up for the nice wild players around here!
PS: I play and enjoy both Wild and Standard format.
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Getting to legend is no skill, just take time.
Is only grinding bro, and every deck takes more or less the same skill level.
This is Heartstone, not rocket science.
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Alex from Naples, I think I met you before on Wild ladder ( my nickname is TheBeast just like your last played opponent )!
Hi from Bologna :)
I like to play Tempo Mage or Nzoth Priest in Wild.
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Why? I enjoy both wild and standard.
You'll regret this my friend.