Hearthpwn

Time for a new batch... Starting with a very slow anti-tempo card.

Wow thanks for all the insightful feedback and help! Way to engage people into card design :)

get ready for a blast from the past

don't you guys have mobile phones?

It's time to decorate the trees...

I know this would be a lot of effort, but the fairest and most balanced way (imho) to do a competition would be as follows:

First stage: An anonymous and randomized "swipe left/swipe right" selection stage. If you swipe right, the card gets a point, if you swipe left, the card does not get a point (you could limit it to 5 votes per person). Later entries could get more "screen-time", which means they are shown more often so that all cards have been show rather equally in the end.

Second stage: Similar to the current setup. The top *whatever number* will make it to the finals. We get to vote and a couple days later: taadaahhh we got a winner!

Simple, elegant and I don't know how to program it...

Easy there champ. Take a few steps back and reflect on your approach. Is it new, different and innovative? I have seen many cards like yours before, so what exactly makes your approach stand out? What is the benefit of using your approach instead of the established one? So far your cards have a low effort meme look and feel.

If you submit your cards to us forum users, who have a certain aesthetic standard, you got to expect some backfire. Rather than pitying yourself as the misunderstood genius, make yourself understood. Show us what your style is and why it is beautiful, fresh and cool. I don't think anyone is opposed to that.

Well you gotta admit that it is a rather closed circle and it is difficult to get in. The moderators are pushing - in my opinion - a very similar design style and it is not easy to enter the fan creations forum and stay. E.g. I put up a thread with custom cards asking for feedback and did not receive a single response! How is that fun and inclusive? How are interested members supposed to get better?

I see the main flaw in the competitions: the page system, calculation who makes it into the finals etc. should be fundamentally reworked! Also in the discussion thread, I sometimes get this circlejerk feeling. People who bounce ideas back and forth and end up voting for each other, while ignoring other users.

Tbh I am a bit annoyed... I got my WCDC frame, so I don't care, but it gets harder to enter these competitions as an outsider

@Long_John_Silver: I feel you. When I first started making cards and posting them here, I thought making things differently would be appreciated. For example I like cards that are not good at first glance, have a downside or are in general not easily predictable without thinking about them. In the end, the community is rather closed and conservative. Therefore my personally preferred cards will never win, but a lot of Timmy designs win. That's just the (boring) reality I had to accept.

I partly agree with you concerning the mini competitions. On the one hand, if it wasn't for you, there basically wouldn't be any proper finals. On the other hand, your card looks like it was made with a potato. It just wasn't aesthetically appealing. I thought about voting for your card, but didn't because of this simple reason. There is a difference between making things differently or making them better. Take at it as a learning experience and keep on testing the waters. Find out what resonates better with the community. Keep on making cards, you got some raw talent!

Infinite Da Undatakah Reno Control Paladin will dominate Rank 18 & 17

edit: make that EVEN

Tech card against reusable weapons.

Would this be allowed, as it is a kobold statue? Also, is the rekindle thing understandable? It means revive but is a bit more flavorful I think...

So close, missed 1 vote for the finals xD

In all seriousness, it's a shame these fun competitions get so little attention...