The HearthPwn Tavern Is Closing Its Doors
March 23, 2013 is a date that will be hard to forget.
Almost six years ago I was brought on by Curse as the Community Manager of HearthPwn. Part of the job entailed keeping everyone up to date with the latest news out of the community, and today I am with deep regret and sadness to give you one of the final updates HearthPwn has to offer, words that are difficult to type together - we are closing the doors to our Tavern.
HearthPwn will be closing its doors on June 28, 2019, 2257 days after our journey began. It is on this day you will no longer be able to add new content to the site.
Although our doors may be closing, we’re going to keep the windows open. The history of our site, all the posts, decks, and other content we all have created over the years will be archived and still viewable to those who want to see it. Creating new content will be disabled, our news will no longer be updated.
We’ve all been through a lot together over the years and I’m going to miss delivering content to you all as fast as possible, especially the sleep-deprived card reveal periods. Our amazing deck guide writers over the years have created some of the best content this game has ever seen and educated many new players in new archetypes. I’m quite happy all that content and history will still be accessible because there’s quite a bit of unique content.
Our Fan Creations section with the weekly card design competitions has some of Hearthstone’s most dedicated fans and gave way to some of the coolest card designs and always lead to questions of “Is Blizzard crazy enough to add something like this to the game?”. Only time will ultimately tell, though considering we did end up with Genn and Baku, anything is truly possible if you set your mind to it.
Speaking of those that really put their mind to it, our wonderful selection of forum trolls. You all made us work relentlessly, testing the limits of our moderation system, but you too brought a special charm to the site. Those midday laughs when we couldn’t believe you were at it again are uncountable
I could name so many of you who have improved my life in some way through HearthPwn but I can’t do that for I fear I’d miss out on someone. Even those people I never interacted with directly, there’s a good chance I read something you posted or created and thought highly of it or had a good laugh. Thank you so much for all the heartfelt and informative messages throughout the years, you’re the reason I go through madness to make sure card reveals every expansion were delivered as fast as possible.
I’d like to invite everyone to leave a message in the comment section below. What was your favourite HearthPwn memory? I’d also like to invite you to my Discord server where we can all still keep in touch, talk Hearthstone, and go crazy with card reveals even after HearthPwn closes its doors. I'll also be around on Twitch today talking about memories with y'all.
Stay awesome,
Robert and the HearthPwn Staff
PS. Myself and the moderation team will all still be around until the end. Expect to see continued coverage of the remaining adventure chapters and more. Thank you.
PPS. We still need to declare a winner in our last ever class creation competition.
An update I'd like to add from the MTG Salvation shut down message. Like them, we are also continuing with another project. You may find the old team on Out of Cards.
Quote from Feyd_RuinThe answer to the inevitable question of why is complex, but deserves a response. Our owners have expanded on to other projects, launching such epic endeavors as D&D Beyond. As these have taken off, the development team has shifted focus and simply does not have the time and resources for us that we require. They can simply no longer justify the development, infrastructure, and maintenance costs of the site compared to their other projects.
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I would also like to know the reason.
Its the number 1 source for so many players and reading all the comments i am not alone with that opinion
It will likely take me months to stop reflexively typing 'HEA-' into my url bar. Hearthpwn has been a daily visit for me (usually multiple times) for years.
Thanks for all of the hard work. You guys did a tremendous job!
Favorite memory - keeping the MILFHunter deck at 69 likes for several straight weeks. That was the tightest I've ever seen this community.
Good Luck to U, guys
Ive lurked on this site and counted on it for my Netdecking for years. Now its gone. :/ Im gonna miss this place.
How about a post to let us know what are the top sites to get Hearthstone news?
www.outof.cards
Thank you, from the bottom of my hearth.
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I did not see this coming...:(
:-( I'm here every day, multiple times a day. This is my favorite ste to get HS news/decks. I'll be lost without you guys. Sad day
Same. There are other deck and news sites but this is the one I check every day without fail. And there's no better site out there to find decks created by regular players like myself. I don't understand why this is shutting down.
Thanks for all the time spent here. Hearthpwn was my go-to site. Thanks Flux, and the rest of the staff (especially for those card reveals) Good luck with what's next!
If I wasn't a ginger this would hurt my soul.
Thank you guys, i love this site but all good things come to an end.
I hope we see each other on Out of Cards <3
I'll never forget checking this site for card reveals and discussing them in the comments.I discovered this site around KoFT release and im so glad i did it.I found most of my good decks and guides here so this is really hearth (im sorry) breaking to here.
Best of luck to you and the whole team!
Hey, sorry. I’ve been wondering. Is this an out of season April fools joke?
Sorry
RIP in pepperonies hsreplay killed it for sure
This was always one of my favorite sites. I always knew that you will keep me updated on all information i need to know for my favorite card game. Yes most news you can find on internet, but you were always first and i could always count on you. Thanks to you i have been able to beat the Lich King and the Dungeon run with all classes. This site has shown me decks that were better and more fun and more creative than any deck i could ever make and thanks to them i could climb the ladder. And after all this time even after Ben Brode left you were still with us providing me all information i need. I thank you and may Brode and RNG always be with you. You have made this world a better place.
Thank you.
This is a joke right?