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.
Tks for the great work
My best memory, the first deck Facehunter
Sad news
Flux, you're an awesome guy. (His voice is super hot)
I joined Hearthpwn late 2016 as a complete noob, even going as far to ask our holy lord Fluxflashor the following message:
Hearthpwn has become a second home for me. I'd spend hours on end trying to theory craft a new deck list or create an interesting design for the weekly WCDCs. Just the pure hours spent into a sight, with such a (generally) unsalty community. Since then, many people have come and gone. Users may be active one day and disappear into the abyss the next. The Fan Creations cult swaps members from time to time. Livi, Asylum, Cogi, Oto and eventually myself all had their respective runs. Yet, Flux (and Linkblade92 and SenselessShadow and ToxTheUntoxic and Chimera and BoozerTheOPArenaGuy and whoever I missed plznobanme) was always there. Silent and watching, yet always there if you needed help.
I'll see you when Hearthpinkfluffyunicorns comes around.
I just want to say thank you for running this community. For bring the joy of childish play to our weary work-leaden hearts. For dealing with our uncultured salt-infused shenanigans. And THANK YOU just for existing.
- Just Nix ;)
I just want to say I'm liking this comment because its some seriously awesome memories and not because I've been complimented. Awkward.
This is such a shame. I registered a month ago to share some of my decks and to share good experiences with other hearthstone fellas because we are all friendly and talkative (Not toxic like LoL community). In either way all I can say is that I had a really good time here and thank you Hearthpwn.
I've been coming here during my lunch break for 5 years. Unfortunate news. Thanks.
Thanks guys. You did a great job.
Sad Pwn Hours
no Way.... bad news just came home from work to see this... no chance of saving hearthpwn? Although I never posted much on the forums I have a daily visit on this site , netdecking checking the latest news using the app keeping up me collection of what I still need. 😓
I would like to thank the staff of this tavern for it has been a very good example of a micro cosmos where everyone has a place to express themselves for the salt and for the pepper as one.
I like to visit it everyday and read all the game news but also I really enjoy to read what is on this community's mind.
Thank you, dear community for endless laughs.
Thank you dear staff for giving us such a magnificent platform everyone is welcome to.
Got a little emotional, sorry.
Thanks for everything, you deserve besst!!
So sad... But I'm already looking forward to OutOfCards!
Thanks to Fluxor and all the others for their efforts in making this the home for everyone playing HS.
Aww. That's a shame but I am sure we shall see you all on the follow up site that seems to have been already created.
Better to stand alone than rely on a bigger entity and their whims. See you on the other side everyone : )
A few years ago I had really hard time in my life. I spent way above healthy hours here and grinding HS. A few times I was on the edge of crying from nowhere. That being said, I found something to keep my mind occupated here, and forget about my sadness by making and discussing cards on Card Creation comps (I even won once). It made me so happy seeing positive comments on my card and so many likes, it made me feel important in some way. To some it may sound silly, but it was my oasis for quite some time. I will miss all the people who made me laugh, who gave me inspiration, who gave me criticism and who I felt greatly helped me leave that awful state behind.
I want to thank all of the admins, I'm forever grateful to you for being here and working hard. And I want to thank you people, that make this site feel like a real tavern.
Goodbye Hearthpwn, rest in peace.
I apologize in advance for my bad English. I have been visiting this site since GVG, and still am amazed at this community, which comes up with new maps, keywords, decks and a lot of content every week. I am very sorry that such a huge part of my hs world will disappear. Yes, I know that everything will be archived, but this is not something that I and many want. I wish you all the best and good luck in new endeavors.
Why?
What is going on ?
Why is the site closing ?
I don't understand.
It’s about getting independent from curse
So long and thanks for all the fish!
I just registered just to say thank you
Thanks for the great time Flux and Hearthpwn team!
This was my daily hangout. Will be missing it...