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.
RIP Hearthpwn - March 23, 2013 to June 28, 2019. You'll be missed! :(
You guys did amazing for the past few years. While it's a shame to see the site go down, it's been a pleasure being on the website and seeing the news. You guys have made truly big impact of the hearthstone community and none of us can thank you enough!
Thank you!
Oh, sh*t no :( Really really bad news.
Thank you very much, guys, for all your work.
I visited this site several times per day.
is that an out of season april fools joke??
Sad news for the HS community..
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This is not real!!! It's not happening!!!
What ????? Why ... Thats sad actually .. I visit this website almost everyday getting news or reading posts and the card reveals of each expansion where u can agree or disagree or feel excited with the timers and fancy posts wont happen again. :'(
This is a real bummer. I’ve visited this site daily for about four years now and will miss it when it’s gone.
Maybe we could put an online petition or something together and try and get the powers that be to change their minds about this? Finally an online cause worth fighting for?
Whatever happens, thanks for all the work you did over the years. It’s been a pleasure coming here.
What can we do to save HearthPwn?
We can't :(
I will truly miss this website. It is the only place I can go to express my ridiculous ideas and thoughts on all the new cards.
I say farewell to my fellow Memers such as beppe946, SamTheHam, RAWSHUN, and all the others.
This is also the only place I can think of to share my custom game ideas. The only one I have posted is the 60 Yogg Deck one, but I had many more. I'm not trying to self-promote, but if anyone knows a place I can keep sharing my nonsense, please let me know. Thank You Everyone For Making This Website Awesome!
This is huge.
I don't know how many people will see this, and I'm not even sure how many people will recognize me, but I was a very active user a few years ago. I created all the pokemon as hearthstone cards one time, and I remember all the attention that post got me. Seems silly, but it wasn't silly to me - I still remember the feeling that I created something that people liked. I think that was part of the reason I was inspired to pursue other creative interests recently (like drawing, writing, etc.). Thank you to everyone who was a part of that.
I've been checking this site almost daily for years! What the hell am I going to do!?!?! There's no other site with this specific feeling for me. What can fill this void!?!
Seriously, thank you to the community and the mods! You're a real part of my life!
Side note: Am I the non-mod with the most 'Thanks' on the site? I haven't seen another with more ;)
Fear not, for there IS another site to fill the void, created by our very own Fluxflashor.
https://outof.cards/
You did a fantastic job, its a bummer they pulled the plug on it.
Onwards to other adventures!
I remembered being sad when the Heroes of the Storm curse website shut down. I never imagined that Hearthpwn would be next. I'm quite sad.
Cant say im surprised. Ever since the releasee of ros, the site has barely seen any inprovements for whatever reason such as no added golden animations etc.. still, its sad that this site went downhill so fast, which is not to say the mods haveng been doing all they can. Obviously you have to blame the higher ups. RIP hearthpwn
Card reveal seasons were always epic, making me excited to wake up early just so that I could see the cards revealed in the Eastern world. Thank you guys for all your hard work. Will be seeing you (under the same moniker, as well, it would seem)!
I know I'm really not an important person in this community. At least not anymore.
I remember a time where I was in love with Hearthstone, and that's when I started visiting this website so much.
I became an active member of this community, posting comments on every single news post, forums, picking fights with people in the comments section, and my favorite: Talking about the new cards coming from the expansions. Making jokes about crappy cards that could become relevant, about cards getting powercreeped, decks getting countered...
I tried to become an important member of the website so much that I even stopped playing Hearthstone, and focused on being active here. I was always making jokes trying to convince FluxFlashor to transform me into a moderator, and we actually became quite friends. I even installed Skype just to talk with Flux (thank God he found out about Discord, seriously), and I was thrilled when he made me a moderator on his Twitch channel.
A lot happened since then, and I had to stop being active on this community, or rather, had to stop being active anywhere on the web. When I came back, Hearthsotne had changed too much, and the game simply didn't appeal to me anymore. However, Hearthpwn still felt like home. Flux still talked like he used to, the memes kept the same (Except the reverse "DEATHWING FTW", I miss that), and I didn't feel misplaced at all.
Finally, this website became the only thing that kept me close to Hearthstone. And now, this is an official goodbye to Hearthpwn, therefore, it is my goodbye to the game aswell. I will always remember those momments, and hope I can find the people I met here somewhere else around the web someday.
Well played, Hearthpwn. I will miss you.