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.
They apparently are focusing their resources on d&d beyond and wikis now and have no desire to maintain these other sites. Multiple of their sites are shutting down.
May He on the Throne forever be the light that guids you through the eternal darkness of the future.
sorry to see you go :(
Thank you, Hearthpwn.
the same feeling when my girlfriend say goodbye
I'm sad to hear that. Thanks for all the work and effort you've put into this side. Also thanks to a great hearthpwn-community!
it's Impossible!!!!!!!!!
W H Y ???
They apparently are focusing their resources on d&d beyond and wikis now and have no desire to maintain these other sites. Multiple of their sites are shutting down.
sad to hear this. i don't spend as much time here as i used to (in large part because i don't play hearthstone nearly as much as i used to), but i still poke my head in almost every day just to see if there's any news, see if one of the top recent threads catches my eye, etc.
i suppose its true that all good things must come to an end though... it was a good run, thanks flux and all the mods and members that made this such a great home for hearthstone over the years.
What is the reason for this? I just recently started using this site regularly, c'mon! Is there any alternative to this platform? This is like the hearthstone hotspot....
They apparently are focusing their resources on d&d beyond and wikis now and have no desire to maintain these other sites. Multiple of their sites are shutting down. As such, we've created www.outof.cards
Good Riddance
Real Talk
So... does this mean we're moving to hearthstation or some other site now?
Hearthstation has awaken from its short slumber with a new name, outof.cards. We certainly hope the community joins us there.
Who can tell me, Why should close site?
They apparently are focusing their resources on d&d beyond and wikis now and have no desire to maintain these other sites. Multiple of their sites are shutting down.
It was a fun time with you guys. I wish you the best of luck and I'll miss this site so very much :'/
where do i get my decks for a quick tavern brawl (play once,never again) each week? :(
I feel like when Dobby died in HP :(:(:(:(