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Account Wipe Status

Hopefully the heading didn't scare you! This has been a popular topic as of late and it is important that it is known that there are no plans for any more account wipes. 

Quote from Zeriyah

Several months back, Blizzard told all players that when the game was released, all cards would be wiped and packs would be refunded upon the final release of the game.
We have never stated this. 

Not much later, Blizzard decided to change their mind and NOT continue with any future card wipes.
Again, this is false. We have been very clear on our stance on wipes of Hearthstone cards/data, and we have continued to state repeatedly in blog content that we have no plans for any future wipes. 

We will not be doing any account-specific card wipes.

Community Developer Interview Summary

In addition to the Hearthstone interview that we had with Eric Dodds and Ben Brode, several other Hearthstone community fansites were also given the opportunity to chat with the developers. The interview recap below has been sourced from the interviews at LiquidHearth and Buffed.de.

• The shop is currently very basic, but there are plans to expand it to make room for "Hero Skins".
• In addition to real money, Hero Skins might be purchasable with gold. 
• There are players who are very vocal about their hate towards Garrosh Hellscream.
• No new classes are currently scheduled for the game.
• Implementing factions is not currently on the todo list.
• The reason behind the Novice Engineer nerf was not only because of it's popularity, but also its use in One Turn Kill decks; It simply stayed around too long to help you survive.
• The team has hired a new balance designer, and is continuing to add to their balance arsenal.
• There are no plans to change Unleash the Hounds.
• There are no plans for team / clan support in the game.
• The team is happy with the ranked changes to elevate the level of prestige associated with constructed play.
• It's important to keep card rarity simple, and not to change the rarity of a card just base on its raw power.
• Flamestrike is a card which players usually complain about not having a rarity because of how common it can be in the arena. As more mage cards are added, it will show up less.
• The release of adventure mode needs to be timed so that it doesn't overwhelm the new players from iPad, but it also isn't so far away that the players from beta don't feel starved for content.
• The first adventures will likely be the best time to look at adding some low-rarity "big guy" minions.
• All classes should have multiple ways to play them, if not, they will intervene.

Weekend Tournaments

There's plenty of great tournaments going on this weekend if you're bored of laddering, or just looking for something new to try, so come on out and compete with some of the best players that Hearthstone has to offer! Who knows, you may even make some new rivals.

For tournaments not listed here, be sure to checkout our tournament forums!

ManaGrind's Friday Night Swiss

Friday Night Swiss is a tournament series run by ManaGrind which uses the Swiss tournament format. There are two swiss events held each week on Friday, one for North America, and another for Europe. The North American Swiss tournament is held at 8 PM EST, and European Swiss is held at 7 PM CET. More information on this week's Swiss tournaments can be found in this thread.

Major League Gaming & ManaGrind's NA and EU Open

The MLG/MG NA and EU Opens are a tournament series run by Major League Gaming and ManaGrind during weekends, which makes use of the Single Elimination format. This week is home to the 15th NA and EU Opens, and they will be running at their usual times; The North American Open starts at 2 PM EST on Saturday, February 8, and the European Open starts at 6 PM CET on Sunday, February 9. More information on this week's NA and EU opens can be found in this thread.

Value Town #17

On this week's episode of Value Town, ChanManV, Kripparrian, and Trump discussed Neutral 4 Drops, Arena Coaching, and did some viewer Q&A. Check out part 1 below, and check out the next two parts at the following links. [Part 2] [Part 3]