The Hearthstone Team Has Borkers and Kittehs - January 2019
In an important update this afternoon, the Hearthstone team has released the January 2019 edition of the Hearthstone Pupdate.
Quote from BlizzardA lot of magic, machinations, and memeing go on behind closed doors at the Hearthstone development team. An assistant (or several) is often required. So without further ado, meet the good boys and girls of the Hearthstone development team!
Administrative
Kippen is Organized since he is on the Administrative team! If you need proof of that, just look at how neatly he keeps his tail tucked in when he’s lying down.
Production
Toby helps wrangle the team up and keep them in line so production moves like clockwork. He’s also really good at math.
Art
Mini Golden Retriever Harley helps with the art outsourcing when necessary. Otherwise, he is busy with the most important task of the day: napping.
Mishu brings a different perspective to things since she’s a cat, and that’s helpful for projects that she and Harley collaborate on. She also wants you to remember that out of all the cats in Hearthstone, she is Best Cat.
Business
Gary works on Hearthstone business things. Don’t let the fluff fool you—he is one shrewd businessdog.
Design
Leela lives far from the office and only comes in for special projects with the design team. Leela staunchly believes that there’s no such thing as a bad idea, which is why she continues to insist on a “Beg for Treats” emote option.
Engineering
When it comes to Hearthstone, this dog might lose a little, but he Wins-a-Ton. Keeping everyone company in the Engineering department, Winston’s latest project is discovering how to automate behind-the-ear scratches.
Business Intelligence
With the perfect name to match his shining disposition, Sunny brightens our days with his keen insights into all things business intelligence.
Quality Assurance
Nimbus can usually be found hard at work testing the game in the QA department. Gary and Nimbus have a long-standing friendly rivalry over who is the better cloud.
These are just some of the pets who support Hearthstone behind the scenes! Want to see more Hearthstone pupdates? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook!
Well said...no matter how many juveniles down-vote your comment.
Perhaps the team should pay more attention to the obvious problems HS is facing than dealing with their pets during working hours. Yeah, I am dating myself and still believe that one should work when at work.
Don't you guys have pets?
I've never seen a comment with this many upvotes and downvotes
I do, but i don't randomly display pictures of them to my customers
I didn't even realize you could see the "breakdown" till now. thanks man.
I didn't know you could see the breakdown either; learn something new every day.
Considering the time and effort this Pupdate (didn't) take (compared to a game feature) I highly doubt the time spent on the Pupdate affected Hearthstone development in any serious or even noticable way. It probably took the pet owners 10 seconds each (which is less time then people spent bitching about the post) to text a picture to the one making the Pupdate.
If the border template was already made by Art then the entire thing could have easily been done during a lunch break. Even if it was done on clock "so what?" The Pupdate makes a lot of people - including the developers - happy; so again what is the harm in it? Workplace moral is important; since happy developers are productive developers.
I personally love the idea; and wouldn't mind if the Pupdates became a regular thing. Sadly though people are just using this as an excuse to complain about the developers and how they spend their time. Maybe instead you guys should be thankful that we have Hearthstone and that Blizzard is nice enough to make it F2P accessible to those who can't afford pay to win, that they release more then one expansion a year, and that they are light hearted enough to be concerned with something that doesn't make them any money?
Just my 2 cents.
Great post.
Looks like they sensibly put development on paws for a moment.
Looks like the cutest beast hunter deck I've ever seen.
This was the dream MLK Jr really had.
I have nothing negative to say. Just a terrible dog related pun, and wooficially, a warm feeling in my heart. Greetings everyone !
A domestic animal on the design team might explain cards like Tunnel Trogg actually
That's what Animal Companion should really spawn
Arf-stone