Updated with Quotes from Cora!
A few days ago, Hearthstone caster Cora announced that she is stepping away from casting and she is joining the Hearthstone Final Design team as an Associate Game Designer!
Quote fromI'm taking a step away from commentary. The last 3 years have been the best of my life, and I'm so grateful to have been able to do something that I truly love, but it's time to pursue something I'll love even more. That being said...
Quote fromI am thrilled to announce that I will be joining the Hearthstone Final Design team as an Associate Game Designer at Blizzard Entertainment! I love Hearthstone more than anything, and I'm so blessed to be able to work with a team who feels the same way. <3
Congratulations Cora!
UPDATE:
Cora reacted in the comments of this article!
Her reaction to our initial report that she was quitting casting:
Quote fromFor the record, I'm not quitting casting. I hope to still pursue some casting on the side while working on the design team. :)
Asked what her background in game design is, she responded:
Quote fromFinal Design is primarily balance related, so the requirements were strong communication skills and Hearthstone gameplay. I have a BA in Broadcast Communication and 5 years of competitive Hearthstone experience, so I fit the bill pretty well. It will certainly be a learning process, but that's why I'm starting as an Associate and will have to work my way up.
I don't care about their achievements too much. I watched streams of both and I listened to what they had to say when casting. And on Kibler's stream I witnesses misplays regularly, maybe once on Cora's. It might be that Kibler is not fully focussed when streaming, but the information I got brought me to the conclusion that Cora is the better player. Especially her skill to cast (filling time with a lot of talking) and still being able to think several turns ahead. There wasn't a tournament when she didn't explain something to her co-caster what they missed and why a play was or even would've been better.
What does Kibler have to do with it? Are you sure he even WANTS that job? he does pretty well for himself streaming & casting methinks...
All the people saying negative things honestly have zero clue. The best thing to happen to any franchise is when you have die hard fans in the mix, things only get better. We can take Game of Thrones as the perfect example, if they would have listened to fans and their fantastic theories the final season would have been tenfold better having that inspiration and interaction between fans and writers.
This article's comment section is worse than my Evolve Shaman RNG. Like, why not be supportive? Or at the very least ignore the person instead of actively writing them off?
You know, its the world we live in. People gets confident by bringing others down, and I guess they feel like it gives credit to their lives. Just give up your faith in humanity and you'll just don't care about people behaviour...
Just let that sink in. Nearly 1/3 of all comments are auto hidden. Some people just want to bash her, either for somehow being "bland" or just because she's a woman. It's embarrassing.
This caster rarely had a clue now she’s making cards. Lol 😂 🍔🍔🍔😂😂😂😂😂😂👌
They didn't immediately fire the guy who designed Ultimate Infestation, so I feel like Cora should at least be given a chance.
You know, its the world we live in. People gets confident by bringing others down, and I guess they feel like it gives credit to their lives. Just give up your faith in humanity and you'll just don't care about people behaviour...
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Some people are still bringing up Forsen and Lifecoach when it comes to HS? What's next, Noxious? Reynad? OMEGALUL
Do you realize it's 2019, bro? Just switch channels and watch some of Kripp, Kibler, Thijs, RDU, Kolento, Asmo or Allie just to name a few. And no, the game won't shut down just because SCAmaz moved along.
That question is what, 2 years late? A year? LoL
the final downfall of hearthstone
uninstalling in progress
Congratulations :)
i dont even know who she is, who care ?
You understand this reflects more poorly on you than on her, right?
Can not wait to see what Ben Brode and Reynad come up with, both of those games will be huge.
I dont see why this is news worthy.
I dont like that "known" people from HS get rewarded somehow. The game doesnt need "faces"
bliz only cares about the mobile market, desktops are going to go the way of the dodo in 15 years . mouse and key boards well just pair to smart tvs phones or brain chips, hell the mouse and key board well be virtual and the screen all in the brain chips
How on Bloodsworn Mercenary?
It's a typical female mercenary
The truth is that the salty people in this thread are jealous because they are unemployed or stacking shelves for the n'th year.