To be honest i also hoped that they would have new voice lines 🙁 But it’s still better than nothing. Maybe it’s a start to adding more cosmetics, something people have been asking for years now?

While I’m in no position to tell anyone what to do, I don’t think that anyone should feel pressured to quit because of the incident. Blizzard has made a terrible decision and it’s a PR nightmare now, but if it’s the game you enjoy, I don’t see why you should stop playing it.

The thing that people forget is that every company is doing terrible things. Companies that produce the things you eat, the things you watch, the things you wear, the smartphone you’re possibly browsing the site from now etc. – and yet you still buy their stuff. Because in this day and age, it’s nearly impossible to distance yourself from every poor corporate decision, you would have to start living in a cave.

Most of the people who boycott the game and stopped playing weren’t that into it (at least not anymore) and were looking for a reason to quit. Which is still great, of course, if that’s how they want to tackle this case.

The only thing I can say is to not forget about the incident, keep talking about it. Don’t just let it slide. Because that’s what they were hoping for – to do a quick cover up and for people to forget in a few days. If it won’t work, maybe they will have to revise their stance.

Yeah, to be honest I like most of them more than the regular ones (maybe partially because I got bored of the regular ones already :p), but Hunter looks really bad IMO…

I think that no one is saying that the punishment is “unfair” in that sense – it’s their right to do it and no one questions that part.

It’s just that you can work within the rules and still make decisions that will be perceived as unjust and will make you an asshole.

And I think that casters aren’t mentioned enough in this. I think that it was a shitty move. What’s even worse is that in the official Chinese statement they mention that those casters will never be hired again to cast any tournament. Great.

Of course, China is to blame first and foremost. But what crazy world are we living in when they can dictate their terms to any company around the world and they will cave in? I hate using that terms, but it really is a slippery slope.

Like I’ve said, I did expect some sort of punishment, but not that much. There’s a lot of space between standing against China + removing themselves from that market and completely following what China ordered them to do (which is clearly the case here). Blizzard games like WoW or HS are really big in China, so it’s not like they don’t have at least some leverage.

Come to think about it, I believe that they DID change minions that transform in hand to not retain any buffs / mana cost changes etc. But I’ll need to test it out since I haven’t played with Floop + mana discounts ever since Year of the Raven’s Malygos Druid.

Like I’ve said below, I agree that there should be some kind of “punishment” (even though I honestly thought that he will end up with just a warning), because they don’t want everyone to start involving politics into interviews – that’s not the right place to do it. We’re clear here.

But come on, removing him from Grandmasters, taking away his winnings AND banning him for a year? And then firing both of the casters for simply letting him say a few words? That is a much bigger political manifestation than the interview itself. And a terrible one on top of that.

This is not an official statement from HSTD, just my personal opinion:

This is complete and utter bullshit. I absolutely hate this decision. I agree that we should not mix gaming and politics. Deleting the interview from official VoDs? Understandable. I wouldn’t even mind a slap on the wrists for Blitzchung for “breaking the rules”. But they just ruined lives of three people over nothing. Or wait, let me rephrase it – over simply manifesting that they want freedom.

It’s plain as day that it was all because of pressure from China. But Blizzard is not a Chinese company. So for whoever made that decision, it was a choice between money and standing up for human rights. Guess what won today.

Thank you, fixed it 🙂

Fixed it!

What Flamewaker Combo would you like to see? What’s your idea for the deck? 🙂

You clearly have no clue how the deck works, because going for multiple 7/8’s T2-T3 is definitely not weak. It’s one of the best decks in this Brawl.

I will ignore your last sentence and assume it was just a brain fart. You can thank me later.

Sorry, some cards were not displaying correctly for some reason. I’ve updated them and they should be okay right now.

Yeah, this is a Halloween-styled event. We have something like this every year, but usually it’s much smaller :p

As for the meta decks, we’ll post a bunch of theorycrafts using new cards on Sunday!

I’m nearly sure that we will get a full playset, so 2 copies in case of non-Legendary cards.

Actually, Swashburglar is a pretty good card in most of Rogue decks, not only in Thief Rogue.

That said, Pharaoh Cat kind of filled that slot in Tempo Rogue, and I’m not sure which one is better. Pulling a card from your opponent’s class is probably a better effect, but Cat is a 1/2 instead of 1/1.

Shaku was also played in Tempo Rogue back in the day, so it might be experimented with a bit. However, Tempo Rogue was a bit slower back than than it is now.

But overall I agree that there’s a big difference between classes in terms of power level. I think that either each class should get 2 great cards on 1x meme and 1x great card. Right now some classes did get meme cards (Renounce Darkness, Lock and Load) while others didn’t.

Of course, if you own some of those cards, you will be able to disenchant them (just like you can right now). The new copies we’ll be getting for free should be separate from the ones you already own and they can’t be dusted. But those will be gone after 2 months, so if you dust your regular cards, then you won’t be able to play them in Wild (obviously).

Not sure yet, we’ll let you know once we find out!

We have an official confirmation that the event ends on October 30, but the Wild cards will stay until the next expansion 🙂

I understand your position, but we’re trying to work as closely with Blizzard as possible and they don’t like when people post leaks – obviously 🙂 That’s one of the big reasons why I’m trying to avoid any leaks for now.