Hearthstone

[Habbaku]

[Habbaku]

I'm rank 4 now, on the cusp of 3.  Not sure if I'll have time to hit Legend this season, unfortunately.  We'll see.

I have been keeping a tally of what classes I've gone up against, though.  This is pretty much only games at the upper ranks (6-3).

Warrior : 11
Hunter : 24
Priest : 8
Handlock : 4
Zoo-Lock : 11 (some bots, mostly not)
Shaman : 16 (so many bots...)
Druid : 3
Rogue : 4
Paladin : 2
Mage : 4

[Habbaku]

[Syt]

Had some extra gold, so I played arena.

Bested my record (4 wins!  ). Best loss: against a 4x Ironbark Protector Druid.

First Protector: burned, because his hand was full. Second: silenced by me (was going for the kill at the point).

Then he pulls out #3 and #4 on consecutive turns. 

[Martinus]

My record so far is 7 wins in the arena.

For non-Arena games, my favourite deck right now is a Warlock "handlock" with giants, lots of self heals, and the warlock-only legendary card (Lord Something). It is great fun to watch the opponent with 20-something health bring me down to 2 or 3 and be sure of victory - only to see me jump back with molten giants and whatnot.

By the way - am I the only one who finds people who tell you "Well Played" right before killing you to be assholes? I usually use "Well Played" when I am genuinely impressed with my opponent's play (e.g. when they pull off some cool gambit or synergy between their cards - like a Priest with the Auchenai Soulpriest and Baron Rivendare killing off his zombies to actually hurt me badly) and not to rub my win in the opponent's face.

[Syt]

I've updated my "I Steal your stuff" priest. I've removed buffs and instead added cards that will summon random other cards/transform minions. Not very competitive, but fun in its randomness.

[Syt]

By the way - am I the only one who finds people who tell you "Well Played" right before killing you to be assholes?

No, I consider it common courtesy. Equivalent of "gg" at the end of other MP games. If you read a sarcastic tone into it, the problem lies with you.

[frunk]

The latest expansion seems to up the randomness factor.  More spells that do random amounts of damage, minions that attack randomly, effect random opponents on summon or summon random minions on death.  Not sure I like it much, despite there being some other pretty good ideas in it.

[Martinus]

By the way - am I the only one who finds people who tell you "Well Played" right before killing you to be assholes?

No, I consider it common courtesy. Equivalent of "gg" at the end of other MP games. If you read a sarcastic tone into it, the problem lies with you.

I read it sarcastic. Especially if someone beats me 30:0.

[Syt]

I think it's meant to break meta a bit where the (natural) goal was to create the most efficient/effective deck. There'll still be decks that will be better than others, obviously, but players will have to learn to still play around the randomness (e.g. by reducing the number of targets for random attacks - "kills random enemy minion" becomes very calculable if there's only one enemy minion), and even if you eliminate it from your deck as much as possible, you'll still have to deal with lucky draws from your opponent.

I think the verdict whether this rewards good players for being able to handle the unforeseen or is too random is still out. And I'm sure Blizzard will keep tweaking it into a decent balance.

[Syt]

I read it sarcastic. Especially if someone beats me 30:0.

You can make optimal plays and still lose 30-0. Doesn't mean that you played badly.

[Eddie Teach]

I read it sarcastic. Especially if someone beats me 30:0.

Often people feel it's a requirement to congratulate their opponent regardless of how lopsided a contest is.

[Syt]

As a priest, if I have nothing to play with 2 mana left, and my opponent or one of his minions has full health, I will occasionally threaten them ("The light shall burn you!") and cast heal on them.

[Martinus]

Usually, I say "Thank you" after I kick someone's ass. I use "Well Played" when I am genuinely impressed with something they have done.

My favourite recent play, as my Warlock, was when I was down to 10 Health at the beginning of my turn and the opponent has just managed to put Ragnaros and 3 or 4 smaller mobs (all with health around 4-5) on the board, with me having no mobs.

My move? Sylvanaras Windrunner followed by Shadowflame (which kills all his mobs save for Ragnaros - who then gets mindcontrolled by Sylvanas' death rattle).

Shit like this, if pulled by my opponent, makes me say "Well Played".

[Scipio]

If you meet an asshole in the morning, you met an asshole. If you meet assholes all day long, you're the asshole.

-The Tao of Raylan Givens