I'm modifying the giveaway time by an hour (1 more hour). Due to the daylight savings time change, I put in the wrong time into our countdown and don't want to penalize anyone because of it.
I am currently investigating the best solution for that! I know how painful it is to join realms otherwise.
Sidenote: Excited about being able to later on figure out what realms people enjoy so we can suggest realms when people join the site. Anything to make the onboarding process better.
That's some great information to share! You're 100% correct in that you do not want a ton of these packs. They are a super awesome way to bootstrap that collection though if you've been gone a while and I'm happy to see Hearthstone is finally committing to making it easier to get back into the game.
I'll see what we can do to let folks know how many packs they've opened. I know a lot of our metrics within these giveaways are hidden and I wish that wasn't the case.
Heya anchorm4n! The titles are all in and if you visit this page, you should now earn credit for them. (You can also wait and we'll run a query that updates everyone once the crawl is over)
There will be a dedicated post going up this morning for it! The link is (and always has been) accessible on the Hearthstone expansions navigation too:
An absolute titan in the industry! His work is some of the most recognizable and shows the huge impact Japan has had on North American youth culture in the 90s, popularizing anime (and to a degree manga). Every day Dragon Ball could be found on tv and you bet I was glued to it.
I'm looking forward to the April launch of the Sand Land game.
Hero Power synergy cards are some of my favourites in the game. I think Algalon the Observer could be quite a bit of fun with this card since you can really mess your opponent up. The only downside is if you want their next card to show up on top, then you don't get to take a look at the second card.
It'll be interesting to see if Hero Power stuff gets any more support with the expansion. Festival of Legends certainly had a good chunk so maybe Blizzard will continue on that path.
I'm so glad the taste aspect isn't absolutely required. Though it would make Overcooked more interesting when your friend burns the food.
I really hope the Gamescent ends up being good. Even if you don't use it all the time, it would still be nice to break it out occasionally when you want that extra bit of reality. I'm really hoping that the burning tyre smells are good because we're going to have an incredible time in VR with my racing wheel playing F1 and Assetto Corsa.
Alright so it's only fair that I also give my predictions for the year's expansions.
First, the cupcake is confusing. Cogs, a toy plane, a shield-looking-thing, those are all easily indications of Gnomes and Mechs which would be an amazing theme. If they want to use this year as a celebration of Hearthstone, it would make sense to do a huge throwback to Goblins vs Gnomes right off the bat. The cupcake could just be the fact they are celebrating things. My prediction: Bring on the Gnomes and Mechs. Maybe goblins and murlocs too, a "short stuff" expansion. The wood backdrop could indicate the expansion is going to have a tavern theme.
Second, what are we doing in a desert with an oasis. League of Explorers are one of Hearthstone's most beloved set of characters, so they are almost certainly going to be involved. Location? We've got The Stagnant Oasis in The Barrens, but we've already been there recently and it isn't a sandy desert. We've also got Uldum's Oasis of Vir'sar and Vir'naal Oasis. Saviors of Uldum is old enough at this point they could maybe drop in again. The expansion was well received and again, if we're celebrating the good in Hearthstone Uldum would make a damn good choice.
Though, World of Warcraft is doing something with Pirates soon, and it would be very cool for Blizzard to also do something with pirates in Hearthstone. Leeroy back in the core set, gimme a new patches! Screw it, let's yolo this and guess that we're going to see a Pirate expansion.
Third, we've got the cosmos. I immediately start to think of Algalon, the Titans, Ulduar. Uldum, if that is what we were getting in expansion 2, would play into that very well and if Blizzard wants to do thematics in the mini-set for the new Uldum set, it would be a perfect time to tell a story to jump into Expansion 3.
The third expansion it feels silly to be talking about Ulduar with TITANS and the Fall of Ulduar mini-set recently coming out. Or maybe there's more to tell there.
Or.. maybe night elves? Tyrande's card back matches pretty well...
I don't have a really good prediction for number 3. The Celestial Steed mount was released in World of Warcraft during the end year of Wrath of the Lich King, and the steed is really a pegasus... The mount also just returned to the game as an item in the Trading Post. I don't know, Blizzard is probably trying to throw people off with the last image so they don't repeat the obvious Alterac Valley.
Seo sure but not ChatGPT. Gonna hate for building content that aims to get organic traffic so new people join onto the website more to help it grow? That’s a bad take.
I spent a lot of time putting this together so to diminish that work… kinda a dick move but I get it. There are a lot of spam sites with pure ChatGPT content - this ain’t one of them. I’ve certainly experimented with it because you’d be crazy not to but ChatGPT is bad at creating content surrounding video games.
Unfortunate change but probably good for balance. Ultra Spheres definitely made catching some pals quite a bit easier in the mid-game so moving it solidly into the mid-late game area makes sense.
That about sums up what I'd like to play this month. I've got a few titles in the backlog I need to find some time to write some reviews for but for the pure enjoyment factor, Palworld is likely going to be it. Valentines in World of Warcraft also means I'll catch some time there, but I just want to focus on beating my favourite Pokeclones right now.
I'm modifying the giveaway time by an hour (1 more hour). Due to the daylight savings time change, I put in the wrong time into our countdown and don't want to penalize anyone because of it.
This might be the most excited I've ever been for a quality of life update in a video game. My luck is horrible.
I am currently investigating the best solution for that! I know how painful it is to join realms otherwise.
Sidenote: Excited about being able to later on figure out what realms people enjoy so we can suggest realms when people join the site. Anything to make the onboarding process better.
That's some great information to share! You're 100% correct in that you do not want a ton of these packs. They are a super awesome way to bootstrap that collection though if you've been gone a while and I'm happy to see Hearthstone is finally committing to making it easier to get back into the game.
I hope you get this lucky too, that's incredible!
Luckily we do have a cap on the number of packs someone can open to be eligible for the giveaway!
There are indeed multipliers for golden cards and for signature cards since they increase the overall value of a card pack.
There's some other magic too with different cards being assigned base values based on criteria we don't make public ;)
I'll see what we can do to let folks know how many packs they've opened. I know a lot of our metrics within these giveaways are hidden and I wish that wasn't the case.
Heya anchorm4n! The titles are all in and if you visit this page, you should now earn credit for them. (You can also wait and we'll run a query that updates everyone once the crawl is over)
Good luck on getting those scholars!
There will be a dedicated post going up this morning for it! The link is (and always has been) accessible on the Hearthstone expansions navigation too:
A couple additional bug fixes have gone out.
An absolute titan in the industry! His work is some of the most recognizable and shows the huge impact Japan has had on North American youth culture in the 90s, popularizing anime (and to a degree manga). Every day Dragon Ball could be found on tv and you bet I was glued to it.
I'm looking forward to the April launch of the Sand Land game.
May he rest in peace.
I have always been a huge fan of no-minion mage! Great way to chunk through your deck and get a little extra value for the whopping 6 mana cost.
Hero Power synergy cards are some of my favourites in the game. I think Algalon the Observer could be quite a bit of fun with this card since you can really mess your opponent up. The only downside is if you want their next card to show up on top, then you don't get to take a look at the second card.
It'll be interesting to see if Hero Power stuff gets any more support with the expansion. Festival of Legends certainly had a good chunk so maybe Blizzard will continue on that path.
And we didn't even need to get frozen in time to experience it!
For your sake, Demon, I hope they don't come up with "theme park vomit" as a smell.
I'm so glad the taste aspect isn't absolutely required. Though it would make Overcooked more interesting when your friend burns the food.
I really hope the Gamescent ends up being good. Even if you don't use it all the time, it would still be nice to break it out occasionally when you want that extra bit of reality. I'm really hoping that the burning tyre smells are good because we're going to have an incredible time in VR with my racing wheel playing F1 and Assetto Corsa.
Alright so it's only fair that I also give my predictions for the year's expansions.
First, the cupcake is confusing. Cogs, a toy plane, a shield-looking-thing, those are all easily indications of Gnomes and Mechs which would be an amazing theme. If they want to use this year as a celebration of Hearthstone, it would make sense to do a huge throwback to Goblins vs Gnomes right off the bat. The cupcake could just be the fact they are celebrating things. My prediction: Bring on the Gnomes and Mechs. Maybe goblins and murlocs too, a "short stuff" expansion. The wood backdrop could indicate the expansion is going to have a tavern theme.
Second, what are we doing in a desert with an oasis. League of Explorers are one of Hearthstone's most beloved set of characters, so they are almost certainly going to be involved. Location? We've got The Stagnant Oasis in The Barrens, but we've already been there recently and it isn't a sandy desert. We've also got Uldum's Oasis of Vir'sar and Vir'naal Oasis. Saviors of Uldum is old enough at this point they could maybe drop in again. The expansion was well received and again, if we're celebrating the good in Hearthstone Uldum would make a damn good choice.
Though, World of Warcraft is doing something with Pirates soon, and it would be very cool for Blizzard to also do something with pirates in Hearthstone. Leeroy back in the core set, gimme a new patches! Screw it, let's yolo this and guess that we're going to see a Pirate expansion.
Third, we've got the cosmos. I immediately start to think of Algalon, the Titans, Ulduar. Uldum, if that is what we were getting in expansion 2, would play into that very well and if Blizzard wants to do thematics in the mini-set for the new Uldum set, it would be a perfect time to tell a story to jump into Expansion 3.
The third expansion it feels silly to be talking about Ulduar with TITANS and the Fall of Ulduar mini-set recently coming out. Or maybe there's more to tell there.
Or.. maybe night elves? Tyrande's card back matches pretty well...
I don't have a really good prediction for number 3. The Celestial Steed mount was released in World of Warcraft during the end year of Wrath of the Lich King, and the steed is really a pegasus... The mount also just returned to the game as an item in the Trading Post. I don't know, Blizzard is probably trying to throw people off with the last image so they don't repeat the obvious Alterac Valley.
Seo sure but not ChatGPT. Gonna hate for building content that aims to get organic traffic so new people join onto the website more to help it grow? That’s a bad take.
I spent a lot of time putting this together so to diminish that work… kinda a dick move but I get it. There are a lot of spam sites with pure ChatGPT content - this ain’t one of them. I’ve certainly experimented with it because you’d be crazy not to but ChatGPT is bad at creating content surrounding video games.
Unfortunate change but probably good for balance. Ultra Spheres definitely made catching some pals quite a bit easier in the mid-game so moving it solidly into the mid-late game area makes sense.
Palworld.
That about sums up what I'd like to play this month. I've got a few titles in the backlog I need to find some time to write some reviews for but for the pure enjoyment factor, Palworld is likely going to be it. Valentines in World of Warcraft also means I'll catch some time there, but I just want to focus on beating my favourite Pokeclones right now.