It's just quite amusing to see how they have to deal with the same Cancel culture actions that they have been applying to some players in the past.
The most recent I recall, is how they canceled Zalae from all HS championships without of any official court hearings or investigations. And now people cancel them (and Blizz even have to cancel themselves) just due to unproven accusations.
Of course, there is no smoke without fire. But I would rather wait for the official results of the investigation before judging.
I'd be banned if I went to a Russian message board and stated I supported gay marriage.
I'd be banned if I went to a Chinese message board and stated their dear leader looked like Winnie the Pooh or how black lives matter. I'd be kidnapped if I went to a North Korean message board and talked about what real daily life is like.
Depends on the message board's owners. I can name you a pair of web forums in NA where you'll also get banned for supporting gay marriage or equal rights for all people. And not everyone in Russia, North Korea or China supports the "official position" of their governments, even in face of punishment.
I'm not trying to defend any of the people above, mostly because I don't share their points of view. What I'm trying to defend is their rights to be (subjectively) wrong and share their opinion. And I strongly believe that explaining them your point of view instead of immediately banning them is more proper (though takes more efforts). If they keep being stubborn and completely piss you off, then the only option is to ban.
USA have come a long path in history from oppressing minorities to supporting them. You can share this experience with the world instead of just silencing people that you think are ignorant.
If you don't want to spend your time, it's better to state the values you seem right in the site rules, so violating them will immediately get people banned. And then people will decide: share your values, stay away from the discussion, or get banned.
I agree that as the owner of the website you have full rights to ban people whenever you want, but...
What is the purpose of comment sections at all, if people are allowed to post only subjectively "right" comments, and are afraid to get banned just for sharing subjectively "wrong" thoughts?
Moreover, this is not a political site. I personally see outof.cards as one of the best Hearthstone-related sites. Since articles with controversial topics not directly related to gameplay bring waves of unwanted comments, I'd suggest disabling comment sections for such articles by default.
I meant the basic human rights. Of course, Blizz also has rights to invite or not invite someone, but their decision shouldn't be influenced by who the person is, or what she/he does in real life. Games are games, real life is real life. Watching a gameplay of a person, I care more about the performance, rather than how many people that person might have hurt in any way in real life.
The funny thing is that you cannot convert your deck into "Classic", the only options available in the deckbuilder are "Wild" and "Standard". The only way to create a classic deck is to go "Play → Classic → My Collection". Once you do this, you're stuck into classic mode, and even if you go directly to your collection, you'll be able to create only classic decks. This is definitely a bug.
It's just quite amusing to see how they have to deal with the same Cancel culture actions that they have been applying to some players in the past.
The most recent I recall, is how they canceled Zalae from all HS championships without of any official court hearings or investigations. And now people cancel them (and Blizz even have to cancel themselves) just due to unproven accusations.
Of course, there is no smoke without fire. But I would rather wait for the official results of the investigation before judging.
I like the Firefang Rexxar portrait much more than the new one.
I'm a Wild-only player, so I don't see any rotation, only new mechanics while the old ones doesn't see any support.
That's the reason why I'm confused.
Damn, all these new mechanics and keywords they bring with each and every expansion make me confused.
I'd like if the devs rather polish some of the old mechanics and added more cards to support them though.
I didn't even know it existed. Is it a popular feature?
I'm glad that Flux found enough motivation to continue after he was forced to abandon the other HS website. He managed to create even a better one.
Happy Birthday!
Depends on the message board's owners. I can name you a pair of web forums in NA where you'll also get banned for supporting gay marriage or equal rights for all people. And not everyone in Russia, North Korea or China supports the "official position" of their governments, even in face of punishment.
I'm not trying to defend any of the people above, mostly because I don't share their points of view. What I'm trying to defend is their rights to be (subjectively) wrong and share their opinion. And I strongly believe that explaining them your point of view instead of immediately banning them is more proper (though takes more efforts). If they keep being stubborn and completely piss you off, then the only option is to ban.
USA have come a long path in history from oppressing minorities to supporting them. You can share this experience with the world instead of just silencing people that you think are ignorant.
If you don't want to spend your time, it's better to state the values you seem right in the site rules, so violating them will immediately get people banned. And then people will decide: share your values, stay away from the discussion, or get banned.
Peace!
I agree that as the owner of the website you have full rights to ban people whenever you want, but...
What is the purpose of comment sections at all, if people are allowed to post only subjectively "right" comments, and are afraid to get banned just for sharing subjectively "wrong" thoughts?
Moreover, this is not a political site. I personally see outof.cards as one of the best Hearthstone-related sites. Since articles with controversial topics not directly related to gameplay bring waves of unwanted comments, I'd suggest disabling comment sections for such articles by default.
Hate speech is subjective. Freedom of speech is absolute.
It shouldn't matter what gender/race/weight/height/whatever a person has.
Two males offering their slots to two females just because of their genders seems hypocritical.
Seems like there is censorship indeed. If we write enough subjectively "negative" comments, Flux will become disappointed, and will just disable the whole comments section, as he did in https://outof.cards/hearthstone/2975-paul-zalae-nemeth-suspended-from-all-hearthstone-esports-events-following-relationship-abuse-allegations
So sad that some people enjoy exposing their private life and hyping around it.
I meant the basic human rights. Of course, Blizz also has rights to invite or not invite someone, but their decision shouldn't be influenced by who the person is, or what she/he does in real life. Games are games, real life is real life. Watching a gameplay of a person, I care more about the performance, rather than how many people that person might have hurt in any way in real life.
Very boring... Just as usual.
How does something that a person does in real life affect his rights to participate in a computer game tournament?
Free stuff is always good!
As a Wild-only player, I'm quite disappointed with this expansion, as it literally brings nothing to Wild, except of even more aggro cards.
You're totally right. I've just checked: no core cards show up in the collection, even in "Crafting" mode.
Hope we'll get those golden neutrals eventually.
The funny thing is that you cannot convert your deck into "Classic", the only options available in the deckbuilder are "Wild" and "Standard". The only way to create a classic deck is to go "Play → Classic → My Collection". Once you do this, you're stuck into classic mode, and even if you go directly to your collection, you'll be able to create only classic decks. This is definitely a bug.
Offtopic a little bit, but am I the only one who haven't received golden core neutral cards as rewards for completion "Gread Victory"?
Even though the game showed them at the "Reward" screen, I didn't receive them into my collection. Inb4, I've 14k+ total wins.