I played five games this morning and lost all five by turn 5 or 6 - nothing I could do, no counterplay, nothing. I wasn't even playing anything greedy - it's just the power creep has gotten so bad that every other game feels like a blowout. It all comes down to who gets to play their broken crap first. I've never felt less agency while playing the game, and for the first time since I started playing I'm seriously thinking of quitting.
3 Arena runs, three unimaginably shitty drafts in a row and opponents with multiple legendaries and broken cards in their decks.
I feel like I'm edging closer and closer to just quitting this game. Standard meta is as shitty as I've ever seen, and now I can't even enjoy the other modes the game has to offer.
I think I misinterpreted your earlier comment. It looks like you wrote it in response to a now-deleted comment by that Kang guy, and not Synnr7. Sorry if that's the case.
Seeing disgusting comments made on the situation on other websites and seeing them not moderated is those owners continuing to support this hatred and is beyond awful to see.
That's what I always said on Hearthpwn! And I've been warned twice that if I keep saying these things I'll be banned. Hearthpwn and other Hearthstone communities put posts and comments supporting the victims of this issue, but in the end they keep accepting the same behavior that lead to all this incident. Hearthstone communities (and gaming community in general) are misogynistic, racist and toxic, and the moderators and admins seem to accept it. That's probably because in the bottom end THEY AGREE with that behavior, but don't have the guts to stand for it.
I'm glad that you guys don't! Thanks for that, it's really appreciated. This game is awesome, we're also responsible for making it better for everyone.
Yeah Hearthpwn is a cesspit now. Deleting my account today.
It sounds to me like you are reflecting frustrations from real life back at the world through online BMing. It is good to have an outlet for that, and I agree that emote spamming in HS is a long way from the most damaging approach, but there must be better options that don't drag strangers into something that had nothing to do with them?
It really doesn't matter whether you are confused by their response to BMing. All that matters is that you know it does cause negative responses in some people, so you are knowingly passing your own frustrations onto other people. Maybe that makes you feel better, but shifting annoyances around like this doesn't improve things at a societal level.
In fact, the odds are quite high that the people annoying you at work are doing exactly the same thing: someone annoys them but for whatever reason they cannot resolve it with the people initially at fault, so they pass their annoyances to you by being immature when they encounter you. You then pass it on to people playing HS, who then pass it on to someone else in some other way. Eventually the cycle might come all the way back around to you. It's basically all a diffusion of frustration through society, with each step in the process more tame than the last, but spread to more people. That would be fine if little annoyances didn't accumulate in a way that makes someone as angry as if a single massive thing happened, but they can and they do.
The way to stop this cycle is simply to find ways to vent frustrations that don't pass them onto someone else. For me that might be going for a walk if I just need to calm down a little, or drumming for a while if I need to really thrash it out of me. Do whatever you like for it, just don't keep pretending BMing online is a good solution simply because you don't empathise with the people who find it annoying.
Anyway, I'll stop my side of this discussion there. Hopefully you give some of this stuff some proper thought (especially the comparison between BMing and bullying, which was made independently by 3 people), even if you still end up disagreeing with me.
This is a really well-done post. I wish I could upvote it more.
While I agree with the article that the druid nerf will probably be to Gibberling, it should be to Arbor Up. The gibberling blowouts are memorable, but really not that common - you have to really draw the nuts to get them. Arbor Up, on the other hand, regularly ends games as early as turn 5, especially in conjunction with Lightning Bloom + Solar Eclipse or Lightning Bloom + Thorngrowth Sentries. Plays like this create boards that the majority of classes simply can't answer.
Never had a more shit RNG day than I've had today. Had two opponents cheese topdeck victory against me while at 1 health, had every Imprisoned Felhound hit my face regardless of how many minions, had every 50/50 go against me, had virtually every matchup I queue into be an unfavourable one. I don't want to do this any more. 3 Librams of Hope in one game? Yep. Cenarion Ward makes opponent a Tirion? Sure. My Troublemaker 3/3s never, ever hitting where I need them to? Yep.
Fuck this.
EDIT
Came back today, went on a stupid winning streak and hit my goal rank for the season. Didn't actually play any better (or worse), just got luckier with my draw, RNG, and matchups. What a ridiculous crapshoot this game is!
Well fuck. Who needs to play well when you can just find double Incanter's, draw half your deck, drop double ring toss for 2 mana each, and cheap burn for days? Fuckin' deck pilots itself.
This probably isn't the thread for this, but I don't think it deserves its own thread so yeah.
I have a lengthy, drawn-out priest mirror with a guy playing that deck with the buffs and the bloodweavers. I wind up winning in the late game. Guy sends a friend request, then says: "Sethekks in bottom 4 (cards). How gay."
*blink* really dude? I mean, really? In 2021? I'm picturing this guy as 46 years old, still wearing his baseball backwards or something - I don't even know how to respond. He unfriends and vanishes before I can even think of a reply.
Well, then the society is doomed.. The theoreticalinviolable freedom of speech has given way to a vile dictatorship of the politically correct.
Bunch of dummies who still don't understand what "Censorship" and "Freedom of Speech" actually mean.
EDIT: Aaand now the downvotes, because they still don't get a concept that 12 year olds can easily grasp. Facts don't care about your feelings, lads ;-)
Just got dumped by Blizzard's shitty server when about to win a game. Fucking shit company.
Blizzard, you should be fucking embarrassed by the state your game is in.
I played five games this morning and lost all five by turn 5 or 6 - nothing I could do, no counterplay, nothing. I wasn't even playing anything greedy - it's just the power creep has gotten so bad that every other game feels like a blowout. It all comes down to who gets to play their broken crap first. I've never felt less agency while playing the game, and for the first time since I started playing I'm seriously thinking of quitting.
3 Arena runs, three unimaginably shitty drafts in a row and opponents with multiple legendaries and broken cards in their decks.
I feel like I'm edging closer and closer to just quitting this game. Standard meta is as shitty as I've ever seen, and now I can't even enjoy the other modes the game has to offer.
I think I misinterpreted your earlier comment. It looks like you wrote it in response to a now-deleted comment by that Kang guy, and not Synnr7. Sorry if that's the case.
Yeah Hearthpwn is a cesspit now. Deleting my account today.
Jesus. Do I even need to point out how dumb and fallacious this comment is?
This is a really well-done post. I wish I could upvote it more.
While I agree with the article that the druid nerf will probably be to Gibberling, it should be to Arbor Up. The gibberling blowouts are memorable, but really not that common - you have to really draw the nuts to get them. Arbor Up, on the other hand, regularly ends games as early as turn 5, especially in conjunction with Lightning Bloom + Solar Eclipse or Lightning Bloom + Thorngrowth Sentries. Plays like this create boards that the majority of classes simply can't answer.
Never had a more shit RNG day than I've had today. Had two opponents cheese topdeck victory against me while at 1 health, had every Imprisoned Felhound hit my face regardless of how many minions, had every 50/50 go against me, had virtually every matchup I queue into be an unfavourable one. I don't want to do this any more. 3 Librams of Hope in one game? Yep. Cenarion Ward makes opponent a Tirion? Sure. My Troublemaker 3/3s never, ever hitting where I need them to? Yep.
Fuck this.
EDIT
Came back today, went on a stupid winning streak and hit my goal rank for the season. Didn't actually play any better (or worse), just got luckier with my draw, RNG, and matchups. What a ridiculous crapshoot this game is!
I think that's actually a bug. I disconnected a couple of times due to shitty internet and each time got told I 'won' whenever I came back.
Well fuck. Who needs to play well when you can just find double Incanter's, draw half your deck, drop double ring toss for 2 mana each, and cheap burn for days? Fuckin' deck pilots itself.
Bad card. But I wanna eat someone's Tickatus so bad, I will probably play it.
On the other hand, I now have a worthy quote for my sig :-D
Win streak ended thanks to getting dumped by battle.net. Shit.
Yeah buddy, you brought your Secret Aggro Paladin to casual like a douchebag and I stomped you with my little homebrew shaman deck. Feelsgoodman!
I'm guessing it got broken by the latest update? Anyone else experiencing this?
This probably isn't the thread for this, but I don't think it deserves its own thread so yeah.
I have a lengthy, drawn-out priest mirror with a guy playing that deck with the buffs and the bloodweavers. I wind up winning in the late game. Guy sends a friend request, then says: "Sethekks in bottom 4 (cards). How gay."
*blink* really dude? I mean, really? In 2021? I'm picturing this guy as 46 years old, still wearing his baseball backwards or something - I don't even know how to respond. He unfriends and vanishes before I can even think of a reply.
Bunch of dummies who still don't understand what "Censorship" and "Freedom of Speech" actually mean.
EDIT: Aaand now the downvotes, because they still don't get a concept that 12 year olds can easily grasp. Facts don't care about your feelings, lads ;-)
Heh. The difference between this place and Hearthpwn has never been more apparent, based on the comment sections. Hello, new community.