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It seems like a strong draft. If you can steal a Blessing of Kings with your Spellbender, you've pretty much won the game. I could see a situation where you're up against a Shaman using removal and totems being a problem since you're light on minions. Watch out for Priests stealing Antonidas if...

Do they use MMR for unranked matches? Or is it completely random who you play against? I'm tempted to think that they use MMR since my opponents tend to not be total scrubs. But it could be that the general player base is improving? Also, I ranked from 1-star diamond to 1-star masters over...

Agreed. They do sound happier overall. They have a new DVD out. LaBrie sounds pretty fantastic. This is the best I've ever heard him

My only rage quit so far went like this... Turn 1: Redemption Turn 2: Summon Silver Hand Knight (fuck, meant to play my Fairy Dragon) Turn 3: Fairy Dragon, attack his minion with SHK, it dies and gets revived Rage quit

Here's a really good video of Trump explaining a Rogue draft. I like how at the end he talks about the break points in the deck. I need start thinking about my drafts like that.

Third on the iPad, especially for a first tablet. It's got a bigger ecosystem than a Fire. If, down the line, you realize you don't need the app store, then sell your iPad and get a Nexus 7 or a Fire

Rogues are good, not denying that. I think the biggest thing I've realized about the class is that they're more about hiding behind efficient minions to control the board and using the dagger power judiciously to take down weaker minions. You can't just go in with a Wicked Dagger and swing at...

I'd say stay away from Rogue if you don't have much experience with them, but they can be powerful if you know what you're doing. For any class, the first 10 cards you pick defines your deck and you should choose the next 20 based on that idea. But for Rogues specifically, there's a fine synergy...

Regarding shadowstep, I used to think that shadowstepping a novice engineer was awesome, since card draw is awesome. But all you're really doing is replacing that shadowstep with another card and not getting anything else out of it. If you can kill a 1/1 minion before shadowstepping, it's...

Bump. This past episode with all the texting was friggin hilarious. This show is quickly becoming my favorite comedy.

Didn't read it, but skimmed to this breakdown. So in terms of money to the filmmaker, it sure seems like Apple is the good guy here when compared to other digital distributors. I never would have imagined that.

More anecdotal evidence, but I had a 7 game winning streak and didn't budge from 1-star diamond. That jerk rogue deck mures posted earlier is pretty amazing.

Current ranks go away AFAIK. In the ladder system, everyone starts at rank 25 (angry chicken) and works their way up.

"When it's ready" Some time ago they mentioned getting cross platform iPad/PC play working, but I haven't heard anything else other than they're adding iPhones and Android to the list of mobile platforms.

My bad. With all the pro-torrenters around these forums, I tend to take to the defensive on this topic. Anyways, I figured there would be a chart or infograph somewhere on digital rentals and royalties and all that, but apparently my Google-Fu is weak. On the scale of digital streaming, I...

Okay, you got me. No, I haven't bothered to see how much of my $5 goes to Apple vs. Guillermo Del Toro vs. the team of poor schmucks who had to animate a punch gently hitting that Newton's Cradle. But in my eyes, paying SOMEONE money to watch a movie is better than not paying anyone anything to...

Yep. But they're doing away with tiers for a ladder system. Win and you get a star, lose and you lose a star (at higher ranks). Get enough stars and they'll increase your rank. Ladder is reset once a month. Ladder will probably be implemented in a month.

I'm probably the only one who does this, but I just rent movies off of iTunes for like $3-5 bucks. It's inexpensive and I'm actually supporting the people who made the movie compared to torrenting (though not as much as if I bought a digital copy off iTunes). I hardly ever rewatch movies, so...

Thanks again for this deck. I played three games with it (minus legendaries) and only lost one. I put a Stormwind Champion and a Leper Gnome in place of VanCleef and Thalnos. First game was against a control mage, I got too greedy and lost by overextending into flamestrikes. Should've held...

I played it for two weeks in October before I got into Hearthstone. Like I said before, the game is playable now, but the depth that we were promised just isn't there. I just ran out of things to do. This new expansion looks kind of interesting (the socio-economic disparity in particular), but...

Thanks. So minion focused without buffs, but lots of card draw... None of those minions are particularly strong by themselves, so it seems like you'd be playing a lot of minions with limited spells for removal.

I've given up on Rogue, I just can't make that class work well. I played one up to level 23 and drafted them a few times in arena, but never got very far (max 4 wins). They just feel so RNG heavy. If you don't draw the right cards, you can end up with some very shitty plays because they usually...

No one links the cinematic trailer? That shit gave me some massive nerd chills. edit: I'm guessing the only WoW character in that trailer is Arthas because he's the only one they have a high quality model for. Kinda sucks, but I'd hoped it would be equal representation instead of 3 SC2, 2 D3...

I think the easiest thing to draft for arenas is probably a weenie pally deck. Draft a lot of 2-3 cost minions, redemption, truesilver champion, etc. Get early board control (like turn 1 or 2) and attack him outright, try not to trade (unless it's a taunt) and let him trade into you. Playing...

Inner Fire

So yea. Taking a break from playing to watch other people play. Here's Day9's Blizzcon decks. Pretty crazy that he's spent $300 on this game, but whatever. If I made my living playing games, I probably would too. Dem legendaries.

So true. I remember losing a game where I was ignoring a silenced lightspawn (so 0/5). The priest then doubles its health and then makes its attack equal to it's health, so it became a 10/10 and I just kept kicking myself for not killing it when I had the chance.

I think the worst loss was to a shaman. Two flame tongue totems side by side with +hp. Two damage from each isn't so bad, I thought. Then bam, wolf rider (3/1 with charge) so it gets +4 and becomes a 7/1. Then he drops a windspeaker on it for windfury and I get hit for 14. Hellfire to clear most...

Tilting so hard with this game... I don't know if it's because I've been playing in the morning and there aren't any scrubs on, but I can't catch a break. Went 4-3 in my last arena and only got dust, no gold. I even spent $2 for that stupid entry, thinking I'd make it back if I played pally...

Yeah... I don't know. I tried running a miracle rogue deck without legendaries nor preparation and I would always lose steam by the end game. Also had what I thought was a decent rogue draft (lots of low cost spells, 2x 'you gotta be kidding me' guys), but got crushed with only 2 wins. I think a...

I've been forcing myself to play more rogue just to see what the fuss is about (LS, a euro guy with supposedly the best win ratio +80%, ranks rogues at the number 2 class for arena, just under priests). Like any other class in arena, they're highly dependent upon the draft and whether or not you...

Does anyone actually useNaturalizethough? I always pass it up in arena and can't imagine choosing it for constructed. Giving your opponent two cards just sounds terrible.

I've heard some talk about ending and arena run at 8 wins vs 9 wins. At 9 wins, you can get a gold card or a second pack, but at 8 wins you can get potentially get more gold. However at 8 wins, you're already going to get enough gold for another arena entry, so I would personally just try for 9...

I'm with you, except for the last part.Power Word: Shieldis only 1 mana, but it's a card vs a hero ability.

Well, the captain's brother wasn't on the plane, so he's presumably still in Portland. So we're likely going to see more of him

It just shows what the golden card looks like (without the animations, unfortunately)

Totally legit. If you have aLightspawn+ twoDivine Spirits, you can get a 20/20 creature on turn five. It's ridiculous, but it's why Lightspawn is a high priority target for removal. Similarly, Northshire Cleric is only a 1/3, so it's a good idea to use your removal on that card. Silence works too.

So I've never touched MtG before and this post should probably go into the MtG thread, but I'm making it here since Hearthstone is my first step into the card game genre. Geek and Sundry runs this series where Day9 plays MtG with other people. They explain the game fairly well and it's pretty...

I'm really considering getting a Canon 6D for the holidays. My T2i has been pretty awesome and I've learned a lot by having it. But it's starting to show its limitations. I really want a full-frame sensor to start investing in serious glass and the Wifi and GPS capabilities are icing on the cake.

I'm hoping that they announce another game mode at Blizzcon. There's a space right underneath the arena button that's unused and I'm hopeful that it's some kind of spectator mode for tournaments or maybe a multiplayer mode (group vs boss AI).