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    Hearthstone

    At best you only run one. It is to situational. Back when it was common to run one, everyone played around it and then people stopped playing it.
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    Hearthstone

    The meta shifts as you rank up. Responding to the meta of your rank, and noticing when it shifts, is a big part of why the top players rank up so much faster.
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    Home buying thread

    Just closed on a house. Belonged to a friend of my girlfriend's family who died, they sold it to us for 170k. Appraised for 220k. It needs a little work before we move in, but with her family having all sorts of contacts with contractors and etc., not going to take very long.
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    Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Redux

    Looks like Friday is top pick atm, though the voting is closer this time.
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    Hearthstone

    Starting Stone #1: Six Steps to an Ultimate Deck Follow that to get all the "free" gold. I strongly encourage people to play arena, it isn't to hard to get to the point where you're going 3/3. Worst case since you always get a pack, you paid 50g for some dust, some extra gold, a card, and...
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    Hearthstone

    If Priests had one heal that wasn't Holy Fire they'd be so good vs Mages. Practicing a Priest deck I plan on playing after patch and I am like 50/50 with it at rank 10... vs (so far) only Mages. After patch it'll probably be pretty one-sided though, waiting for Pyro means the Priest has a couple...
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    Hearthstone

    I am, but of the games that I just played that took me from rank 14 to rank 9, Charge on an Alex was used as a finisher in 2. One was vs a Warlock who had already lifetapped himself to 8 (so no Gorehowl, I healed myeslf with the Battlecry) and the other the combo just happened to line up...
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    Hearthstone

    Been playing my variant of the Warrior control deck all morning. Going to miss Charge the way it is. Charging a Sylvanas is usually strong value, but it is the only card I'm running that is being substantially changed so won't be to big a deal.
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    Hearthstone

    If you curve out like that, then either your cards are to specific, or you're overvaluing things. Like Sunfury Protector is a 2 drop, it may be you have nothing on turn 2 to give taunt to.... but you should still drop it if you can't do anything else. Establishing board control is important...
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    Hearthstone

    Saw a Priest deck whose win condition was Alexstraza, next turn Holy Fire+Mind Blast+Mind Blast for 15. Actually not bad considering you're going to run Holy Fire anyway, you're essentially running three cards you wouldn't otherwise run in a control deck and just controlling the board. Plus Alex...
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    Hearthstone

    There are enough strong minions to make a spell-less deck. I think Cho might be OK if built around. Maybe.
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    Hearthstone

    It is more that a Shaman can be built to deal with one kind of deck but then auto-loses to everything else. Like a Paladin can cheap minions+consecrate+weapons to deal with rush and it can Aldor+Equality+Divine Shields to deal with late game, but all of that fits in the same deck and works vs...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Basically time saver. There isn't anything you can do in a pressure cooker that you can't do with more time by other methods.
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    Rerolled Hearthstone Tournament Redux

    Putting up a poll to see what day people would like it to happen. TL rules again, so you need three different decks to participate, each for a different hero. Any questions feel free to ask, will post more details in the sign up thread once the date is locked down. Poll closes in five days...
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    Hearthstone

    So after a lot of experimentation, I think I figured out what is wrong with Shaman. They really have to pick being slow or being fast. They can counter basically any agro deck, but will then auto-lose to any slow deck (Paladin/Druid/Control Warlock). Likewise they can beat Priest, Druid, and...
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    Hearthstone

    Doesn't entirely feel like it is being balanced by people experienced with CCGs. Which is weird, because the people behind it developed the WoW CCG and as a team they have done tons of other card games... I think the ability to rebalance because it is all digital is something they haven't...
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    Hearthstone

    Yeah, I thought Charge was 2 mana not 3, so it doesn't work. Unless you happen to go second and intentionally save the coin (I've built decks around the idea of an 11 mana finisher, it does work sometimes).
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    Hearthstone

    It used to be friendly only.
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    Hearthstone

    Holy Light x2 (12), Lay on Hands x2 (28), Guardian of Kings x2 (40), Brewmaster x4 on GoK (64), Farseer x2 (70), Elune x2 (78), With Doctor x2 (82), True Silver x2 (90), Captain Greenskin x1 (92), Darkscale Healer x2 (96). Which is literally every possible piece of healing available to a...
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    Hearthstone

    Depends on the match up. Warlock agro? Drop it turn 2 ideally. It resets his board or forces him to expend a Soulfire or Power Overwhelming to clear it. Either way that costs him two cards. And despite the fact that they can draw two cards per turn, they do eventually run out. Watching a Warlock...
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    Hearthstone

    Sure, here: Ragnaros and Alexstraza are cut off on the bottom there. It is a really slow deck, especially with only two cards that have card draw, so you need to be play it efficiently. The Mind Control Techs+Leeroy is a fun little RNG thing. A lot of people are playing around MCT so...
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    Hearthstone

    Greedy Shaman deck is starting to work out pretty well. About to hit rank 12 (4 stars into 13 and I'm on a streak). Games are getting consistently decked vs control Paladin and control Druid which is annoying to say the least as they just take forever, but at least I'm winning.
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    Hearthstone

    Ah, yeah, that'd do it. Ah well, at least the deck is complicated. A lot of people are playing it wrong.
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    The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS)

    There is an Easter Egg on Hero mode, if you go by "your" house in Lorule, enter it from the back and read the book.
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    Hearthstone

    Sunwalkers aren't as bad, but having them get Knight-ed is just as bad. Really comes down to maintaining board control. Working on a very gimmicky control deck. Everything is 3 mana or more except Ancestral Spirit. Synergizes great with Far Sight (turn 6 Ysera is fun). I haven't beaten a...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Shouldn't be an issue if you're using the correct amount of water. It will prevent foam overs if you're using too little water for the amount of pasta. That's about it, it does nothing else.
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    Hearthstone

    So the Shaman deck did surprisingly well vs Druids. I had to deck them in every single game, but I've been winning a lot more. Early game is inconsistent now for some reason, I had a rash of losses vs Warlock. Not sure what I changed that lead to that, or if it was just bad luck. Slid back to 16...
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    Hearthstone

    I run it in Priest, Shaman, and control Paladin. Experimented with it in Druid, didn't like it. Has some minor synergy with Hunter's Mark for Hunters. Anyone playing today ranks 18-20 were basically all Murlocs for me. After that I started running into Rogue/Mage/Druid/Paladin in roughly...
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    Hearthstone

    I don't, personally, like Stormforged Axe. Shaman can't afford that health drop. Lightning Storm is to good vs agro to not have two of them. If you are going for stealth, grant Windury > lethal, may as well go whole hog and put in Rockbiters. That is 22 damage on a Tiger with 2 Rockbiters...
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    Torrents

    You should be using Peerblock, not PeerGuardian. PeerGuardian was abandoned a while ago.
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    Hearthstone

    ^That. Really anyone who goes infinite arena is by definition at 70% win rate or higher (7-3 is 70%, so that has to be your average). It might not be easy, but it is doable.
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    Hearthstone

    Even if they've never moved, sometimes when you play Argus they will jump. Just like sometimes when you play Argus right in the middle it'll buff both, but Argus will end up off to one side.
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    Hearthstone

    Gah, just lost a game that would have gotten me into rank 4 because of the Argus bug. Opinions on arena vary. I've heard Kripp say he thinks it is like 60% RNG. My arenas have been pretty consistent of late, with the occasional weird exception. I think drafting your deck correctly is the...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Zero professional steakhouses use grills. They all use sous-vide or salamanders. If you go to one and your steak has grill marks, they put those on there with a heated iron to give it that "grill look." It doesn't make sense for them to do it any other way, considering the amount of time freed...
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    Hearthstone

    The problem is card draw and getting stuck with certain cards+having a, relatively, weak board. It wouldn't do well against Warlock agro or Warlock control, they'd be able to either rush you down faster or make better trades. And any deck that can't beat Warlock isn't going to fare well on the...
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    Weight Loss Thread

    That is what I do to, though it is actually a pain for me because I do cook a lot of different things. I experiment on myself constantly, repeat recipes are always things I've worked out pretty thoroughly and only happen when I have guests over. I'd rather try something new. Since I just moved I...
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    Hearthstone

    Servers are up, apparently no ladder reset. Postponed until further notice.
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    Hearthstone

    Assumes your opponent plays no cards to remove it. If you run into a control deck that has nothing but spell removal, they have to. I've seen it absorb Shadow Words, Claws, Wraths, half of a Deadly Poision+one monster attack. I did have a guy ignore it all game once, it drew me 4 cards and he...
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    Hearthstone

    It just kind of dies to everything, not enough spells. You left out Frost Shock btw. I won a game by Frost Shocking someone to death. Drop Malygos, already had 7 spell damage on board, so I hit him for 13.
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    Hearthstone

    Experimenting with a spell damage Shaman... it isn't good. Trying to come up with some consistent decks that are different from what is currently being played so I can do some climbing when the reset happens.