Recently been playing Hearthstone (WoW-themed strategy game). It sounds like the nerdiest thing ever, but I'm really enjoying it (and its totally free to play). Its essentially all about tactics, nothing to do with good graphics/"skill", in a way similar to bots! Except you can play 30 minutes a day and be as successful as someone who puts in 8 hours a day.
If you are bored and want to try a new game (for free), give it a go! It's getting pretty damn popular, and while I know it sounds boring, its deceivingly enjoyable (and frustrating).
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lol and people wonder why bots has no players.
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Because of me posting about Hearthstone? I don't think so. Probably to do with the inactive developer, small community and being text based.
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But surely advertising another game here doesn't help sustain the community.
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^ +1 makes it even worse when the player is a mod.
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I don't see the big deal. This game is a niche game. People play all types of other games, why whine about him posting one on the forums?
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Guys, stop that useless whining. Hearthstone is a nice game to play while waiting for that PvE system or tournaments!
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I played it for a day or so, did about 30 games, was definitely interesting, but they only got me in because they offered a WoW mount for winning 5 games :P.
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Negative, but not constructive, replies to one of the only new threads in days doesn't sustain the community either. Discussion is good, even if it is about another game. I notice you guys had no problem discussing Xbox vs ps4.
That's the initial reason I gave it a go too Rivan, but now i play it more than wow haha. What realm/faction are you on BTW? (And you rose if you read this)
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I play an alliance monk on Kel'thuzad. But i'm playing d3 atm not WoW :P
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I've tried it too Fishy. Deceptively simple but fun!
Is it free? or do you need an active battlenet account to access it?
Much like Rivan though I've not played too much. Not even sure I got the mount, must've missed that email ... best I go back & get that =)
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Not sure if its an email for your hearthsteed or just logging into battle net and claiming it as a reward. I'm pretty sure its free to play, I think battle.net accounts are free, just WoW that costs a ton :p
It actually gets (relatively) complicated and much more thought required as you climb higher in the ladder or do Heroic Naxx. I'm loving it though, not having to pay attention all the time means I can raid or something at the same time
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^^ British sense if humour ^^ Haha! Love it!!
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i have to show off a bit
https://goo.gl/BXLjMz
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I would say congrats... but secret pala?!
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i know... i tried everything and got rekt by paladins. Now i am become cancer.
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First time I hit legend was with pala too, though the more midrangey quartermaster type. Do you mainly play constructed or arena?
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i'd say it's 50-50, playing mage/warrior mostly in ranked.
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A couple months back, I tried Hearthstone for a few weeks. It held my interest longer than most games, but it didn't stick for whatever reason. At a certain point it felt like I either had to either pay or invest a lot of time to advance and build more interesting decks.
I probably would have enjoyed this more 5-10 years ago when I had more spare time. It probably would have paired great with bots2. I assume it pairs well with bots4. :)
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Yes, it's really good to split screen and check showroom occasionally when opponent is considering his move for full minute.
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Yeah I don't think I've played hearthstone and done nothing else for a long time. I even sometimes play while I iron my clothes for the week haha
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this thread examplifies beautifully the cultural differences between westerners and the rest of the world.
Especially Pothead's comments in contrast to Nosferatu's and Fishwick's.
I'm not saying pothead is korean, or that nos and fish are westerners, but they certainly could be used as a perfectly valid example of the cultural differences between westerners and the rest of the world.
nos and fish are more americanish...... "meh who cares, hearthstone hearthstone"
pothead is more the korean type, you know, this small nation that wins at videogames?
Here is a video from today, from an analyst i like to listen to. He goes in more detail.
I just thought it's interesting to point out.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AETJkQ6ivlY
PS: I'm not in any way saying that pothead is more "korean-type". Only this particular forum thread sparked this little observation.
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Lol, bad troll. Keep it on topic! Hearthstone Hearthstone!
New expansion is shaking things up so far, mainly with Reno, doubt Brann will be as strong as people are expecting though.
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Heroes of the Storm is where it's at!
I'm level 40 on that =D Max level for Ai. I should go on to Hero League though.
But to stay on topic here, I tried Hearthstone also. The training was fun, but then it kinda requires you to either pay for more single player stuff or play against others. I played a few games against others and won once. Then the daily quests require you to play against others too.
All in all I like it but I wish there was more AI stuff just so I can take it a bit less seriously and have fun.
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i got bored from heroes of the storm after few games. Had best k/d ratio and still lost most of them. Objective based moba doesn't do the thing for me. Doto ftw.
Anyway, you can buy all expansions for ingame gold in Hearthstone, like i did. Yes it requires lot of farming and saving up, but it's not so big deal.
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I didn't know you could buy them with in game gold. I just saw the price tag and must've looked away. Either way, I didn't really have that much fun while playing the game.
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Just got this!
Been searching for the 12-0 for a LONG time now, always getting beat at 11-0, but tonight I finally got the flawless run \o/
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Nice, i had 12-1 few days ago, what did you get?
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I download this game then delete it when I bored and do the same over maybe I'll download it again!
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off topic sorta ... I preordered Legion :D
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stop derailing my thread!...
I'm so tempted to, too. I'm not really playing at the minute, but I'll definitely end up giving it a go at some point, and the free 100 boost is appealing
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ye, i log on to wow infrequently atm. still to unlock the higher lvl flying mount :P
/continues to derail the thread
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I play if you feel up for a challenge. Bloodlust26#1727
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Just finished my arena run :P
http://i.imgur.com/wjk3NtB.jpg
anyone still playing ?
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First 12 win? Congrats! How did Shifter Zerus perform?
Still playing, tryharding at arena recently as they released the top 100 players and I really want to be in it next month. 9.5 average wins over 10 runs so far, but need to keep it up for 30+ to be listed.
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Yea first one :) shifter zerus went pretty well, i found Mekgineer Thermaplug and managed to fill up my board with leper gnomes lol
does it count arena if your run is 0-0 ? sometimes i draw really bad and i dont see the point playing just to get few wins
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btw where i can check top 100 and whats your nickname ?
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http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/20497687/top-100-arena-players-january-2017-2-9-2017
I'm not on there, but hopefully next month you'll see an Andy on it!
I wouldn't retire any decks, if you've paid you may as well play it to the end, even if that's 0-3
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so 0-3 won't affect average wins ratio ?
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It will, but average wins only matters if you're wanting to get on that leaderboard. But retiring decks will also affect your average wins as it still counts as finishing a run
Practicing with bad decks beats face rolling to 12-0 with an insane deck
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thanks :) i remember once i made a return with 0-2 hunter deck to 7-3 :P i guess its worth playing no matter what
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http://i.imgur.com/356DJ5A.jpg
I draw such a good deck, went straight to 6-0 and then 3 consecutive losses to rogue.... I hate fucking RNG
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