#1 - The Angry Chicken: “Death by Sheep”
• Garrett • Dills • Jocelyn
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Intro: Welcome to The Angry Chicken! The Hearthstone podcast for try-hards.
Beta Key giveaway. Tweet with the hashtag #AngryChicken and we will select a winner and announce it next week!
News
The Wipe (Hearthstone’s 1st big balance patch)
Two weeks back was Hearthstone’s 1st, and supposedly only, big wipe of everyone’s account and the first balance patch.
Highlights:
Arena
Classes
Priest (has been pretty well buffed)
Rogue (got nerfed as expected)
Warrior (some nice buffs as well)
Links
BlizzCon Hearthstone Show Tournament - Inkeeper’s Invitational
“Each player must bring three decks with three different classes and they will battle each other in a set of best-of-five matches. If one of their chosen decks loses, it's out for good! The losing player will then have to choose one of their remaining decks to battle with, and if they run out of decks, that's the end of their run: Time to pay your tab and don't forget to tip the innkeeper.”
“As our invitees duel down to the last card and bounce each other out the doors of the tavern (more formally called “being eliminated”) in this tournament, only one player will remain standing and be named "Grandmaster of the Hearth", receiving a fitting trophy for their impressive efforts.”
Top Bracket
Day[9] Vs. Reckful
Hafu Vs. Kripparrian
Bottom Bracket
Trump Vs. Husky
Noxious Vs. Artosis
Links
Hearthstone has a Pro Player already!
Official Post on Razer’s FB
It is with great pleasure today that we welcome of one of the world’s top Hearthstone players, Jeffrey “Trump” Shih, to Team Razer’s roster of elite worldwide professional gamers.
The partnership signals the first official dedicated Hearthstone player to be taken on as a professional by an organization, and is aimed at both supporting and growing what is already an incredibly promising game and community.
Links
BlizzCon Mystery Minion
Apparently BlizzCon attendees and Virtual Ticket holders will be receiving an unannounced Legendary minion card as the Hearthstone portion of the BlizzCon in-game SWAG.
Links
Strategy
Hero Abilities
Who has the best one? How do they impact the game positively or negatively? Ideas on how to tweak this function and change the game while maintaining balance. (Dills idea - Mega Hero Ability for 5 mana)
Versus Priest Meta-Strategy
Now that Priests have Shadow Word: Pain (Destroy a minion w/ 3 or less Attack) and Shadow Word: Death (Destroy a minion w/ an Attack of 5 or more.) 4 Attack is the magic number you want to try and keep your minions at.
Super Spreadsheets!
I found an amazing spreadsheet for arena runs over at Reddit posted by /u/wdalright
Features an entry form that is easy to use that then exports your full stats to the other 3 tabs. If you love stats and knowing how you’re doing, this is awesome.
Links
Crazy Game Stories
Garrett - Deathwing Mind Control
Pretty much what the headline says. I was playing a game as a Priest and I had developed to a pretty nice board state where I had 4 or 5 minions out, many of which were buffed in some fashion and then Deathwing came out. I immediately started cussing up a storm. Then I top-decked a mind control. My opponent couldn’t leave the game fast enough.
Willie - double bloodlust!
I’m sitting on 5 health with a few minions on board, most of which or totems with 0 attack. Opponent has 15 or so health and I have one bloodlust in my hand. I can do just over half the damage he has with my one bloodlust. Boom, top deck 2nd bloodlust, double the damage on each guy (basically) and proceed to make whooping noises.
Joce
I think I was on the receiving end of Dill’s story… Seriously hate that card. Also, Garrett beat me with a chicken.
Emails
Newjak
Does beta give an advantage? I think the question is misguided and won't be a concern a few weeks after release but I'd like to hear you discuss.
Also, how awesome is King Krush?! Rawwwr bitches!!
Sincerely,
"Newjak"
Sarnakyle
I suck at Hearthstone! Well, at least when I build my own decks. When using decks that have been built by the AI, I maintain a 60% win ratio in unranked matches. However this is unsatisfying, and when Running arena I get stomped. My question for you is; Are there any guides you know of to help better understand balancing your deck and don't just give you prebuilt decks? Any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you for your time,
Sarnakyle
PS, gratz on the new Podcast! I am a huge fan of the members that created for this cast :D Hope to see you at Blizzcon
Outro
iTunes Thanks
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StarCast: The StarCraft Podcast
Dill’s where else can everyone find you?
The Instance - The World of Warcraft podcast so you don’t have to
TortureCast - A podcast by and for fans of the San Francisco Giants
MGA MedioCast - A podcast about the Mediocre Golf Association
And Joce where can you be found?
The Gamers’ Inn...
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