#174 - The Angry Chicken: “Title”
10-4-16
• Garrett • Jocelyn • Dills
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The October Season is here and so are the card nerfs!
Rockbiter Weapon, Tuskarr Totemic, Call of the Wild, Execute, Charge, Abusive Sergeant, and Yogg-Saron have all been nerfed. Check out our card nerf special from last Thursday to hear us dive deep into the card changes.
The cardback is a delicious looking pie. And now I want some frosting.
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Twitch Prime and Tyrande
If you have an Amazon Prime account, or you would like to try a free trial, you can now link your Twitch account to your Amazon account unlocking multiple perks including the latest Priest Hero Tyrande.
You ALSO get to subscribe to one Twitch streamer and support them. Might we suggest Jocelyn or Dills?
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HCT Last Call
HearthPwn has a great post up detailing when and where all of the Last Call events are taking place.
There are only two locations for NA. One in Santa Ana, California and the other in Toronto, Canada. If you don’t already have the Power Core card back, attending one of these events and participating in a side event will get you one.
Also in eSports
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Strategy
After the nerfs
Quite a few cards have been nerfed. But what has actually changed?
Crazy Game Stories
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Jesse
Hi TAC,
I've been trying out a Reno Malygos Mage deck and I was up against a priest. On turn 4 I played Spellslinger and got the Paladin secret, Sacred Trial. I figured "eh, priest doesn't get a lot of minions on the board but I might as well play it."
Many many turns later, I had my dream setup. In my hand were Malygos, my 1 arcane missile, Thaurissan, and Ronin. I had already baited out entomb, I just needed to kill off Ronin, play Thaurissan, and then shoot my opponent with 32 missiles. In my excitement, I had completely forgotten Sacred Trial was still active and did not notice 3 minions on the other side of the board. Needless to say I was not happy to see my opponent play Sylvanas and instantly jog my memory. She was immediately killed by the secret, stealing Ronin and basically ending the game for me.
Thanks for reading!
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Carlos
Hola Gallinas Enojadas,
I'm a Latin-American student in Germany and a big fan of the show. I started listening to your podcast around Blizzcon last year (already listened to every older episode) and don't miss the new ones every week.
I heard you guys, mostly Garrett (with double r's and double t's), talk about a new button on the interface for a mode that better delivers the tournament experience in the Hearthstone Client. So I decided to develop an idea, that although not refined, could offer more tournament-like matches. So I present you with the "Elimination" mode.
I chose not to call it tournament because it isn't actually a tournament in which you crown a winner but just a ranked mode where players battle it out in a Conquest format.
Each player begins by banning one of their opponents heroes and then both choose one of the two remaining to play the match. It's essentially a best of 3, because to win the player has to win with both of their heroes.
I hope you guys like the concept and if you choose to mention it on the show, I hope someone who actually can do something gets interested in such an idea.
Zach
Hello Angry Chicken.
I started playing hearthstone earlier this year. The last couple of months I have made it to rank 5 on ladder with midrange hunter and zoolock, but can't seem to get past that hump. Any recommendations on how to handle the last few levels to legend?
Ell
Hello you crazy cock-a-doodle-doo-ing capons!
I was discussing hearthstone with some friends and we thought up the idea of wagering.
It could be done in any game mode really but we thought to have it with friends (friend match) or in a spinoff of arena perhaps.
The gold/card comes from a player's existing inventory so it doesn't hurt Blizzard in terms of profits but would make the game more interesting and add a unique dynamic. Plus it urges people to make MORE friends, increasing the social aspect and adds a new level of competition to the game as a whole.
What are your thoughts?
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