THW Hearthstone Tournament #2 (EU)

[PurgeandFire]

I wont be able to compete.

Aw. Hopefully you'll be in for the next one.

 

[Razosh]

Aw. Hopefully you'll be in for the next one.

I hope so too.

 

[Theoden of KoMe]

Too bad razosh.Hope to see you in the next tourny....

 

[Chaosy]

oh come on. I who wanted revenge, on well one less to worry about I suppose.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

YAY I just reached level 20 ^^ Gimme the sexy cardback blizz!

Just to clarify isn't the tournament starting in 10 mins? (7 P.M., GMT+2)

 

[Death Adder]

Final edit: im retarded sorry

 

[Deleted member 219079]

The tournament will start on 19:00 CEST (7 P.M., GMT+2).

Then there's something wrong with this sentence...

 

[Talavaj]

It is 6:00 pm CET atm. So that sentence is correct.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

oooooh I get it, it's summer time so it's +1 hour for me lol Me so wintery and confused, sorry peeps

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Edit 3: It's the 31st like i first thought
Quote:
The tournament will begin on Saturday, May 31st, and proceed to Sunday, June 1st, if necessary.
Got to say there's a whole lot of conflicting info in the OP xd

What?

Ehh... I'm confused af, but okay.. that's actually good for me, I get to practice

 

[Talavaj]

Jesus what lol. There is no conflicting info, the sign-ups end today (30th) and the tournament starts tomorrow (31st) at 19:00 CET which is GMT +2 atm because of the summer time yes

 

[Deleted member 219079]

That's good for you, my friend

 

[Deolrin]

Alright, I'm in with a Druid, a Warlock and a Priest.

Deolrin#2728

 

[PurgeandFire]

I'm going with Druid/Priest/Mage.

Alright, I'm in with a Druid, a Warlock and a Priest.

Deolrin#2728

Added!

 

[sentrywiz]

Can I join now? Its a little bit late but I want to kick your asses so bad

BerryBush #1759
I'd play Priest, Shaman and Rogue

 

[Theoden of KoMe]

sorry mate .Sign in is over.We will see you next time

 

[Deleted member 219079]

I bet I'll be the last on the final placements, and the only one with 0 wins.. Rank 17 here..

 

[Chaosy]

I am rather confused about the time atm. Maybe it's just me.

 

[Tonex]

I bet I'll be the last on the final placements, and the only one with 0 wins.. Rank 17 here..

I've only opened 2 packs on EU and am rushing atm to unlock all of the basic cards for the classes I'll be playing.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

I am rather confused about the time atm. Maybe it's just me.

It's 7 PM (19:00) GMT +2... +Summer time, which is 1 hour, so it's actually 8 PM on GMT +2

 

[Death Adder]

It's 7 PM (19:00) GMT +2... +Summer time, which is 1 hour, so it's actually 8 PM on GMT +2

We had this yesterday, it would be CET (gmt + 1) but since it's summer time it's CEST(gmt + 2) so it should start in 35 minutes

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Yes we had I'm practicing hard atm..

I've only opened 2 packs on EU and am rushing atm to unlock all of the basic cards for the classes I'll be playing.

Do you make stupid mistakes (like me)

 

[Tonex]

Yes we had I'm practicing hard atm..


Do you make stupid mistakes (like me)

More than I like to admit

 

[PurgeandFire]

Day 1 completed: http://challonge.com/gp0merhk

See you guys tomorrow!

 

[PurgeandFire]

The tournament has finished! http://challonge.com/gp0merhk

1st - PurgeAndFire
2nd - Mekket
3rd - Chaosy

I'll post the results, as well as some decks + videos, within a day or two. Rewards will be distributed at the same time.

 

[EloTheMan]

Congratz Purge!

I'm gonna try and get some better cards for the next tournament, winning only two matches through walkovers is a bit embarrassing.

 

[Mekket]

It was a grand tournament for sure! Looking forward to the next one.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

I expected to encounter A LOT more legendaries, guess I just got placed not on the get rekt - side

I think I'll pass the next one if it'll come as soon as this one did, need to practice a lot; I literally got a 1-3 arena run this week...

 

[Mekket]

I expected to encounter A LOT more legendaries, guess I just got placed not on the get rekt - side

Well, you never faced my warrior deck.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

I can only believe, Warrior decks are used to run lot of legendaries. What you have? Cairne, Ysera, Ragnaros, Grommash, Alextrasza? I believe those are the most popular of 'em..

 

[Mekket]

I can only believe, Warrior decks are used to run lot of legendaries. What you have? Cairne, Ysera, Ragnaros, Grommash, Alextrasza? I believe those are the most popular of 'em..

All of them, and a few more. I replaced Ysera with Black Knight prior to the tournament.

http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/59682-mekkets-control-warrior

 

[Deleted member 219079]

WHAT THE H*LL?

And you didn't win? Pnf must have monstrous deck.. wait, it can't get any monstrous than that...

 

[Mekket]

WHAT THE H*LL?

And you didn't win? Pnf must have monstrous deck.. wait, it can't get any monstrous than that...

At a first glance, maybe. But all decks has their weaknesses, legendary or not.

 

[PurgeandFire]

WHAT THE H*LL?

And you didn't win? Pnf must have monstrous deck.. wait, it can't get any monstrous than that...

Well, legendaries don't necessarily make for a win. I was able to account for it by filling up on removals and adding a faceless manipulator (really worth the investment btw! I just got it this week after running tons of arena matches, I tried to get enough dust to make it before the tournament would start).

Although, from the vid (will be posted soon), you'll see it was a struggle, kinda on both sides. His warrior deck indeed was the one that gave me the most trouble, and he played it better than most people I've seen (he wasn't overly ambitious), and took down all my decks in a 3-win streak.

Ultimately, a little luck goes a long way.

 

[Deolrin]

I suggest that for the next one, changing your deck should not be allowed. After my first match with Mekket I could've easily swapped out a bunch of stuff in favor of mass AoE and probably stood a much fairer chance. However, I felt that would've been cheating, so I decided against it. Changing your deck mid-game just seems kind of lame.

 

[PurgeandFire]

I suggest that for the next one, changing your deck should not be allowed. After my first match with Mekket I could've easily swapped out a bunch of stuff in favor of mass AoE and probably stood a much fairer chance. However, I felt that would've been cheating, so I decided against it. Changing your deck mid-game just seems kind of lame.

Thanks for the input. I agree that it is pretty strange, I felt the same way. I'd still like to allow changes between matches (before you face your opponent), but not during a matchup. Perhaps I'll make it so that changes can only be made to a certain extent (e.g. 6 card deviation from main deck, like tournament #1), so that you cannot completely change strategies from matchup to matchup.

Although, when in doubt, I should probably follow standard tournament rules. I don't quite remember what their ruling was on that though. I assume they don't allow deck changes, so I suppose I should do the same. I'll read up on it.

EDIT: As for a quick update, the vids are coming along slowly. I think I can finish the two final matchups by tomorrow. It is just a lot of tedious cutting (my last uploads were uncut, but they took way too long and had a lot of dead time, so I decided to cut these). It takes 30 min to an hour per match, and since we had 10 total matches, it will be a while. Finished cutting 3 matches so far.

 

[Chaosy]

I played with 2 legendaries max to make it somewhat balanced. As I knew that some of the players don't got their main on EU

 

[Mekket]

Thanks for the input. I agree that it is pretty strange, I felt the same way. I'd still like to allow changes between matches (before you face your opponent), but not during a matchup. Perhaps I'll make it so that changes can only be made to a certain extent (e.g. 6 card deviation from main deck, like tournament #1), so that you cannot completely change strategies from matchup to matchup.

Although, when in doubt, I should probably follow standard tournament rules. I don't quite remember what their ruling was on that though. I assume they don't allow deck changes, so I suppose I should do the same. I'll read up on it.

I'd recommend following the rules of the major Hearthstone tournaments out there such as ESGN, Blizzcon, Dreamhack, etc. Atleast if there is as much participants as there were this tournament. They all share the same tournament rules and format.

Blizzcon: http://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/Innkeeper's_Invitational
ESGN: http://www.liquidhearth.com/forum/hearthstone/463-esgn-hs-fight-night-preview

They basicly follow the same format we play. The only deviation is that in Blizzcon tournaments the first deck of each opponent is randomized while ESGN is not. No tournament allows any modifying decks between matches or series. You play your decks through the entire tournament just the way you made them in the first place. It prevents cheese such as swapping out a few cards to totally counter an opponent you've faced before in the tournament.

In the end, I find the format we are using now totally fine as long as we keep getting more than 10 participants. No matter what you decide with the deck changing; I will never change my decks once I've entered a tournament. It feels in a way, just as Deolrin said, like cheating.

EDIT: As for a quick update, the vids are coming along slowly. I think I can finish the two final matchups by tomorrow. It is just a lot of tedious cutting (my last uploads were uncut, but they took way too long and had a lot of dead time, so I decided to cut these). It takes 30 min to an hour per match, and since we had 10 total matches, it will be a while. Finished cutting 3 matches so far.

Can't wait!

 

[Chaosy]

I will just add my uploads as they come in this post.


edit: 2x speed to reduce length, which also forced me to add music. The music is from a random techno mix from youtube. Sorry if you don't find it good.
Purge, gotta see this one

Chaosy vs Deolrin

Chaosy vs Mekket

Chaosy vs Jondrean (second match)

Chaosy vs Jondrean (first match)

my decks I played with

 

[PurgeandFire]

@Mekket: Indeed. If people feel reluctant to change decks, then decks should be restricted to whatever you joined with. I'll have that for next tourney (if I'm hosting it).

@Chaosy: Awesome, thanks.

 

[Deleted member 219079]

Chaosy vs Jondrean (second match)

First:

yt

I also recorded my seconds match on D1, it's yet to be uploaded to youtube...

 

[Deleted member 212788]

Tournament was fun fore sure. Next time I'll beat yo ass Purge . Here's hopes for Naxramus being out before it happens . I mean they did promise summer and it's already June so yeah. As for the decks, yeah, not enough legendaries

 

[Tonex]

Should we expect future tournaments to mostly be on EU?

 

[Chaosy]

It makes sense, most on the hive are from europe. (there was a poll a while ago)

 

[PurgeandFire]

Should we expect future tournaments to mostly be on EU?

Yeah, most people on hive are on EU or Asian servers (mostly EU). You and I are NA, so we're among the few.

I guess you gotta grind out those warrior basic cards sooner or later.

If it helps, I recommend just doing the quests on EU in your off time. You'll end up racking gold, and you can maybe run an arena or two now and then on EU, and you'll end up getting cards. That's what I did. (although, I started my EU account two months ago or so)

 

[Chaosy]

I was actually thinking of creating a US hearthstone profile, firstly because I suspected a US tournament in the future. Also one can play on it if the EU servers are lagging or are down completely.

 

[Tonex]

Dem, I'll never be able to play any of my good decks.

 

[brkanator4]

DMX#2643

Hunter,Rogue,Priest

GMT +2

 

[Deleted member 219079]

You're a little bit off the schedule

 

[Chaosy]

haha, yes a little late indeed. Hopefully we'll have a third one soon enough though.