GL this month folks.

Here we go again.

Yesterday I played the same opponent 5 times in a row. (went 3-2)

Did you try to friend each other?

I tried new decks and went from 18 to 20 (0 stars) lol

I tried to friend him but he rejected it.

Anyone play anything but GP anymore?

meh, I reject 95% of requests since my list is full and its either to spectate for quest or whine anyway.

I did accept one towards the end of last season after a great match vs a dude where we talked for a bit afterwards. The sad thing that I just realized is that was literally the only game I played in the entire month that I remember being "good". Both to fatigue and roping almost every turn since the decisions were legit tough.

had a swell game vs an ultra cancer hunter who apparently felt that the wolfriders curved out too high and creepers were too slow, so he replaced them with two deckhands and two arcane shots. i admired the commitment to keep going face even when facing lethal on board

yeah I beat some Control Warrior with one of those fast Flamewaker Mages and he added me accusing me of being a virgin, "why emote when you're playing cancer," "go kill yourself," etc.

I then told him that everything is OK, only virgins accuse others of being virgins, I've been in his shoes as a young, angsty gamer, he will get through it. Told him I'm a partnered Twitch streamer, I understand getting upset over video games, etc etc. Ended with him saying I seem like a cool enough guy after all and he'll check out my stream sometime.

I don't necessarily think I talked him off a bridge or anything, but I think we all should have a little more compassion for our opponents. At the end of the day we're all just nerdy dudes playing a card game, hoping to win and feel good about ourselves. And when you don't win, it does feel bad on the inside. We should all try to understand each other and not accuse one another of being "cancer," and just hating so much to do with this game. Make love, not war. There's another guy on the other end of those internet tubes who might be going through a rough time and needs not anger and hate, but love and compassion. I think we should give it to them.

Except for Freeze Mages. F*** them.

freeze mage is at least an interesting deck to play

I dont see how anyone has fun playing hunter unless they are 8

am I the only one who thinks grim patron is obv broken and at least as dumb as buzzard -> unleash was?

either warsong needs to be adjusted or something needs to change. the grimm combos and the berserker (even worse sometimes) make the game ridiculous especially with emperor. Having a charging 20-3 for 3 mana seems wrong.

meh, I played magic from alpha through ursa's, I know broken meta. Grim Patron Warrior is not broken (though it's closer than undertaker I guess). The only 'broken' card in that deck is battle rage and it only seems broken in that build atm. Random combo cards are generally not broken, the cards that let you draw into those combos cheaply and efficiently are and if hearthstone in general weren't deck building to the lowest common denominator there would be a ton of decks built around that card imo. Twitch culture ftw!

14 of last 24 opponents have been either mage or hunter. Can I chalk that up to variance or is the meta that uninteresting right now?

go for the kezans!

Yeah I think some compromise like Warsong only works on cards you play out of hand would be fine.

As is, it's far too easy for a Warrior to play Death's Bite turn 4, then go Grim Patron > Coin > Whirlwind or something like that and get 4 Grim Patrons on turn 5.

Variance I'm playing crap tons of warrior and druid.

I've been having good success with Control Warrior this past week but just today traded out Sylvanas for Emperor. She was good sometimes but too often ended up sitting in my hand with me not wanting to play her as she felt too valuable to drop against an empty board.

Doesn't change how frustrating it is when your mulligan your whole hand in to Emperor, Grommash, Dr. Boom, and Shieldmaiden though.

post your list aceium - I value slyvanas more than basically any other card, so im wondering what you value more

I made 3 changes to the deck today and have played about 5 games so the sample size is small.

The first change was to substitute Revenge for Whirlwind. There was 1 game where the 3 damage was helpful but other than that it's basically served as a 2 mana whirlwind.

The second change was changing out Kezan Mystic for Nefarian. Nefarian won me a game against a Paladin with Lay on Hands and Muster for Battle. He didn't help against a Druid when I drew Poison Seeds and Recycle. I wanted to see what his fun factor is like and I was ok with adding another big guy to the top of the curve if I was going to have an extra spot. He definitely is fun but that's probably because he is new. He's got potential, but the Mystic is more valuable against Mages and Hunters. On days that those 2 classes are 50% of your opponents (which is a lot of days) you'd probably be better off with the Mystic. I think Kezan will probably come back once I've had my fill of Nefarian. If there aren't many secrets out there I'd probably consider subbing her out for something like Baron Geddon, or another big "threat". It's nice to have more early game options but if you don't curve out well or mulligan really poorly, having a 4/3 for 4 isn't going to save you anyway.

The last change was subbing Thaurissan for Sylvanas. In the few games I played, I was happier dropping him in situations than I would have been dropping Sylvanas. I felt like my opponents generally treated them similarly - requiring attention right away. That has meant trading several of their minions in to it, burning some premium removal, or using a silence.

When trading their board in to Sylvanas, they could usually engineer a way where I'd end up with a 1/1 or 2/2 type minion, or occasionally have to take a gamble that I'd get something bigger. I have been happier with the result of my whole hand being discounted more than I have been with the result of Sylvanas' deathrattle going off.

That deck needs Sylvanas > slam, Alex > healbot.

I feel like 2 acos are enough card draw 90% of the time, making slam a wasted spot that could be used for a big threat.

I'll try taking out Healbot and Slam and going with Sylvanas and Kezan in their places.

I just played 2 Control Warrior mirror matches. It took about 40 minutes. The worst part is I was close to just conceding at the start of the second one but decided to play it out. So I spent 20 minutes losing instead of 30 seconds. It ended up being somewhat close but after having played it, I'd rather lose in 30 seconds than win in 20 minutes. I'm going to keep that in mind moving forward. The deck does well against the field and the mirror match is just so excruciating that I feel like I'm proabably more likely to come out ahead stars-wise after 20 minutes with a concede-move on strategy rater than duke it out with someone who also probably just enjoys crushing aggro. Let's both just get back to playing Cruel Taskmasters on Clockwork Gnomes and Wolfriders.