lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted  ok my brain is complete mush right now
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AnacondaHL posted:lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted You said they'd figure you out one day.
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Fuuuuck D5 is a miserable sea of Control Priest, Survival Druids etc. I don’t think I’ve ever actively resented feeling like playing before - like, you want to log on because you know it should be fun, then every game just isn’t. There’s one to three too many easy removal tools per class, so your minion better Rush, have a way to be cheated is out, or do a solid Battlecry or Deathrattle, or it’s worthless.
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AnacondaHL posted:lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted That's great, congratulations!
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AnacondaHL posted:lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted Congrats! Best of luck with future matches!
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AnacondaHL posted:lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted That’s awesome, Congratulations!
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AnacondaHL posted:lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted Congratulations!!!! Can't wait for your GM season 
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AnacondaHL posted:lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted Congrats! Nice work!
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AnacondaHL posted:Aaaand it's over! An absolutely unbelievable 7-2 record, not enough tie-breakers for top16, but more than enough to cash and even get GM points, I still can't believe it, what a weekend, my mind is a mess right now, I'd love to do a tournament report maybe later, but I definitely know is that L0cke and Last King will be getting battle.net gift cards from me as thanks, and I'll also give back with some coaching sessions/ladder climb mentoring, you know how to contact me, this couldn't have happened without your help, and now my childhood dream of having to pay taxes on Hearthstone tournament winnings has come true hooray congrats man - glad to have helped and it's great to hear that it was time well spent! def. would be interesting to hear your thoughts / comments on the tournament...
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Shockeh posted:Fuuuuck D5 is a miserable sea of Control Priest, Survival Druids etc. yep - it has been like that for a bit, and i can only imagine how much worse it is now with the tournament and stats showing how stupid priest is. assuming you're at the d5 floor, better to just take a step back and play some decks you enjoy or maybe switch it up to another mode. just do what you need to finish your dailies / weeklies (if you want to). last time i got burned out, i just ended up stepping away for a long time...
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AnacondaHL posted:lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted I feel like tournament winnings to buy packs probably still counts as f2p?  congrats!!
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Congrats Anaconda!Last King posted:yep - it has been like that for a bit, and i can only imagine how much worse it is now with the tournament and stats showing how stupid priest is. Seconding this, playing in a meta you don't like isn't going to help your enjoyment. I'd just step back and either take a break, play casual, or find an enjoyable deck that slams meta decks you hate to work for gold heroes (if possible). Or just do dailies and watch a streamer deal with the meta.
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AnacondaHL posted:Aaaand it's over! An absolutely unbelievable 7-2 record, not enough tie-breakers for top16, but more than enough to cash and even get GM points, I still can't believe it, what a weekend, my mind is a mess right now, I'd love to do a tournament report maybe later, but I definitely know is that L0cke and Last King will be getting battle.net gift cards from me as thanks, and I'll also give back with some coaching sessions/ladder climb mentoring, you know how to contact me, this couldn't have happened without your help, and now my childhood dream of having to pay taxes on Hearthstone tournament winnings has come true hooray wow 7-2 is a great finish, that's awesome! can't wait to hear about it
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Also huge congratulations Ana, didn’t mean to be such a downer right in the middle of your achievement, catharsis etc.
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AnacondaHL posted:lmao wait a minute, due to hitting Top 32 I'm auto-qualified for Master Tour Silvermoon, so I'm disqualified from participating in MTQs for Silvermoon, meaning my F2P strategy for getting packs this next month is busted lmao, congrats you should be able to make it to US masters at this rate now i wanna try some tour qualifiers... Quotey fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Jun 20, 2021 |
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Background: I hate Priest. So a tournament format with the dichotomy of ban-Priest or target-Priest seemed like a no-brain-er for me. Ban Priest, and flourish in the matchups you're good at. But there was a problem with this strategy: I also can't play Priest. Something about how my brain works, and how I've played M:tG all these years, or something, I just can't do it. I need to play decks that fight for board initiative, or combo decks. So I would not be able to bluff it and force players to ban my Priest. There was another minor issue: I also haven't played Rogue enough. Even though I could be good at the deck, I didn't have the legendaries to play the deck for a long time, and I succeeded anyways without Rogue in the Paladin meta, but there was no way I'd be able to catch up. Masters Tours aren't about doing what everyone else is doing and hoping to do it better. It's about taking extraordinary risk, as going 0-5 is basically the same as going 6-3. So the stage was set, and I'd have to do something drastic to have any shot at this Masters Tour. Preparation: My personal belief was that Rush Warrior was the best deck, and as an Aggro specialist it's the deck I played the best. So I knew my lineup was going to include it no matter what. And the prevailing convention was that if you bring Rush Warrior you ban Priest. But there was a key concept I figured out: Both Priest and Warrior had to be dealt with. Any deck with a losing matchup vs both was a trap. This meant stuff like Hunter, Druid, and most importantly Rogue were out as options. I'd have to go it alone to develop my lineup and tweak my decklists, powered only by my ability to analyze publically available data and a couple of Goon volunteers (  L0cke17 and Last King ).Day 1 of testing went well, but boy was it rough, and not just me trying to adjust my sleep schedule to Asia's time zone. Neither ban-Priest nor target-Priest was appealing to me. And Rogue, even though I knew it was a trap, was still going to be present at the tournament, and a lot of lists I was making were weak to it. But then I found the answer: Clown Druid. This would give me another favored deck vs DH and Warrior, be good enough vs Priest, and allowing me to ban Rogue. After a bit more testing, and adjusting my Rush Warrior deck to be the best it could versus Priest, my target-Priest lineup was submitted:  Stats from the future: 13% of players brought Clown Druid 10% of players brought DR DH 9% of players brought Shaman ....91% of players brought Priest 78% of matchups banned Priest # of Appearances of the DR DH/Clown Druid/Aggro Shaman/Rush Warrior lineup: One. Masters Tour Dalaran: https://www.d0nkey.top/battlefy/tournament/60b75695c2e3fd31243ff2c3/player/HiggsBoson%2312293 Round 2: (1-0 match score) vs Fled (Americas GM - Brazil) Oh. Well that was quick. A matchup vs a GM already, guess that's it for me- wait...Control Warlock. Control Warrior. My lineup HARD counters this. This was a minor consideration as I made my lineup, as the expected target-priest lineup was this quad control lineup, and all my decks happen to punish this lineup. Nothing unlucky or lucky of note occurred, so it was over before it started. 3-1 (2-0 match score) Round 4: (2-1 match score) vs Zyrios (Streamer - Germany) After a brutal set of poorly played games and some decks drawn backwards in my last round, I get completely swept by Zyrios via more of the same. Oh, and just to put the cherry on the cake, this also included a client disconnect on my side. Feels like I'm about to join the masses of nobodies that get eaten alive by the strongest players in the world. But I did recognize that everyone was bringing Rush Warrior lists that were too strong, built for the mirror with Mutanus and stuff. I shifted my strategy after this round to ban Warrior instead, and to just roll the dice vs Rogue/Druid. 0-3 (2-2 match score) I win Round 5, but Game 3 was absolutely amazing, a huuuuge buttclench. If you want to see how the best players in the world play to their outs, check out how my opponent plays out the end of this one: https://hsreplay.net/replay/ZAiqinSUxytMWKa4Gpr9VW Round 6: (3-2 match score) I start Day 2 with two quick game losses, again horribly played. At this point my game record is 10-13 and I'm resigned to just play it out for funsies. At least I wouldn't have to file this on my taxes, I console myself gently with copium. But the remaining deck is OTK DH. I can do this. Win. Win. Win. 3-2 (4-2 match score) Round 7: Win. Win. Win. 3-0 (5-2 match score) At about this time I learned that there is a small community of players that root for anyone from Americas to succeed at the Masters Tour. I started getting some pings:  In general I think it's because The Dream is still possible here. In Europe and APAC the competition at the top of the Promotion leaderboard is so tough, but it has been wide open on Americas for several seasons now, to the point that simply winning 8 rounds in one tournament, let alone getting Top 8, was an automatic entry into Americas Grandmasters. It's just something, anything, the smallest glimmer of hope, for the semi-pro grinders to believe in. Anyways, they did the refresh sweat, did the tie-breaker calculations, and sent me kind words of encouragement throughout the rest of the day. Round 8: (5-2 match score) vs. killinallday (Americas GM - USA) Well that was bound to happen I guess. Game 1: https://hsreplay.net/replay/qEXzrCkQ9xkxVZBqQXU5df Did you watch the replay from Round 5? This is what it looks like when a GM does it and succeeds. Game 2: Shaman into Priest: win Game 3: DR DH into OTK DH: win Game 4: Warrior into Priest: https://hsreplay.net/replay/FhZtufksBHT5VFsBpf8UJg Aside from a small "order LUL" on Turn 4, and a decision to play the bigger Sword Eater on Turn 9 instead of the smaller one, this was absolutely my favorite and most brilliant game of the tournament. Turn 12 has a lethal-puzzle as well. Everything I worked for, all the time playing this deck, all the adjustments I studied and analyzed, in the unfavored matchup versus a Goliath, all came down to this. What a day. 3-1 (6-2 match score) Round 9: (6-2 match score) Game 1: https://hsreplay.net/replay/3KvBzyMg4kZJVKLJPbWdMc A Turn 3 Guardian Animals flips a heavily unfavored matchup into a win. Game 2: https://hsreplay.net/replay/4QsBhrd8boVQLTXsmazieV I mean, this is the reason Naralex is in my decklists. 20% to just win on the spot. My poor unlucky opponent finally nuts with Token Druid in game 3, but then completely whiffs again game 4. 3-1 After that, the rest is history. There was a sweat for Top 16 tiebreakers that didn't go my way, alas. And I've done my part to block JayHuang (one of the most toxic players in the region) from having a free shot at Grandmasters. (7-2 match score) 19th place 22-15 overall in games 7 Masters Tour points (currently in 4th for 2022 Americas GM promotion) What a way to experience my first ever Masters Tour. And we get to do it again in August. -HiggsBoson AnacondaHL fucked around with this message at 07:45 on Jun 21, 2021 |
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AnacondaHL posted:But there was a problem with this strategy: I also can't play Priest. Something about how my brain works I think that's just called being a good person.  I don't claim to follow HS tournaments or understand anything about them but congrats!
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Awesome recap. I’m on board this wild ride, no matter where it takes us.
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Koskinator posted:Awesome recap. I’m on board this wild ride, no matter where it takes us. 
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very interesting read, and thanks for including some of those replays.  hell yea. i'm down to help some more. top 16 here we come!
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it's because your matchmaking rating is the same as them, simple as that. legend is a function of time played, not skill
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Here I am, playing Rush Warrior, the most honest standard deck, and I keep getting bullied by Mages who generate bullshit
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World War Mammories posted:it's because your matchmaking rating is the same as them, simple as that. legend is a function of time played, not skill I didn't even get enough star bonus to get back to my rank from last month though. Edit: I guess my point is that I've been dogshit recently, and as a super casual player I'd rather be matched with equally casual players rather than ones that have hours upon hours sunk into the game. Amoeba102 fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Jun 22, 2021 |
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Somehow DH beat me up with somekind of hybrid Deathrattle, Ilgynoth OTK combo. It seemed pretty strong.
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Amoeba102 posted:I didn't even get enough star bonus to get back to my rank from last month though. rank is entirely, 100% unrelated to the hidden matchmaking rating that the game uses to assign you opponents. your match history suggests you're just as good as they are! if you don't agree, well, go lose a few dozen games to prove it 
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Already lost a few dozen games. For the last couple of months my record has been very negative just trying to get the 5 wins a week.
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Once you're down to no additional star bonus in ranked it should switch to people who are on the same rank as you, iirc. This only applies to ranked as casual continues to use your hidden MMR regardless.
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Amoeba102 posted:Already lost a few dozen games. For the last couple of months my record has been very negative just trying to get the 5 wins a week. Whatever you do, don't change up your deck or style of play. Literally anything else is on the table, though.
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I did change up my deck. Swapped to shaman after getting wrecked as mage - but now the decks I'm facing so far have been a lot of shaman mirror matches where I'm drawing worse.
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AnacondaHL posted:Aaaand it's not over! Apparently my tie-breakers are nutty, and now I'm doing a Congratulations, that is awesome! 
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My daily was to play Priest, Warlock, or Rogue three times and since I’m garbage at Rogue and warlock is trash I figured I’d have to play priest. Took the vS Yoink list and played some weird beast Hunter that beat me and then two Control Warriors both of which took 20+ minutes. Despite them taking forever, I haven’t had that much fun in a while. Highlights include: Game 1 - taking Naralex off of my first scoundrel, he gives me dream. When we’re both at 10 mana play the second scoundrel, take Rattlegore. Next turn he plays Rattlegore (naturally). Bounce it with Dream, eat it with Mutanus, play my Rattlegore the next turn and he concedes. Game 2 - uneventful, soul mirrored twice, played N’zoth for a full board, normal priest things. That’s not what won the game though. That came when I had an 8/8 dragon and stole his Kargath Prime with Acolyte. He left the match since he was at fatigue. ### War Crimes Priest # Class: Priest # Format: Standard # Year of the Gryphon # # 2x (0) Raise Dead # 2x (1) Draconic Studies # 2x (1) Renew # 2x (1) Wave of Apathy # 2x (2) Wandmaker # 2x (3) Apotheosis # 2x (3) Palm Reading # 2x (3) Venomous Scorpid # 1x (4) Blademaster Samuro # 2x (4) Cabal Acolyte # 2x (4) Hysteria # 2x (4) Southsea Scoundrel # 1x (4) Xyrella # 1x (5) Against All Odds # 2x (6) Lightshower Elemental # 1x (7) Mutanus the Devourer # 1x (7) Soul Mirror # 1x (9) N'Zoth, God of the Deep # AAECAaKrBAbIvgOb2AP76APU7QPz7gOm7wMMk7oDr7oD3swDy80D184D49ED/tED4t4D+OMDlugDmusDlO8DAA== # # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
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Cant Ride A Bus posted:My daily was to play Priest, Warlock, or Rogue three times and since I’m garbage at Rogue and warlock is trash I figured I’d have to play priest. Took the vS Yoink list and played some weird beast Hunter that beat me and then two Control Warriors both of which took 20+ minutes. Submitting this post to The Hague.
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Jolly Jumbuck posted:Submitting this post to The Hague. Warranted. The deck is called War Crimes for a reason.
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I wasn't sold on Transcendence Anduin but that list and the "Never lose hope" emote are  .
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Ulvino posted:I wasn't sold on Transcendence Anduin but that list and the "Never lose hope" emote are Bouncing a Rattlegore and then eating it with Mutanus is best followed with “Such Skill!” Xyrella was worth the price for the battle pass.
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Welp, just got to Platinum 10 for the first time ever, riding that Face Hunter to the top! 8 more wins to 1k.
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So I mentioned a while back I concede the priest mirror once I hit legend because even I can't be assed to play that out. Today someone added me afterwards to thank me. I requeued into a libram paladin. They requeued into another priest.
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