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I think neglecting to nerf standard Druid was a mistake. Armor, Spellstone, and Spreading Plague are too good.

Are they turning Owens face?

On Blue Bombin' they noted that Dan was "out on assignment." There you go.

Fighting Spirit's main event was killer. Best part was Kenny's perfectly timed mid-air powerbomb counter to the hurricanrana.

I know some people here are probably sad but I'm glad Juice lost the belt. He's a clown.

Wasn't Twitter going insane over some guy writing an article about how the Bellas are terrible? Funny timing.

Dude, end of Destruction was badass. Can't wait to see where this goes.

Rest in peace Yoshi Hashi

Ishii & Ospreay vs. Omega & Ibushi from night 1 of Road to Destruction is my frontrunner for best match of the year so far.

• Heroes are worth more in Artifact than Minions in HS. You don't just throw them at the opponent without care.
• Positioning matters more in Artifact(in individual lanes, not just what lane a Hero is in.) Plenty of abilities and spells in the game with the text, "target enemy/allied neighbors." HS has always been lacking in cards that deal with positioning in my opinion.
• Turns and combat work differently. Watch videos and you'll get it. Very different from HS turn structure.
• Units have active abilities while in play in Artifact. HS minions have abilities that can be triggered but they're not controllable(WIld Pyromancer, Gadgetzan Auctioneer etc.)
• Understanding the Keywords helps in understanding the game while watching videos. Condemn=destroy, Siege X=deal X damage to tower when blocked(kind of like Trample in MTG,) Piercing=ignore armor
• There seems to be a lot of potential complexity/strategy with the 3 lanes. Arrows near the mana at the top of a spell mean it can hit things in other lanes. / Casters are talking up TP as a very strong item. Allows you to save a Hero from death and move him to another lane./ Blink Dagger lets you teleport around and surprise enemies or save a Hero.

I've tried getting into Solforge, Eternal, Elder Scrolls, MTG Arena, MTG Origins, Duelyst and fell off all of them. They were either too similar to HS or they had a free to play model that didn't keep me interested or they were just boring or whatever. I've played a lot of Hearthstone over the past 5 years and I'm ready for something to take its place. Artifact is different enough and seems to be a lot more complex. Artifact is my most anticipated game of 2018.

I'm all caught up on New Japan in 2018 so now I'm going back and watching older stuff. At the moment I'm on G1 2017. So far Omega/Suzuki was really good and Ibushi/Naito was fucking insane. It was better than their 2018 match. That middle rope piledriver was ridiculous.