So its Monday which I’m officially making Hearthstone blog day with the launch of my new series King of Games! Since the first post I’ve sort of fallen down a Brad-like DOTA hole in that I’ve played over 100 matches in 6 days (so far I’ll probably play a few more before the night is out) and I’m also watching videos of TotalBiscuit playing. My win to lose ratio currently sits at 56:56 and granted some of those were instance wins due to disconnections its still a lot of matches. I’ve also not played any other game in that time but that was partly intentional so that I could be good enough to jump in for only a few matches and make some progress.
Part of the reason for my obsession / love of the game is that its the game I’ve always wanted from a young age. I’ve always loved the idea of playing a CCG such as Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon but have never been able due to firstly the money involved in buying all the cards and secondly the issue of having nobody to play with. Hearthstone solves both of those problems and makes me feel like a duelist in Yu-Gi-Oh which is incredible.
Committing fully to my Yu-Gi-Oh fantasy I’ve started toying with ideas for theme and gimmick decks (again shout out to Total Biscuit for reminding me of wanting to do that with Yu-Gi-Oh’s toons and elemental heroes). I’ve compiled a list of ideas for decks and gimmicks and have re-evaluated my goals for the game:
1. Still earn free entry to The Arena - best streak so far is 4 but I usually drop out after 1 or 2 wins.
2. Finish unlocking all base classes cards - only the Paladin remains.
3. Long Term - unlock / craft 1-2 of every card without buying any packs. I’ll eventually get the single player expansions but I’m still currently on a earn everything mantra.
But back to the King of Games! aside. Basically I’ll be purely playing theme / gimmick decks in everything outside of The Arena in mostly ranked play. Why? Its just so much fun and challenging to be an up and coming duelist earning his deck via winning cards and booster packs. I’ll track my weekly wins and losses also as an interesting stat as well as the current decks that I’m working with. So far its Devilish Demons that are giving me the most fun but a pure Beast deck is also getting some play from time to time.
That about wraps things up for now but please return and join me on my journey to become the King of Games!
Also if anyone knows a method of capturing my matches (I currently play on my laptop) please leave your suggestions below as I’ve yet to look into the subject.
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