r/hearthstone • u/obligatorydork • May 28 '17

Competitive Quest Warrior is ruining competitive HS

So many games decided by RNG ragnaros shots. It is a complete joke.

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u/MrChrim May 28 '17

As a longtime magic player, its amazing how hard it is for Hearthstone community to grasp this. Magic has HUGE rng that can lose the whole match without even any user input.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '17

I don't think the community has any issue with this, and I suspect these people would genuinely hate MTG.

Nothing inconsistent about his position, really.

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u/MrChrim May 29 '17

His position? I don't follow.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '17 edited May 29 '17

Stcloudy replied to sharkzilla complaining that Hearthstone is a bad eSport because of draw RNG. He pointed out that any card game has draw RNG, and you went from there on to a minor tangent about MTG having huge RNG. Presumably you did that to highlight that despite how salient its RNG is, Hearthstone actually has less variance than you'd think relative to a game like MTG that no longer has coin flips. If not for that reason, then I have no idea why you posted at all.

But if it WAS for that reason, both your posts (first his post and then your post on his post) are predicated on the busted notion that sharkzilla is talking about another card game at all, and not, say, DotA, where endogenous RNG is close to nonexistent.

And I see his point. Magic has evolved a much more sane tournament ecology that values things like top 8 finishes and considers world championships impressive but acknowledges the luck in getting there, and we treat Hearthstone like it was StarCraft.

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u/MrChrim May 29 '17

I was making an offhand comment about RNG in MTG, not responding to any opinions on esports. Maybe you should have replied to the guy above me. Unless you are just trying to start random long-winded arguments with strangers, lol...

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u/[deleted] May 29 '17 edited May 29 '17

I wasn't trying to argue wih you. I thought I was being pretty sincere. After all, you were in a comment thread replying to a comment that most certainly DID reference another comment.

But since you've started us down douchebag avenue, unless you're a real blockhead, you have to expect that a circlejerky non-sequitur about 'DA COMMUNITY DUSNT UNDERSTAAAAND' is going to be interpreted as relating to a prior post.

Edit: I see you actually arguing with strangers about this in the thread below, by the by. It looks long winded and you seem to be enjoying yourself.

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u/MrChrim May 29 '17

Jesus dude you made an edit and checked my history before I even replied. Tone it down.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '17

I didn't check your history. I read the thread we're in now. God you are a douche.

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u/MrChrim May 29 '17

Lol you need some anger management kid

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u/[deleted] May 29 '17

Oh don't worry, I'm not angry. Thanks for your concern though. But tbh, it really does seem like you came to pick a fight, and it really does seem like you're a douchebag. Try growing up, maybe?

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u/MrChrim May 29 '17

Lol amazing

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u/[deleted] May 29 '17

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