Coin Concede: A Hearthstone Podcast

On episode 216, In a truly dragon-sized episode, Hat and Botticus spend quite a bit of time diving into many of the newly revealed DoD cards - but while they try to justify their opinions, they're joined by Appa in a pre recorded segment to discuss his qualifier win that he earned this week! Listen in for a peek into the tournament mindset and lots of card talk.

News Highlights - 4:37

• Wild Cards Leaving Standard 12/5
• HCGamer Article with Donais and Conor Kou
• Personal Rating in Battlegrounds
• BG interviews
• Misc reddit comments

Tournaments - 26:59

• HGG
• Tespa
• Arlington Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -1:13:26

• New Cards

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On episode 215, It's a packed show this week! The gang goes over their recent ladder and Battlegrounds experiences and Appa gives some insight into what prompted a big mindset shift for him. Botticus gives us the rundown on the recent Battlegrounds patch and Mike Donais' willingness to talk about their future plans for the mode. Hat breaks down the Hearthstone Global Games format before delving into the $300k Battlegrounds Brawl event. To wrap up the tournament section, he highlights some new and interesting lineups from recent Master's Tour Qualifiers. In Decksplanations, the crew highlight some new Descent of Dragons spoilers before getting into the nitty-gritty of the Battlegrounds patch!

News Highlights - 27:05

• BG Changes
• Mike Donais Commentary
• State of the game
• Matthiest leaving HS Esports

Tournaments - 46:33

• Grandmasters Globals
• Tespa
• Arlington Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -1:06:08

• BG Changes & New Cards

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On episode 214, Edelweiss is back to join the boys and talk about many things! There's much discussion to be had about ladder, battlegrounds, the esports grind and the system's structure itself, and an extended discussion on specific mulligan examples. Bring your notebooks and flowcharts, because Appa goes deep.

News Highlights - 29:07

• Patch 15.6.2
• 25 Years of Warcraft
• Brawl diabled
• BG Stuff

Tournaments - 50:27

• Grandmasters Globals
• Tespa
• Arlington Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -1:16:10

• Mulligan Examples

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This is no ordinary episode, and this is no ordinary tavern - welcome to Hearthstone Battlegrounds! Hat, Bott, and Appa have been playing a lot and want to share as much strategy as they can on open beta launch day. We recommend you play the tutorial and a full game (or two) before jumping into this deep dive on hero tiers, compositions, and game pacing.

Discussion Topics

BG Intro

Choosing the Champion

Early Game

Mid Game

Late Game

End Game Compositions

Listener questions/topics

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On episode 213, Hat and Bott stopped playing battlegrounds for just long enough to record this episode with a very special guest - ChanManV of Value Town fame! He's here to talk about all things Blizzard and Hearthstone, and there's a ton to discuss. After an interview and a look at his new site Juked.gg, the crew dives headfirst into analyzing everything Blizzcon had to offer.

News Highlights - 59:24

• Blizzcon!
• Descent of Dragons
• Hearthstone Battlegrounds
• Blizzcon experience of Global finals
• Patch 15.6
• Alec's interview with PC Gamer
• Blizzcon Interview with Iksar and Melissa Corning
• Hero portraits are discounted through 12/10

Tournaments - 1:46:28

• Grandmasters Globals
• Tespa
• Arlington Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -1:54:09

• Descent of Dragons

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As Blizzcon 2019 comes to a close, RidiculousHat and Botticus sit down for a recap of all of the events from the weekend.

RidiculousHat and Botticus sit down with some friends for dinner on the final day of Blizzcon to talk about their favorite things from the weekend.

Botticus and RidiculousHat (and friend of the show WickedGood) give their brief initial thoughts on Hearthstone, Descent of Dragons, and (mostly) Battlegrounds LIVE from BlizzCon... or in this case, live from a burger joint right by Blizzcon.

On episode 212, It's Blizzcon eve! The crew gets together to talk some pre-con Hearthstone including how their last-minute climbs have been going. News is pretty light this week, but we can expect that to change next week. Hat, Botticus, and Appa go over each players lineups for Global Finals and try to predict who they think will win it all. Decksplanations this week is a primer on how to better your understanding of the Shaman mirrors for ladder.

News Highlights - 15:10

• Choose Wisely
• Iksar on Twitter
• Mobile performance update
• Twitch drops for grand finals

Tournaments - 31:32

• Grandmasters
• Tespa
• Arlington Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -50:05

• Letting the Elements Guide You

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On episode 211, Was the game good? That's the big question, and we all have some thoughts as we figure out the deep truth behind these perplexing two letters. GG also stands for Got it/Goofed it, which is back for Decksplanations when Hat wonders yet again why he underrated a Corridor Creeper. All this AND Bucharest coverage are in this week's episode of Coin Concede.

News Highlights - 25:08

• Blizzcon map and schedule
• Omnislash game companion
• GG discussion

Tournaments - 55:27

• Grandmasters
• Bucharest
• Tespa
• Arlington Qualifiers

Decksplanations - 1:05:20

• Got it or Goofed it

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