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BLIZZCON: Hearthstone World Championship details announced
$1 Million prize pool: Winner gets $250,000; 2nd $150,000; 3rd/4th $100,000; 5th-8th $50,000; 9th-16th $25,000
Best of 7 Conquest format with 1 ban
Group stage is double-elimination
Bracket stage is single-elimination
Schedule: Group stage takes place between Oct 26-30
Bracket stage will happen at Blizzcon
BLIZZCON: In-game goodies revealed
WoW: Legionnaire Murky & Knight Captain Murky
Overwatch: Bastion Skin
Diablo III: 20th Anniversary pet
Hearthstone: Welcome Inn card back
Heroes of the Storm: Nexus Tiger mount
Starcraft II: New portrait and Mystery Goodies (?) It says “be among the first to unlock a fun new piece of upcoming StarCraft II content.”
Paid BattleTag changes now available $10 each time, as much as you like. You still have one free change, but prior to this offering you were not able to change it once you used the free change.
Blizzard moving away from Battle.net branding
Ben Brode posted on the forums a response to someone asking him to respond to some posts on Reddit.
He asked the question, “It’s interesting. When I post “been thinking about doing A. Also, we are not considering B”, people say ‘you said nothing’.
“I wonder if folks would rather we wait until we decide whether or not to do A, and just announce when we are doing it.”
When we haven’t decided a course of action yet, what type of communication do folks want to hear?”
New Hero coming SoonTM – Tyrande Whisperwind. Acquired through a special promotion that hasn’t been revealed yet.
IGN Chatted with Dean Ayala and Mike Donais
Shaman are current around 20% of the ladder. Mike said that the ladder is in a good spot but a little Shaman heavy from where he would like it.
Considering changes to Call of the Wild. Evaluating community feedback.
Yogg is on the developer radar. They want a solution that makes everyone happy.
Tournaments: Batstone was great to see because it explored a new format.
Tournaments: No tournament client stuff in development right now.
Arena: Too early to tell what the changes will end up looking like.
Arena: Short term goal: all classes closer together in pick rate
Arena: Long term goal: players can choose what class they like because they are even.
New audio files referenced in the latest patch in one of the updated files? https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/54rjf5/datamined_seasonal_events_emotes_and_more/
BRB – I will return shortly.
NICE_CARD_BACK – Fine card back!
INDEED – Indeed.
WOW – Brilliant!
SALUTE – My respect.
PARTY – Dance!
FIDGET – I grow impatient…
CELEBRATE – Rejoice!
CONGRATULATIONS – My congratulations.
FACTION_CRY – For the Alliance!
WELCOME – In the name of Elune, welcome.
HUNGRY – I could really go for some moon cakes.
START_OF_SEASON – A new season begins.
END_OF_SEASON – The season comes to an end.
HAPPY_BIRTHDAY – Happy Birthday!
HAPPY_HALLOWEEN – Happy Hallow’s End!
HAPPY_HOLIDAYS – Happy Feast of Winter Veil!
HAPPY_NEW_YEAR – Happy New Year!
HAPPY_NOBLEGARDEN – Happy Noblegarden.
HAPPY_BREWFEST – Happy Brewfest!
HAPPY_EVENT – A happy day!
VALENTINES – I miss my dear Malfurion.
KIDS_WEEK – Goddess bless the children.
FIRE_FESTIVAL – Happy Midsummer Festival!
PIRATE_DAY – Power Word: Yarr!
