Legend of the Innkeeper : A Hearthstone Podcast for Casual Players

Legend of the Innkeeper : A Hearthstone Podcast for Casual Players

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Legend of the Innkeeper : A Hearthstone Podcast for Casual Players episodes

  • LOTI 009 – The Frostwyrm Lair
    LOTI #009 – “The Frostwyrm Lair”
    Intro:
    Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us for our ninth episode.
    This week we are talking about…
    The last wing of Naxxramas, The Frostwyrm Lair
    Updates:
    What did you do this week?
    News
    1.  “After Naxx”  (Meta)
    http://www.shacknews.com/article/85925/hearthstone-curse-of-naxxramas-the-afternaxx-interview
    “Team 5, the nickname for the small team within Blizzard that made Hearthstone into what it is, is growing rapidly according to Chayes. It’s now up to 30 members, …”
    “We wanted to add new mechanics to the game but we didn’t add a new keyword or anything that players would have to learn a new concept,” he said.”
    “Then came the idea of a progressive rollout.”
    “By designing the challenges as combat puzzles, Blizzard found a way to train players how to think about overcoming popular decks.”
    2.  Nerf it!
    http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/133784/hearthstone-players-calling-naxxramas-mad-scientist-nerfed/
    “Mad Scientist, a 2 mana creature that puts a secret directly into play, has given the Hunter class a huge boost.”
    “The design team wanted Mad Scientist to be a strong card. Secrets weren’t exactly dominating the meta before Curse of Naxxramas released.”
    3. Professional coach
    http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/08/20/hearthstone-help-what-i-learned-from-playing-with-a-professional-coach/
    “that means that when I play Hearthstone I always assume my opponent has the perfect hand and panic as soon as they play so much as a Goldshire Footman. “You’re focusing way too much on responding, and not enough on anticipation,” says Admirable. “At some point you have to create tension on the board.”
    “Too often I respond to something unexpected happening by trying to change my approach entirely. Again, the problem is panicking. “When you deviate from your gameplan, you really start getting stuck,”
    “The other thing to remember is to stop taking losing so seriously. “You’re going to lose a lot of games,” says Admirable. “That’s the nature of it. In Hearthstone you have to lose. You should take any loss as an opportunity to think what could I have done to win? “
    “So, could hiring a coach work for you? Well that very much depends on how much you value your time and money, but also how important getting better at this game is to you?”
    4. Windows 8 Tablet Giveaway
    Intel is giving away 30 Windows 8 tablets with Hearthstone on them.  The sweepstakes ends at 11:59 PM ET on October 12th, 2014 https://www.hearthstoneontablet.com/
    5. Heartstone Top Deck Site
    http://hearthstonetopdeck.com – Site has listings of the top decks that were used in recent tournaments by the pros.
    Naxx
    Boss #1:  Sapphiron
    His hero power is 0 cost “Frost Breath” “Destroy all enemy minions that aren’t frozen.” There are two special cards.  The first one you start with it on the board, “Frozen Champion” he’s a 5 cost, 2/10  “Permanently Frozen.  Adjacent minions are immune to Frost Breath”.  The other card is “Pure Cold” it’s a 5 cost spell “Deal 8 damage to the enemy hero, and Freeze it”.  The card you get from defeating him is “Echoing Ooze” which is a 2 cost 1/2 minion “Battlecry:  Summon an exact copy of this minion at the end of the turn.”
    1 hr 6 min
  • LOTI 008 : The Naxxt Wing – The Construct Quarter
    #008 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “The Naxxt Wing – The Construct Quarter”
    Intro:
    Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us for our eighth episode.
    This week we are talking about…
    Updates:
    What did you do this week?
    News
    1. “Everything is OP” article
    http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/16/everything-is-op-in-hearthstone-and-how-blizzard-counters-perc/  “It’s all about us giving the community the tools to figure out their own solution, this is why we are often reluctant to talk about buffing and nerfing, which are concepts of traditional video game development,” said Woo. “We don’t want you to come up with a clever way to play and then have that taken away, what we want to do is add more tools to the environment so that when your opponent faces your clever idea, they have a clever idea to counter it. We want that to be the dialogue.”
    2. Observer mode will come to Hearthstone, new expansion in development, co-op mode possible
    “One of our most requested features is a spectator or observer mode,” Woo said. “We want to make tournaments easier to stream. We want to capture that ‘over the shoulder’ feeling when you’re watching friends play. “There’s a hunger for more social elements and we want to explore social experiences through this mode, offer that to your friends. You’ll come online, see a friend playing, and be able to watch. It’s in active development right, and while we don’t have an ETA just yet, it’s coming along.” With Curse of Naxxramas nearing completion, Woo also confirmed that a non-adventure expansion is currently in the works, and that co-op is near the top of the studio’s list of what ifs.http://www.gamezone.com/news/2014/08/15/observer-mode-will-come-to-hearthstone-new-expansion-in-development-co-op-mode-possible
    3. 10th class?

    * The team isn’t really interested in going with a 10th class yet. There is so much more to still explore within the current space.

    4.  Info on next content release:

    * For the next content release, Hearthstone is currently headed toward a traditional TCG/CCG release model.

    * In future expansions, they’ll return to more traditional things like adding new boosters to get new cards.
    * Ben Brode confirmed in an interview that we’d be seeing more than 30 cards



    5. New Card Back – (sad)
    There is going to be a new card back that comes out with the Warlords of Draenor expansion in World of Warcraft.  You have to purchase the Collector’s edition to get the card.

    Naxx – The Construct Quarter
    Overall thoughts?
    Boss #1:  The shambling abomination Patchwerk
    His hero power is 4 cost, destroy a minion.  He has a special weapon card called “Hook”, in normal mode it’s a 3 cost, 5 / 8 Deathrattle: Put this weapon into your hand.  In heroic mode it’s 3 cost 4 / 8, Windfury, Deathrattle: Put this weapon into your hand.  The card you get from beating him in normal mode is Undertaker (1 cost 1 /2 minon “Whenever you summon a minion with deathrattle gain +1 / +1”)
    Boss #2:  Grobbulus
    His hero power in normal mode is 2 cost “Deal 1 damage to all minions.  If any die summon a slime”.  In heroic mode his power is 0 cost “Deal 2 damage to all minions.  If any die summon a slime”. (Slime’s are 1 cost,
    58 min
  • LOTI 007 : The Military Quarter
    #007 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “The Military Quarter”
    Intro:
    Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us for our 7th episode.
    This week we are talking about…
    Naxxramas – Wing #3 – The Military Quarter
    Updates:
    What did you do this week?
    News
    1. Activision releases quarterly results.
    http://www.joystiq.com/2014/08/05/activision-exceeds-quarterly-projections-by-60-million-in-q2/
    In the quarterly results, they specifically mention Hearthstone as one of the reasons that they did well and are looking forward to continued success.  …”the company was “very pleased” with the engagement of Hearthstone and its single-player adventure, Curse of Naxxramas.”
    “The fact that last week was our strongest week ever for Hearthstone in terms of both revenue and engagement, I think is a really strong sign,” Morhaime said. “It’s important to note that we still have yet to bring the game to Android and iPhone devices, and if you look at the response we got from bringing Hearthstone to iPad, which brought in millions of new accounts on Battle.net, I think there’s a lot of engagement and opportunity around those platforms as well.”
    Getting Better
    Since much of the hype had calmed down around Naxxramas, although it picks up each week when a new wing is launched, I thought we need to get back to doing educational segments.
    And in order to do our best to serve you, our listener, I’d like to ask for your assistance.  What are you struggling with in the game (other than just plain winning).  What are you questions that you’d love to get answered?  Please take a moment, visit our website and send us your questions.
    Will we be able to answer all the questions?  I don’t know.  Maybe, maybe not.  But we will work to find out together how to answer them as best as we can.  You can also email us at [email protected].
    Should we talk about Arena?  Deck Building?  Constructed?
    Youtube Channel:  http://www.legendoftheinnkeeper.com/YouTube
    Main Segment: Naxxramas Wing #3 – Military Quarter
    The third wing of Naxxramas has opened up.  Overall what are our thoughts at this stage of working through it?  Normal mode?  Heroic Mode?
    Let’s look at each boss individually.
    Boss #1: Instructor Razuvious
    His hero power is “Deal 3 damage.” (Deal 4 damage in Heroic mode).  I beat him in normal with my Zoo deck.  I did finally beat him in Heroic but I forgot which deck I used. Reward: Dancing Swords (3 mana – 4 dmg / 4 health minion – Deathrattle: Your opponent draws a card)
    Boss #2: Gothik the Harvester
    His hero power is “Draw a card”  (Draw a card and gain 1 mana in heroic)  I also used my Zoo deck to clear this one out.
    Reward: Spectral Knight (5 mana – 4 dmg / 6 health minion – Can’t be targeted by spells or Hero powers)
    Boss #3: The Four Horsemen
    His hero power is “Draw 2 cards”.  (Draw 2 cards in heroic).  I don’t remember.
    Reward: Deathlord (3 mana – 2 dmg / 8 health minion – Taunt Deathrattle: Your opponent puts a minion from their deck into the battlefield)
    Once you beat all 3 Heroes, you will receive the card, Baron Rivendare (4 mana – 1 dmg / 7 health minion – “Your minions trigger their deathrattles twice”)
    Class Challenges:
    The class challenge uses a pre-made deck to go against a pre-selected opponent.  It’s designed to be focused on what each class does well.  This wing saw the release of the Shaman and Warlock challenges.
    54 min
  • LOTI 006 : Problems Plague The Plague Quarter
    #006 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “Problems Plague The Plague Quarter”
    Intro:
    Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us for our 6th episode.
    This week we are talking about…
    Naxxramas wing #2 – The Plague Quarter
    Updates:
    What did you do this week?
    Travelled, played wing #2 and died a lot.
    Where did you end up at the end of the month:
    Vastidious: Rank 13 in the US and 20 in both Asia and Europe
    Ariannwyn:  Uhh…
    News
    1. Problems plaguing the Naxxramas Wing #2 launch
    Yes, that was intentional.  The launch of the second wing in the Naxxramas adventure has had a few issues.  First of all, players were having problems purchasing the wing using gold and more importantly there were numerous situations where players were double charged for unlocking both the wing and the full adventure.  Ariannwyn was affected.  Since her purchase was made on an iPad, Blizzard said to go through Apple’s support to handle the issue.  We’ve done this and we are awaiting resolution.  Blizzard is manually going through and reversing out double transactions for those using PC/Mac.
    Players were also getting messages saying “Waiting for Authorization”.  A fix was just put out yesterday (Saturday 8/2/14) that addresses that issue.  (http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13661256003?page=25#499)
    Some players had their purchase go through but the wing didn’t unlock.  Again, they are still working on the issue.
    There was a hotfix that resolved the issue for many players but many more are still having problems.
    2. Alexstrsza Nerfed In The Plague Quarter
    It was discovered that if you play Alexstrsza against Kel’Thuzad in heroic mode, he will block the action and destroy the card shouting “This is heroic Naxxramas!  I won’t stand for such cheap tactics here!”
    3. August card back is announced.  It’s the Icecrown card back.  We have an image in the show notes.

    Main Content: Naxxramas Wing #2
    The second wing of Naxxramas has opened up and we’ve had a few days to play with it.  Over all what are our thoughts at this stage of working through it?  Normal mode?  Heroic Mode?
    Let’s look at each boss individually.
    Boss #1: Noth the Plaguebringer
    His hero power is “Whenever an enemy minion dies, raise a 2/2 skeleton.” (5/5 skeleton in Heroic mode).  I beat him in normal with my Leeroy deck.  I haven’t beaten him yet in Heroic. Reward: Stoneskin Gargoyle (3 mana – 1 dmg / 4 health minion – At the start of your turn restore this minion to full health)
    Boss #2: Heigan the Unclean
    His hero power is “Deal 1 damage to the left most enemy minion.”  (3 damage in heroic)  I also used my Leeroy deck to clear this one out.
    Reward: Unstable Ghoul (2 mana – 1 dmg / 3 health minion – Taunt Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to all minions)
    Boss #3: Loatheb
    His hero power is “Deal 3 damage to the enemy hero”.  (3 damage in heroic).  I had to switch to my control warrior to be this one.
    Reward: Sludge Belcher (5 mana – 3 dmg / 5 health minion – Taunt Deathrattle: Summon a 1 / 2 slime with taunt)
    Class Challenges:
    The class challenge uses a pre-made deck to go against a pre-selected opponent.  It’s designed to be focused on what each class does well.  This wing saw the release of the Hunter and Mage challenges.  Win you complete a challenge, you get a special class specific card.
    Class Challenge: Hunter
    I loved this challenge.  Your entire deck is filled with only spiders.  Webspinner – 1 mana, deathrattle: Add a random beast card to your hand.On death they summon a random beast.  This was a unique deck and one of the only ones I thought that I might go back and pl...
    58 min
  • LOTI 005 : Naxxramas is Calling
    #005 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “Naxxramas Calling”

    Intro:
    Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us for our fifth episode.
    This week we are talking about…
    Naxxramas

    Updates:
    What did you do this week?
    – Worked on getting card backs for Asia and Europe accounts
    – A few Arena runs
    – Naxx

    News
    1. Contest winner – Pneuma
    2. Naxx Released
    We nailed the release date perfectly.  It came out on Tuesday, while we were on a plane crossing the country.
    3. Launch Problems
    There were very few problems with the launch.  Some players were experiencing crashing issues and many were experiencing lag.  Seems to have cleared up at this point.
    4. iPad Improvements with new version
    You might not have read about this, but with this update came some dramatic improvements on the iPad client.  iPad mini (1st gen) and iPad 2 users will see the most improvement.  They do recommend minimizing how many apps are running and keep some free space open on your iPad for better performance.

    Naxxramas Discussion
    1. Initial Thoughts
    – Very difficult at first until you get the basic idea of how to counter it.
    – Heroic is extremely hard (until you figure it out)
    – Class Quests were fairly easy using the deck I beat normal on.
    – Maybe it would have been better to release all at the same time?  Or not.
    2. What People Are Saying
    – People on the forums have clarified that this is not an expansion but a solo adventure mode.  Blizzard has stated that there will be an expansion in the future.  This is important to understand because it helps set proper expectations.
    – Lots of people saying “I beat everything in 30 mins” or “I beat all but the last heroic boss in one try”.  This makes me feel stupid.  But there is the question of how truthful people are being.
    – A lot feel that it was ‘underwhelming’, which I agree with so far.  It seems very shallow.  Once I’ve beaten one of the bosses, I almost don’t want to go back and do it again.
    – Many not happy with basically no rewards going through the bosses other than a few cards.  No gold.  Also not replayability because of this.
    – Sounds like the Zoo deck is one of the better decks against the Naxx AI in this wing.
    3. Most Hated Cards / Liked Cards
    Which cards do you despise seeing played by the AI?
    Which ones do you like seeing played/playing?
    Echoing Ooze
    4. Beating Heroic Mode
    There are several different decks people are posting that they used to beat Naxx.  However, what I find most interesting, especially for our audience, are the ones that are made up of common or cheap cards.  Decks that casual players can make.  I do want to state that I would recommend you keep trying to beat it on your own before looking up decks.  If you find a way to beat it on your own you learn more in the process and have more pride once you succeed.  It also allows the content to last you a little longer until the next wing is released.  If you look up decks you will blow through the content and might find yourself disappointed.
    If you want to look up decks anyway, I found a few links that may help you if you are having problems with beating Naxx.
    http://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/2bhwmr/beating_naxx_heroic_w_budget_decks/
    http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13570486979
    http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13506991246 – F2P Hunter Deck
    43 min
  • LOTI 004 : No Naxx Yet – Rush Deck
    #004 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “No Naxx Yet – Rush Deck”
    Contest Update: We have a winner – Pneuma!  See below for details
    Intro:  Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us for our third episode.
    This week we are talking about…
    Updates:
    What did you do this week?
    Hearthstone Fireside Gathering

    * Attended our first gathering
    * Met some new friends
    * Learned some new tips and tricks
    * Game went down right at the beginning and we switch to MTG
    * If you are in the Cary area, come join Friday’s @ 5-7pm – The Grind
    * They are Hearthstone friendly

    News
    1. Patreon – www.patreon.com/legendoftheinnkeeper
    2. Naxx Golden Cards – Controversy
    This week there was some controversy about how to get golden versions of the cards and at how hard it is going to be to get them.  People did the math and it’s going to cost 58,000 dust to create them all.  Then there were some posts and tweets made by Blizzard that confused the situation.  Finally it was cleared up by Zeriyah..   http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13347345291?page=3#50
    3. Naxx Board
    On the forums this week, Aratil posted that the Curse of Naxxramas board will only be available through the Curse of Naxxramas adventure.  It won’t become a board available through other modes.  He also said that you will still need an internet connection to play Curse of Naxxramas.  So no offline mode, yet.  http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13271477080?page=42#829
    4.  New music
    There will be new music in the Naxx Adventure and another new track for regular mode.  http://www.hearthpwn.com/
    5.  Reynad Quits
    One of the popular Twitch streamers, Reynad (http://www.twitch.tv/reynad27), decided the other day that he’s going to quit playing Hearthstone until Curse of Naxxramas comes out.
    He said “It’s been 8 months. It’s gotten to the point where every deck is perfected pretty much so. Zoo was the first deck that was perfected, and then miracle rogue was the second, and then druid was the third. And it’s just… it’s all draws, there’s no play to the game right now so I’m just not having fun anymore.”
    He’s just decided to stream Magic the Gathering until it does come out.
    6.  Amaz adds his first guide for Legend
    I’m sure you won’t be surprised when I say that it’s a Priest guide.  It’s not as deep as I had hoped when I clicked on it. http://www.liquidhearth.com/forum/constructed-strategy/461967-a-guide-on-the-holy-path-amazs-guide-to-priests
    7.  This Week’s Forum Topics
    Well I spent time this week (on and off) looking at the Blizzard Hearthstone forums for any new information about Naxx and such.  What I found very quickly is that there are basically two major topics being discussed right now on the forums.
    1.  When is Naxx coming out?
    Yes there is a lot of discussion about the debate of when Naxx is coming out.  Mostly it’s people posting that “they have it on good authority that it’s coming out Tuesday!” or “There is no way it’s coming out this week because … “.  Lots and lots of threads like that.  It’s a good question and one I’m hoping we find out the answer to sooner than later.  Unfortunately, it’s not a very useful conversation.
    Aratil posted on the forums today that Curse is NOT coming o...
    1 hr 9 min
  • LOTI 003 : Rabbit Trails
    #003 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “Rabbit Trails”
     
    Intro:  Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us for our third episode.
    This week we are talking about…

    Updates:
    What did you do this week?
    Trump’s Arena Spreadsheets – http://www.liquidhearth.com/guides/arena-tier-list

    News
    1. Male Only Tournament in Finland?
    http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/02/hearthstone-tournament/
    – they removed the restriction:  http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/03/iesf-removes-male-only-restriction-from-its-e-sports-tournaments/
    “If their goal was admirable, their methods were entirely the wrong way to go about promoting women in e-sports. And even that excuse falls flat when you take into account that many of the games in the IeSF World Championship had no women’s competition at all.”
    2.  Naxxramas pricing revealed!
    http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/14601010/curse-of-naxxramas%E2%84%A2-wing-entry-details-and-heroic-mode-7-8-2014
    All 5 wings (after 1st month) – $24.99
    Already have 1st, the rest for – $19.99
    Already have 1st & 2nd, the rest for $14.99
    Already have first three, the rest for $9.99
    Individual wings are $6.99 or 700 in-game gold each wing
    3.  As each wing is released, cards show up in the Arena http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/13665269
    “As each wing is released, the cards available in each wing will also show up in your Arena picks, even if you have not earned them for your personal collection yet.”
    4.  Should you save up gold to buy the wings or just pay cash?
    Overall most agree that you should spend the cash for Naxx and use your gold for packs instead.  Here is one thread with numbers behind it.  http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13347465220?page=7
    2800 gold is 28 packs. At about $1.33 a pack, that’s a little over 37 bucks.
    15 packs = $19.99 – 2 packs for $2.99 – 1 pack for 100 gold.
    1 pack is approx. $1.50.; 40 is approx. $1.25 per packm
    Compare the numbers below. The lower gold to $ value, the better the deal it is
    1 pack: 1g : $0.015
    40 packs: 1g : $0.0125
    1 naxx: 1g : $0.01
    2-5 naxx: 1g : $0.0714
    Conclusion: Buying any bundle of Naxx wings (with $$) will give you almost double TO double the value of your dollar than if you bought the packs (with $$) because gold is significantly cheaper (by the dollar amount) if you buy Naxx wings over packs. If you’re considering spending money on packs, but saving your gold for Naxx, do it the other way around and you will get a LOT more cards for your money overall.
    And while we are talking about spending money on the game, did you see this video where a guy spent $750 on packs?!?  He ended up with one of everything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1vZyj4ajtY
    5. Breakdown of Naxx Facts
    a. The costs above
    b. When you unlock a wing, it’s unlocked forever
    c. When a wing is opened (not unlocked) cards will show in Arena
    d. During the introduction month (1 month after it comes out) the first wing is free.  After that initial month, it will cost to buy that wing.  But if you get it during the first month it’s fre...
    1 hr 26 min
  • LOTI 002 : Deck Building Strategies
    #002 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “Deck Building Strategy”
    Intro:  Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us again for our second episode.
    – Talk about who we are.  Jobs, interests, hobbies.  Random fact.

     Updates:
    What did you do this week?
    We mentioned working with a Hunter deck last week.  How did that go?

     News
    1. Curse of Naxxramas Screenshots Leaked
    Someone released images last week of what appears to be how Curse of Naxxramas will look.  There were several images shown with each wing separated out with a boss at the end.  They also revealed a card, Kel’Thuzad.  (8 mana 6/8 – Text: He returns all friendly minions to the battlefield that died that turn).  Blizzard asked all the sites to remove the links to the images.
    2. Release Date Announced Then Unannounced
    Aratil from Blizzard said this week,
    “Just wanted to give everyone a head’s up that we are currently targeting to release Curse of Naxxramas during the month of July. Unfortunately, we still have a lot of implementing and bug fixing to get through, so please stay tuned! 
    With that said, we are also targeting to reveal pricing details regarding Curse of Naxxramas next week on July 1st, so please keep an eye out for that.”
    http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13271477080#13
    Then a few hours later he updated this.  Now it’s not going to come out on the 1st.
    “I know everyone is really excited for any and all information regarding Naxxramas. We’re doing our best to get it into your hands as soon as possible. However, it turns out we’re actually not going to be quite ready to announce Naxxramas pricing on July 1st as I previously mentioned—we do still want to announce more Naxxramas information soon, but I’m afraid it won’t happen on July 1st. We’ll get the details to you as soon as we have finalized information to share.”
    http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/13271477080?page=5#91
    3. Season 3 Ended – New Card Back Revealed
    So season 3 ended.  How did you do?
    The new card back is a Naxxramas card back.  It’s mildly cursed according to the post.  http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/14642095/hearthstone%E2%84%A2-ranked-play-season-4-the-dread-necropolis-7-1-2014
    4. Hearthstone Calendar
    This week I was looking through a bunch of information about tournaments and competitions and came across this calendar that has most of them listed on it.
    Calendar of HearthStone events – https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=d1q45i96sa1djr4c7inpqc1ft0%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/New_York
    5. Dreamhack Releases Numbers
    DreamHack numbers released – 550,000 unique viewers throughout the tournament and during the finals, peaked at 55,000 simultaneous viewers.
    http://www.ongamers.com/articles/dreamhack-hearthstone-numbers-are-out-550-000-uniques/1100-1788/
    6. Naxxramas Primer
    In preparation for the upcoming expansion, Simplexity88 posted a summary of all the bosses in Naxx from World of Warcraft and their special abilities.  http://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/29hsn2/naxxramas_boss_overview/
     

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  • LOTI 001 : Kicking Off The Podcast
    Welcome to the very first episode of the Legend of the Innkeeper podcast.  In this episode, we introduce ourselves and give a little background into what we are about.  We also discuss our favorite aspects of the game and our favorite class.
    We then talk a little bit about news around the game including Dreamhack and the new cards that will be coming out in the upcoming expanion, Curse of Naxxramas.
    Then we talk a little about how you can become a better player with tips, ideas and strategies.  Ariannwyn mentioned a quiz you can take to help you learn the cars over at Icy Veins.  Icy Veins Hearthstone Quiz.
    Decks mentioned in this episode:
    Tempo Warrior
     
     
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About Legend of the Innkeeper : A Hearthstone Podcast for Casual Players

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The Legend of the Innkeeper is a podcast that is for the casual Hearthstone player. Each week we will share our stories, tips, news and more as we learn together. Join Vastidious and Espo along with…