Lurker > Camden

I've won five games over the last two days with Flare, card feels like an auto include right now if you're also playing Hunter. One of them wasn't even against another Hunter, I got a Rogue who rustled up three secrets of their own and after Flare hit they just went afk.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

I was honestly expecting to miss the playoffs because I changed to the Giants right before the game. Having no faith in Dallas has hurt me all year long it feels like.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Foles supposedly has a chest injury, but I imagine it's more of a 17 point lead in the 4th when you're already on your second QB so let's not tempt fate injury.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Even if you failed level 10 it was over, Foles isn't playing now so I can't pass level 9.

Edit: Still, after spending something like seven weeks on level 2 it was a nice run to finish off the year.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Apparently I should have jumped off Pittsburgh for my tiebreaker as well, might actually cost me the whole thing.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

And James Conner is playing? Nope. Switching.

Level 9: Mahomes > Foles > Watson

Tiebreaker 8:
Houston -0.5
Philadelphia -0.5
Baltimore -0.5
Pittsburgh -8.5
LA Chargers -0.5
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

I wish I knew whether or not Antonio Brown was playing. Wouldn't take Roethlisberger at the top of my chain if it was a hard no.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Change to the Giants.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Change to Giants.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

As Banana Mage, I matched up with a non-odd Mage who didn't play the quest on turn one. By turn three my hand had both copies of Arcane Intellect and Research Project, so I figured this game was going to end fast one way or the other. I play an AI and pass.

And then he plays two copies of Research Project, milling Simulacrum and both copies of Molten Reflection, and starts emoting constantly. Seems like he's playing the same thing, but either dumped the quest from his hand or is playing the non-quest variant. After about four turns of endless emotes to go along with me just trying to dump as much from my hand as I can, he leaves a Loot Hoarder up with nine cards. One ping later and his Antonidas is burned and he stops emoting for about ten seconds and concedes.

Kind of upset I didn't get to double Research Project myself and return the favor. Would have been fun to see if I could have manufactured some kind of a win out of what was left in my deck.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Level 9: Roethlisberger > Foles > Watson

Seems like going for the largest tiebreaker I can is my only real shot, though I don't feel confident on just getting past level 9 to begin with. Bad week to try and pick qbs when I'm not sure who is even going to play full games.

Tiebreaker 8:
Houston -0.5
Philadelphia -0.5
Baltimore -0.5
Pittsburgh -8.5
LA Chargers -0.5
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Buffalo Bills
Green Bay Packers
New England Patriots
New Orleans Saints LOCK
Dallas Cowboys
Atlanta Falcons
Houston Texans
Los Angeles Chargers
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Rams
Minnesota Vikings
Pittsburgh Steelers
Seattle Seahawks
Philadelphia Eagles LOCK
Baltimore Ravens LOCK
Indianpaolis Colts

Tiebreaker 653
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Buffalo Bills
Green Bay Packers
New England Patriots
New Orleans Saints
Dallas Cowboys
Atlanta Falcons
Houston Texans
Los Angeles Chargers
Kansas City Chiefs
Los Angeles Rams
Chicago Bears
Pittsburgh Steelers
Seattle Seahawks
Philadelphia Eagles
Baltimore Ravens
Indianapolis Colts

1) 14
2) 6
3) 56
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

I wonder if I locked all this week and picked every team left that I hadn't successfully locked, if I would actually fall out of the top 12 for making so many bad picks.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

I bought a set of used 3DS games from Gamestop recently during the buy two get one deal, first time I'd bought used games from them in many years. Two of them didn't even come with cases. They shipped them to me in those paper sleeves that cds/dvds are frequently in. It's the last time I buy a used game from Gamestop if they can't even bother to give me at least a blank case to put the thing in.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Kids, don't drink and craft Hearthstone decks. Or if you do, don't immediately just start playing them on ladder without looking first. Today, I played a Dead Mans Hand Dragon Mecha'thun Warrior with no discernible way to kill Mecha'thun the same turn that you play him. I also changed my Banana Mage by removing some of the cards until I no longer had enough random cards to finish the quest. Not sure if any of my 30 for 30 decks were changed yet or not.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

I've been spectacular this year at failing the bonus questions. Assuming I even advance, not sure if the better play is to go for level 8 or something easier and hope you don't hit anything.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Dead Man's Hand vs Academic Espionage is a nightmarishly long matchup considering that I encounter it frequently.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Level 8 done? I think I've still spent more time on level 2 than every level after it combined.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Going to miss finding a way to make Quest Mage work differently every time a new expansion comes out.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Ahh, doubles in a Reno deck. A player after my own heart.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy Remastered?
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Level 8
Tennessee (-3.5)
New England (-6.5)
Green Bay (+3.5)
LA Rams (-7.5)
Chicago (+2.5)

Bonus: 10
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Tennessee Titans
Los Angeles Chargers
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Minnesota Vikings
Indianapolis Colts
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots LOCK
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Atlanta Falcons
Los Angeles Rams LOCK
Chicago Bears
New Orleans Saints
Kansas City Chiefs
Oakland Raiders LOCK
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Tennessee Titans
Los Angeles Chargers
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Minnesota Vikings
Indianapolis Colts
Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Atlanta Falcons
Los Angeles Rams
Chicago Bears
New Orleans Saints
Kansas City Chiefs
Denver Broncos
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Just played an arena game where my opponent got around a dozen spells off of Witch's Cauldron. Played taunts in front of it and kept getting Spirit Echo so it took forever to get rid of entirely. Then, once I finally finished the last of them off, he turned five small leftover minions/totems into legendaries a turn or two later with The Storm Bringer when the only thing I had in play was a Kobold Apprentice.

It completely backfired. He got Sonya and Swamp King Dred, and I topdecked Shadow Madness. Got to play six Kobold Apprentices and cleared his entire board. I had no business winning that game.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

I think Saronite Chain Gang is the first nerfed card I actually had to think about before dusting. It's usually a no brainer.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Oh shit Wild Growth and Nourish are both getting nerfed!

Edit: Also, @davidponte should now hate Kingsbane substantially less.

And it apparently goes live tomorrow. Glad they didn't announce it far ahead of time this time, nothing like telling everyone a card is busted and needs to be fixed like making them continue to play against it for a while in said busted state.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Wasteland 2?
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

What's the largest Pogo-Hopper anyone has seen in a normal game, not one where someone is clearly trying to make them larger just to get a higher number? I just finished a quest to play 40 even cards in a single game against a Fuck You And Every Card You Play Priest and managed to get a 27 attack Pogo-Hopper before I was finally able to win.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Hey, level 8. Pretty sure it took me longer to get past level 2 than it did 3-7 combined.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

Unbound Punisher ended one of my runs, and nearly ended the run I eventually won on when I lost an entire board to it but managed to recover and win with something like 6 health. That was the second strongest card I ever came across, right behind the Mage dude that casts Fireball every time a spell is cast, along with the shrine that gives you all of those 0 mana spells. Over two turns I ate 13 or 14 Fireballs.
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Advokaiser crushed the competition en route to becoming Guru champion... And That's A Good Thing.

What's the closest finish we've had?
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Took 38 bosses, but I finished a run as Rogue.

Shrine - 0/2 that steals a card from the opponents deck at the start of your turn.
Buff - Summon a second shrine at the start of the game.
Raging Contender - 6/8/4, Rush, Deathrattle: Fill the board with pirates.
Salty Looter - 6/6/6, BattleRattle: Steal a card from the opponents hand.

Honestly it's probably one of the weaker shrines, but it seemed like a whole lot of fun. It actually won me a game when I eventually fatigued that Warrior who has the shrine with attack equal to his armor.

SaintAkira7 posted...

Bout to start my first Rumble Run. What's the consensus; easy(er) like the Witchwood one or hard(er) like K&C Dungeon Run?

My experience so far is that the middle stages are harder but the end is a lot easier. The bosses from 4-6 would just run away with games if I let them get any kind of momentum.
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MetalmindStats posted...

Wait a moment, what the heck happened here? I assume it was a typo?

Kind of.

XIII_rocks 12/12/2018 3:38:42 PM#56
Change:

Zelda with 94.11%

creativename 12/12/2018 3:43:38 PM#57
XIII_rocks posted...

Change:

Zelda with 94.11%

@XIII_rocks

I think you want to change this!

XIII_rocks 12/12/2018 3:44:29 PM#59
You're right.

Change

Zelda with 95.11%

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Mage has a shrine that gives it a Mage themed Moonfire every time something is frozen. They also get a minion that casts a Fireball at a random enemy every time they cast a spell. So of course I have a full board and they play Frost Nova, giving them seven free Fireballs, followed by Blizzard on their next turn, giving them another seven free Fireballs.

That run came to an end awfully damn quick.

Edit: The tables have turned. https://imgur.com/mtydVzx
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Mage has a shrine that gives it a Mage themed Moonfire every time something is frozen. They also get a minion that casts a Fireball at a random enemy every time they cast a spell. So of course I have a full board and they play Frost Nova, giving them seven free Fireballs, followed by Blizzard on their next turn, giving them another seven free Fireballs.

That run came to an end awfully damn quick.
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Playing my first rumble run right now, and it's not looking so good. Took Shaman with spells cost 2 less and have literally been offered one good spell through my first four picks. I have more copies of Cairne in this deck than good spells.

That said, none of the first four bosses has had anything threatening so it's still been easy so far.

Edit: Never mind, 0 good spells. Volcano is terrible when you have a ten health totem on board.
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If Mario won today I think I'd have finished higher on the actual contest leaderboard than I will in Oracle.
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Link - 61%
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Kansas City Chiefs
Houston Texans
Denver Broncos
Atlanta Falcons
Detroit Lions LOCK
Chicago Bears
Oakland Raiders LOCK
Indianapolis Colts
Minnesota Vikings
Tennessee Titans
Jacksonville Jaguars LOCK
Baltimore Ravens
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints
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Kansas City Chiefs
Houston Texans
Denver Broncos
Atlanta Falcons
Detroit Lions
Chicago Bears
Oakland Raiders
Indianapolis Colts
Minnesota Vikings
Tennessee Titans
Jacksonville Jaguars
Baltimore Ravens
Seattle Seahawks
New England Patriots
Los Angeles Rams
New Orleans Saints
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My first two games in the new tavern brawl, my opponents had the exact same opening.

Turn 1: Pass
Turn 2: Keleseth
Turn 3: Surrender To Madness

Both games I'm playing Dragon Warrior, so here I am with all of these big ass dragons that aren't helping me at all early on and all of a sudden my opponents entire deck is +3/+3. The only reason I even won the second game was because they decided to drop two 4/6 Acolytes late and I had Warpath in my hand.
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Level 7
QB: Philip Rivers
RB: Derrick Henry
WR: Antonio Brown

Bonus: 9

Tiebreaker Level 6: Houston (-12.5)
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Zelda with 51%
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Mario - 52%
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I haven't even looked at the deck lists, overall is Whizbang better or worse than before?
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Link - 60%
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Cloud - 56%
Mario - 51%
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Cloud - 55%
Mario - 52%
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