Maybe the real [Heroes of the Storm] were the friends we made along the way

milk ducks

What's new?

• Nothing. Game's dead.

Don't support Blizzard Entertainment.

ArcTangent

I genuinely appreciate this thread's antipathy for each new iteration and worsening of Blizzard's bullshit that comes to light.

It's a welcome... difference.

Inquisitor77

Oh wow. Bobby Kotick is a sociopath.

You can't see my face right now but it's my surprised face.

MMMig

Floyd. He'll prob give up his 'salary' as penance and dance all the way to the bank from options and 3 golden chutes.

kime

ArcTangent wrote: »

I genuinely appreciate this thread's antipathy for each new iteration and worsening of Blizzard's bullshit that comes to light.

It's a welcome... difference.

It's just ducks' antipathy. We all dislike Blizzard though, but ducks is one of the few who still posts in the thread and also thinks the game is entirely dead :P

But seriously don't give Blizzard money

Munkus Beaver

Give me money

Lucascraft

I've been thinking about this game lately.

Also, hello everyone!

Too bad this game is dead now. I was just thinking about how Illidan was (maybe still is?) the ultimate chase character, and there's no getting away from a good Illidan.

I was also thinking about how totally fucking awesome Auriel is. And also Morales. Love me some medic. Also also Kerrigan was difficult to play but really good in the right hands (not my hands (god no, I sucked at Kerrigan)). Triple also, man LiLi was great. I was a LiLi main there for a while. Also Brighting. Before the nerfs. Back when Brightwing was good. Brightwing was my one true main (pre-nerfs).

MMMig

Actually ia anyone still playing D2?

My usual streamers ran through it in a week and that's it.

Brainleech

I followed the advice of don't support Blizzard by not getting D2 even though I like playing Diablo
It was not a surprise it is a buggy mess

I have no idea how to play certain characters like Brightwing I see the heals in game but I have no idea how to spec him or even play it. Even in AI games where you are set up to lose is becoming a common theme as I try to learn characters I have no idea how to play since the weekly brawl doesn't have the box but still the random element to it {and a map I hate}

Nobody

The Diablo thread still active, almost all of it is D2 related at this point.

Dibby

Diablo 3 is dead and Diablo 4 isn't real and can't hurt you

*nods affirmatively*

kime

Lucascraft wrote: »

I've been thinking about this game lately.

Also, hello everyone!

Too bad this game is dead now. I was just thinking about how Illidan was (maybe still is?) the ultimate chase character, and there's no getting away from a good Illidan.

I was also thinking about how totally fucking awesome Auriel is. And also Morales. Love me some medic. Also also Kerrigan was difficult to play but really good in the right hands (not my hands (god no, I sucked at Kerrigan)). Triple also, man LiLi was great. I was a LiLi main there for a while. Also Brighting. Before the nerfs. Back when Brightwing was good. Brightwing was my one true main (pre-nerfs).

(It's not dead)

MNC Dover

Lucascraft wrote: »

I've been thinking about this game lately.

Also, hello everyone!

Too bad this game is dead now. I was just thinking about how Illidan was (maybe still is?) the ultimate chase character, and there's no getting away from a good Illidan.

I was also thinking about how totally fucking awesome Auriel is. And also Morales. Love me some medic. Also also Kerrigan was difficult to play but really good in the right hands (not my hands (god no, I sucked at Kerrigan)). Triple also, man LiLi was great. I was a LiLi main there for a while. Also Brighting. Before the nerfs. Back when Brightwing was good. Brightwing was my one true main (pre-nerfs).

Brightwing is super good right now and is getting banned at every level.

MMMig

Yeah hots isn't dead. Most queue times are pretty quick, at all tiers I think.


Just don't expect it to change much and don't spend a single dollar on it.

Maybe if Floyd gets ousted I might actually spend some real $ as celebration and a nod to Blizz. Like that'll ever happen though...

tyrantula22

kime wrote: »

Lucascraft wrote: »

I've been thinking about this game lately.

Also, hello everyone!

Too bad this game is dead now. I was just thinking about how Illidan was (maybe still is?) the ultimate chase character, and there's no getting away from a good Illidan.

I was also thinking about how totally fucking awesome Auriel is. And also Morales. Love me some medic. Also also Kerrigan was difficult to play but really good in the right hands (not my hands (god no, I sucked at Kerrigan)). Triple also, man LiLi was great. I was a LiLi main there for a while. Also Brighting. Before the nerfs. Back when Brightwing was good. Brightwing was my one true main (pre-nerfs).

(It's not dead)

It might not be *dead* dead, but come on. The game is at least in a coma and on life support. Just because people still play a game doesn't mean it isn't dead. People still play old games like Tribes, does that mean it isn't dead? Dibby just called D3 dead, but people still play that and I'm pretty sure it gets more dev attention (or at least not any less) than HOTS does.

(does this mean it's time to restart the discussion of what classifies a dead game?)

MNC Dover

tyrantula22 wrote: »

kime wrote: »

Lucascraft wrote: »

I've been thinking about this game lately.

Also, hello everyone!

Too bad this game is dead now. I was just thinking about how Illidan was (maybe still is?) the ultimate chase character, and there's no getting away from a good Illidan.

I was also thinking about how totally fucking awesome Auriel is. And also Morales. Love me some medic. Also also Kerrigan was difficult to play but really good in the right hands (not my hands (god no, I sucked at Kerrigan)). Triple also, man LiLi was great. I was a LiLi main there for a while. Also Brighting. Before the nerfs. Back when Brightwing was good. Brightwing was my one true main (pre-nerfs).

(It's not dead)

It might not be *dead* dead, but come on. The game is at least in a coma and on life support. Just because people still play a game doesn't mean it isn't dead. People still play old games like Tribes, does that mean it isn't dead? Dibby just called D3 dead, but people still play that and I'm pretty sure it gets more dev attention (or at least not any less) than HOTS does.

(does this mean it's time to restart the discussion of what classifies a dead game?)

No. That discussion is dead.

milk ducks

The copium fumes in this thread are honestly so thick that folks in other first-page threads get contact highs.

kime

milk ducks wrote: »

The copium fumes in this thread are honestly so thick that folks in other first-page threads get contact highs.

You don't have to post here

MNC Dover

milk ducks wrote: »

The copium fumes in this thread are honestly so thick that folks in other first-page threads get contact highs.

I was going to ask what copium is, but have decided I'd probably be better off not knowing.

milk ducks

You don't have to post here

Are you kidding? Kime, I live for it.

kime

milk ducks wrote: »

You don't have to post here

Are you kidding? Kime, I live for it.

I guess like.... as someone who enjoys talking about this game and playing this game, your posts are starting to go from "always negative" (which is annoying in excess already), more to "increasingly condescending"? More and more as though you are trying to put down any positive feelings anyone else has here.

I'm not your mom, you can do what you want and you can post here like that if you want, but given that we've had good times in the past I felt it fair to let you know my own thoughts. Before I start ignoring you :P

Bizazedo

MNC Dover wrote: »

I was going to ask what copium is, but have decided I'd probably be better off not knowing.

Copium and Hopium were my favorite new words I learned during the Presidential election.

milk ducks

kime wrote: »

I guess like.... as someone who enjoys talking about this game and playing this game, your posts are starting to go from "always negative" (which is annoying in excess already), more to "increasingly condescending"? More and more as though you are trying to put down any positive feelings anyone else has here.

Fair enough. To be honest, I do it mostly because I know my hyperbolic bullshit drives activity in the thread. But I can ease up.

Whelk

milk ducks wrote: »

kime wrote: »

I guess like.... as someone who enjoys talking about this game and playing this game, your posts are starting to go from "always negative" (which is annoying in excess already), more to "increasingly condescending"? More and more as though you are trying to put down any positive feelings anyone else has here.

Fair enough. To be honest, I do it mostly because I know my hyperbolic bullshit drives activity in the thread. But I can ease up.

So you're saying you've been feeding me bad advice about soaking for years? I should just teamfight constantly??

MNC Dover

Whelk wrote: »

milk ducks wrote: »

kime wrote: »

I guess like.... as someone who enjoys talking about this game and playing this game, your posts are starting to go from "always negative" (which is annoying in excess already), more to "increasingly condescending"? More and more as though you are trying to put down any positive feelings anyone else has here.

Fair enough. To be honest, I do it mostly because I know my hyperbolic bullshit drives activity in the thread. But I can ease up.

So you're saying you've been feeding me bad advice about soaking for years? I should just teamfight constantly??

Fuck! No wonder I haven't been able to get out of Bronze. Thanks Ducks! :P

MMMig

I still don't know what copium means.

Lots of twitch words I don't know.
I think I know what pog and poggers are now at least.

SeGaTai

Turning the hots thread into a class for twitch slang is the true sign only boomers play this game game

ArcTangent

kime wrote: »

ArcTangent wrote: »

I genuinely appreciate this thread's antipathy for each new iteration and worsening of Blizzard's bullshit that comes to light.

It's a welcome... difference.

It's just ducks' antipathy. We all dislike Blizzard though, but ducks is one of the few who still posts in the thread and also thinks the game is entirely dead :P

But seriously don't give Blizzard money

You might be surprised and dismayed at how many people rationalize all this as pretty much the same as cop stuff:

"Well, I supported Blizzard before, and now they're getting rid of the shitty people, so there's even MORE reason to like them now, and if you're not applauding all the ways they're trying to fix things, and all the Good Employees that are also upset at the bad apples, you're part of the problem."

Each new incident or person that comes to light is just another example of how they're totally taking it seriously and things are improving!

kime

I doubt I'd be surprised to be honest

MMMig

SeGaTai wrote: »

Turning the hots thread into a class for twitch slang is the true sign only boomers play this game game

KEKw

(I don't know what that means but it feels right)

Whelk

MMMig wrote: »

SeGaTai wrote: »

Turning the hots thread into a class for twitch slang is the true sign only boomers play this game game

KEKw

(I don't know what that means but it feels right)

monkas

Whelk

(If I got that wrong, will a younger man tell me why, plz.)

forty

HotS isn't so much dead as it is stabbed and bleeding out, but still sort of crawling toward a hospital.

Shadowfire

Whelk wrote: »

MMMig wrote: »

SeGaTai wrote: »

Turning the hots thread into a class for twitch slang is the true sign only boomers play this game game

KEKw

(I don't know what that means but it feels right)

monkas

P.. poggers..

Hi5!

Dibby

Real talk anytime ducks doesn't post in this thread it gets bumped all the way down to like page 2/3/4+

MNC Dover

Dibby wrote: »

Real talk anytime ducks doesn't post in this thread it gets bumped all the way down to like page 2/3/4+

Not true. I post in this thread more than anyone else. I AM THE BUMP MASTER!

MMMig

Dover's screen shots are a true contribution to social science proofs as to why we can't have nice things.

MMMig

So hogger was announced Nov 23rd with a Dec 1st release date.


A man boy can dream...

milk ducks

Taliesin mentioned in the latest T&E episode that Blizzard employees were given Thanksgiving week off of work, so I doubt we'll see any announcements in that time frame.

MMMig

"We've given our folk some time off for the holidays. Apparently it overlaps with some walkathon or whatever? We're glad we could help!!"

SyphonBlue

milk ducks wrote: »

Taliesin mentioned in the latest T&E episode that Blizzard employees were given Thanksgiving week off of work, so I doubt we'll see any announcements in that time frame.

It was announced right before the Kotick article was dropped, too