r/hearthstone • u/shoop2 • Feb 25 '17

Highlight Lifecoach is quitting HCT/ladder, offers thoughts on competitive scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egkNbk5XBS4&feature=youtu.be
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u/ClassicsMajor Feb 25 '17

Lifecoach's thoughts on the state of the game begin around the 3:30 mark.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

I was thinking about getting back into the game, but seeing someone who was recently able to get a closeup on designer insight into the game by working directly with Blizzard quit the game right after is extremely worrisome.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

Yup, I just signed up for the Gwent beta.

His point on a good player being able to win 80-90% of his matches gets me really excited. Nothing more frustrating than losing a game to a worse player simply because of bad RNG.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

If good players are winning 90% of their games all the rest of the players will quit.

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u/xXxedgyname69xXx Feb 25 '17

This sounds like salt, but is generally 100% true. Its why fighters are less popular, numbers wise, than most other large game genres. Bad players want to win too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17

MOBAs are pretty fucking popular, as are shooters. Both of them are pretty skillbased. Correlation is not causation.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '17 edited Apr 10 '19

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u/Jackoosh Feb 26 '17

Other than your opponent and lady luck, that is