Used to be my pinned tweet, but I like it so to recap:
I decided I wanted it, so I applied like 30 times over 5 years, buffing my skills, connections, and presentation each time until finally it was the right fit.
After 5 years and 20+ applications, I'm incredibly excited to finally share that I'll be starting at Blizzard on Monday as a Writer, working on Hearthstone content!
@Blavity
I love Terry Crews and support him and this movement, but your article is sensationalist and misleading. I'm a lawyer; an IME is standard practice in any lawsuit in which mental state is at issue--including any lawsuit in which the plaintiff claims emotional distress.
Hey guys! I designed a set. A whole
#Hearthstone
set. 135 cards. And then I made some pretty graphics and wrote about the process here. It took... a REALLY long time, so if you could check it out, that'd be appreciated.
🚨UPDATE: Team is confident we can get the patch out tomorrow. 🎉
Patch Notes (most languages) are scheduled for tomorrow 9am Pacific. Patch itself to follow (still aiming for 10am, but can't confirm exact time at this point).
The Death Knight symbol is because there’s a general rules/system change coming for Death Knight, that will generally make it weaker and curb some negative play experiences. Details on Thursday.
The weirdest part about Blizzcon is when you get back from Blizzcon and need to spend the week catching up on all the Blizzcon announcements that you missed because you were too busy at Blizzcon.
Today is my two year anniversary at Blizzard! It feels both like I just got here, and like I’ve always been. I get to work with amazing folks every day, on my favorite game ever. Here’s to many more years!
Good morning and happy launch week! As we prepare for tomorrow's launch and set rotation, I wanted to remind folks of this--just in case those of you who dust your rotating cards might want to hold onto them this time (at least until you see what's on the way).
Additionally, the team has heard feedback on format balance, particularly loudly from the Wild community. There's a few moving pieces that go into that, so nothing to share yet, but the team is working on it.
Twitch chat is being predictably Twitch chat on the GM stream right now, but
"Spam 🍆 this🍆donger🍆 to 🍆free 🍆Hong🍆 Kongers"
Is one of the best copypastas I've ever seen.
I know most of you probably buy in-game, but one of my jobs is writing the web shop copy for products and "BUY, INSECT!" is one of my favorite things I've gotten through approvals.
Hey all, I hope you’re enjoying the reveals! On another important topic, the team has put together a statement on the accessibility issue that was raised by many of you last week. Thank you so much to GuideDev and the blind community.
Chat complains when combo wins, when aggro wins, when control wins, or when midrange wins.
🤔 I'm beginning to think that chat just likes complaining...
@MichaelCoudrey
Report this tweet as election misinformation. WI has same-day voter registration and what we are seeing happening is what everyone has been telling us for weeks would happen.
This was a great week! The job is everything I thought and more, my team has been kind and inviting, and I have seen and heard about so much great stuff coming down the line! It’s unreal and I love it so much. 10/10, would devote 5 years of my life towards this goal again.
*Wins 2-3 games in a row on ladder.*
“LOOKS LIKE WE’RE HITTING LEGEND THIS MONTH, BOYS”
*Loses 2-3 games in a row with the same exact deck*
“Nevermind, I’m deleting this deck, and my account, and I’m never even saying the word ‘Hearthstone’ again.”
And so ends my first BlizzCon as a Blizzard employee. It was huge, beautiful, exciting, and exhausting. Thank you all for making this amazing community! Special thanks to everyone who came around to say hi. 💙💙💙
I never understood the "Hearthstone needs more beef," "our trash talk is weak," "we need more heels" takes.
I like it when we all just play cards together and say nice things and give people likes when they make cool content.
@FoxNews
"Our guy broke the rules so hard that people had to step in 65 more times than the other guy" is an interesting thing to highlight right before the election.
Me: *Reviewing video clips*
Wife: Are you playing?
Me: No, working!
Me: *Going in client to check an issue*
Wife: Are you playing?
Me: Still working!
Me: *Participating in a playtest*
Wife: Okay, now I can see you're just playing.
Me: You're not going to believe this...
@AllissaByGrace
Two women wearing Victorian dresses and holding parasols or something, leaning in for a kiss. The other stuff is background noise that I didn't initially see, but once I got to the first bit, the parts on top became clouds and then dirigibles.
It's our general policy not to comment on any accused cheaters, investigations, or actions against cheaters because nearly any comment tends to help the cheaters.
Thanks for the Birthday wishes, y'all. Here's the gameplan:
- Just had pancakes for breakfast
- Going to Taco Bell for lunch
- Watching football and drinking White Claws
- Hanging out with my lovely wife
- Playing video games throughout
Ideal weekend.
Hotfix rolling out across the regions now. Includes bug fixes and some balance changes to a few modes, including a pre-emptive balance change for that ONE deck that some of us saw during Theorycrafting.
I don’t think it should be surprising to learn that dev teams prioritize bug fixes, or that the prioritization process includes an assessment of how many people are affected by the bug and how badly they are affected. It would be incredibly stupid to do it any other way.
My favorite deck since the balance changes. 6-0 at ~2500 Legend. Pretty sure the key there was dodging Warrior, but repeatedly shooting for 8 is my thing, I guess.
And how about that Alliance being ahead in the battle for Alterac Valley?! I really did not see that coming. All you Horde players are so loud on here that I thought we were outnumbered like 10:1.
That said, a player that was recently highlighted by the community has been banned. They will be removed from the leaderboards once more of our team is back in the office. Please know we see your reports and take cheating very seriously. Thanks and have a nice weekend, everyone.
@PlayHearthstone
To those of you in the comments who might think: "wait, Lady Prestor can't generate a Colossal minion because none of them are dragons."
... You're right, that's my bad.
This is my first time going through something like this, so I don't know how to respond, but to say my job was spared (thank you all for your concerns), we lost lots of great folks, and that absolutely sucked.
I see you all are already all over this, but everyone join me in wishing our boy
@RidiculousHat
a happy birthday! This guy is a force for the community and a great friend. 🎉🎉🎉
Dev snuck a couple extra updates into the gift cards:
- the Wild Growth generated here is the 2-mana version
- Priest’s Gift includes a 9-mana Mind Control
Malfurion's gift is a 4 mana Wild Growth. I guess its sticking around after all. Would be pretty Wild if they made Wild Growth 2 mana though, and I'm definitely not making this tweet to get a dev to confirm that it is indeed 2 mana again. Right
@SongbirdCora
?
My favorite deck since the balance changes. 6-0 at ~2500 Legend. Pretty sure the key there was dodging Warrior, but repeatedly shooting for 8 is my thing, I guess.
We’re trying a slightly different format with the Standard image (buffs side) giving the general aims instead of all the specifics. There might be a surprise or two when the full notes come. 👀
Let me know Thursday what you think of this teasier teaser.
10 years as a live game is a hell of an accomplishment. I’m so happy to have Hearthstone in my life for so long. The gameplay, the stories, and, most of all, the community have had a huge impact on me. I’m incredibly lucky to be part of this fanbase and now team. TY Hearthstone!
Hey all, I love you, but I'm not really the right contact for reporting bugs. The proper way to report bugs is to post on the bug report forums. To do that efficiently, it's best to create or respond to a post with one clear, specific issue stated (so you don't bury your report).
Hey everyone, patch is running a tad late while the team works on something. Exact ETA still being worked out. Has nothing to do with my coffee, I swear.
This was the first Christmas since 1996 that I didn’t get one video game as any of my gifts. Identity in shambles. Wife says I can’t call myself a gamer any more. Going to reevaluate what went wrong in my life and start fixing this for the new year