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Matt London

1 year

So you’ve just been laid off from your gaming job. Now what? First: don’t panic. Here are some observations from having gone through a couple of these before. Everyone’s path is different, but these are things I learned along the way… 🧵

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Matt London

@themattlondon

8 months

No sword for me. I’ve been let go from Blizzard, along with many many others on the Survival team. I will be actively looking for opportunities for myself and my teammates so please let me know. Stay loving, friends ✌️

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

You're in a job interview with the Hearthstone game director. "What's your favorite game of all time and WHY?" If you say, "Oh I have a bunch of favorites," you will not get the job. If you say "Hearthstone" there will be rolling of eyes. What do you say?

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Hi All! Recently we've seen a lot of passionate conversation regarding the Hearthstone Wild format. Thank you for that. Today, we kicked off a "Wild Summit," a big internal discussion about the state of the format and how we can bring you the best possible experience. 1/2

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Matt London

@themattlondon

4 years

The lady at Starbucks saw my Hearthstone mask and asked if I play. She flipped when I said I worked on the game. Then she bowed. Then she told my kid her dad is cool. I love this job.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Some exciting and surprising news from me:

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Deep down, we’re all unannounced survival games.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Drop a Like if you would actually want to see Hearthstone Mild as a new Tavern Brawl.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Introducing Hearthstone Twist! Also known as the past 18 months of my life. In this new mode, the card pool and rules rotate often, with so many new cool ways to play Constructed.

Hearthstone

@PlayHearthstone

1 year

Introducing Hearthstone’s New Mode: Twist! A fun new way to play with card pools and rules that get twisted up throughout the year. 📜

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Which is your favorite? 🗨️Backstab ♻️Preparation ❤️Shadowstep

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Today marks two years on Hearthstone. I’m so proud of what the team has accomplished in that time, and grateful for such incredible opportunities.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Wild has a lot of moving parts. It's unlikely adjustments will happen this week, but we're committed to building a great plan for Wild and sharing more info once we do. Thanks! /end

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Matt London

@themattlondon

4 years

After ten months on the job, thousands of REDACTED, and never setting foot in the Blizzard office, it is surreal to see her standing there with that torch. I honestly did a double take at my own bnet client. Two. More. Days.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

This is good feedback, well presented, critical, and respectful. We’re working on short and long term solutions to these issues. Power outliers, Discover, and snowball effects. We have a surprise planned for the next patch, and I hope this spices things up until we have a fix.

Zeddy

@ZeddyHS

2 years

I would like to tag @themattlondon on my latest video as I go over the reasons why I no longer will be playing arena and what I think could be done to improve the arena experience. I love arena, but what it is right now is not enjoyable, at least for me.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Hearthstone Group AMA #1 4:00PM - 5:00PM PST Ask us a question about Hearthstone! I'm joined by @Songbird_HS @Celestalon @AlecoGereco @Chakki_HS @JohnEvMcIntyre So drop a follow to all these great people, and we'll answer all the questions we can.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Legendary C’Thun here is the capstone of my last round of cosmetics for Hearthstone. A special gift of this was getting to collaborate with my old friend Joel Landes (HS Art Outsource) on these designs. Why Druid? C’Thun Druid was my main during Wonders era. Don’t @ me. Xoxo

Zeddy

@ZeddyHS

1 year

The best Legendary Portrait yet! C'thun is coming for Druid!

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Blizzard is full of people who were inspired by its games and fought like hell to get here. You can bet we're going to fight like hell to make Blizzard the place we dreamed it would be.

Amsel ✨

@Zuulzilla

3 years

My first day at Blizzard is the 29th. For obvious reasons, it’s been difficult to celebrate and share my excitement. My heart is hurting. But… I fought so damn hard to get here. I don’t want to look back on these moments and see only that they were celebrated in silence. 🧵

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Me: I made a card! Me: I made a cool card! Me: This is the best card I've ever seen! @GallonHS : This card is in Rastakhan's Rumble. @GallonHS : It's also unplayable.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Every Player Matters A plan is forming to ensure that no matter how you enjoy playing Hearthstone, there are things in the works to surprise and delight YOU. But to explain the plan, I have to tell you about my new job… 🧵

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Hearthstone is hiring an Associate Game Designer to join our Final Design team. High level understanding of competitive Hearthstone is a must. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to join a game with no previous professional experience. Give it your all.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

I’m thinking about ways to bring better incentives to Hearthstone players to reward them for playing and having fun. What would you like to see? It doesn’t even have to be something we offer in the game right now.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

That's all, folks.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Closed the last bug in the last chapter of Book of Mercenaries today. It might not be the brightest star in the brilliant Hearthstone constellation, but it has been my passion for almost two years.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Book of Mercenaries Bru'kan is live! Please enjoy the adventure of this brave old soul. (art by @AlexHorleyArt )

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

I signed this.

Polygon

@Polygon

3 years

Activision Blizzard employees call leadership response to harassment suit ‘abhorrent and insulting’ in open letter

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

I'm a dad x2! If I seem out of sorts lately, I'd like to introduce the beautiful source of my sleep deprivation. This is Zoe Violet London, born on Thanksgiving, and I am very thankful for her.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Hey Wild players, if the Hearthstone genie granted you one wish for Wild, what would it be?

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

A Thread: Happy 9th Birthday to Hearthstone! To celebrate, let's talk about 9 cards that are special to me. This list is all over the place. Milestones for the game. Milestones for me personally. This list will be totally different next year. (Plus, it will have 10 cards.)

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

I’m very thankful for all of you. I was going to post a thread on Book of Mercenaries Scabbs today but it looks like we might be having a baby instead. 😬

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Today we made some balance adjustments to Wild. As mentioned in the patch notes, these changes are intended to curb some negative play experiences. Some of you may be asking, "Why this combo and not this other combo?" 1/3

25.4.3 Patch Notes

Patch 25.4.3 includes balance changes for Standard, Wild, Battlegrounds, and Duels!

hearthstone.blizzard.com

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

If you enjoyed @PlayHearthstone single player content this year, please consider purchasing the Tavern Pass. Book of Mercenaries is free, and showing your love of our original characters with sweet cosmetics shows The Books have value. Plus, tons of other awesome rewards and XP!

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

One of the most contentious aspects of any strategy card game is the dreaded OTK. But did you know there are good OTKs and bad OTKs? Here’s how to spot the difference:

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Lost four followers over that anti-school shooting tweet. Not too upset about offending the pro-murder lobby.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Yes, I'm disappointed with how our leader's bad behavior has damaged this week's Hearthstone reveal, but that's nothing compared to my sadness for the people harmed by the abusers he sheltered. A lot of us are angry, and it's about much more than the work.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

It's not ideal to post this on Sunday night from a personal Twitter, but I want Arena players to know that there will be no changes to Arena with the upcoming patch, 23.2. However, changes have been implemented internally and are coming soon. Quick thread:

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Tamsin Roame

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Guff Runetotem

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

To celebrate the launch of Book of Mercenaries Cariel, I wanted to share some fun insights from the development of this chapter! Light spoilers below. I hope you'll follow along!

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

It's been a long time coming, but we're here at last. Twist's full launch, the debut of the new Wonders format, and Hearthstone's first direct-to-Wild set, Caverns of Time. 🧵about all this!

Hearthstone

@PlayHearthstone

1 year

Massive Battlegrounds and Wild updates are coming soon in Patch 27.2! ⚡ Season 5, Anomalies, and Tier 7! ⌛ Details on Caverns of Time, our first Direct-to-Wild card set! ⚔️ Standard balance changes. 📜 Much more! Read the full Patch Notes now:

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Here's what my first game of Twist is going to look like. How about you?

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

tl;dr If you like Wild and Classic, “limited formats,” solo content, or wacky experiments, give me a Follow and we’ll go on this journey together.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

My Hearthstone goal is to make this quest fun and exciting.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

4 years

I am thrilled to announce that I have joined @Blizzard_Ent on the @PlayHearthstone team. This is a dream come true. Thank you to everyone who has carried me to this point.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

It’s New Years and I want to see some fireworks. What would people think if we went wild with Wild? Ban all quests, Genn and Baku, shudderwock, 20 worst mana cheating cards?

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

I’m going to finally get this and it’s gonna get nerfed, isn’t it?

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Do you like how we just slipped this in there?

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

This is probably obvious, but telling someone how much you hate everything they make is not a strong motivator to get them to make your preferred content.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

@ZeddyHS Yup! Long term improvements to Arena are on the list of things Modes wants to take on. Things we’ve talked about: - Better UI - skill based matchmaking - Lower barrier to entry for newcomers Things we haven’t talked about: - Additional ways to spend in the mode

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Love this class. So great for the game.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

It is so inspiring to see all the support, excitement, and conversation around Twist, Wonders, and Caverns of Time. Much thanks to the Hearthstone community. So inspired, I might summon a random Legendary minion.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Kind of surreal that it’s all over. Farewell, mercenaries, maybe we’ll see you again someday.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

8 months

My proudest achievement at Blizzard is the ability to help coach incredibly talented devs. They are going to soar.

Charles Dunn 💙

@TinMan354

8 months

Matt is an amazing developer who helped me immensely with his mentorship during my time in Hearthstone. Blizzard will dearly miss him, and any other studio would be blessed to have him.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Question of the Day What effect would this card have on Hearthstone? 1 Mana Spell Look at your opponent’s hand. Choose a card from it. They discard that card.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Hardest thing to leave behind is our fans and creators. But—now I’m one of you!

Ben Hearthstone

@ben_heathstone

1 year

Matt London is leaving Hearthstone. He has done so much including providing narrative direction, leading Modes and serving as a positive public face. He’s always been great to the fans. What I’ll remember most is his creation of the Mercenaries characters. #hearthstone 1/2

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Arena changes will go live in a hotfix shortly after the release of 23.2. Arena players are some of the most engaged, passionate, and longest tenured Hearthstone players we have. We want to provide them with a best in class experience. Thanks for sticking with us.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

7 months

Found on the west coast! @RidiculousHat

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

How it started: How it's going:

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

We're thinking about stories for future Hearthstone expansions. Which mercenaries would you like to see return? Drop a Like or comment and let us know your favorites.

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@themattlondon

3 years

Kind of a crazy idea: would people be interested in a kind of designer’s commentary for Book of Mercenaries? Maybe a Twitch stream with live Q&A? Nothing formal/official, just casual play and conversation.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

I got Ok Boomer-ed in a meeting today when I made a reference to TMNT II: Secret of the Ooze, and I would like my AARP card now, thank you.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

It’s hard to find enough time for Hearthstone at present. Because I spend so much time playing Hearthstone in the future. Which means I play a lot of Hearthstone in the past. You’ll get it someday.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

If you made a Hearthstone expansion focused on the powers and lore of just ONE character, who would it be? For example: Imagine a set just called “Sylvanas”

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Hi new followers. Welcome! This is your one stop shop for Hearthstone Modes. So what’s fun? What’s broken?

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@themattlondon

3 years

Tavish portraits are coming. And they’re great. His Concede line is very salty — one of my favorites.

Machadogps

@machadogps

3 years

One Impostor Among Us. #hearthstone #tavish

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Varden Dawngrasp

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Matt London

@themattlondon

1 year

Love the Hearthstone community so much. Thinking tomorrow I might do a livestream and AMA. Not an official thing, just me taking the day off to hang out and play the new Wonders format in Twist.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

4 years

Quietly announced during the @PlayHearthstone Q&A: Book of Mercenaries -- an epic, serialized adventure featuring all 10 new mercenary heroes from Year of the Gryphon.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Ok but what if (and just go with me here) what if I started not one but two D&D campaigns and set them in the same world in different locations with different reasons for pursuing the same quest and then merged them in a grand Avengers Endgame style climax???

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Hundreds of people worked for two years to bring you this blog post!

Hearthstone

@PlayHearthstone

2 years

We march at dawn. Patch 25.0 is here. 🧊 March of the Lich King arrives December 6! 🧊 Battlegrounds Updates 🧊 Duels Revamp 🧊 And more!

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@themattlondon

2 years

Arena players in shambles

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Let this be a lesson to all of you that if you whine annoyingly enough you can accomplish anything. 🤜🤛

Dom 💙

@DCalkosz

3 years

Diablo will be removed from Battlegrounds on Tuesday

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Hey folks -- there is a big problem with Discover and random generation in Arena right now. I would encourage you not to play Arena mode until we have a fix. Really sorry about this. @hsdecktech and I will update as we get more info.

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@themattlondon

1 year

@RidiculousHat 🎤Official🎙Hearthstone🎤Podcast🎙

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

In addition to adding Darius (my favorite dungeon run hero of all time) Duels is getting its most important update ever. ALL powers, ALL treasures, for ALL heroes, will be unlocked in 24.0. So be sure to jump in and play some Duels! Hats off to @Tabayrak for making this happen.

Zeddy

@ZeddyHS

2 years

My Duels reveal is out! Hope you all enjoy and I'm so excited for the content especially NO MORE unlocks required for all Hero Powers and Treasures. Still can't believe I got to reveal something, huge thank you to @PlayHearthstone @alkali_layke @Tabayrak

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@themattlondon

2 years

So now you know the truth. When minions are weak, combo saves control. If you enjoyed this thread, drop a Like and reply with your favorite “good” OTK.

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@themattlondon

2 years

Behind the scenes at the March of the Lich King reveal filming.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

If this gets 38 likes before I finish this bowl of guacamole I'll stream Hearthstone tonight even though it's super late, I don't have OBS on my computer, and my kids could wake up at any time.

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@themattlondon

3 years

It’s my 13th month at Blizzard and just had my first face to face with a coworker. Thanks boba place! Thanks dev shirts!

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@themattlondon

5 months

Very proud of Ates’s hard work and championing of Duels over the years. Must also recognize the hard work of Brad Heinze, Ben Lee, Pat Nagle, the UI and UX team, engineering, QA, live ops team, production, and many others who touched Duels. And the players most of all.

Zeddy

@ZeddyHS

5 months

It's time to say goodbye to Duels. Will be doing our last ever Duels Saturday on stream right now. Big thank you to @Tabayrak for everything you did for this mode, it deserved better than this.

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@themattlondon

3 years

What mercenary art would YOU most like to see as a hero skin? Voidtouched Xyrella? The Young Rogue Cariel? Pirate Cap'n Rokara?

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

Sad we couldn't make theorycrafting work this time. But I mean it when I say this will be the biggest year in the history of Wild. And yes, that includes the year we created Wild.

Alkali

@alkali_layke

2 years

Heyo...Just wanted the #hearthstone community to hear it from me first. Wild will not be part of Theorycrafting this year. But...please watch the Year of the Wolf video here: We DO have cool things coming for that mode. (1/+)

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@themattlondon

2 years

This was my Christmas miracle.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

Do not fear, hunter fans. We are working on something for Tavish skins.

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@_maack11

3 years

@PlayHearthstone No hero portrait for Tavish @themattlondon ? 😢

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@themattlondon

2 years

This doesn’t mean that I am “The Wild Guy” from now on. I’m focused on ways to make the format more accessible. Final Design calls the shots on balance. So please don’t DM me about Kael’thas.

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@themattlondon

2 years

While I wait for this test build to load, I wanted to say thanks to everyone for their understanding today regarding the Arena bug. Messages have been helpful, not rude, and generally understanding. Just one more sign that Hearthstone has the BEST gaming community.

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@themattlondon

2 years

Sure thing

Zeddy

@ZeddyHS

2 years

So ummm.. @themattlondon can we please pre-emptively ban this card from arena?

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@themattlondon

1 year

What are the biggest unsolved mysteries in Blizzard games lore? What unanswered questions are still out there? Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Lost Vikings?

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3 years

Xyrella

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1 year

Literally went 0-3.

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@themattlondon

1 year

lol lmao whoops

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@themattlondon

2 years

I set aside some time to work on a pet project for Hearthstone and it's working perfectly and I love it and I hope you all get to play it someday.

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@themattlondon

2 years

There is a card in the mini-set that the first time I drew it in a playtest game I said aloud, “Oh. So I just win.”

Hearthstone

@PlayHearthstone

2 years

All the pieces are coming together now...get ready for MAW AND DISORDER. 😈 35 new cards! 😈 Sylvanas and the Jailer face-off! 😈 Spells, synergies, and more!

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3 years

Bru'kan of the Darkspear

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2 years

We're trying this approach this round and seeing what effect it has on the meta and player sentiment. It's not our intention to kill anyone's pet deck, and we're not eager to engage in an endless game of whack-a-mole in Wild. Thanks again. See you on the ladder. end

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

The rules: One copy of every Hearthstone card is in the pool. No class restrictions. 8 players draft cards one at a time, 1 to 8, then 8 back to 1. When every player has a complete deck, you play round robin. Most wins wins. What are your first five picks?

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@themattlondon

2 years

I’ve also worked hard to bring Wild and Classic under our banner. I’m a big fan of both modes, and players who love them deserve more direct attention. (This week’s Wild theorycrafting stream should indicate that MANY people on the team believe this.)

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Matt London

@themattlondon

4 years

We assembled an all-star cast of Blizzard's best voice performers to create the mercenaries. I cannot wait to get these hero skins (and their voices) in game.

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Matt London

@themattlondon

2 years

It’s my birthday! It was a great one. Went to see Gaga at Dodger Stadium, played through Zelda 1 in a sitting, and had some great hang out times with the kiddos. Love my job, my fam, my life. If this is as good as it gets, that might be okay.

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@themattlondon

2 years

I don’t think people realize how rare it is in a job to spend a full day in meetings and at the end go, “Dang, I really love this team.” Hearthstone is just that good.

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@themattlondon

3 years

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Matt London

@themattlondon

3 years

The latest chapter of Book of Mercenaries, starring Guff Runetotem, is live in @PlayHearthstone ! Please check it out and I hope you enjoy it.

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