Thursday, October 23, 2014

TIL: Hearthstone – Episode 7 – NaviOOT in the Spotlight

TIL:Hearthstone Episode “7” - NaviOOT in the Spotlight

TIL:Hearthstone is a weekly video podcast that airs every Thursday @ 9pm EDT on TotallyProtocol's Twitch channel here. We recap Hearthstone community news and spotlight a different Hearthstone streamer each week.


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TIL: Hearthstone – Episode 7 – NaviOOT in the Spotlight


TotallyProtocol - CFDragon06 Navi

Intro

Hearthstone World Championship Groups Announced

Looking at these groups which group do you not want to be in Dragon?

(Answer)

(Answer)

The casters will be Artosis, Frodan, Realz, Azael, and Ben Brode

The tournament will start on November 2nd and 3rd at 10 AM PST

Trolden Denied Blizzcon Visa

Again we see someone from the Hearthstone scene denied a Visa this time not a player but a content creator. What are your thoughts on this Navi?

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

Seatstory Cup

We started talking about this last week but the tournament had just begun. Again I think the production of this tournament was great and I just want to commend the TaKe and the production team over at TakeTV fot the awesome quality tournament, Also the casters were great as well as the guest casters.

Congrats to Savjz who ended up winning the tournament. Mirrari taking 2nd and 3th and 4th going to Theude (T H E U D E B O Y S) and Xixo.

I think one of the most surprising things I saw in this tournament was Trump topping his group in Group Stage #2. Now of course I think Trump is skilled enough to top a group but he had Kolento in his group so I'd say that's pretty surprising. 

Anything really surprising you saw in this tournament Dragon?

(Answer)

(Answer)

Admirable stepping down from TableTop

Q & A Reminder

Streamer Spotlight So it's time to spotlight our guest streamer Navi. Tell us about yourself and your stream.

(Talk about your stream here, chat interaction? talk out your plays?)

Tell us about any ladder achievements or tournaments you've done well in.

(Answer)

Tell us about your gaming background

(Card games/video games/etc)

Why did you decide to start streaming? And how long have you been streaming for?

(Answer)

You've brought a deck with you. Let's talk about the deck.

(Deck Talk)

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

Hearthstats League Update

TIL: As our show comes to an end let's hear what everyone has learned today. Navi what did you learn today or this week?

Today I Learned _____

Today I Learned _____

Today I Learned _____

Shoutouts and Thank Yous


You can find our guest NaviOOT @:
http://twitch.tv/navioot
http://twitter.com/Navi00T - @Navi00T

You can find CFDragon06 @:

I (TotallyProtocol) can be found @:

Friday, October 17, 2014

TIL: Hearthstone – Episode 6 – Host's Decks Spotlight

TIL:Hearthstone Episode “6” - Host's Decks Spotlight

TIL:Hearthstone is a weekly video podcast that airs every Thursday @ 9pm EDT on TotallyProtocol's Twitch channel here. We recap Hearthstone community news and spotlight a different Hearthstone streamer each week.


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Link to Vod on Youtube Click here




TIL: Hearthstone – Episode 6 – Host's Decks Spotlight


TotallyProtocol - CFDragon06

Intro

Viagame House Cup


Seatstory Cup


Hearthstats League

Group stage is B03 round robin. Each player submits 3 decks for the tourney and the format is KotH Hero style where winner sticks with same deck and losing decks are eliminated from the match.

My group members:
CFDragon06
Redwall420
Prophet
FRID
moskarr
chicken
13lackant
Noxious

Q & A Reminder

CFDragon06's Ramp Druid:


TotallyProtocol's Hunter:


TIL: As our show comes to an end let's hear what everyone has learned today. Puffin what did you learn today or this week?

Today I Learned _____


Today I Learned _____

Shoutouts & Thank Yous

You can find CFDragon06 @:

I (TotallyProtocol) can be found @:

Thursday, October 9, 2014

TIL: Hearthstone Episode "5" - Cookie in the Spotlight

TIL:Hearthstone Episode “5” - Cookie in the Spotlight

TIL:Hearthstone is a weekly video podcast that airs every Thursday @ 9pm EDT on TotallyProtocol's Twitch channel here. We recap Hearthstone community news and spotlight a different Hearthstone streamer each week.


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Link to Vod on Youtube Click here





TIL: Hearthstone – Episode 5 – Cookie in the Spotlight

TotallyProtocol - CFDragon06 Cookie

Intro

were this past week taking play on Sunday and Monday at the Hammerstien Ballroom in NYC. Did you happen to catch the tournament Cookie?

(yes/no/etc)

Dragon?

(yes/no/etc)

I caught just about all of it and I attended the event in person on Sunday. I even got to speak with ThatsAdmirable.

Overall I thought the tournament was really well organized the casters did a great job and it was really entertaining. No down time, constant entertainment with interviews and caster analysis / banter between games. What did you think of the tournament quality Dragon?

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

One of the biggest surprises for me was Tides losing to Tarei and then Tarei in his interview firing all sorts or shots, it was crazy. What did you find surprising Cookie?

(Answer)

(Answer)

Let's talk about some of the decks we saw. We saw some interesting Shaman choices with double Doom hammer. What did you think of that Coast Shaman deck Cookie?

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

What about all the Zoo and the success of the Zoo? Dragon.

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

Tarei brought a minion heavy miracle rouge with Sprint what do you think about that Cookie?

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

The players that move on to Blizzcon are: Firebat, Strifecro, Dtwo, and Tarei. Any names you were expecting to see that aren't there Dragon?

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

Dragon I know you will be participating in this league. Can you give us a run down of what it is?

Thank you for your interest in the Hearthstats Invitational! We have received your application and are excited to inform you that you have been selected to compete in this season's Hearthstats Grinder's League!

Each player will be assigned to one of the eight groups and the top player of each group will be chosen to compete in the next season's Challenger's League against some of the best Hearthstone players in the world! If you were able to tune in to our Inaugural Hearthstats Invitational last month, you would have seen players such as Amaz, Reynad and Savjz go head to head and now is your turn to join them!

We will be running 8-man (or woman), single elimination, HearthStats.net League Qualifiers (HSLQ’s) with each HSLQ granting its winner qualification for the Challenger League.

(Thoughts)

This Weekend Oct 10-12

Has a very interesting ban format. 

Both players ban 1 deck from his opponent.
Both players pick 2 decks from among their remaining decks.Both players ban 2 decks from his opponent.Both players pick 2 decks from among their remaining decks.Both players ban 1 deck from his opponent.The remaining deck from each player is available to use. At the end of this pick/ban phase, each player will have a pool of 5 decks to use.

 What do you think of this format Cookie?

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

Cookie having played in tournaments before what is your preferred tournament format?

(Answer)

State of the Meta/Ladder: So what have you guys been playing on the ladder and what have you been seeing on the ladder? Dragon?

(Answer)

(Answer)

Q & A Reminder

Streamer Spotlight http://www.twitch.tv/cookie_sq
So it's time to spotlight our guest streamer Cookie. Tell us about yourself and your stream.

(Talk about your stream here, chat interaction? talk out your plays?)

Tell us about any ladder achievements or tournaments you've done well in.

(Answer)

Tell us about your gaming background

(Card games/video games/etc)

Why did you decide to start streaming? And how long have you been streaming for?

(Answer)

You've brought a deck with you. Let's talk about the deck.

(Deck Talk)

(Thoughts)

(Thoughts)

TIL: As our show comes to an end let's hear what everyone has learned today. Cookie what did you learn today or this week?

Today I Learned _____

Today I Learned _____

Today I Learned _____

Shoutouts and Thank Yous

You can find CFDragon06 @:

I (TotallyProtocol) can be found @:

Thursday, October 2, 2014

TIL:Hearthstone Episode “4” - Puffin in the Spotlight

TIL:Hearthstone Episode “4” - Puffin in the Spotlight

TIL:Hearthstone is a weekly video podcast that airs every Thursday @ 9pm EDT on TotallyProtocol's Twitch channel here. We recap Hearthstone community news and spotlight a different Hearthstone streamer each week.


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Link to Vod on Youtube Click here




TIL: Hearthstone – Episode 4 – Puffin in the Spotlight

TotallyProtocol - Puffin

Intro

EU Regionals Road To Blizzcon Happened last week. I caught almost all of the tournament which means I basically didn't do much for 3 days last week because that was a long tournament. Puffin did you happen to catch the tournament?

(What you saw)

What did you think of the time length of this tournament? I know some people said it was unfair to Kolento and the other players that had to play later.

(Thoughts)

Overall I thought the production quality of the tournament was amazing and probably the best we've seen so far, from the casters to the overlays and the interviews in between, my hat's off to dreamhack for the awesome tournament.

But let's get into the tournament matches/players themselves. 

NumberGuy, Kaor, Greensheep, and Kolento were the players who qualified for Blizzcon. It appears there were some interesting upsets here.

So 2 weeks ago we had Theude on an he announce that he wouldn't be going to Sweden and so Greensheep or Kaor took his place. Kinda interesting that both of those replacement players made it through to Blizzcon. That was one of the most surprising things I saw. What about you Puffin, what surprised you?

(Thoughts)

I've never played in a real tournament offline or online but I assume the offline tournaments can get pretty intense and nerves can get the better of you. It seemed like that could have been an issues for some of theres players. Puffin I believe you have some experience with big and/or offline tournaments. How much do nerves effect your play?

(Answer)

For me the most exciting series was the Kolento Thijs match. What was the most entertaining series for you Puffin?

(Thoughts)

NA Regionals Road To Blizzcon Are this weekend in New York and I'm pretty excited because I'll be there watching. Hopefully also get to talk to/interview some of the players. We already discussed the players going last week but there have been some new developments. The 2 players from the Philippines, Chalk and Staz, will be unable to attend the event because they were denied Visas twice. The second time Blizzard even got involved. It sucks that this keeps happening to these players. They have huge opportunities and then are unable to capitalize on them because of situations that are out of their control. I think it's pretty cool that Blizzard actually got involved with this and tried to help. What are your thoughts on the whole issue Puffin?

(Thoughts)

WCA 2014 Started yesterday and there seemed to have been a few hiccups with a lot. Doesn't seem as polished as Dreamhack. But nonetheless I am still very much enjoying it. Have you guys been following? Puffin?

(Yes/No/Etc)

The Chinese players I've seen so far have been playing some odd decks and have made some questionable plays. I don't doubt they're good at the game and of course deck choice could vary with the meta difference but what are your thoughts on the deck choices so far Puffin?

(Thoughts)

I saw Hyped play a really cool Miracle Rouge with novice engineers against Savjz I want to get that list asap and play it myself it was very impressive.  Any different decks you guys have seen that you're interested in Puffin?

(Answer)

Trump's Cyberbullying Video This video has been a pretty hot topic lately and I thought it's something we should talk about. Not just the video but cyber bullying in general especially on Twitch since that's where we're streaming now and that's where our guest streams it seems to be a pretty big problem. I know how it is from being a content creator you get a lot of negative/hateful comments. I've gotten them on plenty of video I've put on YouTube. So Puffin what are you thoughts being a streamer?

(Thoughts)

What do you think of the term "White Knight"? I don't understand how or why this title has a negative connotation tied to it. Maybe because it's the internet and people are "tough" or something. But I'm sure in real life no one is gonna say "hey man you suck because you're sticking up for this kid that's getting picked on or bullied" no that wouldn't happen.

(Thoughts)

Q & A Reminder

Streamer Spotlight So it's time to spotlight our guest streamer Puffin. Tell us about yourself and your stream.

(Talk about your stream here, chat interaction? talk out your plays?)

Tell us about any ladder achievements or tournaments you've done well in.

(Answer)

Tell us about your gaming background

(Card games/video games/etc)

Why did you decide to start streaming? And how long have you been streaming for?

(Answer)

You've brought a deck with you. Let's talk about the deck. http://i.imgur.com/Didpgjm.png

(Deck Talk)

(Thoughts)

TIL: As our show comes to an end let's hear what everyone has learned today. Puffin what did you learn today or this week?

Today I Learned _____

Today I Learned _____

Shoutouts and Thank Yous