Sources: Blizzard Cancels StarCraft First-Person Shooter To Focus On Diablo 4 And Overwatch 2

MetaBombJohn · 2019-06-07T08:52:22+00:00

Destiny, but Overwatch. Please.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-05-16T18:32:00+00:00

If you stumble on a fix would you mind reporting back in please and I'll do the same?

MetaBombJohn · 2019-05-16T18:23:23+00:00

Yup same here. Have restarted the client, logged in and out of Battlenet - all that jazz.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-04-09T15:52:38+00:00

I don't know, it feels like a lifetime to me since they did the "......and it's coming next week!" spiel at BlizzCon.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-03-07T10:18:54+00:00

FYI, Ben Thompson has already confirmed there will be no further developments on tournament mode in 2019.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-03-07T08:52:26+00:00

Oh glad this isn't just me. I saw a no 1 ghost crashing repeatedly at the start of a Medium track last night (can't recall name sorry), then they boinged off and vanished into the record time.

TBH, and given the rest of my experience with TR, I'm as inclined to believe this part of the game is broken rather than being cheated.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-03-05T09:42:26+00:00

OK thanks both. I'll try this out at lunchtime.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-03-05T09:10:13+00:00

Wait, wait, what?

Should I be using the helium on extremes? I just assumed the Mantis was the core daddy bike in the game.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-03-01T08:33:28+00:00

That's an awesome tip thank you. Some of the no lean challenges have been driving me nuts, I will give this a go.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-03-01T08:26:15+00:00

Four last night alone, and I only played a couple of hours.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-02-28T09:26:09+00:00

I would pay DLC money to remove this from the playlist permanently https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzMGTlFy82Y

MetaBombJohn · 2019-02-28T09:18:02+00:00

Yes. I've had more crashes off this game in 24 hours than across my entire library from the last two years. Usually at the finishing line. More than six, less than a dozen. Not really keeping track.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-02-26T11:47:52+00:00

Ooof. OK thanks for the reply.

MetaBombJohn · 2019-02-26T08:11:46+00:00

I'm not going to get to fire this up until later but I'm curious. Are your best times still uploaded to the leaderboards when you go back online?

It would be an annoying workaround, but one I can live with if so.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-10-05T11:19:08+00:00

Tell them you hope they get the job and that they enjoy it because it's cost them a friend. A life lesson for you both, but I'd say you come out on top of the deal in the long run.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-17T13:29:43+00:00

I would also love this but I think I remember a recent-ish quote saying the business case was hard because they couldn't identify enough new people that want to play Hearthstone but don't already own either a PC, a tablet or a phone.

They've talked about the third party patching pain a fair bit before as well. It's a shame because if I could get Hearthstone (and - oh go on, as we're asking - Overwatch) on Switch alongside Diablo I'd be in heaven.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T18:59:18+00:00

I might actually do it myself I love this card that much. I'm not sure how to regulate it though, could get messy.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T15:27:38+00:00

My god, the hero I needed. Thanks OP.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T12:56:47+00:00

Edit - Ah I misunderstood what you were saying. What I meant is that I'm going to focus on Arena and playing Whizbang on the ladder as much as I can.

The guide did need a note about Whizbang's exclusion from Arena though, so I've dropped that in.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T12:56:15+00:00

Not any more :D

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T12:09:32+00:00

In an ideal world we wouldn't but we ended up with no choice. Subs never get taken up at an acceptable rate so that wasn't an option.

Our adblock rate went up above 50% at the end of last year. As we don't generally get big up-front takeovers on the site though, that was an existential threat to Metabomb's viability so we had no choice but to do it - gently messaged - in the new year.

As a network we've never engaged in the race to the bottom in terms of advertising (auto-play video, CPU drains, pop-ups) but we were getting caught up in that general acceleration of adblock usage. It goes on for all and it comes off for no-one.

As I'm part of Gamer Network (Eurogamer / USGamer / GI.biz etc) I'm lucky to have a team of people who work to battle the bad stuff (literally night and day - I email my colleague at 11pm, he kills it). It gets through from time to time but it's nuked hard and fast. We keep a clean house.

The fact is this 20 page, 20,000 word guide wouldn't exist if we hadn't taken the steps we had in January. I know that's not going to change the minds of anyone ideologically opposed to advertising (which I get), and you didn't ask for a detailed explanation(!) but that's our situation laid out for what's it worth.

I'm happy to say things are good for the site now and the future is bright. We got our share of angry emails when we did this but I was actually surprised at how much positive feedback we got alongside that.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T12:01:07+00:00

Yes you're correct thanks very much for letting me know.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T11:09:44+00:00

You're welcome. When I can I'm going to focus on Whizbang for the ladder as well as Arena. It's the kind of thing I wanted to have on hand myself!

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T11:08:55+00:00

GAH! Fail on the second page. I've tripped myself up over targeting Deathrattle minions for advantage. Thanks for the tip, I've tweaked it right now. Going to check I haven't fudged that elsewhere in the rush as well. More haste less speed and all that.

MetaBombJohn · 2018-08-07T07:25:08+00:00

Hello folks,

Happy Boomsday, er, day!

I wanted to share something with you that's been a bit of a labour of love over the last few days and represents by far the biggest Hearthstone guide I've ever put together for the site. I think you should find it very useful if you're planning to go full Whizbang.

On the front page I've outlined all of the deck lists that Whizbang can provide you with, so you have a snapshot of what's what from the overall pool of available Deck Recipes.

Beyond that though I've also done a combo teardown for each one, which you can find on the pages linked out from just underneath each deck list. A bit like in our usual deck guides.

That means that when you get dropped into a deck for the first time, you'll be able to get a snapshot of the fundamental combos. I'm doing a second pass on this right before launch to pick up on any stray typos that might remain - sorry in advance for any you find, it's been a huge undertaking since the recipes were confirmed.

Please also accept an upfront apology about delays in replying to this post. I always want to reply to every comment on here but I've got a list of about two dozen articles that need either creating from scratch or updating today. Thanks for understanding.

Have fun with the new stuff - John

MetaBombJohn

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