Thread by @LCr_mess

a thread of me watching #Hearthstone #HSGM 2020 season 2 (english-friendly)
- trying to catch as many matches as possible
- analyzing ALL games
- many counters for stupid things
- best caster quotes
- simping for casters and players
- AND more
enjoy this journey with me!

i want it to be friday

turns out i didnt include swiss rounds matches when i was counting mirrors but i wont make the same mistake again

42 priest brought according to lorinda... cant wait for all those priest mirrors

lorinda is the best

so i decided to make a spreadsheet... and oh boy this is fun

boar going 1-1 i hope he can make it this week
GLORY IS 4-0 WHAT IS THIS
also shaxy brought turtle mage and it has 60% winrate? this is the hearthstone i subscribed for

oh btw the mirrors:
dh: 1
druid: 11 (i hoped id be free from druid mirrors but here we are)
hunter: 1
mage: 7
priest: 1
rogue: 5
warrior: 3

BOAR IS 2-1 THATS WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE

one more match till eu swiss is over for today... man statistics are so much fun

wait im dumb its actually one more round nvm

xBlyzes goes 4-0????? this man is insane

BOAR IS 3-1 LETS GOOOOOO

112 mage games so far... remember when rdu said its unplayable?

muzzy and empanizado have mirror lineups... theyre almost identical
how did they do this???

nohandsgamer won his first match! rooting for him!

i have to go to sleep now... here have some mirror counters which have changed
druid: 16
mage: 19
rogue: 8
warrior: 6

we have the first ever paladin mirror... and it's only day 1
im so glad i decided to try doing stats this is awesome and lets me see some interesting results

its funny that na swiss rounds ended with a priest mirror...

best performing players:
APAC - glory (75% winrate, 12-4)
EU - xBlyzes (66,67% winrate, 12-6)
NA - muzzy (68,75% winrate, 11-5)
worst performing players:
APAC - kin0531 (25% winrate, 4-12)
EU - Viper (15,38% winrate, 2-11)
NA - Briathorn (20% winrate, 3-12)

best performing decks:
APAC - Galakrond Priest (66,67%, 9-4)
EU - Highlander Priest (100%, 2-0)
NA - Big Warrior (66,67%, 2-1)
worst performing decks:
APAC - Highlander Mage (30,77%, 4-9)
EU - Pain Warrior (37,5%, 6-10)
NA - Libram Paladin (25%, 5-15)

classes brought:

fun fact: NA has four different archetypes of rogue this week
it's the most variated class in this region and it's the biggest number of variations in all regions

oh those mirrors
druid: 17
mage: 21
paladin: 1
warrior: 7

and the famous priest mirrors counter: 2
i wonder how many ill get to see

lorinda's stats look better than mine... that's why he's a stats person and I'm not

oops apac actully has four rogue archetypes as well... oh glory with his stealth rogue

apac round 2 ended... missing data on two matches but certainly not missing mirrors
druid: 23
mage: 25
rogue: 10
warrior: 8

boar 3-2 :c

xBlyzes' score is 5-0...

waiting for eu data, still missing data from a lot of apac matches

turns out i did make some mistakes... the worst performing deck for apac day 1 should have been weapon rogue (30,43%, 7-16)

WHAT IS THIS LMAO

why does raven look like hes out of his comfort zone

"it's just 'cause TJ loves making me regret ever being born" Darroch is a whole mood

why are they all making fun of darroch lmao this is the best caster friendship ever

frodan: let's reveal this in a very serious fashion
raven: *immediately starts laughing*

that's why raven is my favourite caster

BOARCONTROL AND BON TOUTOU I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THIS

frodan is saying "TJ's and Darroch's abusive relationship"
does he ship them? should I start shipping them too? some questions have no answer

LORINDA IS IN THIS

I didn't watch the worst match-up category yet... lemme guess it's the priest mirror

"WHY WOULDN'T PEOPLE JUST BAN WARRIOR" Raven asking the real questions

okay the totem shaman bit was actually funny and i was wrong

"week 3 was refreshing" ah yes TJ those totem shaman and murloc paladin mirrors were absolutely refreshing (they werent)

LMAO I MISSED THIS ENTIRELY

darroch and his self-deprecating jokes? sign me up

the craziest outcome category is from ONE series? HOW IS HEARTHSTONE EVEN A GAME?

looking forward to seeing more puzzle box action in season 2

the data is slowly arriving!

libram paladin and highlander mage seem like the worst decks to play

oh and weapon rogue isnt doing great as well

a lesson for you all: PLAY survival of the fittest in your druid decks

still missing data on two apac matches...

BOAR IS 5-2 WOOOOO

WAIT WHAT??? I MADE STATS FOR FUN BUT SOMEONE ACTUALLY LIKED THEM???

AND THATS NOT JUST SOMEONE BUT LORINDA AND CASIE THEMSELVES???

today is definitely a great day
it makes me regret even more that ill unfortunately skip tomorrows broadcast and like half of saturday (and its not even my fault)

ill still try to catch as much matches as possible

and ill update all the stats as soon as im home!!

seems like ryvius dropped out on his last two games thats why data is unavailable

wait not actually last he played his last game... thats why i dont work on official stats cause i always make these stupid mistakes

id love to work on official stats tho... maybe one day

so i finishes eu stats for day two.... and i really need to get going

i really hope to catch AT LEAST boars match tomorrow but ill rewatch the whole broadcast anyway

i want it to be saturday

oh wait the mirrors
druid: 33
mage: 34
paladin: 2
priest: 3
rogue: 11
warrior: 11

my hot take is that spell damage mage is going to be op through all weeks

catching the first apac match!!!

walking the streets of an unfamiliar city while listening to matches

CHE0NSU WENT 3-0???

missed the elimination bracket but turns out surrender nailed it!! also che0nsu won the top 4

FRENCH LESSONS WITH SODDAL KEKW

EU part is my favourite

jarla looks so much younger this season*-*

JARLA WENT 3-0 VS BOAR?

Raven: the lesson is that it all ends on puzzle box

tempo mage mirrors are insane

FRENCH LESSONS WITH SODDAL X2

you know something is broken when you miss lethal but still win... or maybe boar is just the best my inner simp says that

this last match... a complete scam
really enjoyable to watch but a disaster for boar

seiko and swidz were playing... tuned in like an hour later and they're still playing
WHERE IS MY NA I WANT TO SEE FRODAN *inner simp cries*

wait what are na matches for today

nohands is not playing today... do i watch something from na or just go to sleep

i really wish i was doing stats rn- HOW DID SEIKO WIN THIS SWIDZ THREW SO HARD LMAO

daily simping for casters dose taken
a welcome wave for all new grandmasters done
goodnight and see you in a few hours with complete stats on swiss portion and all games analysis from day 1!

is it actual lorinda in chat or is someone pretending to be one?..

i think its too late for real lorinda

darroch: terrible social distancing from infectious sporeling there

oH iT sAyS eXpLoDe

ILL BE HOME SOON

I. Hate. Bad. Internet.

IM HERE!!!
back to stats

mage vs priest is my favourite matchup

everyone: steward of scrolls
darroch: the scroll guy

gg tyler
hope he wins the decider

21 hours of broadcast yesterday?! huge respect for all casters, production team and players

remember when we all thought blade dance was unplayable

THE SNORLAX PLUSHIE

STICKYFINGER IS OP GG TYLER

SURRENDER FOR THE WIN

my favourite part!!

LMAO SOTTLES VOICE IS SO LOW

dark!Sottle

imagine works with this tag on ao3

i smile every time i see that spell damage mage bring rate is 100%

personally i dont mind this new sottle as long as hes good at casting

"he's thrown into a deep end" JUST LIKE YOUR VOICE SOTTLE

"guess I'm completely trash" bozzzton is definitely not trash but he is a mood

EU MATH KEKW

okay sottle's voice has been fixed but this was a refreshing part

facial hair show off?

ALEXSTRASZA LETHAL LETS GO

turn 1 guardian animals and turn 5 nature studies into mark of nature?

heartsthone in a nutshell

that bomb warrior game...

RDU IS SO LUCKY

seriously drawing the last duplicate in your deck AND active zephrys to win the game? sign me up

stats for all swiss rounds
best performing players:
APAC - Posesi (65,52%, 19-10)
EU - Bunnyhoppor (66,67%, 18-9)
NA - muzzy (67,86%, 19-9)
worst performing players:
APAC - kin0531 (28,00%, 7-18)
EU - AyRok (26,92%, 7-19)
NA - Briathorn (21,74%, 5-18)

FRENCH LESSONS WITH SODDAL X3

i feel like its the best clip so far

now i have to update the top 4 stats... hopefully it wont take long

thijs sipping on his tea is a whole mood

thijs probably getting swept...

okay he didnt get swept

g2 showdown :0

sottle: what did I tell you about getting baited by potions?
raven: always get baited by potions
sottle: exactly

brilliant

i dont care if they are called soul fragments! im calling them soul shards cause it sounds better!

seriously even wow has soul shards WHY ARE THEY CALLED SOUL FRAGMENTS?

alright time to do day 1 games analysis

but first
let me do something interesting

raven just creating a bit too much extra mana in his head

who would win: an army of lab partners or one cleavy boy?

raven pls stop asking those serious questions i doubt anyone can answer them

an army of yseras

malygos and alexstrasza lethal!!!

time swings back and forward in this glorious xblyzes vs bunnyhoppor match

mage mirror and bunnyhoppor in the game... this will go on forever

that was the best mirror I've ever seen

@RavenCasts @coL_Sottle I fixed this for you

raven in season 1: WHY DON'T PEOPLE BAN WARRIOR
raven in season 2: WHY DON'T PEOPLE BAN PRIEST

raven and sottle are the best casting duo change my mind

answering the question @RavenCasts and @coL_Sottle asked on today's broadcast: the average time of Bunnyhoppor's turn (judging from today's matches) is 51.86 seconds - 4408 seconds on 85 turns

the army of nithoggs

i believe i can fly...

I CANT UNHEAR THEM SAYING CLEAVY BOY

petition to rename lake thresher

nature studies into savage roar into kaelthas into survival into lethal
the best way to end today's eu matches

cant watch americas now (if i do ill be dead cause of lack of sleep) BUT i will watch them on the next week and provide analysis for all games
see you in a few hours
hope nohands wins
(lets not actually break the record for the broadcast's length)

okay traditional hi to frodan and tj
ill provide mirrors counters later in the day (its 2 am for me now) but now... back to sleep

ITS HARD TO SAY THAT ID RATHER STAY AWAKE WHEN IM ASLEEP
id sell my soul for being able to watch the whole broadcast in one go

nohands didnt make it :(

mirrors:
druid: 47
mage: 47
paladin: 3
priest: 5
rogue: 13
warrior: 15
also the first warlock mirror of the season!!!

che0nsu vs Surrender, group A initial, game 1: survival druid vs bomb warrior
che0nsu won because of perfectly timed brawls
greenskin from sky raider: 1
Surrender picked swipe from nature studies and he managed to clear bloodboil brute with it

unfortunately it didn't even matter as an all-in attempt from Surrender with kaelthas and survival failed due to brawl
some 5-cost beasts died to brawl earlier so che0nsu took the win

druid mirrors: 48

i finally catched up on game statistics but i still have to catch up on analysis

tfw when your stats line up perfectly with official<3

game 2: libram paladin vs soul shard dh
first day of school into shadowhoof slayer and blood imp got Surrender great early game
lightforged crusader saved the day by adding tirion, ancestral guardian and guardian of kings to his hand

"created by" lethal??? more like "created by" torture

oh this scholomance cinematic...

the strange thing is that I'm doing analysis for two games at once: the one streamed rn and the one I'm watching rn

darroch: players ready to go and casters ready to make fool of themselves

but lightforged crusader wasn't enough!!! che0nsu managed to clear ALL of Surrender's board with magtheridon and even got to attack face with it

that was just game over and Surrender conceded

mage mirrors: 48

AMAZING ZEPHRYS LETHAL WITH SOULFIRE

surrender seems to absolutely love nature studies into swipe

game 3: spell damage mage vs survival druid
devolving missiles turning kalecgos into squallhunter was huge
but it wasn't just one thing that made che0nsu win
a very big board from ysera's portals which Surrender just couldn't freeze... that's a heck of a win condition

production...

FIX YOUR STREAMS PLS

a christmas tree!!

as apac ended, here are some stats for this region
best performing deck: galakrond rogue (80%, 8-2)
worst performing deck: weapon rogue (34,62%, 18-34)
best performing player: che0nsu (64,44%, 29-16)
worst performing player: kin0531 (28%, 7-18)

I LOVE XBLYZES' PACE

GOOD STATS FOR THE COST

XBLYZES IS AMAZING

my mood is still reading cutting class as cutting glass

PRIME WINS GAMES KEKW

druid mirrors: 49

xBlyzes vs. Rdu..................
their battle will be legendary
AT LEAST THIS WON'T END AT 1 AM
I hope

another facial hair show off

raven: I love that demon soul hunter

you meant soul demon hunter?

you control your opponent's health by reducing it to zero

raven about soul shard dh

INSTANT DOUBLE CLEAVY BOY

that's why I love Raven

production....

warrior mirrors: 16

raven: I'm waiting for team 5 to rename that card as "the french calibur"

I LAUGHED SO HARD

so now we have two cards for renaming

RAVEN IT'S SOUL DEMON HUNTER NOT DEMON SOUL HUNTER

mage mirrors: 49

xBlyzes is unstoppable!

and finally europe doesn't end late and I'll finally be able to watch na

another @RavenCasts @coL_Sottle special
do we just rename one card each day on EU?

Americas waiting room

HELLO HELLO HELLO

no newcomers in na top 4... winstreak ruined

"I'm no Sottle, my prediction won't probably come true" LMAO
TJ don't be so pessimistic, anything is possible

frodan: be sure to get some snacks
me, sipping on a millionth cup of tea for the day: what

FIREBAT WAKE UP PLEASE

imagine frodan playing instead of firebat...
THEIR NAMES EVEN START WITH THE SAME LETTER
ITS ALL COMING TOGETHER

eu is over for the week, here are stats
best performing deck: highlander priest (100%, 6-0)
worst performing deck: weapon rogue (28,57%, 4-10)
best performing player: xBlyzes (62%, 31-19)
worst performing player: AyRok (26,92%, 7-19)

FRENCH LESSONS WITH SODDAL X4

"I feel like I'm doing it"
"no no definitely not doing it"
"okay"
kills me every time cause its a whole mood

we entered a Stallstone... time to make another cup of tea

tj: we would be back to totem shamans
frodan: *excited inhale*

wait firebat got fined? isnt it a bit too much?

I guess it's in the rules...

BROOM FOR ZERO LET'S GOOOO

a wave of vargoths saying BEHOLD is now my favourite moment

I'm wondering if they can swap matches around to have firebat and muzzy play after lnguagehackr vs eddie ends

all those people hating on priest while it has the best playstyle in the game...

BROOM FOR ZERO AGAIN

worst demonds ever?..

ALREADY 50 DRUID MIRRORS?

imagine doing schedules in hearthstone where games last from 5 mins to 1.5 hours

these people in chat just don't know anything

every region just begging Jia to make a mull it over episode on a deck... I guess everyone loves Jia and so do I

MUZZY DABBING WHAT A WAY TO END TODAY'S MATCHES

so I have analysis for all sunday's games and the broadcast has ended... I guess I go back to analysing day 1 and day 2 matches!!

but firstly... stats for na
best performing deck: pain warlock (66,67%, 8-4)
worst performing deck: libram paladin (30,95%, 13-29)
best performing player: muzzy (73,81%, 31-11)
worst performing player: Briathorn (21,74%, 5-18)

ugh I forgot to screenshot stats... got a bit distracted by boar streaming fall guys out of nowhere

decks (yes I realised I can take one screenshot instead of four)

players

it's 1 am... back to analysis

Flurry vs glory: group A initial
game 1: libram paladin vs spell damage mage
nice curve for Flurry, a threatening board consistently present for glory to deal with
his last resort - devolving missiles - managed to hit the least threatening minion THRICE

topdecked lady liadrin helped closing out the game by generating a couple more librams of wisdom
5 generated, 3 used
"created by" lethals: 1
"topdeck" lethals: 1
that's a wild combo actually

game 2: survival druid vs spell damage mage
Flurry hit early ramp and was able to play ysera + ironbark on 7 mana
however, it was immediately killed using 4 rays of frost, firebrand and jandice's attack (jandice played on turn 4)
Flurry couldn't stop the pressure and conceded

game 3: highlander priest vs stealth rogue
glory's curve was so good that priest was at 6 health on turn 6
Flurry was forced to play siamat on coin and then siamat again due to it being sapped
it didn't help
glory's secret passage into eviscerate and cold blood won the game

can it be considered as a topdeck lethal? probably not 'cause there were 5 cards drawn, not 1

game 4: survival druid mirror
both players didn't get ramp
Flurry was the first to actually play a minion
glory did the same
the sidequest Flurry got from nature studies allowed him to pull out two minions on turn 6 instead of one (kinda worked like guardian animals)