James (game designer) from Extra Credits tries draft blind. Neat to hear his reasoning!
Posted Oct 25, 2016, 9:01 PM UTC
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That was a pretty fun watch. I'd actually love to watch more videos of this guy figuring out the game
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I'll definitely be watching his progression with interest :)
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This is so exciting! I really hope James likes it. Extra play is one of my favorite gaming channels to watch, and I would love to see more Duelyst on it.
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That crossbone over sunsteel pick killed me though. But other than that i agreed with everything he said. Also maybe the magnetize over azure shaman. Hopefully people do pick up this game
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Martyrdom over windblade twice was the biggest mistake. But the reasoning was fair having never played it before.
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Honestly I'd pick azure over magnetize, especially in lyonar... a 1/4 tends to stick around for a few turns and if you do get the effect off it just gives your units even more health.
edit: just realized that was what you meant too, should have expected that since nobody seems to run the spell ever
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With all the battle pets and calculators this could have actually been an interesting battle pet deck.
For a first time drafter and generaly inexperienced player his picks weren't all that bad.
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I really liked watching this. I'd like to see more people do blind drafts now just to hear their thought process as to what is a good card or bad.
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Why is he drawn holding cards with HS cardback
#triggered
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Isn't this the guy who shit on The Division because you're supposed to shoot the bad guys who "did nothing wrong" while conveniently forgetting to mention that they shoot you first if you approach them?
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"game designer"
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You really don't know what you're talking about do you? Go check his channel. Extra Credits is one of the best gaming channel in Youtube.
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Ability to churn out monetized youtube videos does not confer the ability to design quality games.
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I mean I don't disagree with you, but he also literally works on game design. He worked on Call of Duty before establishing a game design consulting firm that's been financially successful for nearly 7 years.
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He is a consultant and travels all around talking with a bunch of devs.
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I love James's videos and I'm so glad he chose Duelyst as his next game to make videos about.
He could actually bring more awareness to the game. I've seen many of the comments on his video being "you got me at fire emblem CCG". If only a fraction of his viewers try the game, and only a fraction of those end up playing it long-term, it's still a win for the community.
That first pick Ion though... I hope he plays it and sees how terrible it is (even though he kind of realised that already just from the stats, at the end of the video).
In any case, I'm so hyped and definitely looking forward to his next video.
Can confirm, i just came to this sub-reddit and am downloading the game because i saw his video. I am a long time hearthstone and magic player and this game looks like a ton of fun.