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0s when I joined the Hearthstone team the
2s game was actually unannounced so I had
5s no idea what I was going to be working
6s on but then when the team showed me the
8s actual game I knew immediately that it
11s was going to be something very special
13s it's been an honor to be part of the har
14s Zone team each year the team is able to
16s drop three unique content drops and it's
18s always been awesome to see how this team
19s is able to deliver surprise and Delight
21s to players 2016 a great year for
24s harstone that was our first standard
26s rotation we had Whispers of the old gods
28s we partied in Kazan and visited the Mean
30s Streets of gadgets San it was also the
32s year that I decided I was going to quit
34s my job and come work at blizzard when
36s hero cards were first introduced they
38s absolutely Shook Up The Meta they gave
40s you new hero Powers they gave you new
42s mechanics and they let you fulfill that
44s class fantasy although to this day my
46s personal favorite is still Frost lit
47s Jana in 2018 we hit an amazing Milestone
51s hearstone hit 100 million players
53s although I wasn't on a team at that time
56s but I remember I was playing the game in
58s class and also seeing some of my other
60s classmates playing the game and then I
63s realized how popular the game had become
65s I remember looking around and seeing
66s everyone playing their favorite a Bor
67s and thinking wow we need to make one of
69s those for our own we put a small team
71s together worked hard and by the next
72s BlizzCon we launched hearstone
74s Battlegrounds what a fun year then we
76s introduced our first new class Demon
79s Hunter we learned a lot about what it
80s takes to make a new class in Hearthstone
82s some things were really difficult like
84s finding their perfect hero power some
87s things were really easy like getting the
88s balance just right I'm on the first try
92s 2021 was the year that we introduced Min
94s sets into the game and I remember that
96s really well because it was one of the
98s very first things that I worked on and I
100s was really excited to get more cards in
102s the hands of our players Battlegrounds
104s launched its first official season I
107s personally have a strong attachment to
108s Battlegrounds as it helps me stay close
110s in contact with my long-distance
111s boyfriend we're constantly battling to
114s see who can get the highest ELO each
115s season after 10 years of making new and
118s exciting things for Hearthstone it's
120s still still really awesome when we can
122s make something big like Titans or like
124s Battlegrounds Duos I think there's no
126s shortage of ideas that we still have and
128s the future looks really bright