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| 1s | [Music] |
|---|---|
| 5s | hello and welcome everyone to a brand |
| 8s | new competitive year a new season of |
| 11s | grand masters and most importantly a new |
| 15s | competitive format making its debut in |
| 18s | week two of our first season of |
| 20s | hearthstone grand masters this year will |
| 22s | be the brand new format called trio and |
| 25s | fortunately for you your boy suttle is |
| 27s | here to talk you through exactly how it |
| 30s | works |
| 31s | trio starts with all players in the |
| 33s | tournament being offered the same groups |
| 36s | of three different classes for example |
| 39s | druid paladin and mage there can be any |
| 42s | number of these groups but crucially all |
| 45s | players receive the same options |
| 48s | players then select one group of classes |
| 50s | blindly without knowing what anyone else |
| 53s | in the tournament has selected but |
| 54s | crucially knowing that all players have |
| 57s | selected from the same options they did |
| 59s | importantly these class buckets do not |
| 61s | contain any cards that you must play or |
| 63s | even a suggestion of an archetype each |
| 65s | player has complete freedom to build |
| 68s | whatever they like within the classes |
| 70s | they have chosen once all players have |
| 72s | chosen and submitted their lineup then |
| 74s | the actual match format is just good |
| 76s | old-fashioned best of five conquest only |
| 79s | in this case with no ban because each |
| 81s | player only has a three deck lineup for |
| 84s | those of you unfamiliar with conquest |
| 86s | that just means that each player is free |
| 88s | to cue any deck they like for the |
| 90s | duration of the series but after each |
| 93s | deck wins it is then no longer eligible |
| 95s | for selection the first player to win |
| 97s | with all three of their decks is |
| 99s | declared victorious and wins the series |
| 102s | so what's the big idea here well we like |
| 105s | conquest as a format it generally works |
| 108s | it creates interesting strategies and |
| 110s | risk reward calculations which are |
| 112s | generally pretty fun to watch however |
| 115s | there is a risk that particularly deep |
| 117s | into a certain meta game you create an |
| 119s | amount of homogeneity and repetition as |
| 121s | these alleged optimal order strategies |
| 123s | evolve and players start to follow those |
| 126s | strategies |
| 127s | with trio you have a lot more agency to |
| 130s | force players out of their comfort zone |
| 133s | for example if a particular class is |
| 135s | underrepresented let's say warlock you |
| 137s | can force every player to play warlock |
| 140s | by just including warlock in every |
| 141s | single one of the class groupings that |
| 143s | are available |
| 144s | conversely if a class is over |
| 147s | represented let's just say i don't know |
| 148s | priest for example you could force every |
| 152s | player in the tournament not to play |
| 154s | priest by not including priest in any of |
| 156s | the class groupings that are available |
| 159s | you could even do things like pair |
| 161s | classically aggro classes alongside |
| 163s | classically control classes which would |
| 165s | force players to demonstrate a range of |
| 168s | skills there really are myriad options |
| 170s | that you can present to players to make |
| 172s | them think outside of the box |
| 175s | and then the layers really start to |
| 177s | appear if you notice that every |
| 178s | available set of classes has a warlock |
| 181s | in it |
| 181s | do you build a full anti-warlock |
| 183s | strategy |
| 184s | safe in the knowledge that every |
| 186s | opponent you face is 100 guaranteed to |
| 189s | have warlock in their lineup and you can |
| 190s | just beat up on that warlock and prevent |
| 192s | it from getting its required conquest |
| 194s | win do you make your own warlocks |
| 196s | something annoying and off meta to |
| 198s | prevent your opponents from being able |
| 200s | to do the same thing to you but there |
| 202s | will be plenty of time for deeper |
| 204s | strategy breakdowns during our debut |
| 206s | broadcast which you should absolutely |
| 207s | watch by the way youtube.com forward |
| 209s | slash hearthstone in short trio format |
| 212s | allows a tournament organizer to present |
| 214s | a unique tricky crunchy puzzle to |
| 216s | players to try and solve for each |
| 218s | individual tournament or each week of |
| 220s | play that they have to face really |
| 222s | putting their game knowledge and their |
| 224s | deck building to the test |
| 226s | so that is all you need to know what is |
| 229s | your first impression of the trio format |
| 232s | what groupings do you think the |
| 234s | hearthstone esports team are going to |
| 235s | throw at our players for our trial week |
| 238s | in grand masters will this format last |
| 240s | longer than specialist give me the |
| 243s | answer to all those questions and any |
| 244s | questions you might have put them down |
| 247s | below in the comment section and make |
| 249s | sure to hit the subscribe button on the |
| 251s | hearthstone youtube so that you do not |
| 253s | miss a single event in what is sure to |
| 256s | be an absolutely packed year of |
| 258s | hearthstone content thanks everyone and |
| 261s | take care |
| 263s | [Music] |
| 269s | you |