Ben Brode
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I don’t post here. Follow me on 🧵, @benbrode ! Chief Development Officer at @SecondDinner . @MarvelSnap .
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Today is my last day at Blizzard. 😢 Thank you for all the laughter and fun we shared. I will miss you.
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When we were first developing
@MARVELSNAP
- we wondered if we could do away with a card game staple: The Mulligan. Obviously we did, but early testers hated it. We changed their perception with a single change to 1 card. 🧵
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thank fuck now everyone leave me alone
Happy Classic Format launch day!
Can you spot the un-nerfs? Let's start with Warsong Commander!
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Celebrating 14 years at
@Blizzard_Ent
! Here's a pic of me from my first year. Had to borrow a desk, since I was on the Night Crew!
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Haven’t tweeted since leaving Blizzard. It’s a tremendous amount of pressure. It feels like it’s going to set the tone of my twitter account from here on. Will it be keen design insights? News about the new company? Cat pics?
I just need to get over it and tweet something.
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My 4-year-old won his first game of Hearthstone today.
He was born after Hearthstone launched!
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Apparently
@McDonalds
saw my poem about the Big Mac and sent me 50 MacCoins (good for 50 free Big Macs)! 🍔🍔🍔
They told me to share ‘em but SCREW THAT I’m just gonna eat all 50
Thanks Ronald!
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Ok. Fine. Here's your song. :)
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Played a game with my son. He crushed me. “I’m sad,” he says.
“Why?”
“Because you lost. Next time I’ll let you win.”
I put him on time out for not having a champion’s attitude and told him the proper end game procedure was gyrating and saying “gg sucka hahaaaa” like his pops
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Physical health is important, but you also need to take care of your mental health. Perhaps moreso - depression can affect you physically, too.
- what I tell my wife when she asks if I should really be eating pizza for dinner again
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Celebrating 15 years at
@Blizzard_Ent
today! 🎉🎉🎉
Here’s a gif of me being stupid at the
@PlayHearthstone
announcement in 2013 to celebrate.
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Thanks for the feedback regarding Druid. We've been considering options and should have more to share this week.
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So excited to announce our new company!
Announcing our new game studio: Second Dinner! 🎉🎉🎉
No details just yet - but we’ll post ‘em here when we got ‘em!
In the meantime, go ahead and enjoy your first dinner. 😜
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Back in the programming saddle after a few years away. I was so rusty I had to look up the syntax for an array. 😳
But it does feel good to be back!
void IceCold()
{
for (int i=0; i<15; i++)
Printf(“alright”);
Printf(“ok now ladies”);
}
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"Sir, I have a sandwich here for you... *sees i am eating a pizza*, uh is this right?"
Me: "Yes, thank you."
"Do you want me to pack this to go?"
Me: "No, thanks."
"Do you want me to take it back and keep it warm for your guest?"
Me: "NO I AM JUST A FAT MAN WHO LIKES TO EAT"
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There weren’t enough people to run my daughter’s Girl Scout Troop so I volunteered. I’m at a troop leader meeting. There are 70 women and me.
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One year ago today I got into weightlifting thanks to mah boi
@ohbbkevinle
- it’s been an incredible journey so far! These pix taken 1 year apart:
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Heard the news about layoffs at Blizz. My heart goes out to my friends and old coworkers who lost their jobs today. 😢
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Turn 1 Hood. Turn 2 Black Widow. Then Daily Bugle appears and gives my opponent my Demon and gives me Widow’s Bite. 😭😭😭😭😭
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Stan Lee was such an inspiring creator. Sad to hear he’s gone. 95 is a pretty good high score, though.
Thanks for adding so much to our lives, Stan.
/salute
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So.... I realize that I told y'all I was retiring from the rap game.
but I am getting the itch
oh shit i am getting the itch
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The one thing I regret from my time on Hearthstone was not executing my April’s Fools Day joke of giving everyone 1 Gold for free.
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I could not be more excited about the new Hearthstone expansion - so I rapped the story of Arthas. Enjoy :)
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We're planning to patch at 3PM Pacific today! Once you log into the new patch the game will look at your Collection Level and grant your Collector's Tokens. Have fun! Can't wait to see what new decks everyone will build!
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New patch coming tomorrow with some balance changes and other cool stuff! This is not the patch that includes Battle Mode, that patch will drop towards the end of the season. 🤘
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Please vote for
@MARVELSNAP
for Best Mobile Game!!!!
Seriously, it would mean a lot to me 🥹🥹🥹
Here's the link 👇
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I've been getting a lot of tweets about
@MARVELSNAP
over the past week, and a lot of feedback (yes we're working on friendly battles!) - but you know what I haven't heard ONCE? "I wish there was a mulligan" 😂
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MFW the director of this new video we're filming asks if I can wear a flannel on Monday
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browses twitter
looks at clock
“it’s getting late”
puts away ipad
gets into bed
picks up phone
browses twitter
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"Hey wife, what do you think of this new headshot?"
"I like it! Except your face. Your face looks bad."
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"Hey I was watching the video of that zoom meeting I missed; Does your dog pee on your couch during the meeting?"
Me: "What?! Nah, I don't think so. When?"
"At 31 minutes."
Me: WHAT THE F-
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IT'S HAPPENING!!!
My brand new track "Grilled Cheese" is now live!
~Perhaps maybe give it a listen~
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Breaking out my old games to bequeath to my son, and reflecting on how incredible this system was. 😌
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holy shit apple just announced a watch you can look at to see what time it is
The always-on Retina display of the Apple Watch Series 5 never sleeps so you can always see your watch face. Can always see time and complications.
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Ok this is really happening.
My new rap drops in *ONE WEEK*. I think it is perhaps my finest work. My magnum opus, if you will. or maybe i need someone to tell me to stop
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One moment I often revisit from years ago is when a colleague confided in me about sexual harassment she experienced. I asked if I could report it to HR and she told me no, that it would be a breach of trust. She was too afraid and didn’t want to go through the process.
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They said i needed new headshots
they didn't say nothin' about me not making a dumb face
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@ByronBernstein
Bro
Gratz on rank 1 legend though!
@TempoReynad
@bdbrode
worst part, this dumbass probably thinks he made good decisions for hearthstone because hearthstone is popular
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Our baller engineering team was able to implement cross-region matchmaking for launch! Here we gooooo
It's coming...
Get ready for Battle Mode where you can challenge your friends and see who's really the best!
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Do you think my boss will let me take 2018 off
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Back from vacation! I drank 4 gallons of pass-o-guava!
Also here’s the douchiest selfie I took
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BlizzCon is tomorrow! I’m a bit sad to be missing my first BlizzCon, but I’m super excited to hear all the announcements via virtual ticket!
Good luck to my homies on the Hearthstone team! Can’t wait to see what’s next!
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Hmm well then maybe it’s the rock and roll music
Violent video games found not to be associated with adolescent aggression: Researchers at
@oiioxford
have found no relationship between aggressive behaviour in teenagers and the amount of time spent playing violent video games:
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Congratulations to all my friends at Blizzard and on the Hearthstone team on the exciting BlizzCon announcements!
I saw the cool new Vanessa VanCleef card and was reminded of the hidden reference to the origins of Hearthstone. Did you see it? 👇
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I’m in Korea so the
#ActiBlizzWalkout
takes place while I’m asleep, but I wanted to drop this message of support for my old coworkers as they advocate for a more equitable and inclusive workplace. 💙
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My 5-year-old has figured out text-to-speech
It’s so nice to get messages from him while I’m at work
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Me realizing that no matter what I tweet people will think it is some kind of clue about what I’m doing next
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Me: “I’ll have a soda”
Fast Food place: “here is your giant vat of liquid”
Me: “Cup of water please”
Fast Food Place: “Ah you must be a fully hydrated wee little baby, here is a thimble of water for you”
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I borrowed my wife’s wallet without asking and then lost it, so essentially I stole her wallet.
That’s a 50 dkp minus
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My 5yo son this morning - "Dad, is it possible to rename children? Like, your son?"
Me: "Why? Do you want a different name?"
Him: "Yes, I want my first name to be 'Sonic', my middle name to be 'the', and my last name to be 'Hedgehog'.
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My 4yo son likes to build animojis of Super Mario characters. Sometimes it's quite hard but i think we did a pretty good job
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⚡️ “9 year old girl draws a Hearthstone card, gets re-created by professional artist”
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I like that flannel. And those glasses. And... WAIT A SECOND
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People are beating me on the ladder with Purify and it gives me weird emotions
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Had a harrowing experience in the Witchwood but we’re back and ready to talk about the crazy cards we found!
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List of users I've blocked on reddit. This guy is really committed to making sure I read his opinions about how I suck!
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A friend called me but my son had my phone and hung up. So I called back and we chatted for half an hour or so when he said, “so why’d you call?” and I said “you called me!”
Apparently it was a butt dial and we spent 30 minutes wondering what each other wanted.
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“I don’t like superheroes”, said this kid at the park.
“Why?” I asked.
“Because they save cities, and we already have enough people.”
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Baby came this morning! Probably won't make it to BlizzCon but the rest of the
@PlayHearthstone
team will! Can't wait for opening ceremony!
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Son: “aww yeah I think I’m winnin’. Booyaa”
*his hero explodes*
“I’m never playing Hearthstone ever again.”
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My dad just sent me this picture and said “hey is it ok if I toss this?” 😱😱😱
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I’m off for a 3 week vacation so I apologize if I’m unresponsive for a bit!
I will still be reading feedback (including the DK Rexxar discussions), and playing a buttload of Hearthstone - just going to be chillin’ at home with the fam.
Happy Holidays, everyone! 🎄
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We have fixed the issues with boxes! No more empty boxes or boosters. Whew! For folks who opened borked boxes - we will get you fixed up soon. Sorry for the inconvenience, everyone!
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7/26/2013 - Eric Dodds and I preparing for a preview livestream to show off a little game we had been working on called Hearthstone
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In game design, an important question to ask when facing a problem is: Is this a system-design problem, or a content design problem? In this case, what initially seemed like a system problem (players want a mulligan) was actually solved with a content design change!
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gawdammit my son left the door open when he went to a friend's house and
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Been reading discussions about balance; we have an update coming next month which includes some cool events, and that is when any balance changes would happen. We'll be sure to announce any changes as the patch gets closer. See you at the HCT World Championship next week!
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The full roster! Just in time for Christmas Smash with the family.
also why are there like 1000 guys with swords in this game and yet I can’t choose to be Toad
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Honestly I am so excited to make a Marvel game. I’m a huge Marvel fan and the team at
@MarvelGames
are some of the most awesome people I’ve ever worked with.
ICYMI: We're partnering with our friends at
@seconddinner
to bring you an all-new Marvel game! Get the details here:
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Giving a presentation at a local middle school today and I’ve just now realized none of these people were alive when I started working on Hearthstone
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the first person who tweets me with a greyscale picture of Warsong Commander with "Avenge the fallen" on it gets blocked
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Three days until my new rap drops and I have just discovered how easy it is to make animated gifs in photoshop
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When writing help text for your game, is it acceptable to refer to the player as “sucka”?
asking for a friend
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Holy smokes - it’s been 1 year since
@hamiltonchu
and I left Blizzard. It was such a hard decision to leave, and I was pretty scared of the great unknown that would become
@SecondDinner
.
A lot happened around that time, and I thought it might be fun to reminisce a bit. 👇
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