I'm Back Playing Hearthstone and EVERYTHING Changed

[@kazaroth]

Blizzard’s UX team really really need to watch this video. This is a one hour free ‘returning user’ study.

[@Reign274]

The thing is, some of his complaints are intentionally designed. Like having to click rewards encourages players to go into shops, where they can spend money. The 900 shops is based on gacha design to encourage more purchases. It’s meant to be confusing so people can feel good when they find a “deal” with the different currencies/shops and give money to blizzard. It works.

[@EricBarbman]

No, it was ridiculous. A grown up man complaining and whining for too long about not finding his way through a kid's game.

[@ButzPunk]

@@Reign274 the good old inverse hanlon's razor

[@GamePlayMetal]

Us regular players tend to forget how absolutely *horrible* it is

[@cx123456]

That "team" is one intern working on five separate projects.

[@alexlowe2054]

In spite of all his funny jokes and complaining, the first thing he does is squelch his opponent, and click everything on the board. He's obviously still a Hearthstone veteran.

[@gonzluisd]

Typical obnoxious content creator

[@ОлексійСупрун-ы2ч]

​@@gonzluisd Typical clueless commentator

[@diomio-ri2vo]

@@gonzluisd yea someone being likable is obnoxious. sure

[@lukecarter9531]

How does one stop being a veteran, besides paradoxical time travel?

[@ConnorGrummer]

We are fifteen minutes in and Day9 has not opened a single pack or played a single game. God we are so back. We used to dream of times like this.

[@AXELweirdTigger]

I've never seen DayNine b4 any recommended old vids ?

[@ConnorGrummer]

@@AXELweirdTigger There are of course a lot of good compilations of Day9 moments. I think Rarran watches one at some point in a video and reacts to it? If you're a fan of card-gamery you can pretty much look up any magic set from the last 5 years and "Day9 draft/sealed/standard" and get a video of him playing that format on MTGArena. There's also What The Deck?! which was a show he did with Noxious (and Brian Kibler makes frequent appearances) where they played viewer submitted decks against each other. Of course, you can also look up "Day9 (your favorite game title)" and see if he's happened to play it. It's always funny to see his opinions on games.

[@neil2444]

As a programmer and as someone who plays hearthstone, may I just say, slow clap for the whole jab at the interface. It's like they never really thought any of it through when they decided to do it. I got a good laugh when he arrived at a completely different menu after exiting brawl mode gameplay.

[@Tagswell]

Genuinely made me lol, it is so much more complicated than it used to be. I've gotten used to it but it was hilarious to see Day9 caught in a menu-based labyrinth.

[@zezblit]

Shitty UX really boils my piss, since I put so much thought into it in my work

[@haltdeinmaul507]

I mean ... they were game designers not UI experts .. but yeah it was and still is horrible. Compare that for example to Legends of runeterra. While not easy as well it is MUCH simpler then that shit.

[@lvlinty]

This is what happens when your UI folks have been staring at the same thing for 10 years. They lose that, "show the new person how" sense

[@roerd]

It makes it seem in hindsight that the Hearthstone team of old had a point when they were extremely cautious about making any changes to the interface. (Anyone remember the "more then nine deck slots" discussion?)

[@Kraken9911]

We're on similar timelines. I also quit around 2018 and came back a few months ago. My mind was blown how ridiculous the powercreep has come. It felt like every card was "get a body, choose a new card, deal damage, bring back some other minions" for 0 mana.

[@Sorenzo]

"Congratulations, you've played 8700 games. Would you like the most basic of tutorials now?"

[@gerardkiczula9146]

😢😢 1:43 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@kruteliktm1249]

I think it's 8700 wins not games.

[@adambenes]

​@@kruteliktm1249it is

[@daemonbane1]

Its actually insane based on last played date - I booted the game up to unlock the new WoW Hearthsteed reskin (its free, im not gonna say no) and figured i may as well check out some new cards, but unfortunately last time I played for myself was way back around release, so Hearthstone threw me tutorials for every. single. screen. It was a barrage of ~10-15 mins of nonstop tutorial (not even reading, just skipping them all), so my brain just switched off and I went from ''lets play a couple rounds' to 'lets play something else' inside about 30 seconds. That 10-15 mins was not even me trying to figure out how to play the game - it was purely trying to figure out how to quit legitimately through all the forced tutorial popups. In hindsight I should have alt+f4'd The barrier to entry is incredibly high, to the point id be very surprised if anyone actually starts this for the first time any more, and i'm sure day9 was deeply regretting his choice for at least parts of this stream.

[@SagaraUrz]

matches_played = 550 # Number of matches played by the player if matches_played > 500: print("Welcome back!") else: print("Showing tutorial screen...") Blizzard instead did: ...

[@estivalbloom]

19:18 I lost my mind laughing with Arthas started talking

[@Drakni]

I picked a BAD time to take a swig of water just before this moment. Almost choked, holy shit

[@justin4018]

It’s just the game trying to get all of the tutorial shit out the way, but yeah poorly executed 😅

[@ben10sofie]

This is legitimately one of the funniest videos I have ever seen and he hasn't started playing the game yet. Send help, I'm dying.

[@EMBPercussion]

Weewooweewoo ambulance

[@Mumaakil]

day9 has always been hilarious

[@WMDistraction]

It's also great as someone who quit Hearthstone around the same time he did. I'm just sharing in his confusion lmao

[@lucashall1679]

As someone who has been following Hearthstone, realizing just how messed up all of the menus are has been hilarious.

[@SirCanuckelhead]

I had not watched d9 in a long time, this was really random suggest. I was trying to wind down to sleep so figured at least if it was boring I would be sleeping... Now I am wide awake laughin my ass off.

[@muchoyike]

As someone who stopped playing/watching hearthstone when Sean did, it's so nice to have someone just as bamboozled as I am with the current state of the game.

[@daemonbane1]

It really is just a wall of noise (both sound and visual) and arcane iconography that presumably means something to the theoretical person who never stopped playing, but may as well be hieroglyphics to me. (TBH, that's insulting to hieroglyphics, they occasionally make a kind of intuitive sense)

[@trashdoge1217]

52:28 "What happened to this fricking game" and "its turn 5??!!!???" Are perfect quotes

[@mandurrudnam7632]

what was up with the order though, i dont even play this game and doing the aoe before trading everything was obviously better

[@EnderGoku9001]

rip the paladin aoe card :(

[@Karp_Dominion]

I rediscovered Day9 through Rarran and it’s only now that realize how funny he is. Definitely didn’t appreciate him enough when he played HS.

[@DiabloTommaso]

One of the best of Hs is BACK! You are truly missed and you will be after this nostalgia trip

[@mohammadhoseinabbasi9993]

is he gonna continue playing?

[@bobbrossify]

@@mohammadhoseinabbasi9993throughout the month? Probably again yeah. In perpetuity? If he wants. He streams what he likes.

[@aros3554]

​@@mohammadhoseinabbasi9993 by description I assume its a week only

[@thatchaiguy3857]

He died turn 5 in his 2nd game so unlikely, if I was just returning and that happened to me on decks the game told you was good I wouldn't come back 😂

[@DiabloTommaso]

@@mohammadhoseinabbasi9993 nah it s blizzard month only. He d going for all blizzard games

[@22neohenry]

I once abandoned an ALDI shopping cart with my quarter deposit still in it. The mechanism that releases the quarter jammed and other people were waiting for a cart so I just said "I don't know how any of this shit works." and walked away.

[@bluemyst42]

Watching Day9 navigate a menu is like watching Dora the Explorer. "Do you see where the thing is?" "Lets check with chat to see if they know where it is." "Can you say open the packs? You can? Great."

[@Sicktrees]

Day9 shitting on the UX and UI of current day Hearthstone is the cathartic balm that I've been waiting for

[@alegend2337]

Chat is NOT helping Day9 ease back into Hearthstone LMAO 17:10

[@Funkyent]

"What in the legitimate fuck did you just make me do?"

[@Soquilli]

I almost pissed myself laughing! This video really made me realize how much grace Blizzard has been given for probably one of the worst UI/UX experiences in modern gaming 🤣

[@GaussianEntity]

Reminds me of when Rarran tried Yugioh the first time lmao

[@guitaraffa]

Lol, that was me! 🤣🤣🤣. I didn't think I would actually be able to get him to click it, but he saw my message at the right time. Sorry... 😏

[@yargolocus4853]

@@guitaraffa thank you for your service

[@merrakie5216]

NAH when he ended up at Arthus from an easter egg in the tutorial I was dying.

[@WingstenGER]

This guy is the single most hilarious person I've ever seen on KZbin. Usually seeing unedited content makes me immediately click off, but he just makes every second enjoyable. Have a subscribe and a like and a comment!

[@Alliclare]

Oh my gosh I am actually crying with the Easter egg into smoke monster bit!

[@alex2d]

Good lord, chat leading him to the easter egg and them him quitting and it throwing him into the Death Knight stuff is absolute peak comedy.

[@MythrilZenith]

Somehow this overwhelmed freakout is exactly what I needed today. This is exactly what it feels like to go back to a mobile game that you used to play every day then stopped playing for 6 years.

[@DrBob66]

Spending 25 minutes fucking around with all the new UI is great

[@maitreshifu12]

No one is talking about it though, but that one catch up pack with FIVE legendaries ? Satisfying af I won’t lie

[@giorgisabashvili2664]

7:26 I DIED, seriously, my chest hurts from laughing

[@EebstertheGreat]

The "Hearthstone" label should read "Constructed" and the "Modes" label should read "Other Modes." I suspect they didn't use "Constructed" because they were concerned that players wouldn't know what that meant, both old and new players. They might be right. But they don't know what "Hearthstone" means either (isn't it all Hearthstone?). I guess it's better than a big tacky arrow saying "main game here."

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

they shot themselves in the foot by calling "standard" "standard", otherwise it would be the natural name there, with the same implication as them using "hearthstone" now

[@mckinleyostvig7135]

Tbf battlegrounds isn't hearthstone, it's trash. Otherwise I agree though.

[@MrProthall]

I mean... Blizzard has the lowest opinion of their players ever. I remember when they were like "Noooo, the decklimit needs to be low, otherwise our players are going to be confuuuuused"

[@Soquilli]

The worst part is that Day9 is spitting straight facts about how absolutely terrible the UI/UX for Hearthstone really is but holy shit does that make for incredible comedy 🤣

[@rubencp93]

Thanks to CGB, I checked Raran, and thanks to Raran, youtube recommended me this video. I'm less than 20' in, and I already subbed. This is too good! So this is the Day9 person I hear so much about. I finally understand why!

[@matthewyalamas2747]

As a former Legend Farmer: "Achievement Unlocked". "Click Achivement unlocked". "Click this Click to unlock". For literally nothing. "Heel unlocked"

[@CyanMentality]

52:28 Nice to see the matchmaking for starter ranks hasn't changed ❤🎉🤮

[@TheQuiet94]

This is one of the funniest videos Day9 has made in a long time. Holy shit I couldn't stop laughing at his menu confusions.

[@AllNamesAreTakenO]

Tried to come back to hearthstone, got frightened, left again. So much has changed it’s a bit daunting

[@pandim8035]

Its alot but when you get into it its still fun in my opinion

[@ilikeshiba]

I tried to play it again too (on Asian servers) and gave up after a few hours of not getting matched against a real human player a single time. I started playing magic the gathering arena for the first time instead and got matched with real opponents in seconds even during the tutorial. The polish and UX isn’t as good as hearthstone but I’m having more fun with it.

[@Chimeraeateverything]

⁠​⁠@@ilikeshibayea that happens on every server if you come back after a long time for an entire season or until you hit legend. I suggest you play battlegrounds or arena until next season to face real opponents. Arena is insanely hard and overtuned now though, could take you 30 runs before you hit 12 wins

[@zainvadlin8183]

I had a similar experience. I then tried MTGA for the first time, because if Day[9] enjoys it I could at least give it a shot. And Honestly, the New Player experience is very nice. You get a lot of cards and it eases you into the game. I'm actually enjoying myself. Suffice it to say, give it shot.

[@Itzak15]

just read the cards lol

[@mofohasteheyelazors]

This is how I found out Kotick was done at blizzard

[@Lowekinder]

Huh. Maybe I'll see if battlegrounds still lights a spark

[@mykal2803]

He really was the funniest hearthstone content creator.. theres a reason we still talk about making larger and larger men, into an even LARGER man.

[@pwarner]

I was thinking about going back to hearthstone. This reminded me why I haven't. So much random bs and popups and daily xp and other stuff I don't need in my brain. Thanks, Day9!

[@user-sl6gn1ss8p]

yeah, me too, and it only seems to be getting worse with time

[@KnownAsKenji]

Chat, let me clear something up for those who weren't here to watch old Day9 HS. He doesn't care about value outside of the match itself. Dude refreshes his Challenge a Friend Quests, alright. Would've been a lot faster and smoother for him if you just told him to open the packs he's got.

[@EzioAuditore1500]

you are just so real

[@ubermenschen01]

Chat screaming "NOO STRIMMER NOOOOO" while Day9 cackles with glee is peak content.

[@prestonexzabe2997]

Lol they finally added the "elusive" keyword after saying for years that they didn't want to because there would be "too many key words"

[@GaussianEntity]

They're still saying "too many keywords" lol

[@Ddlmt1687]

I'm dying lmao that mustard pack caught me by surprise

[@jayguerber7879]

23:54 You have no idea how much I want to beam the sentence “If you’d talked to Arthas five minutes ago, you’d know” into his head right now

[@michaelavidano7611]

"We're not playing the game, we're doing something known as ... making content". Day9, never change

[@dash8425]

Seeing Sean back in Hearthstone is like Dad coming back with the milk, finally. I love it, I am crying, but I am scared that he won't like it and leave again

[@stagtite]

This is the reason when I tried to get back in to hearthstone I just closed the game, way too many pop-ups and 50 different menus that made no sense. Just let me play.

[@starbomber]

19:52 OMG IT IS ELDEN RING AHHHHHHHHH

[@forgotisgaming277]

This is why i started watching Day9 back in the day lets gooo

[@amcc8188]

Love the idea of Blizzard Month. Can someone @ me when he starts doing Heroes of The Storm? I really don't care about the rest of blizz games these days, but loved Day9 back in the day :)

[@Hellschwarz]

I'm 10 min in and Mr 9 has not even started a game. That's premium hearthstone content right there

[@Breakingyourankles_]

Me: Sean, how was hearthstone? You: you’re not gonna believe this but I couldn’t get into a game, it was so stressful! Blizzard mba executive: *smokes cigar* Mya see, whatever you do just don’t let them play, just keep rotating them through different menus then send them to the shop.

[@sonkien3]

Field day for me was the day that we would have to clean our barracks rooms to perfection once a week

[@deltaangelfire]

Not even 20 minutes into "Blizzard Month" and the regret is already palpable

[@UranoSteam]

When he clicked the bolt for the second time on the tutorial's menu i somehow expected the game casually opening him marvel snap.

[@Neal_YouTube]

I watched this entire stream yesterday and it was the highlight of my week easily, and the week isn't even over.

[@happy_moth]

This game has been a mobile first designed game for so long, everything else has to fit in around that. Designing for no hover, context click etc means you have to fight for screen real estate, especially when mobile buttons need to be so big compared to a cursor!

[@juliorosado1921]

I also dropped hearthstone in 2018, and decided to pick it up this weekend. This video is so cathartic, thank easter im not alone

[@ac9265]

We have field day in the US. Its awesome! Glad to see you pushing content for HS. I always had a blast watching your streams for this game back in the day.

[@Illinri]

this is the funniest shit i have ever had the pleasure to witness, holy crap my sides are hurting from laughing

[@gabrielrorke-eb1tj]

Been watching the rarran vids with you, glad you’re back!!! 😃

[@gothcow1]

watching day9 figure out hearthstone with all the new keywords feels exactly like when i try and learn MTG and there are an absolute flurry of keywords to learn

[@YoungClarke]

Haven't watched Day9 in quite a bit, I can't recall if this is the usual level of sassy-ness or if its Hearthstone in particular, but I am here for it.

[@Zeigler_]

The whole stream of this was gold, top tier content

[@zada4a]

I love you Day9!! I am a big Day9 daily #100 fan I've rewatched it many times, one of the best videos on the internet Amazing you are getting back into Hearthstone! The space needs you to revive the game!

[@sevcon2]

"Drilly the kid? Oh my god don't let THAT show up in your search history" XD

[@Pers0n97]

59:48 That exact kind of extreme tempo shift is the reason why I stopped playing HS and why every time I give it another chance I end up giving up on the game. The game has powercrept itself into a corner where that kind of ridiculous shift happen every other turns and you can't do anything about it, outside of trying to pull the same kind of shifts because the game doesn't have any interactions during the turn of your adversary. It just feels very bad and extremely RNG.

[@adaml8827]

This was just legitimately hilarious all the way through. His reactions to the UI are just amazing

[@Noneymar1]

A few months ago I opened hearthstone again (just like you after 6-7 years) because I had the urge to play Arena (dunno why, dunno why now, don’t ask). I lit went through so much of the same things, emotions and questions you went through during this video. I really loved watching this.

[@santipenalver3136]

How the fuck is this guy so fun like there is no ten seconds without him saying something with quick thinking

[@TroZrat]

when the game randomly put Day9 in a adventure mode game and made him freak out genuinely made me burst out laughing

[@zednaught]

I also recently opened hearthstone for the first time in years and the accumulation of content, notifications, and shoehorned UI was one of the most baffling experiences of my life

[@Chizypuff]

"Why does the plaguebringer come with Lucky Charms?"

[@thatone8910]

Your return to Hearthstone gave me more goosebumps than the return of Twin Peaks after 25 years you AMAZING human being.

[@kyleroe5079]

Not me thinking he meant "Ketchup Packs", I'm like what expansion is this, a Hotdog stand?

[@attention_shopping]

14:50 oMG this is a better return than i thought LOL i had the same feeling when i returned!

[@Test-me4yi]

I don't want to be negative here, but Blizzard made so many mistakes in the past years, not even a "Blizzard-Month" with Day9 can make me look past those. You're still awesome, whatever games you play.

[@CF565]

Yeah, I tend to agree- the CA lawsuit showed that there are abusive scumbags at all levels of Blizzard's corporate hierarchy, and that toxic culture doesn't simply vanish just because ol' Bobby has been shown the door. That company is rotted to the core.

[@bobbrossify]

@@CF565spoilers, all companies are. There’s no ethical consumption.

[@CF565]

@@bobbrossify I mean, while I tend to share your sentiments generally, devs like Supergiant and other indies have shown you can make great games while embodying positive company culture. But yeah, as far as corporate Triple-A goes, it seems they pretty much all are some flavor of bad.

[@TheVivi13]

@@CF565 Well yeah it's harder for those things to fester and happen when your "company" is just a handful of people. It's not even the games industry with this issue, literally EVERY company has similar issues lol. It's just what happens when there's more and more people and more levels of positions of power. Happens at AAA gaming companies, happens at schools, happens at hospitals, happens at lawyer firms, etc etc. People suck. I have a friend who works at a city hall and one of their coworkers was complaining about HR being a thing because they "have to try really hard to not flirt with his coworkers".

[@drewprew]

Well hey at least sean’s gettin’ paid.

[@yzbrian]

It was literally yesterday I was having a conversation with a friend where we talked about how we missed the old Hearthstone days and now I see the GOAT has returned, crazy coincidence.

[@wilkiadam]

28:33 “don’t let that show up in your search history!”

[@SouzyFilms]

How is it you got even more hilarious. I will relish this moment forever. Especially the part about the catch up packs 😂

[@8thlvlMage]

Sean is finally throwing 12+ years of Twitch chat's bullshit back at them, but unfortunately for his chat he is far more clever at trolling than them. I fully support Day9's villain arc.

[@小鸭粉丝汤]

Warrior : huh, greetings! day9 immediately: squelch icant

[@sombersloth7010]

The main thing I got from this video is that the "e" in esports stands for easter

[@breakingrowesbud]

… “Don’t let THAT show up in your search history.” Omg. Day9. I missed you.

[@BABA-lx5ob]

OMG this video back me in the old good days when Day9 first time played HS beta version.

[@MoXyiD]

i had field days in elementary school, too! it was 'popcorn' field day. same type of activities but with popcorn

[@ethanwebb5334]

Great news! This VOD encouraged me to open up Hearthstone again after 6 years. We're in this together, you and I

[@Draffut2003]

Balatro looking wild.

[@Syger]

First time I've watched Day9 in a long time and HOO BOY was this the perfect return to form. I remember 13-14 years ago having the same vibe with SC2 and man I am SO HERE for it. 17:39 HOLY FUCK I AM -WHEEZING- xD

[@PhazonOmega]

As someone who plays this game today, he's right... it's insane. I laughed so hard when he accidently opened the Brawl, which DOESN'T EXPLAIN ITSELF EVER.... How did he get to the Lich King campaign? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

[@nathanhargenrader645]

Somehow a good portion of this video is just looking at menus and its pure gold. Man I missed this

[@Foffer1337]

I just watched Rarran's video with you and here you are. Feels like we are back in 2012 all over again baby !

[@Supercris25]

This is PEAK COMEDY. I am crying of laughter and it's only been 5 minutes.

[@trevsguitarstash4967]

As a recently returning player.. i can say it's get better lol after a week or so But still is redonkulous how every card has like 3+ effects plus draw and disocvery and death rattle all RNG based. Battleground is another beast but imma just wait for its rest to master that one

[@Atlas1258]

Wow the nostalgia is real

[@sperson101]

We had sports day in Vancouver, Canada essentially. It's also called sports day. Crazy to hear it's so widespread.

[@KingSMOrcthe9th]

Please come back to the community of Hearthstone, at least once a month or once a year, we’ll be elated to have you again brother man.🎉🎉

[@alexbiersner3350]

What a perfect time to subscribing and watching this channel. Haven't seen Day[9] in a long time

[@joewest3901]

1:53 and there's the return of the king. Welcome back to HS, Day9

[@stevenjoubertofficial]

I used to LOVE watching Day9 play Hearthstone. This made my day!

[@carlsoll]

8:07 Lol- so funny. Glad you’re back *9!* Good stuff w/Rarren earlier :o

[@elegy1947]

Day9 getting Tony Montana'd by rewards at 7:35 is all I needed to get through the day

[@andrearambaldi5306]

Now we just need amaz and disguised toast again for the greatest nostalgia trip ever.

[@Luma_29]

I would kill for Amaz to return

[@DoofDays]

Noxious bringing back Randuin 🙏🏻

[@JopeyPajatrick]

This is easily one of the funniest Day9 videos i've ever seen!

[@Ttangko_]

Wow, I dont play hearthstone since 2016 and just discovered you from algorythms here... now youre instantly having a comeback video. YOURE SO FUNNY and THANKS YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO LOOOOOOL EDIT: "This video was uploaded 2 minutes ago"

[@MarWeyog]

God I love seeing you back in Hearthstone so much... and your reactions to all the changes.... Stay awesome, Day9