Do you Know Hearthstone? W/ A Hearthstone Designer (Leo)

[@amyonthenet]

8:03 that's a weird looking frostwolf warlord

[@gorillafunfun]

i was so confused why no one was talking about it lmao

[@KindredDoomBot]

@@gorillafunfun Yo same xD

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

Was that a temp png that accidentally made the final video? WTF happened?

[@baileywaslin2491]

Shoutout to recognizing criticism and actually adapting, even though I know pretty much every guest outside of the Devs I would love to see intros for the person involved at the start. Much love Rarran

[@Neofoxie]

That is nice that you now let them introduce themselves ! I hard no idea who Gallon was until I guessed it

[@XannnyTanner]

@@smwg4187 I don't think it as a lack of manners and moreso trying to be respectful of their time. If you notice in most episodes he alludes to them being limited on time and also these games are almost certainly voluntary for the folks that choose to take part. Glad we are getting intros and he is responding to criticism in stride though! I just personally don't see his mannerisms as being rude or disrespectful, but moreso in a rush to get maximize the small amount of time they have available.

[@kornelparoczai1763]

@@smwg4187 I think he always means well, he's just dumb. He is 5 years old after all

[@XannnyTanner]

@@smwg4187 Those words are very closely related, again I really don't see it 😕 Could be a difference in culture or life experience just don't see it that way from my perspective. To each their own though!

[@turntsnaco824]

@@smwg4187 Again, they just made this entire point, but I think what you are perceiving as "inconsiderate" is just the byproduct of trying not to waste their time - which is actually one way of _being_ considerate. It's also profoundly clear from some of the things he says to his guests and questions he asks that he actually has a tremendous amount of appreciation for the design team and the thought and effort they put into the game. If you have to single out one specific element of the videos with disregard to anything else that happens to find a negative angle, it seems like a bit of a reach. I'm not saying he's perfect, but he definitely tries very hard and it shows. I think you're expecting like some super laid back, casual banter kind of show, but this rapid-fire sort of approach to what is literally a game show with a very defined structure has always been Rarran's style, and he's clearly trying to be relatively professional about it, so that's why it is the way it is. And I can relate - as someone who works in customer service, sometimes I get so caught up in doing my job so quickly and efficiently that I don't stop to smile and butter people up with my words - and most people don't care because they are content to receive swift, straight-to-the-point service, but occasionally there is someone who takes it personally that I didn't go out of my way to give them an indisputably pleasant experience within their expectations. Just like me, I don't think Rarran means any disrespect - I think he's just trying to do his job well.

[@turntsnaco824]

@@smwg4187 I also want to add, I don't think anyone can derive enough from any of these videos to make massive, sweeping assumptions about Rarran's personality, what he is feeling, and what is going through his head when recording these videos. If anything I think it's a little inconsiderate and impersonal to jump to conclusions and assume anything about someone with this sort of limited context, but especially something negative. Personally, I'm often more inclined to believe that things are probably better than they seem, simply because there is so much more than what we get to see, and I'm not so cynical as to believe that everything someone does when I'm not looking is terrible, and they need to prove to me that that's not the kind of person they are. Basically, you're good in my book until you give me a good, firm reason to think otherwise. It's way too easy to misjudge someone from a snapshot of their existence you see on the internet, especially with the opportunity to feel like you are better than someone else in some way. Don't fall into that trap.

[@ShynyMagikarp]

17:45 the other reason it doesn't just say "inspire: the card costs 0" is that you could have played a number of other Warlock hero cards which don't draw or something, like for example Jaraxxus. In that case it would make no sense.

[@DJFracus]

or other classes get it with something like Faceless Manipulator

[@MrSpleenface]

@@DJFracus Imagine getting this with Deathstalker Rexxar

[@MrSpleenface]

@@somerandomgamer8504 No, I meant if it just said "Inspire: The card costs 0", that would theoretically work with Deathstalker Rexxar and be broken as hell

[@wurgel1]

@@MrSpleenface Or a warrior turning into Dr. Boom# Which also leaves up with the fringe cases. Inspire has to trigger, if you draw or not. So, if a Pally got it and calls a silver hand recruit, the inspire would trigger and then what? change the silver hand recruits manacost to 0 while on the board?

[@poquu1081]

Inspire: next card you draw costs 0.

[@bernard832]

Rarran: There's no points, this is just for fun. Every guest: What's my score?

[@fancygiraffe3340]

Rarran should consider a 'who's line is it anyway' approach and give random points per question.

[@LucasRoth42]

Noxious, Kibler, Ben Brode and Day 9 are my most expected guests! And please do a "Warth" card for Day 9

[@RatedManatee]

Oozes for Noxious.

[@aslanevrim4348]

Kibler would be so awesome

[@jordanlutz8307]

Do jade idol.

[@OrmyGaming]

@@aslanevrim4348 Dragon edition for Kibler :D

[@danilvoiko954]

wow I've forgotten about Noxious, haven't heard of him for like 5-6 years maybe

[@joeywoolcox6149]

A common theme I’ve seen from all of the devs on this show is asking the question “is this card fun” and I think it shows how much the team takes that mantra seriously when it bleeds over throughout the crew when designing and developing cards.

[@Rarran]

Less than 10k till 100,000 Subscribers!!!! I goofed at 8 min sorry for the confusion

[@kotkotzilla8772]

You relly deserve it

[@SerebiTV]

Much deserved! You've been a real inspiration, absolutely love that you keep pushing so many awesome types of content!

[@gusbuzzers9752]

Would you do a subscriber round of this for 100k subs? 🥺

[@wowguy1243]

you should've been at 100k already im pissed

[@user-tq8rp8jg6x]

you dont have 100 k yet? thats insane

[@cloudstrife1062]

8:01 this is the funniest shit i’ve seen all week

[@cursedkaito]

8:00 lmao what is that

[@legominer9520]

8:05 Rarran did you put the wrong image here?

[@thomasfox0]

i was very confused by the big camera just... dropping down lol

[@user-tq8rp8jg6x]

what do you mean? thats frostwolf warlord

[@skinkintreeshade3673]

Right? I had no idea what I was looking at.

[@tubebrocoli]

most likely, but still, why does he have a badly cut image of a camera in his folder? XD

[@gengarpuss1810]

I love the hindsight of this video, he couldnt say his favorite designed card because it's obviously the battlecry: die minion from march of the licht king, that came out after this video. Also the reason he was tripped up over the fire hawk is because they introduced dual types later too, so he was probably busy doing that at the time of shooting!

[@ThePuppetTheFriendlyDude]

8:01 Frostwolf Warlord??? Excuse me sir that is a camera

[@fnoogie]

Went to college with Leo, really happy to see him working on something he's genuinely excited about. Always interesting to hear the dev's perspective and reasoning for things.

[@johnlienhart2717]

I got the Doomed Apprentice one because Trump specifically talked about it during his review of it.

[@bevvvy1374]

Yeah I think Jens even played the voiceline when it came up but I might be wrong on that

[@SpecterVonBaren]

I got it because it's just one of the best lines they've put on a card because of how it references Sorcerer's Apprentice.

[@Cuestrupaster]

same.

[@vikingspartan]

@@SpecterVonBaren yeah same! they made it stick out so much that even if i never saw it in play, i knew what it was due to how popular sorcerer's apprentice is!

[@liamfoote7164]

I didnt play during the expansion so i dont know the card but i knew it was some kind of twist on sorceror's apprentice

[@bazookaward3859]

I think from an overall score Leo did the best. He got all the sound, Images and Most of the Cards. This was a awesome one. Love to hear it from a Devs Perspective.

[@WarlusOfficial]

Look mom I'm on TV! Had a great time being on this vid :) cheers all!

[@RickyMuzakki]

Leo you are cool, cute, great HS passion and knowledgeable. Rivalry vs Gallon going great 👍

[@saulogregoryev1176]

This series is fantastic, hope you bring more devs and legend players!

[@becausecontextmatters5260]

Man this was wild, when the card "Rumbling Elemental" appeared on my screen, without reading the text, i thought to myself "he changed battlecry to elemental".

[@michaeld8705]

Super glad to see this released. Was awesome hearing more about Leo's background and some of his favorite cards. Super fantastic

[@matiasortiz9014]

man im not playing hearstone since 2017 but your content is gold, i hope you keep finding guest and ways to keep doing this. thanks for all the hard work youre doing for us to get this amazing videos

[@RickyMuzakki]

8:02 Nice looking Frostwolf Warlord there

[@pedronanton443]

he was REALLY good never saw one who made all sounds and arts correctly and also on the cards he was REALLY good.

[@noidea2568]

8:00 uhhh... is this some sort of gag? Am I missing something? What even is that, a camera? XD

[@MrDirt]

Please more dev talk. When you invite devs, then squeeze everything out of them you can.

[@juby6359]

He did look like he was having fun and it was great hearing his story ! Probably my fav video of yours

[@benlarson6031]

Also to note the inspire thing, if you were to change your hero power (which I'm almost positive sir Finley was in standard at the same time) or generate the card in a different class it wouldn't make any sense

[@reveler279]

frostwolf warlord lookin funky 8:00

[@arthurroth3147]

8:55 “every expansion I was like how do I make this playable.” Now we know why there’s deathrattle Druid, it was to make recurring villain viable. Heck, there was also deathrattle rogue and priest in alterac, and with the infuse synergy, maybe it truly was the whole point of Nathria. He truly is a recurring villain.

[@andredepadua8799]

And now we have handbuff hunter

[@jackrebble]

I loved this episode, not sure why, but I did. I've watched every episode so far but this one stood out to me. Keep up the good work!

[@arazos3535]

Amazing guys, leo and gallon! They put a smile on my face of how humble and nice they are.

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

Next episode: Do you Know Hearthstone (w/ Jaraxus, Paragon Lord of the Burning Legion)

[@bb-im6hf]

can't wait for Rarran to get Leerroooy Jeeenkinnns!! on the show

[@michalmadera1336]

YOU FACE JARAXUS YOU FACE JARAXUS

[@vigridr7614]

Do you mean Eredar Lord of the Burning Legion? Fake card.

[@Hapetiitti]

@@michalmadera1336 EREDAR LORD OF THE TRIFLING GNOME!

[@CptnYarrow]

Its so cool, hearing leo speak so passionatly about the game feels warm and fuzzy!

[@Xx2Devexia2xX]

Those videos with hs ppl are super great! You keep whipping out the best tricks possible yet they know the cards so well it's amazing

[@NotOfWomanBorn]

The editing for these videos, with the visual effects, filters and sound effects, is great, really enhances the fun. Keep up the great work!

[@MrGetownedLP]

Lol this guy Leo is super chill and pretty funny :) NICE VID RARRAN killing it as always

[@anomaliecosmos]

I've been watching a lot of these even though I don't play (blame the card game meta pipeline, the quiz-type episodes tend to be my favorites) and listening to Leo talk very nearly makes me want to pick it up, just, the enthusiasm, the love for the creative and art aspects (nobody has ever done that well on the art phase, right?) it's so wholesome. I absolutely love it.

[@electricVGC]

Honestly this was also incredibly fun, love seeing the dev episodes. Would also love to see ecore on this :)

[@guardwizard8418]

I'm so happy the video was approved, I cant wait to watch it later

[@adamn7777]

I think Leo actually did better than Gallon or at least about the same

[@KrivitskyM]

He definitely bested him in the art category. The only other person who also nailed all 3 images was Dane, if I'm not mistaken.

[@LizardDude]

Editing Critique: I don't like how he shows the art of an unrelated card while playing the sounds. It hijacks my brain into simultaneously trying to identify that art and distracts from the actual question of the sound.

[@ILeonGamerI]

loved Leo on the show! it was so fun hearing his point of view on cards and how fast he answered some cards XD

[@catcoffeemug]

8:00 what happened here lol

[@svenwagner4717]

Hearthstone creator community : 'Doing evergreen original content based on HS, that also gets views is impossible.' Rarran : 'Hold my beer.' Not only that but now you deliver for the 'These are the people behind the curtain and they are at least as passionate about the game as you' vibe Blizzard tried to convey for the longest time each new expansion (with varying and sometimes questionable outcomes)? I hope they appreciate what they have with you 😁

[@nicolasbreuer3027]

Absolutely. I mean this guy was amazing!! I have seen dozens of his custom cards on Reddit, such a cool thing to hear that he got hired for card design. Also, the genuin joy he has with these weird cards and niche aspects of the game. Never in a thousand years would I have guessed these voice lines or images!

[@hogg156]

Wasnt it Solem who said that first?

[@svenwagner4717]

@@hogg156 He did and he wasn't exactly wrong. Him and Dekkster did put out great content with a lot of effort behind it, yet it wasn't really rewarded. On the contrary the algorithm even sorta punished it. Happy Rarran did fare better. Content like this is what both the game and the community need imo.

[@hugomendoza5665]

I've never played or heard Doomed Apprentice but the only reason I figured it out was because its voiceline is so related to sorcerer's apprentice. lol

[@jdrukman]

Loving these vids with the devs. Fun and insightful! Keep up the good work Rarran

[@Slaanash]

I actually called Spirit Jailer's classes being flipped and I think that's the first 'difficult' one I've gotten the contestent hasn't.

[@Dymodeus1]

This episode was great, Leo was really fun

[@innerchimp9783]

I loved you asking him questions. Great insights learnt

[@warpuppy4528]

If battle cry minions worked like Rarran said they do, Injured Blademaster would deal 4 damage to something that doesn't exist and then come into play as a 3 mana 4/7

[@turntsnaco824]

I want more of these so bad, the developer insight is amazing.

[@igoriliev5305]

Watching this gameshow I've realized that the trick with it is that even if the card looks right you HAVE to assume that it's fake, and try to figure it out from there, they're too quick. Usually like only 2 cards are real. Like that spirit jailer, it looked a little off to me but I didn't know why so I would've taken some more time to figure it out. But then again, it's all just for fun soo

[@florianfercsak5186]

And it just keeps getting closer to Ben Brode

[@Noobie2k7]

Well I mean his current project isn't going well. He could probably do with the good publicity lol.

[@auramaster13]

When I saw tree of life it made me remember when I tied a game with my opponent because my Yogg cast embrace the shadows and then cast tree of life. Good times.

[@apecksar1858]

Rarran got so excited that he forgot that Snowbold has a different emblem on the back

[@jkw6259]

I love this dev series. Listening to people guessing if card is right or wrong and hear about their thinking process when developing cards - just pure silver!

[@simonbas6]

Of course battlecry goes off after the minion enters play, how else is Yogg Saron supposed to pyroblast itself?

[@gabecruz3931]

25:35 that card isn’t from Frozen throne. When he reveals the real one, the background changes too.

[@sasgo8452]

Small hints for remembering Dual-class pairings or their orders are Wand Thief and Demon Companion. Wand Thief (Mage) (Rogue) Demon Companion (Demon (Hunter))

[@kajetankupis1975]

8:00 is this asset supposed to be the Warlord? funny editing goof

[@BoutTime73]

Love the series, always. Heck for more. Like the devs taking part.

[@MihaiPD97]

We love the content! Please do this as long as you can!

[@hipunpun]

This whole series is great! ❤

[@MrDirt]

17:13 It's not inspire because when a Priest or Rogue would copy/burgle Wilfred, the inspire effect would do nothing.

[@EpiDot52]

Never seen your channel before, but great video! Very high effort and interesting.

[@ulyssessanchez2328]

5:55 forgot Humungrous Owl Art buddy Love the content though man but just a friendly little catch

[@robertlupa8273]

6:05 I thought he was just folding his arms! I didn't notice the dirt in his hand. :o

[@derpykarrot]

not rarran who commented on his own video a day before he released it: wait... that's illegal

[@Rarran]

I thought it was gonna be approved yesterday lol

[@HomAxz]

awesome guy, very funny & insightful episode!

[@DBB277]

I think I love the devs more than the streamers. It's so cool to hear their reasoning.

[@RickyMuzakki]

Yeah Devs guest are super informative and insightful

[@Pookiebear]

Non hearthstone player here but just wanted to say: rarran love the series keep up the great work

[@MrSandman3355]

That’s a sick Frostwolf Warlord png lol

[@doodledeedah]

Get leo back on! His knowledge and love of hearthstone is so rich and deep. He speaks so eloquently about all aspects of the game - super novel guest!

[@AdamGaffney96]

20:52 My best guess as to why this is written this way is because it doesn't scan too well to repeat the word hand in the same sentence. The real wording is also a bit clunky, but "Each turn this is in your hand, transform it into a card in your opponents hand" feels weird with the repeated use of the word hand. Hard to say though, knowing Hearthstone there's another card where it's written like that.

[@manukass5250]

Finally... Was asking for introductions for months

[@w00ty32]

17:00 and yeah, the way I read the wording of your version of that card is that life tapping makes casting Fizzlebang free.

[@SpecterVonBaren]

I have a feeling it's a contractual requirement that when you work for the Hearthstone team to develop cards, if a card CAN have a stupid pun in it then it MUST have a stupid pun it.

[@tubebrocoli]

what was the camera at 8min?? XDD

[@MisterIncog]

That was really cool, Leo showed his skills as a designer and was a cool chiil cute guy!

[@Jobjobbable]

Rarran I got a suggestion, while the guest is talking about the card, put the full card into the frame, same with the guesses. I didnt remember how Humongous Owl was, it would be nice to see it while the guest talks. Love the show!

[@Kiksa135]

Loved this episode Rarran :D

[@DimkaTsv]

Have some memories about Lady in White having no "Inner fire" mention in text. At least for my memory it was just something around "For every minion in your deck set it's attack equal to health" Buut... Maybe my memory is wrong there.

[@Whostoledargon]

For Wilfred Fizzlebang, the Inspire keyword wouldn't make much sense if a class other than Warlock played it (via burgling effect etc.)

[@darkumineru1681]

17:05 maybe then make it "second card drawn each turn costs 0" lets u use it if for any reason u get it without a hero power with draw and even if u swaped your hero power (even duals and so on)

[@tywinlannister8015]

I could have sworn the last one was Spell Damage +2. But I mixed it up with an Old Gods kobold of the same cost and similar art.

[@aldergodric4324]

Perhaps chameleos is written that way to ensure there's no confusion between your hand and your opponents'?

[@tiny_frog_]

Just wanna make a small comment, you guys commented on Crystal Lion being really bad but that card actually saw play in a tier 1 deck, in late KnC dude paladin was really good and overtook murloc paladin, and that deck (frequently but not 100% of the time) ran Crystal Lion, and occasionally Stand Against Darkness, another very fringe and previously bad card. Another thing I want to point out is that Frigid Snobold saw fringe play in Karazhan midrange shaman, the deck that came up as one of the most broken we'd ever seen at that point after the nerf to tuskarr totemic and rockbiter weapon kind of made aggro shaman not as good. Frigid Snobold was used as an activator for spirit claws and generally just a beefy 4 drop because that deck had kind of a hole on turn 4 (don't want to play 4 mana 7/7 beacuse then you can't play thunder bluff valiant on curve). Great video as always, just wanted to point out these minor things I found interesting :>

[@jobriq5]

6:09 did you pick a part of the art that can’t even be seen on the card?

[@TheSneakyMonk222]

I love these episodes with the devs!

[@TwoRedOneBlonde]

I absolutely love this series. I will be so disappointed when it ends 😂

[@Totaluser1]

When he runs out of guests, he will just do season 2. Infinite content

[@TheCooderix]

@@Totaluser1 Season 2 is just AI versions of all these people.

[@daviddietz5101]

I also played almost exclusively shaman all the way to legend, in the set when all the elementals were released and then the set with shudderwock. And rumbling elemental wasn't the absolute worst if you play it. Play a battle cry and then evolve

[@oak_a]

This isn't only a fun game show, it's an excuse to interview VERY interesting HS people.

[@elon9085]

Chameleos probably doesn't say "in your opponent's hand" because the phrases "your hand" and "your opponent's hand" are too similar to each other to be in the same sentence. And I believe "Random" was omitted because the description is already very long and it's a single sentence

[@Geddn]

I spent so much time trying to get a Lady in white deck work since i loved the art work sooooo much

[@lexcheshir6416]

If battlecry happens before entering the battlefield than mr. yogg couldn't kill himself with first spell.

[@ShuckleShellAnemia]

Implying anyone would NOT remember Frigid Snobold

[@jcdrecks]

Leo is super likable man this was a great episode

[@KrivitskyM]

Also, if Wilfred Fizzlebang were to be used with a different Hero Power other than Life Tap, Rarran's wording would be super-confusing, whereas the actual wording makes it clear: if your Hero Power doesn't draw cards, Wilfred doesn't do anything.

[@menohomo7716]

I had to google Humongous Owl 😢 (5:44), the editing is really great usually so i felt like it was worth mentionning

[@sora8711]

Oh man, I definetly know the old cards more than the newer ones. I guess not playing since whenever Dr. Boom Mad Genius came out will do that. I couldn't remember the card name but I knew it was Doomed Apprentice since it's a play on Sorcerer's Apprentice "Someday I'll be just like you"