Cockroach OTK Shaman is back...again

[SparkyElf-2852]

Forgot to add something, but perhaps it’s for the best — my previuous post turned out too long anyway…

@Kassadin-21130

I enjoy playing broken decks, then why do they get nerfed?

For the record: I played the Window Shopper DH before it was cool , and currently I also play DK (that’s more or less all my budget right now).

Gotta admit: I sinned in the past a bit and, during some of my ‘lows’, played some decks for which I’d previously… hate people, so to speak. For example, I played post-nerf Patron Warrior (and even a few times post-unnerf in last month’s Twist — for the first time ever, but it felt disgusting), things like ‘Zoo’ Warlock after WotOG (although with a ‘bonus’ in the form of Sea Giants), the Malygos version (well, at least it was not Leeroy, I said to myself) of the goblen Rogue… There was also the Freeze Mage, especially with ‘I take your candle!’, Hunter at some point, and shortly before quitting the game, even some unsuccesful experiments with Shaman (although I tried unconventional builds). However, I’ve probably never played a broken deck just for the sake of it (all of the aforementioned examples were past their heyday at that moment), and I wouldn’t even consider it — it just doesn’t fit my definition of fun. I suppose, if you use those MTG terms, it’s a bit of a hybrid ‘Jimmy/Spyke’ (or whatever they are called) approach…

For example:

@SparkyElf-2852

While writing this, I realised that I probably should also describe my attitude to playing this game. While I’m not necessarily interested in playing whatever the most ‘broken’, ‘busted’ and ‘OP’ decks at the moment is for some cheap wins, and I’d rather choose something that is more fun or ‘right’ to play for me, I’d still want a ‘playable’, i.e. competitive, decks or archetype, no ‘troll’ (or ‘meme’, whatever that might mean, as some people say) decks and such rubbish, please.

There’s also this:

@SparkyElf-2852

You might be wondering: what’s he going on about when the talk of the town, so to speak, is something like the Paladin — especially the handbuff version with Leeroy and Shroomcavate, and it’s the reason why now might not be a good time and a good meta to play Standard? Gotta say, while the class itself might not necessarily be terrible, this particular play style doesn’t fall under my definition of ‘fun’, so I’d rather not jump on the bandwagon.

I suppose those ‘Spikes’ (playing the most busted decks just for cheap wins) and ‘Jimmy/Timmy’ players (‘troll’ decks) have a right to exist… But I reserve for myself the right to… dislike them strongly , when the game should be played for fun, in my opinion.