I’ve been playing since beta and I never realized they had a “Tie” outcome.
Usually when both players died on the same turn, victory was given to the one that initiated it.
What am I missing here? Was this implemented recently?
we allways had it since the game release
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To be fair, for the longest time, if you “tied” with your opponent (by both dieing from the same effect, such as say, hellfire) the UI for hearthstone would always say “Defeat”. It is only in the last year or so they updated the interface to correctly say “Tie” when this happens. Perhaps this is where confusion stems from?
Note, even though the UI incorrectly said “Defeat” in such cases, it was correctly counted as a tie in ranking.
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It’s always been there, it just comes up really rarely.
I actually tied this morning and discovered that it does in fact not break your winning streak bonus 
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Its always been this way. Nothing new.
beta here too, but I have only had one match end this way since 2013.
Doesn’t happen often, I guess.
I’ve had several ties(fewer than 10) in the last 5 or 6 years. Doesn’t happen too often though.
this is false you just got it wrong
Do you mean the battlegrounds condition?
That sounds like a bug. Tie games used to break win streaks, a tie is neither a win, nor loss…
You gotta try harder. Not sure how many I have, but it would have to be close to, if not over, 100 tied games that didnt involve the turn limit.
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Could be attributed to the fact that you play some very weird decks.
Yeah, I guess… Especially when you play an unhealthy number of games with a deck designed specifically to force a tie, it is to be expected I suppose.
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I’d love to see what deck is designed to force a tie and its purpose
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I havent played it in a few yrs, dont think its still in my deck tracker. Will check when I get home in a couple of hours, if not I will reconstruct it and post it for ya.
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yes, I’ve tied once in 8+ years…used a hellfire to take us both out rather than lose
Ok, not exactly how I built it back in the day, was too long agog to remember card-for-card, and not how I would build it today - tried to keep it as close to the era as I played it in - but heres the list:
Kamikaze
Class: Priest
Format: Wild
2x (0) Circle of Healing
2x (1) Mistress of Mixtures
2x (1) Northshire Cleric
2x (1) Potion of Madness
2x (1) Power Word: Shield
2x (2) Embrace the Shadow
2x (2) Seance
2x (2) Shadow Visions
2x (2) Spirit Lash
2x (2) Wild Pyromancer
2x (3) Acolyte of Pain
1x (3) Shadowfiend
2x (3) Twilight’s Call
1x (3) Vivid Nightmare
1x (4) Baron Rivendare
1x (4) Eternal Servitude
1x (4) Spiritsinger Umbra
1x (6) Emperor Thaurissan
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Gonna hide the strat so people can figure it out before reading, if they want. Not difficult if you know the cards.
Strat Spoiler
The “win”- con of this deck is:
Setup: Have at least 2x Mistress of Mixtures die.
The combo requires at least 12M, depending on how “big” you go, so requires ET hitting at least 2 combo pieces for 1 tick.
The combo: Embrace the Shadow > Umbra and/or Rivendare > 2x Twilight’s Call > Circle of Healing.
Enjoy.
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It’s always been that way. Seen it may times over the years and it’s almost always a hilarious ending.