Unfortunately, i have to withdraw my recommendation to watch MisterHabbla, today's video was the tipping point.
Even if i put my personal attachments aside (while he regularly disses some of my favourite cards and tactics), there are still too many negatives:
- Constantly talks trash about meme cards (something he already did before his hiatus last year)... Seriously, if you hate the cards then go and find some others that you like. Personally, i stopped playing because of the players and the devs, not the cards.
- He's very unaware of the ideal plays, and often blames his luck or the cards for his misfortunes, when the fault actually lies with a mistake he made while playing or deckbuilding (i.e. in today's video complains about the "lack of consistency" of SK's discard package, when only uses Birna and Coral... I have plenty experience with those cards, and i like to include an heymaey skald too, so that R1 my chances to be able to do some discards are better or i can revive a skald after a bad mulligan R3)
- Fails to see the strengths and weaknesses of the decks, so not very instructive to those players trying to learn something from his videos.
Like assuming the deck he uses is bad because its based on old cards, not found in the current meta, but it actually ends up destroying some of the current top metadecks - in this video, his deck is focusing on carryover and widepoints and those metadecks have no way to deal with it, as they're only prepared to deal with what else is in the meta.
I know he does admit his shortcomings from time to time, but his videos have become more frustating than enjoyable, and i just wish the most popular meme player/ video creator did a better job at his thing...
PS - the passionate fanbase he has is actually a downside to healthy debate, as they drown out any criticism with a torrent of praise and reverential comments, so Habbla doesnt have much reason to try and push himself harder to put out better content when he already has so much positive feedback.