When the new standard year (Year of the Phoenix) began with it's first expansion (Ashes of Outland) in early April, a number of things changed in Hearthstone—and some of these changes were totally unexpected. A new hero class called Demon Hunter was created, an unprecedented decision by Blizzard. They also completely reworked the rank system … Continue reading How the new standard year has changed Hearthstone
Lessons from community pre-registration training
There is a consensus that, between hospital and community pharmacy, there is much more clinical knowledge to learn from doing pre-registration training in the former. When you have consistent exposure to medical notes and drug charts, handle ward patients with complex care needs and work with a multidisciplinary healthcare team, there is no end to … Continue reading Lessons from community pre-registration training
Overview of community pre-registration training in UK
In July last year, I relocated to York to do my pharmacist pre-registration training after graduating with my MPharm (Master of Pharmacy) degree in Manchester. The training is a one-year programme, and all 12 months of my training takes place in a small independent multiple pharmacy. Looking back at the beginning, I was initially clueless … Continue reading Overview of community pre-registration training in UK
PES Club Manager: The path to success
Alright, I have finally achieved my ultimate goal in PES Club Manager. I have finally won my first online cup, which was the 60th Managers Cup Regular on 2nd April. This was done on my sub account, which is currently in the Regular Division. I no longer play on my main account since February. And … Continue reading PES Club Manager: The path to success
Beginner’s guide to Hearthstone: Improving as a player
In this final part of my beginner’s guide to Hearthstone, I want to share some tips on how to improve as a player. I used to be a rather casual player back when I started in 2018. I never put in the time and effort to develop my understanding of the game until the beginning … Continue reading Beginner’s guide to Hearthstone: Improving as a player
Beginner’s guide to Hearthstone: Playing on a budget
Alright, for all you Hearthstone players that can’t—or refuse to—spend any money on the game, how do you compete in ranked mode? The unavoidable reality in Hearthstone is that you need to earn gold on a consistent basis. Without gold, you can’t purchase card packs. And in turn, you can’t disenchant cards to get arcane … Continue reading Beginner’s guide to Hearthstone: Playing on a budget
Beginner’s guide to Hearthstone: Understanding minions in depth
As mentioned before, minions are a staple of Hearthstone. If you don’t play minions, you can’t get control of the board. And if you can’t kill off your opponent’s minions, you are quite likely to lose. Hearthstone has a huge array of minions. There are minions ranging from seemingly overpowered to those that are impractical … Continue reading Beginner’s guide to Hearthstone: Understanding minions in depth
Hearthstone: Descent of Dragons, a new card expansion
Hearthstone’s final card expansion of 2019 was released earlier on 10th December. Descent of Dragons gave us 140 collectable cards; a significant portion are—aptly—dragon minions and dragon synergy cards. In Hearthstone, a new card expansion is released every 4 months. Each card expansion features around 135 new collectable cards—meaning that Descent of Dragons is the … Continue reading Hearthstone: Descent of Dragons, a new card expansion
Beginner’s guide to Hearthstone: Card features
There appears to be an infinite number of cards in Hearthstone, especially if you play in Wild format. So how does anyone become familiar with all the cards in Standard format? Well, there isn’t a need to. There is no need to memorise any card in Hearthstone. As ridiculous as it sounds, I could just … Continue reading Beginner’s guide to Hearthstone: Card features
PES Club Manager: Season 2019-20 update!
The new 2019-20 season update for PES Club Manager finally arrived on 30th October. Along with updating the players and teams for the new season, PES Club Manager has made a number of changes to the game. Here, I will cover a few of the significant ones. Player adjustments Probably the most important change in … Continue reading PES Club Manager: Season 2019-20 update!
