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Upcoming Patch: Spectator Mode Getting Changes

by - 9 years ago

Our friends over at Hearthhead were able to datamine some new changes that are coming in an upcoming patch. In this patch would be adding the new card back for this month, but also included some changes to spectator mode.

One of the big requests to spectator mode has been being able to continue spectating without getting kicked out at the end of the game. The way it currently works is you see your friend playing a game and you choose to spectate the session ends once the game ends. So one your friend queues up for the next game you have to go and click spectate again. It looks like this patch will allow you to continue spectating without having to re-click.

There are also some strings in there about a spectator party. As of now, the details of that aren’t revealed. However, my guess would be it allows someone to start up a party and everyone will be able to chat to each other in that party. Then players can start up their game and the others will get to spectate. I’m hoping something like that is the case because it would be beneficial for tournaments. This way a tournament administrator can start a session with 2 of the players playing against each other and 1 or 2 casters who will be spectating. The admin can then easily notify everyone when to start the game. This is just speculation of course, but when I see the term spectator party that’s the first thing that comes to mind.

There is no indication on when the patch will hit, but my guess is that since it was datamined that it is already “live” and just needs to be flipped on once it’s pushed out to the mobile systems. There’s a good chance we might see it today or tomorrow – and if not probably next week.

You can read the full post about the different spectator mode strings that were datamined here.


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JR Cook

JR has been writing for fan sites since 2000 and has been involved with Blizzard Exclusive fansites since 2003. JR was also a co-host for 6 years on the Hearthstone podcast Well Met! He helped co-found BlizzPro in 2013.


0 responses to “Upcoming Patch: Spectator Mode Getting Changes”

  1. Mark Davis says:

    Sounds like a nice improvement to Spectator mode.