We are very saddened by the news of Ben Brode leaving Blizzard and the game of Hearthstone. So while we wish him the absolute best in his future endeavors, we thought it’d be a fun idea to take a look at all the great times we had with Ben Brode in the past!
Ben Brode Spits Hot Fire
While Ben Brode was known for the greatest laugh in the history of mankind, people didn’t know that he had bars for days. Most expansions had a signature theme song with them, but Journey to Un’Goro had no such song. The Hearthstone Subreddit made a petition to get Ben Brode to sing a song to make up for the lack of a theme. Brode responded with “Un’Goro: The Journey” which when sped up 1.5x makes for a pretty hot track.
Due to popular demand, he came back for a second appearance on the mic, which featured the lore behind Arthas for Knights of the Frozen Throne.
Ben Brode Shoutcasts a Fireside Duel During the Hearthstone Announcement
Very early on when Hearthstone was just announced, Ben Brode did some shoutcasting to demonstrate the game. His enthusiasm for it was infectious and really set the tone for Hearthstone moving forward.
Ben Brode Trolls Thijs
The Lich King is a pretty tough final boss in the Knights of the Frozen Throne single-player content and has custom rules for each hero he faces. Thijs didn’t know what these were at the time, so Ben Brode trolled him a bit with his class recommendation.
Ben Brode & Frodan’s The Grand Tournament Reveal Stream
One of the first live reveal streams was Ben Brode and Frodan using some of the new cards and playing with some decks to show them off. Brode and Frodan have a great chemistry which made the stream super fun to watch.
Ben Brode & Artosis Almost Destroy the World With Laughter
If you are newer to the game, you might not remember that Ben Brode helped out quite a bit with the casting and interviews for the first true Hearthstone World Championship in 2014. Artosis was quite famous for his laugh, so when they put together Artosis and Ben Brode it almost crushed the world under the weight of such infectious laughter. It also put the amount of “4Head HAHAHAHAHA” in twitch chat over the maximum levels of spam.
The Purity of the Cards
While Ben Brode wasn’t actually technically involved in this video, it is probably my favorite Hearthstone video that has ever been created. If you weren’t around for this, Purify was announced at a time when Priest was one of the worst classes in the game. This was met with a very negative reaction from the community, and actually forced Blizzard to respond with a video discussing the decision to include the card. Brode would eventually be redeemed when Silence Priest became a reasonable deck in the next expansion.
Kibler Burns an Important Card
Probably one of the most hilarious moments to come out of a card reveal livestream was Brian Kibler filling up his hand and burning a highly anticipated Death Knight card that had yet to be revealed.
Ben Brode and Day9 Discuss Salmon Populations in California
Ben Brode had paired up with multiple different Hearthstone personalities throughout the years, but one of the most classic pairings has been with Day9. Mr. Day9 has an unmatched ability to crack up Ben Brode, and one particular moment that always stuck out to me was his discussion of salmon populations in California. This had nothing to do with Hearthstone, but it was hilarious nonetheless. The rest of the stream was also great, and is worth watching to this day.
These were all our favorite moments, but if you remember anymore please feel free to share them in the comments!
no more BB laugh… ;_;
*insert laugh-montage of Ben Brode* 😀