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2014 Hearthstone World Championship

22 May 2014By: admin

blizzcon-hearthstone-logoToday Blizzard released information regarding the upcoming World Championship of Hearthstone. They are obviously looking for the top players in the world and many are probably going to try their best getting to the playoffs in the different qualifiers that are going to take place around the globe.

It was first announced that the EU qualifiers will take place. 130 players will be able to partake in this tournament that probably will be decided online. The 16 top players of the ladder for each month of April to August will get a spot in this, as well as winners of different tournaments that are held and also a Last Call Tournament will be held to find the final players.

These will then compete in two phases where the first one will feature a Swiss format and the if you lose three you are out and a +5 match differential (or more) will let you advance to phase 2.

In phase 2 players will be seeded in groups where the top 2 players from each group will advance to a eight man single elimination bracket. Only 16 players will advance to phase 2 and only 4 players go to the World Championship.

hearthstone-world-championship-prize-poolBut the highlight of this reveal is not the format. Far from it. The prize pool left quite a lot of people floored. Blizzard has set aside $250,000 to give out to the best Hearthstone players in the world, and $100,000 will go to the winner!

While this isn't as amazing as the MOBA games like League of Legends and Dota 2 which features millions in prize money the fact that Blizzard gives out such large amounts of money on a relatively new game shows that they are looking to make it grow. They are hoping that the game will catch on and garner much attention from other player bases and reach a wider audience. We can hope that they will continue to increase this sum as the game grows.

I am definately looking forward to this! Right now Hearthstone is the game I follow and play the most myself and I try to take advantage of every chance I can get to bet on Hearthstone games. You can believe it that there will be odds up for these games - and I am gonna bet them! :)

Read more about the details of the tournament here.