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Beta Streamer Tournament Review
Note: We didn't organize this Tournament. Most of the people who originally helped organize it bailed last minute, so we stepped in to help less than 12 hours before the event started. We know there were mistakes made and we do not plan to do another event on this scale unless we know that the viewer-experience will be top notch. Thank you to Logitech Gaming for giving us an awesome prize pool on such short notice!
We had a fun filled Saturday with the Hearthstone Beta Streamer Invitational in which 16 of the top Hearthstone streamers were invited to compete in a single elimination tournament bracket. Many hard battles were fought in the name of epic loot, and saving the children. Ultimately, one player prevailed. Thanks to Athene and StrawhatChef for providing main commentary on the stream, alongside the unsuspected drop-in commentary by James "2GD" Harding.
Gaming For Good / Save The Children
We ran a fundraiser alongside the Tournament in which our viewers helped us raise $1,500 for Save the Children through Gaming For Good. All donations were increased eight times through USAID to bring the grand total raised to $12,000.
Class Breakdown
Rogues may have had the best class representation with 5 players, but only one made it into the second round. Warriors and Priests were the only classes which were not represented. Curious at who fought who? Check out the bracket on Challonge.
 Archon The Wizard |
 Kripparian |
 Snutz |
 TSG (Dunn) |
 Chu8 |
 Kungen |
Squishei |
VMan7 |
| DoaSC |
Locodoco |
Starcraftsquad |
Xdega |
| Evilsourcegaming |
 Reckful |
Trumpsc |
Xizta |
Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the epic loot sponsored by Logitech Gaming. For the full bracket, check it out on Challonge.
- First Place - TrumpSC the Rogue [Twitter] [Twitch]
- Second Place - Locodoco the Hunter [Twitter] [Twitch]
- Third Place - Reckful the Druid [Twitter] [Twitch]
Video on Demand
A complete Video of the Tournament is available on the Curse Entertainment TwitchTV Channel.
1.3 Billion Damage Lorewalker Cho
Have you ever seen a 1.3 Billion Damage Lorewalker Cho? Until tonight, we haven't either! Although it wasn't done in a legitimate game, Noxious and Ezm0d used Lorewalker Cho and Inner Fire to create the ultimate Cho. Check out the post about it on our forums.
Weekly News Recap
- August 26
- Zeriyah announced that we would see some information regarding the EU Beta test this week.
- There was a nice blue post about encouraging creative gameplay and how things don't have to fully logical. See: Lightwell being able to attack.
- For wipes, everything is wiped - this includes quest progress, character levels, just about everything. It will be as if you were starting a new game.
- August 27
- The European Beta Test Is Nearly Here!
- The first round of Facebook Sweepstakes Beta Keys were sent out.
- We previewed the Basic Decks that each player in Hearthstone receives when they unlock a class.
- August 28
- The third wave of Beta Opt-In keys was sent out.
- Zeriyah announced she would be out of office for the next week.
- August 29
- Blizzard posted a Hearthstone Puzzle! Were you able to solve it?
- August 30
- Beta Patch 3749 was released. Its main purpose was to prepare for the European Beta.
- Nothing fancy happened with the patch. Couple of cinematics for China / Taiwan and a new Splash Screen.
- August 31
- We livestreamed the Hearthstone Beta Streamer Invitational after some of the previous organizers / staff backed out. A very special thank-you to Logitech Gaming (@LogitechG) for sponsoring the prize pool just hours before the event was live.
- Another thank-you goes out to James "2GD" Harding (@follow2GD) for coming in to help cast towards the end of the event.
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Posted Sep 2, 2013 (Beta Patch 3749)Were they allowed to change their decks around in between games/matches? If so how many cards were they restricted to changing (if any)?
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Posted Sep 2, 2013 (Beta Patch 3749)They could change any cards they wanted, they could change the whole deck if they wanted as long as it was the same class.
That's how Trump won, last game just swapped in Harrison Jones and an Ooze i think. Kind of lame actually but GG to all.
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Posted Sep 3, 2013 (Beta Patch 3749)in real tournaments you should not be able to change around decks as much as they did. there is a reason for M:TG you get your 60 card deck and a 15 card PREDETERMINED sideboard for 2nd and third games in matches. Trump didn't just sideboard in harrison jones, he crafted the thing just to throw in against snutz's doomhammers.
for tournaments rules should be clearer. your 30 card deck should be set and perhaps allow a limited sideboard, maybe 6 cards. but to allow you to change your deck completely is pretty stupid.
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Posted Sep 3, 2013 (Beta Patch 3749)In a lot of MTG tourneys, you can swap your deck for a different one in between matches. In between games is a little ridiculous though,
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Posted Sep 3, 2013 (Beta Patch 3749)I feel you. I've got an empty inbox as well :(
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Posted Sep 2, 2013 (Beta Patch 3749)Kikkenty