Hearthstone Collegiate National Championship
The live finals of the Hearthstone Collegiate National Championship will be taking place on April 22 and 23 at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California. The event will be streamed live on Twitch and more importantly, there's some digital goodies that are obtainable both by watching at home and visiting the event.
Learn more about the freebies and event below.
Free Card Packs - Choose Your Champion
The Choose Your Champion feature returns yet again! This time you can earn up to three Mean Streets of Gadgetzan packs, one which you get for just choosing a team as your champion, and the other two if your team is able to advance to the quarterfinals and semifinals.
The Dalaran Flame TeSPA Card Back - Attend the Event
If you've been looking for the Dalaran Flame card back, and happen to be in the Santa Ana area, you can now add this precious card back to your collection! All you need to do is purchase a ticket to the event and attend the event in person. You are unable to get the card back unless you attend in person, so don't buy a ticket online if you aren't able to go out there.
- Tickets are $12 for one day or $20 for both.
- The Dalaran Flame Card Back will be credited to your Battle.net account directly. No codes.
- Attendees will also receive a $10 Blizzard Gear Store code.
- IMPORTANT: You must check in at the venue during the event to receive your attendee gifts.
Blog Post
Quote from BlizzardAfter seven weeks of grueling group play, regional playoffs, and an elimination championship bracket, the Hearthstone Collegiate National Championship ends with the live finals on April 22 and 23 at the Esports Arena in Santa Ana, California.
The eight remaining teams are battling for the lion’s share of over $160,000 in scholarship prizing, and live attendees can look forward to high-level play in one of the first Blizzard-sanctioned Hearthstone competitions using the new Standard rotation with Journey to Un’Goro in play, as well as a suite of exciting activities throughout the weekend.
Competing in the playoff bracket will be teams from the following colleges:
- Shawnee State University
- Colorado State University
- École Polytechnique de Montréal
- Rutgers University
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
- University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
- University of California – Riverside
- University of California – Berkeley
Choose Your Champion
We’re also pleased to offer another opportunity to Choose Your Champion for the Collegiate National Finals! You can earn up to three (3) Mean Streets of Gadgetzan packs — one just for voting, plus one for each round that your team advances (from the quarterfinals to the semifinals, and from the semifinals to the finals).
Click the button to choose a champion, but remember you cannot change your selection once you have chosen!
Voting ends on April 20 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.
Casters
Several of the most talented Hearthstone casters will be bringing you all the excitement throughout the event. The weekend’s festivities will be hosted by Dan “Frodan” Cho, and game commentary will be provided by these dynamic duos:
- Brian Kibler and Robert Wing
- Cora “Songbird” Georgiou and Nathan “ThatsAdmirable” Zamora
- 2017 So You Think You Can Cast’s Justin “JV” Varghese and Nabil “Nebtune” Pervez
Format
The match format for the live finals is a “3v3 Class Match” in which each player of the team plays one best-of-three series, for a total of nine games between all nine classes. Teams will alternate assigning each of their nine Standard decks to a player.
Event Details
Our all-ages live event tickets are on sale now. Each ticket includes the Dalaran Flame card back, and a $10 coupon usable at the on-site Blizzard Gear store*. Tickets to the Hearthstone Collegiate National Championship will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, so get yours today!
Esports Arena120 W. 5th StSanta Ana, CA 92701
One-day tickets are $12
Two-day tickets are $20In addition to the excitement of the live finals, attendees can participate in several on-site activities and take home some loot:
- Duel-a-Developer – Go head-to-head with a Hearthstone developer at the Inn! The development team will host a Duel-a-Developer station from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PDT each day.
- Gear Store – Fans looking to get their hands on the latest Hearthstone and Tespa merchandise can stop by the on-site Blizzard Gear store, featuring exclusive event shirts.
If you’re unable to make it in person, you can still catch all the action on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel.
For more information about future Tespa tournaments, visit Tespa.org.
* You must attend in person and link your Battle.net account to the same email as your Eventbrite ticket to be eligible.
I attended and checked in and haven't received the Dalaran Flame card back yet, and it has been over 2 weeks. Has anyone else received their card back yet?
Did you attend at event personnally? You bought the ticket and visited at Santa Anna in California? Because that's what you have to do to get the card back.
yes i did
Hi Guys,
Anyone knows when we should receive the earned packs??
I haven't gotten mine either. I voted for Rutgers and I'm pretty sure they won the event?
If anyone wants a free ticket, I want that card back
pass for Sunday the 23rd.
PM me
if you give them your account
If someone wants a free ticket, just PM me, I want that card back :)
If anyone wants to get sponsored by me to attend the event and is willing to give me the Cardback, just pm me!
More like random vote, even when we vote blizzard give us some RNG !
Looking to purchase a ticket for Sunday (4-23-17)
Just need a ticket **I WILL SEND YOU THE CARDBACK AND ALL THE GOODIES INCLUDED, JUST NEED THE ADMISSION TICKET.
Please PM me if you have a ticket available.
Thank You
To anybody that is going. I will pay for my ticket + cardback. I cannot attend
I think it is important to say that everyone should be careful when jumping at the chance to buy tickets from posters on here. Obviously there are many sellers that are legit, but just like with any private online transaction don't always fall for suspicious posts/posters (some of which are posting on this thread).
Take your careful time to get a feel from you who are purchasing from so you don't get scammed. Enjoy the ticket hunt!
Feel free to pm me if you plan to go - would pay the ticket vs card back =D
Thx from germany
Looking to buy a pass for Sunday the 23rd. PM me
money for card back cool
So..... seems like I am not the only one who only want a freakin' card back/bought a ticket without any hesitation and then realise that you have to actually fucking attend the event to get the Dalaran Flame card back, Lmfao.
Why the heck doesn't blizzard want my money just so I can get the card back?
If you want to attend this tournament for free and even make some cash by selling your cardback, please PM me for details.
My strong suggestion is to not vote for the favorites. The fotm picks for the last two "Pick your champion!" events failed hard (Thijs & Pavel) failed hard and netted voters only one pack).