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PGL Spring Tavern Tales 2016

 32 players qualified for the PGL Spring Tavern Tales by playing and winning on four different qualifiers. They travel to Bucharest, Romania to compete for $25,000 prize money and 43 HCT points. Don't miss the action happening from February 26-28 on PGL's twitch stream!

Quick Info

• Players: 32
• Prizepool: $25,000 and 43 HCT points
• Time: February 26-28 10:30 am CET/4:30 EST
• Format: Last Hero Standing, Group Stage 5 rounds Swiss, Top 16 Single Elimination Playoffs 
• Bracket: Swiss Bracket, Single Elimination Bracket (Top 16)
• Casters: Raven, Lothar and Gnimsh
• Stream: PGL on Twitch

Players

ThijsNL
Gaara
Powder
TheFishou
Un33d
GameKing

Tars
Ikarus
Freakeh
MooDy
Crane
Dziany

Likeabawse
Gosuforever
Tholwmenos
xTracKyStyLe
Arneej
Athanas

Tsiboukis
Leva
Tessin
Scruffy
Vinz
Angeloshaggy

Karolinka
Zuky
GuardianMC
Fearless
Anaro
Slytha

Dimonenka
Kenny1337

Single Elimination Brackt (Top 16)

Schedule

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Stream

The Curse Trials presented by Team Archon

Team Archon and Curse have partnered up to bring to you The Curse Trials! This tournament features a $30,000 prize pool but also requires some deckbuilding skill. The 16 invited players are not allowed to use Naxxramas or GvG cards! The tournament will run from February 17th to 19th and will be streamed on Twitch.

Quick Info

• Players: 16
• Prizepool: $30,000
• Time: February 17-19 11 am PST/20:00 CET
• Format: Standard Bo5 Conquest (Naxxramas and GvG banned)
• Casters: Kripparrian and Frodan
• Stream: Amaz on Twitch

Players

Kibler
Trump
Eloise
StrifeCro
Forsen
ThijsNL
Orange
Rdu
Firebat
Savjz
Kolento
Ostkaka
Lifecoach
SuperJJ
Zalae
Amnesiac

Format

VoDs

Videos of the tournament can be found below or on this YouTube playlist.

Day 1

• Trump vs Eloise
• Amnesiac vs Thijs
• Forsen vs Kibler
• Orange vs StrifeCro
• Trump vs Thijs
• StrifeCro vs Forsen
• Thijs vs Kibler

Day 2

Stream

Rank 2 now and I'm already so tired of this. Had an insane winstreak with Zoolock yesterday (Brann, no Flame Imps) but stopped playing when I  didn't progress anymore. I think that's one of the most important things to keep in mind if you climb: Stop as soon as you notice you're getting tired/restless/discontent because you feel like you're stagnating because that's how tilts and losing streaks start. And stick to the decks you know how to play. It's no use if people claim that for example Control Priest or Freeze Mage is working great for them but you don't know how to play it.

I had the most success with some standard lists (Secret Pala, Zoo) where I changed one or two cards to fit my playstyle. This also requires you to think about why there are certain cards in a deck, why they're good in certain matchups, why and at which point they're crucial and which are bad and make you lose the game against certain classes. Instead of netdecking the current "80% wins!!11"-list if you're stuck it's really better to make a break and see if your personal best deck is successful later again. I also think people assume that the meta changes way more quickly than it actually does due to the small and therefore super biased sample size each of us is facing individually. 

Hs-arena Opening Tournament

Hs-arena invited 24 well known Hearthstone players to fight along 8 qualified players for a $5,000 prize pool. This tournament not only features two group stages but also brings back Last Hero Standing including one ban. Make sure to watch on Hs-arena on Twitch from October 23rd to 25th!

Quick Info

• Prizepool: $5,000
• Players: 32 (24 invited, 8 qualified)
• Time: October 23-25 2015
• Tournament Format: 2 Group Stages, Top 8 Single Elimination Bracket
• Match Format: Last Hero Standing Bo5 (1 ban), Finals Bo7 (1 ban, 1 revive)
• Casters: Callum Leslie, Sottle and Firebat
• Stream: Hs-arena on Twitch
• Source: Announcement

Players

Group A

sigmaquadro
Zalae
SuperJJ
ek0p

Group B

Xin
Cipher
Rdu
Freakeh

Group C

DeadUndead
Mr. Yagut
MartinCreek
WolfSsan

Group D

DTolm
Gaara
StrifeCro
Nugiyen

Group E

LuckshotGG
Spo
Neirea
Theude

Group F

Beyond
Schismatron
Xixo
Ignite

Group G

TwoBiers
Orange
Raven
Pini

Group H

RainbowGod
SjoW
Powder
Eloise

Schedule

Friday - Group Stage 1

Saturday - Group Stage 2

Sunday - Playoffs

Results

Top 16

Zalae
SuperJJ
Rdu
Freakeh
DeadUndead
Mr. Yagut
Gaara
StrifeCro
RainbowGod
LuckshotGG
Neirea
Schismatron
Xixo
TwoBiers
Raven
Eloise

Top 8

Zalae
Rdu
Mr. Yagut
StrifeCro
Neirea
Xixo
TwoBiers
Eloise

Top 4

Stream

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Archon Team League Championship Finale

Quick Info

• Prizepool: $250,000
• Teams: 4 (3 players each)
• Match Format: Conquest
• Casters: Frodan, Kripp and Noxious.
• Stream: Amaz on Twitch
• Complete Guide: Archon Team League Championship Survival Guide

Players and Teams

Nihilum

Lifecoach
Rdu
ThijsNL

Cloud9

StrifeCro
Kolento
ek0p

Tempo Storm

Hyped
Gaara
Eloise

Value Town

Trump
Kibler
Dog

Schedule

September 11th

September 12th

September 13th

Stream

Archon Team League Championship

The incredible sum of $250,000 prize money will be spread among the very best Hearthstone teams worldwide. Team Archon with the lead of Amaz organized this team league starting on July 1st that will feature the big names of Hearthstone eSports. Every team will be matched against each other over several weeks before determining the participants of the grand finale. For more information of the League's format, watch Amaz explaining it.

Quick Info

• Prizepool: $250,000
• Teams: 8 (3 players each)
• Start: July 1, 2015
• League Format: Round Robin
• Match Format: Conquest
• Stream: Amaz on Twitch
• VODs: Amaz on Youtube

Teams and Players

Rules

There are multiple phases of competition in the tournament, using several different formats.

Phase Overview:

• Phase 1: The Showdown (Round Robin Weeks)
• Phase 1.5: Redemption Series
• Phase 2: Satellite
• Phase 3: Live Finale

Phase 1: The Showdown (Round Robin Weeks)

• All teams will compete with each other online over the course of 7 weeks, for a total of 28 series.
• For each week every player brings 2 decks, so every team has 6 decks total. All 6 decks must be of different classes. Decks can be modified and change ownership in subsequent weeks.
• For each game, the team blind picks a class/deck within 1 minute and the deck's owner plays the game.
• Best of 11 team conquest format: whenever a deck wins, it is locked and cannot be played again during that series. The team that first achieves 6 wins, wins that series.

Bench Rule

• If the same player loses 2 games in a row, they are benched and cannot play in another match until a teammate wins a game.
• If a team has no available players due to benching and deck locking, the benched players will automatically be unbenched.

Points & Placing

• When a team wins a series, they receive a “Win” point; otherwise they receive a “Loss” point.
• Teams are ranked in descending order of “Win” points.
• Tiebreakers in the order they are applied:
• tiebreaker scores (calculated as: “Win” points - “Loss” points)
• results of the match between teams (in case of double ties)
• separate mini-tiebreaker tournament (in case of triple+ ties)

Phase 1.5: Redemption Series

• The teams placed 6th and 7th in Phase 1 will play one more round in the same format at Phase 1. The winning team will qualify for Phase 2 (Satellite), while the losing team will be eliminated from the tournament.

Phase 2: Satellite

• The teams placed 3rd, 4th and 5th in Phase 1 and the winning team from Redemption Series.
• Same format at Phase 1 but decks are submitted once and cannot be modified or change ownership throughout this Phase.
• Double elimination bracket, seeding and matchups will be determined by the team that placed 3rd in Phase 1.
• The two winning teams will proceed to Phase 3, while the 2 losing teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

Phase 3: Live Finale

• Participating: the teams that placed 1st and 2nd in Phase 1, as well as the two winning teams of Phase 2.
• Phase starts with semi-Double elimination bracket.
• The team placed 1st in Phase 1 will determine the first matchups.
• Then, winners play against each other and losers play against each other.
• The team that scored 2-0 in the bracket will be the first finalist.
• The team that scored 0-2 is eliminated from the tournament.
• The teams that scored 1-1 proceed to the Pinnacle Phase.
• In the Pinnacle phase, the two teams that scored 1-1 will compete with each other and the winner will be the second finalist.
• The two finalists will compete to determine the Champion.
• Same format as Phase 1 but players are allowed to switch decklists only for the Pinnacle phase.

Rosters:

• Each team appoints one of their members to be the Team Captain throughout the tournament.
• In case of emergency, the team can choose one individual outside of the league to substitute a team player. This is allowed only once for each team player and only for Phase 1. Each team can choose only one alternate player.
• If a player drops out of Phase 1 for any reason other than emergencies, the admins can disqualify the player and apply a penalty of 1 game from each series to all remaining matches of Series 1 for the team. All cases of dropouts will be examined by the admins on a case-by-case basis.

Additional Rules:

• Players are responsible for being on time for their matches, having secure internet connections and generally showing good sportsmanship. They are also required to refrain from spectating their teammates’ matches, in order to ensure fairness. More detailed rules regarding disconnects, no-shows and other rule of conduct have been announced to the players in the player agreement. Any unexpected events will be handled by the admins on a case-by-case basis.

Standings

Schedule and Results

The League will premiere on July 1st and will last until early September, with matches every Wednesday and Thursday at 10:00 PDT / 13:00 EDT / 19:00 CET (group stage).

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Redemption

Satellite

All matches take place at 10:00 PDT / 13:00 EDT / 19:00 CET

Finale

Finalists: Cloud9, Value Town, Tempo Storm and Nihilum.

September 11th

September 12th

September 13th

 Prizes

• Features some of the largest prizes in Hearthstone Tournament history
• 1st, 2nd and 3rd place are awarded $150k, $60k and $30k respectively. Additional $5k prizes will be given to the “Master of Duels” (individual award) as well as the winner of the Casters Cup.
• The prizes will be split equally among the team members placed in the first 3 spots of the Live Finale. The teams may decide on a different split without any involvement of the League.
• The “Master of Duels” award is given to the player with the best win percentage in the Round Robin phase. To be eligible, that player must have played at least 10 games throughout the League, must be present in at least 7 out of the 8 match days; and must qualify to the live finale, in their respective team.

Stream

And it's Mitsuhide vs Xixo in the finals! A new qualified player vs an invited long time Hearthstone veteran. I'm really excited for this match! If you tune in now, you can watch the 3rd place match ek0p vs Neirea before the grand finale.

It's an official tournament, there are safety rules!

Thanks for this thread. I'm preparing for a tournament next weekend, and I had so many question about the terminologies ... and You simultaniously answered all my questions. 
The  ''Conquest BO5 Swiss tournament'' label never been this crystal clear to me!

FIxed the embed for the video player so it should work now.

A list of tools to help do stuff. This list will get updated when new tools come out.

Survival Guide Tools

• Line of Players HTML Generator
• Useful to create a quick line of players with their avatars, flags, and names linked to their Twitter accounts.
• You're better off creating the tournament in the database to get access to more tools.
• Stream Embed HTML Generator (Coming Soon)
• Helps create stream embeds which play nicely with the site, and for different areas.

Tournament Tools

• Deck Scraper
• Choose the site the deck is on, and provide the URL of the deck.
• Parses the page, extracts the deck contents and converts it to the HearthPwn deckbuilder format.
• Visit the link it gives you, and save the deck on the site!
• Deck Formatter
• Insert a tournament id (get this from the tournament url) to receive neatly formatted deck html.
• This parses our CP Tournament pages for a list of players and their decks.
• Currently outputs html for:
• Deck Table with Player Names and decks linked to class icons. (Useful for tournaments with more than 5 decks per player)
• Deck list with Player Names for headings and a list of their decks links to icons + deck names.

 Helpful Links

TODO?

We know this is a feature everyone has wanted for a while now. We don't want to half-ass the feature, it has to be awesome.

I hope we'll have some news to share on the topic real soon.

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Next month I can't guarantee how much I'll be around because my wife and I are expecting a baby girl.  We are naming her River (If you're a Doctor Who fan, yes we got it from there)!  Wish me luck!  =)

Hey there,

I saw you had posted in another forum and deleted your post, I had just sent you a private message to make sure you were aware of how the widget worked. Since you've posted again, allow me to publicly state what is happening!

The top decks widget on the front page defaults to decks created within the past 7 days. This is to ensure deck content is fresh and more people have a chance to get their creations noticed. Once a deck reaches the age of 7 days, it is no longer eligible to show up in this listing, however, if you change the sort methods, it may still appear. Updating a deck does not reset the creation time on a deck, so any updates to a deck won't let it stay in this spot longer.

I do recommend for anyone who is thinking about writing a lengthy guide for their deck, to recreate their deck (not an edit, totally new deck!) when they are ready to post their full deck guide, that way you have a chance of being up there for a full seven days, assuming of course your deck does well. It saddens me when you see a deck thats a few days old finally get a written guide and it only makes it to the top decks for a couple of days.

Not related to this thread, I'd also like to take a second to remind anyone reading this that we do not under any circumstances allow the manipulation of votes on deck content, and anyone who does manipulate their votes on decks will receive a warning on possible temporary bans from the site. Manipulating votes on the site can also make you ineligible for our Deck Architects group, so let the votes come naturally! We do of course encourage you post your decks around the web to get people to check them out, including writing up a small post on your deck on any of our class or deck discussion forums - all great ways to get your deck some more viewership.

If you have any further questions, I'd be happy to answer them ;)

I've been playing some Tavern Brawl this morning, and every single match I've played as Ragnaros. I suspect a lot of people are conceding immediately if they get Rag. I don't know why...Rag is fun, and it is a challenge and thrill to win as Rag.

This screenshot attached is from my most recent match. I was able to get board control and throw down High Justice Grimstone behind a taunt. On Nefarian's turn, he was able to assassinate Deathwing with Rend Blackhand and play a Blackwing Corruptor, but I drew into a Flamestrike, which caused Nefarian to concede.

I guess if people just want their first win of the week, then I understand the concedes a bit. I am having a blast with Rag.

This is my first post by the way. I like this community, and I look forward to interacting more with you.

Considering I've actually won quite easily with rag all 4 times I've played him so far, I have to disagree. 

Maybe something to do with deck bans if they are a thing.

Also to expand on the class archetype representation maybe we can do something with that says 75% of priests were control and 25% were midrange or something.