Blizzard just put out a short statement about the January Ladder in Hearthstone.
Quote from BlizzardPlans for the 2025 esports season are being finalized, we are excited to share more soon!
For now, we wanted to confirm that the January ladder won’t count for competitive points.
Technically esports died for a big part of the player population that doesn't do the ladder grind each month. I was competitive during open cup seasons, and I have fond memories. But if you force all qualifications to come from ladder, you won't have real competitive.
Hearthstone as Esport?! A rigged game where random shit can win you the game out of thin air :-) .. sounds right, lol…
Side note, Twist is Wonders XL now. I don't think there was ever an announcement of this.
Could have also made the announcement of the announcement for card reveals of the mini set today... Maybe tomorrow.
Esports not canceled! Pogchamp