Update 1:28 PM EDT: We incorrectly stated you could earn up to 10 card packs. The correct number is 6.
Get up to 6 Free Card Packs by Voting for the BlizzCon Hearthstone Champion
Blizzard is giving away Grand Tournament card packs and all you have to do is lock in a vote for who you think is going to win BlizzCon!
- Picking a person gets you a free card pack (in each voting period).
- Each time the person you chose wins a best-of-seven match, you get a free card pack.
- You can earn up to 6 free card packs if you vote in the first voting period. (Voting ends October 25 at 11:59 p.m. PDT)
- If you don't vote in the first voting period, the maximum card packs that you can earn is 4. (Voting round 2 begins after group stage, ends 11:59 p.m. on November 3)
- Card packs will be delivered digitally in the week after BlizzCon.
You can vote for a champion on this webpage. Make sure you're logged in!
Quote from BlizzardIt’s time to crown a World Champion, as well as time for you to choose yourchampion and reap some rewards! The culmination of the 2016 Hearthstone Championship Tour is nearly upon us!One player will emerge as the 2016 Hearthstone World Champion at BlizzCon and walk away with the quarter-million USD first place prize from the million-dollar prize pool. Now you can join in on the fun by choosing one of the sixteen competitors to root for, watching as they compete in the Hearthstone World Championship, and receiving in-game rewards for every best-of-seven match they win! Everyone will get a pack just for picking their champion, so don’t miss out!
Click the button below to choose a champion, or read on for additional details. Just remember that you can’t change your champion after you’ve chosen!
The sixteen players that are competing in the World Championship have qualified from one of the Season Championships or Last Call Invitationals and will be representing the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and China. They travelled a long road and faced some of the best players in the world along the way, but now they’ve arrived at the pinnacle of Hearthstone competition. The players have been divided into four groups and will play out the group stage during BlizzCon Opening Week. From there, two players from each group will advance to participate in the single-elimination bracket at BlizzCon.
Group A Handsomeguy Cydonia JasonZhou Thijs Group B Bbgungun Naiman Che0nsu Hamster Group C DrHippi Breath Amnesiac Yulsic Group D OmegaZero Ddahyoni HotMEOWTH Pavel How to Participate
To participate in Choose Your Champion, simply click on the “Choose Now!” button above and select the champion of your choice. Then, during Opening Week and BlizzCon, you can cheer your champion on and be rewarded with card packs based on how well they perform! Just for participating, you will receive one card pack fromThe Grand Tournament. Additionally, you will receive one additional card pack from The Grand Tournament for every best-of-seven match your champion wins once chosen. All card packs will be delivered to you in-game the week after BlizzCon.*
Be very careful when making your choice, as once you choose your champion, you will not be able to change your selection.*Gnomish Homing Chickens used to deliver card packs may take a few days to arrive.
Where to Watch
You can catch all of the exciting action on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel! The Opening Week and BlizzCon schedules can be found below.
Opening Week (Group Stage):
- Day 1 (October 26) – Match 1
- Day 2 (October 27) – Match 2
- Day 3 (October 28) – Winner’s Match
- Day 4 (October 29) – Elimination Match
- Day 5 (October 30) – Decider Match
BlizzCon (Bracket Stage):
- Day 1 (November 4) – Quarterfinals
- Day 2 (November 5) – Semifinals and Grand Finals
Voting Periods
You may cast your vote starting now until October 25 at 11:59 p.m. PDT, when Opening Week begins. Voting will then be closed during Opening Week. If you happen to miss the first voting period, don’t fret! We’ll re-open voting after Opening Week has concluded and let anyone that missed out vote for a champion before BlizzCon begins. The second voting period will close at 11:59 p.m. on November 3,prior to the start of the BlizzCon bracket stage.
If you have already voted during the first voting period, you will not be able to vote again during the second voting period as your vote will have already been locked in. You are only eligible to receive additional packs for any matches your champion wins after you have chosen them. If you vote during the first voting period, you can earn up to 6 total packs (including your participation pack) depending on how well your champion performs. If you vote during the second voting period, you can earn up to 4 total packs (including your participation pack).
Choose your champion carefully!
Free packs, yayy!
I voted for HandsomeGuy. Being in all 3 APAC Seasonal Championships and winning 2 of them looks good!
Granted though, his group state is pretty insane. It will be a tough fight.
Voted for Kolento.
amnesiac will win this...
I voted for, you guessed it, Thijs.
I literally only heard of 1 person in this tournament. Good luck Thijs and win us some packs.
Who the fuck is Thijs?
OMG IDC GO THIJS OMFJDKGNF
Thijs is gonna lose so many fanboys after tournament if he is not performing well.
Yay, fantasy football for Hearthstone. Be sure to complain to that player on social media when they "screw you over" by not getting wins. That's how fantasy sports work right?
And to think that we'll all be watching with our free trial twitch prime accounts all hoping for a couple free packs.
well played blizzard.
did you received your pack after you have chosen a player or they didn't start yet to give any packs?
You will receive one The Grand Tournament card pack simply for choosing a champion, and one additional The Grand Tournament pack for each match your champion wins during the Hearthstone World Championship tournament at BlizzCon 2016. Simply log into the game after the tournament has concluded(1) and crack open your new packs! (http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/esports/tournament/hearthstone-world-championship-2016/choose-your-champion)
I guess they will give you packs after the tournament end. Some may get immediately but, in general, it will take few days after that.
*1: Gnomish Homing Chickens used to deliver card packs may take a few days to arrive
Ok Thijs... where are my packs?
Thisj is going to have so much more pressure now probably 3/4 of the players will be voting for him.
To be honest, everyone here is already almost equally skilled. The few % winrate difference that comes from skill cap and matchup structure might be significant on ladder after hundreds of games, but in tournaments, almost everyone have the same chance to win.
Might as well pick your champion based on sympathy instead of "skill". (I can already see the whining if Thijs happen to lose the first round..)
Still a nice offer from Blizzard, they get more views, and we get some packs as well.
One entry per server? idk.
yeah i know that they are tgt packs and that they will rotate out next but they obviously want to link it to the fact that we will be watching a tournament so it fits pretty well!
I can confirm if Thisj wins many many players aret getting 6 packs.
See above:
All card packs will be delivered to you in-game the week after BlizzCon.*