China vs North America Challenge Tournament - January 16-22
Starting January 16th at 5am EST / 11am CEST and lasting until January 22nd Blizzard and NetEase present the third China vs North America Hearthstone Challenge tournament.
Featuring a 'Team Format', players from the opposing regions will battle it out in three rounds to decide which one is superior. After losing the two previous iterations of the tournament, the Chinese players carry a heavy burden to to try and redeem themselves this time around.
Format and Prize Pool
The tournament will follow a 'Team Format' where the five Chinese players will each face all five North American players throughout three rounds. There are individual prizes for each round as well as bonus prizes to be won by beating 2 or more opponents in a single round.
Round 1
January 16 - 17
Best of 5 Conquest, 1 Ban
Winner of Round 1 takes home ¥150.000 (~ $21.500 USD)
Round 2
January 18 - 19
Best of 5 Last Hero Standing, 1 Ban
Winner of Round 2 takes home ¥150.000 (~ $21.500 USD)
Round 3
January 21 - 22
Best of 7 Conquest, 1 Ban
Winner of Round 3 takes home ¥300.000 (~ $43.000 USD)
Bonus Prizes
On top of the above prizes, players will be able to take home a bonus prize for beating two or more players in the same round ranging from ¥5000 (~ $725 USD) to ¥50.000 (~ $7250 USD).
Players
Representing China will be all-star JasonZhou as well as the four players that recently qualified for the HCT Winter Championship via the Chinese Gold Series. OmegaZero, WeXHope, Lovelychook and Lvge. For North America the players that were invited are Chakki, Reynad, Fr0zen, Cydonia and Chinese fan favorite, Dog.
Where To Watch
The tournament will be streamed in English on Firebat's Twitch channel, starting at 5am EST / 11am CEST on January 16th.
Cool
Lvge 3:0 Dog
Lvge 3:0 Fr0zen
Cydonia 3:1 Lvge
JasonZhou 3:0 Cydonia
First day CN 3:1 NA
is it over yet?
if so.. why cant i find a recording?
Apparently they changed to broadcast it on Firebat's channel instead of Tempo Storm. Today's game are over but you can watch the vod here: https://www.twitch.tv/firebat/v/115126044
thanks!
Preliminary for Europes opponent?
So, I assume The Kabal is Europe?
We had to update his software so he was down for a minute
Honestly, i have no hope for NA... But is good to see some action
I can't see Hamster tough...our Light in the Dark would pick Paladin and Hunter just for the memes as he did in the last WCS with Paladin and Priest xD
How do we get the "Watch a stream" achievement?
LMAO with NA represented with some thug holding a firearm.
I can assure you that this is how Chinese people see Muricans.
Its funny cos its true. Its probably how the whole world sees Muricans now.
I just didn't expect the banner designer be so transparent about such things XD
How come there's an Asian on the NA team? Some kind of spy?
Weasel Tunneler
Best comment Ive read in years! :D
lol at the banner
They should do a round robin format with EU included.