Get Ready for the Global Games!

By jmxd Apr 10, 2017
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Get Ready for the Global Games!

Journey to Un'Goro has only just been released but it's already time for the first big event! The Hearthstone Global games group stage begins tomorrow, Tuesday April 11th at 10am CEST (4am EDT)

In the Global Games, 48 countries will face off against each other as teams of four, with each team consisting of their nations top HCT point earner and three members voted on by the community. To check out which players will represent your country you can check out the official website.

The complete format for the Global Games

All three phases will use a best-of-five, class vs. class format with nine unique classes per team.
Each player on the team will have two classes they are able to play.
The ninth class will be designated as the “Ace Deck” and may be used for game five instead of previously un-selected decks of the “Ace Player”.

The 48 participating teams will be seeded and placed into one of eight groups based on their country’s total Hearthstone Competitive Points for the Winter Season.
Each group of six teams will compete online against each other with each team playing each other once (Round Robin).
The top three teams from each group will advance to Phase 2.
Phase one lasts 10 weeks.

The 24 remaining teams will be seeded and placed into one of six groups based on their country’s total Hearthstone Competitive Points for the Spring Season.
Each group of four teams will again compete against each other in a Round Robin.
The top two teams from each group, and the four highest 3rd place teams based on tie-breakers will advance to Phase 3.

The remaining 16 teams will then be seeded into a single elimination bracket.
The top four teams will advance to the live Global Games Finals.

The final four teams will be seeded into a single elimination bracket.
The finals will use a best-of-nine, class vs. class format similar to the qualification period.
The finals will take place at Gamescom, Cologne in August.

The Groups

Group A
China
Brazil
Sweden
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Indonesia

Group B
United States of America
Great Britain
The Netherlands
Romania
Thailand
Peru

Group C
Russia
Spain
Australia
Austria
Argentina
New Zealand

Group D
Korea
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Portugal
Slovakia

Group E
Japan
Italy
Finland
Norway
Chile
Israel

Group F
France
Canada
Denmark
Belgium
Kazachstan
Malaysia

Group G
Taiwan
Poland
Singapore
Turkey
Vietnam
Mexico

Group H
Germany
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Belarus
Croatia
Philippines

Week 1 Schedule

April 11 - 10:00 CEST / 4am EDT	April 12 - 16:00 CEST / 10am EDT	April 14 - 03:00 CEST / 9pm EDT
Czech Republic vs. Philippines	Finland vs. Norway	Australia vs. Argentina
Korea vs. Greece	Netherlands vs. Romania	Brazil vs. Indonesia
Taiwan vs. Poland	Germany vs. Ukraine
China vs. Sweden	France vs. Canada
Russia vs. Spain	USA vs. UK

Where to Watch

The tournament will be streamed live in English on the Hearthstone Twitch channel. Alternate language streams are also available:

English	Twitch – PlayHearthstone
Polish	Twitch – BlackFireIce
Spanish	Twitch – OGseries
French	Twitch – ArmaTeam / Twitch – Gamers Origin
Italian	Twitch – GamingArena / Twitch – Spaziogames
German	Twitch – C4mlann
Russian	Twitch – Starladder
Czech	Twitch – CzechCloud

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Posted Apr 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
#GoBrazil

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Posted Apr 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
Where can i find all the decklists?

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Posted Apr 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
So happy to see Raven and Sottle casting today, Hearthstone's power couple!

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Posted Apr 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
When is turkey match? (GROUP G)

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Posted Apr 13, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
Tuesday April 18th. The stream starts 10:00 AM CEST.

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Posted Apr 13, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
Thanks lolifofo

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Posted Apr 11, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
Group G , Too ez for Turkey! Kappa

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)

lmao...really never watched any rngstone tournaments and NEVER will. sorry but rngstone isn't and esport and NEVER will be. Keep thinking it is....I will just keep laughing.

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
Why are you here?

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You'll find that Cipralex is a better remedy for your problems than the momentary thrill of adrenaline which accompanies an anonymous shit-post on a casual gaming fan forum. Good luck with your journey.

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
How long will this tournament last? It seems with this round-robin system, it'll take forever!

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
The first group stage lasts 10 weeks.

The finals are in August

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
Jesus Christ!

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Posted Apr 11, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
Is that the longest tournament in any CCG or what?

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Loving Hearthstone e-sports!

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)

Why take players from small countries like Belarus, Vietnam, and Kazachstan, but not from Saudi Arabia or United Arab Emirates?(with all due respect)

I'm from Saudi and would've loved to play there tbh, and know a bunch of legend players from Egypt as well.

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
I agree that more countries should be represented, but dude, Vietnam has almost 93 million people. Definitely NOT a small country...

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
If I'm not mistaken they chose the 48 countries with the most HCT points during the winter season regardless of landmass or population.

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Posted Apr 10, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
I don't know what's funnier, that they thought they invented some revoluntionary cheat system, or they thought they could get away with it

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I hope we get to see someone take a chance on that rarely seen quest rogue deck....

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