Hearthstone Championship Tour Spring Playoffs: Streams, Venues, and More!
Blizzard has announced dates for the Spring Playoffs of the 2017 Hearthstone Championship Tour. We're going to have 3 Hearthstone-packed weekends towards the end of this month, the dates of which can be found below.
Italicized times occur on the following day.
Europe
- Saturday, May 20 - 1 AM PDT (4 AM EDT, 10 AM CEST, 5 PM JST)
- Sunday, May 21 - 1 AM PDT (4 AM EDT, 10 AM CEST, 5 PM JST)
Americas
- Saturday, May 27 - 8 AM PDT (11 AM EDT, 5 PM CEST, 12 AM JST)
- Sunday, May 28 - 9 AM PDT (12 PM EDT, 6 PM CEST, 1 AM JST)
Asia-Pacific
- Friday, June 2 - 7 PM PDT (10 PM EDT, 4 AM CEST, 11 AM JST)
- Saturday, June 3 - 7 PM PDT (10 PM EDT, 4 AM CEST, 11 AM JST)
Stay tuned for our coverage of these events - it's gon' be good!
Quote from BlizzardSpring is in the air, and Hearthstone players’ thoughts now turn to the Hearthstone Championship Tour’s Spring Playoffs! The Spring Playoff competition for Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific will take place across three consecutive weekends in May and June. Players will compete from their local taverns for a share of the $25,000 USD prize pools, as well as a spot in the upcoming Spring Championship.
Read on for where the Spring Playoff taverns are located, when the broadcasts will be, which of your favorite casters will be calling all the action, and what you can unlock in the game for attending live!
Europe looks dominant after ShtanUdachi’s incredible victory at the Winter Championship, and their best players — including the likes of Sjow, 2015 world champion Ostkaka, and Thijs — will fight for the chance to take home the Spring trophy as well. Join us May 20 and 21 to see who makes it through!
The Americas Spring Playoffs take place May 27 and 28, and there plenty of familiar faces will be competing. A quick look at the standings shows the ever-present Amnesiasc placing well, with recent DreamHack Austin winner shoop not far behind him. In all three Playoffs, the eight best players from the Spring Tavern Hero Tournaments will join their region's top 64 players to compete for one of four spots in the Spring Championship.
Asia-Pacific rounds out three weeks of Spring Playoffs action, and it’s a veritable who’s who of Hearthstone pros from Korea, Japan, and more. The renowned tom60229 leads the pack by a substantial margin, trailed by the likes of b787 and Pinpingho. Their chase for the Spring Championship will close out our back-to-back-to-back Playoff weekends on June 3 and 4.
All of the Spring Playoffs will be played using the updated Spring ruleset.
Venue Locations
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Location
Raiders Esports Centre Toronto, ON Centre de jeux l'Expédition Montréal, QC Buffalo Wild Wings Lake Forest, CA Buffalo Wild Wings Westminster, CO Buffalo Wild Wings Brandon, FL Buffalo Wild Wings Marietta, GA Pastimes Chicago, IL Buffalo Wild Wings Olathe, KS The Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, NV Mister Tamps Austin, TX The Cave Gaming Center Fairfax, VA GameWorks Seattle, WA Argentina Comic Con 2017 Buenos Aires, Argentina Paradiso Cine Bar Brasilia, Brazil Vitrine E-sports Bar São Paulo, Brazil Centro Comercial Monterrey Cali, Colombia AFK Gaming Center Cartago, Costa Rica Hotel Davinci Santiago, Chile El Baúl del Enano Quito, Ecuador Digitalife Las Rosas Zapopan, Mexico HP Store Lima, Peru
Livestream DetailsUnable to join in on the action at one of the taverns? Fear not! The playoffs will be broadcast live on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel in English.
Europe
Saturday, May 20 – 1:00 a.m. PDT
Sunday, May 21 – 1:00 a.m. PDTAmericas
Saturday, May 27 – 8:00 a.m. PDT
Sunday, May 28 – 9:00 a.m. PDTAsia-Pacific
Friday, June 2 – 7:00 p.m. PDT
Saturday, June 3 – 7:00 p.m. PDTCalling all the action will be the usual suspects, as well as a couple of new additions — your HCT casting crew!
Casters: Dan ‘Frodan’ Chou, Brian Kibler, Simon ‘Sottle’ Welch, Alexander ‘Raven’ Baguley, TJ ‘Azumo’ Sanders, Nathan ‘ThatsAdmirable’ Zamora, Cora ‘Songbird’ Georgiou, James ‘Firebat’ Kostesich, Justin ‘JV’ Varghese, Nabil ‘Nebtune’ Pervez
Attendee Rewards
In addition to showing the Americas Spring Playoffs on May 27 and 28, taverns will also have side events for attendees — meaning loot and prizes will be available! Be sure to join us in person if you can.
If you visit any of the taverns during the event, you’ll be able to add the Power Core card back to your Hearthstone collection.
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)Yet another thing that you can't get it without paying... Feelsbadman
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Posted May 21, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)-
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)Hopefully Th3Rat will be at Buffalo Wild Wings so I can shake his hand with bbq sauce on my fingers and face.
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)That picture really illustrates how male dominated pro-Hearthstone has been. I hope that changes soon.
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)A more diverse crowd. More females. It'd be nice to see a picture of champions that isn't the a bunch of dudes.
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)I am sure there are no girls because there are no girls wanting to be pro's. If they did want to be pro then they would become pro and you would see them on the stage.
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)Girls don't want to be pro?
Gross dude. Think about that statement.
You're making an assumption for an entire gender. You don't think that's part of the problem?
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)that's blatantly false. A quick Google search can lay waste to those figures.
How 'I want diverse crowd' is to stop attitudes like that from spreading
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)I skimmed through and saw Hearthstone-pack and got excited.
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Posted May 11, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)GachiGASM
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Posted May 11, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)Say i want to attend the montreal venue, how does this work ? I just show up ??
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)I had the very same question, so I went looking, and apparently, it seems like an open-entry tournament, yes :
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/fireside-gatherings/33402 - Guess I'll see you on the 27th, fellow Heathpwner-Montréalais ^^
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Posted May 11, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)Does anyone have access to the taverns in Asia Pacific? Living in Hong Kong, i want to go and get the Power Core card back, but have no idea where to go.
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Posted May 11, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)My inner collector tells me that I NEED this Power Core card back
*Heavy Breathing Intensifies*
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)You got Golden Celebration? How? Did you have to place high in an event? was it hard, or lucky?
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Posted May 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)Thanks for the clarification @Hearthole, my inner collector is now only mildly jealous, but still, the desire to own one is intensifying ..
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Posted May 28, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)Update : Today I participated to my very first HS Tournament -- nearly 6 hours worth of HearthStone. I didn't perform that well, nor that poorly, but by the end of the day, I wasn't as vigilant due to tiredness and may have missplayed at that point ... Anyway around, I should be receiving (eventually) my card back, Power Core, for attending the event - yay - also won a Murloc stuffy, on which I'm mixfeeling ..!