Hearthstone Championship Tour is Going to Oakland, California This July!
The Hearthstone Championship Tour will be heading to California in one month from July 14th to the 16th at the all-new Esports Arena. There will also be Fireside Gathering side tournaments for attendees to take part in. Competitors can register here through Matcherino for $40 if they plan on attending. As of writing, there are 145 passes remaining for competitors.
Quote from BlizzardAn all-new Esports Arena in Oakland, California will play host to the next Tour Stop on the Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT)! This Grand Prix-style Tour Stop runs July 14 and 15, with 256 competitors vying for their share of a $15,000 USD prize pool and 191 Hearthstone Competitive Points (CP).
HCT Oakland also includes a full Fireside Gathering featuring side tournaments! Spend the weekend at Esports Arena taking advantage of their full café and bar as the action unfolds.
Tournament Information
HCT Oakland will run nine rounds of Swiss for the 256 attending players, from which the top eight players will advance to a single elimination playoff. Matches are best-of-five in Conquest format with a single ban. Deck lists will be open, with the tournament administrated on smash.gg. All games will be played on the Americas server, and all tournament rounds will be streamed. HCT Oakland is a bring-your-own-device tournament.
Registration for HCT Oakland will be run through Matcherino, with pass sales ceasing on July 12 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.
For questions about the tournament or registration, please reach out to the organizer at hearthstone@esportsarena.com. As with other Grand Prix Tour Stops, travel to this event must be self-funded. If you’re interested in watching live, general admittance ticket sales are also available!
The HCT 2018 Player Handbook can be viewed here.
Schedule
HCT Oakland will take place on Saturday, July 14 and Sunday, July 15 as follows:
- July 14: Swiss rounds 1-6, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. PDT
- July 15: Swiss rounds 7-9, 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PDT
- July 15: Playoffs, 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. PDT
Points and Prizing
HCT Oakland offers the following CP and prize pool distribution:
Standing Points Prize 1st 15 $5,000 2nd 12 $3,000 3rd – 4th 10 $1,500 5th – 8th 8 $600 9th – 16th 6 $100 17th – 32nd 4 $50 Total: 191 $15,000
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)How can they be taken seriously with this money.
We have xyz millions of players, here is a few thousand to go with your registration fees, oh and bring your own laptop.
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)shit tournament prize pool is garbage you're going to spend more travelling with your computer to get there then you'll win
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)I can play Hearthstone on my Zune?!?
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)2/3 of the Prize pool will be from the 256 players that will register to compete and pay $40 each
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Looking at this prizepool you dont even need to wait for the bank to make your money disappear "aaaaaand it's gone"
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Thumbs up for the SouthPark reference!
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Opening a new Esports Arena without computers LUL
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Meh
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Other side of the tracks (Bay). Very cool! Oakland is a very culturally fun place. Mucho Fun and sometimes even caliente!
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Posted Jun 15, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)Does "bring-your-own-device" means you can also participate with your mobile?
Would be awesome to see this on stream 😉
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Posted Jun 14, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)OK