The HCT Americas Fall Playoffs 2018 Survival Guide
We're closing out the Fall season of the Hearthstone Championship tour with the last round of playoffs taking place in the Americas! 77 players are competing in this weekend's event for their chance to go to the Fall Championship with the top 2 from each group moving on.
All the details you need for the event can be found down below. If you are looking for decks for all the competitors, we've got a dedicated post with them here.
HCT Americas Fall Playoffs 2018 Schedule
The schedule for this week's event can be found below. If your timezone isn't listed, get out that calculator!
| West Coast PDT (UTC -7) |
East Coast EDT (UTC -4) |
Europe CEST (UTC +2) |
Japan JST (UTC +9) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 15 |
08:00 |
11:00 |
17:00 | 24:00 |
| September 16 |
08:00 |
11:00 |
17:00 | 24:00 |
HCT Americas Fall Playoffs 2018 Prize Pool
The money and HCT points are distributed as follows.
Note the first four places don't pay out since they move on to the Fall Championship and will earn money and points there.
| Place | Cash | HCT Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | $0 | 0 Points |
| 5 | $6,000 | 11 Points |
| 6 | $5,500 | 10 Points |
| 7 | $5,000 | 9 Points |
| 8 | $4,500 | 8 Points |
| 9 | $4,250 | 7 Points |
| 10 | $4,000 | 7 Points |
| 11 | $3,750 | 7 Points |
| 12 | $3,500 | 7 Points |
| 13 | $3,250 | 7 Points |
| 14 | $3,000 | 7 Points |
| 15 | $2,750 | 7 Points |
| 16 | $2,500 | 7 Points |
| 17 - 24 | $1,500 | 6 Points |
| 25 - 32 | $1,250 | 6 Points |
| 33 - 77 | $1,000 | 0 Points |
HCT Americas Fall Playoffs 2018 Format
- Best of Five Conquest using the Year of the Raven Standard format.
- Each player bans one of the opponent's four decks.
- Seven rounds of Swiss, top 8 to dual-tournament format.
- Two Dual Tournament groups with top 2 of each group advancing to the next stage.
- Semifinals and Finals will not be played.
HCT Americas Fall Playoffs 2018 Brackets
We will not be covering the brackets here but you can check them out as they get updated from the event over on the official Hearthstone site.
HCT Americas Fall Playoffs 2018 Stream
You can watch all the action on the stream at Twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone.
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Posted Sep 16, 2018 (Boomsday)DreamHack Montreal took place last weekend at the same time than playoffs and that's why APAC and Americas switched places. For the next playoffs (Winter playoffs in January) the order will be Europe-Americas-APAC once again.
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Posted Sep 15, 2018 (Boomsday)Cheering for the real one ControlTheBoard!
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Posted Sep 15, 2018 (Boomsday)In case Blizz is too slow with updating PlayHearthstone brackets (or doesn't do that at all), here are the Battlefy brackets.
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Posted Sep 16, 2018 (Boomsday)That's one weakness of Battlefy, another being not providing deck codes for the decks. Blizz still chooses them over smash.gg for their tournaments for some reason.
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Posted Sep 15, 2018 (Boomsday)Is it really 0 dollars and 0 points for a 1-4 finish? Do they get extra money and points from the Summer championship then?
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Posted Sep 15, 2018 (Boomsday)"Note the first four places don't pay out since they move on to the Fall Championship and will earn money and points there."