The first tour stop in the Hearthstone Masters Tour is happening this weekend in Las Vegas! More than 350 players have earned an invite to participate in the 3-day event with a $500,000 prize pool on the line. Half of which was made possible by players purchasing the Masters Bundle!
Free packs!
Thanks to Twitch Drops, watching the event can net you two free Rise of Shadows card packs as well as a recurring chance at earning Classic packs!
Watching for a total of 3 hours will grant you the first pack, another 3 hours will grant a second one. On top of that 1500 randomly selected viewers will be granted a Classic pack every hour. Don't forget to link your Battle.net account!
Rewards can only be earned during the specified times below:
- June 14: 9am–8pm PT / 18:00 - 05:00 CEST
- June 15: 9am–8pm PT / 18:00 - 05:00 CEST
- June 16: 9am–8pm PT / 18:00 - 05:00 CEST
When exactly?
Friday June 14th - Sunday June 16th, broadcast starts at 9am PDT / 18:00 CEST each day on the PlayHearthstone Twitch channel.
How does this stuff work again?
- The first day starts off with seven rounds of Swiss
- On day two all players with four or more match wins will play through five more rounds of Swiss. The Top 8 players will advance to two dual-tournament format groups and play their initial rounds.
- On day 3 the Top 8 players will return to finish out the tournament
- All matches will be best-of-three, except the final which will be best-of-five.
Specialist Format
Decklists
We won't have decks from all the players, but we'll make sure to post the top 8 as fast as we can!
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Exactly. It's telling that they are doing this to incentivise viewers with a format that is just awful.
I will keep it on in the background...for the packs
Boring format, bullshit rewards... I'll pass
3 hours for a pack? how is that free?! way too much!!
Will there be Malygooses?
Specialist format is something new or I missed it earlier?
Great, btw ... am I the only one who hates watching specialist format ??
No. It's better format for the players since it involves more skill, but is more boring than the old format since match-ups vary a lot less.
"SpEciALisT InVolVEs MoRe SkIlL"
How? by realising which one of your three decks is better than your opponent's? Please.
The skill comes from the deckbuilding itself (besides the obvious play-skill, of course). "This is the best 5 card swap to plan against a Calling Mage" or "I suspect I'll be playing Pogo rogue, so I'll set up this tertiary deck" is a skill in itself. You can't just netdeck 3 variations and expect to win.
That moment when you need incentive to promote viewership for your esport event
Nicee!!