Hearthstone Global Games Returns!
Blizzard announced the return of the Global Games, with a slightly altered format. No longer teams of 4, they are now teams of 2 that will compete online over four weekends with the Shield-Phase best-of-five Conquest format.
The Tournament will begin the 15th of November and run through to the Championship Sunday on December 22nd, just before the Holidays.
Check out all the details below:
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That’s right, Global Games are back for the off-season. Join us in celebrating regional pride and showcasing the best Hearthstone talent from 32 regions from around the globe!
This time around, teams of two will compete online over four weekends through a gamut of Dual Tournament groups with the Shield-Phase best-of-five Conquest format for $75,000 in prizing!
The highest prize earner from each country/region in the 2019 Masters Tour will be first in line for an invite to compete. The second player on each team will be invited directly by Blizzard, based on criteria including lifetime earnings and contributions to the Hearthstone Community.
Americas Europe Asia-Pacific United States Russia China Brazil France South Korea Canada Germany Chinese Taipei Mexico Italy Japan Argentina Ukraine Hong Kong Poland Australia United Kingdom Singapore Spain New Zealand Greece Philippines Sweden Thailand Netherlands Belgium Norway Czech Republic Denmark Romania Turkey
Tournament Format
- Week 1: Ro32 - 4 Dual Tournament Groups (16 teams)
- Week 2: Ro32 - 4 Dual Tournament Groups (remaining 16 teams)
- Week 3: Ro16 - 4 Dual Tournament Groups
- Week 4: Top 8 - 2 Dual Tournament Groups into Top 4 Single elimination
Prize Pool - $75,000 USD
- 1st -$20,000
- 2nd - $10,000
- 3rd-4th - $7,500
- 5th-8th - $3,000
- 9th-16th - $1,000
- 17th-32nd - $625
Broadcast Schedule
- Week 1: 11/15-11/17 – 5:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST
- Week 2: 11/22-11/24 – 5:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST
- Week 3: 11/29-12/1 – 5:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST
- Week 4: 12/20-12/21 – 5:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST
- Championship Sunday: 12/22 – 7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. PST
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Posted Oct 6, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)Initially I was excited for the return of the games but then I realized that so many countries have been eliminated and on top of that the qualification changes and the lack of the fan vote, etc. This is a bad move by Blizzard. Global games are supposed to showcase Global Love and participation by the hearthstone community, and now to have the participating countries reduced from 48 to 32 is really bad.
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Posted Oct 3, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)no Indonesia?
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Posted Oct 4, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)Indonesia doesn't exist, stop trying to fool us
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Posted Oct 3, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)Prize money is a joke for such a popular game. Compare this to other games and it's surprising anyone even bothers to play competitively
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Posted Oct 3, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)apparently it's not that popular anymore. pack purchases are down by a huge margin compared to previous years as well as attendance of their events. also why should anyone watch these tournaments when you see the same stuff everyday in game anyway?
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Posted Oct 3, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)I wonder when will packs comes to this tournament, I think a lot of people who actually watch the actual interesting tournaments (me included) dont watch this.
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Posted Oct 3, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)Great job blizz, cut a massive amount of countries with great players like Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Portugal and that's only some of the countries in europe. On top of that the information on how to qualify for HGG comes a month before and they cut players from 4 to 2.... It's amazing people still play the game.
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Posted Oct 3, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)what has any tournament to do with playing this game?
the majority of HS players have never watched a single game of any tournament
and while I myself used to watch some of the major tournaments, with the current system there is just way too much of it so I stopped watching them altogether, but did it stop me from playing the game? nope, why would it
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Posted Oct 3, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)Okay I'll rephrase it to "It's amazing people that wants to play the game competitively still play the game". The semi-professional community is left to die and Hearthstone has become really top-heavy.
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Posted Oct 2, 2019 (Saviors of Uldum)holy crap, teams of 2 instead of 4. can you believe it? innovation overload!
almost fell outta my chair there. plz warn me beforehand