This weekend is the Hearthstone World Championship, Saturday December 12 and Sunday December 13th, from 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ET, 4:00 PM GMT, 17:00 CET. The conclusion of the year of the Hearthstone Grandmasters takes place fully online. The top 8 players will compete for their share of the $500,000 purse and a chance to become Hearthstone's 2020 World Champion!
Stream Links:
Day 1 stream: here.
Day 2 stream: here.
Finals stream: here.
Summary:
- Venue: Online
- Broadcast: Hearthstone Esports YouTube Channel
- Stream Times: Broadcasts begin at 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ET, 4:00 PM GMT, 17:00 CET.
- Dates: Saturday, Sunday - December 12th - 13th 2020
- Casters:
- Jia “Jia” Dee and Darroch “Darroch” Brown
- Simon “Sottle” Welch and Alex “Raven” Baguley
- Dan "Frodan" Chou and TJ "Azumo" Sanders
- Prize Pool: $500,000 USD
Interesting notes:
- There are no returning World Champions, meaning we will crown a first time champion, guaranteed.
- XiaoT and bloodyface have been at the World Championship before, but they are the only returning players this year.
- Silvername was relegated in Season 2 of GMs 2020, but has his shot at redemption having previously qualified for the Global Finals.
- Tournament Format
Day 1 - Hearthstone Tournament Stage - Saturday, 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ET, 4:00 PM GMT, 17:00 CET
- Dual-Tournament Groups
- Conquest with a Ban
- All Matches are best-of-five
Day 2 - Hearthstone Tournament Stage - Sunday, 9:00AM PT, 12:00PM ET, 4:00 PM GMT, 17:00 CET
- Single Elimination Tournament
- Conquest with a Ban
- Semis and Finals - best-of-five
- The Players
Americas
Asia-Pacific
China
Europe
- Brackets
Top 8 Dual Tournament
glory 0
Jarla 3
bloodyface 1
XiaoT 3
Jarla 3
XiaoT 0
glory 3
bloodyface 1
XiaoT 1
glory 3
Top 4 Single Elimination
Jarla 3
SilverName 1
Monsanto 0
glory 3
Jarla 1
glory 3
glory
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Bankyugi's World Championship 2020 Decks:
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Glory's World Championship 2020 Decks:
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Jarla's World Championship 2020 Decks:
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Monsanto's World Championship 2020 Decks:
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SilverName's World Championship 2020 Decks:
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Syf's World Championship 2020 Decks:
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XiaoT's World Championship 2020 Decks:
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When the packs will be added to hs account?
I voted for Jarla and I got the packs.
Tickatus is a very cool card imo. Earlier people use to tech in cards in their deck . Now people just complain.
Grandmasters of Nonames, in start of HS, i knew a everyone, and now, wtf is this :)
That chaos strike into blade dance in last game..... XD
what a Jebait that was. I would never picked a player with such a state. Because most of the time, focusing on the "fun" part makes you lose in HearthStone.
lmao that "Focuses on having fun" line was the sole reason i picked him. But yeah, it was kinda misleading state
The viewership numbers were at an all time low this year, just 10-20K at a time vs 100-200k last year. So far for Hearthstone E-sports.
The random streamers event "Darkmoon Duel-Fest" had 200K $ prize pool,
I think the prize pool here is insulting and reflects the status of HS e-sports. Imagine the amount of efforts of thousands of competitive HS players and this insulting prize pool compared to the Invitational event.
first game of the tounament was the last game. So sad I missed the whole thing where was the hype this year ?
How many packs do jarla chads get?
Probably 4. 1 +1 for each win
Seems a little unfair to me. Needed to give Glory a handicap like one loss he's out since Jarla didn't lose once.
Or Glory needed to win two best of fives to be champion. Jarla just needed to win one best of five. That way if Glory won the first one like he did, they each would have one loss and the final best of five would be the deciding factor. Blizzard doesn't know how to run a tourney.
Well both players had to win 3 rounds in order to get to the finals. Jarla could relax more and check out his opponents playing style. Don't you think it's fair when playing a heavy RNG card game? Why should you get punished in the finals for being unlucky in the first round?
I don't get it. So Jarla only loses once but loses the tournament? Yet Glory gets 2 chances?
Glory had to go through the lower bracket after losing, that's how these tournaments work.
Hence why we do these brackets. :)
Still. I mean, if you play perfectly until that point, you should get something for it
Well, it got him 2nd place. Nothing to sneeze at.
Glory lost his very first game (to Jarla, btw) and then won in the lower bracket, the decider match, the semi Finals and the Finals. His record was 4-1.
Jarla won the first game, the winners bracket and the semi final then lost the final, for a 3-1 record.
Both players won 1 game in the head-to-head, with Glory taking the more important one.
Things play out like this in many sports. I think it makes for a great story.
Glory was definitely very lucky in the early rounds, but part of that is also putting himself in position to BE lucky with his deck brings and his play. Almost no one brought Rogue to the tournament, and it performed REALLY well for Glory. That's the kind of thing that wins championships.
I think Jarla was the best player in the tournament, but you have to play the games to decide who gets the title, and Jarla ultimately came up just short. So he might be the best player, but he's not the world champion.
Glory was my Champ pick.
Cant deny I'm a little pleased with the result for purely selfish reasons! XD