This weekend the Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 saw it's opening weekend, the first of 8 weeks of action that will decide who is going to get relegated from Grandmasters and who is (eventually) going on to compete for the World Championship.
Video Recaps
Since we are posting our article close to the ending of Day 3, not all of the matches might have been put onto YouTube yet, so check the official Hearthstone Esports YT Channel for the uploads later here!
- Week 1 Day 3 Full Recap: here.
- Week 1 Asia-Pacific Finals Recap: here.
- Week 1 Europe Finals Recap: here.
- Week 1 Americas Finals Recap: here.
- All The Recaps: All Regions.
Road to Playoffs
The Grandmasters Season 1 is divided into 7 weeks of weekly tournaments, where everyone scores points for their results that week. After those 7 weeks the Top 8 in the points standing in each Region will play in an 8th and final week of competition to decide who goes to the World Championship. The bottom four in the points standings on the other hand will automatically relegate from Grandmasters. The remaining 4 players who ranked 9th through 12th remain Grandmasters, but do not get to play for a spot in the World Championships this season.
Below is a graphic that shows both the monetary gain as well as the points players can score each week.
Week 1 Results
Top 4 Single Elimination: Americas
Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Week 1 Winners Decklists
These are the decks of the Region Winners this week!
NoHandsGamer's Americas Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Week 1 Winner Decks:
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Thijs' Europe Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Week 1 Winner Decks:
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Minion (18)
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Alutemu's Asia-Pacific Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Week 1 Winner Decks:
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Minion (17)
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I really don't like how they nerfed Lunacy. It's kinda lazy. Iksar and all the team really thinks they do everything good since they NEVER put in the table reworking cards for balance issues. This wasn't exactly a mana cost issue. This was a card design issue. Increasing it's cost isn't the right move. It'll reduce the playability of the card instead of making it seem fair. The effect will still be OP, it'll just cost you so much that you probably won't play it (kinda like Luna's Pocket Galaxy). Sure, people who hate this card will stop complaining. But now people who actually love it will be pissed off (like myself)...
I guess we’ll have to wait 48h since the end of the last broadcast to receive the packs. I am pretty sure they will arrive eventually.
Aside from that, very interesting matches. I do not personally enjoy the state of the game but the competitive scene has always been interesting.
Have a nice day everyone!
its been 96 hours now
Anyone get packs yet? I got nothing
Packs are a lie. Nerfs are a lie. Illuminati will show you the truth.
I watched over 4 hours and 0 packs sadly...
result is no packs
I guess noone has received their packs for watching the broadcast on youtube yet?
It's been way over 48 hours, guess the technology wasn't ready yet.
Where are the packs we were supposed to get?
It's been over 48h since the first broadcast ended.
And because I tried to get too cute and started on the Americas section before NoHandsGamer's come back, here's DreadEye's decks too, since I made them already anyway.
His DH deck especially was really interesting. :)
I still haven't received my packs
Wait for 48h
Dude, its almost 72 hours for me and still no packs, and i think there wont be any. I hope they will realise drops on youtube are trash and making them on twitch is better.
Linked accounts (said 'connected' on the youtube page), watched over around 8hrs live on all 3 days, have waited 48hrs since the end of the 1st stream, and still no packs. Guess i'll wait another just under another 48hrs ish to see if they meant you'll get them 48hrs after the end of the last stream....though would be nice if there was a blue post to clarify what is happening with these packs. Was much better on Twitch when you just got them straight away once the 2hrs had passed.
I thinks is after the entire week schedule is ending.