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Battlegrounds Lobby Legends: Raid Leaders - Final Results!

This weekend the Battlegrounds Lobby Legends saw it's inaugural tournament, Raid Leaders, and it was a blast. We will fill you in with the results of both competition days and of Final Standings and the winner! Congratulations to them and commiserations to the players who missed out.

Video Recaps

Since we are posting our article close to the ending of Day 2, more content might have been put onto YouTube, so check the official Hearthstone Esports YT Channel for the uploads later here!

• Raid Leaders Top 8 - Day 2 Full Broadcast: here.
• Raid Leaders Top 16 - Day 1 Full Broadcast: here.
• All The Esports Content: YouTube.

Prize Pool

Format

Day 1

This tournament was played with the 16 eligible players divided into 2 Lobbies, A and B. On Day 1 three games were played in each Lobby, with a simple scoring system, ranging from 7 points from first place to 0 points for last place, with the rest of the rules the same as you would find in any other Lobby in Hearthstone. The first 4 players in the standings after 3 games in each Lobby make it through to the Top 8 on Day 2.

Day 2

In the Top 8 on Day 2 was played in the so called "Check Format". What this means is that the players get points for their ranks in each game, just like on Day 1. Instead of capping off after 3 games however, the point total is counted up to 20 points, which is the "Check" point.

After the moment a players gets 20 points their goal is to end as a winner in 1 Game, which secures them the victory. So getting a first place before hitting 20 points does nothing. This means several players can end up with 20 points, and that multiple games might have to be played to decide a winner and that the first player to 20 might not end up the winner, if they cannot secure a first place finish afterwards.

Results

All those plans for the Check format kind of fell flat however, since the winner, BeNice, went straight to the Check point in 4 games and then won the Lobby on their first game after it! In the interview after the event he opined that the Check Format was very exciting for the viewers, since you cannot play it safe, and you are somewhat forced to try and highroll and to go for that, and that this is less fun for the players, since he felt that he just got lucky.

This is however a stretch by a notably humble player, since he came into this tournament one of the most decorated Ladder players in Battlegrounds from the very start and ended up not getting lower than 4th place all day. It wasn't just luck that brought him this tournament win (though the final game of the tournament which had him highroll into a Amalgadon very early was definitely fortunate)!

Final Standings

Final Thoughts

Although the tournament ended up being shorter than anyone had thought it would be, we felt there is certainly potential with it, as the quality of game play was very high, and the format has potential in theory. The next Tournament will be in just over a month on May 14th and 15th, so we hope to see you again for that.

In the meantime, let us know your thoughts about this first official Battlegrounds tournament ever in the comments!