ManaGrind Officially Ends Tournaments
by JR Cook - 10 years ago show comments
It’s a sad day in the community as competitive Hearthstone group ManaGrind has officially closed the doors on their regular Hearthstone tournaments. To those a bit newer to the scene, ManaGrind had been holding regular events even before the game was released in closed beta, making use of the Cockatrice client. Moments ago, the official ManaGrind Twitter made these statements.
(1/3) After much deep reflection we’ve made the difficult decision to discontinue our tournaments after this week’s Friday Night Swiss.
— ManaGrind (@ManaGrind) May 22, 2014
(2/3) We can’t even begin to thank the community for making them such a success. Your support has been amazing. Thank you! — ManaGrind (@ManaGrind) May 22, 2014
(3/3) That being said, we have some exciting things in the works – stay tuned for more information!
— ManaGrind (@ManaGrind) May 22, 2014
While other organizations are now holding regular tournaments, ManaGrind’s core group definitely pioneered the scene and helped develop it into what it is now. They offered swiss tournaments, limited, and more, creating a space for players at all different levels to compete. No need to worry, however. ManaGrind assures us that they’re not in any way, shape or form shutting down, and we’ll be seeing more from them in the future.
@RobertAWing It wasn’t a decision that was made lightly. We’re sad to see the tournaments go, but we do have some great things in the works!
— ManaGrind (@ManaGrind) May 22, 2014
We are most definitely not shutting down at all – great things are coming from ManaGrind!
It was bound to happen. It is my understanding over half the staff quit managrind over some “shady” things. This, plus their MLG format, just screams dead duck.
Ye I heard something similar, that a lot of the tournament staff were leaving so they couldn’t run the tournaments any more.