Further Details on Blizzard’s Future Tournament

by JR Cook - 10 years ago     show comments

At the end of March, I posted a short write up to announce the upcoming first official season of Ranked Play. Tucked into the highlighted blue post was a little nugget of information noting that there would be real consequences for climbing the ladder and maintaining a high level of competitiveness from season to season going forward. Well, we can still speculate about when this tournament will take place (and if it will coincide with a certain Blizzard convention that we all know and love), but Community Manager Zeriyah has chimed in to reveal how this tournament will take place – specifically, how YOU can become eligible for selection. So, read on if you have designs of seeing your name in lights atop the competitive heap of Hearthstone card slingers!

Ranked Play Season 1: Pandamonium is underway! If you’re not working on climbing the Ranked Play ladder, now is an excellent time to start. Not only do you receive the unique “Pandaria” card back at the end of the season for hitting Rank 20, but you’ll also add the “Legend” card back to your collection immediately if you hit Legend rank in any given Ranked Play season. 

We had also mentioned the fact that we’re working on details on a big Hearthstone tournament in the future. Each Hearthstone region (Americas, Europe, Korea/Taiwan and China) will have their best players battle it out Hearthstone style to decide who will be the Hearthstone World Champion.

The Regional Qualifiers for the Americas region will take the top 16 players from each of the first five Ranked Play seasons (April-August) and pit them against each other until only the best remain. The European regional tournament will function in the same manner as the Americas region. Korea/Taiwan and China will have slightly different qualification methods that will be detailed soon.

Becoming a Top 16 Legend player isn’t the only way to qualify for the Americas or Europe regional tournament – more information regarding how to qualify outside of Ranked Play will be announced at a later time. Performing well in multiple Ranked Play seasons will also be rewarded, so make sure you play your best each season!

We want you to be a part of the action! We’re still working on the overall details, and we’ll have even more information regarding this tournament soon. If you’re looking to become a world renowned Hearthstone player, participate in Ranked Play and become a top 16 Legend NOW!

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