by hsdecktech - 7 years ago     show comments

Over the past couple days, Blizzard has given the community a slow drip of news about the upcoming Wild Open.

On Monday, they gave us a link to the official rules. However, there was some confusion and controversy surrounding one particular rule: that players could only qualify for the tournament if their applicable Battle.net Account (yes, the rules brought that term back) matched their physical residence. This upset some pro players, and had a particularly bad impact on people in ten countries (including Australia, India, and the Philippines) who had gotten mixed messages as to on which server they were expected to play [examples of outrage have been omitted because this is a family website].

On Tuesday night, Community Manager Aratil provided an “update” to the rules, making some allowances for the players in the ten countries that had gotten the mixed messages as to where they should play.

This afternoon, Blizzard made an official post (re)announcing the rules, clarifying the schedule, and announcing the casters who will work the event. Highlights of the announcement include: games will be played on June 9-11 and July 1-2, players will be competing for their share of a $25,000.00 prize pool, and Cora will not be on the casting team (it looks like she might be trying to compete in the event, instead).

For all the details, check out the entire announcement below.