Seneret på året - helt præcis fra den 7.- 8. november 2014 - bliver der afviklet BlizzCon 2014. De to førnævnte datoer kommer til at danne grundlag for en event, hvor man på nærmeste hånd får mulighed for at stifte bekendtskab med nye Blizzard-titler, prøve alle deres spil og sidst, men ikke mindst, kommer der til at blive afviklet en masse turneringer.
En af de spiltitler, der har fået en plads ved det kommende BlizzCon i år, er Hearthstone. Spillet har på meget kort tid allerede fået skabt sig en stor spillerbase, og nu giver Blizzard spillerne mulighed for at kæmpe for alvor ved verdensmesterskaberne.
Der vil ved verdensmesterskaberne være plads til i alt 16 Hearthstone spillere, der kommer fra fire forskellige regioner. Her er der tale om Europa, Amerika, Kina og Korea / Taiwan, der alle har fået fire pladser at dele ud af.
(Som det kan ses ovenover, kræver det, at man er legends, hvis man vil kvalificere sig fra Europa - Foto: Blizzard)
I den europæiske kvalifikation kommer det til at foregå på følgende måde:
- The top 16 Legend players from each of the Ranked Play Seasons from April through August for the Europe region will be invited to participate in the Europe Hearthstone Qualifier Tournament.
- Each player can only qualify for the Europe Qualifier Tournament once. In cases where a player achieves a qualifying rank for a second time or is ineligible to compete in the Europe Qualifier Tournament, the next highest ranking player will be selected to qualify for the Europe Qualifier Tournament.
- The top players from select community-run weekly tournaments held between April and August will be invited to participate in the Europe Qualifier Tournament. Further details, including which community tournaments qualify, will be announced at a later date.
- The top 3 players from select events will also qualify for the Europe Qualifier Tournament. Further details, including which events qualify, will be announced at a later date.
- A Last Call Tournament will be held immediately prior to the Europe Qualifier Tournament to determine any remaining Qualifier spots. This Last Call Tournament will only be available to players that satisfy residency requirements for the Europe Region. More details regarding this will be announced at a later date.
- Seeding for the Europe Qualifier Tournament will be based entirely on consistency of performance during the Ranked Play Seasons. Achieving a high rank multiple times will positively affect the player’s seeding during the Europe Qualifier Tournament.
- The Europe Qualifier Tournament will be best of five matches.
- The top 4 players from the Europe Qualifier Tournament will qualify for the Hearthstone World Championships at BlizzCon 2014.
Selve formatet ved Hearthstone World Championships bliver en BO5 i det såkaldte "Last Hero Standing"-format. Når du taber et game, skal man skifte til et andet deck. Hver spiller gør brug af i alt tre decks.
The World Championships will be played in a best-of-five “Last Hero Standing” format, with 3 classes per player each match. In a “Last Hero Standing” format, when you lose a game, you must change the deck you are currently playing. Each player brings three decks and plays until one player wins three games.
Participants must have their own card collections. Sixteen total players will participate in the World Championships: 4 representatives from Americas, 4 from Europe, 4 from China, 2 from Korea, and 2 from Taiwan.
