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2017 HCT Winter Championship | March 23 - 26

2017 HCT Winter Championship | March 23 - 26

As winter comes to a close, with it comes the conclusion of the 2017 Winter Season with the 16-man, $250,000 HCT Winter Championship. Following a long season of grinding points and grueling regional championships, what better way to finish off the season than by flying everyone out of the cold and to the stunning Bahamas for a 4 day long event, featuring some of the best Hearthstone players in the world, including the reigning world champion?

Join us in discussing the games on either the r/Hearthstone Discord, or the r/CompetitiveHS Discord.

Structure

  • Date: Thursday, March 23 - Sunday, March 26
  • Time:
    • March 23-25: 10:00 - 20:00 EDT (UTC-4) | 15:00 - 01:00 CET (UTC+1)
    • March 26: 12:00 - 17:00 EDT (UTC-4) | 18:00 - 23:00 CEST (UTC+2)
  • Eligibility: Top 4 from the Chinese circuit, Europe, Americas, and APAC Winter Playoffs.
  • Location: Nassau, Bahamas. Attendance info
  • Format: Best of 7 Conquest format, 5 classes 1 ban. Players are aware of the contents of each other's decks.
  • Group Stage: Four Double Elimination groups of four players each. Groups are seeded based on past performances, and consist of one player from each region. Players advance to the Quarter Finals upon reaching two wins, and are eliminated from the tournament upon losing twice.
  • Playoffs: Single Elimination bracket until the 2017 HCT Winter Championship has been crowned.

Streams

English Casters:

Language Stream Link
English PlayHearthstone
German C4mlann
Russian StarLadder
French ArmaTeam
French Gamers Origin
Spanish OGseries
Polish BlackFireIce
Polish MkR
Italian GamingArena
Italian Spaziogames

Prize Pool

Pos. Prize in USD HCT Points
#1 $60,000 20*
#2 $40,000 15*
#3-4 $20,000 10*
#5-8 $12,500 8
#9-16 $7,500 6
Total $250,000 135

*Top 4 qualify for the 2017 Hearthstone World Championship.

Groups & Decks

Group A:

b787 Fr0zen WeXHope ShtanUdachi
Reno Mage Kun Maly Freeze Reno Mage
Reno Priest Freeze Miracle Rogue Miracle Rogue
Jade Shaman Dragon Priest Jade Shaman Aggro Shaman
Renolock Miracle Rogue Combo Renolock Combo Renolock
Control Warrior Combo Renolock Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior

Group B:

DrJikininki Neirea Palmblad LovelyChook
Dragon Priest Jade Druid Freeze Jade Druid
Miracle Rogue Freeze Dragon Priest Reno Mage
Jade Shaman Miracle Rogue Miracle Rogue Dragon Priest
Renolock Renolock Combo Renolock Miracle Rogue
Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior

Group C:

Pavel LvGe DocPwn Yulsic
Reno Mage Dragon Priest Jade Druid Freeze
Dragon Priest Miracle Rogue Dragon Priest Dragon Priest
Miracle Rogue Jade Shaman Jade Shaman Water Rogue
Combo Renolock Renolock Combo Renolock Jade Shaman
Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior

Group D:

OmegaZero SamuelTsao GreenSheep Tarei
Tempo Mage Dragon Priest Jade Druid Jade Druid
Dragon Priest Water Rogue Tempo Mage Reno Mage
Miracle Rogue Jade Shaman Water Rogue Jade Shaman
Jade Shaman Combo Renolock Aggro Shaman Renolock
Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior Pirate Warrior

Links and Resources

HCT Winter Championship Blog: http://blizz.ly/HCTBahamas2017
Bracket: http://blizz.ly/HCTBahamasBracket
Deck overview: http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/20567512/
Americas Playoffs: https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/5untms/
Europe Playoffs: https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/5t8fwh/
APAC Playoffs: https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/5vu0y4/
Official HCT Rules: https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/gallery/j9/J976W710HSTP1455317433658.pdf
HearthPwn Survival Guide: http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/2325-hearthstone-winter-championship-2017-survival
GosuGamers Overview: http://www.gosugamers.net/hearthstone/events/650-hct-2017-winter-championship
HearthstoneTopDecks Coverage & Deck Overview http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/hearthstone-winter-championship-2017-deck-lists-information/
Times converted to your timezone: http://schedlr.com/hshctwc/

Bracket

Each match will have a corresponding match thread with a match overview, mostly live results, VOD timestamps and notes. Match threads contain spoilers.

Hover to view hidden names/scores. On mobile or otherwise can't hover? Click here. For a table of results with spoilers, click here.

Day 1 | Thursday, March 23 - 07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 CET

Match Date Player Player Result VOD Match Thread
A1 March 23 b787 vs Fr0zen 3 - 4 Twitch - Youtube Thread
A2 March 23 WeXHope vs ShtanUdachi 2 - 4 Twitch - Youtube Thread
B1 March 23 DrJikininki vs Neirea 3 - 4 Twitch - Youtube Thread
B2 March 23 Palmblad vs LovelyChook 4 - 1 Twitch - Youtube Thread
A3 March 23 Winner of A1 vs Winner of A2 1 - 4 Twitch - Youtube Thread
A4 March 23 Loser of A1 vs Loser of A2 2 - 4 Twitch - Youtube Thread
B3 March 23 Winner of B1 vs Winner of B2 4 - 2 Twitch - Youtube Thread
B4 March 23 Loser of B1 vs Loser of B2 3 - 4 Twitch - Youtube Thread

Day 2 | Friday, March 24 - 07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 CET

Note: Special Un'Goro Card Reveal Stream with Iksar & Brian Kibler begins one hour before the games start (06:00 PDT, 09:00 EDT, 14:00 CET).

Edit: VOD

Match Date Player Player Result VOD Match Thread
C1 March 24 Pavel vs LvGe 3 - 4 Twitch Thread
C2 March 24 DocPwn vs Yulsic 4 - 2 Twitch Thread
D1 March 24 OmegaZero vs SamuelTsao 3 - 4 Twitch Thread
D2 March 24 GreenSheep vs Tarei 2 - 4 Twitch Thread
C3 March 24 Winner of C1 vs Winner of C2 4 - 0 Twitch Thread
C4 March 24 Loser of C1 vs Loser of C2 4 - 0 Twitch Thread
D3 March 24 Winner of D1 vs Winner of D2 3 - 4 Twitch Thread
D4 March 24 Loser of D1 vs Loser of D2 0 - 4 Twitch N/A

Day 3 | Saturday, March 25 - 07:00 PDT, 10:00 EDT, 15:00 CET

Match Date Player Player Result VOD Match Thread
A5 March 25 Winner of A4 vs Loser of A3 3 - 4 Twitch Thread
B5 March 25 Winner of B4 vs Loser of B3 4 - 2 Twitch Thread
C5 March 25 Winner of C4 vs Loser of C3 3 - 4 Twitch Thread
D5 March 25 Winner of D4 vs Loser of D3 3 - 4 Twitch Thread
QF1 March 25 Winner of A3 vs Winner of B5 4 - 0 Twitch N/A
QF2 March 25 Winner of B3 vs Winner of A5 3 - 4 Twitch N/A
QF3 March 25 Winner of C3 vs Winner of D5 2 - 4 Twitch N/A
QF4 March 25 Winner of D3 vs Winner of C5 2 - 4 Twitch N/A

Day 4 | Sunday, March 26 - 09:00 PDT, 12:00 EDT, 18:00 CEST

Match Date Player Player Result VOD Match Thread
SF1 March 26 Winner of QF1 vs Winner of QF3 4 - 3 Twitch Thread
SF2 March 26 Winner of QF2 vs Winner of QF4 4 - 0 Twitch Thread
Finals March 26 Winner of SF1 vs Winner of SF2 4 - 3 Twitch Thread

Results: (Warning: Spoilers - Hover to view)

Pos. Players
#1 Shtanudachi
#2 fr0zen _____
#3-4 SamuelTsao, DocPwn
#5-8 LovelyChook, Neirea, LvGe, Tarei
#9-16 GreenSheep, Pavel, PalmBlad, WeXHope, B787, Dr.Jikininki, Yulsic, OmegaZero

Notes

The thread will be updated to the best of my ability.
The thread is written in a spoiler-friendly format. If you wish to avoid spoilers, do not read the comments.
If you have any corrections, additions or feedback, please send it to me as a private message.

  • Puffin
    Posted 8 years, 9 months ago (Source)

    Congratulations to the winner!

    Celebratory thread (spoilers)

    That's it for me and this round of HCT viewing guides. This time around I experimented with live match-threads, and changed up the thread formatting quite a bunch, including adding in fancy flag and class icons. A lot of hours went into this thread and keeping the match threads updated, and it probably proved to be a tad much for one guy in his spare time, especially when the games sometimes lasted 'till 4AM and with me having other real life obligations. Might have to rethink some things 'till next time around.

    Fun fact: The thread is ~18500 characters long, and much of it looks like this when editting. Fun stuff.

    I'll have the VODs up over the next couple of hours. Cheers! Edit: Twitch VODs are up, Youtube VODs will be up tomorrow when I get home.

    Oh, and if you have any suggestions for what could be done better for next time around, let me know! Especially gotten a lot of complains about the inaccessibility of the spoiler system, any ideas for how to change it up without spoiling results?

    Awesome job as always! Thanks for all the hard work and effort put behind this. Super appreciated. :)

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