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HGC North America :: Gale Force eSports (9-3) vs Tempo Storm (11-1) :: Discussion Thread
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When HGC Europe is done and dusted, grab a coffee and power through for the third and final top two matchup of the week between North America’s Tempo Storm and Gale Force eSports. Tempo Storm has pulled ahead of the pack, with only a single win separating them from the Mid-Season Brawl. Gale Force must win all their remaining series — and pray that Tempo Storm loses their subsequent series to B-Step — if they want to guarantee their place in Sweden. They are poised to take at least second place seeding in the Playoff standings if they fail to upset Tempo this weekend — and they’ve done it before, having stomped Tempo Storm 3-0 in Week 4.
When?
The match was planned to start at 14:00 PT / 23:00 CET, 25 minutes before this post was posted, so it should be starting very soon.
Streams
- Official English stream - cast by Dreadnaught & Gillyweed
- Visit this thread for a list of streams in other languages.
Community challenges
Teams
Gale Force eSports vs Tempo Storm akaface support - flex cattlepillar Equinox warrior - ranged CauthonLuck Fan flex - warrior Fury Khroen flex - support Jun MichaelUdall flex - melee psalm Format
A single best-of-5 match.
Each team bans one map. Then, the "home" team chooses a map for the first game. In the following games of a match, the losing team of the previous game will have the choice for Battlegrounds selection or first hero pick in the draft.
Initial map bans:
Gale Force eSports Tempo Storm Sky Temple Infernal Shrines Game version
HGC EU/NA week 9 is played on the live patch (Heroes 2.0 launch patch + two hotfix patches), but Genji is not allowed.
Match reports, VODs
Website Link Master League https://masterleague.net/match/2844/ Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/videos/140833562?t=05h38m53s For feedback about the match thread, please contact /u/lerhond.
Matt MacNeil
Excited for this match. Going to be a classic for sure!