The first iteration of the WSOE Online series is taking place this weekend. After two days of open online qualifiers, only eight players are left to battle for their share of the prize money and an invitation to Masters Tour Montreal. The event will also feature two showmatches between some well-known Hearthstone personalities. You can find everything you need to know below.
Tournament Format
All matches will follow the same format:
- Best of 3 Conquest in Standard format.
- Each player brings three decks, one is banned before the match.
- The competitors will play through a Single Elimination bracket to determine the winner.
Participants
These are the eight players that survived the open qualifiers to reach the finals event.
Additionally, we'll see two showmatches during the event. The first one features T1 teammates Orange and Feno, while the second one will be between the APAC Grandmasters caster duo Darroch and Jia.
Stream Schedule
All matches will take place on Saturday, 27th of June. Quarterfinals will be played before the first showmatch, and semifinals between the showmatches. All match times are approximations, the exact times will be affected by other matches.
| West Coast PDT (UTC-7) | East Coast EDT (UTC-4) | Europe CEST (UTC+2) | Korea KST (UTC+9) | |
| Stream Begins | 10:00 | 13:00 | 19:00 | 2:00 (June 28) |
| Showmatch 1 | 14:07 | 17:07 | 23:07 | 6:07 (June 28) |
| Showmatch 2 | 17:07 | 20:07 | 2:07 (June 28) | 9:07 (June 28) |
| Grand Final | 18:07 | 21:07 | 3:07 (June 28) | 10:07 (June 28) |
Prizing
The $10,000 prize pool of the event is distributed as follows:
- 1st place: $5,000
- 2nd place: $2,000
- 3rd/4th place: $500
- Showmatch winners: $1,000
Additionally, the winner of the tournament will get an invitation to Masters Tour Montreal in September.
Stream
You can watch all the action live on Twitch.
Comments
Forget the tournament. I want Jia to utterly destroy Darroch for shamelessly sharing his naked, pasty white body on twitter. :p