The Hearthstone esports year continues the first Seasonal Championship of the year. Sixteen players will compete for their share of the glory and the $50,000 prize pool as well as a spot in the World Championship. You can find everything you need to know below.
YouTube Drops Return
This is a reminder that YouTube Drops have returned! This time the stream will take place in Hearthstone YouTube channel instead of the usual Hearthstone Esports stream!
- Watch 2 Hours of Summer Championship to earn 1 Voyage to the Sunken City Pack.
- Watch another 2 Hours of Summer Championship to earn 1 more Voyage to the Sunken City Pack.
You must be logged in on YouTube and have your Battle.net account connected to earn YouTube Drops. Info here.
Tournament Format
The tournament format follows the usual Hearthstone esports rules:
- All games are played as Best-of-5 Conquest.
- 4 decks with 1 ban.
- 4 Dual Elimination groups with top 2 players advancing.
- Top 8 play through a single-elimination bracket to decide the winner.
Qualified Players
These 16 players qualified for the tournament based on their performances in Masters Tours.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Stream Schedule
| West Coast PDT (UTC-7) | East Coast EDT (UTC-4) | Europe CEST (UTC+2) | Korea KST (UTC+9) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 3 | 0:00 | 3:00 | 9:00 | 16:00 |
| June 4 | 0:00 | 3:00 | 9:00 | 16:00 |
| June 5 | 0:00 | 3:00 | 9:00 | 16:00 |
Streams
This tournament will be streamed on the Hearthstone Youtube channel instead of the usual Esports one! Don't forget those Youtube Drops; you should watch at least 4 hours while logged in!
Comments
Seriousely, they now print the pronouns under the player's names...?
It's just another act of Actiblizz virtue signalling, showing us they're good guys now...
It's becoming the norm for any online presentation: business meetings, convention rebroadcasts, etc.
I'm fine with that, but it does bother me a little that they stopped showing the country flags for the players. I thought it added a nice touch and highlighted some interesting regional stories, such as the first wave of top level Japanese players, or the rise of the Czech contingent in the first years of Hearthstone.
They've already done so earlier in the year, during Grandmasters. But not for Masters Tours, presumably due to the sheer amount of participants, some pretty anonymous. They also stopped showing country flags under the names, seemingly due to world events elsewhere. If it all feels a little silly in HS Esports where 99% of the listed pronouns end up being "he/him", that's probably why.
They are on a sticky wicket. Were the participants asked? Did they have to say? Can they express no I don't want one? Why do the presenters also not have a tag to give their chosen pronoun ignoring their biology? Do other regions also have to identify? Can you be a participant without declaring one? Too many questions.