It's here! No, not card reveal (even though Blizzard still claims so on their site) but the streamer event Battlegrounds Brawl, which was announced simultaneously with the early access to the game mode after BlizzCon.
In the tournament, four teams of four players will go head-to-head in order to find out the true masters of the game mode. Those who voted on their favourite teams (and got a card pack for their trouble) have gained points for their team for every in-game Top 4 Battlegrounds finish, and if the team reached 250,000 wins in total, the streamers will receive $25,000 in additional prizing. Should the team you selected come out on top, you'll get another card pack.
Hopefully we'll also get that card reveal at the start of the stream.
The Teams
Rabid Rangers
Mega Fins
Doom Bringers
Rust Buckets
Format & Prizing
Two players from each team will play a round of Battlegrounds against each other and earn points based on their finish as follows:
- 1st place awards 5 points
- 2nd place awards 4 points
- 3rd place awards 2 points
- 4th place awards 1 point
Players ending up 5th-8th won't earn any points.
The prize money is distibuted as follows:
- $20,000 per player
- $15,000 per player
- $10,000 per player
- $5,000 per player
Additionally, each team will gain the $25,000 bonus as the 250,000 win goal was reached by every team's voters.
How to Follow
Cheer for your favourites by watching the stream on PlayHearthstone's Twitch channel.
Comments
Alright so my team won :)
When do we get the packs?
I too would like to know this and haven't found the answer - both on the "when" and the "how many packs." I assume it'll be 4/3/2/1 for 1st to 4th place but would be nice to get official confirmation as well as a delivery date.
I think it usually takes like a week
Who did win? I didn’t get to see the end. Kibler’s team?
Yes, the Rust Buckets won :)
I could watch some Constructed or Arena event, even for a long while, but with BG i can't watch for more than 5 minutes.
I guess it is because i only occasionally play BG myself?
Did anyone else not get their pack for voting for one of the teams?
Seeing as some people will get more than 1 pack based on the team they chose, maybe wait until AFTER the event is over. Maybe even a few days after...
Who is this caster with Frodan, and why would they pick a caster who doesn't play the game, and also doesn't know who the players are or how to pronounce their names correctly. But you know... Go, Doombringers. Strong start with that 1 pt after first round...
I can only imagine, but I guess it's because the mode is new and bringing a caster with zero experience could lead the other one (Frodan) to explain some interactions that we already know (in fact, I watched the first 20 minutes of the stream and the new guy kept asking questions to Frodan in order to understand what was going on).
It's not something that affects us "experienced" (ope beta has been out for like 10 days, but you get my point) players, but rather occasional players or even new ones.
He's also said he came back to HS because of this mode after only playing in the early days, and he's a caster from Heroes of the Storm (which means he's unemployed...) so Blizzard probably just wanted to use his talent as a caster, which he is obviously good at it after watching for a while. That along with Frodan constantly reminding us how Amaz, Dog, Hafu, etc are all returning to HS because of Battlegrounds... it's almost like a low key tactic to try and get any players watching who quit HS to come back.
The caster was introduced as Trikslyr, not a familiar name to me either.
This should be illegal... A team with 2 Kolentos.
Imagine not rooting for a team with the first HS world champion ever.
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Go team Trump!
Somany good competitors and nice money for this.
Damn, i forgott to vote for a team :’(