Hearthstone Esports' Battlegrounds tournament series Lobby Legends continues this weekend with the ninth iteration called "Winter Veil". 16 qualified players from around the world will fight for the glory and their share of the increased prize pool of $100,000. You can find everything you need to know below.


Tournament Format

The tournament is divided in two days, which will proceed as follows:

  • Day 1: Two 8-player groups will play three rounds of Battlegrounds, and players will earn points based on their finish.
    • Winner gets 7 points, runner-up 6 points etc.
    • Top 4 players from each group will advance to Day 2.
  • Day 2: "Check format" tournament.
    • Players will still earn points as in Day 1.
    • Tournament winner has to earn more than 20 points after which they have to win a lobby.

For full tournament rules, visit here.


Participants

These are the 16 players who qualified for this Lobby Legends tournament, some of whom are familiar from the previous events.

Group A

Group B


jag-eunsae

jkirek

Sara

sayhello

Slyders

Sword

Zanyang

Zorg


Stream Schedule

In case your timezone isn't listed below, check out the sidebar on the official tournament site. It should display the schedule in your local time.

 West Coast
PST (UTC-8)
East Coast
EST (UTC-5)
Europe
CET (UTC+1)
Korea
KST (UTC+9)
December 315:00 (Dec. 2)18:00 (Dec. 2)0:008:00
December 415:00 (Dec. 3)18:00 (Dec. 3)0:008:00

"Tavern Buddy" Twitch Extension

If you choose the English Twitch channel as your destination for live viewing of the event, you might find yourself with a handful of new tools at your disposal. All viewers will be able to use the special “Tavern Buddy” extension to pick their favorite players, predict events, and showcase their HS knowledge in order to compete against other viewers and the casters themselves for bragging rights. 

Quote From Blizzard

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We are thrilled to dive into the possibilities of a new Twitch Extension during the Lobby Legends broadcast. With “Tavern Buddy”, viewers will be able to challenge each other and our casters with their HS knowledge while supporting their favorite players and predicting how various matches will go. Who is the biggest Battlegrounds fan? Who has the magical premonitions to know what is to come? This is your chance to find out and lord those bragging rights over your friends!

THE PUZZLE BOX

Viewers answer a series of yes/no or over/under questions at the start of every broadcast, such as “Will one player get 1st place more than once?” Points are earned for each correct answer.

FANTASY TEAM

Before the start of each Group, viewers choose 3 players they believe will perform the best out of the 8. Viewers earn points based on their game results.

BANDWAGON

Viewers pick a player during the first few turns of each game. Points are earned based on that player’s finish. The earlier they choose, the more possible points.

BAROV’S BLESSING

Once during each game, the broadcast will focus on a single matchup and viewers will be asked to predict the winner of that turn.

 


Watch Live

You can watch all of the action on the official PlayHearthstone YouTube channel or on PlayHearthstone's Twitch channel. In addition to the official English stream with Darroch and PockyPlays as casters, the players themselves are allowed to stream the event. There will also be a bunch of community co-streams, the full list of which you can find here.