The largest Hearthstone tournament in the world takes place in Sweden from June 14 to June 16. 12 of the best players worldwide and 4 WildCards will compete against each other. The whole event will be streamed live on a new website.
When thinking of e-sports, most people associate it with real-time strategy games like Starcraft or MOBAs like League of Legends, but Blizzard’s so-called casual card game Hearthstone is surprisingly well-suited for e-sports. The duels of the individual gamers swing back and forth. For viewers, they provide numerous suggestions for their own deck building – as long as you have the right cards.
One thing is clear: The guys competing here know the meta-game by heart and are even redefining it. “Normal” players can pick up some tricks here and apply them directly. Trying to copy a few tricks from Cristiano Ronaldo or Neymar might land you with a torn ligament. And mimicking fast clickers with cat-like reflexes in Starcraft or LoL will likely end up in finger entanglement within 3 seconds. That can’t happen with Hearthstone.
The field of the 12 best players includes 2 German players, Ek0p for Doge Hoge and Gaara from Tempo Storm. Ek0p will compete in Group A on June 14, while Gaara will face players from the WildCard field the following day.
The relatively new site viagame.com is organizing the tournament at Dreamhack in Sweden, has been featuring it for a while, and will stream it live on its own page. The total prize pool for the tournament amounts to $25,000.
