![]() The reality is that you have to have four to five competitively viable decks from four to five different classes. The first is, Conquest and Last Hero Standing as formats are very daunting and hard to approach as somebody that is an average player. GamesBeat: Why switch to Specialist format from the old three-deck, any-hero-goes style?īraithwaite: We made the change from Conquest to Specialist for two major reasons. Those are the types of things that we look at as possible solutions, but our hope that this is something that is just going to be fixed organically through people figuring out how to beat it. Changing it from Swiss to single elimination. GamesBeat: What solutions have you considered?īraithwaite: Reducing the amount of people in the tournament. ![]() This issue is exacerbated by the fact that it Swiss, to where if you have 200 people that are competing, everybody else finishes their game, but you and I are playing Control warrior, we all have to sit and wait for our round to finish so that everybody can start the next round of competition. I think there’s one card that’s banned, that’s Whizbang, and the reason why is because it puts you at a competitive disadvantage not knowing what the cards are in your opponent’s deck. GamesBeat: Why tweak tournaments rather than ban match-lengthening cards like Archivist Elysiana ?īraithwaite: We wouldn’t be banning cards in competitive play. It’s not ideal for the people participating. It’s definitely not ideal for my team that’s administrating it. We understand that a 16 hour qualifier is not ideal for anybody. There are specific match ups in a Swiss online tournament that will make it so that everybody else is sitting around and waiting. With the launch of the new expansion, Rise of Shadows, we see with the Control Warrior matchup, our internal round times significantly increased. Sam Braithwaite: We’ve gotten some criticisms that with the Specialist format we’re starting to see some really long series and some really long games. GamesBeat: What were some of the problems you saw in the Masters system? (Francisco “PNC” Leimontas, Kim “Surrender” Jung-soo, and Chris “Fenomeno” Tsakopoulos took home the top prizes in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and European regions this past Sunday for Grandmasters Season 1.) ![]() Grandmasters, the best 16 players in the world in each region, got automatic invites to those events and other online-only competitions with each other, requiring less travel and giving them more opportunities to focus on their own streaming and brands. The first was in Las Vegas this June the second is August 16 to August 18 in Seoul (local time). No longer is grinding up to Legend rank and beyond the only way to get into Hearthstone esports now anyone can compete in online Masters Qualifiers from anywhere, and if they do well, advance to three major in-person Masters Tour events. Last fall, Blizzard Entertainment announced the beginning of open qualification tournaments for its popular digital card game. We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. ![]()
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