2016 Hearthstone World Championship @ Blizzcon

[+Mozzy]

The World Championship is the largest tournament in the world, where 16 exceptional players from around the globe come together to duel for glory, a share of the $1 million prize pool, and the esteemed title of World Champion. This massive tournament is preceded by months of Ranked Play seasons, onsite Major tournaments, and online Cups where players compete to earn points in their bid to secure a coveted spot in one of the Season Championships, each with an additional prize pool of $100,000.

Discuss everything 2016 Blizzcon here, let us know if anyone here will be attending, link streams, discuss matches, players, who's gonna win, lists, techs etc.

[+Mozzy]

Make sure you vote for your champion at Blizzcon this weekend, you get a pack every time the player you choose wins his match. /en/esports/tournament/-world-championship-2016/choose-your-champion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">us.battle.net//en/esports/tournament/-world-championship-2016/choose-your-champion

[masscherano]

I chose Amnesiac. I've been impressed with his plays when I've watched in previous tournaments, and I believe he tries to stay one step ahead of the meta. Got a feeling he'll bring OTK decks to the table and I think he'll go far.

[+Mozzy]

Oct 21, 2016 8:57:24 GMT masscherano said:

I chose Amnesiac. I've been impressed with his plays when I've watched in previous tournaments, and I believe he tries to stay one step ahead of the meta. Got a feeling he'll bring OTK decks to the table and I think he'll go far.

I chose Thijs, he's a two-time champion and I feel he has the most experience coming into the tournament. Amnesiac, Naiman, and Bbgngun are also solid choices who could win it all.

[masscherano]

Oct 21, 2016 9:02:03 GMT +Mozzy said:

Oct 21, 2016 8:57:24 GMT masscherano said:

I chose Amnesiac. I've been impressed with his plays when I've watched in previous tournaments, and I believe he tries to stay one step ahead of the meta. Got a feeling he'll bring OTK decks to the table and I think he'll go far.

I chose Thijs, he's a two-time champion and I feel he has the most experience coming into the tournament. Amnesiac, Naiman, and Bbgngun are also solid choices who could win it all.

Yeah I seen a lot people going for Thijs, just decided to go for somebody that everybody isn't going for.

[+Mozzy]

Let's hang and watch the world championships on discord.

discord.gg/WhFRh

This chat will become the official forum discord soon.

[RationalPi#1895]

I'm really curious if players will be changing up their lineups for the finals. I feel like the "Target Shaman" strategy sort of fell flat, and I'm wondering how many of the players are going to ditch it.

[+Mozzy]

I'm surprised by all the misplays I've been seeing and excuses by the players on Twitter.

[masscherano]

Nov 1, 2016 17:55:16 GMT +Mozzy said:

I'm surprised by all the misplays I've been seeing and excuses by the players on Twitter.

Guess it's just the pressure of the big stage however some plays like Thijs Freezing Trap on the Swashburglar I don't know what was going through his head.

[+Mozzy]

BBgungun completely choked vs Hamster. It was very cringe worthy.

[+Mozzy]

So much disappointing play from the NA players. That shit is unacceptable TBH. If you not gonna come to Worlds and play perfectly you don't derserve to be there.

[Magnijung#1468]

I just stopped watching after that Amnesiasc lose and watched Overwatch.

[masscherano]

Pavel's RNG though... godly.

[+Mozzy]

Nov 5, 2016 7:06:29 GMT masscherano said:

Pavel's RNG though... godly.

There were times when Amnesiac could have took over. HotMEOWTH too smh. Like, no offense to them I think they are good players but on this stage, there's no excuse.

[RationalPi#1895]

HotMEOWTH really looked silly with that Blood Warriors deck. Everyone thought he might have some magic tech, but it just got crushed.

[+Mozzy]

So many misplays I am so shocked. Jason Zhou threw the match away as well. Congrats to Pavel, at least the player who misplayed the least ended up winning the event.

[RationalPi#1895]

Yeah, the pressure must be tougher than I imagined, because there were misplays left and right.

[Sabertooth20#1250]

i chose omegazero because i felt he brought the best list and he was the strongest player