Welcome to the first POG Hearthstone tournament


This is a 25-player tournament played in two stages:

Seeding

• Players are randomly divided into five pools of 5 players
• Players will play one game against each player in their pool (for 4 games total)
• Players earn 1 point for a win, and 0 points for a loss.
• After all seeding matches are complete, players are ranked based on their score
• Tie-breakers are determined based on which pool you are in (pool A > pool B)
• Players have until 8pm ET on Wednesday, May 22 to complete their seeding matches

Tournament Bracket

• Players are entered into the tournament bracket based on their seeding score
• Players play a best of 5 head-to-head series against their opponent

Tournament Rules


1) All decks must be comprised entirely out of Basic cards. You can find your Basic cards by filtering the Basic set in your collection, or by using the keyword "Basic". They can also be visually identified by the lack of a white, blue, purple or yellow crystal in the middle of the card.

2) During Tournament Bracket matches, you cannot use the same Hero/Class more than once during a single head-to-head match. This means you will need to prepare a minimum of 3 decks and a maximum of 5 (or more if you want more variety) during a single match. If you move on to another opponent, you may reuse Heroes/Classes from the previous match. This rule does not apply for seeding matches. You may use a Hero/Class any number of times.

If you play against an opponent who has non-Basic cards in his deck, or plays the same Hero/Class more than once during one of your tournament bracket matches, please report him/her to the game Mod.

Game Scheduling

During seeding matches, please try your best to get your games scheduled with your opponents. If it is truly impossible for you to play a certain opponent due to time zones, scheduling etc., please let the game Mod know and a solution will be found.

Reporting Wins

It is the responsibility of the winner of seeding matches to report the results in this thread. (Although the loser can as well) Otherwise there is no way for me to track results and the tournament cannot progress. Anything from "just won my match against xxx" to "lost every match in my group except against xxx" is fine.

Disconnections

If you happen to time out of battlenet during a game or you cannot finish for emergency situations, games can be made up. Please discuss with your opponent and reschedule at your convenience. Your opponent has the right to deny the rescheduling request for good reasons. Please do not abuse this rule.

Player list

A.Ertbjerg
Aaronk56's Son
Bloobird
Carl_Spackler
Christophersen
CPHoya
dkgojackets
DonkDonkDonkDonk
Duckburg
DWetzel
Gamer Dude
IAmRobik
jedi
Kaze13
killer_kill
lilrascal
LordJvK
master3004
Missing Person
Mor_Tilt4mePls
MoViN.tArGeT
No Lynches
Nofear3838
StuckinARutt
Sun Tzu

Seeding matches are being randed now. Pools in the excel sheet will be filled out momentarily

Seeding pools are set.

Players may now officially start playing their seeding matches. Please remember you have until 8pm ET on Wednesday to complete them if you need more time to build decks/practice

All of my matches will be streamed via twitch for those interested:

www.twitch.tv/nofear3838

btag friend requests sent to all players in my pool, lets get this started

My best time to get my matches done will be Monday night/Early Tuesday morning in the US, just FYI to my poolmates.

If anyone gets their games going today post ITT and if I'm around I'll watch (although I'll understand if Pool E doesn't if they don't want to give their strategy away)

Friend invites sent to everyone in my group

I can play this evening anytime after about 7:00 server time, or Tuesday evening a bit later than that.

(Probably best to ping me on here if you want to play)

Will be around a bit today if any of the other 4 want to throw down. N

I'm around and can play soon, just need a bit to throw together some basic decks

I'll hit you up later...

I'm currently levelling up again on the americas server

Is there a complete list of players/battlenet tags somewhere?

In the spreadsheet in the OP. There is a tab for player list/BNet tags

OK thanks missed the tab

I might stream my games too

to Stuck for setting this up.

People playing me - evening UK time is best, preferably 8pm to 12pm GMT (3pm to 7pm EST). Wife's birthday today, and I'm out Tuesday, so Monday or Wednesday would be ideal.

today is good for me if anyone is around.
Come at me bros, my body is ready

I'm around if you want to pay now.

Also, generally euro evening will be best for me

could squeeze in a quick game, ertbjerg

let's do it then.

I only have 1 deck ready for now, but should be enough

I'll play one or both of you after if possible
I'm Jerm on hearthstone

zomg want to watch someone play

I'll be on all day today. And available before 10am and after 7pm EST every other day

Should we avoid watching pool mates matches?
It gives an advantage, no?

that was a sick game between bloo and A.