“Love to see HS coming back to China. CN esports was always top tier!”
Bennidge, a Hearthstone community member, has announced the Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational event! This tournament includes players such as Tom "PocketTrain" Swinton, Cassie "BabyBear," Raphael "BunnyHoppor" Peltzer, and Thijs "Thijs" Molendijk. Read on for the Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational 2024 schedule, format, prize pool, and information on where to watch it!
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Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational 2024
According to Bennidge, this tournament is happening between June 21 and June 23 in China. Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational 2024 also has support from the new Blizzard-NetEase team. In a post on social media, Bennidge noted that although Hearthstone is not back in China yet, the support for the scene there already exists.
Bennidge's Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational
Hearthstone Streamer Invitational 2024 features three unique deckbuilding rules: one deck must include Marin, another must feature either Genn Greymane or Baku the Mooneater, and four specific cards are banned.
The banned cards are Zilliax Deluxe 3000, Reno, Lone Ranger, Boomboss Tho'grun, and Deepminer Brann. "We let the Chinese community to decide which cards to ban through votes," Bennidge explained in a post. Then, in Chinese, she thanked Bennidge for the invitation.
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Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational 2024 format and prize pool
The tournament's base format is conquest with a ban in a best-of-five (Bo5) series, Bennidge also noted in a reply.
In another post, competitor BabyBear revealed that this is a €20,000 tournament. "Super excited to play in the €20000 Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational this weekend!! Love to see HS coming back to China. CN esports was always top tier!" the player wrote.
Where to watch Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational 2024
Interested fans can catch all of the Hearthstone esports action on Chinese livestreams hosted by players like Wu "XiaoT" Juwei, LvGe, and mlYanming. According to Bennidge, these participants are also serving as the event's casters. Meanwhile, PocketTrain plans to stream his perspective on Twitch.
Participant | Hearthstone Streamer Innvitational Livestream |
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LvGe | http://huya.com/910323 |
mlYanming | http://douyu.com/5687671 |
XiaoT | http://live.douyin.com/529523946399 |
PocketTrain | https://www.twitch.tv/pocket_train |
That's all for now. Are you excited for a community-created Hearthstone esports event? Stick around on esports.gg for more news and updates!