Your complete guide to all of this week's HCT tournament play.
Our Hearthstone HCT Fall Championship 2018 guide outlines the match schedule, stream details and roster of players.
The Hearthstone HCT Fall Championship 2018 kicks off tomorrow 11th October, and will see 16 of the world’s best players gather together at the Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California.
On offer is a share of the $250,000 prize money for this stage of the tournament, as well as one of four spots at the HCT World Championship finals taking place at BlizzCon next month.
In this article we’ve pulled together everything you need in order to follow this weekend’s action, including the match schedule, player roster, details of the streaming options you have, and a breakdown of the prize money on the table.
Players and Groups
First up, here’s an overview of who’s playing at the HCT Fall Championship this year, and how they’ve been separated into groups.
Group A
- bloodyface
- DacRyvius
- GoeLionKing
- Sintolol
Group B
- Caimiao
- Moyen
- Akymaker
- justsaiyan
Group C
- LPTrunks
- Hatul
- lnguagehackr
- Bloodtrail
Group D
- Islandcat
- RENMEN
- Tyler
- Tincho
Schedule
Here’s the schedule that’s been confirmed for Thursday and Friday’s play. We’ll add in details of the weekend’s matches as soon as the match-ups have been announced.
Note that all times given are in UK time. Subtract eight hours for the west coast of America, and add one hour for mainland Europe.
Thursday 11th October 2018
| Time | Player 1 | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 4:30pm | GoeLionKing | Sintolol |
| 6:00pm | justsaiyan | Akumaker |
| 7:30pm | bloodyface | DacRyvius |
| 9:00pm | Moyen | Caimiao |
Friday 12th October 2018
| Time | Player 1 | Player 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 4:30pm | Bloodtrail | lnguagehackr |
| 6:00pm | RENMEN | Islandcat |
| 7:30pm | LPTrunks | Hatul |
| 9:00pm | Tyler | Tincho |
Streams
All matches will be broadcast on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel. Here’s an embed of the stream so you can jump straight into it!
Prizes
The top four players from the HCT Fall Championship will progress to the HCT finals which are being held at Blizzard‘s annual BlizzCon fan-gathering.
In addition, the following prize money is on offer:
| Position | Prize Money (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 |
| 2 | $40,000 |
| 3 | $25,000 |
| 4 | $25,000 |
| 5 | $12,500 |
| 6 | $12,500 |
| 7 | $12,500 |
| 8 | $12,500 |
| 9 | $7,500 |
| 10 | $7,500 |
| 11 | $7,500 |
| 12 | $7,500 |
| 13 | $7,500 |
| 14 | $7,500 |
| 15 | $7,500 |
| 16 | $7,500 |
| 17 | $7,500 |
| 18 | $7,500 |
| 19 | $7,500 |
| 20 | $7,500 |
