Hearthstone Global Games Teams Revealed After Choose Your Champion Finishes
By Ford James ·
The community has spoken, and the 48 teams for the Hearthstone Global Games have been announced.
The‘Choose Your Champion’ voting period got underway earlier this month, meaning fans and players around the world could vote for their ideal lineup to represent their country at the 2018 Hearthstone Global Games. Two weeks on, voting has closed and the teams have been announced for the tournament that kicks off with six rounds of Swiss, starting on July 17.
Notable teams include the U.S.A, who have an entirely new lineup from last year. Justsaiyian was the automatic inclusion as the anchor due to having the most HC points, and he’s joined by Muzzy, TerrenceM, and Fr0zen. A stacked lineup with multiple events to their name, they’ll have to do well to match last year’s national result of 3rd-4th.
Canada are being represented by Monsanto, Purple, DocPwn, and TheJordude, who must be elated he made it into the team, as his pitch to fans to be selected said that a girl would go out with him if he was successful. He wasn’t the only one with an elaborate pitch either, as the fourth member of the UK team, Toastmonster, took a picture of himself in a bathtub full of toast in his bid to be selected. Toastmonster is joined by BoarControl, GreenSheep, and J4CKIECHAN. All three players are regularly successful on the ladder, but the most interesting player is J4CKIECHAN, known for often experimenting with wacky decks and creating memey moments.
Last year’s winners, Czech Republic, have just Pokrovac returning. He’s joined by Jarla, Findan and Faeli, while Ukraine, last year’s runners-up, have a solid squad in Kolento, OldBoy, Neirea and iNS4NE. Germany underperformed last year after being eliminated in the group stages, so Seiko, Bunnyhoppor, Sintolol and Viper will be looking to improve.
There’s 48 teams in total and you can check out all of the lineups on the official site, along with the schedule here. In other Hearthstone news, the Get In Here bundle is currently available, along with the Taverns of Time event.
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