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Do you feel that heat? Spring is well under way, and summer is close by! The Summer Playoffs for the 2018 Hearthstone Championship Tour (HCT) are kicking off, and we’ve prepared this viewing guide to make sure you don’t miss any of the action.
Format
HCT 2018 utilizes the Swiss format. Players compete in seven Swiss rounds, with the top eight players advancing to the dual tournament playoffs. The top two players from each group will move on to play in the Seasonal Championship. The semifinals and finals will not be played.
Matches will be best-of-five with one ban in the Conquest format.
Prizing
For a breakdown on playoffs prizing, check out page 5 of our visual guide.
Casters
Your casters for the HCT Summer Playoffs 2018 are:- Dan “Frodan” Chou and Brian Kibler
- TJ Sanders and Nathan “ThatsAdmirable” Zamora
- Alexander “Raven” Baguley and Simon “Sottle” Welch
We’d also like to bid a warm welcome to Darroch Brown and Billy “JBillyB” Baria as they join the HCT casting desk!
Schedule
The first region to go through playoffs is Europe, followed by the Americas, and then Asia-Pacific.| Starting time | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| CEST | 10:00 a.m. | May 5-6 |
| PDT | 1:00 a.m. | May 5-6 |
| CST | 4:00 p.m. | May 5-6 |
| KST | 5:00 p.m. | May 5-6 |
Check out the tournament brackets here.
Livestreams
- English: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone
- French: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneFR
- German: twitch.tv/c4mlann
- Italian: twitch.tv/morningstars
- Korean: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneKR
- Polish: twitch.tv/blackfireice
- Portugese: twitch.tv/copaamerica_pt2
- Russian: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneRU
- Spanish: twitch.tv/feelinkhs
- Spanish: twitch.tv/ogseries
- Spanish (Latin America): twitch.tv/copaamerica_es2
| Starting time | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| PDT | 8:00 a.m. | May 12-13 |
| CEST | 5:00 p.m. | May 12-13 |
| CST | 11:00 p.m. | May 12-13 |
| KST | 12:00 a.m. | May 13-14 |
Check out the tournament brackets here.
Livestreams
- English: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone
- French: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneFR
- German: twitch.tv/c4mlann
- Italian: twitch.tv/morningstars
- Korean: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneKR
- Polish: twitch.tv/blackfireice
- Portugese: twitch.tv/copaamerica_pt2
- Russian: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneRU
- Spanish: twitch.tv/feelinkhs
- Spanish: twitch.tv/ogseries
- Spanish (Latin America): twitch.tv/copaamerica_es2
| Starting time | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| PDT | 7:00 p.m. | May 18-19 |
| CEST | 4:00 a.m. | May 19-20 |
| CST | 10:00 a.m. | May 19-20 |
| KST | 11:00 a.m. | May 19-20 |
Check out the tournament brackets here.
Livestreams
- English: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstone
- French: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneFR
- Japanese: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneJP
- Korean: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneKR
- Mandarin: twitch.tv/HearthstonezhTW
- Russian: twitch.tv/PlayHearthstoneRU
- Spanish: twitch.tv/ogseries
Join in the conversation and hit us up on Twitter with the #HCTSummer hashtag. Who do you think is going to make it out of playoffs and into the first Championship event of the year?
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