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HCT Last Call Players Announced

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Hot off the announcement that HCT World Championship Tickets are now on sale, Blizzard has now announced the four Last Call players who will also be competing in the World Championships. For those who are unaware of how the system works, four players qualify from each seasonal championship (for a total of 12) and four more players qualify through the Last Call system (to round out the 16-person World Championships). Players earn points through their performance throughout the entire year (in majors like Dreamhack, in online open tournaments, and in ladder finishes), and the player with the single most points from each region gets an invitation to the World Championships.* This year, Muzzy, OmegaZero, tom60229, and Sintolol earned those last four slots. Check out the entire official announcement, below.

*Edit: Team Celestial’s Sinn Tann, an established and influential link between Western and Chinese Hearthstone scenes has commented that the official Blizzard post is actually incorrect in that OmegaZero did not qualify through the Last Call system, but through China’s separate Fall Championship. As a reminder, China’s Hearthstone servers are operated by third party Netease and Chinese Hearthstone sometimes operates a little bit differently than the other regions. This author recalls that OmegaZero had already qualified by the time he competed in the global HCT Summer Championships last month, so it is plausible that the final month of points did not matter because he earned his way in through alternative means. We will update this post further if we get confirmation from Blizzard.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment (Blue Tracker / Official Post)

The points are in. It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for since the Summer Championship. Your Last Call qualifying players for the Hearthstone Championship Tour World Championship are:

Americas

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Muzzy

 China

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OmegaZero

 Asia-Pacific

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tom60229

 Europe

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Sintolol

Muzzy

From the Americas we have Muzahidul ‘Muzzy’ I. Muzzy competed in the HCT Spring Championship in Shanghai, but had his dreams dashed by Eugene ‘Neirea’ Shumilin. A game and simulation development student living in Pennsylvania, Muzzy plays for Luminosity Gaming, and is regarded by the pro Hearthstone circuit as one of the smartest and most helpful players around. Modest and focused, with his eyes on the prize, Muzzy’s recent wins at various DreamHacks cemented his place at the HCT World Championship.

OmegaZero

China is represented by Lin ‘OmegaZero’ Zheng.  The 21-year-old’s qualification via Last Call for the HCT World Championship marks the third time he will represent the country at a global Hearthstone championship. OmegaZero has always had an interest in card games, and had competed hard in local events in order to earn the points he needed. Apart from Hearthstone, he enjoys reading and taking walks.

tom60229

Asia-Pacific has the indomitable Chen ‘tom60229’ Wei Lin. A life-long gamer, he got his start on card games in seventh grade. He also spent a lot of time on Warcraft III and World of Warcraft before moving into Hearthstone. As one of Taiwan’s top players, he has had multiple Championship showings and tournament wins, and describes himself as a master of card games. tom60229 narrowly missed out on qualifying for the HCT World Championship at the HCT Summer Championship—losing to Ryan ‘Purple’ Murphy-Root—but redemption (in the form of a spot at the World Championship) has come.

Sintolol

Europe is represented by Thomas ‘Sintolol’ Zimmer. Hailing from Bad Vilbel, Germany, this full-time Hearthstone player wanted to prove that he was the best point-earner in Europe—and has qualified for the HCT World Championship via Last Call! Sintolol is well known for playing a ton of ladder and open cups, and considers pizza margherita and a loaded salad as his favorite pick-me-up.

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These four players round out the 16 we will see at the HCT World Championship in Amsterdam this January.

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Nicholas Weiss

Is a lawyer by day and a cardslinger by night. He's decent at both. He's been playing Hearthstone since open beta and writing about it for a few years now.


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