Missed anything from last week? We've got you covered with the major headlines from the world of Hearthstone.
The "Hearthstone's weekly headlines" is issued every Monday and goes over the major events in - and often outside - competitive Hearthstone. Blizzard's card game is in the middle of its HCT campaign but there are also lots of other third party tournaments running in parallel, and this post will summarize everything for your convenience.
Enjoy!
Tournament news:
China wins CN vs. NA, controversy colors championship day
Team China has prevailed over Team NA in the third CN vs. NA Championship. The host nation wont he deciding round after winning the first but losing the second to a Cydonia all-kill. A seven-game series between Chakki and LVGE on Sunday decided the tournament in CN's favor.
Controversy sparked in the wake of said sevent game, surrounding a questionable play by LVGE, which NA captain Reynad and his team-mates believe to be a direct result of the Chinese player hearing his team discussing the move through poorly sound-proofed headphones.
G2 with parading display against Alliance at Trinity Series start
G2's Anyfyin Paladin piloted by Thijs had the European trio fly past Alliance's Swedes 6-0 on Wednesday as the Trinity Series league began. G2 currently tops the rankings alongside Tempo Storm, who upset Virtus.pro 6-3 on the same day.
Major news and content:
Blizzard China to revert Hearthstone servers 4 days after massive power failure
After having their servers hit by a power outage, NetEase will roll-back the Hearthstone servers to their state on January 14th wiping out all gold, adventure and card progression acquired between then and Thursday, January 18th. All Hearthstone players affected by this are expected to receive 15 packs on top of heaps of gold as compensation.
BunnyHoppor: "I wouldn't call this meta healthy"
In between games during WESG's group stage, eventual bronze winner BunnyHoppor joined GosuGamers' Matthieist to discuss the hardest day of Hearthstone he's ever played, and how he prepared for it.
Ben Brode on how long until Pirates get nerfed
PC Gamer sat down with Hearthstone game director Ben Brode to discuss how long will the community have to wait before [card]Small-time buccaneer[/card] "walks the plank. The two also discuss the problematic [card]spirit claws[/card] and the future of the tri-class mechanic.
Decks and guides
China's decks from CN vs. NA Round 1
NA's decks from CN vs. NA Round 2
All decks from CN vs. NA Round 3
The winning decks from GosuCup HCT AM #1
GosuRankings Top 10 players
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