Winner of SSC3: Orange
The popular event will happen for the fourth time in Krefeld, Germany, this coming weekend: November 12th to 15th.
Alongside the Viagame Housecup, SeatStory Cup is one of the two big Hearthstone events which regularly happen in a very laid-back environment, compared to for example the DreamHack circuit, and thus are very well received among the community. The first three iterations all featured very noticeable players as eventual champions: Cong "StrifeCro" Shu, considered one of the best players in the world, Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen, spearhead of Team Liquid, and Jon "Orange" Westberg, one of the biggest newcomers of 2015.
Also, the final of SeatStory Cup 3 paired Orange up against a fellow Swede called Sebastian "Ostkaka" Engwall. If you've been sleeping under a rock - the latter became the second Hearthstone world champion just this very last Sunday and made his first big showing at SSC3. Alongside Orange, he will also return to the tournament which brought him a lot of success.
So far, 22 players have been confirmed for the event. This number is expected to eventually rise to 32 players, similar to the last iterations of the tournament. The prizepool will once again be $20,000.
Confirmed players:
Aleš "Alesh" Hemer
Sebastian "Xixo" Bentert
Jan "Ek0p" Palys
Petar "Gaara" Stevanovic
Tim "Theude" Bergmann
Jan "SuperJJ" Janssen
Thijs "ThijsNL" Molendijk
Christoffer "Asmodai" Stub
Jakub "Lothar" Szygulski
Marcin "Gnimsh" Filipowicz
Dima "RDU" Radu
Jung-Soo "Surrender" Kim
Jon "Orange" Westberg
Jeffrey "Sjow" Brusi
Sebastian "Ostkaka" Engwall
Harald "Powder" Gimre
Gareth "Cipher" Rouse
Paul "Zalae" Nemeth
James "Firebat" Kostesich
Drew "Tidesoftime" Biessener
Ryan "Ryzen" Liberian Laguardian
[Update] Nine other players have been confirmed, you can find the new additions below. Unfortunately, Andrey "Reynad" Yanyuk had to give up his tournament spot, so there are two participants left who have yet to be confirmed.
New confirmed players:
Ryan "Purple" Murphy-Root
Haiyun "Eloise" Tang
Stanislav Cifka
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier
Jökull "Kaldi" Jóhannsson
Nuno "Ignite" Pinho
Martin "MartinCreek" Bäcklund
Jesper "Freakeh" Eriksson
Byron "Reckful" Bernstein
