ESL America announces North American Blizzcon qualifer details for Hearthstone and Word of Warcraft

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On the 5th and 6th of October, The Manhattan Hammerstein Ballroom will host the ESL America Finals for Hearthstone and World of Warcraft. Tickets for the events will be free according to the post on the National ESL website.

ESL America have also announced that the first 1500 people who enter their doors and have RSVPed via their ticketing system on eventbrite will be rewarded with a code for 3 hearthstone card packs and additonally, the first 500 people who enter their doors and have RSVPed will receive a free World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor closed beta key.

There is a limit of 2 tickets per purchase and one card code per purchase.

To attend the Hearthstone tournament as a player, players need to battle through a 128-player Swiss style tournament bracket and the top sixteen will be invited to attend the finals at the Hammerstein Ballroom. The top four will qualify for Blizzcon.

For World of Warcraft, the tournament bracket will be host to an unlimited number of teams but only the top eight will be invited to the ballroom and the top three will be invited to blizzcon.

Click here to grab your free ticket and a chance at getting a free hearthstone card pack beta key