The TeamLiquid Open tradition will continue next week as we hold an open tournament for Heroes of the Storm, the newest hotness in internet and streaming technology. A series that has roots back in our early StarCraft II days, the TL Opens give amateurs and veterans the chance to compete on an even field through a single elimination bracket event that anyone is able to participate in.

A TL Open is a good chance to test your skills with friends or hone your competitive instincts. As an open event this is ideal for smaller teams or newer players, and is a particularly good chance to test out a Heroes of the Dorm team should you be playing it, as it is one week before the qualifying day of that event.

Register Here (NA only)

Registration open until Sunday, Mar 22 6:55pm GMT (GMT+00:00) in
Check-in begins at Sunday, Mar 22 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) in
Check-in closes at Sunday, Mar 22 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) in
Tournament begins on Sunday, Mar 22 7:05pm GMT (GMT+00:00)

Registration:
Teams will register by having a Team Captain sign in using our tournament tool linked above.

Teams may register up until 5 minutes before the tournament begins. That is, they may register until Sunday, Mar 22 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00). After that, team captains will be required to check-in to confirm that they will be attending. Check-in occurs between Sunday, Mar 22 6:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) and Sunday, Mar 22 7:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00). Players must both sign up before check-in time and check-in within the 55 minute period to enter the tournament.

Format Rules:

Registration will be conducted by the team Captain, and only he must post to register
Team Captains will be responsible for communication with refs and with the opposing team.
32 Team Single Elimination
Tournament will be held on the Battle.net NA Server.
Bracket will be displayed on TeamLiquid. Participants must log in to view opponent IDs and Codes to contact their opponents for matches.
Captains must contact each other through Bnet chat to arrange the game.
From Semifinals on, game will be created by TL Open Referees.
Captains must report win and upload replay after each round.
Captains may report loss. This is not required, but it will help the tournament run smoother.
If a game's results are disputed (both players report win), Tournament Referees will check replays and determine who advances.
Best-of-3 Round of 32, Round of 16, Round of 8, and Round of 4
Best-of-5 Finals

Full set of rules can be found here.

Streaming
Players are encouraged to stream on their own channels up until the semifinals. We recommend and encourage a delay on these streams because of the possibility of stream cheating. We will cast the semifinals and finals through a channel which will be decided later.

Prize
This will be a $100 winner take all affair.

Players Looking For Teams

TimesharE
dream-_-
Ryzek
Capricis

TimesharE

United States62 Posts

March 14 2015 00:13 GMT

Need team!

Playing since week 2 of Alpha, around 2700 MMR playing mainly soloQ. Very friendly and just want to compete for fun mainly.

TelecoM

United States10686 Posts

March 14 2015 00:20 GMT

Siiiick nice, Makes me want to download and install it now just to have some fun! This is exciting to watch Heroes grow ^^

klipik12

United States241 Posts

March 14 2015 01:25 GMT

But when will you have a team :U

skylinefan

Malaysia53 Posts

March 14 2015 02:16 GMT

Aww man..don't have the beta key

dream-_-

United States1857 Posts

March 14 2015 02:22 GMT

If anyone near rank 1 want's to create a team with me and my duo partner I'm down. I'm diamond rank 3, he is masters rank 1.
Message me on bnet: dreamface#1452, or pm me here! If all goes well I'm happy to play some more open tourneys.

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

March 14 2015 02:32 GMT

Ya have fun and make teams! gogo

I have it as a 32 team event right now judging from other online cups but can expand it if enough people form teams and stuff.

EGLzGaMeR

United States1867 Posts

March 14 2015 06:07 GMT

I might grab some RL friends and play in this. Sounds like fun!

ACrow

Germany6583 Posts

March 14 2015 14:05 GMT

Cool! Will this be casted?

RiZu

Singapore5715 Posts

March 14 2015 15:58 GMT

#10

I had 12 heros including hero rotations, a pity most of my pals had overlapping heros with hero rotation, would had love to play in this

Heyoka

Katowice25012 Posts

March 14 2015 18:52 GMT

#11

On March 14 2015 23:05 ACrow wrote:
Cool! Will this be casted?

Yep, we'll do the semifinals and finals for sure and probably some community casts for earlier rounds.

Lucumo

6850 Posts

March 14 2015 19:46 GMT

#12

Can't we just give this game a separate section instead of spamming the "Other Games" one?

Sponkz

Denmark4564 Posts

March 14 2015 22:06 GMT

#13

Be sure to make a tournament on EU too!

BisuDagger

Bisutopia19299 Posts

March 16 2015 14:35 GMT

#14

On March 14 2015 23:05 ACrow wrote:
Cool! Will this be casted?

If I'm available I will partake in community casts. I'm very excited to watch this tournament regardless.

Trozz

Canada3456 Posts

March 16 2015 16:59 GMT

#15

Primary race: Zerg!
I'm out of town on that date ;;
I'll compete next time.

Ryzek

United States1 Post

March 16 2015 20:39 GMT

#16

I don't have a team but would like to join one, mature adult, plays well with others. I'm in the Pacific Time Zone (California) I'm pretty good with any Heroe but prefer Heals or Assassin. wolfpack#1600 is my BNet tag don't judge by MMR please. I have been queuing solo and I'm still working on it. But I am pretty good at healing and playing in general I love this game and follow directions well, I don't argue and will listen to any and all instructions. I have Teamspeak 3, Vent, etc

NickHotS

United States105 Posts

March 17 2015 20:16 GMT

#17

Glad to see TL Opens for Heroes of the Storm. The nostalgia from the early SC2 days is real!

Chairman Ray

United States11903 Posts

March 17 2015 20:45 GMT

#18

Looking for a few more people to join our team. We would require you to be able to use voice communication, and be available for practice before the tournament. PM if interested!