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News
- Today Blizzard finally detailed their plans for the 2016 Spring Global Championship. Two teams from each from China, North America, Europe and Korea and one team from each from Latin America, Taiwan, SEA and Australia/New Zealand will qualify for the Spring Championship after fighting in their respective regional tournaments. You can read all the details in their announcement post.
- The biggest news this last week was the latest patch in which Greymane, the cursed King of Gilneas was made available. Sadly, apart from some minor bug fixes, no balance changes were implemented.
- While not implemented through the patch, Blizzard also deployed additional rules to tighten up the matchmaking. These new rules focus on reducing the amount of times solo queue players get matched against big parties. You can read the details in the announcement here.
- The December leaderboards are finally out. Stellar Lotus Wiz is the highest ranked player in the North American server again, so congratulations to him! Here you can find the leaderboards of America, Europe, and Korea.
- mYinsanity announced the departure of Crozzby and Wubby from their team roster, and the addition of Splendour and HasuObs. You can read the full announcement in their official site.
- Another big roster change was the departure of Fury and MadTimmy from Murloc Geniuses. Sadly, it appears the situation wasn’t handled very well by the management,and the players were understandably upset.
- COGnitive Gaming also announced roster changes. Scylol and Syracuse will no longer form part of the team, leaving COGnitive with only two players at the moment.
- TeamLiquid also had some roster changes. Vortix has announced that he is coming back to play StarCraft 2 professionally. His brother, Lucifron, is going back to school and will play StarCraft 2 only casually.
- Dustin Browder confirmed through Twitter that the Haunted Mines, one of the most divisive battlegrounds is cut and won’t be back unless it’s reworked. But no one is working on that at the moment. He also officially declared Tyrande OP, and that the team is looking to possibly increase Lunara’s health.
- Rick Fox, a retired NBA star may be looking to pick up a Heroes of the Storm team. Nice.
Tournaments
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/Heroes_Rising has finally released some of the VOD’s as well as a replay pack. You can find the VoDs on the eSports Arena official YouTube channel. PROlane, one of our newest writers wrote a pretty nice recap too!
- http://wiki.teamliquid.net/heroes/Gold_Series_Heroes_League_2015/Grand_Finals started this past week. Featuring the strongest teams from China and two foreign teams, Cloud9 from North America and Team No Limits from Korea, it is sure to deliver some of the best matches we’ve seen so far this year. It will also form part of the Spring Championship, and an English stream will be provided by Gillyweed, Zoia, and Babael, so you don’t have any excuse to not see the matches.
- The qualifiers for the OGN Super League finished this weekend. Some of the notable teams that qualified were MVP Black and Danawa Joker. One of the notable teams that didn't qualify was MVP Sky. You can read more about it in Liquipedia.
TeamLiquid Spotlight
- After Heroes Rising, PROlane had the chance to interview Gillyweed about her thoughts of the tournament and what it would mean to the scene.
Community:
- Fan made a video where he gives his first impressions about Greymane and potential skill builds.
- SolidJake made a short video where he talks about ChairLeague, a new league that is gaining traction within the Heroes community. Join him as he explainswhat it is, and why you should care about it.
The Funnies:
- Heroes of The Storm WTF Moments Ep 33
- WP and Funny Moments #42 by DarkHoru
- Epic Plays of the Week #60 by KendricSwissh
- Top Fails of the Week Ep 30
- Frostmourne secret powers. Watch it, seriously.
Poll: Should you lose Hero League points with an IA teamate?
Yes, but you should lose fewer points (4)
50%
No, you shouldn't lose any (3)
38%
Yes, you should still lose points (1)
13%
8 total votes
No, you shouldn't lose any (3)
Yes, you should still lose points (1)
8 total votes
Your vote: Should you lose Hero League points with an IA teamate?
(Vote): Yes, you should still lose points
(Vote): No, you shouldn't lose any
(Vote): Yes, but you should lose fewer points
That's everything for the week, see you next time!
