ESL Hearthstone Legendary Series Season 1

Overview
The ESL Hearthstone Legendary Series is a premier Hearthstone tournament series hosted by ESL and sponsored by Newegg. It is a 12-week-long series with two cups per week. Players compete for a chance to play in the offline playoffs at ESL's studio in Burbank, California.

Challenger Tournament
The Challenger Tournament is an open signup tournament with a US$500 prize pool for each of the 12 weeks.
 * Best of three, single elimination brackets
 * The winner must retain their deck, but the loser cannot use the same deck again
 * No sideboarding
 * A top two finish guarantees participation in that week’s Legendary Series Match Day

Match Day
The Match Day features eight of the best Hearthstone players in the world every week.

Week 1-8
* Week 1's 2 players will come from the NESL Preseason tournament point totals after playing through a bracket of the top 8.
 * Eight players will fight for ranking points which will determine who will attend the grand finals.
 * The participants in each week's Match Day will be selected using the following criteria:

Week 9-12

 * $500 in Prizes per week
 * Continued invites for points in next season week 1
 * Different formats possible as ESL continue exciting cups while finalist players book travel to LA Studios

Grand Finals
Eight players will advance to the LAN finals at ESL's studio in Burbank, California, with the grand finals themselves having a US$20,000 share of the prize pool to distribute among the contestants. Players can secure a spot for the playoffs based on their past performances in the following ways:
 * Via one of four invites given to the first place winners of weeks five, six, seven or eight
 * Via one of four invites given to those with the top four point totals at the end of week eight

Prize Pool
$36,000 USD is spread among the players as follows:
 * $20,000 split between players for the Season Grand Finals
 * $8,000 split between players for Weekly Tournament Prizes
 * $8,000 split between players for travel support to the Season Grand Finals

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