Wednesday Esports Discussion – February 13

Latest results

• Toasty & Gladman Heroes Invitational: Teem Feedem (Hosty, KilluZiioN, Kure, Lutano, zugrug) wins final 4-1 vs. Team Twelve, Endemic and Murloc Geniuses take 3rd-4th (Liquipedia, reddit)
• Division S EU Qualifier #2 Final: Coming Through 2-1 Nothing Left; Coming Through (Cris, Cronaz, Munky, robadobah, WolfJoe) directly qualifies for Division S (Liquipedia, reddit)
• Division S NA Qualifier #2 Final: Comanche Power Train 2-1 Multiple Smiles; Comanche Power Train (bkbgrnrjefek, LegacY, Mysticleez, Noah, Unaverted) directly qualify for Division S (Liquipedia, reddit)

News

• Agon League Season 3 registration is open
• Tespa Collegiate Series: Heroes Recruitment Thread
• HeroesHearth Fight Night #2 – February 15 8:30pm CST / 2:30am UTC – defending champions Team Feedem (Hosty, KilluZiioN, Kure, Lutano, zugrug) vs. Team Twelve (Buds, Drated, Goku, Justing, Tomster)
• Detailed streams stats Toasty and Gladman Heroes Invitational (reddit)

Sign-ups currently open

• Heroes Lounge Division S Qualifier #3 (EU & NA)
  • sign-ups close February 15th (9:00am CET/ 3:00am EST / 12:00am PST)
  • Europe
  • North America
• Tespa Collegiate Series: Heroes of the Storm (NA, students only)
  • registration closes February 27th
  • recruitment thread on reddit
• Agon League Season 3
  • qualifiers on March 12th-13th

Pro

For those looking to watch some high level Heroes play, these are the tournaments to check out.

• Heroes Lounge Division S is Heroes Lounge's plan to #saveHotS by organizing EU and NA leagues with a round robin format for the best Heroes players in their regions. Division S will have a crowdfunded prize pool (already over $15k), to which you can contribute on Matcherino. Their English stream will be cast by Halorin, JHow, Khaldor, Tetcher, and Trikslyr. The first two out of four qualifiers have already been played, but sign-ups for qualifier #3 are still open (EU, NA)!
• HeroesHearth Fight Night is a best-of-5 series played every two weeks between top NA teams. The winner stays and the other team changes every match. The matches are cast by JHow and Halorin, with the next match being played on February 15th between the defending champions Team Feedem and the challengers – Team Twelve.

Amateur

If you are looking to play some competitive Heroes matches on any level, these leagues are for you.

• Heroes Lounge is the largest amateur league for Heroes of the Storm for all skill levels with live streamed games almost every day on Twitch. They offer leagues in EU and NA, divided into 7 divisions in EU and 5 divisions in NA for teams of different skill levels. Some of the matches are cast by their casters, including Khaldor – you can find a calendar of streamed matches here.
• Tespa Collegiate Series is a tournament for students in the USA and Canada made by Tespa, the organization that made Heroes of the Dorm together with Blizzard. The tournament will be played from February to May, and registration is open until February 27th. The prize pool includes over $5000 in scholarships and gaming laptops for the winning team.
• Agon League is a league that recently opened up for players all across Europe. Sign-ups are still open for season 3 qualifiers which will be played on March 12th-13th.
• Nexus Gaming Series is an amateur league for players in North America.
• /heroes-open is another amateur league for North American players organized by slash.gg.

Regional

• For The Beard League is a league played on the Brazilian server. Qualifiers are still in progress, played on Saturdays. Reddit post.
• Life Outside the HGC: Taiwan and SEA is an article by @Koznarov about Heroes XD, a tournament covering some of the Asian minor regions.