The Alienware Overwatch Open

Hearthstone Players please check in by 430pm.

Final Overwatch Seeding

12:00pm

Team 6 vs Team 7

Team 5 vs Team 4

1:00pm

Team 15 vs Team 1

Team 16 vs Team 14

2:00pm

Team 11 vs Team 10

Team 3 vs Team 12

3:00pm

Team 9 vs Team 8

Team 2 vs Team 13

Brackets: http://challonge.com/alienwareoverwatch

Update 5/22 9:45 EST: Overwatch team lists have been emailed out. If you are unable to contact everyone on your team by 5/25 at 6pm EST please email jonkaplan@esportshero.com so we can begin subbing in from the waitlist. Please email Jon right away if you know someone is dropping already.

Update 5/22 9pm EST: Sign ups for the Hearthstone Qualifier are open. Check you emails for the full details and schedule. Sign Up link (64 person cap) is here: http://goo.gl/forms/GNXL8eA7Jdfg0yYH2

• Update 5/19 12:30pm EST: Sign ups for the Overwatch Open are now full (16 teams). Check your email for more details and send any questions to chris@esportshero.com

• Update 5/19 12:30am EST: Sign ups for the Hearthstone 64-man Bo3 online qualifier tournament will go live this Sunday at 9pm EST (May 22nd). The online qualifier will begin on May 26th at 12pm EST to determine the top 16 who will play live on June 4th at the Microsoft Store. Please do not book any travel accommodations before you have qualified. I'll also be emailing the sign up link to everyone on Sunday at 9pm EST.

• Update 5/15 9pm EST: Sign ups for the Overwatch 6v6 tournament are now open! This form will be open until Friday, May 20th at 10:00pm EST. Enter as a group or an individual through this link: http://goo.gl/forms/56FtkEI8DN

FORMAT: There will be two rounds of the traditional Stopwatch rules – after taking turns attacking and defending, the quicker time set or the furthest progression wins the point. If after two rounds, the score is even, both teams will face off in a King of the Hill tiebreaker! Practice hard and good luck!

Maps used for Stopwatch: Dorado, Route 66, Watchpoint – Gibraltar. Maps used for King of the Hill: Nepal, Lijiang Tower, Ilios

• Update 5/13 9pm EST: This is the 48 hour heads up that the team registration link will go live on Sunday at 9pm EST. we'll be posting the link, along with the format details here, the FB Event page, Eventbrite page, as well as emailing it out to everyone in the group. You'll be able to sign up as a group or an individual.

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Hey Heroes! Hopefully you're all as excited for Overwatch as we are. ESports Hero & Alienware are teaming up to host the first big 6v6 Overwatch event in New York City!

We'll also be hosting a Hearthstone 64-man Bo3 Conquest tournament on the 2nd floor that will be streamed/casted on our Twitch channel and accompanied with its own set of amazing prizes from the Blizzard Shop and our sponsors!

The 1st place Overwatch team will win brand new Alienware X51 gaming desktops along with Gunnar glasses, ROCCAT keyboards, and E-Blue mice!

Hearthstone prizes include Razer gear, Fnatic Gear, Hearthstone pillows/plushies, Overwatch clothes, and more!

As always, we'll have drinks, pizza, raffles, cosplayers, and pro gaming guests. We'll be taking sign ups to Challenge A Pro! at the GamerSensei booth. Anyone who beats one of our on-site pros will win gaming gear and Blizzard swag.

As a special bonus, Microsoft is setting us up with our own VR demo area where attendees will be able to experience an awesome FPS virtual reality demo using the HTC Vive.

• We'll be live tweeting the event @ESportHero

Both guests & competitors will need to purchase an entry fee ticket to be a part of the event.

Tickets are $9 and can be purchased via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aleinware-overwatch-open-plus-hearthstone-fireside-tickets-25303167455

Or in-person at the event using Square.

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