NA Regional Finals Start February 27th.
by JR Cook - 8 years ago show comments
Mark your calendars, the first major North American Heroes of the Storm event of 2016 takes place this weekend.
The North American Regional Finals will be held February 27th and 28th at the ESL Studios in Burbank. Games start each day at 10:00 a.m. PST, and you can watch all of the action on the official Heroes of the Storm Twitch channel: Twitch.tv/blizzheroes
All of the top NA teams, as well as a few new up and coming teams, will be on hand competing for a $100,000 prize pool and the right to represent North America in the upcoming Spring Global Championships in Seoul, South Korea.
If the prospect of watching top notch eSports action wasn’t enough to peak your interest, you can also receive an exclusive portrait for tuning in.
In order to receive credit for the portrait you need to link our Twitch account to your Battlenet account. Instructions for how to do that can be found below in the official post from Blizzard. GLHF to all of the teams competing, and I hope you enjoy the show!
Matches are underway in all regions with all teams fiercely competing for the chance to represent their region in this season’s Heroes of the Storm Global Championship. Catch all the action on Twitch.tv and you’ll even earn two awesome new portraits!
EARN YOUR PORTRAITS
Watch any regional finals event with linked Twitch.tv and Battle.net accounts and receive this brand new exclusive portrait in game:
That’s not all! Tune in to Twitch for the Spring Global Championship Finals being held April 1-3 in Seoul, South Korea and earn a second exclusive portrait, shown below:
Please note: Portraits should appear in your collection approximately two weeks after the event’s conclusion.
HOW TO LINK YOUR ACCOUNTS
- Log in or create an account on Twitch.tv.
- Navigate to the Settings menu by clicking your account name in the top-right corner of the home screen.
- Navigate to the Connections tab of the Settings menu.
- Find the Battle.net section then follow the given instructions after selecting a region and clicking Connect.
Click here to go straight to the Twitch.tv settings page!
EVENT INFO:
Global Championship:
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
- Dates: April 1 – 3
- Where to watch: Twitch.tv/blizzheroes
Australia / New Zealand Regional Finals:
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Dates: February 27, 4:00 p.m. PST
- Where to watch: Twitch.tv/blizzheroes and Twitch.tv/anzheroestv
Europe Regional Finals:
- Location: IEM in Katowice, Poland
- Dates: March 5, 3:00 a.m. PST, March 6, 3:00 a.m. PST (Grand Finals at 10:00 a.m. PST)
- Where to watch: Twitch.tv/blizzheroes
Korea Regional Finals:
- Location: Super League Finals in Seoul, South Korea
- Dates: March 19, 10 p.m. PST
- Where to watch: Twitch.tv/ogn and Twitch.tv/ognglobal
Latin America Regional Finals:
- Location: Copa America Finals in Brazil
- Dates: March 19, Times TBD
- Where to watch: Twitch.tv/copaamerica_es1 (Spanish) and Twitch.tv/copaamerica_pt1 (Portuguese)
North America Regional Finals:
- Location: ESL Studio in Burbank, California
- Dates: February 27, 10:00 a.m. PST and February 28, 10:00 a.m. PST
- Where to watch: Twitch.tv/blizzheroes
South East Asia Regional Finals:
- Location: Online
- Dates: March 5, 8:00 p.m. PST and March 6, 8:00 p.m. PST
- Where to watch: Twitch.tv/BlizzHeroesSEA
Taiwan Regional Finals:
- Location: Taipei, Taiwan
- Dates: March 13, 4:00 a.m. PST
- Where to watch: Twitch.tv/BlizzardZHTW
For more Heroes of the Storm esports, be sure to visit http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/.
