Why don't you take a seat by the hearth while we take explain how you can set up your own Hearthstone event!In this support article, we'll walk you through the process of creating a tournament for Hearthstone. Whether you're a seasoned player or just starting out, this guide will provide you with all the information you need to set up your first Hearthstone tournament.
*Before creating tournaments on Battlefy you will need to have a tournament organization first, more info can be found here.
Sign in to your account > Click on Organize Tournament > Select your Organization > Click on New Tournament
Now search or select Hearthstone from the game selection page
Section 1: Basics (All fields of this section can be edited after creating the tournament):
Tournament Name: Here you can put your tournament name
Start Date & Time: The date and time of your tournament (This time is in your timezone, you can double check your timezone here (From the account settings page), also all of the players will see this time converted to their own timezones so you don't need to worry about that anymore)
Tournament Description (About): Here you can tell the players more about your tournaments.
Also from this section, you can upload your tournament art/cover.
Section 2: Info (All fields of this section can be edited after creating the tournament):
In this section, you can add more details about your tournament, including Tournament Rules (In the rules tab), your contact info/tournament support (In the contact tab), tournament prizes (In the prizes tab), and tournament schedule (In the schedule tab)
This section will be displayed in a user-friendly way for your players so they can easily navigate between each of the sections like the screenshot below:
Section 3: Settings (Not all fields here are editable):
Game Region/Server: here you can pick the server in which you want to host the tournament. (Not editable after creating the tournament.
Deck Format - By setting it as Open players can see the exact lineup their opponent is bringing. Closed Decklists allow each deck brought in to be a surprise when selected in game! As the organizer you can still see the decklists brought in by both players.
Number of decks per Player - This is the number of decks you want a player joining the event to bring. You can also allow players to ban decks by enabling it by ticking the box next to this setting.
Hearthstone Format: In this setting you can edit if you would like to use the Standard Card pool or the Wild Card Pool. You can also set whether you would like to play Conquest or the Specialist format. Links to how these formats function can be found down below.
Conquest Format - https://help.battlefy.com/en/articles/2873888-conquest-format-for-hearthstone-tournaments
Specialist Format - https://help.battlefy.com/en/articles/2742511-hearthstone-specialist-format
Check-In: here you will decide the time of the check-in period, more info about the tournament check-in can be found here.
On the advanced fields, you can even adjust more settings for your tournament, like Showing country flags on the brackets, setting participants limit, or even allowing only players from certain regions to join the tournament.
After tweaking your advanced fields, you can customize your registration fields, more info about them can be found here
Then, the system will ask you to create the brackets, but you don't need to do that now.
More info about our Brackets system can be found here.