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Setting Up Hearthstone Tournaments
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Written by Andrew Martinez
Updated over a week ago

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.

  • 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.



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