The Hearthstone 2021 World Championship is here! Beginning this Saturday, December 18, the top eight Hearthstone players in the world face-off in the latest Hearthstone expansion, Fractured in Alterac Valley, to determine who will walk away with the grand prize of $200,000 (USD). Connect your Battle.net and YouTube accounts to earn Fractured in Alterac Valley packs as you watch your favorite competitors battle to join the Hall of Champions! And be sure to catch Hearthstone Esports product lead, Alex Barhorst, as he joins TJ on the desk following Match 2, on December 18, to unveil the 2022 program details. You won’t want to miss a single moment of what is bound to be a truly legendary weekend of competitive Hearthstone, only on YouTube!

Details

• Venue: Online - YouTube.com/HearthstoneEsports
• Dates: Saturday, December 18 – Sunday, December 19, 2021
• Broadcast Start Time: 8:00 AM PST
• Casters: TJ “Azumo” Sanders, Darroch “Darroch” Brown, Jia “Jia” Dee, Neil “Lorinda” Bond, Alex “Raven” Baguley, and Simon “Sottle” Welch
• Prize Pool: $500,000 (USD)
• Format: 4-deck, best-of-5 Conquest with a ban
• Language Streams on YouTube:
  • English (Hearthstone)
  • English (HearthstoneEsports)
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Mandarin
  • Portuguese (LATAM)
  • Spanish (LATAM) 

Earn Fractured in Alterac Valley Drops!

You can earn up to two Fractured in Alterac Valley card packs this weekend as you watch the 2021 World Championship! On any of the above YouTube channels, watch two total hours to receive one pack and two more hours for your second. Time watched is cumulative throughout the weekend, so even if you can’t watch for the full four hours in one sitting your time will still count toward earning the Drops.

Connecting Your Accounts

Before you can receive rewards, you’ll need to link your YouTube and Blizzard Battle.net accounts. Here’s how:  

• Log in or create an account on YouTube.  
• Navigate to Account Sharing under “Connected Apps” in Settings.  
• Select “Connect” next to Battle.net.
• Follow the simple prompts to finish connecting accounts.  
• When connecting accounts, be sure that you’re currently logged into the Blizzard account on which you’d like to receive your Drops. 
• Check out the full rules for eligibility details.

Follow the brackets and match schedule on the 2021 World Championship website all weekend long, while watching all of the action only on YouTube! We’ll see you in the Tavern!