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| The Innkeeper`s Invitational | ||
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| Organizer: | Blizzard Entertainment | |
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| Eventtype: | Offline | |
| Startdate: | 2013-11-8 | |
| Enddate: | 2013-11-9 | |
| Links: | Website | |
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The Innkeeper`s Invitational is a professional Hearthstone tournament hosted by Blizzard as part of Blizzcon.
The Invitational featuresSpecial attraction some of Hearthstone`s most dedicated, passionate and well-known players, selected by Blizzard. These players duel each other in a best-of-five arrangement, until one player is left victorious. The winner is crowned "Grandmaster of the Hearth" and receives "a fitting trophy".
The first official Hearthstone tournament, the 2013 Invitational was notable for taking place before Hearthstone`s release, in fact during the game`s closed beta The Hearthstone beta was the beta test phase in the development of Hearthstone, following the alpha test. The beta test began in its closed phase in the Americas region on Aug. 16th 2013, and in 
phase. The following year the Hearthstone World Championship A map of the qualification process towards the 2016 Hearthstone World Championship. The Hearthstone World Championship is the official Hearthstone world championship and the finale for the Hearthstone Championship Tour. Each year, the Championship gathers 
was announced, succeeding the Innkeeper`s Invitational as the official tournament.
Rules
- Each player has 3 decks, each of a different class
- Matches are Best of 5 in All-Kill format
- For game 1 decks are picked blindly
- The winner of a game keeps his deck
- The loser of a game selects an unused deck
Videos
2013
The 2013 Invitational took place at Blizzcon, on Nov. 8-9th 2013. A live stream of the semi-finals and final was made available online through www.blizzcon.com and www.twitch.tv/wow. The first round of duels were not shown online at the time, but were later made available through the Hearthstone⃢₄⋘ Innkeeper`s Invitational Videos blog, around two weeks after the conclusion of the event.
The 2013 Invitational was casted by TotalBiscuit "Don t give him a sword, he s a greater fire elemental, what does he need a sword for?" -TotalBiscuit, when a Master Swordsmith buffs a Ragnaros. John Bain, better known as TotalBiscuit (TB) or The Cynical and Kevin Knocke.
Competitors
Blizzard invited the following 8 players to take part in the 2013 Invitational:
- Day9 Category:{{{location}}}]] Sean Plott help] edit] Team Information Youtube: Day9tv Twitter: Day9tv Share this Page Tweet Sean "Day 9]" Plott, is an e-sports commentator and professional games player. Best-known for his involvement with Starcraft II, he
- Reckful Category:{{{location}}}]] Byron Bernstein help] edit] Team Information Youtube: ReckfulTV Twitter: ByronBernstein Share this Page Tweet Contents 1 Biography 2 In beta 3 Interviews 3.1 2013 4 See also Biography edit | edit source] Reckful is
- Hafu Category:{{{location}}}]] Rumay help] edit] Team Information Youtube: itshafu Twitter: itshafu Share this Page Tweet Hafu is a noted player of World of Warcraft, League of Legends and Hearthstone. She is a member of team Cloud9.
- Kripparrian Category:{{{location}}}]] Octavian Moroșan help] edit] Team Information Youtube: Kripparrian Twitter: Kripparrian Share this Page Tweet "Kripparrian smirks into your soul." - TotalBiscuit 1] Octavian "Kripparrian" Moroșan, also known as Kripp or nl_Kripp, is a noted
- Trump Category:{{{location}}}]] Jeffrey Shih help] edit] Team Information Youtube: TrumpSC Twitter: TrumpSC Share this Page Tweet "Trump is the ringmaster of the circus of value." - TotalBiscuit 1] Jeffrey "Trump" Shih is a noted streamer and
- Husky Category:{{{location}}}]] Mike Lamond help] edit] Team Information Youtube: HuskyStarcraft Facebook: http://facebook.com/HuskyStarcraft Twitter: huskystarcraft Share this Page Tweet Mike Lamond, better known as "Husky" or "HuskyStarcraft" is a noted player of Starcraft II, League of Legends
- Noxious Category:{{{location}}}]] Kacem Alexandre Khilaji help] edit] Team Information Youtube: NoxiousHearthstone Twitter: NoxiousGLHF Share this Page Tweet "The undisputed king of the Random Number Generator." - GiantKiller 1] Kacem Alexandre Khilaji, better known as Noxious, is
- Artosis Category:{{{location}}}]] Dan Stemkoski help] edit] Team Information Youtube: ArtosisTV Facebook: http://facebook.com/Artosis Twitter: Artosis Share this Page Tweet Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski is an e-sports commentator and noted player of Starcraft II and Hearthstone. Contents 1 Career
These players were each featured with a short interview in the Invitational Player Spotlight: Part 1 features Husky, Noxious, Reckful and Hafu; Part 2 features Day9, Kripparrian, Artosis and Trump.
After the invitational`s conclusion, full decklists for all participants were made available through the Innkeeper⃢₀ₙs Invitational Decklists blog.
Results
Bracket
After drawing 2-2, the fifth game saw Artosis` "ek0p Warrior" warrior The Warrior is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Garrosh Hellscream and Magni Bronzebeard. Contents 1 Heroes 2 Overview 3 Background 4 Hero Power 5 Strategy and gameplay 6 
deck against Kripparrian`s returning "Turn Eight" mage Contents 1 Heroes 2 Overview 3 Background 4 Hero Power 5 Strategy and gameplay 5.1 Common deck types 5.2 Counters 6 Spells 6.1 Uncollectible 7 Minions 7.1 Uncollectible 8 Leveling rewards 8.1 Starting cards 8.2 
deck. Both decks were described as aggro decks An aggro deck or aggressive deck, also known as a rush deck, is a deck that takes an aggressive approach of dealing damage to the opponent as quickly as possible, generally through the summoning of , with the warrior deck focusing on minion damage while the mage deck focused on spells. In the penultimate round of the game, Kripparrian found himself faced with imminent defeat by his opponent`s minions, agonisingly capable of dealing precisely 13 damage to Artosis that turn, who had a combined total of 14 health and armor remaining. Unable to reduce his opponent below 1 health, Kripparrian was defeated the next round, choosing to use Blizzard Blizzard Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 6 Abilities: Deal damage, Freeze Tags: Area of effect Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions and Freeze them.This spell can be very Entertaining.See this 
to trigger Leper Gnome Leper Gnome Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.He really just wants to be your friend, but the 
`s deathrattle A Loot Hoarder displaying the Deathrattle icon Deathrattle is an ability where the stated effect occurs when the minion or weapon is destroyed. Cards with Deathrattle appear with a skull and crossbones when in play. 
to `suicide` the match, and concede the tournament.
Winner
Artosis Category:{{{location}}}]] Dan Stemkoski help] edit] Team Information Youtube: ArtosisTV Facebook: http://facebook.com/Artosis Twitter: Artosis Share this Page Tweet Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski is an e-sports commentator and noted player of Starcraft II and Hearthstone. Contents 1 Career was crowned "Grandmaster of the Hearth" and awarded a special engraved silver tankard in recognition of his achievement. Artosis reached victory after playing 12 games, 9 of which he won.
