By ESL Gaming
Starting on Friday, August 5, the top Heroes of the Storm players from North America will gather in Burbank, California to battle for a share of the US$100,000 prize pool and a chance to represent their region at the Fall Global Championship at BlizzCon 2016. Read on to find out more about the top North American contenders and the schedule in store for this weekend’s Fall Regional #1.
GROUP A
Naventic
• Fan “Fan” Yang
• Thomas “Tomster” Maguire
• Christopher “Zuna” Buechter
• Samuel “Bigempct” Hua
• Ken “Kenma” Buechter
Denial eSports
• Keiwan “k1pro” Itakura
• Mike “Glaurung” Fisk
• Kyle “Prismaticism” Belaiche
• John “KingCaffeine” Lopez
• Francis “aPm” Gilbert-Brodeur
Murloc Geniuses
• Rori “CauthonLuck” Bryant-Raible
• Manny “Fury” Medina
• Ben “Cattlepillar” Bunk
• Harrison “Psalm” Chang
• Jun “Jun” Jang
Astral Authority
• Marty “Batterry” Nivinski
• Damian “FrozenX” Nagel
• Richard “Kladeous” Tran
• Kevin “Talking Trees” Marco
• Chris “DarkChimaera” Beery
GROUP B
Gale Force eSports
• Stefan “akaface” Anderson
• Josh “bkid” Choi
• Khalif “Khroen” Hashim
• David “Roflcopter” Young
• Michael “MichaelUdall” Udall
GulDansGame
• Kayla “Faye” Murray
• Jeffrey “iakona” Dolan
• Stafford “McIntyre” McIntyre
• Jason “Jason” Mei
• Quinn “Srey” Fischer
Vox Nihili
• Long Huu “Daihuu” Wang
• Nelson “GOAT” Le
• Raphael “Hosty” Tsantili
• Todd “LexUther” Stevenson
• Adam “Zoos” Stupavsky
Team Name Change
• Justin “Justing” Gapp
• Chandler “Buds” Gavran
• Hao “HaoNguyen” Nguyen
• Ed “TigerJK” Hong
• Francisco “Goku” Avalos
SCHEDULE
Day 1 – Group A
• Match 1 – Naventic vs. Astral Authority
• Match 2 – Denial eSports vs. Murloc Geniuses
• Match 3 – Winners Match
• Match 4 – Elimination Match
• Match 5 – Final Match
Day 2 – Group B
• Match 6 – Gale Force eSports vs. Team Name Change
• Match 7 – GulDansGame vs. Vox Nihili
• Match 8 – Winners Match
• Match 9 – Elimination Match
• Match 10 – Final Match
Day 3 – Finals
• Match 11 – Semifinals 1
• Match 12 – Semifinals 2
• Match 13 – Grand Finals
TUNE IN
Tune in on the ESL Heroes of the Storm Twitch channel at 10AM PDT for all three days of action to see which team will go on to represent North America at the Fall Global Championship at BlizzCon. To be a part of the live studio audience, purchase tickets while they’re still available! Audience members will all receive a unique skin code for each day of the tournament they attend.