Masters Tour Ironfroge is the first Masters Tour event of 2021, and it’s happening this weekend! Just like all the recent Masters Tours, this one will also be online-only because of the current global pandemic situation. Almost 400 skilled players from around the world, who qualified mostly through tournaments or high ladder finishes, will fight for their share of $250,000 prize pool, and a chance to earn their spot for the next Grandmasters season.
Find all of the necessary information below!
General Information
- Where: Online Event – YouTube
- When: Friday, March 12, 2021 – Sunday, March 14, 2021
- Qualified Players: You can find a full list here.
- Format: 4 deck, best-of-5 Conquest with a ban
- Prize Pool: US $250,000
- Casters: TJ “Azumoqt” Sanders, Darroch “Darroch” Brown, Jia “Jia” Dee, Neil “Lorinda” Bond, and Alex “RavenCasts” Baguley
Format
Masters Tour Ironforge will be played in the 4 deck, best-of-5 Conquest with a ban format.
Here’s how each of the days will look like:
- Day 1: Five rounds of Swiss. Players will be dropped after receiving their third match loss.
- Day 2: Four rounds of Swiss, followed by the Top 16 single-elimination round.
- Day 3: Top 8 players will compete in the playoff, and a new Masters Tour Champion will be crowned!
Additionally, each player who finishes with AT LEAST 7-2 score (so goes through both days without dropping out) will be automatically qualified Masters Tour Orgrimmar (April 30 – May 2).
Where to Watch
Here’s a full list of streams in different languages. Keep in mind that a while ago, Blizzard has moved all of their esports to YouTube. Which means that there will be no Twitch broadcast. Sadly, it also means that there will be no Twitch drops during the event.
Each day’s broadcast will start at 9 AM PT (12 PM ET, 18:00 CET).
More Information
If you want to learn more about the event, visit the official tournament page!
i can’t understand why they removed the french cast after we had to litteraly spam and downvote their event last time to have french casting.