The four finalists for this split’s ESL UK & Ireland Hearthstone Premiership have been confirmed.
This week, MnM Gaming’s Mysterious (pictured) and Duncan Morrison (manager of Meltdown esports bar in London) progressed to the final.
They will join James “GreenSheep” Luo and Ben “xl3en” Chapman, who have already qualified.
I did it ! Qualified for the @ESLUK Hearthstone Finals at MCM Comic Con !!! I’m so excited !@ESLUK @MnM_Mysterious pic.twitter.com/DYHjKW6w31
— Alister Kerridge (@MnM_Mysterious) May 8, 2017
Made it to the ESL Prem finals at ComicCon, feels great to see a lot of hard work paying off. GGs to everyone else in the tournament,
— Duncan Morrison (@DuncanMeltdown) May 8, 2017
Well, that answers that question. @xl3en advances to the Grand Finals defeating @Tingting52_HS 3-1! https://t.co/qEkdt2OQac #ESLPrem pic.twitter.com/rY6hwO4Em6
— ESL United Kingdom (@ESLUK) May 1, 2017
Won my winners bracket semi-final of @ESLUK so im into the winners bracket finals which also qualifies me for LAN on the 26th/27th
— James Luo (@GreenSheepHS) May 3, 2017
The finals take place at MCM London Comic Con this month, which runs from May 26th to 28th.
At the UK Hearthstone finals last spring, the ESL Hearthstone Twitch channel pulled in more than 26,000 viewers on Twitch during the UK final won by George “BoarControl” Webb.
A streaker also ran onto the stage, only to be bundled off by ESL UK’s trusty hero Matt Loftus (and a jedi). Yes, that actually happened.
Image source: ESL Flickr/Sammy Lam
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