We saw the April edition succeed in both bringing top level duelling, loads of spectators, and a hell of a show for every quaker out there.
The tournament went smooth, even though so many games had to be played, and we got to see Rikoll come out the strongest, winning the finals convincingly against bps.

VODs of the tournament can be found here:

Loser's bracket finals - Kingpin vs bps
Winner bracket finals - Kingpin vs Rikoll
The game considered to be the best game of the tournament - LocKtar vs bps

Hymn of Hope GRAND FINALS - Rikoll vs bps



and if you would like to watch the entire 48 hour clip, you can do that HERE. It does however include other things than just the Hymn of Hope tournament.

We have listened to the feedback from the community, and done some major adjustments in order to provide an even better experience for all involved parties. These changes include;

* 1 day tournament instead of 2 (this is to not take away an entire weekend from players, admins or spectators)

* Bigger prizepool (almost 3 times (!) larger than last edition!)

* Single elimination (we noticed that having a loser's bracket in such a short tournament with such a tight timeschedule was exhausting not only for admins but for players as well)

* Best of 5 from Quarterfinals (to be crowned champion you will have to master all the maps in the mappool)

* More scheduled games (this is to ensure the best possible viewer experience on the stream)

Stay tuned though, as we might have more suprises coming up...

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HYMN OF HOPE MAY EDITION TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

IRC-channel
#HoH @ quakenet

Date
Sunday, 20th of May, 12:00 - 22:00 CEST

Prizepool
€400

Time schedule

Saturday, 19th of May
18:00 - Signups close
19:00 - Brackets are released (check when your first game is! This way you can know when you have to wake up)

Sunday, 20th of May
11:45 - Check-in at #HoH @ quakenet, just like last tournament (DON'T BE LATE FOR YOUR GAMES)
12:00 - round of 128
13:00 - round of 64
14:00 - round of 32
15:00 - round of 16
16:00 - round of 8 (games start being best of 5)
17:30 - semifinal 1
19:00 - semifinal 2
20:30 - 3rd place game
22:00 - FINALS


Casters
QuakePhil with dynamic co-caster

Admins
Zingao - HeadAdmin, administration / economy
Zalon - demo-packs
Adde - stream administration / game administration
bps - design
Defcon 5 - videos
QuakePhil - stream administration / shoutcasting
andeh - public relations / co-caster

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Keep in mind that we might have suprises for you, and that some things in this list may change until tournament date. We hope to bring you at least one big suprise, so stay tuned!

If there are any questions or suggestions, do not hesitate to drop in to #HoH @ quakenet and talk to the admins!

We would also like to remind you that the donations that we recieved throughout the past couple of weeks have all been put into the prizepool for the May Edition. This effectively means that donations for the NEXT edition of the Hymn of Hope tournament are now open.
If you wish to contribute to increase the prizepool, you can do so easily over at the donation page. Please help us make this an even better tournament! Any donation is MUCH appreciated.


IMPORTANT LINKS

SIGN UP FOR THE TOURNAMENT
The QuakePhil stream
The main tournament website

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We hope that this tournament will be just as much of a success as the last edition was!

Sign up for the tournament NOW!

Kind regards,
the Hymn of Hope crew


[02:15] <@FA-Zalon> you guys work so hard
[02:16] <@sd-andeh> thats why this tournament is so great!