World of Warcraft TCG Organized Play Tournaments

With the culmination of the 2009 World of Warcraft TCG World Championship, a new Hero of the Year has been crowned. Hailing from Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Jan Palys is the 2009 Hero of the Year. Jan won the contest handily with a point total of 145, 14 more points than the closest competitor. For his effort, Jan will take home a plethora of prizes including but not limited to: World of Warcraft TCG for a Year, an exclusive one of a kind Hero of the Year playmat, a set of loot cards (one from every set) and 50 copies of the uniquely number Hero of the Year race Extended Art promo card.

Here are the final point totals for the top 11 players:

UDE	Total	Name
200500522	145	Palys, Jan
109272513	131	Watson, Brad
101959942	127	Markoff, Matt
108624427	117	Fleckenstein, Jim
109978495	115	Alkio, Anssi
109331566	108	Spreadbury, Matthew
290161605	107	Ait Slimane, Raphael
260405821	102	Alvisi, Manuel
101031000	96	Burkhart, Corey Scott
109087955	96	Cape, Phil
101842224	96	Wright, Stuart

The reason that there is 11 listed, is that this is the complete list of your ELITE MINIONS for 2010. Corey, Phil, and Stuart will all be awarded 9th place prizes.

Continuing on the success of last year’s chase for Hero of the Year, this year’s chase is going to be more competitive. The chase will be bookended by World Championships, so the 2009 and 2010 World Championships and every qualifying tournament in between will contribute to a player’s point total.

Points Accumulation

There are five tiers of tournaments based on their expected level of competition. Top finishers in each tournament earn points based on the tier of the event. One week prior to the World Championship, players will be credited with additional points based on their lifetime honor ranks at a 1:1 ratio (so, if you’re Lifetime Honor Rank 7, you’ll get seven points). At the end of the 2009 World Championship, we’ll add up all the tournaments and announce the winners.

Tier 1—World Championship

1st—35 points

2nd—30 points

3rd–4th—25 points

5th–8th—20 points

9th–16th—16 points

17th–32nd—12 points

33rd–64th—8 points

65th–128th—4 points

129th+—2 points

Tier 2—National Championships and Realm Championships

1st—20 points

2nd—18 points

3rd–4th—14 points

5th–8th—10 points

9th–16th—6 points

17th–32nd—3 points

33rd–64th—1 point

Tier 3—Darkmoon Faire Championships

1st—15 points

2nd—10 points

3rd–4th—8 points

5th–8th—6 points

9th–16th—4 points

17th–32nd—2 point

Tier 4—Regional Qualifiers

1st—5 points

2nd—4 points

3rd-4th–3 points

Tier 5—Realm Qualifiers & Elite Events

1st—2 points

2nd-1 point

Click Here for Final Standings

Elite Minions

The top 10 Hero of the Year finishers each year will become Elite Minions, earning the right to earn exclusive EAs for themselves, and offering the same EAs up to the players that beat them in sanctioned events in 2010! Check back soon to find out more about the Elite Minion exclusive tracker pages! The Extended Art promo that each Elite Minion will drop starting at DMF Vegas will be Mystic Denial!