Hey all, here is the official first ever HGC Media poll for North American and Europe! Where did your favorite team rank? Let's find out!



In the poll below, the Points is a derived score based on all ballots received. A 1st place vote is worth 7 points, a 2nd place vote 6 points, down to 8th place being 0 points. Additionally, I track how many first place votes a team got.



North America

Rank Team Points (#1 votes) 1 Team Twelve 78 (8) 2 (t) Tempo Storm 66 (3) 2 (t) Team Freedom 66 (1) 4 Gale Force Esports 48 5 Heroes Hearth Esports 31 6 Spacestation Gaming 27 7 Old Gods 20 8 LFM Esports 0

Europe

Rank Team Points (#1 votes) 1 Team Dignitas 76 (10) 2 Fnatic 64 (1) 3 Team Expert* 50 4 Zealots 44 5 Tricked Esports 33 6 Team Liquid 28 7 Diamond Skin 10 8 Leftovers 3

While North America has a clear favorite in Team Twelve, it gets blurry quickly. Tempo Storm and Team Freedom tied for second place. While Tempo Storm had more first place votes, some voters were worried about another NA "super team." From there, it drops off to Gale Force at 4th place. As a team, Gale Force received as high as a 2nd place vote, and as low as a 7th place votes. NA's first Open Division team to successfully get in via the Crucible, Heroes Hearth Esports drew a wide variety of votes between 3rd and 7th place. Spacestation Gaming and Old Gods were not far behind. LFM Esports was a unamimous 8th place team.*-The roster formally affiliated with Team Expert have left the organization, but a newteam name has not yet been announced. So I use the most recognizable name for them.Team Dignitas launched to the top of the inaugural poll with a fantastic performance at GCWC. Fnatic was close behind, and picked up the only 1st place vote Dignitas did not get. Expert was cleanly in 3rd place, followed by Zealots in 4th. From there, voters were split on whether they prefered Tricked Esports and Team Liquid. Diamond Skin and Leftovers bring up the rear.Voters in this poll anne_elise - writer for Trolls.gg Boomdoze - HeroesHearth (only voted in NA) CriticKitten - HeroesHearth DBSmiley - HeroesHearth, poll manager Dyluuxx - Heroes Esports official Hoofit - TrollsGG hyzenthelayed - Content Creator with Dignitas LiQiuD - TrollsGG, Trollin' HGC Host MoonPrayer - Content Creator with Tempo Storm Romaz - Content Creator with Dignitas StormLegacy - StormLegacy.com TrentEsports - https://trentesports.com/Voter Criteria:Voters have previous published specifically HGC related content (not just Heroes of the Storm content). Further, they must specifically be content creators. Coaches, analysts, and players are not allowed to vote. However, content creators, even if they write for the website of a specific team, are allowed. To maintain their ballot, a voter must continue to produce regular HGC content.To request to be a voter, DM @DeathBySmiley on Twitter and link your HGC content.