HEX UPDATE – Ladder is Coming

Hey Hexers!

We are furiously working on the next content patch which will introduce Ladder play! There will be a more extensive write-up about this feature soon, but we wanted to give you a primer today, and show off some of the things you can expect.

With the introduction of Ladder ranked play the entire tournament page will get an upgrade. Selecting a tournament format will bring up one of the new tournament interactive shields, like the one seen below. Each tournament format has a different shield aesthetic and animation, and has buttons to see details about that specific tournament format.

Players will have two separate Ladder ranks, one for Limited format tournaments and one for Constructed games. Play in any Limited format tournament and you’ll affect your Limited Ladder rank, play in a Constructed Ladder match and you’ll affect your Constructed Ladder rank. Constructed tournaments do not count toward your Ladder ranks.

At the bottom of the tournament screen you’ll see the interface above. It will track your Limited and Constructed Ladder ranks. Additionally, to play a Constructed Ladder match you’ll press the “LADDER” button in the center of this interface. In this example you can see the player has achieved a Gold Ladder rank in Limited and a Cosmic Ladder rank in Constructed. Pressing the down arrow in the center will bring up the reward interface where you see what you can earn during the Ladder season. Speaking of which, let’s see some of the things you can earn in the first season of the Ladder!

There are tons more things to tell you about Ladder, including more of the cool rewards you’ll be able to earn while participating (including gameboard items that will display your rank), and how you move up and down ranks. Again, this is just a quick primer, the full details will be along shortly.

VIP Tournaments

Just a reminder that the VIP tournaments start today! You can find the entire schedule in our 2nd quarter VIP article.

HEX Twitch Streaming Schedule

Our stream team on the official HEX Twitch channel has grown! We have updated the stream schedule for the team as a result. You can find the official schedule here.

These guys are do a great job of keeping players informed of current events, showcasing new and interesting deck ideas, discuss the most current metagame, and make sure people are having fun. Please be sure to check them out on the official HEX Twitch channel as well as their individual channels.

Be on the look out for special guests and events as well! They’ve already organized a “Streamer Showdown” 8-player draft on June 2nd at 8:00 PM Pacific Time. Tune in to these streams to watch this bragging rights showdown.

Alucard

Dinotropia

Hacky

Havoc

Mokog

SilentSnake

Sithos

TheMotivation

They’ll be giving away a bunch of cool swag to viewers, so don’t miss out!

Convention Posters

Gameforge has created, and is giving away, new HEX posters this convention season – Starting this weekend at RPC Convention. These 31.5″ x 23.5″ (80×60 centimeters) posters will bring fear into your enemies hearts no matter what wall you hang them on. You can find Gameforge at booth 10.2./F31.

Here is a look at what you can get!

We are still working on the for-sale poster we traditionally have a Gen Con. Stay tuned for details.

That’s all for this week. Please leave any questions or comments in the forums, and don’t forget to Follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, and Follow us on Twitch.

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