Dozens of corpses littered the massive arena where 64 players fought to the death in OTK Network's Hardcore Mak'gora event, World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore's deadliest tournament this Halloween. In this tournament, WoW Classic players leveled up new characters in October and then fought to the death (permadeath, since it was a Hardcore server) for $50,000 in prize money.

The only one left was Twitch streamer and Warlock player Snutz, who managed to defeat his rival Ziqo in the final Mak'Gora (an Orc word meaning duel of honor in the world of Warcraft). the two spellcasters, leveled their characters from 1 to 60 without dying, and after defeating foes of all eight classes, faced the final battle in the graveyard of the fallen player.

A couple of weak blasts from Snutz's staff sent Ziqo to the afterlife, ending the nearly four-minute duel. Both players kept their distance and tried to wrest resources such as healing and mana potions from their opponents. Eventually, Snutz's warlock brought Ziqo to his knees with a DoT spell and a deadly demon pet.

Snutz won the $50,000 first prize (as well as a custom Starforge PC), with another $50,000 split equally among the best players in each class. I might have to go to BlizzCon," he said. I wasn't planning on going originally, but we'll see how it goes."

After winning the tournament, Snatz duelled with a player he was supposed to play in the finals who did not make it to the tournament, and won that as well.

Three other players did not survive the non-lethal qualifying duels the day before the final; one player died tragically from a random explosion of goblin rocket boots shortly after winning the duel. Another goblin malfunction killed a player who was an official spectator. And two pairs of rogues entered their own makgora to break the tie for 8th place.

But it wouldn't be a tournament without a little drama. Reddit user Contract007, who says he attended the tournament, claims that Snutz and Ziqo both used their popularity as streamers to get far ahead of the competition; according to Contract007, both players safely leveled up before the tournament and got their hands on valuable gear. to get help from other players, who were probably fans.

"They are both incredible players, very skilled and have a large fan base.

"I'd love to see some of the unknown players get a shot at the top to shake up the scene, but like all WoW tournaments, it's a bit of a shame that it's the same names every year because it gets the most play and attention.

In the comments to this post, there seems to be some disagreement as to whether it was unfair that viewers helped Snutz and Ziqo since there is no rule against it in the tournament, but some people, including Contract007, are hoping that in future tournaments it will be changed.