The 2015 Hearthstone World Championship is almost upon us. Sixteen of the best players from around the world will be competing for their share of the $250,000 prize pool, and all (presumably) without a single Patron Warrior deck in sight! The action begins with the group stages, as we'll have four groups with four players each. This stage will run from October 28th - 31st, starting at 9:30am PDT/12:30pm EDT. The top two players from each group will move on to the double-elimination stage, and will play the top 8 over the course of two days, November 6th - 7th. On the 6th, the games will start at 11:45 am PST/2:45pm EST, and a slightly earlier start time on the 7th of 10:30am PST/1:30pm EST. Now that we know the days and times, it's time to meet the players!

Americas

• Ryan "Purple" Murphy-Root
• Dylan "Hotform" Mullins
• Victor "Nias" Shelstad
• Justin "JAB" Black

Europe

• Thijs "Thijs" Molendijk
• Adrian "Lifecoach" Koy
• Eugene "Neirea" Shumilin
• Sebastian "Ostkaka" Engwall

Asia-Pacific

• Hak-Jun "Kranich" Baek
• Yuichiro "Kno" Sato
• Lan "Neilyo" Tran
• Kwo-Ping "Pinpingho" Ho

China

• LoveCX
• Zoro
• NoTomorrow
• Zihao

So, who's going to be running the show? Let's take a look at the on-air talent.

Host: Rachel "Seltzer" Quirico

Casters:

Dan “Frodan” Chou

Brian Kibler

Marcin “Gnimsh” Filipowicz

Robert “Whirthun” Wing

Janne “Savjz” Mikkonen

Jason “Amaz” Chan

Andrey “Reynad” Yanyuk

George "Hyped" Maganzini

Octavian "Kripparrian" Moroșan

All of the action will be on the official Hearthstone Twitch channel, so don't miss it!