The tournament we covered on October 21 has a winner. The Forever Open, the community run 1v1 duelling event inside the Forever beta, concluded on October 18 with a Warlock grand final.
The final, and the road to it
Warlockguy, an Undead Demonology Warlock and the twentieth seed, took the title from upper-bracket winner Neepzen, also a Warlock, 3-1 in the best-of-five final. The path as relayed by the bracket: Neepzen won the upper final 2-1, Warlockguy dropped to the lower bracket, beat the Shaman finalist 2-0 in the best-of-three lower final, then won the rematch and with it the $50,000 first prize and the "Death's Duelist" title. In a best-of-five without a bracket reset, one final was all that stood between the twentieth seed and the money.
The class prizes
From the results page as relayed, the $5,555 class prizes went to: Druid Minpojke, Hunter Fvp, Paladin Azzu, Priest Nieze, Rogue Justwoo, Shaman Cdew, Warrior Mag, Warlock Neepzen (runner up overall), and a four-way Mage tie among Allyana, Teleporter, Venruk and Yonezka.
Sourcing caveat, stated plainly
Blizzard did not publish an announcement for a community event, so this item rests on the tournament's own Raider.IO results page as read and relayed by two independent fan sites, Warcraft Tavern and timesaver.gg, whose numbers agree with each other. The prize totals match the October 21 report's expectation of a pot doubled by a streamer donation, and the runner up tally matches the class prize list, so the numbers cross check, but the primary document is the event's own bracket, and we link none of it directly from the tracker pages.
One player fact, clearly labelled as reported and not verified by us: Warlockguy is reported to be Nientonsoh, a former League of Legends professional player, which contributed to the reaction the result generated in the classic community.
Why the Warlock 1-2 matters for launch
Both finalists are Warlocks, in a format capped at level 30 where consumables and engineering items were reportedly in scope. One tournament bracket is not class balance proof, but it is the clearest beta format evidence yet of which class communities arrive at November 4 loudest. The beta's own send-off events are still live until tomorrow morning.
SOURCES: results relayed on Warcraft Tavern and timesaver.gg, both October 19 2026, citing the event's Raider.IO page; bracket details cross-checked between the two. Related: the tournament as pitched to Blizzard's developers, the dedicated duel arena, and the Forever hub.