$100K Forever Open Day 1 Recap: Soda Goes 6-0, Pikaboo & Savix Out, Top 36 Revealed (drama & Issues)

Day 1 of the $100K Forever Open is done: around 1,400 players, 48 pods, 6 Swiss rounds and more than 5,000 duels in about seven hours, down to a top 36 for Day 2. Here's the full recap: how it worked, which classes dominated, Sodapoppin's perfect run, Tips Out's tiebreakers, the biggest moments, which streamers went out and their records, the dramas, the bugs, and what happens tomorrow. Hosts: Xaryu    / @xaryu   ·   / xaryu   | Esfand    / @esfandtv   ·   / esfandtv   Sodapoppin:    / @sodapoppin   ·   / sodapoppin   Pikaboo:    / @pikabooirl   ·   / pikabooirl   Savix:   / savix   Pilav:   / pilavpowa   Payo:   / payo   Summit1g:    / @summit1g   ·   / summit1g   Ziqo:    / @ziqoftw   ·   / ziqoftw   Bajheera:    / @bajheera   ·   / bajheera   Asmongold:    / @zackrawrr   ·   / zackrawrr   CHAPTERS 0:00 Day 1 is done 0:47 How Day 1 worked (and Buchholz explained) 1:21 The race through the day 1:49 Which classes did best 2:38 Sodapoppin's perfect 6-0 3:06 Tips Out's news & the tiebreakers 4:10 The biggest moments 6:13 The streamers who went out 10:32 Dramas & bugs 11:35 The top 36 & Day 2 HOW DAY 1 WORKED 48 pods played six Swiss rounds, best of one: 3 points for a win, 1 for a tie, 0 for a loss. The top 4 of each of the nine classes qualified (36 players). Ties were broken by points, then wins, then Buchholz (the combined score of your opponents); when more players went 6-0 than there were spots, they played single-elimination best-of-one mirrors. CLASS STATS 6-0 finishes by class: Paladin 15 of 134, Warlock 14 of 148, Priest 4 of 201, Hunter 2, Rogue 2, Shaman 2, Mage 1, Druid 1, Warrior 0 of 80. Paladins and warlocks needed 6-0 plus a mirror play-off, priests needed 6-0, and every other class qualified at 5-1. SODAPOPPIN Resto druid fighting in cat form: 6-0-0, 18 points, the only undefeated druid and the #1 druid going into Day 2. STREAMERS WHO WENT OUT Pikaboo 5-1 (four priests went 6-0), Savix 5-1, Pilav ~4-2 (feared out of the duel area twice), Payo, Summit1g 3-3, Ziqo 4-2, Bajheera 2-4, Graycen 4-2, Ahlaundoh 5-1, Hydramist 5-1, Whaazz 4-2, Sonii 4-2, plus warlocks Muffinrat, Zetox and Nazgul, who went 6-0 and lost in the tiebreakers. DRAMA & BUGS NoHitJerome apologized after his crash out (full breakdown:    • NoHitJerome Crashes Out at the $100K Forev...  ) and stays out. Other rulings hit Vayndreen and Kasu. Bugs included observers layered mid-duel, a wolf killing the spectator camera, a player dying in a duel, a frozen client in a tiebreak and wrong add-on tooltips. DAY 2 Sunday Oct 18, 10 AM PT / 12 PM CT on Xaryu's and Esfand's channels: a top 36 bracket. $50,000 and a custom trophy for the champion, about $5,555 to the best of each class. The location hasn't been revealed. Clips are from the official Forever Open broadcast and the players' own streams (October 17, 2026), with our commentary. Standings from the Raider.io event hub as shown on stream. #wowforever #worldofwarcraft #foreveropen #wowpvp #sodapoppin #pikaboo #savix #xaryu #esfand #wow