For the last 2 years the Genesis series has been a standout tournament for competitive Rivals, and this year is no different. Once again this storied series will play host to the Rivals Championship Series World Finals. The culmination of eight months of competition as players from around the world vie for the title of champion.

Along with a record-breaking entrant count for the third year in a row, we’ve also topped our prize pool with more than $13,000 raised in our RCS compendium. If you’re an attendee, viewer, or new fan just tuning in this primer will guide you on how to enjoy Rivals at one of its biggest weekends in competitive gaming and what we’re doing to make it special.

How to Watch

Rivals will be featured on two different streams this event, with ShowdownGG handling the Friday and Saturday streams and VGBootCamp featuring us on the big stage Sunday in the Paramount Theatre.

It will be a great show either way, but if you’re in the area we recommend coming out to the gorgeous theatre to see the action live and support the competitors. A limited amount of tickets are still available at the door.

Make Your Mark at Genesis 6

In addition to everything else that comes with winning Rivals at Genesis, the victor will also earn the chance to work with the Rivals dev team on their own skin as part of the Make Your Mark series.

Players won’t want to miss their chance to ensure that they go down in Rivals history.

Special Brackets

Rivals Turbo

We’ll be featuring the first official Rivals Turbo mode tournament on stream Friday evening. After an exciting day of more serious events we’re opening entry to anyone who wants to compete with the super charged (and super silly) Rivals Turbo Mode. A $500 pot bonus is provided through the generosity of the community from the Genesis 6 compendium.

Rivals Amateur

Our second special bracket will be an amateur-only event happening after the completion of singles R1 pools on Saturday. Players can opt into this event after their pool throughout the weekend if their record is 0-2 or 1-2 in singles. The bracket will run from 2PM – 4PM with grand finals kicking off the beginning of the Saturday stream at 4PM.

Exclusive Merch

Since we don’t currently offer all of our products online, we’ll be bringing some of our rarer Rivals merch to the event. You can get your hands on these exclusives as well as some of our standard skins:



Official Rivals Logo Shirt

Official Pinny Arcade Orcane Pin

Rivals Character Keychains

BERRY BLAST Orcane Plush

Legal Stages Ruling

Rivals at Genesis 6 will be run using the standard RCS ruleset with one addition:

‘The Forest Floor’ stage will be banned during the singles event unless both players in a match agree to select it.

All that’s left to do at this point is bring the hype! Check out some of the ways our community is getting excited, and make sure to join us on stream for the event.

Unofficial Rivals at Genesis 6 Trailer pic.twitter.com/x2a7RV4R0t — AF | Windows (@WindowsRoA) January 30, 2019

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