KabooshSC Profile Joined February 2014 United States 5 Posts Last Edited: 2015-12-04 04:34:55 #1



Incredibly excited to announce the Rival Weekly, looking to bring some weekly region locked action to support the NA/EU scene. This is something that we have been planning for quite some time now and looking forward to getting started.



The Format



A single elimination bracket with bo3 series, concluding with a best of 5 finals, played on Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void, with the current map pool.



Eligibility



For those who are unfamiliar with the RSL, we will be keeping the same eligibility requirements to stay consistent with the main tournament



1. You must be eligible to participate in the unified WCS system.



This means that we will be region locking to exclude Korean participation to focus on the NA/EU regions. This also means we will be enforcing a strict no barcode policy. However for the first few weeks we will have registration open to participants of any ladder league.



2. Going forward, RSL will be complying with The Organizer's Alliance (TOA), and we will be respecting their ban list.



3. You must also not have been in WCS premiere league for the previous season of SC2, in this case we will be using WCS 2015 Season 3.



Prize Pool



We will be starting with a 25$ prize pool, and looking to increase that going forward. We will also be introducing "RSL points", which will help you to secure a spot in the next main tournament for the RSL. Going forward we will award a direct seed to the top 4 earners of RSL points, allowing them to skip the qualifiers altogether.



The prize distribution is currently



1st place: $20 and 500 RSL points

2nd place: $5 and 300 RSL points

3rd/4th place: 200 RSL points

5th-8th place: 100 RSL points.



We would also love to help showcase some community casters for our event as well! If you would be interested in casting our event please feel free to reach out either via twitter, or this thread!



Links

Week 1 Signups

Liquipedia

RSL Twitter

RSL Twitch

Hey everyone!Incredibly excited to announce the Rival Weekly, looking to bring some weekly region locked action to support the NA/EU scene. This is something that we have been planning for quite some time now and looking forward to getting started.A single elimination bracket with bo3 series, concluding with a best of 5 finals, played on Starcraft 2: Legacy of the Void, with the current map pool.For those who are unfamiliar with the RSL, we will be keeping the same eligibility requirements to stay consistent with the main tournament1. You must be eligible to participate in the unified WCS system.This means that we will be region locking to exclude Korean participation to focus on the NA/EU regions. This also means we will be enforcing a strict no barcode policy. However for the first few weeks we will have registration open to participants of any ladder league.2. Going forward, RSL will be complying with The Organizer's Alliance (TOA), and we will be respecting their ban list.3. You must also not have been in WCS premiere league for the previous season of SC2, in this case we will be using WCS 2015 Season 3.We will be starting with a 25$ prize pool, and looking to increase that going forward. We will also be introducing "RSL points", which will help you to secure a spot in the next main tournament for the RSL. Going forward we will award a direct seed to the top 4 earners of RSL points, allowing them to skip the qualifiers altogether.The prize distribution is currently1st place: $20 and 500 RSL points2nd place: $5 and 300 RSL points3rd/4th place: 200 RSL points5th-8th place: 100 RSL points.We would also love to help showcase some community casters for our event as well! If you would be interested in casting our event please feel free to reach out either via twitter, or this thread!

OzCrescendo Profile Blog Joined March 2014 Australia 31 Posts Last Edited: 2015-11-24 11:09:38 #2 Just to confirm, can SEA players participate, given most folks in our region ladder on the AM server?

Or is this specifically for AM and EU residents? All three races are OP. That's the fun of the game! See https://twitter.com/x5_Crescendo for SEA SC2 news and fanboy gleetweets

KabooshSC Profile Joined February 2014 United States 5 Posts #3 Yes SEA is totally cool. The only region that is excluded by the region lock is Korea.

OzCrescendo Profile Blog Joined March 2014 Australia 31 Posts Last Edited: 2015-11-24 22:44:25 #4 Wonderful!

I've added it to the events calendar at SC2SEA.com so folks can check it out. All three races are OP. That's the fun of the game! See https://twitter.com/x5_Crescendo for SEA SC2 news and fanboy gleetweets

TelecoM Profile Blog Joined January 2010 United States 10268 Posts #5 Sounds good. AKA: TelecoM[WHITE] Protoss fighting

DARKING Profile Blog Joined September 2011 Mexico 646 Posts #6 On November 24 2015 11:21 KabooshSC wrote:

However for the first few weeks we will have registration open to participants of any ladder league.



Does this means later on only players from a certain ladder league onwards can play? Does this means later on only players from a certain ladder league onwards can play? Liquipedia Mexican Liquipedia staff and Terran player. I tweet things @DARKING665.

A_Scarecrow Profile Joined March 2013 Australia 721 Posts #7 looks like fun hope its sea friendly time

TechNoTrance Profile Joined May 2012 Canada 1006 Posts #8 Love that you guys are doing a points system to go towards your tournaments. Looking forward to see which players top the points list for this. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

RSLsc2 Profile Joined February 2015 United States 14 Posts #9 On November 25 2015 09:53 DARKING wrote:

Show nested quote +

On November 24 2015 11:21 KabooshSC wrote:

However for the first few weeks we will have registration open to participants of any ladder league.



Does this means later on only players from a certain ladder league onwards can play? Does this means later on only players from a certain ladder league onwards can play?



We're setting our eligibility requirements to match with the main tournament, so we're basically excluding Korean participation and Professionals who have competed in the most recent season of the WCS 2015. If you're question is asking about ladder rank (GM, Master, Diamond, etc) then yes, we'll be open for the first few weeks. However, the intent for the league and the weeklies will be GM, Master, and to an extent Diamond level players who can keep up, so we feel any players of leagues below those would not have an ideal time. We're setting our eligibility requirements to match with the main tournament, so we're basically excluding Korean participation and Professionals who have competed in the most recent season of the WCS 2015. If you're question is asking about ladder rank (GM, Master, Diamond, etc) then yes, we'll be open for the first few weeks. However, the intent for the league and the weeklies will be GM, Master, and to an extent Diamond level players who can keep up, so we feel any players of leagues below those would not have an ideal time. Rival StarCraft II League

TedBurtle Profile Blog Joined April 2014 Belarus 201 Posts #10 Where games will be played? EU/NA server? Unbeatable Protoss

RSLsc2 Profile Joined February 2015 United States 14 Posts Last Edited: 2015-11-27 04:05:25 #11 On November 27 2015 06:14 TedBurtle wrote:

Where games will be played? EU/NA server?



NA Server will be default. Players are free to play on any server as long as both players agree to it. If there's no agreement reached, it'll default to NA. NA Server will be default. Players are free to play on any server as long as both players agree to it. If there's no agreement reached, it'll default to NA. Rival StarCraft II League

TheScriptan Profile Joined June 2014 Lithuania 151 Posts #12 Will there be a specific tournament for EU players, because Week 1 seems like only for NA player. CET Time for Week 1 is 1 AM Full-time student! Part-time SC2 Streamer - www.twitch.tv/thescriptan

KabooshSC Profile Joined February 2014 United States 5 Posts #13 On November 30 2015 19:29 TheScriptan wrote:

Will there be a specific tournament for EU players, because Week 1 seems like only for NA player. CET Time for Week 1 is 1 AM Will there be a specific tournament for EU players, because Week 1 seems like only for NA player. CET Time for Week 1 is 1 AM



Our focus is currently for the NA scene, it's hard to find a time that works for everyone, but atleast its a Friday night Our focus is currently for the NA scene, it's hard to find a time that works for everyone, but atleast its a Friday night

TheScriptan Profile Joined June 2014 Lithuania 151 Posts #14 On December 01 2015 14:22 KabooshSC wrote:

Show nested quote +

On November 30 2015 19:29 TheScriptan wrote:

Will there be a specific tournament for EU players, because Week 1 seems like only for NA player. CET Time for Week 1 is 1 AM Will there be a specific tournament for EU players, because Week 1 seems like only for NA player. CET Time for Week 1 is 1 AM



Our focus is currently for the NA scene, it's hard to find a time that works for everyone, but atleast its a Friday night Our focus is currently for the NA scene, it's hard to find a time that works for everyone, but atleast its a Friday night

Oh, it's Friday night! I didn't notice that hehe! Thanks for mentioning it out! :D Oh, it's Friday night! I didn't notice that hehe! Thanks for mentioning it out! :D Full-time student! Part-time SC2 Streamer - www.twitch.tv/thescriptan

Crazychris1311 Profile Joined March 2012 21 Posts #15 If you are in need of casters, I am willing to help. I do have some minor casting experience and I main terran (high diamond/low masters)

RSLsc2 Profile Joined February 2015 United States 14 Posts #16 On December 01 2015 22:39 Crazychris1311 wrote:

If you are in need of casters, I am willing to help. I do have some minor casting experience and I main terran (high diamond/low masters)



I just PMed you. I just PMed you. Rival StarCraft II League

RSLsc2 Profile Joined February 2015 United States 14 Posts #17 Just a reminder that our first Weekly is tomorrow night at 7p EST!



*[http://challonge.com/RSLS1W1 Week 1 Sign ups]

*[http://twitch.tv/RSLsc2 Twitch Main Stream]

*[http://twitter.com/RSLsc2 Follow us on Twitter]

*[http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Rival_Weekly_2016_Season_1 Liquipedia of the Rival Weekly]



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iamCHOMP Profile Joined December 2015 Canada 15 Posts #19 Awesome I will definitely try participating in one of these.

Crazychris1311 Profile Joined March 2012 21 Posts #20 Check in for week two is tonight at 6:30 pm EST. $20 for first $5 for second with a pretty good chance your game gets cast if you get out of the first round.

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