Ben Scott

November 4, 2019

Despite there being one more week left in the RLCS Season 8 League Play for Oceania, the current top four teams have cemented their spots in the regional finals, thanks to point differences against those below them. With that being said, next weekend will determine the seeding coming into the regional finals.



LetsPlay.Live will play host to the RLCS Season 8 Regional Finals later this month, where teams will compete for two spots at the RLCS Season 8 Finals held in Madrid, Spain, on the 13th of December this year. Teams will also compete for a $34,5000 USD prize pool. If successful in qualifying for the RLCS Season 8 Finals, teams will then have a chance to compete for a whopping $529,500 USD prize pool.





RLCS Regional Final Qualifiers:



Renegades: Torsos, Kamii and Siki

Ground Zero: Julz, Decka and Requiem

The Chiefs Esports Club: CJCJ, Express and Drippay

Attack of the Invisible Ninja: Walcott, Le Duck and SPYDOGE





Both Ground Zero and Renegades have been dominant throughout league play, both sitting comfortably with a win loss ratio of 5-1. Although the same can’t be said about The Chiefs Esports Club, as they only just locked in their spot this past weekend, thanks to Ground Zero’s victory over Mindfreak. Attack of the Invisible Ninja have also narrowly snuck in, having defeated The Chiefs this past weekend in a tight 3-1 series to sit in third place overall.



With all of the top four teams facing the bottom four this coming weekend, it’s likely that the current leaderboard will solidify what the seeding will be coming into the RLCS Season 8 Regional Finals on November 16th, but there is upset potential to shake up some of the seedings.

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Above: Cameron "CJCJ" Johns at DH Valencia (source)

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Given that Renegades have the head to head against Ground Zero, they should lock in first seed after next weekend. Although if Renegades were to lose to Mindfreak and Ground Zero were to beat Max’s Rancid Rats, then Ground Zero would sneak in as first seed. But that scenario is very unlikely, given the strong performance shown by Renegades online this season.



Online results aside, there is very minimal LAN experience in the top four; outside of The Chiefs Esports Club and the Renegades. So it will be interesting to see how all the teams shape up come November 16th. But with that being said, this is the first Australasian LAN since the end of the Gfinity Elite Series, which indicates upset potential.





Regional Finals Breakdown:



Double Elimination Bracket

Best of Five Matches

$34,500 USD Prize Pool

2 Spots at RLCS Finals





More information will likely be released about the RLCS Regional Finals upon the end of league play this coming weekend. Stay connected with LetsPlay.Live over the course of the weekend via their Twitter.

