We are now entering Week 7 for the VR Challenger League and things have been going great! 8 different players from across North America and Europe have claimed cups so far. We can’t stress enough, that there is still time to compete and earn points and cash! You could even get invited to IEM Oakland or DreamHack Winter… or, better yet, the Grand Finals!

Changes?

We have heard you loud and clear. Based on your feedback and our data, we have some changes coming starting this week (Week 7 Cups). We wanted to shake up the cups a little bit, while allowing more people to compete. We now have new a new cup date and times, cup sizes, and duel format.

New Day and Time

Both NA and EU cups are moving to Saturdays. Weekends have had higher play rates and we wanted to give more people a chance to jump into the duel. We have looked at those stats, as well as, your survey of preferred times. Please check ESL Play for your true local times, but the new times will be:

Smaller Bracket Size

We are lowering the number of people per bracket from 16 to 8. This will allow MORE people to compete for that cash prize AND allow people a better shot at gaining points.

Best of Three

All duels will now be best of three matches. Each match is still best of three rounds. So instead of playing 3 rounds max, you could play 9 rounds across 3 matches. Using the ESL Play orb to start your duel will now allow for a rematch at the end of the match. The loser of the first match will be allowed to pick the arena for the next match. The client (or lower seeded player) will still pick the arena for the FIRST match. After you compete two matches, you will be asked to rematch again. At that point, if one player is up 2-0, the duel is over. If the duel is 1-1, you would rematch for a 3rd and final time.