Shine 2017 Wrap Up

Shine 2017 is over and it was a landmark tournament in more ways than one for Rivals of Aether. From the community raising over $5,000 in support through the compendium to a new competitive landscape emerging, there was lots of excitement to go around. If you missed the action this recap should bring you up to speed.

Rivals Singles Results

This tournament was one of the most stacked events this year, and certainly our most international with players from 7 different countries participating. Four players were even sent through the compendium thanks to the generosity of the community. Following some of the highest level of play we’ve ever seen, T2 | CakeAssault stood on top. Congratulations to him for his first place finish and his clinic on just how terrifying Forsburn can be.

You can watch the VoDs from the event on Big Blue Esports’ channel.

If you’re interested in just the highlights, Jarek4 Gaming has got you covered with a fantastic highlight reel covering both singles and doubles:

Final Standings:

Standing	Player	Character
1st	T2 | CakeAssault
2nd	Burrito | LBO
3rd	Edax | FullStream
4th	Fable | MSB
5th	Kaos
5th	Mentality | Handbuttt
7th	Risky
7th	VexX | DolphinBrick

Rivals Doubles Results

Doubles at Shine was a ton of fun because just about every team consisted of top players. This gave us the opportunity to see some crazy matches throughout the entire bracket. True to his prediction in his interview, Kaos and Burrito | LBO secured first place in convincing fashion. Big Blue Esports has the VoDs here:

Standing	Player	Character
1st	Burrito | LBO / Kaos
2nd	VexX | AZCards / VexX | DolphinBrick
3rd	Edax | FullStream / Turquoise
4th	Penguin / Lord Bagel

Shine Interview Series

Before Shine Trent Murray spent some time talking to top competitors traveling to the event. He brought together their history, insight, and goals for the tournament into our Shine Interview series. If you missed any of these and want to check out which predictions from the players came true, you can find them here:

Shine Interview Series: Gabe – an interview with the top Australian Rivals player known for his skill and community effort.

Shine Interview Series: Kaos – an interview with the best European Rivals player including some of his history in other esports.

Shine Interview Series: Last Words – a collection of thoughts from multiple top players in attendance before the event.

Upcoming events

Even though summer’s almost over we haven’t seen the last of big Rivals events yet for the year. We’ve got some cool tournaments coming up on the west coast, so if you’ve been stuck at home for all of the east coast events make sure you hit these! Ori and Sein will also be legal for any RCS tournament after 9/13.