Earlier this month we outlined the pay structure for the Australian finals in a separate article. Now, we are happy to announce the details for the AU RCS Finals month!
AU Finals Week
Similar to other regions, we have decided to make the AU RCS Finals a multi-day event, with Singles, Doubles, and Arcadian Singles on the docket. Top 8 of Rivals Singles will be streamed live on the official Rivals of Aether Twitch.
Here is our current schedule:
- Saturday, January 23rd: Rivals Doubles and Rivals Singles!
- Rivals Doubles will be hosted as a for-fun event with no prize pool.
- Bracket will play to completion.
- Rivals Singles, our main event, with a stacking prize prize pool of up to $1,500!
- Top 6 from the RCS season will automatically advance into the second phase of bracket, skipping Phase 1 Pools.
- Bracket will play up to Top 8.
- Rivals Doubles will be hosted as a for-fun event with no prize pool.
- Sunday, January 23rd: Rivals Singles Finals and Arcadian Singles!
- Rivals Singles Top 8 to completion.
- Rivals Arcadian Singles is a special Singles tournament where all players on the 2020 Australian PR and all players that ranked top 6 of previous PRs are banned!
- Bracket will play to completion.
- Standard RCS rules apply, contact Katsune with any questions.
Players will be able to earn the brand new Champion Ori and Shovel Knight skins just for playing and for reaching phase two of the Singles bracket, respectively.
Singles Prize Structure
While this was covered in a previous article, we wanted to reiterate the prize pool for any players who may have missed the news.
- Australian Finals will be a two day event with a stacking prize pool.
- Starting prize pool will be $1,000
- At 75 entrants, there will be an additional $250 added to the pool for a total of $1,250.
- At 125 entrants, there will be an additional $250 added to the pool for a total of $1,500.
Weekly Tournaments with BIG Prizes
While there is no elemental theme for the month itself, the AU weekly Discord events hosted by Gabe have been such a hit, we wanted to honor them! We are going to celebrate each week with the phase 2 DLC prize from each Elemental Major. Weeklies will alternate between Thursdays and Tuesdays as follows:
- January 7th: All participants earn a Champion Clairen skin.
- January 12th: All participants earn a Champion Elliana skin.
- January 21st: All participants earn a Champion Maypul skin.
- January 26th: All participants earn a Champion Ranno skin.
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