Lovers of Aether

By George — March 22, 2019

Happy April Fools’! Enjoy a special announcement on our favorite holiday of the year:

Now is not the time for war. Now is the time for love! The homecoming dance is tonight and you need a date pronto. Spend your school day talking to the students at Aether High. All the original characters from Rivals of Aether are in attendance. It’s up to you to decide who you would like to take the the homecoming dance.

Get to know each character by talking to them and asking questions. But the school day is not all about lollygagging. You’ll have to attend classes, take a pop quiz, give a book presentation and play a game in the computer lab. At the end of the day, will you have a date to the dance? Play the game for free on Steam to find out!

Features include:

Less words than War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy! Don’t spend the rest of your life reading the words in this game.
Orcane is a pranskter! Do you like pranks? Then you’ll love Orcane.
Use your mouse and click stuff. Or use a touch screen and poke stuff. Or use your eyes and look at stuff. Or use your wallet and buy Rivals of Aether.
Every character is some kind of animal. Someone told me that is an important feature for a dating game, but I have no idea why.
Calm relaxing gameplay. Unlike in a fighting game, no one is out to destroy you and make you wish you never picked up a controller. You can talk to characters at your own leisure and enjoy the elaborate lore of Aether High.
Sylvanos will help you get ripped. Follow his natural path and you too can obtain beautiful longtoids.
Learn about all the drama that went down last night at the Ding Dong Tree. Who will you believe?
An amazing soundtrack that will remind you of the fighting game with these characters so maybe you’ll buy that game for all your friends after playing this game.

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Rivals at Don’t Park on the Grass 2018

By George — December 3, 2018

This year we’re thrilled to be a part of Don’t Park on the Grass, the Pacific Northwest’s largest event series right in Rivals’ hometown of Seattle. With the event coming up fast (just 2 weeks away), we wanted to put out a primer on what players, fans, and viewers can expect for Rivals of Aether at the event (in addition to a special pot bonus announcement).

Rivals Event Quick-hits

Brackets: Rivals Singles and Doubles
Prize Pool: Entrant fees + $2,000 Pot Bonus
Register: Don’t Park on the Grass 2018
Where: Seattle, WA
When: December 15 – 16, 2018

Schedule

Players from all over the country have rallied for this final local before the RCS Season 3 Finals. We’ll be holding 2 official brackets – Rivals Singles and Doubles. Registration closes on December 9th, 2018 at 11:59 PM PT so there’s still time to sign up if you want to participate.

We’ll also have our own stream and will be broadcasting all of the action according to the schedule below on twitch.tv/RivalsOfAether.

(12/10/18) Schedule Edit: Doubles pools will now lead directly into Doubles top 8 with no dinner break between. This better matches the flow of the Rivals events to the block timings of the overall event.

Prize Pool

We’re pleased to announce that we’re adding a $2,000 pot bonus to the prize pool for this event. The competition will already be fierce with 8/10 of our current top 10 attending, and what better way to raise the stakes for the last regular season event than increasing the prize that’s up for grabs.

The prize split will be:

Placement	Percentage
1st	40%
2nd	20%
3rd	15%
4th	10%
5ths	5%
7ths	2.5%

Ruleset

Rivals at DPG will be run using the standard RCS ruleset with one addition:
‘The Forest Floor’ stage will be banned during the singles event unless both players in a set agree to select it.

Travel and Housing Resources

If you’re still figuring out if you want to attend and travel is a big factor (or are already going and need housing and other travel information) we highly recommend checking out the TAXI discord server. TAXI is a community run server made with the goal of having an organized space for players attending offline Rivals/RCS events to gather. Players can keep up-to-date with information and plan transportation, housing, and meetups amongst themselves.

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Rivals Rep: Esports Icon Contest

By George — November 21, 2018

Today marks the start of season 4 ranked ladder play. Ranked progression in Rivals of Aether has just been given a complete overhaul, so if you missed the news make sure to check out our latest patch notes for the full details.

To make the start of this season even more exciting we’re announcing the return of a fan-favorite special event, the Rivals Rep Icon Contest, where you can help your favorite featured team get a skin in the game!

Show your team pride

Along with all of the new ranked features introduced yesterday, six new select team icons have joined the fray:

These icons are more than just cosmetic. For the next three weeks, each win you earn on the ranked ladder while wearing a team’s icon will count as a point for that team. At the end of the event, the team with the most points will get a skin themed around their organization added to the game. You can keep track of how your favorite team is doing right here:

Final Score

We’ll be counting each game win toward the final score, not just set wins. This means that even if you lose the battle you can still win the war. The event runs until 11:59PM (PT) on December 12th, so choose a team to support and head to the battlefield today.

Edit: This post originally said the competition ended midnight on December 12th, which was a clerical error ending the event one day earlier than intended. This has been corrected by extending the competition one extra day to make the length a full 3 weeks.

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Happy Halloween from Aether

By George — October 17, 2018

The moon rises… the air chills…. and suddenly you wish you hadn’t walked into this spooky graveyard on Halloween night. To the citizens of Aether, just dressing up isn’t enough!

All the way back to simpler times with Spookane, Halloween seasonal skins have always been fan favorites. This year with the full roster in play we finally get to see everyone being their best bad selves.

Do you have a favorite? Vote below and let us know. We hope you enjoy using these seasonal skins in game.

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Rivals Direct and Elliana Character Reveal

By George — March 30, 2018

Many people were suspicious when we announced that we were holding a Rivals Direct on April 1st. They thought surely we were setting them up. Surely it would be some elaborate prank, or maybe there wouldn’t even be a Direct. Well the joke’s on them, because there totally was a Direct. And even though it was 66% an elaborate prank, we did eventually reveal a brand new character – Elliana, The Aerial Arsenal – releasing tomorrow for PC alongside Sylvanos.

If you missed the Rivals Direct when it was live, you can still catch up on the fun with the VoD from our YouTube channel.

If you’d like to skip right to the character reveal, you can see that below. Sylvanos and Elliana will be available April 2nd, 2018 at 10AM PDT on Steam.

SANDBERT

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We also teased Sandbert as our newest character today, and have delivered by making them playable on our special April Fools’ branch. To access this navigate to your library in Steam, right click on Rivals, and head to the ‘Betas’ tab. From the dropdown menu there simply choose ‘April Fools’ to unlock a build that has Sandbert.