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Genesis 6 is over, and with it Season 3 of the Rivals Championship Series. As we close the book on our latest year of competitive Rivals it’s always nice to take a look at how far we’ve come. Spoilers obviously abound in this article so make sure to only give this a read if you’re happy with finding out who won Genesis.

Some of the Rivals community at Genesis 6!

Our Season 3 Champion

Congratulations to Panda Global’s FullStream for his amazing losers side run at Genesis 6 that secured him the title of RCS Season 3 Champion. On top of this being our largest live event yet, FullStream took arguably the most difficult path through the final day, making this win a true testament to FullStream’s Rivals of Aether legacy.

Left: Windows, Center: FullStream, Right: Penguin

This Genesis is also the first time a previous champion has won again, making FullStream our only 2 time champion over all 3 years of the series. We also broke some other first-time records for Rivals with a singles prize pool of over $13,000 and more than 45,000 viewers watching the finals. We can’t thank our players, community, and fans enough for making this event a piece of Rivals history.

He does it! After taking a year off @FullStream comes back, runs through the gauntlet of death in losers and is your #G6 @RivalsOfAether champion! pic.twitter.com/HIeDgRIlkp

— Genesis 6 (@Genesis_Smash) February 3, 2019

Genesis 6 Standings

Players came from all over to compete, meet their Rivals friends, and test their skill in the RCS World Finals. Here are the standings for our top 16 competitors who all deserve a congratulations for their placings. Thanks to everyone who joined us at the event to help make Genesis 6 an event to remember.

Standing	Player	Character
1st	PG | FullStream
2nd	Penguin
3rd	AF | Windows
4th	BxA | MattyIce
5th	Vireo.pro | CakeAssault
5th	ZeeBee
7th	Jesier
7th	Blue
9th	Kaos
9th	Lord Bagel
9th	TurtleBox
9th	DolphinBrick
13th	SNT | MSB
13th	hoppyKnitz
13th	Chompers
13th	uS | DosRogers

VoDs and Highlight Videos

The majority of the event was streamed live, and you can catch the action on either ShowdownGG for days 1 and 2, or VGBootCamp for the finals. We’ve also put together some highlight videos below with the help of Youtuber JarekBloodDragon.

Top 32 Highlights

Top 6 Highlights

Event Photos

We asked our photographer from last year, FS | Xenos, to once again to capture the Rivals event. Relive (or experience for the first time) the event through his fantastic album that covers all 3 days: xenosmccloud.com/ESPORTS/RoA-Gensix

My @RivalsOfAether album from #Genesis6 is live! Check it out in the link below.https://t.co/M73EgQlriG pic.twitter.com/ievpauWDBj

— FS| Xenos @ Heart of battle (@XenosMccloud) February 6, 2019

Road to Season 4

Even though season 3 is over, we have plenty in store for 2019. At Genesis we announced that season 4 is coming this summer and opening with Smash’N’Splash 5.

In the meantime we’ll have 3 events during the offseason that will serve as Road to Season 4 events.

Winning any of these events will secure you a $500 travel voucher (on top of any other winnings) towards Smash’N’Splash 5. The first event coming up is Frostbite 2019 in just 2 weeks. With a $2,000 pot bonus, a travel voucher, and more on the line this will be one you won’t want to miss.

For the last 2 years the Genesis series has been a standout tournament for competitive Rivals, and this year is no different. Once again this storied series will play host to the Rivals Championship Series World Finals. The culmination of eight months of competition as players from around the world vie for the title of champion.

Along with a record-breaking entrant count for the third year in a row, we’ve also topped our prize pool with more than $13,000 raised in our RCS compendium. If you’re an attendee, viewer, or new fan just tuning in this primer will guide you on how to enjoy Rivals at one of its biggest weekends in competitive gaming and what we’re doing to make it special.

How to Watch

Rivals will be featured on two different streams this event, with ShowdownGG handling the Friday and Saturday streams and VGBootCamp featuring us on the big stage Sunday in the Paramount Theatre.

It will be a great show either way, but if you’re in the area we recommend coming out to the gorgeous theatre to see the action live and support the competitors. A limited amount of tickets are still available at the door.

Make Your Mark at Genesis 6

In addition to everything else that comes with winning Rivals at Genesis, the victor will also earn the chance to work with the Rivals dev team on their own skin as part of the Make Your Mark series.

Players won’t want to miss their chance to ensure that they go down in Rivals history.

Special Brackets

Rivals Turbo
We’ll be featuring the first official Rivals Turbo mode tournament on stream Friday evening. After an exciting day of more serious events we’re opening entry to anyone who wants to compete with the super charged (and super silly) Rivals Turbo Mode. A $500 pot bonus is provided through the generosity of the community from the Genesis 6 compendium.

Rivals Amateur
Our second special bracket will be an amateur-only event happening after the completion of singles R1 pools on Saturday. Players can opt into this event after their pool throughout the weekend if their record is 0-2 or 1-2 in singles. The bracket will run from 2PM – 4PM with grand finals kicking off the beginning of the Saturday stream at 4PM.

Exclusive Merch

Since we don’t currently offer all of our products online, we’ll be bringing some of our rarer Rivals merch to the event. You can get your hands on these exclusives as well as some of our standard skins:

• Official Rivals Logo Shirt
• Official Pinny Arcade Orcane Pin
• Rivals Character Keychains
• BERRY BLAST Orcane Plush

Legal Stages Ruling

Rivals at Genesis 6 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 match agree to select it.

All that’s left to do at this point is bring the hype! Check out some of the ways our community is getting excited, and make sure to join us on stream for the event.

Unofficial Rivals at Genesis 6 Trailer pic.twitter.com/x2a7RV4R0t

— AF | Windows (@WindowsRoA) January 30, 2019

Make your own fantasy bracket on smash.gg!

Looking for hires on an esteemed RoA Fantasy Team. Please contact us if you are going to G6 and our qualifications meet your fancy. Team Captain @WindowsRoA will review your resume. Wingless creatures need not apply. pic.twitter.com/fnasJJvrYn

— $NT | MSB (@notMSB) January 31, 2019

https://t.co/oytTLkHeFo Genesis 6 HYPE WEEK CONTINUES! #SupportSmallStreamers #SupportSmallStreams #SupportSmallerStreamers #Twitch #Twitchtv #Twitchstreaming #TwitchStreamer #TwitchLivestreamer #Streamley @Hound_Esports @itsTwerkTaco @SoooMungry @RivalsOfAether

— Hound | TekKnite (@TekKnite) January 29, 2019

Take note of Sparx21’s extensive Head to Head results list from top players season 3. This might be useful for your fantasy bracket 😉

I put all of the tournament placements, wins, losses, and everything into this spreadsheet here: https://t.co/sSIDu6eF1J

Will add more players later on, but I need to rest#G6 #RivalsOfAether@CakeAssault_ @PenguinUpB @FullStream @WindowsRoA

— ISG | Sparx21 (@Sparx21RoA) January 28, 2019