Earlier this month we outlined the pay structure for the European finals in a separate article. Now, we are happy to announce the details for the EU RCS Finals month!
EU Finals Week
Similar to other regions, we have decided to make the EU RCS Finals a multi-day event, with both Singles and Doubles on the docket. Each event will be played and streamed on the official Rivals of Aether Twitch over the course of of the weekend.
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 up to Top 8 (subject to change based on total entrants).
- Rivals Singles, our main event, with a stacking prize prize pool of up to $2,500!
- Top 12 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 Doubles Finals and Rivals Singles Finals!
- Rivals Doubles Finals to completion.
- Rivals Singles Top 8 to completion.
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.
- European Finals will be a two day event with a stacking prize pool.
- Starting prize pool will be $1,500
- At 150 entrants, there will be an additional $500 added to the pool for a total of $2,000.
- At 200 entrants, there will be an additional $500 added to the pool for a total of $2,500.
Friday Tournaments with BIG Prizes
While there is no elemental theme for the month itself, the EU weekly Discord events hosted by OliveOily have been such a hit, we wanted to honor them! After the New Year’s Holiday, we are going to celebrate each week with the phase 2 DLC prize from each Elemental Major.
- January 1st: No prize due to the Holiday. OliveOily has been kind enough to run a stress free bracket for those who still want to get their Rivals fix!
- January 8th: All participants earn a Champion Clairen skin.
- January 15th: All participants earn a Champion Elliana skin.
- January 22nd: All participants earn a Champion Maypul skin.
- January 29th: All participants earn a Champion Ranno skin.
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