RCS Season 8 Comes to Europe
Launching along the RCS Season 8 Compendium today is the European region of the Rivals Championship Series! We’re excited to announce a mix of LAN and online events alongside a new scaling goal for EU in the compendium with additional bonuses. Read on for more details:
This is where champions are born!
Format and Schedule
After Season 7’s return to form, we’re continuing the hybrid nature of online and LAN events across the region! We have worked directly with community leaders from the EU scene to tailor a season balancing several different countries for LAN events beginning in July, and maintaining two to four regular season online events starting in September. Be sure to check out the stream for Rivals Rave this weekend (previously announced) in Deutschland. Additional events will be added as the season continues. Here is our official schedule:
| Event | Date | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Rivals Rave | July 30th | Düren, Deutschland |
| Rivals Odyssey Summer 2023 | August 12th | Gent, Belgium |
| EU RCS Online – September | September 17th | Online |
| EU RCS Online – October | October 8th | Online |
| + Additional Fall/Winter Expansion Events | TBA | TBA |
| EU RCS Finals – January | TBA | Online |
European Season 8 Stacking Shop Goals and Rewards
As seen above, the official lineup of events for the EU RCS starts out with two LAN and two online events. More events are on the way through tournament organizers in Europe and money raised in the EU RCS goal on the RCS Season 8 Compendium.
The RCS shop this year provides several new rewards for the EU scene as money is raised for the EU RCS Finals event in January 2024. At $600, two more online events will be added to the RCS providing funding for Readek to produce more high quality streams. At $1200, new player spotlights with current and former EU players will be created to highlight the EU scene. Finally, at $1800, a brand new combo video will be created and played before Top 8 of the EU RCS Finals. Brand new items launched throughout the year with all profits going back to the community will be available to help reach these new goals.
We’re also excited to round out the remaining Champion Skins once again this year, with Champion Pomme and Champion Hodan DLC skins coming as participation rewards to the various online events EU has to offer. Players who enter either the RCS September or RCS October Online events will receive Champion Pomme. More information on Champion Hodan will be revealed as Season 8 progresses!
EU Season 8 Finals
The EU RCS Finals have become a staple since RCS Season 5, and we aim to end RCS Season 8 with a bang in January 2024. The EU RCS Finals date will be announced later this year, with special rewards mentioned in the above section helping contribute to the experience and the prize pool itself.
Players entering RCS events can expect their achievements to be rewarded as the EU Power Rankings Panel will be evaluating data throughout the course of Season 8 as they lead up to their newest Top Player Rankings.
Links!
We are aware that this post has a lot of information to digest, so please refer to all relevant links in this one convenient spot!
