Rivals Championship Series Season 5 Wrap-Up

Season 5 of the Rivals Championship Series concluded this month with our traditional Finals event making its way online. The RCS Finals shattered our previous attendance records and brought the fiercest competition and highest stakes our online environment has ever seen, with over $16,500 raised by the community for the collective events.

Outstanding sets, multiple events across multiple days, and other ambitious efforts made the Finals weekend one to remember. Read on for a recap featuring highlights, event breakdown, and more.

VODS

Let’s start with the VoDs in case you’re here to avoid spoilers. You can find everything we had on stream throughout RCS Season 5 over at our official channel. Singles and all associated side events from the Finals (Tetherball Doubles, Doubles, and Workshop Singles) are all available now.

NA RCS Finals | Pools

Workshop | Top 8

Season 5 Finale Promo

This year, before top 32, we played a special video highlighting the ROCS Finals and the 4 Elemental Majors that made up season 5. This incredible production was created by community member Casual Scrub, and can be found here for repeated viewing pleasure:

THE CHAMP

Congratulations to Penguin for his first place finish in singles. After falling just short of an RCS Championship title each of the last two years, he has finally cemented himself as the world champion.

Penguin also went on a tear in this weekend’s side events. He won a perfect doubles bracket with the help of his teammate CakeAssault, took first place after a thrilling bracket reset in Workshop Singles, and took home 4th place with his teammate Windows in Tetherball Doubles.

I won RCS Finals!

Third time had to be the charm, right?

Super happy with how I played and as it turns out I can win any online bracket I want… as long as finals is in the title. pic.twitter.com/fu3FrzpgxU

— Penguin (@PenguinUpB) January 18, 2021

SINGLES MAIN EVENT RESULTS

Our top 32 was incredibly diverse at this event. Combined with new players and some top 16 upsets this led to some surprising matchups in top 8.

Standing	Player	Character
1st	Penguin
2nd	Kusi
3rd	Halite
4th	CakeAssault
5th	Seggo
5th	CheesyPotato
7th	Xaro
7th	ZeeBee

WORKSHOP SINGLES RESULTS

Workshop Singles was an exciting event, with a lot of history going into it. Some incredible sets left the community shocked as the tournament’s 1st seed fell at 9th place. Top 8 was a mix of Workshop exclusive players and familiar champions from the RCS, making a truly unique experience for everyone involved!

Full Standings >

DOUBLES RESULTS

Penguin and CakeAssault proved once again that their chemistry is unmatched, winning every single game they played for a decisively perfect bracket.

Standing	Player	Character
1st	Penguin / CakeAssault
2nd	Xaro / Mr. Mutton
3rd	MattyIce / Mr. Olsen

TETHERBALL DOUBLES RESULTS

Trace and ZeeBee both claimed to be the best Tetherball Singles players, so it is no surprise that they formed a superteam of sorts to take home the crown in our first ever RCS Tetherball event.

Standing	Player	Character
1st	Trace / ZeeBee
2nd	Menace13 / Tico
3rd	Giga Bowser / Sawtooth

VOLUNTEERS

As fun as this event was, none of it could have happened without the incredible work of community volunteers. We would like to give a special shout-out to these tireless behind-the-scenes workers now!

• Our wonderful head T.O.s: Junior, Menace13, TheFailWhale.
• Our assistant T.O.s and community liaisons: Ambi, InnerOtaku, Refrain, Renzo, Sparx21, T. Richard, Zora.

We hope you enjoyed the final event of the season. Make sure to keep an eye out for future promoted events, and our first ever Online Top 50 list!