Hey folks, super excited and happy to announce that I'll be taking up the role of
@RLEsports
statistician for RLCS Season 9. I hope to continue the good work of my predecessor
@Slokh
and can't wait to bring more to the broadcast from a statistical standpoint.
The RLCS 2024 Season is finally here and starts with Open Qualifier 1 on January 26! We’re increasing open competition, focusing on long-term sustainability, and widening prizing for more players than ever before. Registration opens next week.
More:
Archie set to join Endpoint on loan. ExoTiiK will take his place on SMPR Esports.
Endpoint CeX:
🏴archie
🇫🇮Metsanauris
🏴Relatingwave
SMPR Esports:
🇫🇷Chausette45
🇫🇷Kassio
🇫🇷ExoTiiK
Our report below 👇
It's expected that Archie, of SMPR Esports, will join Endpoint CEX on loan till the end of the season to replace the recently departed Seikoo (now on Team BDS).
@achilles_XF
&
@SlybaeRL
reporting, read more:
Holy shit this is absurd, imagine paying $43 an hour ($45 if you don’t take the 18 HOUR deal) for a coach with one flick and some reddit karma to his name with absolutely no competitive experience. It’s a scam, you’d get more value from 1 hour with
@JakeRL_
than 18 with musty.
Williams Resolve are set to finalize their roster for the Spring Split by bringing in Spanish veteran Stake.
Roster:
🇫🇷 Saizen
🇫🇷 pryyme
🇪🇸 Stake
Report below 👇
After being placed on the bench under Karmine Corp, Stake is set to join Williams Resolve.
@RSVGG
will be competing with the roster of Saizen, pryyme and Stake for the Spring Split of
#RLCS
2021-22.
@achilles_XF
&
@SlybaeRL
reporting, read more:
Hope the good folks that have been working behind the scenes on the RLCS in all regions these past few years can retain their roles, lots of talented and endemic people that shouldn’t go to waste.
Do not treat us secondary to the FNCS 🥺
SOURCES:
- Marc_by_8 set to depart Team BDS 🇫🇷🇪🇸
- Vatira seen as ideal replacement
- Team BDS heading to an all-French lineup
- Team BDS enquired about Seikoo
- Kael's position in jeopardy
See our report below:
According to sources, Team BDS are in talks to replace MaRc_By_8 with the French superstar Vatira from Team Queso.
@achilles_XF
&
@SlyBaeRL
reporting, Read more:
- Allushin stepping up
- Ghost showing what they can do
- SSG beating the World Champs as a newly promoted team
- JSTN topping striker, playmaker and saviour awards
- Aeriality almost beasting the DH qualifiers
Very cool !!
As some of you still don't know, yes I have left
@RL6mans
after a year and a half. I had great time as staff on the server but I felt it was time to move on. I was simply getting tired and frustrated of moderation as a whole. Thanks to
@shadeyRL
and
@Plitz_RL
for the opportunity!
Yes, imagine calling someone this just because they didn't realize they were in the wrong rank. Grow the fuck up and leave your basement once in a while you silly twat. This community really needs to get a grip when it comes their attitude towards ME players, its pathetic.
Unfortunately I've had to cancel my trip to Madrid due to the need to finish some 3rd year university assignments before Christmas. While I won't get to see all the people I've met online over the years, I hope you all have a drink for me and bloody enjoy it.
Just wanted to remind the timeline again that I worked for
@RL6mans
Through my time on that staff team I promoted several current RLCS players from the depths of despair in Rank A to the joyful queues of Rank X and thus all their success can be attributed to me 👍
Just wanted to remind the timeline again that
@AyyJayyRL
and I used to team on Pulse.🤝
Through our time on that team I taught AyyJayy everything he currently knows about the game and all of his success can be attributed to me.👍
Complexity's previous roster:
🇳🇱 Flakes
🇳🇴 gReazy
🇫🇮 Mognus
Complexity's new roster:
🇦🇷 Shad
🇨🇱 Reysbull
🇦🇷 ajg
Don't think anyone could have foreseen this pickup when that EU roster was dropped two years ago...
🇫🇷 Fairy Peak likely to depart Team Vitality. The search for a replacement is soon to begin. Many options available considering the wealth of talent in the French player pool.
Check out our report below:
According to sources, Team Vitality looks set to part ways with long-time member Fairy Peak! following a disappointing Winter Split. This brings an end to Fairy Peak's four-year journey on the organization.
Read more:
You all better start begging that Psyonix can hold onto what made this esport great in the first place its grassroots and community. For us to become the "little guy" in EPIC's world could be disastrous. EPIC has developed one the most poorly managed esport scenes to date but 1/-
I'm not surprised that there haven't been any major changes to RLCS apart from the introduction of SAM which is great. My main fear is that we'll continue to have RLRS matches that won't be streamed which shouldn't be happening in the fourth season of the competition. Psyonix pls
What a wild ride its been. This website has been a passion of mine since 2018 and I am proud of what we have built. The opportunities afforded to me because of Rocket League Esports have been life changing. Thank you to all the people who have supported us over the years.
After five years of serving Rocket League Esports and this community we have completed our merger with
@ShiftRLE
.
Thank you all for making this a possibility.
Systemic problem, witnessed all too much of it in 6mans. There are clear consequences so some of you folks need to smarten up before you do something you regret. Of course its a wider problem than just within Rocket League, but immaturity runs riot in this community.
After an investigation into allegations against Demon of the Pittsburgh Embers, we have concluded that after multiple infractions of the Player Code of Conduct he will, effective immediately, be banned from Psyonix-operated tournaments for the remainder of 2019.
With that win
@NRGgg
go entirely undefeated in the RLCS S7 NA. They havent lost to an NA team since losing to C9 in the RLCS S6 WC.
Their records against NA teams in all competitions since:
Cloud9 18-6
G2 Esports 21-10
Rogue 11-4
SSG 6-2
Ghost 6-1
EG 3-1
Splyce 3-0
The Peeps 7-1
Holy moly,
@TadpoleRL
probably just doubled his shooting percentage in one day, definitely one of his strongest ever performances on Triple Trouble. GGs
Rix trialling
@EmreRL_
might be one of the most underrated moves this split if they end up signing him. Already tangible improvement with the team making their first regional of the season. He was the main reason behind Lille Esport making two closed qualifiers last split.
@RLEsports
@Slokh
I never thought this venture into esports would come of anything, so I'm eternally grateful for all those who helped me reach this point so far, can't thank you guys enough. No doubt this will be the biggest season of the RLCS yet. 🙌
Ayjacks has gone from coming 7th two times in the RLRS and then failing to make it to through the play-in in his latest attempt to being picked up by an RLCS team. This boy has gone through some mad growth recently, but now Drippay's options in NA are nonexistent, Chiefs perhaps?
If you asked me before signups closed which players would be making RLRS neither Blueze or Radoko would have been anywhere near my list, U90 making it with Radoko is already one of the bigger surprises of the season.
From the WSOE and DH qualifiers we witnessed quite a few upsets not just from Rank X teams but also from rank A teams. Is the competitive gap decreasing, as in are the RLCS players no longer at a well-defined tier above the higher echelons of GC ? Am I being too hasty?
Why would you ever choose to replicate Fortnite esports? It was an unpredentend success as a game but as an esport it has really struggled to have a major impact on the industry. Especially considering the amount of investment & general popularity of the game.
To me it’s pretty equal currently. EU's lack of tournaments since the end of Gfinity combined with NA taking 6mans more seriously bridged the gap that was originally weighted towards EU. Yet EU still has way more depth, I'm able to seed up to 20+ more teams for EU when it (1/?)
ok I want genuine opinions on this and not bias ones based off of your region. do you think EU rank A/B+ players are better than NA rank A/B+ players or the other way around, I feel like the bubble player scene in Eu is a lot farther behind in NA but the pro scene is fairly equal
Adding Alpha54 to replace the inconsistency of Eyeignite will surely make this squad so much more balanced. Alpha adds the star power on offense they were missing recently which should mean they can compete for trophies more consistently now. Definitely a top 3 EU team for me.
IF
@WSOE
want this format to work they need to be as communicative as possible. The ticker at the end of each game needs to have the other series scores, the casters need to be updated on said scores and generally the audience needs to have all the information available to them.
Had the pleasure of sitting down with
@Satthew
talking all things G2. We went over the new additions, where JKnaps & Chicago can go from here, and RLCS 2022-23 as a whole.
We even got talking about the early relationship between
@TheRLPA
and Psyonix. Check it out 🫡
Satthew: "We look for examples of successful professionals from other sports."
In a wide-ranging interview, the G2 coach discusses last season, adding Daniel and BeastMode, and his work at the Rocket League Players’ Association.
.
@ApparentlyJxck
replies to information that he'd previously signed a 3 year contract with Dignitas, also sharing he was recently given an offer from them which would have made him "the highest paid in the game"
Psyonix has a successful game and a respected esports scene that can most definitely be tapped into. Psyonix lacked the muscle, manpower, funding and experience to grow the game past its current level but EPIC could provide everything needed to do so. 2/-
.
@Secret_Tylacto
casting one of the off stream games in the Esports Viewing Party channel of the official Rocket League discord is the closest we've ever come to radio commentating in RL POGGERS
Is this the future of building teams in Rocket League?
@RSVGG
are reportedly creating an academy structure, mirroring that of Football, within the
@RLEsports
ecosystem.
@SlybaeRL
gives us more insight:
On the organization that prevented them from actually winning the regional playoffs back in RLCS Season 2, even though Orbit had come first during league play. That's history.
Back in December of 2016,
@RL_Moses
and
@GarrettG
parted ways. 2600 days later, Moses's younger brother
@Toastie_RL
is set to join forces with the
#RLCS
veteran on NRG.
I wrote a cheeky article for
@Gfinity
where I review the
@RLEsports
world championship talking about Vitality's success, the dominance of French Rocket League, North American's missed opportunity and the upcoming Dreamhack Valencia event. Check it out 😘
With the
@RocketLeague
#RLCS7
World Championship coming to a close, it's time to recap the action ⏪
@SlybaeRL
reviews the dramatic finale to the season and what it means for teams going forward! 👉
Hey folks, take a look at my preview article for the RLRS S7 EU Play-in on Sunday. Its not exactly a "top 12 teams to watch" because as you can see I've taken some liberties and included more than 12 teams but it should give you an in depth guide on the strongest teams. Good luck
We take a look at the top 12 teams (and a few extra notable rosters) to watch in the European RLRS Play-in. Featuring
@TeamEchoZulu
,
@NordavindGG
, May Contain Nuts, Dutch Bim Bam, ARG and many others, this play-in is set to be an exciting one.
Read more:
The RLCS Season 8 World Championship concludes with a stunning victory for
@NRGgg
, congratulations to
@Turbopolsa
on winning MVP.
Here are your top 10 statistical performers from the weekend
🥉
@CaioTG1_
🥈
@Sypical
🥇
@Its_JSTN
Stats:
Also thanks to
@SalicilicAcid
and Wunder (forgot his twitter lmao) + the rest of the moderators for the good times, it was a blast.
I shall remember the faces of all those I have banned and may rank A one day die in a pit of fire ❤️
Hopefully you folks enjoy this one,
@Kassio_RL
is apart of a new generation of players making their breakthrough. Its unfortunate we won't see him at the
@UniversalOpen
LAN finals, but I hope we'll see him in the Rival Series! Thanks to everyone who helped me out.
In the third article of our "Rising Star" series we take a look at one of the stars of the Universal Open yesterday,
@Kassio_RL
, a player that has propelled himself to the top of the European bubble scene in recent months.
If it isn't obvious already, its rumoured that Ronaky will join FC Barcelona while Alpha54 will make his way over to TSM. Alpha adds much greater goal scoring ability and firepower to a squad that really lacked that edge on offense. Can't wait to watch them in action!
Ahead of a rumoured move to join
@TSM
(sources suggest),
@Alpha54RL
has parted ways with
@FCBeSports
.
Alpha54 has undergone a major transformation since he joined Savage! back in 2018 and has cemented his place as a top European player.
Read more:
Had the pleasure of talking with
@NickOnRL
ahead of RLCS 2024. Find out how this new M80 project came to be and what they hope to achieve this season below 🫡
You can understand why BLAST would go with Copenhagen on such short notice but the CS2 Major will be happening in the same city and on the same dates, feels rough.
To summarise, in EU you tend to rise as a team (WLF, TT, WMB, mCon, EZ etc) and in NA you tend to rise through 6mans until you reach a point where you can create a viable team. (Manhattan, Bread with Sypical, D00ds, The Peeps). There are exceptions though! (5/5)
Although having coaches on stage is welcome change, its such a big oversight not to give them headsets so that they can communicate properly with their team.
#RLCS8
Was a pleasure to chat with
@Speed_RL
this week. We discussed the formation of belligol, his rejuvenation as a player in recent imes and the Team Liquid project from RLCS X.
Check it out 👇🫡
Speed is not ready to retire 🔥
Shift spoke to him about the rise of Belligol, his time with Team Liquid, and his personal journey in
#RLCS
.
👇 Read the full interview with
@Speed_RL
below
What will be key to this is how much Psyonix and specifically the esports team maintains control over the scene and whether they just become pawns in EPIC's game. 4/4
Ronaky is moving onto bigger and better things but it sounds like this could have been handled much better. Triple Trouble will need to bring back Kassio who they had aimed to replace for next season if they are to retain their spot.
In a shock move,
@TripleTroubleRL
have announced that
@RonakyRL
has parted ways with the team.
Ronaky was one of the founding members of this team back in November 2017 and played a major part in its rise from the bubble to the RLCS.
Read more:
We are incredibly excited to announce that we will be running a 'Top 20
@RLEsports
Players of 2021' ranking, inspired by
@HLTVorg
's annual CS:GO edition!
👉Full details here:
Having looked at the bracket briefly these are my predictions for NA:
Afterthought (W)
72 Pin Connector (W)
Linked Up (W)
Nefarious (W)
Poco Loco (L)
Cheese (L)
Bull Send (L)
Good luck folks
Hey folks, here is my 2nd article on the EU play-in, check it out! Top 10 will be coming tomorrow, hope you enjoy. DM if they're any mistakes. Hopefully none of you noticed me tweet it out on my own account 😅😅
In my latest article, I break down the statistics behind RCD Espanyol, Solary, Stromboli & Charlotte Phoenix heading into the promotion tournament this weekend.
Check it out! 👇
In this special edition of Calculated, statistician
@SlybaeRL
breaks down the success of the Rival Series team that have made it to the Promotion Tournament!
Read here 📰:
People generally never give credit to the NA bubble in times like this but it feels in a really healthy place right now. Lots of youngsters and other established bubble players having their breakouts this season. Reminds me of the 6mans generation that broke through in 2018-19
Considering the current NA Rival Series lineup and the potential teams that should make it through the play-in, are we looking at the main favourites for promotion this season? CG brings experience and a captain's mentality to a really talented duo. Exciting times for the team.
.
@CorruptedGabe
takes the plunge by joining
@TarocoRL1
and
@mectos
on Plot twist for the upcoming Rival Series season.
This means that the spot held by the Ex-Evil Genuises squad (River Rats) is likely to be forfeited ahead of the play-in.
Read more:
Hey folks, please checkout
@octane_gg
's first special edition play-in article. We'll be covering the top 32 teams from both regions over the coming days. Feedback appreciated.
In this first special edition article, we take a look at the top 32 teams to watch out for in the traditionally stacked EU play-in, beginning with those teams we've ranked from
#32
-
#21
The G1 saga all in one place thanks to
@jenskoornstra
.
There are extra pieces of insight in the article not already known publicly and we have verified a number of claims.
Bit late but make sure you keep your eyes on these additional teams:
* Bamble DreamTeam
* Playing Ducks
* Boosted
* Scared Strategy
* Team Singularity
* Team Southside
* Any Spanish team that seems to be beating anyone in their path
EU is going to be as juicy as ever.
With the NA RLRS Play-ins now in the books, its time to look at the top teams competing in the EU RLRS Play-ins tomorrow! We have another MASSIVELY detailed and exhaustive list of the top 20 teams to watch out for, brought to you by
@SlybaeRL
!
LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
ProDrops is a new Rocket League Esports card collection game now heading to alpha stage!!
Collect, Trade, Fuse, Battle, Gain rare cards, and work your way up to having all the different cards and BEST COLLECTION!
Someone I wrote about in 2018 as a rising star before he had reached the professional scene, now I get to write about him again in 2022 after another successful year at the top. Well deserved and there is certainly more to come from this lad.👀
Top 20 Players of 2021: Sypical (
#17
)
While he did not reach the lofty heights of his explosive 2020 campaign, Sypical was once again a standout player in North America, earning him the seventeenth spot on our list.
Read:
.
@TripleTroubleRL
sweep
@LowkeyEsportsGG
in the final game of group D, but Lowkey can be proud of their debut.
Both
@caard_rl
and
@TadpoleRL
put in two great performances with Tadpole now topping the statistics leaderboard based on rating.
Stats:
Recently I sat down with
@Satthew
to discuss a variety of hot topics. Check it out for valuable insight into:
- The decision to sign Atomic
- G2's
#RLCS
journey this year
- Professional coaching
- Support needed for the bubble scene
- Mental health and player burnout
👇👇
Satthew: “We had a call where I had to be brutally honest with the players.”
We spoke with
@G2esports
' coach
@Satthew
about his time with the organization, the changes he and his team have gone through, and the recent competitive struggles.
Now its time to begin a new journey over at
@ShiftRLE
. We have plenty in the works and hope to develop a true hub for Rocket League Esports, together. Cheers to
@1jayski
,
@achilles_XF
,
@imfalty
,
@aspectrl_
and others for making this happen. Time to get to work.😈
A strong showing from
@BDS_esport
in the past two offseason events with
@Extra_RL
has placed them at the forefront of European Rocket League. We break down their recent performances and why they are now beginning to shine at the highest level.
Read more: