Over the past few days, the new competitive season of Rocket League has kicked off. Accordingly, everyone wants to jump back into the action. Indeed, this also includes the European organization of Natus Vincere. Hosting multiple esports, Natus Vincere Rocket League only makes sense – read on to learn about this exciting roster.
Specifically, on 20th October Na’Vi went live with the following press release. Here, they talked about their reasoning behind the signing of all three of their exciting three players.
Overall, the team is the former roster of Fadeaway. Take a look at the roster below:
Malik “Tigreee” Hoffmann
Luis “LuiisP” Puente
Lorenzo “Dead-Monster” Tongiorgi
Simon “s1moN” Bicking (coach)
Credits: Psyonix
How strong does this roster look? Looking at the past history, the team is up and coming, having participating across the entire RLCS X season last year. Here are some of their best placements:
5-8th @ RLCS Season X: Fall EU Regional Event 2
9-11th @ RLCS Season X: Fall EU Major
Right now, the team has just managed to qualify for the RLCS 21 Fall event.
We’ll be curious to see how this team of youngsters will progress in the European region, especially under new ownership.
Indeed, it’s been a while since we’ve been able to enjoy some competitive Rocket League. Accordingly, with the RLCS 2022 Fall Regional events on the way, there’s a lot to talk about. However, with so many regions, we’ll only be able to focus on arguably the most popular regions – Europe and North America! Read on to learn How to Watch!
For the most part, both events consist of multiple similarities.
First of all, both events will be held online for the prize pool of $100,000 with teams of 3v3. Otherwise, in terms of teams, we have 16 of the best in the world attending each event.
Accordingly, the main differences are in the teams attending and the dates of these Regional Events as outlined below:
North America – 15th October to 17th October
FaZe Clan
Team Envy
XSET
True Neutral
The General NRG
Ghost Gaming
Integrity Esports
Charlotte Phoenix
G2 Esports
Torrent
Team DVS
Rogue
Spacestation Gaming
Shopify Rebellion
Susquehanna Soniqs
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A quick explainer on the Swiss format before we head into the first weekend of the RLCS 2021-22 season:
➡️ Each round you play a team with the same win/loss record ➡️ Three wins and you qualify for the eight-team, single-elimination bracket ➡️ Three losses and you're knocked out pic.twitter.com/GbOiRzeSeV
In terms of format, an identical format is in place for both the European and North American regions.
Indeed, there are two stages to this competition. Firstly, we’ll be enjoying a Swiss Stage of competition, where all 16 teams will participate. Here, with each team of 3 facing one another once, we’ll have a proper idea of who stands on top or not.
Furthermore, at this point, the top 8 teams will be able to move on to the Playoffs. Accordingly, it’s at the Playoffs that a Single Elimination Bracket will take place.
Here, all matches will take place as a BO7 apart from the Grand Finals which will involve a BO3 BO7 Grand Final – the winner will need to win two BO7 series.
Schedule for the RLCS 2022 Fall Regional EU & NA
With regards to the schedule, we highly recommend visiting both the official event page and the Liquipedia page in order to stay as up to date as possible.
Watch the RLCS 2022 Fall Regional EU & NA on esportsguide
You can also watch RLCS 2022 Fall Regional EU & NA live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
Starting with the region of North America, we’ll work on the statistics we can use. Accordingly, we’ll be looking at the RLCS Season X Official Rankings to see who’s statistically on top:
We’ve always liked discussing the merging of traditional sports and esports. Indeed, one main avenue is through sports simulators. Accordingly, falling under that bracket, Rocket League is popular too. Accordingly, we’re delighted to discuss the return of FC Barcelona Rocket League – read on to learn more!
It’s been a long time coming. Accordingly, 5 months ago, the organization cleaned up shop and released their entire roster back in April. Indeed, this was due to their failure to make it to the Major Regional and International events.
However, they happily announced their return with a brand new, all-Spanish roster looking to compete at the highest level. Take a look at them right below:
Ivan “Dorito” Ruiz Jimenez
Cristian “crr” Fernandez
Samuel “Zamue” Cortes
Brandon “Braan” Fernandez – Coach and Manager
Credits: Psyonix
Formerly known as the ‘White Demons’, the trio has enjoyed a moderate amount of success over the past year, attending the great majority of RLCS EU Majors and placing in the upper end a few times.
Indeed, this signing holds a great prospect for FC Barcelona. Their return could see them climb high in the rankings.
We’ll have to wait and see how the season pans out!
As of right now, we’re now sitting patiently for the next season of Rocket League. Accordingly, only days ago the WePlay Rocket League Invitational event was announced. Indeed, we’re here to offer some viewership coverage in this episode of How to Watch!
Event Background
Introducing our Talent Crew for the WePlay Esports Invitational ft Rocket League! 🚀⚽️
Again, this surprise is not a first-party event, but a third-party hosted by WePlay Esports.
Coming out with a surprise announcement a couple days ago, this is the organizer’s first entrance into competitive Rocket League.
Indeed, to celebrate, the Invitational looks to be taking place across two separate regions with a combined prize pool of $100,000. Specifically, both the EMEA and North America regions will be covered – take a look at the competitors below:
North America:
The General NRG
Team Envy
Spacestation Gaming
Rogue
G2 Esports
FaZe Clan
Shopify Rebellion
Susquehanna Soniqs
Here are the brackets for The WePlay Invitational ft Rocket League!
Which match are you looking forward to the most? 🤔
Indeed, all competitors have been seeded into the Winner’s Round match, where each team in the bracket will be a BO7. Everything looks to build-up to a Grand Final involving a BO7 best-of-three – you’ll need to win two BO7s to take it home.
And now, let’s list the first round matches for both regions.
North America:
The General NRG vs Shopify Rebellion
Spacestation Gaming vs FaZe Clan
Rogue vs G2 Esports
Team Envy vs Susquehanna Soniqs
EMEA:
Team BDS vs Vodafone Giants
Guild Esports vs Karmine Corp
Team Vitality vs Sandrock Gaming
SMPR Esports vs Dignitas
Indeed, both event formats will be taking place side by side.
Schedule for the WePlay Rocket League Invitational
Credits: Psyonix
To view the entire schedule for both regions for the WePlay Rocket League, we highly recommend visiting the event schedule page here.
Watch the WePlay Rocket League Invitational on esportsguide
You can also watch the WePlay Rocket League Invitational live stream via our very own website. Providing an extensive list of the biggest esports together with streams for each esports match live today or upcoming matches.
It’s been a while since we’ve enjoyed some top tier competition, with the RLCS Season X concluded back in June.
This event is a perfect opportunity for teams to warm up for this upcoming season and show off where they are. Anyways, to properly predict, we’ll be looking at the RLCS results for both regions.
Credits: Psyonix
North American RLCS X Championship:
The General NRG
Team Envy
Spacestation Gaming
Rogue
G2 Esports
FaZe Clan
It’s no question here that NRG continue to be the dominant team in the region. Accordingly, it’s a matter of how the remainder of the podium looks to be settled to perhaps contest with them.
EMEA RLCS X Championship:
Team Vitality
Team BDS
Top Blokes
Team Queso
Guild Esports
Solary
Moving over to Europe, the teams competing at the upcoming WePlay Invitational differ from those competing at the RLCS X event. Regardless, it’s no doubt that Team Vitality and Team BDS are your top two teams who continue to trade with one another at the top.
Currently, competitive Rocket League is enjoying a rather quiet off-season with the competition over for now. However, that all changed yesterday with the announcement of a big invitational. Indeed, read on to learn about te WePlay Esports Invitational being held for the title next week!
WePlay Esports Invitational – $100,000 For the Top 16
Credits: Psyonix
Indeed, taking place online in the weekend of September 16th, the event is a new start for WePlay Esports. Accordingly, hosting for multiple esports, this will be their first venture into competitive Rocket League.
And what a way to do so. Putting $100,000 on the line, the organizers are inviting 16 of the best teams in the world to compete in this online event. Take a look at the competitors for yourself below here:
Hailing from multiple regions, this event looks to be a spectacle to enjoy. Accordingly, offering broadcasts in multiple languages, there’s a lot to look forward to.
In terms of format, the competition will throw down in a classic Double Eliminatino Bracket format, where each game is a best-of-seven.
Following the recent Intel World Open event, the official competitive season for Rocket League seems to have concluded nicely. Indeed, it’s now the perfect time to sit back and review the past year. Read on as we carry this out for the Year of Competitive Rocket League 2020/21.
Let’s Talk About The Format Change
Credits: Psyonix
Back in 2019, a major change happened to competitive Rocket League.
Accordingly, back in May of that year, Psyonix was acquired by Epic Games. For those unaware, Epic Games is the developer behind the massively popular battle royale of Fortnite.
Once on board, Epic Games decided to bring about a change of format which the community is still discussing. Playing a major component to this past year, we have to mention it first. Here’s an exerpt from our ‘State of the Community’ on this topic a week ago:
Credits; Psyonix
Originally framed around league play, culminating in regional playoffs and world championships; that no longer stood. Instead, RLCS in its tenth season – ‘RLCS Season X’ would consist of one long event consisting of three splits in the fall, spring and winter.
Cut up into multiple regions, the season planned to end by determining a few competitors from each region. Specifically, the top 16 teams in the world would then compete at a $1,000,000 event! Do note, however, that such an awesome event did not take place this year due to health restrictions.
With that being said, time to go over the event timeline this past year.
Fact Sheet – The Best Rocket League Esports Events Over the Year
Do note, that all viewership statistics were taken from the publically available statistics at Esports Charts.
RLCS Season X – Fall: EU Major – October 2020
Credits: Psyonix
Since August of last year, one of the first events greeting the community back into the scene were the Fall Majors.
With $100,000 on the line, Psyonix kicked off the season on a strong note especially when considering the viewership.
Now sitting as the sixth most viewed Rocket League event ever, it was clear that hopes were high heading into this new season:
Peak Viewers – 203,390
Average Viewers – 113,564
Such statistics also gave confidence to this new format – it seems that more regular Majors in one continuous season could work.
RLCS Season X – Fall: NA Major – October 2020 – Competitive Rocket League 2020/21
Credits: Psyonix
However, the successes of the European event were only less compared to the NA region.
With both these two regions fighting for dominance, the Fall NA Major managed to gain incredible viewership. Specifically, the event now sits as the third most viewed event of all time for RL:
Peak Viewers – 232,777
Average Viewers – 118,924
I’ll say it once again, hopes were high heading into the Winter events a few months later.
RLCS Season X – Winter EU Major – February 2021
Credits: Psyonix
It was here that the true test for the format would lie. Indeed, after 3 months since the last event, would the viewership remain comparable at all?
Luckily, the answer in this regard was a ‘yes’ thanks to the performance from the events. Here, we can talk about the Winter EU Major which sits as the 4th most viewed event for competitive RL:
Peak Viewers – 225,386
Average Viewers – 114,925
With that out of the way, Psyonix was determined to maintain the viewership into the Spring.
RLCS Season X – Spring NA Major – May 2021
Credits: Psyonix
Yet, this is where viewership dipped slightly to less than 200,000 and would continue to do so for the remainder of the season. Of course, these numbers are still great, they just could be better:
Peak Viewers – 199,917
Average Viewers – 147,181
Do note that it was also at this point in time that Psyonix made public the fact that a World Championship where all the best teams from each region would compete would not be taking place this year.
RLCS Season X North American Championship – June 2021 – Competitive Rocket League 2020/21
Credits: Psyonix
Acting as the top event for one of the largewr regions, hopes were high. However, perhaps due to the fact that the event was held online, the $400,000 prize pool failed to generate over 200,000 peak viewers:
Peak Viewers – 192,523
Average Viewers – 136,818
Would Europe be any better?
RLCS Season X European Championship – June 2021
Credits: Psyonix
Sadly not. For whatever reason, Psyonix failed to generate the enthusiasm which was present earlier in the season when it was needed most – with the biggest prize pools and stakes. Take a look for yourself:
Peak Viewers – 178,272
Average Viewers – 109,415
Indeed, the season could have ended on a higher note.
Intel World Open – July 2021
Credits: Psyonix
As an honorable mention, The Intel World Open was held ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics as a form of World Cup. With a shared prize of $500,000, it was an awesome opportunity for exposure.
Unfortunately no, we have no available numbers behind the viewership of this final event.
Competitive Rocket League 2020/21 – Fixing Viewership
As you can imagine, our only criticism is behind the fact that viewership fell off at the most important events – which doesn’t make much sense.
Indeed, Psyonix needs to push for offline events once again and try to spice things up. Otherwise, perhaps another season could offer different results.
Regardless, Rocket League continues to have massive potential.
Time to dive away slightly from the esports side of things, diving into the upcoming season of content for Rocket League. Indeed, with Rocket League Season 4 on the horizon, read on to learn about what changes you can expect to enjoy!
We’ll cut straight to the chase and list all the new updates which will concern players and competitors. Accordingly, everything this season is behind a Wild West theme:
New arena – the Deadeye Canyon combining the Wild West theme with dirt components on the track
Fresh new car – Outlaw vehicle
New competitive tournaments – new tournaments are being added to each region, with 2v2s and Extra Mode Tournaments too. This, while rewards for the tournaments include cosmetics from this season
Credits: Psyonix
Streamer Safe Music Feature – protecting streamers from copyright protected music
Changes to rank – helping those solo queuing in 3v3, the new change states that competitors in a team must be within 3 Ranks of one another to make it fairer!
Adding forfeit option to casual games such as in competitive
There are definitely quite a few changes to dive into. Indeed, for the full scoop please visit the original press release here.
Let’s see if any of these new changes can bring about change on the competitive level.
Ever since its release in 2015, many have praised competitive Rocket League esports as being the next big thing for multiple reasons. Indeed, due to being free-to-play, very easy to understand and watch, it has esports written all over it. However, 6 years later, we’re still waiting for it to blow up. Read on as we dive into what exactly we’re waiting for in this episode of ‘State of the Community’!
Let’s dial things back all the way to 2019. As early as at this point in time, competitive Rocket League is thriving incredibly, with events reaching new peak viewers and pushing the prize pool. Take a look at some statistics across the years from 2017 to 2020 – before this past competitive season took place.
Specifically, the following are the top 7 Rocket League esports events according to peak viewers:
Season 8 World Championship RLCS – 280,495 Peak Viewers (2019)_
Season 9 Europe RLCS – 261,359 Peak Viewers (2020)
RLCS Season X Fall: NA Major – 232,777 Peak Viewers (2020)
RLCS Season X Winter EU Major – 225,386 Peak Viewers (2021)
Season 3 World Championship RLCS – 206,570 Peak Viewers (2017)
Season X Fall: European Major RLCS – 203,390 Peak Viewers (2020)
RLCS Season 7 World Championship – 202,559 Peak Viewers (2019)
Unfortunately, as you can tell, only one out of the top 7 events have been registered in the past competitive season. Do note that such statistics are thanks to Esports Charts.
The #IntelWorldOpen is officially done! With 2211 teams, 67 GGs and 4 Champions🏆
One plausible cause is definitely the change in format which came about ever since Epic Games acquired Psyonix back in May 2019. Indeed, this is somewhat concerning for esports as Epic Games hasn’t proven itself to be too experienced in nurturing an esport as exemplified by the state of competitive Fortnite.
Anyway, what was this change?
Credits: Psyonix
Originally framed around league play, culminating in regional playoffs and world championships; that no longer stood. Instead, RLCS in its tenth season – ‘RLCS Season X’ would consist of one long event consisting of three splits in the fall, spring and winter.
Cut up into multiple regions, the season planned to end by determining a few competitors from each region. Specifically, the top 16 teams in the world would then compete at a $1,000,000 event! Do note, however, that such an awesome event did not take place this year due to health restrictions.
Credits: Rocket League
Let’s compare how the regional events’ viewership shifted from last year compared to this year. To do so, we’ll take a look at the two most popular regions: NA and Europe thanks to Esports Charts:
RLCS Season X European Championship: 178,272 Peak Viewers, 109,415 Average Viewers
RLCS Season 9: Europe: 261,359 Peak Viewers, 74,328 Average Viewers
Now let’s take a look at North America:
RLCS Season X North American Championship: 192,523 Peak Viewers, 136,818 Average Viewers
RLCS Season 9: North America: 173,536 Peak Viewers, 76, 865 Average Viewers
As you can see, we have two contrasting stories here. Indeed, while the European regional this year seemed to have worse viewership in terms of peak (by quite a bit), the NA event managed to maintain some slight improvement.
Rocket League Esports – Results Need Another Year
Credits: Psyonix
Bearing in mind the conflicting results, it’s quite possible to state that Rocket League is at a standstill as some regions are progressing while some aren’t.
However, of course, more time will be able to help us determine if this is only a one year fluke or whether Psyonix can turn this esport around.
Although there’s clearly nothing ‘wrong’ to say, the potential for rocket league esports remains in question. Beyond the change in format, perhaps the health restrictions hitting the globe may have hurt the esport. Specifically, Rocket League is one of those esports that failed to host any significant offline events unlike other esports.
In conclusion, we’ll be keeping a watchful eye over Rocket League to see whether or not the needle moves forwards or backwards.
Team Queso have revealed that they are officially parting ways with their Rocket League roster. Their announcement below:
They proved to be the best team in the history of Spain reaching the World Cup, but today we part ways. Best wishes for you future @AtomikRL@DmentZa@VKSailen and @ByJesuxEsP!
Team Queso officially parting ways with Rocket League team – Why?
In the main departure post, Team Queso do not reveal the exact details as to why they are parting ways. However, if we take a look at their recent roster news, we can see that they’ve recently undergone a change and switched back. On the third of July, it was made public that AtomiK was removed from the main lineup, and that the remainingtwo were looking for a replacement. After a week or so, AtomiK unexpectedly returned to the squad, stating that “We’ve got news for you soon”. Here is his tweet below:
Now if we take a good look at the tweet, all he mentions is his team for the next season of RLCS. He does not reveal the organisation’s name, obviously due to them either going independent, or joining a new team.
What’s next?
In their statement, Queso state that they are still committed to Rocket League esports, and will be revealing their latest roster soon. They haven’t hinted as to who they’re going to pick up, but we can expect it to be a strong Spanish squad.
As mentioned in the title above, Karmine Corp have acquired the ex-Vodafone Giants squad. This lineup consists of the following members: Marc “Stake” Bosch, Amine “itachi” Benayachi, and as their coach, Francisco “Arleyobi” González. Now if you’ve counted correctly, we’ve left out one player. That’s because Maëllo “AztraL” Ernst has joined the lineup as a free agent. After departing from Solary in June, he’s been looking for a solid organisation to represent, and it seems like he’s found it.
Here are the former Giants players’ best achievements:
2nd in RLCS Season X – Winter: EU Regional Event 3 – 17th January 2021 – $15,000
3rd at RLCS Season X – Winter: EU Regional Event 1 – 15th November 2020 – $10,000
3rd/4th in RLCS Season X – Spring: EU Regional Event 1 – 14th March 2021 – $8,000
Karmine Corp Enter Rocket League – What’s next?
With this acquisition, Karmine Corp are now involved with 4 popular esport titles: League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, Trackmania, and now, Rocket League. The expansion of this org has been quite something to behold. Just recently, their French LoL roster won the European Masters Spring event. We cannot wait to see what this Rocket League squad will accomplish now that it found a new home.
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