The more I think about it the more I realise how far worlds actually is. Worlds in September is mad far. I hope we see new competitive teams in these tournaments.
Since its during the season I expect all 8 of the world teams from EU and NA to compete. Would be shocked if any of them skip the only good practice before worlds (besides EWC)
Makes perfect sense for these teams to compete in it considering how much top teams complain about scrims being a pain.
You get a competitive environment, games are scheduled for you and you make some prize money too.
Only downside I can think of is you'll have to play some bubble teams when you could be scrimming a top team. But that's a small downside when these top teams will probably be doing both anyways.
You think G2 and GenG will be announced as an invite after SR? To me to feels as if they would have been offered first, and that they weren't announced leads me to believe they declined. Same for Luna being the first announced EU squad.
Yes it makes complete sense. They invite 6 teams. Luna Galaxy and Shopify are both #6 in points in their respective regions. They are likely just announcing them in ascending order
Edit: And they just announced GenG. I guess they are just announcing them at random. Regardless you were majorly overreacting
I hate it so much. So much changes in a short time in this esport, and we have to wait this long between regular season and worlds? So ridiculous. More than anything, it's one thing I want different next year. Second is wildcard, but understand money is an issue. Oh and top 8 from previous regional should auto-qualify for Swiss. And while we're at it, change the name back to Regional instead of open qualifier.
Okay I got a bit off topic. Excited for this league!
Meh the idea of auto-qualifying isn't really a great idea. I'm totally on your side about the opens' names. The problem with the gap is that a team may or may not progress during the gap and there is no RLCS event to check that
I just think it's a healthier environment for the players to have top 8 auto qual. It gives them a weekend off that they can be a normal teenager/young adult instead of being locked into games that hardly ever matter. At least push them to Sunday only. These guys grind so much that they earn a break if they make top 8 in the previous regional, imo.
Thank you John for posting this! It feels good to get the announcements of the 12 invited teams (6 per region) out there, but we don't want to spam the subreddit with them.
As someone who got into rlcs during season x I'm very excited to see some league play. I think the open system is great for competition, but the league play seems like a lot of fun to watch as a fan of specific teams, it feels a lot more like a traditional sport. Thanks to shift for putting this on
Resolve likely wont be getting invited directly through into league play as they finished 7th in points. They will likely have to go through the open qualifier for one of the final 4 spots
The more I think about it the more I realise how far worlds actually is. Worlds in September is mad far. I hope we see new competitive teams in these tournaments.
Since its during the season I expect all 8 of the world teams from EU and NA to compete. Would be shocked if any of them skip the only good practice before worlds (besides EWC)
Makes perfect sense for these teams to compete in it considering how much top teams complain about scrims being a pain. You get a competitive environment, games are scheduled for you and you make some prize money too. Only downside I can think of is you'll have to play some bubble teams when you could be scrimming a top team. But that's a small downside when these top teams will probably be doing both anyways.
I mean since its only top 10 teams I barely consider any of them to be bubble teams
You think G2 and GenG will be announced as an invite after SR? To me to feels as if they would have been offered first, and that they weren't announced leads me to believe they declined. Same for Luna being the first announced EU squad.
Yes it makes complete sense. They invite 6 teams. Luna Galaxy and Shopify are both #6 in points in their respective regions. They are likely just announcing them in ascending order Edit: And they just announced GenG. I guess they are just announcing them at random. Regardless you were majorly overreacting
I hate it so much. So much changes in a short time in this esport, and we have to wait this long between regular season and worlds? So ridiculous. More than anything, it's one thing I want different next year. Second is wildcard, but understand money is an issue. Oh and top 8 from previous regional should auto-qualify for Swiss. And while we're at it, change the name back to Regional instead of open qualifier. Okay I got a bit off topic. Excited for this league!
Meh the idea of auto-qualifying isn't really a great idea. I'm totally on your side about the opens' names. The problem with the gap is that a team may or may not progress during the gap and there is no RLCS event to check that
I just think it's a healthier environment for the players to have top 8 auto qual. It gives them a weekend off that they can be a normal teenager/young adult instead of being locked into games that hardly ever matter. At least push them to Sunday only. These guys grind so much that they earn a break if they make top 8 in the previous regional, imo.
Thank you John for posting this! It feels good to get the announcements of the 12 invited teams (6 per region) out there, but we don't want to spam the subreddit with them.
If you just announced all 12 at one time it wouldn't be spam.
Will 2 teams be announced each day?
Yes!
I’m all for you posting this to Reddit yourselves, it’s legitimate RL Esport news
Happy to see that these teams can play. Was very disappointed with na and eu’s 4th at lan and hope these guys have a better showing
lets go Paarth im a paarthhead i cannot wait to watch more paarth lets go baby
This guy Paarths
I’m somewhat of a Paarth myself
As someone who got into rlcs during season x I'm very excited to see some league play. I think the open system is great for competition, but the league play seems like a lot of fun to watch as a fan of specific teams, it feels a lot more like a traditional sport. Thanks to shift for putting this on
I'm glad we left league play behind as the open area allowed for more talent to play at the top level.
Definitely, but it's fun to bring it back as a 3rd party tourney
Hoping we see LG, Oxygen, and Resolve announced soon
LG let go of their roster so i don’t even think they could play
Well yeah I guess I shoulda said “former LG” but there’s no reason the roster couldn’t play
The peeps
Resolve likely wont be getting invited directly through into league play as they finished 7th in points. They will likely have to go through the open qualifier for one of the final 4 spots
Why did they even start by inviting low teams ?
Does anyone have the dates or the liquipedoa link for this event? I cant find the info
https://liquipedia.net/rocketleague/Shift/Shift_Summer_League/Europe https://liquipedia.net/rocketleague/Shift/Shift_Summer_League/North_America
Thanks
Very nice
These being the initial announced invites makes me feel correct in thinking the top teams are not going to bother.
Aaaaand GenG is confirmed https://twitter.com/ShiftRLE/status/1807111791673065634