Quick PSA

If you plan on attending the Helix LAN, we suggest players and spectators get hotels and flights as soon as possible.

As the New England Patriots training camp is starting next week, this will likely will cause hotel rates to go up. Flights will get more expensive as the dates go by as well.

Draft Cup Conclusion

Thanks to all the players for participating in the event and everyone who came out to support the fundraiser.

We managed to raise $1,141.48 so far in the cup! Proceeds will go to help cover the expenses of the teams attending the LAN, as well as the production team.

If you are interested in still supporting the LAN, we have a shop here where you can buy LAN merchandise or donate. "Assist Points" are points that can be redeemed and unlocked for each tier in the image below. We are now currently at 1242 assists!

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Thanks to all the players for participating in the event, as well as everyone that came out to support the fundraiser.

We managed to raise $1,141.48 so far in total! Proceeds will go to help cover the expenses of the teams attending the LAN, as well as the production team.

If you are interested in still supporting the LAN, we have a shop here where you can buy LAN merchandise or donate. "Assist Points" are points that can be redeemed and unlocked for each tier in the image below.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/776052661454635008/1000192979190939668/unknown.png

The draft will be starting in about 15 minutes.

Viewers have a steak in this cup as well, having the ability to donate to influence the game. All funds raised will go towards the LAN fundraiser, which helps cover any extra costs incurred by both players and production.

From the teespring page:

It seems to be technically both, depending on the type, quantity, number of colors on the shirt, etc. Everything but the "Overgrown Rocket Launcher" merch design are likely to be DTG since it only has 3 colors, whereas the others have 5 or more colors.

Yes, there will be merch in person. People can also choose pickup as an option during check-out instead of shopping if they want to reserve merch items from shopify (not teespring).

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Image Credits (SFM - Redpanda, Editing - RaosCometh)

RGL Disrupt-n-Draft Cup

The Disrupt-n-Draft cup is a one-day cup featuring the top 4 Invite teams, showing a quick preview of the talent going to the inaugural RGL LAN! Viewers have a stake in this cup as well, having the ability to donate to influence the game. All proceeds will go towards the LAN fundraiser, which helps cover any extra costs incurred by both players and production.

Stream Information

Watch the cup at twitch.tv/rglgg at 8pm EST on Thursday, July 21st, 2022!

Player Information

Top 4 teams will be represented by the following captains

1. Froyotech: B4nny
2. Witness Gaming: Ash
3. Like A G6: Caps
4. The ANGY! Brothers: Kev

Picking will be done in the following order:
4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1

We’ll do a double elimination bracket, as seen here: https://challonge.com/ve993za6

Total of 6 matches, 1 map per match except for GFs which is a best of 3. The map pool will be the current Season 9 RGL map pool. Matches will be played with a modified RGL ruleset, where there will be 30-minute maps with a first-to-five format and a 5-minute round timer.

Donation incentives

DONATE TO INFLUENCE THE GAME!

$1: Play a sound bite on stream
$10: Insta-kill any player (doubles to $20 for the next 5 minutes on that player after it’s initially used)
$10: Random effect on any specific player for 10 seconds
$15: Give a player godmode for 10 seconds
$15: Give a player tiny mann for 10 seconds
$15: give a player uncontrollable jumping for 10 seconds
$15: low gravity on a specific player
$20: grant a player homing projectiles (or increased damage) for 10 seconds (doubles to $40 for next 3 minutes after used)
$20: Give a team crits for 10 seconds
$20: give a player bad sauce for 25 seconds
$30: Force a team into melee mode for 30 seconds!
$50: Spawn a tank on behalf of the team near an enemy player/location of your choosing
$100: Spawn dolphin with a random effect for 3 lives!

Stretch Goals (Cumulative funds raised):
$500 - Auto-balance the teams for the current match! (Teams with captains determine team wins)
$666 - Next Map Halloween Map (Chat vote)

Donations available during the regular fundraiser will also be available.

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LAN Merch

Store

To help fund the LAN, we are launching new t-shirt designs, along with NEW exclusive stickers and pins! Each merch item will be worth a certain number of ‘assists’, which will be used to track donor perks, such as signed merch, posters, and more! There will also be exciting community stretch goals, including a ghost pepper challenge! Check lan.rgl.gg/shop for more info!

lan.rgl.gg

For details regarding the RGL LAN, we have created a splash page with venue information, dates, schedules, and more. More details will be updated as we head towards the start of the event.

lan.rgl.gg for more information about the event.
RGL Discord for LAN-related discussions, announcements, and travel and lodging coordination.
LAN Merch to help support/fund the LAN event.

This article will be a quick update to communicate recent and new developments as we head closer to organizing a LAN for RGL Invite 6s Season 9 Playoffs in 2022.

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Location

23 Patriot Pl, Foxborough, MA 02035
Patriot's Place Website

Helix eSports Patriots Place is a great location with many shopping stores, dining places, and activities around the venue which can be viewed in the link above. The venue will also have bleachers for spectators, as well as the main stage for a better viewing experience.

Confirmed Dates and Structure of Tournament

The RGL LAN will be scheduled to occur on the weekend of August 6th to August 7th (Saturday and Sunday). This will be three weeks after the regular season to allow the playoff teams to prepare by booking flights and hotels. As it is being held on a weekend, it will be a two-day event. Day 1 will cover the first round and semifinals of playoffs. Day 2 will cover the lower bracket finals and grand finals.

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(Note: Schedule might have minor changes prior to the start of LAN)

Fundraiser and LAN Merch!

To help fund the LAN, we are launching new t-shirt designs, along with NEW exclusive stickers and pins! Each merch item will be worth a certain number of ‘assists’, which will be used to track donor perks, such as signed merch, posters, and more! There will also be exciting community stretch goals, including a ghost pepper challenge! Check lan.rgl.gg/shop for more info!

Spectator Passes

Spectator passes will be sold at $20.00 at the venue and will be good for the weekend.

PC and Peripherals

32 Gaming PCs with monitors (headset, mouse, keyboard, and mouse pad provided to every setup as needed). Players are encouraged to bring their own peripherals. Players will be able to import a USB Flash Drive into the PC for custom configs and UI.

Cost

The cost of entry for Invite playoff teams will be free, including access to PCs during the entire two-day tournament. Spectator passes will be $20 for everyone else.

Prize Pool Breakdown

1. $1620
2. $1500
3. $1400
4. $1300

Payouts for the top 4 playoff Invite teams have been adjusted for this LAN season to help cover the team's expenses to attend LAN.

Updates for the upcoming RGL LAN will be moved to here - https://www.teamfortress.tv/61812/rgl-s9-lan-at-patriots-place-august-6-7-2022

Not sure if this is possible, but I would like my alias changed from exa_ --> exa

Thanks in advance.

We are still looking for new members.

As a reminder, one of the minimum qualifications is having ample time to dedicate to thoroughly process and log individual cases and their respective evidence. For that reason, it is expected that you will have to put in a bit of work while working with the rest of the team.

Applications can be found here and by selecting the "Anti-cheat" position in the first box.

Hi all, trials are open again as we enter the Spring 2022 season.

If you are interested in trialing for the Anti-Cheat team, please apply here.

Past articles: RGL LAN Update #1 (7/5/2021)

In this article, we would like to start discussing and communicating an early roadmap to the community for resuming RGL LAN. It should be noted that we have been in ongoing communication with Helix Esports, who is just as eager as we are to host our event, and we still hold our initial deposit. Here are important developments that we would like to share:

• New Venue - Helix Esports Patriot Place

Working with Helix Esports, we have plans to switch to a different venue from the original North Bergen, New Jersey location. The Patriot Place location is located in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Important considerations for making this change included the additions of the main stage, access to any rental computers for teams and staff (rental fees will be covered), streaming equipment/setup, stage setup, and bleachers for spectators. While the cost of the new location is more expensive than the previous location, we have plans to offset the costs through revenue splits with the venue, RGL merch sales, and small league LAN sustainability fees (we will provide updates on this in a future article). Lastly, the new location is also in a more friendly location with many stores and activities to do around the venue.

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• RGL LAN for Invite 6s Playoffs in 2022

We do not yet have an exact date of this event, but after the Invite team leader meeting where we discussed a timeline that would be the most appropriate for this, leaders were strongly in favor of the LAN being scheduled during the summer of 2022. As such, we will aim to have the event held during the summer, as it would not conflict with school and other LAN events that players may have during the spring.

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original article can be found here

As a reminder, applications for the RGL AC team are still open.

If this is still something that interests you, please apply here.

To be clear, there are no new "RGL ping guidelines". There are no new ping guidelines that create a limit of "110 ping" to NA servers.

The rule in question refers to this:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/776052661454635008/887057802877603890/unknown.png

This is an update to the Region rule by reverting it to a previous iteration of the rule that existed in RGL prior to the start of 2021 (the rule itself had existed since the beginning of the league). It is a region cap on the number of non-region players in the North American leagues for RGL (2 for 6s, 3 for HL, etc.). When RGL hosted European and Australian regions in its league, there were region caps on North American players participating in these tournaments as well.

Other leagues such as RSL.tf and UGC also have similar region cap rules:

RSL.tf:

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UGC:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/776052661454635008/887095033927458846/unknown.png

(* UGC making an exception to Colombian / Peruvian players)

The full article, which explains more in detail about why the the rule was reverted can be found here: https://rgl.gg/?a=1566. In a 2020 article, this was also polled where the rule was clarified/explained:

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I am assuming you are referring to the possibility of a captain choosing all the Medics (or of a specific class) during the drafting stage and causing the draft to be aborted. There will be different drafting styles, as well as checks to ensure that this does not happen.

As a notice, I encourage everyone to post feedback and questions in the discussion and feedback thread on the RGL forums, as this will be actively looked at by our developer team and staff. I cannot guarantee that I will be able to respond to all inquiries here.

https://forums.rgl.gg/topic/750/rgl-pugs-discussion-and-feedback

There are a lot more specific details about the pugging system that are not mentioned here but will be done so in a follow-up article.

This site does not only offer exclusive captain draft style picking as you see in PugChamp, but many other types of drafting systems that will be more inclusive to players that may not have a chance to get picked.

As a mention, we will be doing reveals to showcase this to the community. This will be done on streams.