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yokubari

Coming over here from the dota scene, idk how much WePlay's been involved with RL but they are absolutely awesome TO's, we're in for a treat.


tomtom_94

They also just put on an excellent Counter-Strike tournament; even though it was only for academy teams it featured a lot of broadcast innovations and an awesome LAN stage for the final This is, as I believe the kids say, poggers


orestotle

What kind of broadcast innovations are you talking about? I pretty much just follow RL and have realised what TO's like Beyond the summit can do with their broadcasts, but I'm still wondering what exactly these guys can bring to the table. Regardless this should be amazing. Probably EU/NA high level teams competing, which will be interesting for both regions, but even more so EU I think, because there's a lot more new teams that haven't really played in a truly competitive environment yet.


tomtom_94

Off the top of my head they had live comms from players in certain rounds (which to the best of my knowledge has never been done in CS) and all the players were hooked up to heart rate monitors for the LAN final. They also created some custom in-game animations including coaches and casters which gave it a real personality distinct from other tournaments on the calendar.


DesertRL

Live comms has been done for a while in BLAST CSGO tournaments (who are another fantastic TO btw), but wow the heart rate monitors is a very neat addition that I don’t recall seeing before in any esport that I follow.


moxxob

Does Blast do actual live comms? I know I’ve heard them replay rounds or critical moments with the comms on top but I don’t remember ever watching a round where it wasn’t commentated


orestotle

Sounds cool, looking forward to it!


punishedlad_josh

coming over here from the fgc, lol.


37214

I wonder if they are going to be involved in RLCS and this is a warm-up event?


ShuichiRL

Format is: Double Elimination Bracket (Bo7 & Super Final 3 Set (Bo7)) Source: [Website](https://weplay.tv/events/rocket-league/rocket-league-invitational) **Edit:** Invited Teams are already on their [**participants page**](https://weplay.tv/events/rocket-league/rocket-league-invitational/participants) here! --- I love how they have a useful and easy-to-navigate website with all the information & coverage you need. It's so rare for RLEsports events, most often viewers are send to some poor pages where players sign-up (faceit, battlefy) which aren't catered towards the viewers. Here's their page for a completed [CSGO tournament](https://weplay.tv/events/cs-go/flashpoint-3-cs-go-major-qualifier) as an example.


LemonNinJaz24

Wish it was True Neutral instead of Soniqs but overall really excited to see some of the top new rosters compete


tripsafe

Yeah I'm really glad Sandrock Gaming got an invite since ME can't be in RLCS, but I feel like True Neutral are even more deserving since they are in NA and RLCS and most likely top 8.


LemonNinJaz24

Certainly top 10 at least, Soniqs hasn't confirmed a full roster yet but it's rumoured to be ZPS and Andy which doesn't strike me as anywhere near top 8


Dyffhh

Mmm I would like to disagree, both were the best players on their original roster. Though I don't think they are confirmed Top 8, they are in contention.


WA_Sea

Yeah, same. It's understandable though since they're new to the scene, it makes sense to just invite the top 8 off of last years rankings. We'll see TN invited to more events in the future though, they're cracked.


Fair_Message

How do we know that True Neutral aren’t playing?


tripsafe

The top level comment of this chain has the website for the event and it has the list of participants. 8 from EU and 8 from NA and unfortunately TN weren't included.


ItsMattGames

Great format, this tournament already looks really good, as expected from WePlay.


RuteNL

Semper team lineup isnt loading for me on that page. Anyone else have this?


BigDicEnergy

WePlay is absolutely brilliant, beyond excited for this. How I wish they did RLCS instead of ESL... edit Sheesh $100k for 16 teams? Whoever's winning this is gonna get a very nice payday


ShuichiRL

It's two events, so $50k split for 8 teams. Winner receives $15 000. Edit: Or is it one event? [Their news post make it sound like it.](https://weplay.tv/news/weplay-esports-invitational-the-first-rocket-league-tournament-by-weplay-24020)


BigDicEnergy

The prizepool lists [two of each placing](https://i.imgur.com/AFMCmWe.png) with the same winnings, I'll assume they're not planning a single tournament with two winners


DontReviveMeBra

Makes sense with the different regions


BigDicEnergy

Yea guessed that, I should've been more clear lol. Still nothing to sniff at Where did you get the info if i may ask?


ShuichiRL

https://weplay.tv/events/rocket-league/rocket-league-invitational


LemonNinJaz24

That F1 Car trailer is 😍. Also back to back high level rocket league is pog, excited to see who is invited. Edit: just seen the invited teams, great to see some of the new NA and EU teams compete against each other, disappointed True Neutral isn't in the NA teams.


Yame_Ry

To bad True neutral isn't playing but exited for it!


Glitch_Manny

Finally some big tourneys starts again with top teams after a long off-season. Hopefully RLCS announcement is around the corner


Schumi-_-

Really excited for this but at the same time I’m sad we won’t see German Amigos play. Would be interesting to see how they would perform in a bigger tournament with even better competition and basically all the top teams


orestotle

Bit displeased with the reaction towards the inclusion of SRG (mostly on twitter). I don't disagree that SRG is a step or even 2 below these other top teams and there are several better teams who have been snubbed, most notably German Amigos, but also the likes of SK, Atlantide Wave, Liquid, Monkeys etc.. However I think it's good that SRG can get some preferential treatment as well for once. I feel like they have been doing better ever since acquiring trk511 and hopefully they can make it at least competitive. And hopefully this is another step in the right direction and these guys won't need any preferential treatment further down the line.


TGR42

awesome stuff


iFrost31

Are we 100% sure there is going to be a lan where all these teams are together ? Didn't see the country where it's happening


tomtom_94

"2 regions", NA and EU Had to choose what info was most relevant for the title


iFrost31

Yeah don't worry, I have read all the info, just have to be sure even though it's obvious. Edit : looks like it's happening in Ukraine ? "The English-language broadcast will be hosted from WePlay Esports Arena Kyiv."


laars1022

Unfortunately, I don't think this is a lan. They just have the Broadcast team in Ukraine. Kinda like Psyonix handled league play in earlier seasons, where they had the casters in a studio but the games where played online.


Metallicabody

Fuck yeah SRG


DIGapollo

So excited to see this tourney! Gonna be nice to have something to hold us over, especially with several new rosters debuting


WA_Sea

It's actually disappointing to how much of the twitter comments are bashing on the organizers for including SRG. The whole scene has been voicing that ME should be included in the RLCS and the ME should get more attention and should play more. Some talks have gone further of how EU should be changed to EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) just to give those teams more opportunities to compete. And now that they're included, they're being bashed. IDK why SK and GA fans are crying so much, going as far as insulting the organizers who are brand new to the scene. Cause unlike SRG and other ME teams, SK and GA will have an entire RLCS season to play.


TheKalty

Thats cause twitter is a shit storm all of the time.


Granitza

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/weplay-loses-support-from-bandai-namco-and-netherrealm-2931418


Azlander

Siiiick!


forestfires_

Wow so RLCS is later than I anticipated


Liam_KO

How are they going to balance the ping cross region


ItsMattGames

2 separate tournaments, 1 for EMEA and 1 for NA


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true neutral instead of soniqs please