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It’s been a few weeks since the inaugural season of the Rocket League Championship Series came to a close in spectacular fashion. Over one million viewers tuned in to watch iBP Cosmic become the first-ever RLCS World Champions. It was an incredible moment for Rocket League, the players, and our community who has worked tirelessly to make Rocket League the future of esports.

After that special moment, we got right back to work on making Season 2 even better. The first order of business: gathering feedback from the community, players and organizations around the globe.

BIGGER PRIZES
First on the list of feedback was the prize pool and how we rewarded our professional players. Our inaugural season was a huge success with a prize pool of $75,000 and Season 2 is coming back even BIGGER! This time the teams from North America and Europe will be competing for a total prize pool of over $250,000!

NEW FORMAT
The main piece of feedback we received was that the format was overly complicated. For Season 2 we are streamlining the process; We’re getting rid of the two-split system and the weighted points, and moving to something a little more standard. Here’s how it works:

OPEN QUALIFIER >> LEAGUE PLAY >> REGIONAL PLAYOFFS >> GRAND FINALS
Much like Season 1, teams will compete in the Open Qualifier until only the top-eight teams per region remain.

The top-eight teams qualify for a spot in League Play, a four-week group stage using the Round-Robin format.
Matches during League Play will be a best-of-five series
Team standings are decided by series wins during League Play.
The top-six teams after League Play qualify for the Regional Playoffs, a two-week bracket to determine the final four teams per region. Both regions will be represented in the Grand Finals.
The top two teams after League Play get an automatic bye into the top four and clinch a spot in the Grand Finals.
The remaining teams will be placed in a double-elimination bracket to find the remaining two teams to clinch a Grand Finals spot.
And there you have it — the first look at the new and improved Season 2! We’ll have even more information coming as we move closer to Kick-Off Weekend. For teams interested in making a run for the championship, mark your calendars…

Registration opens on August 24th!

Rules

Schedule:
North American Region
Open Qualifier ­ Week 1 (September 10)
Open Qualifier ­ Week 2 (September 17)
League Play ­ Week 1 (September 24)
League Play ­ Week 2 (October 1)
League Play ­ Week 3 (October 15)
League Play ­ Week 4 (October 22)
North America Regional Playoffs ­ Week 1 (November 5)
North America Regional Playoffs ­ Week 2 (November 12)
Grand Finals (TBA)

European Region
Open Qualifier ­ Week 1 (September 11)
Open Qualifier ­ Week 2 (September 18)
League Play ­ Week 1 (September 25)
League Play ­ Week 2 (October 2)
League Play ­ Week 3 (October 16)
League Play ­ Week 4 (October 23)

Europe Regional Playoffs ­ Week 1 (November 6)

Europe Regional Playoffs ­ Week 2 (November 13)

Grand Finals (TBA)Prize Pool Breakdown:
Actual prize pool is $231,000:
The Tournament will award Two Hundred Thirty One Thousand US Dollars ($231,000 USD) at the Tournament in total
All teams making it out of Open Qualifiers awarded $500 per match in League Play, totalling to $3,500 per team:
After League Play, League Teams will each be awarded Five Hundred US Dollars ($500) per match played as a prize for qualifying at that level, for a total prize per League Team of Three Thousand Five Hundred US Dollars ($3,500)

Regional Playoffs (NA/EU)
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
$10,000 $6,500 $4,000 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000

World Championship
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th - 6th 7th- 8th
$50,000 $25,000 $15,000 $10,000 $7,500 $5,000
Other Notes:
Open Qualifiers will be best-of-five matches
League Play is four weeks of a single round-robin, so seven games per day. Hopefully this means every match will be streamed.

 

[I3rand0]

My team got DQ'ed last season because we had a mix of NA and Euro players. Disappointing to see this isn't fixed.

 

[Cess007]

Yes! Time to practice and see if my team can make it to the 4th round this time.

 

[CountAntonius]

Added rules and prize payouts. Lot to go around this time.

 

[Trace]

My team got DQ'ed last season because we had a mix of NA and Euro players. Disappointing to see this isn't fixed.

It is what it is :/

They want the two regions to be separate until the finals.

 

[telasoman]

I just hope it doesnt get as complicated and drama filled like LoL LCS did.

The LCS was the worst thing to happen to LoL imo.

 

[v1lla21]

Might try it out this year even though I'm not that good.

 

[CountAntonius]

Might try it out this year even though I'm not that good.

Worth doing. We managed to win a series last time around.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

Kinda wish I had a team to compete. I wasn't expecting it to come around again straight after the last one finished. Oh well, hopefully by next season I'll have stumbled my way into a team invite, I'm getting better but I don't think I stand out enough to be getting team invites yet. Gotta keep practicing!

 

[v1lla21]

Worth doing. We managed to win a series last time around.

Nice.

Yeah, gonna see if anyone wants to team up but I got to practice on PC first.

 

[Tunavi]

Love this game and it's dev support

 

[v1lla21]

Love this game and it's dev support

I love you.

 

[demosthenes]

Yeeeeeees.

I loved watching these games. Quick fixes compared to LoL/Dota2/SC2 and tons of skill.

 

[ricen-beans]

So basically more prizes for "IBuyPower". Got it.

When I see how good the top tier teams are, I think to myself "why even bother"

 

[FaintColt388301]

Season 1 finals were great to watch. Happy to see it's continued support. I'm excited for more.

 

[Lighthouse]

Free ScrubKilla!

So excited to season 2 is coming so soon!

 

[v1lla21]

So basically more prizes for "IBuyPower". Got it.

When I see how good the top tier teams are, I think to myself "why even bother"

You should bother. Even if you don't end up #1 you can still make monies.

 

[Grinchy]

So basically more prizes for "IBuyPower". Got it.

When I see how good the top tier teams are, I think to myself "why even bother"

Most teams don't have a chance but there are a handful that do. It's not a complete gimme for IBP

 

[CountAntonius]

Most teams don't have a chance but there are a handful that do. It's not a complete gimme for IBP

That and the money is spread around pretty good this time around. Lot of team getting paid.

 

[ErichWK]

So basically more prizes for "IBuyPower". Got it.

When I see how good the top tier teams are, I think to myself "why even bother"

Believe in the me that believes in you, holmie. After following Smash Bros, competitively.. major upsets happen all the time..and out of nowhere players rise up a lot to be kings. YOU CAN DO IT!

 

[Lazulic]

lets fucking go

 

[pager99]

Im up for it,id anyone is making a team count me in and im quite useful too