This time around, the 10th-place team in the RLCS will automatically be relegated to the Rival Series, while the 1st-place Rival Series team will be added to the RLCS. TJ Denzer is a player with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. ✍️: https://t.co/DdqMKrwDSF pic.twitter.com/O3ZaUPz9uE, — Rocket League Esports (@RLEsports) December 13, 2019. Signup for a Free Account. Click on the image to get to our Patreon page. “Due to worldwide health concerns surrounding the developing situation around the Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are canceling the Rocket League Season 9 World Championship live event as scheduled from April 24-26 in Dallas, Texas. Hopefully they still play out the season and just do the championships online. Players in the Oceania and South American regions will be excited to hear that Psyonix will have a $75,000 regular season prize pool and $35,000 for the Grand Series final.

The 8th/9th-place RLCS teams and 2nd/3rd-place Rival Series teams will compete in the promotion tournament in North America and Europe. We understand that this is frustrating, but health and safety will always be our top priority.”. According to the official rules, open qualifiers will take place on January 18, 20, 22, and 25 ahead of the play-in tournament on February 1. Check it out and if you have questions feel free to ask us via the RLCS Facebook and Twitter. This time around, the 10th-place team in the RLCS will automatically be relegated to the Rival Series, while the 1st-place Rival Series team will be added to the RLCS. Incidentally, RLCS Season 9 is the first season since the Season 1 qualifiers that a team ended in first place without NRG’s Garett “GarettG” Gordon or Cloud9’s Kyle “Torment” Storer in the lineup. for 100+ publications since 2006. Stay tuned to Rocketeers for our coverage of the Season 8 World Championship this weekend, along with any other Season 9 news that emerges! He is also currently the Content Lead for The Esports Journal magazine and has written about games, gadgets, etc. Psyonix uses cookies on this site. Furthermore, the blog states that alternatives to the live World Champion event will be determined, but no information is available on the matter just yet. Though many events have been affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus, including E3 2020 and GDC 2020, esports in particular have taken a big hit.

Statistics of matches, teams, languages and platforms. RLCS Season 9 World Championship canceled over coronavirus worries. Shacknews will share more info on new events relating to the RLCS Season 9 finals as it becomes available. Shacknews Mercury subscription service relaunches, ASTRO Gaming reveals Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War A10 headset, Kirby Fighters 2 delivers fighting puffballs today on Switch, Rock Band 4 owners have until December to import Rock Band 3, Among Us 2 canceled so devs can focus on Among Us 1, RLCS Season 9 World Championship canceled over coronavirus worries. NRG’s Turbopolsa: the three-time RLCS champ checks in from boot camp, Dignitas coach Virge on rebuilding with a winning mentality and their chances at Worlds, Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) World Championship. “At Psyonix, we take the safety of our competitive players, fans, and personnel very seriously,” the statement reads. A peak of over 200,000 live viewers tuned in for the season eight finale between reigning champs Renault Vitality and NRG, where NRG won with an overtime goal. The start of the first weekend of RLCS Season 9 league play. We’re not even done with Season 8 yet, but today at the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) World Championship in Madrid, Psyonix announced that RLCS Season 9 will begin early in 2020. Sign-ups for the Rival Series open qualifiers have started now, and it won’t be long before action gets underway. RLCS will share as soon as updates on any new events become available.

New to Shacknews? Due to the success of the Rocket League Rival Series last year, which featured a 10-team format, RLCS will be following suit by adding two additional team slots to allow more NA and European talent to be introduced.

Sign up now for #RLCS Season 9! The official Rocket League Twitch channel from Psyonix Studios! You can also find him on Twitter @JohnnyChugs. Get ready to start your engines, Rocket League fans. The last season of the RLCS was one of the most successful in Rocket League’s history. The last season of the RLCS was one of the most successful in Rocket League’s history. Detailed viewers statistics of RLCS Season 9: North America, Rocket League. With that out of the way, here are the EU RLCS Season 9 roster changes.