Twitch Rivals just started a newValorantseries with eight teams composed of popular streamers, with the prize pool totaling $50,000. The roster for each team varies, but there are some namesValorantfans may notice.
Each of theTwitch RivalsValorantteams consists of five total players, some of which are professional esports players, but most are not. Each of the players has been playing and streamingValorantsince the game’s Beta back in 2020. The tournament format is Round Robin, Best-of-3 Matches, with four teams playing in two different groups. The top three teams from each group advance, while the playoffs will be Best-of-3 Matches in a 6-team Single Elimination Bracket. The event will run over the course of three different days: February 24th, March 3rd, and March 10th.
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The teams are all named after their team captains, though there is currently no additional information available on the process of team formation or captain selection. As far as theprize poolgoes, each team will earn $1000 per match win and $1000 for placing 3rd or 4th, $1400 for placing 2nd, and $2000 for coming in 1st place overall.
Members: aceu, TenZ, blaustoise, kyedae, Red
Members: RayC, nvK, tenzin, harmful, ezpk
Members: FearItsSelf, keeoh, granted, ispotyoudrop, rongchotv
Members: Tiffae, ricesoo, Pterodactylsftw, yassuo, flexinja
Members: ploo, deky, Jake’N’Bake, agito, kyro
Members: moczy, SmaceTRON, ludwig, n0thing, byung
Members: QuarterJade, Masayoshi, starsmittens, joshizzle, Hira
Player Breakdowns
Thirty-three of the thirty-nine players hail from theUnited States;Kyedae, Kyro, Red, Shiphtur, TenZ are from Canada; and Tiffae is from Taiwan. The groups have been split into Group A, containing Team ploo, Team Sonii, Team QuarterJade, and Team FearItSelf. Group B consists of Team Aceu, Team RayC, Team Tiffae, and Team moczy.
A majority of the Twitch Rivals participants are amateur players who have been streamingValorantsince its public beta. When it comes to the fewprofessional players, the fourteen players play for the following esports teams:
These players are not representing their respectiveesports teams duringValorantTwitch Rivals.
About Twitch Rivals
Twitch Rivals puts streamers from the platform in head-to-head competition in some of the biggest esports on Twitch. There are currently over 100 events happening across 200+ days in 2021. Some of thegames featured on Twitch RivalsareFortnite,Rocket League,Minecraft,Valorant,Chess,Counterstrike Global-Offensive, andFall Guys. Some competitions offer foreign language broadcasts on localized Twitch Rivals channels.
