Weekend Events
Filed under: General News
First of all a reminder that there will be no RSHL games this Sunday. All HZ matches (RSHL and MSHL) are postponed until their server problems are fixed. Keep reading the blog and Center Ice to keep up with how HZ's server move is going and the current status of RSHL and MSHL. For the first time this post actually covers the whole weekend and not just Sunday.
Beef has brought back his Saturday Practice League. It starts at 3pm EST in Chaos and is open to all current and waiting list Premier League squads. It's a simple single elim knockout format to crown a champion, who then have the option to defend their title the following week. I'm not sure if the old champs Assassins will defend their title or just start with a new tourney. It was very successful when beef first ran it, but it might need a couple of weeks to get going again.
But the big games in Premier happen on Sunday with the Pro semi finals and the start of the IML championship series. Former AML champs StarFire Elite will face off against the (mostly) former Cosmic Rift players in CR Virgins to crown the best intermediate squad in SVS - not something to be sniffed at. It's a very close call. SFE have the experience, but CRV have been playing more consistently in the playoffs. I think this one will go the full three games. Game 1 will start at 4pm EST, with game 2 starting ten minutes after the first game is finished. If a game 3 is needed it will probably be played next weekend.
Pro league is one step behind IML and their semi finals will start this Sunday. BIA & Unhallowed starts at 2est then Assassins will take on The Dark at 7est. As with IML both matches are a three game series. Most people expect Unhallowed and Assassins to cruise through to the final, but BIA and TD have the pilots to throw a spanner in the works if they get a good showing.
Meanwhile in AML the regular season comes to an end with Fly-NDie and StarFire Academy looking favourites to take the top two spots in the standings and make the champion series. But with the make-up round still to come BENCHERS UNITE, ReDS-AML and Skyrakers can still get involved. SFA/BU and ReDS/SR take place at 3est, then FnD and Warlords face off at 5est. The table should be a lot clearer after those games. Check out the Premier League website for all the lastest news.
There's changes in this Sunday's Powerball draft event. With Stagnate unable to host for the next few weeks Phantasmal will take over and will use his map in ?go phant. Everything else will stay the same. Sign-ups will open at 6.30pm EST. Just enter SSCX Powerball and follow the instructions on the welcome message. The draft will start at 8.30est and then the games will start at 9est. The draft is open to anyone.
With the announcement of the WZ Invitational this week expect a bigger turnout at the WZL Scrim. The action starts at 8pm EST in ?go league in SSCX Warzone CTF. The scrims are still player-based and not squad-based, which means anyone can jump in and play. Also there's scrims held through the week at 10est on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
If like me you try to extend your weekend as far as it will go, then you'll also like to know about RZJPL this Tuesday at 9pm EST. 9-Volt has been doing a lot of work recently and it's well worth showing up for.
If you want to add you own Subspace event, or point out anything happening in SVS that I've missed use the comments.
First of all a reminder that there will be no RSHL games this Sunday. All HZ matches (RSHL and MSHL) are postponed until their server problems are fixed. Keep reading the blog and Center Ice to keep up with how HZ's server move is going and the current status of RSHL and MSHL. For the first time this post actually covers the whole weekend and not just Sunday.
Beef has brought back his Saturday Practice League. It starts at 3pm EST in Chaos and is open to all current and waiting list Premier League squads. It's a simple single elim knockout format to crown a champion, who then have the option to defend their title the following week. I'm not sure if the old champs Assassins will defend their title or just start with a new tourney. It was very successful when beef first ran it, but it might need a couple of weeks to get going again.
But the big games in Premier happen on Sunday with the Pro semi finals and the start of the IML championship series. Former AML champs StarFire Elite will face off against the (mostly) former Cosmic Rift players in CR Virgins to crown the best intermediate squad in SVS - not something to be sniffed at. It's a very close call. SFE have the experience, but CRV have been playing more consistently in the playoffs. I think this one will go the full three games. Game 1 will start at 4pm EST, with game 2 starting ten minutes after the first game is finished. If a game 3 is needed it will probably be played next weekend.
Pro league is one step behind IML and their semi finals will start this Sunday. BIA & Unhallowed starts at 2est then Assassins will take on The Dark at 7est. As with IML both matches are a three game series. Most people expect Unhallowed and Assassins to cruise through to the final, but BIA and TD have the pilots to throw a spanner in the works if they get a good showing.
Meanwhile in AML the regular season comes to an end with Fly-NDie and StarFire Academy looking favourites to take the top two spots in the standings and make the champion series. But with the make-up round still to come BENCHERS UNITE, ReDS-AML and Skyrakers can still get involved. SFA/BU and ReDS/SR take place at 3est, then FnD and Warlords face off at 5est. The table should be a lot clearer after those games. Check out the Premier League website for all the lastest news.
There's changes in this Sunday's Powerball draft event. With Stagnate unable to host for the next few weeks Phantasmal will take over and will use his map in ?go phant. Everything else will stay the same. Sign-ups will open at 6.30pm EST. Just enter SSCX Powerball and follow the instructions on the welcome message. The draft will start at 8.30est and then the games will start at 9est. The draft is open to anyone.
With the announcement of the WZ Invitational this week expect a bigger turnout at the WZL Scrim. The action starts at 8pm EST in ?go league in SSCX Warzone CTF. The scrims are still player-based and not squad-based, which means anyone can jump in and play. Also there's scrims held through the week at 10est on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
If like me you try to extend your weekend as far as it will go, then you'll also like to know about RZJPL this Tuesday at 9pm EST. 9-Volt has been doing a lot of work recently and it's well worth showing up for.
If you want to add you own Subspace event, or point out anything happening in SVS that I've missed use the comments.
