Korky finally decided to be somewhat photogenic for once

Demo so I can yell at my teammates.

My dog Korky

Very dependable and consistent spy. Gets the rights picks at the right times. He’s also been playing the game forever so he knows what’s going wrong and what needs to change in the team. Great player, pick him up

@gobitoe said in We need more game modes: a discussion:

How many of you guys have actually played CTF? How many of you guys have actually tried PL race?

I personally believe that these 2 formats would not work for HL due to the nature of HL. Payload Race is a fun 12v12 or 16v16 game mode with multiple combos to do different things, reducing it to 9v9 seems very unfun.

@vibeisveryo said in We need more game modes: a discussion:

UGC HL had an 8 week season. What if RGL seasons included an “exp week” which doesn’t count for match points and on which a half of two experimental maps was played?

Back in the day UGC used to have a “Week 0” match where it would be a new map that gave no MP and had no effect on the Week 1 placements. While I do think this would be interesting to have, most teams just ignored that week to scrim the normal maps of the season. The issue is giving some incentive to play Week 0.

I think the mode that can be expanded on for HL is 5CP. I will never understand why Gully is considered the “go-to” 5CP HL map. It always devolved into one team capping mid then each team would stare at each other through a tiny choke for 5 minutes until someone gets bored, screws up a push and then something happens. Also pushing into 9 players on that tiny last point was absolutely cancer.

@gobitoe said in We need more game modes: a discussion:

(go boot up cp_science, I dare you)

how dare you talk shit about cp_science, that map is a relic and should be treasured

@patrick ight bet

also one more of my dog

I love my good friend Spades Slick

gg home depot

Week 1 (9/20): pl_vigil_rc7
Week 2 (9/27): koth_ashville_rc2d
Week 3 (10/4): pl_upward
Week 4 (10/11): koth_lakeside_r2
Week 5 (10/18): pl_swiftwater_final
Week 6 (10/25): koth_product_final
Week 7 (11/1): cp_steel_f5a

HL Admin Roster

• Head Admin: WiLLmaTiC
• Invite Admin: ire
• Advanced Admin and Mod: Joey Lemons and Bert
• Main Admin and Mod: Rebel and Spazz
• IM Admin and Mod: Icy and grey
• Amateur Admin and Mod: Charizard and ygrrt
• Newcomer Admin and Mod: Powerpuker and Kitty

Roster Size

After some internal discussion, we have decided to increase the roster size back to 18 players. In addition to this change, a rule update has been made regarding being rostered on a team.

This rule update means regardless of your role on the team (main, substitute, or roster rider) if you were rostered on the team, it will be taken into consideration when team placement and class restrictions are done.

“Refresh” Maps

Group players have been working to modernize and optimize maps used in competitive play. These “Refresh” maps have changes such as but not limited to clipping fixes, bug fixes, and optimizations. An important point to note is the only time a gameplay change is made to a refresh map is with explicit approval from the map’s original creator. This season we will be using the latest version of the cp_steel refresh, cp_steel_f5a. Click HERE to download it.

Playoff Structure

Due to the issues regarding playoffs last season (teams dying and the playoff structure not reflecting the number of teams in the division fast enough) we have decided to remove the playoff shading from the League Standings table for all divisions except Invite. As a general rule of thumb, the top 4 teams are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs.

Here are the current playoff structures for each division. Please keep in mind these are tentative and are SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

• Invite: Top 4 Double Elimination
• Advanced: Top 6 Single Elimination
• Main: Top 8 Single Elimination
• IM: Top 8 Single Elimination
• Amateur: Top 8 Single Elimination
• Newcomer: Top 8 Single Elimination

Challenger

Let’s talk about the elephant in the room, Challenger. As many of you are aware Challenger will not be returning for Season 10. Initially, Challenger was created as an overflow division for low Invite teams that did not make the invite cut to use their roster without restrictions, and for the high advanced teams that could keep up with the low Invite teams. In reality, the low Invite teams decided to play Challenger instead of Invite together for easier matches. Many of these issues were also seen when 6s added its “Div-1” and “Div-2”. After the removal of both divisions, large improvements were seen to the health in Invite in the following seasons.

With the removal of Challenger, a discussion was had regarding the format of Advanced. The admins concluded that Advanced will be a 12 team Swiss with a Top 6 Single Elimination Playoff Bracket. The Swiss structure over Round Robin was decided as having Advanced Round Robin will both upset Advanced teams that are now either pushed out into Main or having to fight to stay in Advanced. Also, with how often teams die, a team dying in Round Robin has the potential to cause major issues if a team dies early in the season.

Season 10 Map List

• cp_steel_f5a
• pl_upward
• pl_vigil_rc7
• pl_swiftwater_final
• koth_product_fina
• koth_ashville_rc2d
• koth_lakeside_r2

original article link: https://rgl.gg/?r=24&a=1581

Announcing RGL Highlander - Season 10

Banner by Frazzanator & Raos

Register for Season 10 Here

Important Season 10 dates

• New Team Registration Open: August 21st
• Invite and Advanced registration Ends: September 8th
• General Registration Ends: September 10th
• Qualifiers (if needed): September 11th & September 12th
• Division placements finalized, week 1 matches scheduled: September 17th
• Invite Fees Due: September 20th (Time extension is given for qualifier teams.)
• Regular Season: September 20th – November 8th (7 Weeks)
• Roster Locks: October 31st
• Playoffs Start: November 15th
• Last possible date for playoff matches: December 13th

Confirmed Maps

• pl_swiftwater_final1
• cp_steel (New Steel Refresh update may potentially be used.)
• pl_upward
• pl_vigil_rc7
• koth_ashville_rc2d
• koth_product_final

The final map for the rotation will be released after the RGL Highlander Season 9 Postseason Survey results are processed.

A quick note about Challenger

For the time being, Challenger has been removed. More information regarding this will be in the season changes article.

original article: https://rgl.gg/?r=24&a=1555

@scaredy-bat said in PSA for teams trying to play Invite and Challenger:

Oh, and fwiw, S8 Adv qualifiers was pick/ban all three matches, just for Historical Context.

This is what I am leaning toward having all the qualifiers be. More info, like map list (but not order), will be in my next article. I’m hoping to have it out after the map cup to discuss the results of the Season 8 survey, how the map cup results are at the time of writing, and a few other topics with HL.

Matches is a really cool gamer and a pleasure to hang out with. She’s been trying to grind out scout super hard and definitely deserves a shot with a good advanced roster.

Even though S9 had an awful season civ was awesome to play with. I would definitely recommend picking him up!

Dude has some REALLY good DM, but I think the jump from Main to Challenger may be a bit too big gamesense wise. He will absolutely crush Advanced

Korky finally decided to be somewhat photogenic for once

Hi looking for a Challenger team for S9. I come with a server and a mumble. Regardless of Seductive 9’s awful performance, I was able to keep up with the low invite snipers that were in the division.

I may be making a team (again weeeeee) but I want to keep my options open

gg yeye, was a fun spy debut