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RGL Logo.png
Basic Information
Full name:
Recharge Gaming League
Founder:
Head Admin:
Current Season:
Links
Website Website 2 Steam Group Twitter YouTube Channel Discord Twitch Stream
History
Created:
2017

RGL (Recharge Gaming League) is a North American League, supporting Highlander and 6v6 with full seasons, Prolander (7v7) PUGs on their Discord, and formerly supporting No Restriction 6s. It is currently the only league to have ever run Prolander. It is currently the premier North American league for both competitive sixes and competitive Highlander.

History

A number of figures in the Highlander community were playing with the idea of having a class limit of 1 in 6v6 to force the usage of situational classes in competitive. This eventually led to the Challenge Cup in late 2016, a cup with $2,000 USD in prizes which was meant to be 6v6 but was changed to Prolander in the last minute. Sigafoo later created RGL as a league specifically aimed at 7v7. It had a prize pool of $4,000 USD in its opening season, which attracted many high level ESEA Invite players to the league. Prolander was the main format until the first season of Highlander was announced in July of 2018. The league started to become more and more popular, eventually becoming the premier North American Highlander league. Finally, RGL's 6v6 league was introduced in late 2019 after the discontinuation of ESEA's TF2 leagues.

Formats and Divisions

RGL traditionally runs three seasons a year in the Highlander and 6v6 formats, with cups ran typically between seasons that are used to either bring in new players with Newbie Cups, test out new maps with Map Cups, or have other cups such as the No Restriction 6s Chucklenuts Cup. Each season generally runs through the Spring, Summer, and Fall. Teams are placed into skill divisions based on the combined experience on the roster. Currently, those divisions are as follows:

  • Newcomer for players who are completely new to competitive TF2;
  • Amateur for players who are not necessarily new but are generally inexperienced;
  • Intermediate for players who understand the essentials and are trying to refine their gameplay;
  • Main for players who are considered very experienced;
  • Advanced, for players who are experts at the game; and
  • Invite for the best of the best.

There are also other divisions that were onced used to further divide teams:

  • Div-1 and Div-2 replaced Advanced in seasons 3 and 4 of Sixes;
  • Challenger was a division between Advanced and Invite in Seasons 8 and 9 of Highlander; and
  • Amateur Prime as a second division between Amateur and Intermediate in Sixes Season 1.

RGL notably combined the Main and Advanced divisions into Div-1 for Sixes Season 13 due to lower team count. This combination resulted in the season being delayed by a week, starting on the 24th of September 2023. This Div-1 has the same fees as Main, and uses a weekly map structure like Main and below, making it a non-pick/ban division.

The regular season consists of one match per week for Newcomer and Amateur, and two matches per week for Intermediate and higher, with teams playing against opponents with a similar win/loss streak. For Newcomer to Main, each week's matches are played on a specific map that changes each week. For Advanced and Invite, each match's map is decided via a pick-ban process.

Each division also has fees for joining or moving teams in higher level divisions that are used to fund prize pools and keep the league running. These fees typically start at Intermediate and get more expensive for higher divisions; this is somewhat compensated for by higher prize pools.

Playoffs consist of either the Top 4, Top 6, Top 8, or Top 16 teams in a division, and are played either as a single-elimination or double-elimination bracket depending on division's skill level. All playoff matches are played in a Best of 3 format, with the exception of some division's Grand Finals. In Invite and Advanced 6v6, the Grand Finals is a best of 5 where the team entering from the upper bracket starts with a map advantage. In Invite and Advanced Highlander, the Grand Finals is a best of 3 match where if the team entering from the lower bracket wins the best of 3, they cause a bracket reset and need to win a second best of 3 to win the Finals.

Games on any given map are played in multiple halves, with win conditions differing depending on the game type:

  • On 5CP maps, halves are played for a maximum of 30 minutes each. The first half ends either when the time is up, or a team reaches 3 rounds won. The second half ends when time is up, or a team reaches 5 'total' rounds won. If time runs out in the second half, the team with the most rounds won will win. If the score is tied, the game proceeds to a Golden Cap, which is a single round with no time limit. Whoever wins the Golden Cap wins the match.
  • On King of the Hill maps, each half when one team wins 2 rounds. The game ends when one team reaches 4 total round wins.
  • Attack/Defend and Payload maps are played as best of 3 stopwatch rounds. Teams alternate between attacking and defending every round, and each team defends once in a half. The round is won by whichever team captures the most points the fastest.

Highlander (9v9)

Highlander is traditionally played on Payload and King of the Hill maps, with a notable exception of cp_steel as the sole Attack/Defend map. It has only been offered by RGL in North America.

Hall of Fame
Season NA Invite Champion NA Challenger NA Advanced Champion NA Main Champion NA Intermediate Champion NA Open Champion NA Newcomer Champion
Season 1 IRENE Heals On Everyone Gotta Blast ANTHRAX barcode-HL
Season 2 Knd Icon.png Kids Next Door Amicitia Nova Home Depot eSports Frag2Play The Enthusiasts
Season 3 Knd Icon.png Kids Next Door Super Handsome Inteligent Team As foretold by Rayman5000 Utopia Turned Dystopian UwUntu
Season 4 TF icon.png Fred V: TBWTRos marker and e-boy dog Digga-Leg Fan Club Boom! Roasted
Season 5 Knd Icon.png Kids Next Door I Hate Mondays perc30 The Kaboom Kollective shinyCIA
Season 6 Man Crush Monday Icon.png Man Crush Monday Single Drop Crit Sandvich Yeye The Knights of Ni Mistigris
Season 7 Memento Mori The Dojo Yeye Scatman's World femboi friday Based Department
Season 8 Hood Naruto My RGL Profits Have Declined Gorilla Warfare teeklander Broken Mice Bagels and Donuts Titanic Swim Team
Season 9 Don't Press Tab Amigos dos Amigos :3 esports Zipf's Law Viva Pintata Toasted Bagels Blitz Right Back
Season 10 Hood Naruto say our heavy's name China National TF2 Team BigBrainComp? RuPaul's Frag Race 6's Expedition Team
Season 11 WISH MODE FroggieLand.com Train Station (JV) Lost in Walmart LA Losers Wielders of Clownic Tome
Season 12 4500 ##RR yeehaw Ceviche de tiburon Ballin' On A Budget foog fighters
Season 13 Team Fun Happi go Lucki BigBrainComp? Dustbowl Connoisseurs BOZOTECH Swiig1ty's Squad
Season 14 League of Lemons all class world tour mommy men checking in Djungelskog EGO rat inta gib
Map Pool History
Season Map List
Season 1
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Vigil1
Vigil.jpg
Cascade1
Cascade.jpg
Warmtic1
Warmtic.jpg
Season 2
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Season 3
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Cascade
Cascade.jpg
Season 4
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Season 5
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Cascade
Cascade.jpg
Season 6
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Season 7
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Cascade
Cascade.jpg
Season 8
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Season 9
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Cascade
Cascade.jpg
Season 10
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Season 11
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Cascade
Cascade.jpg
Season 12
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Season 13
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Proot
Proot.jpg
Season 14
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Proot
Proot.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Season 15
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Proot
Proot.jpg
Eruption
Eruption.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Season 16
Swiftwater
Swiftwater.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Lakeside
Lakeside.jpg
Upward
Upward.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg

1: Pick/Ban divisions only

Sixes (6v6)

RGL currently only supports North America (NA) for the Traditional Sixes Format.

Hall of Fame
Season NA Invite Champions NA Advanced (Div-1) Champions NA Div-2 Champions NA Main Champions NA Intermediate Champions NA Amateur Prime Champions NA Amateur Champions NA Newcomer Champions
Season 1 Froyotech icon.png froyotech FluffyEcho Fan Club halo 3 on9 family Rodney and the Stangers whatever works Ragtag Stags Sunny Disciples
Season 2 Froyotech icon.png froyotech SpireIQ Technologies Sword Art on9 Survivors Pastel Mirage Big Chungus Gaming TV Move Along
Season 3 Froyotech icon.png froyotech Mofu March MILKIES Family Friendly Content 7gull Momo Simps Sweaty Spaghetti
Season 4 Froyotech icon.png froyotech Kronge Realm Off-White Honey Bacon Club Obese Whales Fresh installs: wacky pootis WAP RGL On Ice
Season 5 Froyotech icon.png froyotech Cat Posse FRESH INSTALLS: BLACK No Tilt Snow In April Bismillah
Season 6 Witness Gaming una limonada por favor rgltf2.com Bedtime Hotshots Macca's Realm Sagejay is Typing
Season 7 Froyotech icon.png froyotech FX DEATH CULT Make a wish_z Foundation Voyagers buttered bean crisis Peanut Butter?
Season 8 Froyotech icon.png froyotech MONSTER MUNCH 6 B4nnnies Mexfrag ungh the demons Pretty Creative
Season 9 Froyotech icon.png froyotech THE COVENANT fgp Faceit Warmup Pugscrims Average Pub Enjoyer gullygamers
Season 10 LikeAG6 Icon.png Like A G6 RPC The Kyle Flett Show Happi go Lucki minion banana New Unnamed Team
Season 11 LikeAG6 Icon.png Like A G6 Kronge Realm Rose GYROS OF MAIN konrad gaming: BLACK Apple Zoo baited us Uberchaos
Season 12 Froyotech icon.png froyotech PEGMODE tara resume Dark Hearts Why the long face? Perky Zerky
Season 13 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD
Map Pool History
Season Map List
Season 1
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
ClearCut
ClearCut.jpg
Propaganda
Cp propaganda.jpg
Season 2
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
ClearCut
ClearCut.jpg
Granary
Granary.jpg
Season 3
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
ClearCut
ClearCut.jpg
Villa
Villa.jpg
Bagel1
Bagel.jpg
Season 4
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
ClearCut
ClearCut.jpg
Villa
Villa.jpg
Bagel1
Bagel.jpg
Season 5
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
ClearCut
ClearCut.jpg
Villa
Villa.jpg
Bagel1
Bagel.jpg
Season 6
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Villa
Villa.jpg
Bagel
Bagel.jpg
ClearCut1
ClearCut.jpg
Season 7
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
ClearCut
ClearCut.jpg
Reckoner
Reckoner.jpg
Bagel
Bagel.jpg
Granary1
Granary.jpg
Season 8
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Bagel1
Bagel.jpg
Badlands1
Badlands.jpg
Granary1
Granary.jpg
ClearCut2
ClearCut.jpg
Reckoner2
Reckoner.jpg
Season 9
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Bagel
Bagel.jpg
Badlands1
Badlands.jpg
Granary1
Granary.jpg
ClearCut2
ClearCut.jpg
Season 10
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Bagel
Bagel.jpg
Villa1
Villa.jpg
Sultry1
Sultry.jpg
ClearCut2
ClearCut.jpg
Reckoner3
Reckoner.jpg
Season 11
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Sultry
Sultry.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Bagel
Bagel.jpg
Villa1
Villa.jpg
ClearCut2
ClearCut.jpg
Metalworks1, 3
Metalworks.jpg
Season 12
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Sultry
Sultry.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Bagel
Bagel.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Granary1
Granary.jpg
Villa3
Villa.jpg
ClearCut3
ClearCut.jpg
Season 13
Snakewater
Snakewater.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Sunshine
Sunshine.jpg
Sultry
Sultry.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Bagel
Bagel.jpg
Metalworks
Metalworks.jpg
Granary1
Granary.jpg
Villa2
Villa.jpg
ClearCut2
ClearCut.jpg
Metalworks1, 3
Metalworks.jpg
Product1, 3
Product.jpg

1: Pick/Ban divisions only

2: Non-Pick/Ban divisions only

3: Alternative option; teams in the Intermediate and Main/Div-1 divisions are allowed to play this map instead of the normal map for any given 5CP match if both teams agree.

Prolander (7v7)

Due to the boost in popularity for the 6v6 and HL leagues and lack of popularity for Prolander, seasons are more spread out. Unlike Highlander and 6v6, Prolander was offered in EU during earlier seasons.

Hall of Fame
Season NA Invite Champions NA Advanced Champions NA Main Champions NA Intermediate Champions NA Amateur Champions NA Newcomer Champions EU Invite Champions EU Advanced Champions EU Main Champions EU Intermediate Champions EU Amateur Champions
Season 1 Froyotech icon.png froyotech The News Regal Eagles OMNI5 TF2 Silver UAPlayer
Season 2 Froyotech icon.png froyotech The News Jager & Anime OMNI5.gg SS Disaster 7: JJS Awakens Cosmo Fam Club Project Restart BLACK
Season 3 Froyotech icon.png froyotech Fred IV: Revenge of The Spu Yucky the Fluff Super Dickmann's KANNONEN! my name jeff KTO-TO SKAZAL BLINI? Jesan & Big PP (Pro Players)
Season 4 Froyotech icon.png froyotech Socios Command and Conquer Gameshock Highlander GIMME F*CKING OPPONENT Londonistan ocean gang ()the slayers cblp #freeTravisRocky
Season 5 Cat Noises DYNASTY Icy's McSpicy eSports eggplant emoji New (a)woo Order
Season 6 Froyotech icon.png froyotech Enoch eSports Forbidden Fruit awooniversity Straight Outta Hightower
Season 7 RuneScape is Life Icy McSpicy eSports THE GUYS don't come to mid tomorrow Fashionably Late
Season 8 Birthday Dads #wno bald b4nny Club de Fans de Jigsaw Kalgan The Redditors
Season 9 bird in spanish bald b4nny / CARTNITES IN QUEBEC cliffside computer company / Konrad Gaming: White / Vorpal Swords / Hud Team Rock Fortress 3 / Viciously Fit Vinegar Spittazz Almond Enjoyers / SUPER GIRL JUICE / Prophecy 7 Impending Mania / The Third World Crusaders
Season 10 Crust Noises hi herbert micgao+6 Chevette's Pupils Another Story
Map Pool History
Season Map List
Season 1
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Badwater
Badwater.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Season 2
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Badwater
Badwater.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Season 3
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Badwater
Badwater.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Season 4
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Barnblitz
Barnblitz.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Season 5
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Cascade
Cascade.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Season 6
Upward
Upward.jpg
Coalplant
Coalplant.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Cascade
Cascade.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Season 7
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Coalplant
Coalplant.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
ClearCut
ClearCut.jpg
Season 8
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Synthetic
Synthetic.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Season 9
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Synthetic
Synthetic.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg
Season 10
Upward
Upward.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg
Ashville
Ashville.jpg
Steel
Steel.jpg

No Restriction 6v6

The last season for No Restriction 6s ended in April 2020, and there has been no news about further seasons.

Map Pool History
Season Map List
Season 1
Upward
Upward.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Gullywash
Gullywash.jpg
Borneo
Borneo.jpg
Season 2
Upward
Upward.jpg
Process
Process.jpg
Product
Product.jpg
Coalplant
Coalplant.jpg
Villa
Villa.jpg
Vigil
Vigil.jpg