RGL Highlander Season 1
North America RGL Highlander Season 1 took place from September 10th, 2018 to December 3rd, 2018. The map pool consisted of 10 maps in total to choose from either by Pick/Ban Selection or selected from RGL Staff. The 1st season sported 5 Divisions: Invite, Advanced, Main, Intermediate, and Open; in order.
Contents
Dates
- Main Season: September 10, 2018 - November 12, 2018
- Playoffs: November 19, 2018 - December 3, 2018
- Sign-ups Close: September 10, 2018
- Fulltime Rosterlock: October 16, 2018
Format
The season structure for each of RGL's divisions varied. Invite was the only division to sport a 10 week main season, whilst Advanced, Main, Intermediate, and Open demonstrated a 7 week main season. Invite, Advanced, and Main used a 4-team Gauntlet System playoff structure whereas Intermediate used a 8-team double-elimination swiss system and Open used a 8-team single-elimination swiss system.
Invite
The Invite division of RGL Highlander Season 1 sported the biggest differences in comparison to the remainder of the league. Invite used a double-round robin structure consisting of a 10 week main season and a 3 week gauntlet playoff structure. This structure enabled each team in Invite to go against each other twice. Invite used koth_product_rc9, pl_upward, and cp_steel as the only solidified maps, with the remaining 7 weeks of the main season using a Pick/Ban structure for map selection in alternation of gamemodes. All playoff matches were played as a Best-of-3, using the aforementioned Pick/Ban process with maps that both teams had in common.
Map List for Season 1 Invite
- Week 1 - koth_product_rc9
- Week 2 - Stopwatch Pick/Ban
- Week 3 - KOTH Pick/Ban
- Week 4 - pl_upward
- Week 5 - KOTH Pick/Ban
- Week 6 - Stopwatch Pick/Ban
- Week 7 - KOTH Pick/Ban
- Week 8 - Stopwatch Pick/Ban
- Week 9 - KOTH Pick/Ban
- Week 10 - cp_steel
- Playoffs Quarter-Finals - Best of Three Maps
- Playoffs Semi-Finals - Best of Three Maps
- Playoffs Grand-Finals - Best of Three Maps
Advanced, Main, Intermediate, and Open
The remainder of the divisions of RGL Highlander Season 1 used a 7 week main season consisting of solidified-selected maps. Advanced and Main used a 3 week gauntlet playoff structure, whereas Intermediate used a double-elimination swiss system with Open using a single-elimination swiss system. All playoff matches were played as a Best-of-3 with teams using a Pick/Ban system of the 7 maps played in the main season.
Map List for Season 1
- Week 1 - koth_product_rc9
- Week 2 - pl_swiftwater_final1
- Week 3 - koth_ashville_rc1
- Week 4 - pl_upward
- Week 5 - koth_lakeside_final
- Week 6 - cp_steel
- Week 7 - pl_borneo
- Playoffs Quarter-Finals - Best of Three Maps
- Playoffs Semi-Finals - Best of Three Maps
- Playoffs Grand-Finals - Best of Three Maps
