Editing RGL

'''RGL''' (''Recharge Gaming League'') is a North American League, supporting [[Highlander]] and [[6v6]] with full seasons, [[Prolander|Prolander (7v7)]] [[Glossary#PUG|PUGs]] on their [https://discord.gg/invite/3hJsWu7 Discord], and formerly supporting [[No_Restriction_6v6|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 [[6v6|sixes]] and competitive [[Highlander]].

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 [[7v7|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|ESEA Invite]] players to the league. [[7v7|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.

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_6v6|No Restriction 6s]] [https://rgl.gg/?a=1676&r=60 Chucklenuts Cup]. Each season generally runs through the Spring, Summer, and Fall.

*'''Invite''' for the best of the best.  

*'''Div-1''' and '''Div-2''' replaced ''Advanced'' in seasons 3 and 4 of [[6v6|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 [[RGL_Sixes_Season_1|Sixes Season 1]].

 

RGL notably combined the ''Main'' and ''Advanced'' divisions into ''Div-1'' for [[RGL_Sixes_Season_13|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.

[[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.

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