Super Smash Con 2017 is officially all wrapped up! Smash Con has a special place in our hearts as it’s one of the earliest conventions we ever brought Rivals to. This being our 3rd year in a row meant a lot when we were able to come back in a big way and see so many returning fans.

This tournament was also our largest live event yet with a 160 player bracket for singles and 42 teams participating in doubles, in addition to a character reveal panel. If you missed the action last weekend this recap should bring you up to speed.

We revealed our newest Rival – Ranno, the poisonous pacifist on Friday morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdq740fS6jo

Along with this reveal trailer we also did a panel that delved deeper into some of Ranno’s lore, moveset, and design with a Q&A at the end. This was broadcast by VGBootCamp and you can watch the entire panel on their channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCfombnVYL0

We’ve finished our Xbox One version of Rivals and Xbox players will be able to get the full version of the game on August 23rd. Players who’ve already purchased the game on Game Preview will be automatically updated to the launch version of the game for free.



This year’s singles event was the largest Rivals of Aether tournament to date, with a 160 player bracket that we capped off with our top 8 Saturday morning on VGBootCamp. Congratulations to Edax | FullStream for his first place finish and dominating performance that netted him the lion’s share of the $2,000 pot bonus.

This was the second live event we’ve seen FullStream mix it up with characters other than Wrastor, with him playing Zetterburn for the majority of the tournament and even a suprise Etalus pick to reverse 3-0 Fable | MSB.

You can watch the VoDs from the event on VGBootCamp’s VoD channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhXIxGSwoFE&list=PLcMdMmtHkPpRKrQTF4PnN3Y-sAeNX2y3V

If you’re interested in just the highlights, youtuber Jarek4 Gaming also put together a great highlight reel here from the event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39pSpGZyxok

Full Standings: https://smash.gg/tournament/rivals-super-smash-con/events/rivals-of-aether-singles/standings


This doubles tournament had a bit of a twist as both Ori and Sein along with Ranno were legal. Many teams tried out the new characters to varying success and at the end of it all Edax | FullStream and Edax | Turtlebox were crowned the champions. Congratulations to the double Edax Pro squad for securing first place and maintaining their undefeated record at RCS events in doubles.

Full Standings: https://smash.gg/tournament/rivals-super-smash-con/events/rivals-of-aether-doubles/standings

Edax | Zam took some great photos at the event and kindly uploaded an album for everyone to enjoy. Browse through for a look into Super Smash Con 2017, the Rivals community, or to find some pictures of yourself if you attended.

http://imgur.com/a/wYAub

The official Rivals twitch channel will be doing some match analysis from the top 32 this week since those games weren’t able to be streamed at the event. If you were a player in the top 32 who would be interested in having your game looked at, leave a comment below!

Renzo was also hard at work during the event making sure we got all of the replays from the top 32. He’s planning to upload them to his YouTube channel so people can see some of the great matches from pools.

Thanks again to everyone in the community (as well as the new players) who came out for Super Smash Con. The event was a blast and we can’t wait for the next one. We’ll see you all at Shine on August 25th! We’ll also be at these events later this year:

Shine (8/25 - 8/27)
Balcy's Palace (9/8 - 9/10)
Heat Wave (9/23)
GameTyrant Expo 2017 (9/29 - 10/1)
PAX West (10/1 - 10/4)

Super Smash Con 2017 is officially all wrapped up! Smash Con has a special place in our hearts as it’s one of the earliest conventions we ever brought Rivals to. This being our 3rd year in a row meant a lot when we were able to come back in a big way and see so many returning fans.

This tournament was also our largest live event yet with a 160 player bracket for singles and 42 teams participating in doubles, in addition to a character reveal panel. If you missed the action last weekend this recap should bring you up to speed.

We revealed our newest Rival – Ranno, the poisonous pacifist on Friday morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdq740fS6jo

Along with this reveal trailer we also did a panel that delved deeper into some of Ranno’s lore, moveset, and design with a Q&A at the end. This was broadcast by VGBootCamp and you can watch the entire panel on their channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCfombnVYL0

We’ve finished our Xbox One version of Rivals and Xbox players will be able to get the full version of the game on August 23rd. Players who’ve already purchased the game on Game Preview will be automatically updated to the launch version of the game for free.



This year’s singles event was the largest Rivals of Aether tournament to date, with a 160 player bracket that we capped off with our top 8 Saturday morning on VGBootCamp. Congratulations to Edax | FullStream for his first place finish and dominating performance that netted him the lion’s share of the $2,000 pot bonus.

This was the second live event we’ve seen FullStream mix it up with characters other than Wrastor, with him playing Zetterburn for the majority of the tournament and even a suprise Etalus pick to reverse 3-0 Fable | MSB.

You can watch the VoDs from the event on VGBootCamp’s VoD channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhXIxGSwoFE&list=PLcMdMmtHkPpRKrQTF4PnN3Y-sAeNX2y3V

If you’re interested in just the highlights, youtuber Jarek4 Gaming also put together a great highlight reel here from the event:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39pSpGZyxok

Full Standings: https://smash.gg/tournament/rivals-super-smash-con/events/rivals-of-aether-singles/standings


This doubles tournament had a bit of a twist as both Ori and Sein along with Ranno were legal. Many teams tried out the new characters to varying success and at the end of it all Edax | FullStream and Edax | Turtlebox were crowned the champions. Congratulations to the double Edax Pro squad for securing first place and maintaining their undefeated record at RCS events in doubles.

Full Standings: https://smash.gg/tournament/rivals-super-smash-con/events/rivals-of-aether-doubles/standings

Edax | Zam took some great photos at the event and kindly uploaded an album for everyone to enjoy. Browse through for a look into Super Smash Con 2017, the Rivals community, or to find some pictures of yourself if you attended.

http://imgur.com/a/wYAub

The official Rivals twitch channel will be doing some match analysis from the top 32 this week since those games weren’t able to be streamed at the event. If you were a player in the top 32 who would be interested in having your game looked at, leave a comment below!

Renzo was also hard at work during the event making sure we got all of the replays from the top 32. He’s planning to upload them to his YouTube channel so people can see some of the great matches from pools.

Thanks again to everyone in the community (as well as the new players) who came out for Super Smash Con. The event was a blast and we can’t wait for the next one. We’ll see you all at Shine on August 25th! We’ll also be at these events later this year:

Shine (8/25 - 8/27)
Balcy's Palace (9/8 - 9/10)
Heat Wave (9/23)
GameTyrant Expo 2017 (9/29 - 10/1)
PAX West (10/1 - 10/4)

Super Smash Con is right around the corner and we’ve just broken triple digits for registrants! With SSC and so many other exciting events on the Rivals Championship Series circuit this year, we want to make sure all of them get the love and support they need. To help meet this goal we’ve been working on something special with smash.gg – a standing compendium for the RCS.



This special shop will be available for the entirety of season 2, and contain Rivals skins and swag that you can’t get anywhere else. We’ll be rotating in goals as events come up (like Super Smash Con) as well as keeping our finals goal that can always be donated to. The best part is that 100% of the funds raised here go back to supporting our players and community.

To kick off the opening of the RCS compendium we’re including a brand new skin in the shop – Arcade Maypul! Pick her up on smash.gg to support Super Smash Con and get some sweet arcade effects for Maypul and Lily.

> https://smash.gg/rcs-2/shop



We love doing events and giving back, so if you want to keep seeing tournaments like these make sure you show up to represent (or at least let us know you’re a fan online)! Here’s our current list through the summer. Hope to see you there!

• [8/5 – 8/6] Low Tier City 5
  
• [8/10 – 8/13] Super Smash Con
  
• [8/25 – 8/27] Shine
  
• [9/8 – 9/10] Balcy’s Palace
  
• [9/23] Heat Wave

Super Smash Con is right around the corner and we’ve just broken triple digits for registrants! With SSC and so many other exciting events on the Rivals Championship Series circuit this year, we want to make sure all of them get the love and support they need. To help meet this goal we’ve been working on something special with smash.gg – a standing compendium for the RCS.



This special shop will be available for the entirety of season 2, and contain Rivals skins and swag that you can’t get anywhere else. We’ll be rotating in goals as events come up (like Super Smash Con) as well as keeping our finals goal that can always be donated to. The best part is that 100% of the funds raised here go back to supporting our players and community.

To kick off the opening of the RCS compendium we’re including a brand new skin in the shop – Arcade Maypul! Pick her up on smash.gg to support Super Smash Con and get some sweet arcade effects for Maypul and Lily.

> https://smash.gg/rcs-2/shop



We love doing events and giving back, so if you want to keep seeing tournaments like these make sure you show up to represent (or at least let us know you’re a fan online)! Here’s our current list through the summer. Hope to see you there!

• [8/5 – 8/6] Low Tier City 5
  
• [8/10 – 8/13] Super Smash Con
  
• [8/25 – 8/27] Shine
  
• [9/8 – 9/10] Balcy’s Palace
  
• [9/23] Heat Wave

Last year we began the Rivals Championship Series (RCS) and brought a developer supported circuit to our dedicated community. As the series grew, we needed a special finals event to cap it off, so we ended the first season at Genesis 4.

We were thrilled with the reception and Rivals players were too. People came from all over the world for the competition and camaraderie. With a 120 person bracket and a prize pool of over $11,000, players took away some amazing stories and friendships from the event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmQqpVgcQ8

Now the second RCS season is underway and already blowing last year’s numbers out of the water. We’re excited to announce that the finals will once again take place at Genesis – this time at Genesis 5 in Oakland, CA! Rivals registration was just announced yesterday with the main lineup of games and is now available here: https://smash.gg/G5

We'll have players from all over the world attending our season 2 finals, including our newest RCS region in Australia. Make sure you sign up to be a part of this amazing event celebrating our community. The first 500 people to register for Genesis 5 also get $10 off and a free shirt so make sure you get in early.

Last year we began the Rivals Championship Series (RCS) and brought a developer supported circuit to our dedicated community. As the series grew, we needed a special finals event to cap it off, so we ended the first season at Genesis 4.

We were thrilled with the reception and Rivals players were too. People came from all over the world for the competition and camaraderie. With a 120 person bracket and a prize pool of over $11,000, players took away some amazing stories and friendships from the event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcmQqpVgcQ8

Now the second RCS season is underway and already blowing last year’s numbers out of the water. We’re excited to announce that the finals will once again take place at Genesis – this time at Genesis 5 in Oakland, CA! Rivals registration was just announced yesterday with the main lineup of games and is now available here: https://smash.gg/G5

We'll have players from all over the world attending our season 2 finals, including our newest RCS region in Australia. Make sure you sign up to be a part of this amazing event celebrating our community. The first 500 people to register for Genesis 5 also get $10 off and a free shirt so make sure you get in early.

Rivals is returning to Super Smash Con for it's 3rd year in a row, and this time we're bigger than ever! We'll be moving out of the indie area and hosting fantastic side events all weekend, as well as an RCS major thanks to the wonderful folks at Super Smash Con.



Along with some fun Rivals gameplay we'll also have a reveal there for our first new, original character that's coming later this year. If you live on the east coast (or can travel) and are looking for a chance to meet the devs along with a ton of other Rivals players, we highly recommend checking out this event. You can find details below:


Super Smash Con:
August 10th - 13th | Chantilly, VA
Super Smash Con is a massive Nintendo fan event, and the only place to find international competition alongside an all-ages convention dedicated to all things Smash Bros. You can check out everything happening at the con at http://supersmashcon.com/


Rivals Side Event Registration:
https://smash.gg/smashconrivals

Rivals is returning to Super Smash Con for it's 3rd year in a row, and this time we're bigger than ever! We'll be moving out of the indie area and hosting fantastic side events all weekend, as well as an RCS major thanks to the wonderful folks at Super Smash Con.



Along with some fun Rivals gameplay we'll also have a reveal there for our first new, original character that's coming later this year. If you live on the east coast (or can travel) and are looking for a chance to meet the devs along with a ton of other Rivals players, we highly recommend checking out this event. You can find details below:


Super Smash Con:
August 10th - 13th | Chantilly, VA
Super Smash Con is a massive Nintendo fan event, and the only place to find international competition alongside an all-ages convention dedicated to all things Smash Bros. You can check out everything happening at the con at http://supersmashcon.com/


Rivals Side Event Registration:
https://smash.gg/smashconrivals

If you'd like to support the Rivals of Aether scene and get your hands on a new skin at the same time, you can pick up Shine Zetterburn today in the Shine 2017 compendium: http://Smash.gg/shine/shop



Shine Zetterburn comes with a special new shine effect and taunt. Funds go towards players participating in Shine 2017, and you can choose to either raise the Rivals pot bonus or help fly players out to the event.

If you'd like to support the Rivals of Aether scene and get your hands on a new skin at the same time, you can pick up Shine Zetterburn today in the Shine 2017 compendium: http://Smash.gg/shine/shop



Shine Zetterburn comes with a special new shine effect and taunt. Funds go towards players participating in Shine 2017, and you can choose to either raise the Rivals pot bonus or help fly players out to the event.