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Throughout the season, Rivals will receive invites to events, including [[Players Tour]] events and their own [[Mythic Qualifier]] and can earn up to $20,000 in appearance fees in addition to prizes earned at tournaments. | Throughout the season, Rivals will receive invites to events, including [[Players Tour]] events and their own [[Mythic Qualifier]] and can earn up to $20,000 in appearance fees in addition to prizes earned at tournaments. | ||
However, with the cancellation of the 2020 | However, with the cancellation of the [[2020 Players Tour Season]] due to the coronavirus pandemic, only the first Players Tour was completed. Hence, the 2020 Rivals league was to be retained, and fifteen players would be added.<ref>{{WebRef|url=https://www.magic.gg/news/esports-update-mpl-rivals-and-competitor-2020-partial-season-changes|title=Esports Update: MPL, Rivals, and Competitor 2020 Partial Season Changes|author=[[Wizards of the Coast]]|date=April 1, 2020|publisher=[[Magic.gg]]}}</ref> These were the top seven Mythic Point earning players From MTG Arena who were not already a member of the MPL or Rivals League, and the top eight players in [[Player Points]] from tabletop ''Magic'' who were not already a member of the MPL or Rivals League. While originally there were seven new Rivals League slots available for tabletop ''Magic'' players, because there was a tie at 20 Player Points between 7th and 8th place, both players were invited. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 08:13, 30 May 2020
The Rivals League is an ongoing Magic Esports competition that will be introduced in 2020.[1] It is a stepping stone to the Magic Pro League (MPL).
Competitors, called Rivals, will make it into the MPL either through sustained success over the course of a season or through a new tournament called the MPL Gauntlet.
2020 season
Starting in August 2020, Magic: the Gathering’s Organized Play calendar will be moving away from seasons that follow the calendar year (the 2019 season) back to seasons that are split over multiple calendar years (the 2020–2021 season). But the 2019 season ended in December 2019, so in order to fill the gap between then and the beginning of the 2020–2021 season, the Magic Pro League holds a shortened seven-month season.[1][2] The MPL was reduced to a 24-player league with players able to earn up to $50,000 in appearance fees in addition to prizes earned at tournaments.[1]
At the same time, the Rivals League was introduced, which essentially is a second division for the Esports. The Rivals League is a talent-development league that feeds the MPL.
For the shortened 2020 season, the Rivals League roster featured 32 players. Participants were 2019's bottom twelve MPL players based on Mythic Points. The eight 2019 MTG Arena and eight tabletop highest ranked Challengers who were not invited to the MPL were also eligible. Their rankings were based on Mythic Points earned in the appropriate types of events. Four participants to the Rivals League were invited at Wizards of the Coast's discretion.
Because the 2020 partial season would have fewer events, both MPL and Rivals players would make less than a full season. Rivals players would have earned earned up to $15,000 in appearance fees, in addition to any prize money earned. The season was cut short as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-2021 season
At the start of the 2020–2021 season, the Rivals League was planned to consist of 46 players as follows:
- 1st–12th ranked digital players (not previously in the MPL)
- 1st–12th ranked tabletop players (not previously in the MPL)
- Bottom 12 players from the MPL Gauntlet
- The bottom 4 players from the previous MPL season
- 6 discretionary invites
Throughout the season, Rivals will receive invites to events, including Players Tour events and their own Mythic Qualifier and can earn up to $20,000 in appearance fees in addition to prizes earned at tournaments.
However, with the cancellation of the 2020 Players Tour Season due to the coronavirus pandemic, only the first Players Tour was completed. Hence, the 2020 Rivals league was to be retained, and fifteen players would be added.[3] These were the top seven Mythic Point earning players From MTG Arena who were not already a member of the MPL or Rivals League, and the top eight players in Player Points from tabletop Magic who were not already a member of the MPL or Rivals League. While originally there were seven new Rivals League slots available for tabletop Magic players, because there was a tie at 20 Player Points between 7th and 8th place, both players were invited.
References
- ↑ a b c Elaine Chase (August 14, 2019). "The Future of Magic Esports". Magic Esports.
- ↑ David McCoy (August 14, 2019). "The Magic Pro League Will Have a Partial 8-Month Season to Start 2020". Hipsters of the Coast.
- ↑ Wizards of the Coast (April 1, 2020). "Esports Update: MPL, Rivals, and Competitor 2020 Partial Season Changes". Magic.gg.