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| Game | Fortnite League of Legends Teamfight Tactics Apex Legends Call of Duty: Warzone Valorant Minecraft Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Chess.com Escape From Tarkov |
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| Founded | February 28, 2018 |
| Owner(s) | Twitch |
| Venue(s) | Twitch (online) TwitchCon [1] |
Twitch Rivals is an esports tournament and online competitive event featuring Twitch streamers and former pro players. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The first ever Twitch Rivals event was hosted on February 28, 2018. It included 38 events and 800 Twitch affiliates and partners. [7]
Twitchcon 2019 hosted a LAN based Twitch Rivals tournament for professional players, streamers, and attendees alike. Several notable celebrities participated in the tournament, including Grayson Allen, Tfue, and Dr DisRespect. In a podcast interview, CapitalistAries (a player who participated at the event) [8] confirmed that the event "featured a wide variety of players, with about a third of the entire convention being involved." The tournament featured Fortnite on Friday, League of Legends (both standard gameplay, and Teamfight Tactics), and Apex Legends. While Twitch Rivals featured a two million dollar prize pool overall, Epic Games (who own Fortnite) supplied one million dollars to pay for the Fortnite tournament. [9]
The Fortnite Battle Royale tournament included a Top Creator Trios competition, which included many trios, including the following:
The format of this competition featured four four-match-long rounds, with only qualifying teams making it to the final round. The winning trio was the team featuring Tina, Rhux, and 1400pika. [10] [11]
The 2019 Twitch Rivals event featured two competitions: the NA vs. EU Showmatch, and the Rumble On The Rift tournament. Both tournaments featured a first place cash prize of $20,000, and a second place consolation prize of $5,000. [12]
This tournament featured two teams:
This tournament featured two teams:
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| Date | February 22 – March 5, 2023 |
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| Type | Gaming |
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| Participants | 200 |
Squid Craft Games 2 was a Twitch Rivals event based on the Netflix series Squid Game , launched by Eufonia Studio from 28 February to 5 March 2023, and it had 200 participants. [13] [14] The event was carried out in Minecraft . [15] Sapnap was the winner and won US$100,000, while Shadoune came in second. [16]
It was a great success and got 2 millions of viewers during the first days of the event, [17] being the second most followed Twitch Rivals event. It took the fifth position out of eight between the 2023 events in number of followers. [18] It was considered as one of the most attractive streaming event. [19]
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