Twitch Rivals is an

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tournament and online competitive event featuring

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streamers and former pro players.

History

Twitch Rivals 2018

The first ever Twitch Rivals event was hosted on February 28, 2018. It included 38 events and 800

affiliates and partners.

Twitch Rivals 2019

Twitchcon 2019 hosted a LAN based Twitch Rivals tournament for professional players, streamers, and attendees alike. Several notable celebrities participated in the tournament, including

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, and

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. In a podcast interview, CapitalistAries (a player who participated at the event) confirmed that the event "featured a wide variety of players, with about a third of the entire convention being involved." The tournament featured

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on Friday,

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(both standard gameplay, and

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), and

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. While Twitch Rivals featured a two million dollar prize pool overall,

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(who own Fortnite) supplied a million dollars to pay for the Fortnite tournament.

Fortnite

The

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tournament included a Top Creator Trios competition, which included many trios, including the following: *

, flyr, parpy * 72hrs, cloakzy,

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, Nate Hill * symfuhny, bugha, NickEh30 * aydan,

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, seanpcc * Chap, Vivid, Carose * kinstaar, hunter, twiks * gotaga, hhawkers, keolys * Ceice, Elevate,

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* MrSavage, KingRichard, rojo11 * mckyTV, Noward, Benjyfishy *

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, Kayuun, collinfrags 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.

League of Legends

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.

NA vs. EU Showmatch

This tournament featured two teams: * Team NA ** WingsOfDeath ** nightblue3 ** anniebot ** Yvonnie ** Natsumili * Team EU ** GobGG ** ElOjoNinja ** NoWay4u_Sir ** CarritosKami ** DrFeelGood

Rumble on the Rift

This tournament featured two teams: * Team Tyler1 **

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** voyboy ** Nightblue3 **

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* Team Yassuo ** Yassuo ** Boxbox ** trick2g ** xfsn_saber **

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References

External links

* Twitch (service) Esports tournaments Recurring events established in 2019 {{esports-tournament-stub