Very excited to announce my role as the European Regional Manager for the upcoming RLCS 2021-22 Season! Nice to meet EU! 🥳 ...sorry, I couldn't resist.

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RLCS 2026 SIGN-UPS ARE LIVE 🚨 RLCS 2026 RULEBOOK IS HERE 🚨 Read more: https://t.co/DoXjSw3taK

setting anthems to max volume now sorry not sorry

something about a really long OT, locked in, peak concentration, to having WORLD IS MINE blasting when I score has changed my brain chemistry permanently

This might not be immediately intuitive at a glance, but once more RLCS Swiss brackets have been played out the results should be self-evident!

I'd also like to point to this excellent thread from @messioso that breaks down in more details the flaws in using 1v16, 2v15, (...), 8v9 seeding for Round 1 under this format: https://t.co/NIPlB49aLV

Buchholz is used in Swiss for many other esports, most notably Counter Strike (last month's Perfect World Shanghai Major) which also uses this Round 1 seeding. CS Major rulebook for reference. https://t.co/zlavpYWr9a

This gives a "perfect bracket" (i.e. if the higher-seeded team wins in every match, the Top 8 teams in each Swiss pool advance in order). This is *NOT* the case for Round 1 being 1v16 seeding, as that would disproportionally punish higher seeds by having less Buchholz Score.

As a result, it is mathematically optimal for Round 1 matches to be between the 1v9, 2v10, (...), 8v16 seeds, as it means the higher your initial seed, the higher your predicted Buchholz score at the end of the Swiss.

Buccholz is a "strength-of-schedule" metric, which means it takes into account how well your opponents have performed. This essentially means the "harder" your Swiss Stage, the better Buchholz Score you will have.

#RLCS EU Open 1 Swiss is tomorrow! This is the first time @RLEsports is using the Buchholz System for Swiss, which means things work a bit different than we may be used to! A thread: 🧵

@tomi @YNk @Professeur_CS Best example here, I've put every matchup as the higher seeded team winning. Assume that seeds are correct... #11 qualifies in the final round vs #12, whereas #8 does not qualify after losing to #6. #10 finishes below both #11 and #12 purely because of matchups.

Registrations are now open for EU, APAC and SAM 1v1 Opens 🙌 Sign-up here: https://t.co/lMVrsD6pnL NA, OCE, SSA and MENA Opens will take place later in 2025!

2025 RLCS 3v3 sign-ups are now open: 🚗 https://t.co/ObEP7KNWzF More info on 2025 and 1v1 registration is coming up! Rules: https://t.co/GuKpCJisgY

Yes I haven't sent a tweet for half a year but I love this game so much ok

With the Steam Turn-Based RPG Fest sale on now, I'm taking this opportunity to plug @ByttenStudio's Cassette Beasts! It is the freshest take on (and the most fun I've had with) a monster-tamer-style RPG in a LONG time. Phenomenal soundtrack as well👀 https://t.co/kwPtbnEeF4

Thank you to Blast, Epic, the fans, and the RM team for allowing me the privilege to work this RLCS World Championship. I will have nightmares of pausing during the Grand Finals for the next 6 months. See you all next season! RLCS REFEREE HAS PAUSED THE GAME. 💙💙💙

IT'S CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY #RLCS

I have discovered that the greatest coffee maker in the RLCS scene is the Head Admin, @AliasFailed Everyone else can know theirs is inferior 👍

thank you everyone who made that happen!