NEW Program

Prepare to grow and flourish through our new Sapling Initiative! Whether you're a new or seasoned esports club, we're here to support you with competition grants, affiliate-specific workshops, and other resources.

NEW Community Experiences

Our redesigned competition portal is finally here and ready for you to explore! We're also putting together new social events for all our PELicans. Participate in career workshops and contests like our new clip competition!

NEW Format

We're bringing you a brand new tournament experience for PEL! Compete in smaller groups of matches and watch the regional rivalries grow.

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Prize Pool

$500 in player scholarships AND $300 in club grants through the Sapling Initiative.

Registration Fee

We kindly suggest a donation of $15 per team to support our tournaments, but please feel free to contribute what you believe is fair. Your donations enable us to continue offering these tournaments and provide more students with the same opportunities.

Registration Period

09/22/2023 - 10/13/2023

Schedule

Regular Season: 10/16/2023 - 11/4/2023

Playoffs: 11/6/2023 - 11/19/2023

Championships: 12/1/2023 - 12/2/2023

Regions

For the Redwood Rumble, we will not be featuring regions for the competition. All teams in each division will compete in the same bracket, but each group will be spread evenly as best as possible between NorCal and SoCal teams.

Links

Tournament Rules

Discord

Donate

If you have any questions prior to signing up, please reach out to us via Discord or email.

Divisions

The Redwood Rumble will feature two divisions to cater to players of all skill levels. The two divisions are as follows:

Division 1: Team Average Ascendant+**

Division 2: Team Average Diamond 3 & Below**

Read more about divisions here.

**Peak Rank across all Acts in EP 7

NEW Format

Valorant will feature a new format, for division 1 and 2, that aims to create more exciting matchups while allowing the regional rivalry to continue to grow.

All teams will be drawn into groups of 4 where they will face against every team in their group. After regular season, the top two teams from each group will move on to playoffs where the bracket will be drawn again.

Both regular season and playoffs will feature a livestreamed drawing based on team ranking and performance. More information and dates will be shared soon.

Regular Season: 3 weeks, round robin

Playoffs: 8 team single elimination bracket

Championships: Single elimination finals

Live Coverage

We run broadcasts throughout the Regular Season, Playoffs , and California Clash on our Twitch channel! Friends and family are able to watch your team on our channel with high-quality production broadcasts!

This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Riot Games, Inc. or VALORANT Esports.

Prize Pool

$300 in scholarships AND $300 in club grants through the Sapling Initiative.

Registration Fee

We kindly suggest a donation of $15 per team to support our tournaments, but please feel free to contribute what you believe is fair. Your donations enable us to continue offering these tournaments and provide more students with the same opportunities.

Registration Period

09/22/2023 - 10/13/2023

Schedule

Regular Season: 10/16/2023 - 11/4/2023

Playoffs: 11/6/2023 - 11/19/2023

Championships: 12/1/2023

LINKS

Tournament Rules

Discord

Donate

If you have any questions prior to signing up, please reach out to us via Discord or email.

Eligibility

Due to Riot Games sanctioned rules only official college and high school teams are able to compete. All players on a team must attend the same school. Additionally, League of Legends will keep a shortened format as needed by Riot Games rules.

Read more about divisions here.

Divisions

The Redwood Rumble will feature two divisions to cater to players of all skill levels. The two divisions are as follows:

Division 1: Team average rank must be Emerald and above

Division 2: Team average rank must be Platinum and below

NEW Format

League of Legends will feature a new format, for division 1 and 2, that aims to create more exciting matchups while allowing the regional rivalry to continue to grow.

All teams will be drawn into groups of 4 where they will face against every team in their group. After regular season, the top two teams from each group will move on to playoffs where the bracket will be drawn again.

Both regular season and playoffs will feature a livestreamed drawing based on team ranking and performance. More information and dates will be shared soon.

Regular Season: 3 weeks, round robin

Playoffs: 8 team single elimination bracket

Championships: Single elimination finals

Live Coverage

We run broadcasts throughout the season on our Twitch channel! Friends and family are able to watch your team on our channel with high-quality production broadcasts!

This competition is not affiliated with or sponsored by Riot Games, Inc. or League of Legends Esports.

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