Published 16:30 IST, December 1st 2020
Twitch Rivals $250K Warzone event: How to play, full schedule and scoring details
The Twitch Rivals $250k Warzone event kicks off on December 3 and adopts a unique format compared to other warzone competitions. Here's all you need to know.
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Call of Duty: Warzone has established itself as one of the most popular games on Twitch and competitions have been on the rise since the battle royale game jumped into the spotlight. Now, Twitch Rivals is all set to host a lucrative $250k Warzone event, featuring Twitch streamers and former pro players in an exciting format. Here's a look at the Twitch Rivals Warzone schedule, format and the prize pool.
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Twitch Rivals $250k Warzone event: Twitch Rivals Warzone schedule
Unlike general events which feature just a single day of action, the new competition will see multiple dates spread across the month of December. For starters, Open Qualifiers will take place on December 3, starting at 2 PM PT | 5 PM ET (December 4, 3 AM IST). Once the teams are locked in there are two 'Show Days' scheduled for December 8 and December 16 at 2 PM PT | 5 PM ET (3 AM IST) which will determine all remaining teams dropping into the competition.
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Twitch Rivals $250k Warzone event: Twitch Rivals Warzone format
The competition will adopt a hybrid structure, pertaining just to this event. The format will see the Open qualifiers sticking to the standard kill-races like a majority of the Warzone tournaments. However, in the later stages will see things change drastically with 49 Trios set to play in five private lobbies on the first show day.
Points are accumulated for kills as usual, though placement will be more important than ever for racking up the big points. Only the top 24 teams at the end of the day and the format will remain the same on the second Show day as well.
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Twitch Rivals Warzone format: Scoring structure
- 1st: 25
- 2nd: 20
- 3rd: 15
- 4th: 10
- 5th – 7th: 7
- 8th – 10th: 4
- 11th – 15th: 2
- 16th – 20th: 1
- Per Elimination: +1
Twitch Rivals Warzone Prize pool
Day 1
- 1st – 24th: Advance to Day 2
- 25th – 20th: $900
- 31st – 40th: $750
- 41st – 50th: $600
Day 2
- 1st: $45,000
- 2nd: $30,000
- 3rd: $21,000
- 4th: $15,000
- 5th: $12,000
- 6th: $9,000
- 7th: $7,500
- 8th: $6,000
- 9th: $4,500
- 10th – 12th: $3,300
- 13th – 15th: $3,000
- 16th – 20th: $2,700
- 21st – 25th: $2,400
- 26th – 30th: $2,100
- 31st – 40th: $1,500
- 41st – 49th: $1,200
How to play Twitch Rivals Warzone?
While the event is said to have open qualifiers, only Twitch Partners and Twitch Affiliates can join the competition. If one does belong to any of the two categories, they simply have to register their interest on twitch.typeform.com. Note every Affiliate or Partner can get an entry on registration, so the best one can do is cross their fingers and hope for the best.
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16:30 IST, December 1st 2020