{"id":13826,"date":"2021-03-17T08:03:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T08:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/5-things-we-learned-after-the-first-rlcs-x-european-spring-regional"},"modified":"2024-07-19T07:30:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T07:30:58","slug":"5-things-we-learned-after-the-first-rlcs-x-european-spring-regional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/rocket-league\/5-things-we-learned-after-the-first-rlcs-x-european-spring-regional","title":{"rendered":"RLCS X EU Spring regional: 5 things we learned"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first European Spring Regional ended in such an RLCS Season X fashion: with Vitality being beat by Team BDS in the Grand Finals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The RLCS booths, the First Touch podcast<\/a> and many other platforms are having a field day with yet another BDS Championship win and the hype around the Swiss organization is reaching fever pitch.<\/p>\n

There are many, many more takeaways just from this last tournament besides your number one European and World seed.<\/p>\n

From underdogs and underperformers to roster changes and how great or ineffective they were, here’s everything we learned (besides the obvious<\/em>) over the weekend’s RLCS X European Spring Regional #1.<\/p>\n

1. Solary made a good move — kinda<\/h3>\n

Solary had a small leave of absence from the professional Rocket League scene. On 5th March the organisation’s Rocket League team disbanded<\/a> after a combination of departures and releases only to sign Oxygen Esports’ former roster<\/a> after being let go for Oxygen to move regions.<\/p>\n

Crazy transactions, but the move seemed to benefit both parties; Oxygen Esports moves from Europe to North America where the organisation is based and Solary moved up from 670 RLCS points to 1140 RLCS points, essentially placing them in the race for World Championship qualification.<\/p>\n

\"solary(Picture: @SolaryTV\/Twitter)<\/span><\/p>\n

Their top eight Spring regional finish isn’t bad per-se, but it definitely isn’t what you needed. With 1350 RLCS points after the tournament, Solary is last on the World Championship-qualifying contenders list.<\/p>\n

Solary’s run for the World Championship isn’t farfetched after such a convoluted roster move as they haven’t been mathematically eliminated. If they can sneak in a top fpur finish for the next Regional, they could be knocking on the EU top six door or straight up knocking it down altogether.<\/p>\n

2. Team Vitality is too underrated right now<\/h3>\n

In the shadow of the five-time Regional Champion and European behemoth Team BDS, Team Vitality is only 10 points away from mathematically qualifying to the World Championship.<\/p>\n

\"rlcx(Picture: @TeamVitality\/Twitter)<\/span><\/p>\n

Amassing 2731 RLCS points with a 700+ point lead over their closest threat, Team Vitality holds 2nd place in all of Europe — and that isn’t talked about enough.<\/p>\n

People keep forgetting their roster is composed of prodigy Yanis “Alpha54” Champenois, World Champion Victor “Fairy Peak!” Locquet and the second most winningest RLCS champion Alexandre “Kaydop” Courant (of course only behind the GOAT, Pierre “Turbopolsa” Silfver<\/a>).<\/p>\n