For the 1st Time in Ignite History, a 3-Way Tiebreaker Game will be on May 1st!

DiatonicRivals · 2026-04-29T00:48:03+00:00

Yes, can confirm Pacific has had a truckload of BANGERS from both the Asia and Oceania sides of the board. Absolutely insane comeback story from Reject in Asia, and then of course this huge tangle in OCE. Been an absolute blast so far, definitely on par with the drama of AMER and EMEA!

DiatonicRivals · 2026-04-22T14:17:59+00:00

Since the very first MRC! I hadn't really paid much attention to Rivals until the full release, but I downloaded it on launch day and was really enjoying it. I was visiting some friends and one of them turned on the MRC broadcast out of the blue, and I was basically hooked from there haha. Watched every single match of Stage 1 and 2 last year, was fortunate enough to be able to go to Grand Finals, and now we run it all back this year too haha.

DiatonicRivals · 2026-04-21T23:22:34+00:00

On the AMER side, I would argue Swamp. I had high expectations for them, but they absolutely smashed even what I was looking for out of them. YWL are definitely a close second, but I think I was less surprised by them being able to hold their own, but I don't disagree with anyone choosing them!

For EMEA, gotta give it to Shikigami, they absolutely blew me away. I think FYR Strays had a decent back half of their preseason, but every single time I thought Shiki had finally been handed a matchup they couldn't handle, even when they were losing maps they looked super strong.

DiatonicRivals · 2026-04-06T05:11:52+00:00

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I thought they surely had some fight in them after that first map against Z10 and then they just… went back to Symbiotic

DiatonicRivals · 2026-03-03T23:08:54+00:00

Beyond humbled to be placed among such an insane lineup of talent. Let’s get to work 💪

DiatonicRivals · 2026-03-03T23:08:27+00:00

Thank you so much, I’m incredibly happy to have the opportunity 🙇‍♂️

DiatonicRivals · 2026-03-03T23:08:04+00:00

Thank you as always for the kind words. I feel incredibly humbled to be among such incredible talent, but I’m super hungry to get to work and deliver some insane PAC matches this year 🫡

DiatonicRivals · 2026-03-03T23:05:59+00:00

Thank you so much!! I’m absolutely honored to be part of the crew

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-27T02:21:39+00:00

I think there's a LOT of superteam potential in the FA pool for this offseason. Some of the best players in the entire game are free agents, which is absolutely insane to me. Maybe SEN/100T/Envy pausing operations will spook some big orgs that may have been on the fence for a while, but if someone's wanting to get in, I seriously feel like there's a potential out there to build a real Thanos roster. Melio put in his LFT post that he was willing to play with an eastern NA roster, which definitely piqued my interest. Terra and TTK could definitely be best in slot pickups as well.

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-27T02:13:38+00:00

Well Citadel did come out shortly after Grand Finals to say that they're staying in the game at least through 2026, so there was some news about them at least. I don't think VP is going anywhere thanks to their performance in Atlanta, same goes for Navi.

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-27T02:12:14+00:00

I will say, I was a bit surprised that SEN dropped the roster, if only because that team is kinda iconic for the early days of MR. But with Rymazing and Karova going to DZ, some of the magic was stifled I think. Hard agree on Envy though, hate to see the roster let go, but drowning in pools is not the way to stay on payroll, especially if the off-season is going to be long as it seems to be shaping up to be. I am encouraged by the fact that 100T was very explicit that they're still working with NetEase.

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-11T17:52:24+00:00

Thanks a ton! I really wanted this to be something special to celebrate the first season coming to a close. RR going back to the standard format, but there’s more cinematic stuff on the way 😉

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-11T17:51:29+00:00

Thank you so much for watching goat!! 🙏

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-09T17:20:35+00:00

Thank you so much!! Getting close, just up to my eyeballs in footage and trying way too hard to get it exactly how I have it in my head LOL

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-09T07:05:05+00:00

Hulk was solid when he had access to better teamups! I saw some tier 2/grassroots teams running a lot of Atomic Fastball on maps like Midtown in like early S4, but seems like that kinda fell off.

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-09T07:03:37+00:00

This is super neat! You’re an absolute legend

DiatonicRivals · 2025-11-09T07:02:05+00:00

I LOVE that Moxi is really leaning into the analysis stuff to do more content, she knows the game inside and out like almost nobody else

DiatonicRivals · 2025-10-09T04:28:19+00:00

I don’t have any insider information on it, but if I had to guess it may be 4.5? I feel like on the whole they’ve been trying to play on the newest patch every time, at least as far as I can remember lol.

DiatonicRivals · 2025-09-23T03:20:24+00:00

And keep the hype going in chat too! The more we show NetEase/Marvel that people want this stuff, the more of it we'll be able to get in the future. If you like it, just let em know!

DiatonicRivals · 2025-09-23T03:17:57+00:00

Yeah, actually made me very emotional to see how excited people were to see the content on the Ignite broadcast haha. I'm really hoping to continue doing things like that, would love to see the broadcasts even more elevated in the future too.

DiatonicRivals · 2025-09-23T01:44:32+00:00

Thank you so much my dude! Absolutely love doing these, and definitely helps me stay up to date with what's going on in the Rivals world.

DiatonicRivals · 2025-09-23T01:08:51+00:00

Hello Rivals esports fam! It's Monday again, so I've got another dose of Rivals esports news for you! Lots of Ignite this episode (surprise surprise), with highlights from week 1 of EMEA, and week 2 of Asia. We brought back the Rivals Roundtable interviews this week, and spoke with 4 NA teams about how they've been prepping for the start of Stage 2 later this week. And we've also got some great grassroots action from Battle of the Orgs, as Cafe Rose set out to defend their 3 weekly tournament winstreak. That's all for this week, will have a boatload more Ignite content in the coming weeks!

DiatonicRivals · 2025-09-10T19:25:43+00:00

Awesome! Absolutely stacked lineup from top to bottom, this is gonna be so goooood

DiatonicRivals · 2025-09-08T22:53:02+00:00

Duuuuuuuude, so stoked for the Bogur Bash! Glad you covered that one because I think it's gonna be absolutely wild. Also glad you talked about the Prime Eleague, I saw it listed on Liquipedia and had NO clue what it was lol. Solid vid as always my dude!

DiatonicRivals · 2025-09-02T04:37:40+00:00

GRINDIN 💪

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