- The tournament will be called Raidiant Rocket League Series
- It will feature many professional and amateur female players and content creators
- Raidiant partners with many organizations to promote women in esports
Raidiant, a woman’s gaming and esports platform, announced the Raidiant Rocket League Series. This will be a woman-only competition made in collaboration with publisher Psyonix.
Raidiant Launches All-Female Tournament
More and more young women are becoming avid gamers and questions arise on how to integrate them into the broader scene of esports. One game that has seen a significant increase in female gamers is Rocket League, and Raidiant, an esports and gaming platform launched in November 2021, thinks that the solution is to make an all-female tournament.
The tournament is called the Raidiant Rocket League Series and is created in collaboration with Psyonix, Rocket League’s publisher. It will feature a mix of professional, amateur, influencer, and collegiate all-women’s teams, and will have a grand prize of $15 000.
The tournament will take place February 26-27th. Hopes are that it will provide engagement opportunities for players and fans. Tournament viewers will be rewarded in-game items from Psyonix. The publisher has done similar campaigns before for fans who tune into Rocket League esports.
Spreading Awareness for the Tournament
For years, women have been rare in professional esports. This is why Raidiant’s idea is not just to create a woman’s-only tournament, but to encourage female presence in all of Rocket League. The organizer will create shoulder content with participating teams, with Twitch streamers being able to apply for co-streaming. Professional teams competing in the Rocket League Championship Series will also be able to support the women’s teams by co-streaming matches.
The first RLCS team to pledge its support for the event through the participation of its Rocket League team and signed content creators is Dignitas. Joris “Joreuz” Robben, Jack “ApparentlyJack” Benton, and Kyle “Scrub Killa” Robertsen, who recently won the BMW Rocket League Open, will all be co-streaming matches, further increasing the event’s coverage.
Dignitas also will support the event through its popular content creators Elyse “Herculyse” Herrera, Demi “TigerQueen” Green, Sam “Sam” Zuhair, and Max “MaximusAemulus” Andersen. They will create content from the event on their personal channels, as well as co-streaming the tournament on Twitch.
To strengthen the agenda, Raidiant partnered with Twitch Women’s Alliance. The TWA aims to support female content creators on Twitch by building support networks and educational and social programs.
With many more partners involved, the tournament aims to give an example for women who wish to get into professional esports. The event will be broadcast from the Verizon 5G Gaming Center in Los Angeles.
