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eSports

EU and NA

Evie’s Winter Classic EU/NA

A Series of Spine Chilling Showdowns

By Clive Dorrington

After the spectacular performance shown The rules were simple, four weeks of open

by the Champions Circuit teams in the two bracket competition with the top placed teams

month long qualifying league, spectators receiving points (100 points to the winner

and players were hungry for more Paladins and 60 points to the runner up). The top four

action. With such a long wait before the teams after the four weeks gets a shot at the

Paladins Invitational, the teams had no way to top four Champions Circuit teams in the finals.

keep their trigger fingers flexed. Luckily, Hi- With nothing on the line except pride, glory

Rez Studios heard our cries and announced and prize money, the open bracket qualifiers

the Evie’s Winter Classic that ran from end had a lot of experimentation when it came to

November to mid-December. team compositions in order to push the meta

forward. Ruckus, for example, has moved from

This was the perfect opportunity to give all the bottom tier to a consistent pick throughout the

Challenger Circuit teams, who did not make Winter Classic.

the cut, a chance at round two and the top

tier teams a place to keep their skills sharp The week in EU saw WASD Sports take away

as the results had no impact on the already 100 points with some amazing plays. The

qualified North American and European teams. Challenger Circuit winning team BasicM had

Many other regions also held a Winter Classic to forfeit at the last minute because they

league, with some regions having over 100 were unable to field a full team. On the North

teams in the open bracket. American side, Febrii came out on top.
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