The Search

Beasley Esports, owners of the Houston Outlaws, were looking to find the next great Rocket League Team to compete in the RLCS starting in fall 2021. So, they held an open tournament where the winning team would receive year-long contracts! The tournament was operated & produced by PAX Arena.

After the qualifiers, 16 teams were left standing to compete in the finale. The Final Four was a deep format where teams had to win multiple Best-of-X sets to win their matches. In the finals, team "Zookeepers" came out on top in a nail-biting finish in game 7 overtime of the final set. They are set to compete under contract for Beasley as "Team AXLE-R8" in the RLCS Season 11.

As the Competitive Operations Manager, my responsibilities included:
- Authoring the gameplay content in the legal rules
- Staffing a team of admins for the qualifiers
- Creating the tournament pages & overseeing registration
- Managing communications with players and the client
- Resolving all match-related issues (connection, rule questions, etc.)
- Coordinating matches for broadcast with the producer and observers

Please use Luke Thompson as a reference for my work on this project!