Rivals of Aether News

This Sunday, enter The Kingpin: a free-to-enter online monthly hosted by Drexel University's Rivals of Aether scene!

[h2]All players in the NA region are welcome to enter.[/h2]
(US/CA/MX)

The online event is going big this month with a special edition sponsored by Drexel University's Game Design & Production program at Westphal College, Drexel University's Esports Business degree at LeBow College of Business, The Drexel Esports & Gaming Association, and Rivals of Aether.

[h2]Sign Up to Play Tomorrow (11/22)[/h2]
Signups are open up to half an hour before the event starts at smash.gg/Kingpin4

[h2]Prizes For Beginners and Veterans Alike[/h2]

• $500 Pot Bonus!
  
• All participants are entered into a raffle for a Nintendo Switch, drawn at the end of the event on stream.
  
• Additional DLC skin giveaways for stream viewers.
  

[h2]Details[/h2]

• Date/Time: November 22nd 2020 at 7PM ET / 6PM CT / 4PM PT.
  
• Check-ins open 30 minutes before the event starts.
  
• Open to North American players only.
  
• Make sure to join The Kingpin discord to communicate with TOs and other players.
  
• Wired ethernet connection strongly encouraged. Players with poor/unplayable connections may be disqualified.
  

[h2]Livestream[/h2]
Tune into the broadcast to catch the action and be entered into viewer-only raffles for skins. This special edition of the event will be featured on twitch.tv/RivalsOfAether. Stream starts at 7PM ET / 6PM CT / 4PM PT.

Broadcast test for the Earth Major this Saturday. Just a short 15 minute stream to ensure Saturday's RCS quality.

Each month we hold a free to enter, online major with fantastic prizes for beginners and veterans alike. This month, our theme is focused on the Earth Element!

In addition to our usual Twitch Stream featuring favorite community commentators, we will also be broadcasting for the first time this month on Steam. Make sure to sign up today to get a chance to play on the official broadcast.

Register: smash.gg/RCS5Earth Date: November 14, 2020
Time: 7PM ET / 6PM CT / 4PM PT

• All participants will receive a Champion Kragg skin just for participating.
  
• Players who reach phase 2 will earn the rare Champion Maypul skin.
  
• Top 8 finishers will earn cash prizes from the RCS Championship Chest.
  
• + even more league prizes for continued high placement and participation...
  

Join our official discord to get the latest updates on the event and talk to other players. We also hold a separate monthly for our European and Australian communities.

Each month we hold a free to enter, online major with fantastic prizes for beginners and veterans alike. This month, our theme is focused on the Earth Element!

• All participants will receive a Champion Kragg skin just for participating.
  
• Players who reach phase 2 will earn the rare Champion Maypul skin.
  
• Top 8 finishers will earn cash prizes from the RCS Championship Chest.
  
• + even more league prizes for continued high placement and participation...
  

In addition to our usual Twitch Stream featuring favorite community commentators, we will also be broadcasting for the first time this month on Steam. Make sure to sign up today to get a chance to play on the official broadcast.

Register: smash.gg/RCS5Earth Date: November 14, 2020
Time: 7PM ET / 6PM CT / 4PM PT

Join our official discord to get the latest updates on the event and talk to other players. We also hold a separate monthly for our European and Australian communities.

We've got a small update today primarily to drop the new Champion Elliana skin into the game for our RCS monthly participants. As usual she goes a little overboard with being a trophy winner.






In addition to the new skin there are also a few general changes. Now that the Definitive Edition is out we don't plan on doing many large character balance patches, but we will be keeping an eye on any emerging bugs and improvements we can make.

• Fixed custom stage data making CPUs not recover correctly.
  
• Fixed a crash from spawning playtest CPUs until you spawned Shovel Knight.
  
• Fixed Various UI alignment fixes, things overlapping, etc.
  
• Fixed lots of edge-case crash fixes.
  

Character Specific

• Elliana no longer permanently eats Orby in her tutorial with Utilt.
  
• Maypul marks should now have the correct color if parried.
  
• Adjusted Forsburn's Clone Recovery AI.