Borderlands 3 Twitch Rivals Tournament concludes with Team Woops emerging as the champions
Gearbox’s highly-anticipated looter shooter game, Borderlands 3, was released last week, and to celebrate, a Twitch Rivals tournament took place. The tournament featured 16 Twitch partners competing against each other.
The 16 participating streamers were divided into four teams:
- Team KingGothalion: Char, Edemonster, AdmiralBahroo, KingGothalion
- Team Woops: ryancentral, Roflwaffles, lazydata, woops
- Team Sacriel: Tomographic, stodeh, BreaK, Sacriel
- Team Criken: gmart, lawlman, ShayneHawke, criken
Team Woops emerged as the winners of the first round, earning $5,000 in winnings.
In the second round, Team Woops dominated once again, securing victory with a score of 304 points, just edging out Team KingGothalion by two points. With these strong performances, Team Woops took the lead in overall points after two rounds, making them the favorites to win an additional $5,000.
After the completion of the third and final round, Team Woops emerged as the champions with a score of 450 points. They took home a total of $21,500 in winnings.
During the tournament, controversy arose in the chat room regarding cheating allegations against Team Woops. The allegations stemmed from their decision to farm for legendary weapons before the start of the rounds. Although this strategy was not explicitly prohibited in the event rules, viewers felt it was unethical. The tournament hosts addressed the issue by informing Team Woops that they were no longer allowed to farm for weapons between the rounds.
The Twitch Rivals Borderlands 3 challenge was hosted by streamers SayNoToRage, Caleb “WavePunk” Simmons, and Britanni Johnson. The teams were tasked with completing Proving Ground challenges as fast as possible across three rounds of increasing difficulty. Scoring was determined by the amount of time left on the clock when a challenge was completed, with multipliers for difficulty.
A $50,000 prize pool was up for grabs, with cash prizes awarded to teams after each round based on their placement. Bonus cash was also given for two additional challenges at the end of the event.
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