Pro League

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Pro League
Organizer	Ubisoft Entertainment ESL
Location	Europe North America South America Japan Oceania South Korea Southeast Asia

The Pro League is a professional esports league for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, hosted and organized by ESL in association with Ubisoft Entertainment. The league was announced in January 2016 and began with Year 1 Season 1 on March 4, 2017. The league coincided with Rainbow Six Siege updates before Year 3, with three seasons per year; the fourth being taken up by the Six Invitational. Since Year 3, there are two 6-month seasons per year.

For Year 1, the Pro League featured divisions in both PC and Xbox One, the latter in association with Microsoft. For Year 2, the Xbox One division was cut in favor of expanding the PC Pro League, with the platform moving to the Major League. Challenger League was also introduced as the second best league on the competitive scene and the only path to qualify in Pro League.

Format

Year 1

The league consisted of two divisions, North America and Europe. Teams played in a round-robin format, playing every other team in a best-of-two, with the top 2 teams proceeding to world playoffs.

Year 2

At the beginning of the year, Latin America got its own Pro League while Asia Pacific had to wait until Season 3. The format was adjusted to accommodate for the newly added division and production. Teams now play in a GSL Group Stage, with the top two teams proceeding to regional playoffs. Prior to Year 2 Season 3, teams would play in a single-elimination bracket, with the top two teams and the winner of the third-place match proceeding to LAN playoffs for North America and Europe, with only the top two proceeding to LAN playoffs in Latin America. This was again rectified in Year 2 Season 3 where, while teams continue to play in a single-elimination bracket, only the top two teams proceed to LAN playoffs for each division.

For Asia Pacific, there are four regional divisions: Australia & New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia. Each division functions similarly to the regular seasons of other divisions, featuring a GSL group stage and a single-elimination bracket, but with the top two teams proceeding to the regional Asia Pacific finals. The Asia Pacific Finals are played on LAN with the top two teams proceeding to the Pro League Finals.

Year 3

A few weeks before the Six Invitational 2018, Ubisoft and ESL announced a few changes to the competitive roadmap. In Year 1 and 2, Pro League seasons were following game seasons. For this third year, they decided to make Pro League seasons six months long (twice as long as before). With this change, regional Pro Leagues were going back to a round-robin format but this time with best-of-three matches. Top 2 teams of each region still qualify to the world finals. Due to time constraints, Season 7 was a transitional season using the same format as Year 2 while Season 8 was the very first season to last 6 months.

Year 4

The Six Invitational has ended, and G2 Esports managed to maintain their title as World Champions for 2019! While the teams take a few weeks to rest and recover, preparations for the second half of Season IX, set to kick off on Monday, March 11th, are underway. There have been a few changes to the league since we left off, so let’s take a look at what changes will be in store for the second half of Season IX:

ORGLESS LEAVES PRO LEAGUE

Unfortunately, the team known as Orgless (previously under the banner of Noble Esports) has disbanded, and will not be returning to Pro League. Two of their former members, Acid and Krazy, will remain in the Pro League scene however after joining forces with Rise Nation, replacing Beastly and GhxsT.

The loss of Orgless will mean that each remaining team in NA Pro League will receive an automatic 7-0 win during the second half of Season IX. This also means that there will only be three NA Pro League matches every night, with the team who was scheduled to play Orgless that week receiving a week off.

This also means that the first place Challenger League team at the end of the Challenger League season will be auto-relegated into Pro League, replacing Orgless who will be in 8th place. The seventh place Pro League team will continue to play a relegation match against the second place Challenger League team, as rules state.

EU PRO LEAGUE HAS A NEW PLAY DAY

To better accommodate our new production schedule, EU Pro League will be moving from Thursday to Friday evenings. The starting time will remain the same, kicking off at 19h00 CET.

Also, after the beginning of the season’s busy super weeks, here is a reminder of the day days for each region:

• North America: Mondays
• Latin America: Wednesdays
• Europe: Fridays
• APAC: Wednesdays & Thursdays

COMPETITIVE RAINBOW SIX PRIZE POOL INCREASE

As announced during the Six Invitational, the additional earnings from the Road to the Six Invitational will be redistributed back into the competitive Rainbow Six scene. Look for more specific details to be communicated within the upcoming weeks!

KAID AND NOMAD ENTER PRO LEAGUE

Kaid and Nomad have finished their three-month grace period, and will now be added to the Pro League operator pool. Lion will remain in quarantine as we work to improve this operator for competitive play.

To stay up to date with all of the latest news and updates during Pro League Season IX, be sure to follow us on Twitter. For up-to-date information on the bracket and schedule, visit our website.

In 2018, we announced Rainbow Six Siege’s first revenue-sharing initiative with esports organizations: the Pilot Program. Our goal was to create a sustainable, professional esports program by collaborating with veteran organizations in order to lead the ecosystem closer to maturity. This collaboration helped Rainbow Six Siege grow as an esport, and improved the quality of support that players received from their organizations.

For 2019, we will increase the scope of the partnerships between Ubisoft and our partnered esports organizations, and continue to iterate on the model that was proven by the first Pilot Program.

The second version of the program is slated to start in June 2019 and run until May 2020, encompassing Season XI and XII of the Pro League.

Our goals for Phase 2 of the Pilot Program:

• Expand to support more Pro League teams. Up to 16 teams will be included in Phase 2.

• Incentivize performance from players and organizations. Players and organizations both stand to benefit from participating in the team’s performance, both in and out of the server.

• Welcome committed and proven esports organizations into the Pilot Program through a qualitative selection process. Teams inside and outside of the Rainbow Six Siege ecosystem can submit an application for candidacy.

The selection criteria for Phase 2 have been updated. We are requiring all organizations (even existing Pilot Program partners) who are interested in participating in Phase 2 of the Pilot Program to submit applications in order to be considered for candidacy. Through this application process, we hope to identify the teams, both new and old, who can bring strength and stability to our esport.

REVENUE SHARING

Pro League items: For every Pro League set sold, 30% of the net revenue will be split equally amongst the teams involved in the Pilot Program.

Pro Team items: For every team-branded item sold, 30% of the net revenue will be shared with the team whose branded item is purchased. Of the team’s share, 30% of that revenue will be earmarked for players.

Road to SI event: 30% of the net revenues from the Road to SI event will go towards the Six Invitational Prize pool. When a Pilot Program team wins prize money at the Six Invitational, the portion of that money funded by Road to SI event revenues will be split evenly: 50% to the organization and 50% to the players.

APPLICATION BRIEF

What follows is an outline of the application materials organizations must submit to be considered for the Pilot Program. Please read them carefully and adhere to the submission guidelines.

• • Introduction

• • The focus of this section of application is to get to know you better. Why is your organization interested in Rainbow Six Siege? Tell us what put Rainbow Six Siege on your radar and how it will be distinguished from your organization’s other esports activities.

• Please provide us a list of other rosters that your organization supports.

• Tell us about your strategy in regards to positioning your Rainbow Six Siege roster.

• Describe how you plan to activate your existing fanbase around your Rainbow Six Siege activities.

• • Your Organization

• • Who are you, and what are your roots? We want to know your organization’s story and legacy to help us better understand how you can shine the spotlight on your Rainbow Six Siege roster.

Some key points to include (if applicable):

• What country or countries do you operate in?

• Is your organization a business? If so, please provide proof.

• How many full-time staff does your organization employ?

• Who are your organization’s sponsors and commercial partners?

• Who are the organization’s owners and investors? Please provide full names of individuals and/or corporate entities who hold more than 5% equity.

• What is your mission statement?

• Who are some players that have represented your organization in the past?

• Who is your Rainbow Six Siege roster?

• • Communication Metrics

• • It is important for us to know that you will be supporting Rainbow Six Siege with all the communication muscle at your disposal. Where does your organization operate, and how do you connect with your fans? We want to review your social media metrics, platforms, and existing content to assess your potential.

• Please provide a report of your social media status and analytics for the past three months on all platforms you plan to use for promotion of Rainbow Six Siege esports.

• Please provide a report of your content analytics for the past three months on all platforms you plan to use for promotion of Rainbow Six Siege esports.

• • Team Support

• • Supporting the esports program itself is important, but supporting your players is even more vital.

How are you going to create a stable environment for a world championship-winning Rainbow Six Siege team? We want to understand how your organization will commit to the personal and professional development of your team’s players both in and out of the server.

• What is the duration of your player contract for Rainbow Six Siege?

• What is the base salary you offer to each of your Rainbow Six Siege players?

• What other methods of compensation exist for each of your Rainbow Six Siege players?

• What percentage (if any) of prize winnings does your organization take from your Rainbow Six Siege players?

• Does your Rainbow Six Siege roster have a dedicated player manager?

  o If not, what percentage of workload does Rainbow Six Siege represent for your organization’s player management staff?

• What support staff will your organization provide to assist your Rainbow Six Siege roster?

• • Promotion

• • We want to assure ourselves that your organization will indeed support the Pilot Program, and specifically your team’s effort within it. Each organization has its own voice, and if we were to tell you how you use it, it would compromise the identity you have worked hard to build. We want you to use the techniques you find most effective or fitting for each scenario below, and show us how you would:

• Provide coverage and promotion for your team in the Pro League on a typical match day.

• Provide promotion of your local and regional Rainbow Six Siege activations.

• Provide coverage and promotion for your team at any of our offline esports competitions (Six Invitational, Six Major, and Pro League Finals).

• Promote your players, your roster, and any changes it may undergo.

• Market and sell your organization’s Pilot Program BDU, Headgear, Weapon skin, and Charm. For this, we want to see examples of the marketing you would use during different phases of the Pilot Program, including:

  o The lead-up and announcement of items.

  o Regular promotion of items.

  o Promotion of items around significant events.

• • Brand Style guide

• • What is your organization’s visual identity? We want to see your branding, your guidelines, and your inspiration.

• You will need to provide a minimum of two (2) and maximum of six (6) examples of patterns, designs, symbols, or mottos that represent your organization in vector format (.ai) along with their intended usage and color swatches.

• You will need to submit your logo pack in vector format (.ai), with all associated guidelines and color swatches.

• You will need to submit your official font or fonts.

• • Submission Criteria

• • Submissions will only be accepted and reviewed in one format. A submission must consist of the following five elements contained within a single .zip archive:

• .pdf presentation covering all topics outlined above

• .pdf containing your brand guidelines

• .ai file containing your logo and any color variations of your logo

• .ai file containing your organization’s selection of six stylistic elements that you would integrate into your in-game items if accepted into the Pilot Program

• A folder containing your font or fonts

• • The deadline for applications is April 15th, 2019 at 5:00PM Eastern Time. Applications are to be submitted to pilotprogram@ubisoft.com by email.

• • • Any submissions that do not fit these guidelines will not be considered for Pilot Program candidacy.

• We reserve the absolute right in our absolute discretion to accept or reject any submission, and no correspondence will be entered into regarding unsuccessful applications.

• All information submitted in Pilot Program applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality.

• Any information submitted that is shown to be false or misleading, whether upon submission or at a later date if the organization is inducted into the Pilot Program, may result in immediate disqualification from the application process or the Program.

• We reserve the right to investigate the ownership status of any organization applying for the Pilot Program to ensure there are no conflicts of interest.

Pro League Sets

Operator	Image
Valkyrie Voltage
Smoke Voltage
Hibana Voltage
Glaz Voltage
Mira Quasar
Castle Quasar
Doc Quasar
Buck Quasar
Jackal Lightspeed
Ela Lightspeed
Blackbeard Lightspeed
Caveira Lightspeed
Capitao Space Age
Kapkan Space Age
Lesion Space Age
Echo Space Age
Ying Starlight
Vigil Starlight
Dokkaebi Starlight
Zofia Starlight
Alibi Moon Flare
Finka Moon Flare
Lion Moon Flare
Maestro Moon Flare
Nomad Celestial Glory
Maverick Celestial Glory
Kaid Celestial Glory
Clash Celestial Glory
Ash Cosmic Nexus
Rook Cosmic Nexus
Mozzie Cosmic Nexus
Gridlock Cosmic Nexus
Warden Solar Expansion
Nokk Solar Expansion
Tachanka Solar Expansion
IQ Solar Expansion
Amaru Spectrometer
Goyo Spectrometer
Jager Spectrometer
Twitch Spectrometer
Fuze Galactic Membrane
Kali Galactic Membrane
Thermite Galactic Membrane
Wamai Galactic Membrane

Pro League Weapon Skins

Weapons	Skin
MPX
FMG-9
Type 89
OTs-03
Vector .45 ACP
UMP45
P90
PDW9
Scorpion EVO 3 A1
MK17 CQB
M12
PARA-308
9×19VSN
T-5 SMG
MP5SD
T-95 LSW
K1A
Mk 14 EMR
M762
Mx4 Storm
Spear .308
V308
ALDA 5.56
AK-74M
M4
AUG A3
SPSMG9
R4-C
MP5
Commando 9
F90
MPX
SIX12 SD
9×19VSN
AUG A2
SuperNova
TCSG12
M870
417
6P41
CSRX 300
556xi
MP5K