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First Red Alert Experimental League (RAEL) Announcement!

The RAEL is comming! Test your skills and have a fun in a short friendly league with new maps, balance changes, and exciting mechanics.

What is RAEL?

Red Alert Experimental League is short term and recurring league to test balance or general gameplay changes in semi-competitive environment.

Purpose is to provide a framework for faster and more flexible way to testing new and more radical gameplay overhauls without interrupting competitive and release balances.

Start:

June 10th, 2025

Format:

- 4 BO3 matches
- 1 match per week
- play-offs or tie breaker (depends on no. of participants)
- (optional) minions and masters divisions (depending on no. of participants)

Key Changes:

- Queue limits to make it more engaging and more competitive (structures: 2; vehicles/air/naval: 5; infantry: 30)
- $7,5k starting cash for more early-game variability
- Nerfed static defenses to encourage attacking playstyle (~ 20% more cost which means 20% slower build time)
- No SD requirement for MCV for more flexible base expansion

Maps:

Competitive maps:

- malevolence [RAGL-16] (https://resource.openra.net/maps/63874/)
- Elevation [RAGL-16] (https://resource.openra.net/maps/63873/)
- Darker Woods [RAGL-16] (https://resource.openra.net/maps/63872/)
- Champion [RAGL-16] (https://resource.openra.net/maps/63871/)
- Island Fight [RAGL-16] (https://resource.openra.net/maps/63870/)
- Stageira [current Ladder] (https://resource.openra.net/maps/63869/)

Experimental maps:

Serbian Summer (by Pinktooth) (https://resource.openra.net/maps/63881/)
Crossfire (RAEL version: https://resource.openra.net/maps/63868/ )

All maps use BI 4.4 (RAGL) balance.

Submit your own map or suggest existing one. Deadline: 30th May .
Write a short explanation why it'd be worth testing.

Feel free to share this announcement around the web and invite your friends to join the fun!

Let’s make RAEL a fun and experimental journey!

Registration:

Write here or PM me (bete) via OpenRA Discord (discord.openra.net).

(registrations deadline: 9th June)

Sign ups:

milkman
tttppp
gargamel
bete
sir
creo
sigil
anjew
unano
nicht ich (akadeazh)
LeChuck (Carsten)
fiwo
duke bones
Toji (Coppa)
Krümel
Sick (Pixel machine)
Yara
Blackend
Kalion

Rules

1. Scheduling matches:

- Schedule matches via private message on Discord or Forum.
- Send replay when you finish games.
- Contact admin (bete) only if you have problems to schedule.
- Dispute will be solved by admin.

2. Map selection and bans

1st player bans a map.
2nd player bans a map.
1st player picks map.
loser picks map.
If 1-1 then latest loser player picks map again.
The same map can't be played twice.

3. Delaying matches

B/c we have Swiss format, delays aren't possible.

Looks cool — sign me up!

I'll play.

lewiscook wrote: ↑

Thu May 29, 2025 8:20 am

Wow Among Us I'm excited about the RAEL news!

News and videos/streams (I hope) will be published here.

Do you use Discord? It more active and up-to-date...

Added rules section.

Group stage

deadline for all 4 matches (July 7th)

Group A (Swiss, 4 rounds):
creo
blacken
unano
gargamel
sir
anjew

Group B (Swiss, 4 rounds):
bete
milkman
yara
duke bones
sigil
tttppp
fiwo

Group C (Swiss)
Toji(Coppa)
Krümel
ich
LeChuck (Carsten)
Sick (Pixel machine)
Kalion

Play offs

Semi-finals (Best of 5)

deadline: July 15th

1st Group A versus 1st group B
2nd group A versus 3rd group A

Finals (best of 5 or 7)
date: TBD

Challonge events:

https://challonge.com/rael1_group_a

https://challonge.com/rael1_group_b

https://challonge.com/rael1_group_c

Please contact your Week #1 opponent and send replays to PM to bete.

Updated rules:

"You can't choose same map twice.
Each player can ban 1 map before 1st game."

and again

2. Map selection and bans

1st player bans a map.
2nd player bans a map.
1st player picks map.
loser picks map.
If 1-1 then latest loser player picks map again.
The same map can't be played twice.