To be clear, there are no new "RGL ping guidelines". There are no new ping guidelines that create a limit of "110 ping" to NA servers.

The rule in question refers to this:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/776052661454635008/887057802877603890/unknown.png

This is an update to the Region rule by reverting it to a previous iteration of the rule that existed in RGL prior to the start of 2021 (the rule itself had existed since the beginning of the league). It is a region cap on the number of non-region players in the North American leagues for RGL (2 for 6s, 3 for HL, etc.). When RGL hosted European and Australian regions in its league, there were region caps on North American players participating in these tournaments as well.

Other leagues such as RSL.tf and UGC also have similar region cap rules:

RSL.tf:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/776052661454635008/887094856961388574/unknown.png

UGC:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/776052661454635008/887095033927458846/unknown.png

(* UGC making an exception to Colombian / Peruvian players)

The full article, which explains more in detail about why the the rule was reverted can be found here: https://rgl.gg/?a=1566. In a 2020 article, this was also polled where the rule was clarified/explained:

https://i.imgur.com/XCGwdqh.png

I am assuming you are referring to the possibility of a captain choosing all the Medics (or of a specific class) during the drafting stage and causing the draft to be aborted. There will be different drafting styles, as well as checks to ensure that this does not happen.

As a notice, I encourage everyone to post feedback and questions in the discussion and feedback thread on the RGL forums, as this will be actively looked at by our developer team and staff. I cannot guarantee that I will be able to respond to all inquiries here.

https://forums.rgl.gg/topic/750/rgl-pugs-discussion-and-feedback

There are a lot more specific details about the pugging system that are not mentioned here but will be done so in a follow-up article.

This site does not only offer exclusive captain draft style picking as you see in PugChamp, but many other types of drafting systems that will be more inclusive to players that may not have a chance to get picked.

As a mention, we will be doing reveals to showcase this to the community. This will be done on streams.

RGL PUGs is the official RGL platform for pickup games.

• Formats: The site will support all of the formats that RGL runs, starting with Traditional 6s and later expanding to Prolander and Highlander. Additional game types may be added in the future.
  
• Ranking system: Players will rank up and down based on match results, across 3 different skill divisions (Newcomer, Intermediate, Advanced).
  
• Voice automation: Full Discord integration that will automatically handle moving players into the correct voice channels.
  
• Flexibility: Built to allow easy pivoting between multiple different drafting styles and rulesets per-division and per-game type based on the best fit.

Socials (to keep up-to-date):

• RGL Discord, RGL Twitter

The official RGL PUG site discussion and feedback thread can be found here.

I would recommend people test their ping on the Iowa server. It's the most central location that is currently being provided of the three. Like DubThink stated, most people do get around the same ping to this location as they do to Chicago.

Definitely am excited. RGL being able to work with Qixalite to provide servers for the scene is positive. Hope the trial process will go well.

https://i.imgur.com/jFnBzzH.png

you're amazing.

Yomps was always a player that I loved watching in competitive match casts, highlight videos, and streams. This news completely got me off-guard. My condolences go to everyone close to him and his family. Rest in peace.

It seems to be recent. These are bots that are using a new lag exploit to lag and eventually crash the server. Casual is definitely pretty unplayable in NA unless this gets resolved.

I'm legit shocked. I grew up watching Kobe play since I was a child.

Stream should be starting now. Time on this event page is off due to a mistake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2W0N3uKXmo

Stream will be pushed back an hour. :/

turbine