Smackdown Tournament with $1,025 Pool on Nov 16

The Smackdown Tournament sets a new prize pool record for Rivals shortly after the Rivals World Cup.  It's a tournament presented by the Bandito Collective, with casting by Nukin and Jeffrey.

• When? Starting with the Western Europe Regional Finals on Nov 16, 11am EST (4 pm London, 5 pm Paris/Rome/Berlin)
• Where? Bandito Twitch Channel -- follow it now to receive notifications
• Prize pool: $1,025 

Video of the Day: 13lade playing 4 meta decks

This is a great video, because 13lade deliberately plays four very different meta decks, and adds insightful commentary on why he does what. Absolute must-watch especially for newer players who want to learn!

The decks that 13lade plays here are:

1. GDI Sniper: Liang - Missile Troopers, Snipers - Wardogs, Pitbull, Predator - Orca Bomber
2. GDI Suzaku APC Liang variant: Liang - Riflemen, Missile Troopers - Pitbull, APC - Dronesawarm, Orca (read more about this deck in this interview with Suzaku)
3. Nod Jade Laser Drone deck ckm111 variant: Jade - Militants, Laser Troopers, Chem Troopers - Bikes - Laser Dromes, Phantom (read more about this deck here)
4. Fanatic Aggro Buggy variant: Laser Troopers, Fanatics - Bikes, Buggy, Scorpion Tank - Banshee

New Rivals Community Manager @ EA 

Today, a new EA contact posted on Reddit for the first time. One thing they are looking for particularly is feedback from iOS users on bugs, especially the visual glitches experienced by iOS 13 users.

The Rivals Twitter account has also become active again, so let's support this by following on Twitter and giving the latest posts some love and retweets!