Complexity Gaming wins RLCS Spring Open

The first rounds of the Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) 2022-23 Spring Open for North America (NA), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Oceania (OCE), finally wrapped up. Teams competed to secured the points needed to attend the RLCS Spring Major as well as the RLCS World Championship in August.

Let's take a look at what happened during the first bloom of the RLCS Spring Open.

The odds were finally on Complexity Gaming's side as they emerged victorious at the RLCS Spring Open. They previously had a rough Fall season that led to them missing out on the Fall Major. We saw flashes of potential during the Winter Split, with them earning second place against Gen.G Mobil1 Racing in the Winter Open. They then consistently stayed in the top four during the Winter Cup and Winter Invitational, which led to them getting top four in the RLCS Winter Major.

With hard work and pure determination, they kept up their consistency in the RLCS Spring Open. They started with a clean score of 3-0 against Zero2One. Complexity Gaming then took down Version 1 and OpTic Gaming, which landed them in the upper-bracket final against Gen.G Mobil1 Racing.

Complexity Gaming historically tends to fall to Gen.G, but in an intense seven-game series, Complexity secured the advancement to the grand final. Gen.G managed to survive the lower-bracket final against OpTic Gaming and they had a second chance to reclaim their NA throne. However, Complexity Gaming decided to stop Gen.G's NA domination and bring them down with a 4-2 score.

The upcoming RLCS Spring Major will have five reserved slots for the best NA teams in the RLCS Spring Split. Below is the current RLCS NA Spring Ranking, with Complexity Gaming in first place.

The Saudi Arabian team has always been a fierce competitor against the mighty Team Falcons, which ruled the MENA region for a long time. Rule One players have managed to win two RLCS qualifiers, but they always fell short against Team Falcons.

This time, Team Falcons was nowhere to be seen in the grand finals. The dominating team was slain by Infinity in the upper-bracket semifinal that knocked them to the lower bracket. They then faced Twisted Minds who gave it their all to end Team Falcon's supremacy. In an intense game-seven overtime match, Team Falcon exited the tournament in fourth place.

Rule One didn't even have to worry about their nemesis during the grand final. After a breezy run during the RLCS Spring Open, they took their place at the top of the RLCS MENA Spring Ranking. Not only that, Team Falcons also scored lower points to stand at number four. This means they might miss out on their first major since 2022. We will probably see a new team representing the MENA region.

The Australian team finally rose once again as they took the first qualifier of the RLCS Spring Split. They did not have a good Winter Split, ending up in the fifth to 85th place for all three qualifiers. This time, they were in the run for securing invites to the RLCS Spring Major.

PWR had a pretty smooth journey in the recent Spring Open. They were winning with clean scores in the upper bracket until they finally met with the Pioneers in the upper-bracket semifinals. It was an intense moment as they were knocked out twice by the Pioneers in previous qualifiers. However, something snapped in them and they easily ran over the Pioneers with a score of 4-1.

PWR then met up with the current king of OCE, Ground Zero Gaming, in the upper-bracket final. They pushed Ground Zero to the lower bracket and secured the grand final. Later, PWR faced Ground Zero again in the grand final of the RLCS OCE Spring Open. In another seven-game series with a heart-stopping reverse sweep, PWR denied a bracket reset and emerged as the champion of the qualifier.

OCE region received two slots in the RLCS Spring Major. Meanwhile, PWR and Ground Zero are now at the top of the RLCS OCE Spring Ranking, with Pioneers and the him police trailing behind.

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