ACGL Grind R6 Siege: What you need to know

Calling all local Rainbow Six Siege squads! South African tournament organizer African Cyber Gaming League (ACGL) has a huge ACGL Grind R6 Siege event as part of the ACGL Grind mega-event, powered by Predator, and it starts early next month. Here’s what you need to know.

ACGL Grind R6 Siege details

First and foremost, you can head on over to the ACGL Grind R6 Siege registration page now to sign your squad up for free and check out the event’s landing page for more details and community goals. The registrations close on 1 May 2023, the same day the tournament begins.

This is a 5v5 Rainbow Six Siege tournament open to console gamers. The tournament has a baseline prize pool of R10,000 (which can be increased). Check out the baseline prize pool distribution below.

Prize pool distribution:

• 1st place – R5,000
• 2nd place – R2,500
• 3rd place – R1,500
• 4th place – R1,000

If you would like to see Rainbow Six Siege return for ACGL Grind Season 2 and increase its prize pool, you should definitely use the #R6ZAGRIND hashtag on social media. ACGL explains: “Should the hashtag #R6ZAGRIND gain the highest social reach in the ACGL Grind, the prizes will be increased by R6,000. For the 2nd highest reach, it will be increased by R4,000. If it has the lowest, it will not return for the next #ACGLgrind. Reach can be tracked here.“

The prize pool can be increased by reaching community goals, namely:

• Get 32 sign ups, increase prize pool by R1,000
• Get 750k social reach, increase prize pool by R2,000
• Get 1 million social reach, increase prize pool by R1,000
• Get 100 concurrent viewers in 3 streams, increase prize pool by R1,000

According to ACGL, fans can expect regular live streams via the ACGL Twitch channel. “This provides an opportunity for fans to not only watch the competition but also interact with the players and engage with the community.”

You can keep up to date with all their announcements by following ACGL on Twitter and Facebook and joining their Discord server. Remember to use the #R6ZAGRIND when talking about the event.

Header image via Ubisoft.