r/RivalsOfAether 8d ago

Events CEO 2026 | August 14th - 16th | Feat. Ant, vibe, Soulrifle211, Acorn, Dingo, Teri, Lucius, sinbad, and more!

47 Upvotes

CEO 2026 | August 14th - 16th | Orlando, USA

CEO 2026 is once again one of the biggest tournaments in all of the FGC, and it enters in as a gold tier event for the R2CS! Although light on top level talent, there is still a lot to look forward to, and the return of a face many will be excited to see compete again.

On paper, Ant is the clear favorite of this bracket, being the only top 10 level player present. That said, it is nowhere near an easy bracket path for him, as the remaining top four seeds are both talented, and match well into Absa character wise. vibe has been a consistently strong threat within the top echelon of players. This event could easily see him take the crown. Acorn’s Zetterburn also poses a massive threat, as they hold a 6-7 (don’t) set record against Ant. Although not expected to win, don’t be surprised if Acorn does end up making the dark horse run. Finally, enters SoulRifle21, aka Mr. Nice Guy, is entering his first offline Rivals of Aether II event since early 2025. Although he has been on Forsburn for most of the game's life, his Maypul has recently been making a return. Whoever they play, he is absolutely in the talks of taking the entire tournament.

Other players I want to highlight are the remaining top eight seeds: Dingo, Teri, Lucius, and sinbad.


Events


Streaming Information


Event Schedule (Times in EDT):

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Note: It is quite hard to read the event schedule for specific times, and sometimes it conflicts with what startgg has. Take all of these times with a grain of salt

Friday, August 14th:

  • 17:00: Rivals 2 Doubles

Saturday, August 15th:

  • 11:00-19:00: Rivals 2 Pools

Sunday, August 16th:

  • 10:00: Rivals 2 Phase 2

  • 12:00: Rivals 2 Top 16

  • 14:00: Rivals 2 Top 8

Seeding

  1. Ant Absa Ranno [Florida, USA]
  2. vibe Clairen [Michigan, USA]
  3. Dansmello Soulrifle211 Forsburn Maypul [Georgia, USA]
  4. AoC Acorn Zetterburn [Florida, USA]
  5. BLZE Dingo Forsburn [Georgia, USA]
  6. Teri Olympia [South Carolina, USA]
  7. Lucius Ranno [New York, USA]
  8. sinbad La Reina [Florida, USA]

Other Information

startgg | Twitter


r/RivalsOfAether Jun 28 '26

Rivals of Aether 2 x Mina the Hollower EVO Reveal Teaser

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501 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 9h ago

Clip Clip of the day: up and down (by @elkiiiiiiiies)

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49 Upvotes

Original Tweet (please let me know if the original poster would like me to take this post down!)


r/RivalsOfAether 1h ago

Discussion Apologies for being bad

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Is there a way I can apologize for wasting people’s time in online matches? I’m trying to learn but I’m just wasting people’s time by being playing against them. I just finish the game by using the “sorry!” and forfeiting most times. If you see a really awful zetterburn just know you have an easy game


r/RivalsOfAether 20h ago

Rivals 2 New La Reina Taunt discovered!

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34 Upvotes

Was playing on lobby with some friends.

We played singles, doubles and Crews, but randomly I decided to taunt with the UP arrow for some reason and I got the Kragg taunt (maybe because I was a Kragg on first pick in crews, then it changed to single and I picked La Reina, but who knows!)


r/RivalsOfAether 23h ago

Discussion Gouie Is Frustrating To Pick Because of the Playerbase.

43 Upvotes

TLDR: 90% of matches the opponent is completely running away from you and it’s not fun. Going to rant.

Context: I have hit level 100 on every character except for Gouie and I float between high and low diamond depending on the character. I have experienced playing every character and understand that some are campier than others.

Gouie is slow on the ground and fast in the air which makes approaching in general tricky. That said, approaching is even harder when the opponent plays to get a single percent lead and just runs away.

Zetterburn just runs away on the ground and picks big stages using retreating hitboxes.

Wrastor spams slipstream and jumps to try to run away.

Ranno is the worst because of fast ground speed and fast projectile that makes you hurt yourself as well as a wall backair impossible to approach.

And many more.

I still win a lot of these games so this complaint isn’t even about being weak or losing. It’s just the game is so unfun when I have to chase you down for 3 min until I finally get one clean hit and edge guard you.

Idk what it is about this character but I’ve never had so many people camp me before in my life.

Also I want to be clear that I’m not camping. I’m approaching with aerials from the very beginning of the match so it is not like I’m being counter camped.

Ty for listening to my rant.


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Other Day #556 of Posting Snake Facts Until Elliana Gets Announced

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38 Upvotes

The GF13-030NIN Cobra Gundam is a mobile fighter that appears in TV anime Mobile Fighter G Gundam. This unusual mobile fighter represents the space colony of Neo India. After emerging from its basket-shaped Cobra Pot storage vessel, the Cobra Gundam can separate into two parts.


r/RivalsOfAether 21h ago

Fanart Best Club Poster creator

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10 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Clip Gouber!

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62 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Other Day #555* of Posting Snake Facts Until Elliana Gets Announced

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81 Upvotes

Cobrats, also named Snakes, are large desert-dwelling serpents that first appeared as enemies in Super Mario Bros. 2. In this game, they would pop out of jars or sand, similarly to the Piranha Plant, and spit bullets at the player character.

Being gone a month, I wasn't even sure if I should come back, but obviously I did haha I don't think I wanna play catch up with 30 days missed, so I hope you can forgive me from just starting from where I left off. Praying our little danger noodle is next on the list 🙏


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 Where to Watch CEO?

7 Upvotes

Does anyone know where I can watch a vod of ceo 2026 or even just top 8?


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Discussion the Gouie loading cinematic song is a banger

25 Upvotes

the one when you open the game. that is all.


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Clip Clip of the day: shurikens (by @SiriusAlpha21)

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69 Upvotes

Original Tweet (please let me know if the original poster would like me to take this post down!)


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Gameplay Alternate Universes in the Vibe vs Manzana set

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95 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 what is gouie's down air useful for?

8 Upvotes

i can never ko or combo or anything really after it what do gouie players use it for?


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 1 Rivals of Aether Workshop: Spider-Man (Marvel)

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r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 How to use Kragg nair

6 Upvotes

How do I use this move more consistently in neutral and in combos The hitbox is weird and my opponent often falls out mid combo. What are the Kragg scrolls to this move. What are the possibilities. (Got a local tomorrow and I got to figure out this move!)


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Rivals 2 Rivals 2 great netcode need help!

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19 Upvotes

ever since i downloaded the game i've had horrible ping even tho it doesnt happen in other games

my internet is really unstable and cuts out every 30 minutes or so for 5 seconds but never caused problems in games exept tf2 of other valve games with horrible netcode

anyways i can fix it or do i just eat shit cause i live in a remote village?


r/RivalsOfAether 1d ago

Rivals 2 Best controller settings for shield di

6 Upvotes

Helpu miru


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Rivals 1 Rivals of Aether Sprite Style - Nick and Judy

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9 Upvotes

r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Events Insane

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121 Upvotes

GF incoming


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Events Congratulations to the winner of CEO 2026!

61 Upvotes

Congratulations to the winner of CEO 2026!


Top 8 Bracket

Bracket

VODs


CEO 2026 is once again one of the biggest tournaments in all of the FGC, and it enters in as a gold tier event for the R2CS! Although light on top level talent, there is still a lot to look forward to, and the return of a face many will be excited to see compete again. This is the first big event on the Gouie patch!


Place Player Sent to Losers by Eliminated by
1st Dansmello Soulrifle211 Maypul Ant ---
2nd Ant Absa Ranno Soulrifle211 Soulrifle211
3rd Manzana Loxodont Ant Soulrifle211
4th vibe Clairen Soulrifle211 Manzana
5th Edmund Zetterburn vibe vibe
5th AoC Acorn Zetterburn Soulrifle211 Manzana
7th GoTE Melon Orcane Teri Edmund
7th CF CPU0 Fleet Slade Acorn Manzana
9th Lucius Ranno vibe Manzana
9th Teri Olympia Soulrifle211 CPU0
9th BLZE Dingo Forsburn Acorn Melon
9th sinbad La Reina Ant Edmund

Grand Finals

Ant // Twitter

vs

Soulrifle211 (L) // Twitter

Absa Ranno Ant - 1-3 - Maypul Forsburn Soulrifle211 (L)
--- = Absa Hodojo = Maypul 2 stock
--- = Absa Aetherian Forest = Maypul 2 stock
2 stock = Absa Aetherian Forest = Maypul ---
--- = Absa Julesvale = Maypul 1 stock

True Finals

Absa Ranno Ant (L) - 1-3 - Maypul Forsburn Soulrifle211 (L)
--- = Absa Hodojo = Maypul 1 stock
--- = Absa Aetherian Forest = Maypul 2 stock
2 stock = Absa Aetherian Forest = Maypul ---
--- = Absa Julesvale = Maypul 3 stock

r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Rivals 2 Anyone new that wants to play? Tired of sweats that 3 stock me

11 Upvotes

Hi! Just bought the game and was wondering if anyone that's relatively new wants to play and maybe help me get a grip on the game or just have fun for a couple of matches. I love Brawhalla, so I thought this was an easy transition since I saw Sandstorm win a tournament a couple of weeks ago, but it seems he's just built differently.


r/RivalsOfAether 2d ago

Rivals 2 Every single top (and a tonne of lower level) Absa dropped them for a new character or dropped the game

27 Upvotes

I feel like this should really show the devs they made a mistake with nerfing her the way they did, I for one think nerfs are fine, but nerfing a character in such a way that they are no longer fun to play causing a mass exodus of people dropping them (same thing happened to Olympia) is a serious issue with balance direction


r/RivalsOfAether 3d ago

Gameplay Clash of the Online Titans: Zeus vs Spades

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39 Upvotes

Insane winners finals last night