The Redditors' Dota 2 League (RD2L) is a casual and competitive league for individual players (not teams) of all skill levels. It's a great way to experience organized and competitive Dota 2 without the heavy time commitments and scheduling uncertainty involved in forming a team for a typical league.

You can either sign up as a captain or a player. All players are placed in a draft pool from which captains will pick to form teams. You'll likely be placed with a team of people you haven't met before, and will have the chance to make new friends as you practice and play together over our 8 week season. Captains will be responsible for drafting their teams from the pool of players. After teams are drafted, they will play an 8 week group stage with one captains mode bo2 each week, ending in a playoff for the top teams of each division. (Some divisions may have slightly shorter seasons)

Why Play RD2L?

All skill levels welcome! While the average MMR in RD2L is high 3k - low 4k, we have players from 1k - 6k in the league. More experienced players can improve their team work, communication, and leadership skills while helping the lower MMR players improve their game skills.
Balanced matches. By drafting teams (similar to fantasy football), teams tend to be generally even in overall player skill. Also, regular season matchmaking pits teams with similar records against each other each week to avoid unbalanced matchups.
A great way to build a stack. Through inhouses and regular season matches, build a group of friends to stack and queue with. Teams made up of RD2L players regularly play in Battle Cups, AD2L, Echo League, and Valve Event Qualifiers.
Develop your captaining and leadership skills. Whether you captain this season or are mentored by one, RD2L is a great place to improve at CM. Drafting, strategy, and team play are all much more important than your average ranked pub game.
Make new friends We have hundreds of players each season, which means that you'll have a chance to meet people looking to have fun in a competitive setting like you. If you're looking to meet more people to play Dota with this is a great league to get started in.
No Scheduling hassles In our league you sign up for a division that plays its games on the same night every week, you'll know what night you need to play and won't be scrambling to coordinate a match with your opponents.

Signing up:

Captain and Player Sign-Ups and Information: For full information on how to sign up and rule changes from our previous season, see this post on our subreddit.

First time Signup FAQ: A guide made by one of our community members to help you with the signup process and understanding what comes after you signup.

Captains get to draft players and run their team. If you wish to captain and this is your first season, you must have a legend or above medal and you must be approved by an admin vouch.

Players sign up to be drafted into a team. To sign up as a player you must have played at least 500 games and have 250 wins. Your steam profile / dota stats must also be public to successfully sign up, and you are expected to keep it public for the duration of the season. There is no minimum MMR for players.

Sign-ups work on a first come first serve basis. The number of players we can support each season is limited by the number of captains that sign up, so being a captain is the best way to ensure you get a spot. (However, we typically ask for volunteers from returning players and previous captains if more are needed after sign-ups end, so don't feel pressure to sign-up as a captain.) If as a player you go undrafted, you can still be added to a team that needs you during the season as a Free Agent.

Season 15 Schedule - This subreddit post has our full schedule for the season.

If you're having signup issues, you can send us a modmail on our subreddit, PM me here on reddit, or come to our discord (https://discord.gg/SCXaYj) and ask for assistance there.

Divisions:

When you sign up you will choose a division for a day/time where you'll be regularly available. For the entire regular season, your matches will start at the same time on the same night of the week! For example, the EST-SUN division plays every Sunday on US East Servers at 9 PM EST.

Divisions list:

Match Time	Server	Days
20:30 CEST	EU West	Wednesday
19:30 CEST	EU West	Sunday
9 PM EST	US East	Sunday
9 PM EST	US East	Monday
9 PM EST	US East	Wednesday**
7 PM PST	US West	Sunday
7 PM PST	US West	Friday**

For European players, you may sign up for both CST-Wednesday and CST-Sunday if you wish. For NA players, you can only sign up for one of PST-Sunday, EST-Sunday, or EST-Monday (these divisions have interdivisional playoffs at the end, so signing up for more than one is not an option). NA players may also sign up for EST-Wednesday and PST-Friday in addition to one of those three divisions though. EST Wednesday has its own separate playoffs and allows players who wish for a serious RD2L experience to play in both it and another NA division at the same time. PST-Friday is a for fun division meant to allow players to relax and just play some peaceful dota once a week. More information on PST-Friday can be found on our subreddit.

If you have any questions you can always send me a PM via reddit or find me in Discord and PM me there. Our discord is full of active and friendly community members that can help with any confusion. Thanks, we hope you enjoy the season.

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Faceless void after winning the vote, when everyone was expecting Rubick vs Invoker in the final.

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Don't forget to predict! It always sucks if you are asleep, working, in class etc when predictions lock and you forgot to do them. Fantasy too! It isn't a bad idea to fill out all the group stage fantasy days now if you live a busy life like mine and aren't in Dota client every day.

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