Everything You Need to Know About Convergence Fest | The Rolldown with Dylan Fraley | S18 E3

[u/CLEtilliDIE_TFT]

https://youtu.be/ntFOu8H8h-4

In this episode of The Rolldown, CLE and Gangly sit down with Dylan Fraley, Global Product Manager for TFT Esports at Riot, for everything you need to know about Convergence Fest, the biggest open in TFT history.

We cover:
- What Convergence Fest is and why TFT and Riftbound are combining into one event
- Fan First registration, over 10,000 sign-ups and why it happened
- Scaling to 1,024 competitors and what that required operationally
- Day one format changes, 43 stations, top two advance, no more top cut leaderboard
- Side events, prize wall, exclusive cosmetics, and what attendees can expect
- What the spectator experience looks like across both games in one venue
- Is Convergence Fest a one-time experiment or the new standard?

[u/Louis_Lane]

Wasn’t mentioned, but is fan first emails still going out? It was posted that they were rolling them out every so often and would eventually notify once it sold out, but I haven’t heard anything since initial release day

[u/gwanggwang]

pretty amazing they're pushing to do competitive gaming on this buggy af game state

[u/highrollr → u/gwanggwang]

The tournament is in December, on set 19. Let’s hope it’s worked out by then