Esports organisation Team Vitality have revealed The Frozen All Stars Showmatch, a Rocket League exhibition match and fan event.
It will be streamed from Vitality’s Twitch channel and TikTok page on December 15th 2023, with Scottish Rocket League caster John ‘JohnnyBoi_i’ MacDonald also streaming the tournament in an English language stream through his official Twitch Channel.
The Frozen All Stars Showmatch will be supported by Unilever’s ice cream brands Ben & Jerry’s and Magnum, and will be presented by French casters Robin ‘LifeIsCool’ Pachot-Giroux and Boyan ‘Boyan’ Kaftandjiev from Rocket Baguette.
Nicolas Maurer, CEO at Team Vitality, said: “The Frozen All Stars Showmatch is a brilliant example of Team Vitality’s commitment to creating thrilling events focused on putting its fans at the forefront of esports entertainment.”
“Leaders in the ice cream market, Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s want to position themselves as pioneers in new media and esports,” stated Nathalie Tempra, Head of Marketing at Unilever Ice Cream.
“By partnering with Team Vitality, number 1 in France, we are addressing our fans in a territory that speaks to them. With The Frozen All Stars Showmatch event we are keen to give them a new and unique experience with our brands.”
Other off-season esports events have been taking place recently, including the Red Bull League of Its Own in League of Legends.
Who’s playing in the Rocket League Frozen All Stars Showmatch?
The Frozen All Stars Showmatch will feature Team Vitality’s French 2024 Rocket League roster, including 2023 RLCS World Champions Yanis ‘Alpha54’ Champenois, Andrea ‘Radosin’ Radovanovic, Alexis ‘zen’ Bernier alongside the newly appointed head coach Victor ‘Fairy Peak!’ Locquet.
The event has invited other guests from across the globe to join in the festivities, such as:
- Jos ‘ViolentPanda’ van Meurs, a 25-year-old Dutch player. Boasting two World Championships and the 2020 European title, he’s now a coach at Dignitas
- Kyle ‘Scrub Killa” Robertson, at the age of 20, the Scottish prodigy was catapulted into the limelight, showcasing his 1v1 skills in Rocket League caster JohnnyBoi’s show matches. Recognising his talent, Team Vitality recruited him, leading to a victory at the Season 7 World Championship in 2019 alongside teammates Kaydop and Fairy Peak
- Justin ‘jstn.’ Morales, a 21-year-old American player. He achieved legendary status with a jaw-dropping 0-second goal in the season 5 final, though his team didn’t clinch victory. In 2019, he secured the Season 8 World Championship title, scoring the winning goal in a final showdown against Team Vitality
Freestyle modes and challenges
The Frozen All Stars Showmatch will take place in three parts with different modes.
Game 1: mix of players
Following a public vote on Twitter, players will be divided into two teams of four. This is the first time that spectators will have the chance to witness a match that brings together players like Zen, Scrub Killa, or ViolentPanda on the same team.
Game 2: 1v1, for Team Vitality players
This will see Team Vitality players put their skills to the test against each other in 1v1 matches.
Game 3: Team Vitality vs their guests
To finish, the showmatch will ends with the Team Vitality roster, coached by FairyPeak!, fighting it out against the international players.
As the rounds tick forward, the international players will rotate into the role of coach.
V.Hive to transform with Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s branding
Team Vitality will open the doors to V.Hive for the community. Collaborating with Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s, the esports organisation has transformed their spaces into the following:
- The V.Café will be repainted in Magnum’s colours, where it will be possible to eat personalised ice creams
- V.Play will welcome players for the showmatch in an ‘enchanted’ setting
- The V.Shop will be transformed into Ben & Jerry’s colours with a Rocket League IRL style game, with remote-controlled cars
- The Bootcamp will become ‘The Ben & Jerry’s Apartment’, a lounge where fans can watch the matches, blind taste ice cream flavours and receive prize giveaways
Fans can put their Rocket League skills to the test, and meet both Team Vitality players and other guests.
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Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
