Welcome to Leagues (Beta) – The Ultimate Competitive Experience

Ski Challenge Leagues represents the pinnacle of competitive skiing, where dedication, skill, and strategy combine to determine who truly dominates the slopes. This isn’t just another game mode – it’s a structured competitive ecosystem designed to challenge you week after week, season after season.

The League System Explained

Your Journey Through the Ranks

The league hierarchy consists of five distinct competitive tiers, each representing a significant milestone in your skiing career:

• Bronze League: Where every champion’s story begins. Learn the ropes, find your racing rhythm, and prepare for the challenges ahead. Allowed gear levels: 1,2
• Silver League: You’ve proven you belong. Competition intensifies as you face more experienced racers with better gear. Allowed gear levels: 1,2,3
• Gold League: The proving grounds for serious competitors. Here, consistency and skill refinement separate the dedicated from the casual. Allowed gear levels: 1,2,3, 4
• Challenger League: Elite territory. You’re among the top performers, fighting for the right to enter the most exclusive tier. Allowed gear levels: 1,2,3,4,5
• Master League: The summit of competitive skiing. Only the absolute best reach this prestigious rank where legends are made. Allowed gear levels: 1,2,3,4,5

How Weekly Competition Works

The Seven-Day Battle

Every week represents a fresh competitive cycle. Starting Monday at 00:00 UTC and ending Sunday at 23:59 UTC, you’ll have seven full days to establish your dominance in your assigned group. This isn’t a sprint – it’s a strategic marathon where timing your races and optimizing your performance matters.

Dynamic Group Matching

You won’t be racing alone. Each week, you’re placed in a group (or “bucket”) with other players in your division. These groups are carefully balanced based on skill level and equipment, ensuring fair and exciting competition. The matchmaking system considers your previous league performance, and gear tier to create competitive groups where everyone has a fighting chance.

Fresh Opponents Every Week

One of the most exciting aspects of leagues is the weekly refresh. Every Monday brings new opponents, new strategies to consider, and new opportunities to prove yourself. Last week’s rival might be in a different group, while this week brings fresh tracks and challenges from players you’ve never faced before.

Getting Started

Your Entry Point

Before entering the league ecosystem, new players must reach player level 7.

Fair Placement System

The assessment of your current gear tier (particularly your skis as the primary speed-influencing equipment) and the rented gear of your rank, determines your starting division. This ensures you begin your league journey competing against players of similar capability, making every race meaningful from day one.

One-Time Process

After your initial placement, your future positions are determined by your performance in the leagues themselves, creating a continuous progression path.

The Promotion and Demotion System

Earn Your Ascent

Performance matters. Finish in the top positions of your weekly group, and you’ll be promoted to a higher division for the following week. This creates constant motivation to improve, as every race contributes to your weekly standing.

Maintain Your Position

Mid-tier finishers retain their current division, giving you the chance to regroup, refine your strategy, and prepare for another attempt at promotion. There’s no shame in holding your ground while you perfect your technique.

The Risk of Demotion

Finish in the lower positions, and you risk demotion to a lower division. This keeps competition fresh and ensures that inactive or underperforming players make room for hungry competitors climbing from below. The system rewards active participation and consistent performance.

Strategic Depth and Racing

Choose Your Battles

During each week, you generate leaderboard points through race participation. The strategic element comes from choosing when to race, which conditions to tackle, and how to optimize your equipment for the tracks available. Every race counts toward your weekly total, but quality matters more than quantity.

Ghost Racing System

Once ghost data becomes available, you can choose your racing companion: challenge the best ghost for maximum difficulty, race against the next ghost for incremental improvement, compete against your own best time, or race solo. This flexibility allows you to tailor your practice and competition to your preferred style.

Equipment Optimization

Different track conditions favor different setups. Your success in leagues isn’t just about raw skill – it’s about understanding how track conditions, weather, and course variants affect your equipment choices. Master the interplay between gear and environment to gain a competitive edge.

Comprehensive Reward Structure

Three-Tier Reward System

Leagues offer multiple paths to earning valuable rewards, ensuring that participation always pays off:

1. Base Race Rewards: Every single race you complete earns XP and coins, regardless of your finishing position. This ensures that even practice runs contribute to your overall progression.
2. Weekly Bucket Rewards: Excellence has its privileges. Finish in positions 1-3 of your weekly group to earn crystals, with higher divisions offering proportionally better rewards. These must be claimed manually when entering a new week, adding a satisfying moment of recognition for your achievements.
3. Season-End League Rewards: The ultimate prizes await at season’s end. Your final rank determines your rewards:
   • Parts for upgrading your equipment
   • Medals as symbols of your achievement
   • Coins for purchasing new gear
   • Crystals for premium acquisitions

Staying Active: The Decay System

Use It or Lose It

League positions aren’t permanent. After a one-week grace period of inactivity, you’ll be demoted by one division per week. This ensures that league positions always reflect current active players, not past glories. The system sends regular notifications to warn you about potential demotions, helping you maintain your hard-earned rank.

Season Transitions

When a new season begins, all players experience a soft reset, falling back one rank. This creates fresh opportunities for everyone while still recognizing previous achievements. Bronze players remain in Bronze, while Master league champions must prove themselves again by starting from Challenger.

Communication and Engagement

Stay Informed

The league system keeps you connected through:

• Push notifications about rank changes and important deadlines
• In-game promotions highlighting your progress
• Warnings when you’re in the demotion zone
• Time alerts for week and season endings
• Reactivation reminders if you’ve been away

Beta Launch Information

Available Now

We’re launching with the Mixed League, where all equipment types are permitted. This allows players to leverage their full gear collection and creates diverse strategic opportunities. Whether you’re a free player or have invested in premium equipment, you’ll find your place in the competitive hierarchy.

Your Feedback Matters

As a beta participant, your experience shapes the future of leagues. We’re monitoring participation patterns, progression rates, and player feedback to refine matchmaking, adjust reward structures, and ensure the best possible competitive experience.

Why Leagues Matter

Leagues transform Ski Challenge from a game into a sport. Every Monday brings new possibilities. Every race contributes to a larger goal. Every promotion feels earned, and every season tells a story of growth, competition, and achievement.

This isn’t just about being fast – it’s about being consistently fast, strategically smart, and mentally resilient. It’s about proving yourself not in a single race, but across weeks of sustained competition against equally motivated opponents.

Ready to Begin Your Legend?

The slopes are calling, and your competitors are already racing. Whether you aim to simply escape Bronze or have your sights set on Master league glory, your journey starts with that first qualification race.

Remember: In leagues, you’re not just racing against the clock – you’re racing against ambition itself. Every player in your group wants that promotion as badly as you do. Every hundredth of a second matters. Every equipment choice has consequences. Every week is a new chapter in your competitive story.

Join the leagues today. Find your level. Prove your worth. Climb the ranks. Become a legend.

Note: League features and rewards are subject to adjustment during the beta period as we optimize the competitive experience based on player data and feedback.