Guides
How to find people to play with: joining a team, making one, and the team formats each game plays.
How to join an esports team
Updated 5 November 2026
Most esports teams are amateur five-stacks playing Premier, Clash, ESEA or Siege Cup. Here's what each game asks of your account, what teams look for, and where to find one.
How to make an esports team
Updated 5 November 2026
Starting an amateur team? How to pick your format, recruit for the roles you're missing, run tryouts, find scrims, and the roster rules each game's tournament enforces.
Rocket League tournament times, rules and finding a partner
Updated 5 November 2026
Every region's daily brackets in your own time, how long a run takes, what you need to enter, and why a party plays at its best player's rank: Rocket League's tournaments, and how to find a partner for them.
How to join a Rocket League club, run one, and get a team into the RLCS
Updated 5 November 2026
How Rocket League's in-game clubs work since the 2025 update, from invites to leaving as owner, and how a team of three gets into the RLCS's 2027 Club Championship.
How the Dota 2 Battle Cup works, and how to find a team for it
Updated 5 November 2026
Every Saturday in five divisions, eight-team brackets at your team's highest tier, and a ticket for every player without Dota Plus: how the Battle Cup works, and how to find a five for it.
Counter-Strike 2 team size, party size and playing Premier with friends
Updated 5 November 2026
Counter-Strike 2 team size is five. Premier with friends: how far apart CS Ratings can be, what a five-stack allows, why an unranked friend can't join, and Prime.
How League of Legends Clash works, and how to find a team for it
Updated 5 November 2026
A monthly weekend bracket for teams of five, at a tier set mostly by your best player, with a ticket and SMS verification for every player: how League of Legends Clash works, and how to find a five for it.
What ranks can duo in League of Legends, and playing ranked with friends
Updated 3 November 2026
Who can duo in League's Solo/Duo, tier by tier, what Flex allows and why four can't queue it, and Ranked 5s for a five of any ranks.
FNCS 2027 is Trios: how to find a trio and qualify
Updated 26 October 2026
FNCS goes back to Trios in 2027. Who's eligible, why a trio can't sub or swap a player in the middle of a Major, when the season should start, and how to find two teammates now.
How to build a Marvel Rivals Championship team
Updated 21 October 2026
Every member at Platinum 3, one platform, a roster that locks at sign-up: how to recruit a Faction for the Marvel Rivals Championship and the way to Ignite.
Marvel Rivals team size, party size and playing ranked with friends
Updated 21 October 2026
Marvel Rivals team size is six. Ranked with friends: any party size but five up to Grandmaster, duos above, and what ranks can play together.
Overwatch team size, party size and playing ranked with friends
Updated 21 October 2026
Overwatch team size is five. Ranked with friends: narrow and wide groups, what ranks can play together, and why a wide four can't queue.
Valorant team size, party size and playing ranked with friends
Updated 21 October 2026
Valorant team size is five. Ranked with friends: what ranks can duo or trio, why four can't queue, and what a five-stack of any ranks costs.
Deadlock team size, party size and playing ranked with friends
Updated 20 October 2026
A Deadlock team is six players, and a party of up to six plays Standard, but ranked takes only solos and duos one rank apart. Who can queue together, and how to find a duo.
How to play ranked with friends in Rainbow Six Siege
Updated 15 October 2026
Since Ranked 3.0, a squad must be within three full ranks, two with a Diamond or Champion: who can queue together in Rainbow Six Siege, and how to find a stack in range.
How to play ranked with friends in The Finals
Updated 6 October 2026
A duo more than 10,000 RS apart can't queue, a trio can, and a party plays at its best player's rank: how ranked in The Finals treats friends, and how to find a steady third.
