RRQ (esports) explained

Rex Regum Qeon
Sport:
PUBG Mobile
Free Fire
Valorant
Honor of Kings
Sport Label:Divisions
Partners:Asus ROG
Ayana
Biznet
Pop Mie
Sukro
XXI
Xiaomi
Haus! Indonesia
Zilliqa
3second
Booga Booga
Samsung Galaxy
Owner:Adrian Pauline Husen
Riki K. Suliawan
Calvin V. Thenderan
Colors: Black White
Fanclub:RRQ Kingdom
Short Name:RRQ
Location:Southeast Asia
Brazil
City:Jakarta, Indonesia
Alt:RRQ Organization Logo

Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ) is an esports organization based in Indonesia. The organization competes in professional tournaments in the sports: , PUBG Mobile, Free Fire, Valorant, and Honor of Kings.

RRQ was ranked as the third most popular esports organization team in the world in 2020. In a report released by Shareable titled "The State of Social Media 2020", the team's fan activity on social media throughout 2020 had reached 26.5 million activities.

About

History

Rex Regum Qeon (RRQ) was founded in October 2013 by Adrian Pauline, the CEO of RRQ, and Riki K. Suliawan, founder of RRQ. Began as a gaming hobby of both founders, their interest in Dota 2 championship eventually made its way into the formation of the organization.[1]

From 2013 to 2017, RRQ had only one division team, which was Dota 2. Adrian Pauline stated that, in the beginning, the organization was only run as a hobby and side job, and wasn't focused on their business. In 2014, Esports gained popularity growth, Andrian Pauline, who was originally a Product Director at QEON Interactive, resigned from the office and shifted his focus to the team, since then RRQ started to focus on their businesses. In 2017, RRQ had recruited another three new esports divisions, the new divisions are RRQ Endeavour in Point Blank, RRQ2 in Mobile Legends, and one division team in PUBG that were relatively short serving period.[2] [1] At the end of 2019, Adrian Pauline decided to move RRQ Endeavor to the Call of Duty Mobile division from Point Blank.[2]

RRQ had expanded its international branches to Japan, Thailand, and Malaysia.[1] Today, the only remaining international branch of RRQ is Thailand.[2]

In February 2019, the organization had previously signed a partnership with a European football club, Paris Saint-Germain F.C. (PSG), It was announced in a Press Conference held at The Dharmawangsa Hotel, Jakarta. Through its esports division, PSG esports had officially collaborated with Team RRQ for the 3rd Season of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Indonesia on 16 February 2019.[3] Their partnership had ended in July 2019.[4]

In 2020, RRQ is ranked third as the most popular esport organization in the world in terms of activity on social media. A report released by Shareable, a data monitoring company based in New York. In a report titled "The State of Social Media 2020", RRQ's fan activity on social media throughout 2020 was 26.5 million activities. This number is only behind Faze Clan with 142.9 million activities and G2 Esports with 38.1 million activities.[5] [6]

Salary

Adrian Pauline, CEO of RRQ, during an interview with Kompas TV in 2021, stated that his esports organization paid team players a monthly income, roughly around 1 to 3 million Rupiahs per months.[1]

Expansion

After concluding in the MLBB M3 World Championship, Brazilian representatives Keyd Stars' roster disbanded. This was later confirmed by one of its roster members. However, during the eve of the ninth season of MPL Indonesia, RRQ announced their expansion to MPL Brazil, to form RRQ Akira. The roster mainly comprised most of the players of Keyd Stars.[7]

Brand Ambassadors

Since 2021, RRQ has three Brand Ambassadors. The chosen brand ambassador must be at least well known and is certainly familiar with the world of esports (i.e. former brand ambassador of any esports team).[8]

The Brand Ambassadors are, as described below.[8] [9]

Windah Basudara

Windah Basudara is an Indonesian YouTuber, known for his gameplay live streams on YouTube. He was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 8 June 2021, which was announced on RRQ's Instagram account.[10]

Mega Dwi Cahyani

Mega Dwi Cahyani (born, Purwodadi, 1 September 1999.), professionally known under the nickname Cahyaniryn, is an Indonesian YouTuber and Tiktoker known for her PUBG gameplay content. She received an award of the Popular Creator of The Year in the 2020 TikTok Awards Indonesia. She was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 23 October 2021.[11]

Syalma Nabillah

Syalma Nabillah Ulayya (born Bandung, 2001) is an Indonesian Tiktoker, she was appointed as the Brand Ambassador of RRQ on 8 December 2021.[12]

Championships

Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

Season by season performance

RRQ Hoshi! rowspan="28"
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season CupONE Esports InvitationalMobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship
YearSeasonLeagueGPWDLMWMLW-L%MW-ML%FinishPlayoffs
2018Season 1MPLID97201621st SeedNot heldNot held
Season 2MPLID9721663rd Seed
2019Season 3MPLID116515125th Seedrowspan="2"
Season 4MPLID1410422132nd Seed
2020Season 5MPLID141132281st SeedCancelled due to the Covid19 Pandemicrowspan="2"
Season 6MPLID1410422112nd Seedrowspan="1"
2021Season 7MPLID149522143rd Seedrowspan="2"
Season 8MPLID141042292nd Seed
2022Season 9MPLID141222581st Seedrowspan="2"
Season 10MPLID149518142nd Seed
2023Season 11MPLID149522152nd Seedrowspan="2"
Season 12MPLID1611524162nd Seed
2024Season 13MPLID167918226th Seedrowspan="2"
Season 14MPLID1613328111st Seed
RRQ AkiraMobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season CupONE Esports InvitationalMobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship
YearSeasonLeagueGPWDLMWMLW-L%MW-ML%FinishPlayoffs
2022Season 2MPLBRA7611232nd SeedRegion Not Competing Region Not Competing rowspan="2"
Liga LATAM330302nd Seed
2023Season 3MPLBRA141402821st Seedrowspan="3"
Season 47701401st Seed
Season 3Liga LATAMUpper Bracket Quarterfinals Berth
2024Season 5MPLBRA7611321st Seedrowspan="3"
Season 1MPLLATAM76101st Seed
Season 2MPL-LATAM 33-0611st Seed
Year! colspan="11"
RRQ Sena
SeasonLeagueGPWLMWMLW-L%MW-ML%FinishPlayoffs
2020Season 1MDLID115611136th Seed
Season 2MDLID10911961st Seed
2021Season 3MDLID138519135th Seed
Season 4MDLID136717177th Seed
2022Season 5MDLID137616147th Seed
Season 6MDLID1310321123rd Seed
2023Season 7MDLID1510524153rd Seed;
Affiliated Conference
Season 8MDLID1612427123rd Seed;
Affiliated Conference
2024Season 9MDLID312443rd Seed;
Group B
Season 10MDLID74413133rd Seed; Group B (4th Swiss Round)
Year RRQ Kaito
SeasonLeagueGPWLMWMLW-L%MW-ML%FinishPlayoffs
2023Season 2MDLPH115613149th Seed
2024Season 3MDLPH9901831st Seed
Season 4MDLPH11831973rd Seed

Overall team performance

As of 27 October 2024

colspan="7" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;"
RRQ.O2 / RRQ Hoshi
Tournament Champions Runners-Up Finals Season Won Season Runners-Up Achievements
4 4 8 S2, S5, S6, S9 S4, S8, S10, S14
MPL Invitational (defunct) 1 0 1 MPLI 2020 4NC -
0 1 1 MSC 2022
0 1 1 M1
101-
RRQ Akira
Tournament Champions Runners-Up Finals Season Won Season Runners-Up Achievements
MPL Brazil (Defunct) 4 0 4 S2, S3, S4, S5
Liga LATAM (Defunct) 2 0 2 S2, S3 -
MPL-LATAM 1 1 2 S1 S2
RRQ Sena
Tournament Champions Runners-Up Finals Season Won Season Runners-Up Achievements
1 3 4 S10 S2, S8, S9
RRQ Kaito
Tournament Champions Runners-Up Finals Season Won Season Runners-Up Achievements
1 1 2 S3 S4
Notes
  • 1. All tournaments in South America will be played in under one tournament named MPLLATAM, the direct successor to MPL Brazil and Liga LATAM.
  • 2. Previously known as the Southeast Asia Cup with selected regions only participating in the said event. In 2024, it was rebranded to the Mid Season Cup making the first iteration of the tournament South America's first appearance.
  • 3. Only Southeast Asian teams competed in the ONE Esports MPL Invitational from 2020 to 2023.

    Reference:[13]

    Notes and References

    1. News: Begini Sejarah Tim RRQ di dunia Esport . 7 June 2022 . . . 30 July 2021.
    2. Web site: Sejarah RRQ: Bagaimana Hobi dan Passion Bisa Melahirkan "The King" . ggwp.id . 7 June 2022.
    3. Web site: KOLABORASI SANG JUARA: PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN (PSG) ESPORTS BEKERJASAMA DENGAN TIM REX REGUM QEON (TEAM RRQ) DARI INDONESIA . RRQ . Rex Regum Qeon . 6 June 2022.
    4. News: RRQ dan PSG Esports Resmi Putus Kerja Sama di Game Mobile Legends . 6 June 2022 . Kumparan . 8 July 2019.
    5. News: RRQ Masuk Daftar 10 Tim Esports Terbesar Dunia . 7 June 2022 . Kumparan . 11 February 2021.
    6. News: RRQ duduki peringkat tiga sebagai tim esports terpopuler di dunia . 7 June 2022 . . . 11 February 2021.
    7. Web site: 28 February 2022 . RRQ expands to Brazil, forms RRQ Akira for MPL Brazil Season 2 ONE Esports . 11 December 2022 . www.oneesports.gg . en-US.
    8. News: Profil Lengkap 3 Brand Ambassador RRQ . 7 June 2022 . Suara.com . 8 February 2022.
    9. Web site: Brand Ambassadors . teamrrq . Rex Regum Qeon . 7 June 2022.
    10. teamrrq . CP2p_cThzXx . Welcome our new brand ambassador, RRQ Windah . 8 June 2021.
    11. Web site: TEMANI WINDAH BASUDARA, CAHYANIRYN JADI BRAND AMBASSADOR TERBARU TEAM RRQ . teamrrq . 7 June 2022.
    12. Web site: RRQ RESMI PERKENALKAN SYALMA NABILLAH ULAYYA SEBAGAI BRAND AMBASSADOR . teamrrq . 7 June 2022.
    13. Web site: Home – Mobile Legends Development League . 16 February 2022 . id-mdl.com.