League
The Realistic Subspace Hockey League (RSHL) is an online sports tournament that takes place in a video game called Subspace Continuum, originally released in 1997.
When you launch Subspace’s game client, you will see list of many different servers to pick from, often called “Zones” – all of which have different themes, styles, and game modes. The main game revolves around players piloting 2d spaceships shooting each other in a multiplayer arena. There are custom configurations to the main game on each zone.
Watch the video below to get an idea of what it’s like.
Hockey Zone is the server that hosts the Realistic Subspace Hockey League. The whole premise behind hockey zone is to allow real life sports to be simulated within the Subspace environment. This means that instead of killing other ships for points, often the purpose of the game in hockey zone is to score on a net being guarded by a goalkeeper and defenders.
Games are played on a 6v6 format with periods of 12 minutes each. This allows enough time for a team to transition the ball in order to get through the other team’s defenders and try to score. Naturally, the team with the most goals wins. Watch the video below for more info.
The league runs seasons on a regular basis. Each season is independent of the others (rules, franchises, etc. may change between seasons.) The season itself is broken up into four parts: Off-season, Pre-season, Regular-season, and Post-season.
All games are played on SSCE Hockey/Football Zone’s main server.
Only players that have joined a roster of one of the official league teams may participate. Players can join a team or make a team at any point before the season starts.
To learn more about RSHL, please visit Center Ice, the official website of the league.