On May 25th, 2018, 2 Polytopia players named MopWop (The Server's creator) and ReapersTorment, (The Server's first Mod) wanted to make a server where team-based Polytopia matches could be formed and played.

The First 40

The original idea was to have players file into one of 4 color groups, red, blue, yellow, and green, and compete for fun against the other colors. After making the server, and having a framework down for 2v2s, 3v3s, 4v4s, 5v5s, and 6v6s, they invited the third server member,zNewt to test the water. At that point, zNewt had stopped playing Polytopia, but was offered to help moderate the server.

That night when the other’s slept, zNewt had his own plan. The other 2 mods were fairly happy with how things where being developed before inviting community members on board, but zNewt wanted to take it a step further.

He changed the 4 color groups into 10 separate teams.

The way that player’s joined team was fairly straight-line, you would join any open team, up to 3. Once all the teams have 3 players on them, the cap would raise to 6, restarting the process again. When morning came, MopWop and Reaper where both happy with the changes, and community members began joining the server to compete in team based matches. The name TopiaRoyale was decided, and used to advertise the server

The First 40 is classified as the first 40 community members to join the TopiaRoyale server. Some members include James, foreverblue173, rickdaheals, Scott and more. For a short time, they received a unique Discord Role that separated them from other members. This was removed soon after. Some 40 members like James, StarLord, ReapersTorment and MopWop are inactive now, but others like rickdaheals, zNewt, are still active in the server’s development.

Season 1

On May 26th, 2018, Season 1 of TopiaRoyale began. At the time, rules where implemented in hopes to balance the more random game mechanics found in Polytopia, including a permanent ban of the tribe known as Bardur (which at the time, was just and understandable by the community) and very limited restart rules. However, some rules are still in place even now, including the ABBA Draft System designed by zNewt. The teams that would compete in Season 1 are:

• The Jets
• The Ronin
• The Mallards
• The Cosmonauts
• The Lightning
• The Sparkies (Originally the Bulls)
• The Wildfire

The games were not put on a strict schedule, and it was both common and expected for teams to play a different amount of games within the season’s time. For example, the Cosmonauts played 7 total games that season, while the Wildfire played only 2. Standings were determined by how many wins a team could get, not percentage, strength of schedule, or any other outlet

Playoffs began on June 25th, 2018, and would see 4 teams making the playoffs. The playoff seeding went as below:

• 1st Seed – The Sparkies 4-1
• 2nd Seed – The Jets 4-3
• 3rd Seed – The Mallards 3-3
• 4th Seed – The Cosmonauts 3-4

The Sparkies and Jets would both win their respective first round series’, and play in the grand finals. The Sparkies would beat the Jets, and become the first TopiaRoyale champion team

The Moderation and Officiating team had brainstormed and molded as the season came to and end. For starters, the moderation team would expand, adding AnarchoRex as the 4th member of the mod team. Secondly, the team would brainstorm a system in which teams will play the same amount, or roughly the same amount of games per season. Thirdly, it was agreed that with the growing success of the league, a new team could be added to smooth the league out to 8. That team would be The Bombers, who are originally the 2nd oldest team in PolyChampions history

Season 2

Starting Season 2, each team would have to attempt playing at most 11 games. Teams could still choose who they competed against at the discretion of mods, and the league would have a total of 8 teams