Preseason
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Prior to the full launch of Season Zero, Sparkball is kicking off with our ‘Preseason’ event which takes place from May 22nd and is expected to end August 22nd.
Throughout Preseason, players will work to stack FRIENDSHIP. Friendship has 5 tier milestones, with each tier pushing you closer to reaching the balloon and maximizing your head start for Season Zero! At Tier 5, you’ll not only receive bonus currency to accelerate your Season Zero journey, you’ll also receive the S0 Battle Pass FOR FREE.
But it doesn’t stop there! The top percentile of players during the Preseason will earn additional rewards, including S0 Booster Packs and even an exclusive skin for the true grinders among us!
There’s 3 ways to increase your Friendship:
Obtain promo codes by attending events + participating in our community
Throughout Preseason, we’ll host numerous official events and collab events like game nights and tournaments. During these events, we’ll give out unique codes that are time-locked to the event duration.
There’s no limit to the number of events you can attend so even if you don’t have a PC to play Sparkball, you can still make your mark as the friendliest Sparkadian Citizen around!
Playing Sparkball during Open Matchmaking windows like Steam Next Fest
During Steam Next Fest from June 9th to June 16th, Sparkball will be completely free-to-play and feature competitive skill-based matchmaking with a full MMR leaderboard.
Players can increase their Friendship simply by playing matches, earning bonuses for each Win and their individual Knockouts + Assists.
After Steam Next Fest, we’ll regularly host open Matchmaking events called ‘Tryouts’. While you’ll still be able to play custom games during Game Nights, only matchmaking games during Steam Next and Tryouts will count toward your Power Level.
We believe in radical transparency so we’re not going to make you guess what you’re working toward in terms of rewards because that sucks!
Friendship Tiers:
1-star: Good Vibes sent your way
2-star: Medium amount of S0 currency
3-star: Large amount of S0 currency
4-star: Huge amount of S0 currency
5-star: Massive amount of S0 currency + Free S0 Battle Pass
BONUS - Top 10%: Ascended Kana Skin
BONUS - Top 25%: Entered into Founder's Pass Raffle
Every player's individual Friendship contributes to 'Global Friendship' - with each global level unlocking a new entry in our first-ever Comic Series ‘A Spark is Born!’
Preseason is designed to create a communal campaign where players learn what it means to be a Sparkadian. While there are rewards for Preseason, they’re primarily geared at providing a headstart once S0 officially begins. Rather than grinding endlessly, we encourage players to form interconnected friendships and lace up their Sparkball sneakers for the first (or 100th!) time in preparation for the real party to begin with Season Zero.
If you’d like to host a game night or special event to celebrate Preseason with us, please reach out to our community team!
Written by famed League of Legends Narrative Director ‘Matt Dunn’ and drawn by legendary artist ALVIN LEE (), ‘A Spark is Born’ documents everyone’s favorite frying pan flinger Kana as she journeys from scrappy Food Truck Chef to Sparkball superstar with the help of a few friends along the way.
You can view the currently available chapters of the comic at
