GUARDIAN GAMES CUP

May 3, 2022 - Bungie

Guardian Games is here! Banners unfurl in the Tower as Guardians return from the Throne World, ready to trade in their swamp-soaked boots for glory and gold. Titans, Warlocks, and Hunters; which class will claim the podium's top step?

In a brand-new out-of-game event, we have assembled class fireteams from across the globe to participate in our first ever Guardian Games Cup - a friendly competition to see which team in the world has what it takes to come out on top. From May 3 to May 24, cheer for your favorite streamers as they compete in class teams, both in-game and for charity! Over 14 territories are participating, which brings us to a total of 42 different teams all vying for number one!

Keep an eye out on this post every week on Tuesday at 10 AM PDT as we update the standings to reveal which team and class compiled of your favorite streamers are in the lead.

AND THE WINNER IS...

And that’s it, folks! After three exciting weeks, the Guardian Games are over, and along with that we have the final winners of the Guardian Games Cup as well. A massive thank you to the 42 teams who joined in on the fun and games, and to all of you for supporting your favorite teams and raising over $222K USD for charity!

Without further ado, here are our final standings after three weeks, including your overall winner and your class winners:

	Titans	Warlocks	Hunters
US	Team Punch-A-Bunch Leader: DattoDestiny Donate Here Week 1 score: 118 Week 2 score: 142.5 Week 3 score: 96.7 Total: 357.2	Icarus Bangers n' Dash Leader: FalloutPlays Donate Here Week 1 score: 220.7 Week 2 score: 273 Week 3 score: 252.4 Total: 746.1	Rhulks Angels Leader: FPSKrystal Donate Here Week 1 score: 93.5 Week 2 score: 265.4 Week 3 score: 250.8 Total: 609.7
UK	Peregrine Grief Leader: Houndish Donate Here Week 1 score: 87 Week 2 score: 143.7 Week 3 score: 216.7 Total: 447.4	Wipe For Damage Leader: Jarv Donate Here Week 1 score: 28.3 Week 2 score: 128.8 Week 3 score: 71.8 Total: 228.9	Bulletproof Leader: Zoe Donate Here Week 1 score: 203.8 Week 2 score: 285.4 Week 3 score: 225.2 Total: 714.4
France	TitanTaper Leader: Morrigh4n Donate Here Week 1 score: 15.8 Week 2 score: 78.7 Week 3 score: 78.6 Total: 173.1	In Warlocks We Trust Leader: ZombiesFaktory Donate Here Week 1 score: 53.7 Week 2 score: N/A Week 3 score: 93 Total: 146.7	Cayde's Chicken Leader: Flapix Donate Here Week 1 score: 22.3 Week 2 score: N/A Week 3 score: 47.3 Total: 69.6
Germany	Wände der Stadt Leader: NexxossGaming Donate Here Week 1 score: 13.3 Week 2 score: 31.3 Week 3 score: 37.3 Total: 81.9	Eclipse Leader: AndyEdition Donate Here Week 1 score: 171 Week 2 score: 314 Week 3 score: 327.3 Total: 812.3	Aces Gaming Leader: iPhil Donate Here Week 1 score: 144.7 Week 2 score: 157.3 Week 3 score: 280 Total: 582
Nordics	Team Justice Leader: LanaLane Donate Here Week 1 score: 74 Week 2 score: 159 Week 3 score: 64 Total: 297	Ikora's Angels Leader: Michi Donate Here Week 1 score: N/A Week 2 score: N/A Week 3 score: N/A Total: N/A	Team Scream Leader: Scream Queen Donate Here Week 1 score: 84 Week 2 score: 105 Week 3 score: 235.7 Total: 424.7
Spain	LA VIEJA GUARDIA Leader: Zamora Donate Here Week 1 score: 14 Week 2 score: 59.5 Week 3 score: 69.7 Total: 143.2	WARLOCK ON TOP Leader: Ryusuri Donate Here Week 1 score: 10.4 Week 2 score: 21.2 Week 3 score: 7 Total: 38.6	KALVOROTOS Leader: Daykyri Donate Here Week 1 score: 34.7 Week 2 score: 84 Week 3 score: 78 Total: 196.7
Italy	LA CRICCA Leader: GiornoGaming Donate Here Week 1 score: 142.7 Week 2 score: 132 Week 3 score: 212.7 Total: 487.4	KINGS OF OUR FATE Leader: EternityTTM Donate Here Week 1 score: 116.2 Week 2 score: 130.8 Week 3 score: 200.7 Total: 447.7	GLI ARANCINI Leader: TheBeard Donate Here Week 1 score: 19 Week 2 score: 62.2 Week 3 score: 21.6 Total: 102.8
Poland	Tytani Gurom Leader: KingaKujawska Donate Here Week 1 score: 20.7 Week 2 score: 55.3 Week 3 score: 63.7 Total: 139.7	The Cleaning Crew Leader: Pasiaa Donate Here Week 1 score: 21 Week 2 score: 45 Week 3 score: 31 Total: 97	Caped Pierogies Leader: CTSG Donate Here Week 1 score: 21 Week 2 score: 32.7 Week 3 score: 91 Total: 144.7
Middle East	Emirati Titans Leader: FAHAD_EXPLAIN Week 1 score: 69.2 Week 2 score: 62.2 Week 3 score: 57 Total: 188.4	TEAM Fancy Leader: Fancy Week 1 score: 117.7 Week 2 score: 188.3 Week 3 score: 242 Total: 548	Widow Makers Leader: Qweizar Week 1 score: 82.8 Week 2 score: 129 Week 3 score: 153.2 Total: 365
ANZ	PUNCHYBOYS Leader: Butters Donate Here Week 1 score: 205 Week 2 score: 207.8 Week 3 score: 229 Total: 641.8	Guardian Angels Leader: Kimber Prime Donate Here Week 1 score: 131.2 Week 2 score: 187.8 Week 3 score: 214.7 Total: 533.7	Cloaks & Daggers Leader: Stacked Donate Here Week 1 score: 139.8 Week 2 score: 80.3 Week 3 score: 171.6 Total: 391.7
Japan	1/3の純情なタイタン Leader: kiyo_3ten21 Donate Here Week 1 score: 61 Week 2 score: 39.7 Week 3 score: 104 Total: 204.7	イコラの門弟 S.M.L. Leader: M-TOGUCHI Donate Here Week 1 score: 85 Week 2 score: 39 Week 3 score: 101.3 Total: 225.3	HAMTER×HAMTER Leader:ちびまる Donate Here Week 1 score: 38 Week 2 score: 43 Week 3 score: 116.7 Total: 197.7
China	最好日子队 Leader: 陶渊明ら Week 1 score: 116 Week 2 score: 24 Week 3 score: 47.5 Total: 187.5	半荤半素队 Leader: Sayalarry Week 1 score: 58 Week 2 score: 87.2 Week 3 score: 88.5 Total: 233.7	半夜夺牌子队 Leader: 八力力力 Week 1 score: 51.5 Week 2 score: 23.8 Week 3 score: 62.3 Total: 137.6
Brazil	The Six Front Legacy Leader: MarechalRambo Donate Here Week 1 score: 103 Week 2 score: 129.8 Week 3 score: 102.3 Total: 335.1	Vanguarda Brasil Leader: TheVanguardBR Donate Here Week 1 score: 17 Week 2 score: 120 Week 3 score: N/A Total: 137	Viúvas do Cayde-6 Leader: IronLife Donate Here Week 1 score: 22 Week 2 score: 28.3 Week 3 score: 29.0 Total: 79.3
LATAM	Team Patas Leader: Epii06 Donate Here Week 1 score: 8.3 Week 2 score: 82 Week 3 score: 55.5 Total: 145.8	Los Golozos Leader: Peach Donate Here Week 1 score: 34.5 Week 2 score: 36.7 Week 3 score: 63 Total: 134.2	Jägers Modo Incognito Leader: DeusCL Donate Here Week 1 score: 26.4 Week 2 score: 132.8 Week 3 score: 128 Total: 287.2

The winning team will be receiving these lovely personalized gold trophies plus an artwork of their fireteam by Gammatrap, and each class winner team will be receiving similarly personalized silver trophies.

We wanted to update you on the nitty gritty of the score calculation mechanisms as well – we noticed that in the results for the first two weeks, we had been counting the total dunked medallions during each team’s two-hour scheduled play period, instead of the total earned (and subsequently dunked) medallions. We’ve fixed this and have adjusted the scoring retroactively to reflect only the earned points during each team’s valid timeslot. We apologize for any inconvenience or confusion caused.

CHARITY RESULTS

Thanks to everyone’s efforts, we raised a whopping $222,835 for Direct Relief in partnership with the Bungie Foundation. The team who fundraised the top amount is TEAM PUNCH-A-BUNCH led by the awesome Datto, with a whopping $30,150 USD raised. They will be receiving a custom artwork of their fireteam by PherianArt!

The individual who donated the top amount is Lord Maya, with an incredibly generous donation of $2,402 USD! They will also be receiving a custom artwork of their choice by PherianArt. Thank you for your contribution, Guardian!

Thank you all for being part of our inaugural Guardian Games Cup, we hope you had fun, and see you in Season of the Haunted :)

There are two components to the Guardian Games Cup - read on to learn all about it more.

IN-GAME POINTS

Each week, the participating teams have a set two-hour slot to earn and dunk as many medallions as they can at the podium to rack up the most points for their class. The medallion dunks are tracked on the back end for those two hours, so each team has the same time to do the best they can every week. Easy, right?

Each team captain will be earning medallions with up to five other selected fireteam members, and streaming for two hours each of these weeks:

Week One: May 3, 12 AM PDT - May 9, 12 AM PDT

Week Two: May 9, 12 AM PDT - May 16, 12 AM PDT

Week Three: May 16, 12 AM PDT - May 22, 12 AM PDT

We will be tracking the teams and updating their scores at the weekly reset every Tuesday at 10 AM PDT so you can see for yourselves who's coming out on top!

We are only counting the officially registered team members when scoring and will average out each team's score (total team score divided by number of team members) for the fairest comparison since the teams will vary in size.

We have some spectacular prizes for the participating teams too:

Best Team in Class will receive custom-made silver trophies with their BungieID or Guardian username engraved to keep (3 teams).

Best Team Overall will receive custom-made gold trophies with their BungieID or Guardian username engraved to keep, and customized Guardian-Games-themed artwork of their Guardians by the talented Gammatrap (1 team).

Keep an eye out for the streams and social announcements, too, because you could also win a Follow the Light emblem - only being distributed by the streamers participating!

PARTNERSHIP WITH BUNGIE FOUNDATION AND DIRECT RELIEF

But why stop there? Guardian Games Cup will be yet another amazing charity initiative with the Bungie Foundation. We are partnering again with Direct Relief to raise funds for charity. Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization, active in the US and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies - without regard to politics, religion, or ability to pay.

The charity component is an additional way for us all to donate to causes that matter and make a difference. The charity component of the Guardian Games Cup has no interaction with the method we are using to count the in-game scoring/medal medallion deposits.

Each team participating in the Guardian Games Cup will have their own unique link for the charity, so make sure you donate to support your favorite team! Not only is it a contest for points and medals, it's also a contest to see who can raise the most money for a good cause.

There will be some excellent prizes, both in and out of Destiny 2, for participants to enjoy when donations are made to Direct Relief.

Guardian's Oath is a brand-new emblem for those who donate $25 USD or more.

The individual with the highest donation will receive custom digital artwork of a single subject of their choice from PherianArt.

The team raising the most funds will receive custom digital artwork of their amazing Guardian Games fireteam from PherianArt.

Click here to learn more about the Guardian Games Cup fundraiser with Bungie Foundation.

We look forward to a great Guardian Games Cup this year and hope we can contribute to charity in a meaningful way through these fun community activities. Thank you for all your support and let the games begin!

XOXO BUNGIE