Skill competitions, settled by evidence.
Rivvo is a platform that organises skill competitions between players — tournaments across several games, each with its own game modes. EA SPORTS FC is the first game live. The hard part of running a competition has never been the fixtures. It is trusting the result.
A result is proven, never claimed
Nobody types a score into Rivvo — there is no such button. You photograph the final screen and the platform reads it. The honest player and the one inventing a 7–0 are not the same input.
It runs on a clock you can see
Rounds run to a published schedule in your own timezone — a same-day cup finishes in one sitting, a long-round one gives every round a 24 to 72-hour window. A late match protects itself with one tap instead of stalling everyone, and the clock recalculates itself around it.
A human decides what a machine shouldn't
The reader files what is unambiguous. Two photos that disagree, a broken rule, a suspicious pattern — those go to a person, with the full history of both players attached.
Why we built it this way
Every amateur competition dies the same death: somebody reports a score nobody can verify, an argument starts, and an organiser has to decide who they believe. Do that twice and the good players stop entering.
So we removed the thing that causes it. There is no field anywhere in Rivvo where a player writes a score. A result exists because a photograph of the final screen exists, and that photograph is read twice by two independent engines that have to agree before anything is filed. Where they don't agree, or where a player contests with a photo of their own, a person rules on it — with both images, both readings and both players' history in front of them.
The same instinct runs through the rest of it. Deadlines are shown, not derived. A refund is automatic, not a request. Contact details appear while you need to arrange a match and disappear when you don't. Nothing in the product asks you to trust a stranger's word — including ours.
A tournament, end to end
- 1You enterPick a tournament at your level and in your region. The entry fee leaves your wallet and forms the prize pool — what is on screen when you enter is what applies to you.
- 2The draw runs itselfGroups are drawn at random, then adjusted so no pairing sits on a connection neither player can enjoy. Where teams are assigned, they are drawn or bought from a pool you could see beforehand.
- 3You play on your own consoleRivvo does not host the match — you invite each other in the game itself. That is why tournaments are grouped by region: the connection between the two of you is the connection.
- 4You photograph the scoreEither player sends it. The reader takes the score off the photo and files it; the other side has a short window to accept or contest with their own photo. Silence confirms.
- 5The tournament moves on by itselfStandings, the bracket, the next kick-off time — all of it follows from the results as they land. A group that runs late does not drag the others with it.
- 6The prize is paid the moment it endsThe final confirms within two minutes of the last result and the money is in the wallet immediately — champion and runner-up. If a tournament is cancelled instead, every entry is refunded in full, automatically.
What fair play actually means here
One person, one account. The ladder is enforced in both directions, so nobody farms a level below their own. A fabricated result or a forged photo costs the entry and the account, not a warning.
And the protections point both ways. If your connection drops you have a route that does not depend on your opponent's goodwill. If a match runs long, one tap keeps it alive. If your opponent never shows, silence hands you the tie — but once they answer, no automatic forfeit can be taken against them either.
What Rivvo is — and who runs it
Rivvo is the organiser, never a side in the competition. It never plays against you, takes no side in any match and never interferes with a result — and nobody can put money on a match they don't play in. Every player pays the entry fee; Rivvo keeps a platform fee from it, and the rest of the prize pool is paid out as prizes, by the split published on each tournament before you enter.
Rivvo is operated by RIVVO GAMES LTD, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 17500514). Registered office: 82a James Carter Road, Mildenhall, IP28 7DE, United Kingdom. Rivvo is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Electronic Arts or any other game publisher.