3100€ Bonjwa Fight Night Club

Hey there,

I just wanted to drop by and say hello. My name is Niklas and I used to be a Starcraft II player named Honor. Back in the days I launched a Twitch channel, which now is one of the more established Twitch channels in Germany: https://www.twitch.tv/bonjwa.
I have never played any part of the Age of Empires Series before the release of AoE II: DE. But as soon as I started playing in November, I have fallen deeply in love with the game. I have just reached 1300 MMR in the solo ranking and am still astonished by the many different layers the game has to offer.

Long story short: After doing many esports tournaments in the past (mostly Starcraft II) I am currently launching the first AoE II: DE tournament on our channel. The 3.100,73 € prizepool is crowdfunded by our viewers, who are also really enjoying the game. Currently I am working on the player line-up for the eight invite slots. If you are interested, I will use this thread to update the line-up and the match dates.

Kind regards
Niklas/ Honor

*Edit:

Thanks for the overwhelmingly warm welcome. That was really surprising ^^. I will update this thread at the end of the week and will try to answer some of your questions aswell.

**Edit:

Bonjwa Fight Night Club

Small online tournament with eight invited players. Prizepool is completely crowdfunded by the Bonjwa community. Tournament coverage will be provided in German by Bonjwa with host Niklas “Honor” Behrens (https://www.twitch.tv/bonjwa).
First person player streams are allowed. Tournament may be streamed in other languages, but you have to contact me and ask.

Tournament format

• The eight invited players will be assigned to two groups with four players each
• In group phase every player has to face every other player
• The winners of each group meet in the overall finals
• All group matches are played on three different maps. Thus a match can end 2-1 or 3-0. Players are ranked by win/loss ratio.
• Grand Finals will be played in bo5 mode.
• 13 matches in total
• Tournament will be played out through several weeks
• Tournament format showcased (last Bonjwa Fight Night Club in Starcraft II with bo7 matches): https://liquipedia.net/starcraft2/Bonjwa_Fight_Night_Club/2

Prize pool

• 3.100,73 € prize pool crowdfunded by the Bonjwa community
• 1400,73 € for the winner
• 700 € for runner-up
• 400 € for runner-up in each group
• 100 € for third place in each group
• Prize money will be paid out after the whole tournament is finished

Groups

• Group A
  • TheViper
  • Daut
  • Villese
  • LaaaaaN
• Group B
  • Nicov
  • Hera
  • TaToH
  • Nili

Road map

• Feb 5th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | TheViper vs LaaaaaN
• Feb 6th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | Villese vs Daut
• Feb 12th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | Hera vs TaToH
• Feb 13th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | Nicov vs Nili
• Feb 19th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | TheViper vs Villese
• Feb 20th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | LaaaaaN vs Daut
• Feb 26th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | Hera vs Nicov
• Feb 27th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | TaToH vs Nili
• Mar 4th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | TheViper vs Daut
• Mar 5th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | LaaaaaN vs Villese
• Mar 11th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | Hera vs Nili
• Mar 12th | 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | TaToH vs Nicov
• Mar 18th | 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm CET | Grand Finals

Map pool

• Arabia
• Arena
• Cenotes
• Gold Rush
• Islands
• Mega Random
• Nomad
• Oasis
• Serengeti
• Steppe

Map Picks

During group stage all three maps will be drawn at random right before the match.

Civ picking

After the three maps of a group match are drawn the pick and ban phase starts. A coin flip decides which player starts with the first ban. Ban and picking order:

• Player A bans the first civ
• Player B bans the second civ
• Player B bans the third civ
• Player A bans the fourth civ
• Player B picks his first civ
• Player A picks his first civ
• Player A picks his second civ
• Player B picks his second civ
• Player B bans the fifth civ
• Player A bans the sixth civ
• Player A bans the seventh civ
• Player B bans the eighth civ
• Player A picks his third civ
• Player B picks his third civ
• Player B picks his fourth civ
• Player A picks his fourth civ

Yes, there are no mirrors possible. After one player picked a civ, the other player cannot pick the same civ anymore. Banned civs are banned for both players. Both players now have four civs they can choose from for each map. Maps will be hosted with hidden pick. Every civ can only be picked for one map.

***Edit:
You can stream the event in any language except German without my permission.

 

[LidaKor]

WOnderful, its nice to see some new faces in the tournament hosting scene

 

[MaSmOrRa]

Welcome!

It’s awesome you are enjoying the game and even more awesome you are already supporting it with a tournament and a generous prize pool!

If you plan on inviting some of the top players, you need to consider carefully when you want to host this tournament.
T90 has just recently announced his Microsoft sponsored Hidden Cup 3 (front page) with 50k dollars, so just make sure your’s and his tournament dates don’t clash!

Good luck and keep us updated!

 

[Bowserlord]

HYPE! Im really looking forward to it! Obviously not a small channel, viewernumbers (~ 3k) and a nice community!
I wonder how the settings will look like.
Will there be a professional Caster as well?
Is it possible to still raise the price pool?
Can u beat Viper in SC2?

 

[Chainsaw]

Welcome man! Delighted to see fresh blood in this community and that you are using AoEZone to share the news!

Is your channel only in German, or do you speak English as well? About the tournament: do you see it as a community tournament, or one for the top players?

 

[12Tirador]

Welcome! Always nice to see new faces enjoying AoE

 

[FolderOfDoom]

Wonderful to see another big Stream giving love and passion to the game

Hope we will get more details soon, maybe even as soon as tomorrow when you Stream with Nili i believe^^

 

[marciocolombia]

Wow, awesome! I hope you enjoy the community and feed the love for this game.

There are some people who organize events around here that I believe can help you.

 

[MagoDeOz]

I like to see new tournaments in this game. If i were you, i would invite 12Tirador. He's currently the top1-2 of Spain on TeamGame as u can see here

Spanish ranking AoE2 - Google Disk

docs.google.com

 

[Memeluke]

You might be the first good thing to come out from DE

 

[Spring_]

Welcome to nirvana.

 

[Chrazini]

Great initiative. Looking forward to it!
Invite Chrazini, I heard he's really really good.

 

[buhanisson]

Invite DauT, I heard he's really good.

Anyway, welcome to the site and gl with your tournament.

 

[MagoDeOz]

Yes, u can invite Chrazini too. He's good doing maps.

In fact, 12Tirador needs Frazil to win.

 

[Qulala]

nice to see you and your viewers are enjoying the game
and GL with the tourney, like it is said before, try not to overlap with the Hidden Cup finale weekend if i was you, since alot of the german aoe community watch that too i think
and it depends on what tourney you want, some really good players from your community, or the 6/8 best of the best of the world, the entire top 100 is on this forum to reach if you want.
maybe even reach out to Nili_Aoe for tips of players to invite, or him playing, he is the top german player and also a great organiser of big tournaments, and also in Hamburg.

 

[ashleylynn]

Hey there,

Currently I am working on the player line-up for the eight invite slots. If you are interested, I will use this thread to update the line-up and the match dates.

I don't know if there was any chance you would consider 16 slots, 8 slots always leaves out a few of the top players. If you followed Nili's recent LAN event at all, there were already 9 top players in attendance, and 3 of the top players were unable to attend it (Mbl, nicov, vivi, plus some others that were not eligible due to visa issues) so 16 slots would give more breathing room.

Look forward to hearing more! I dont understand a word of german but I look forward to seeing the event! AoE german community is huge, so it will certainly be a success! Best of luck!

 

[doacid]

Finally a pricepool in euros!

Welcome to the aoe2 world, you'll never be able to escape!

There are lots of people with experience in this community, maybe consider asking them for advice.

 

[Memeluke]

Just remember that if you invite TheViper, he will win no matter what.

 

[dodageka]

Just remember that if you invite TheViper, he will win no matter what.

from what I understand this ship has already sailed

 

[Black Adder]

Hey and welcome Just please think about if it needs to be an invitational, they're not really helping the community and its competitive scene.

 

[Chitap]

Welcome! We appreciate all new faces and all forms of tournament hosting! Please feel free to choose the players, settings and format that you and your viewers enjoy .

Cheers.

 

[FolderOfDoom]

Hey and welcome Just please think about if it needs to be an invitational, they're not really helping the community and its competitive scene.

He is part (founder) of a german streaming group called bonjwa and they only recently added AoE2 DE to their content^^ Its just a small part of the programm and i think qualifiers would be to much additional work for a game that represents just a tiny amount of their current content.
And why souldnt such private invitational events help the community ??
AoE2 even with DE ist still very small and miles away from big esport. If we get more and more of such small events and people who watch the game its the only way to grow. Only if we have many people who watch AoE2 can get big and the bigger the more people that want to try getting pro themself. ONly than will we have enough pro players so that more and more qualifiers are usefull and maybe sometime its enough for qualifiers only^^

 

[_Mr_St4rk_]

I Wouldn't consider watching it if Chrazini is not playing

 

[Naraic]

Welcome to the community.

Do you stream in English or just in German?

I reiterate the previous comment to try and work around and avoid hc3. Best of luck with your event.

If there's anything you need please let us know how we can help.

 

[HongeyKong]

Whats the format of the tourney? 1v1 single elimination? 8 players FFA? 2v2 TG?
Different players suit different settings in terms of competitive level and content quality.