Hello everyone,
I know AoEZone is not the main hub for Age of Empires IV esports. But I am trying out a few things with this tournament that might be useful to the wider AoE 2 scene, plus you never know when someone who likes AoE4 is lurking around. The two big points of it are:
The Arabian Open Masters, is a one-off event centered around Dry Arabia. All matches will be played in said map, but players will have plenty of opportunities to prove they are worthy of the honor and the treasure of being number 1.
The starting prize pool is $300 USD, but you can help add to it by donating through Matcherino. You don't need to donate directly either. You can do the sponsor quests found on the right sidebar; those add small amounts as well. The goal is to reach $2000 by the end.
I know AoEZone is not the main hub for Age of Empires IV esports. But I am trying out a few things with this tournament that might be useful to the wider AoE 2 scene, plus you never know when someone who likes AoE4 is lurking around. The two big points of it are:
- Multi-Stage qualifications: The event has a swiss stage into a double elimination stage. No single elimination bracket in sight. Mostly because I want to prove this format can work.
- Deeper prize distribution: I only have $300 in pocket money. Obviously, the hope is that people add to the matcherino so that it grows. But even then. I will be paying out the top 32 players with it. Yes, right now, the 32nd player earns only $1.50, but that is still more than $0.
The Arabian Open Masters, is a one-off event centered around Dry Arabia. All matches will be played in said map, but players will have plenty of opportunities to prove they are worthy of the honor and the treasure of being number 1.
The starting prize pool is $300 USD, but you can help add to it by donating through Matcherino. You don't need to donate directly either. You can do the sponsor quests found on the right sidebar; those add small amounts as well. The goal is to reach $2000 by the end.
Format:
- Play-ins: (Friday 20th)
- Swiss-style play-ins at various timezones. 5 rounds of Best of 1.
- Pacific 09:00 GMT > 8 players advance.
- Europe 19:00 GMT > 16 Players advance.
- Americas 01:00 GMT > 8 Players advance.
- Top 32: (Saturday 21st)
- 4 players from the upper side advance.
- 4 players from the lower side advance.
- Top 8: (Sunday 22nd)
- Double elimination Bracket.
- No Grand finals reset.
Signup & see all the details in Start.gg
Big thanks to Rising Empires, who will support the event via Streaming and their discord.
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