Arena Showmatch - DauT vs Modri - Play all five + 1 extra

[Byelo]

Hello!

This coming Saturday, the 5th of December, we will see a fantastic Arena showmatch between the legendary DauT and the absolute top tier Arena expert Modri! The showmatch has been funded through donations on JonSlow's channel and the winner of each game gets 20 dollars.

The settings are quite simple: For the first five games there will be a draft. Two bans each, draft six civilisations, so both players will have an extra civilisation that will not be used during the showmatch. Who starts the draft will be decided with a coin toss. Finally, the one extra game was made possible by generous donations and it will feature both players drafting a civilisation for the opposing player.

Spoiler: Draft

Format: ABBA ABBA ABBA
Bans: ABBA

The even is open for streaming for the players and anyone willing to cast it, but JonSlow has confirmed he will cast it at https://www.twitch.tv/jonslow_

Big thanks to everyone, who has been helping with this, especially JonSlow and the players! Hope to see you all enjoying the beloved circus known as Arena this Saturday!

 

[Byelo]

The event is over, but the memories will last a lifetime. Or at least until the next showmatch. Six fantastic games between two excellent players, whose skills are only eclipsed by those of the beloved backseat gamers of the Twitch chat. Thanks to everyone who took part in any capacity!

I know for a fact that DauT streamed his POV and that JonSlow as well as Nova casted the games. So in case you missed this and want to see the series, here are the Twitch channels of the three I know casted the games:
DauT: https://www.twitch.tv/daut/
JonSlow: https://www.twitch.tv/jonslow_
Nova: https://www.twitch.tv/novaaoe

The first person to draft was chosen with a coin toss administered by JonSlow. The draft can be found here: https://aoe2cm.net/draft/HhQfJ

Spoiler: Result

5 game series: Modri 4 - 1 DauT.
Final game, Huns war: DauT won.

In case anyone wants more details, don't hesitate to ask.

 

[Modri]

Here are the recs. GGs, thanks again to Byelo and others for hosting the showmatch, was a lot of fun to play vs my not-to-be WC teammate!

Spoiler: Also happy to see my long time fan from HD enjoyed the series as well

 

[Byelo]

Here are the recs. GGs, thanks again to Byelo and others for hosting the showmatch, was a lot of fun to play vs my not-to-be WC teammate!

Spoiler: Also happy to see my long time fan from HD enjoyed the series as well

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Thanks for posting the recs! Was a great series and people should enjoy these! I heard there was some World Cup games going on at the same time, but since Finland is gonna win anyway, everyone should be studying these instead anyway.