DMWC 4 Rules & Settings

[brisolyn]

Format Summary:
The top 16 seeded players at the conclusion of sign-ups will be auto-qualified into the main event. The following 32 highest seeded players will have the opportunity to compete within the 8 GSL-formatted groups, where the top 2 players from each group will advance to the main event. The main event will then be a 32 player double-elimination bracket.

PLEASE NOTE: The DLC is required to be able to partcipate in this tournament. Please insure you have the DLC downloaded before playing your games series.

Timeframe:
Sign-up Deadline: Sunday April 4th - 20:00GMT
Seeding: Sunday April 4th
Brackets: Sunday April 4th

Qualifying Group Stage:

- Qualification Opening Matches - Monday April 5th - Sunday 11th April
- Qualification Winner's & Elimination Matches - Monday April 12th - Sunday 18th April
- Decider Matches - Monday April 19th - Sunday 25th April

Main Event: Monday April 26th - Sunday May 9th

Prizepool
Total = $10,000
1st - $3,000
2nd - $2,000
3rd - $1,500
4th - $1,000
5th-6th - $500
7th-8th - $250
9th-12th - $150
13th-16th - $100

Spoiler: Schedule

Qualification Stage

- Qualification Opening Matches - Monday April 5th - Sunday 11th April
- Qualification Winner's & Elimination Matches - Monday April 12th - Sunday 18th April
- Decider Matches - Monday April 19th - Sunday 25th April

Main Event

Monday April 26th - Friday 30th April
- Round of 32 WB (Scheduled by players)

Saturday 1st May
- Round of 16 WB 16:00GMT
- Loser Round 1: Round of 32 LB 16:00GMT
- Loser Round 2: Round of 24 LB To be played following previous rounds

Sunday 2nd May
- Round of 8 WB 16:00GMT
- Round of 4 WB To be played following Round of 8 WB
- Loser Round 3: Round of 16 LB 16:00GMT
- Loser Round 4: Round of 12 LB To be played following previous rounds

Monday 3rd May - Friday 7th May
- Loser Round 5: Round of 8 LB (Scheduled by players)

Saturday 8th May
- Loser Round 6: Round of 6 LB 16:00 GMT
- Upper Bracket Finals: Round of 2 WB 18:00 GMT
- Loser Round 7: Round of 4 LB To be played following previous rounds

Sunday 9th May
- Loser Round 8: Round of 3 LB 14:00 GMT
- Grand Finals 18:00 GMT

Brackets:
DMWC4 Qualifying Event: https://challonge.com/dmwc4qualifers
DMWC4 Main Event: https://challonge.com/DMWC4

Round Settings:

Spoiler: Qualifying Event

Qualification Opening Matches (Bo5)
Game 1: Huns - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 4: Loser of Game 3 Home map + Civ
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 Home map + Civ

Qualification Winner's Match / Elimination Match (Bo5)
Game 1: Magyars - Four Lakes
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 4: Loser of Game 3 Home map + Civ
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 Home map + Civ

Qualification Decider Match (Bo7)
Game 1: Goths - Golden Pit
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 4: Loser of Game 3 Home map + Civ
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 Home map + Civ
Game 6: Persians - Arabia
Game 7: Mongols - Serengeti

Spoiler: Main Event - Winner's Bracket

Winner’s Bracket Round of 32 - Bo5
Game 1: Japanese - Atacama
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Winner’s Bracket Round of 16 - Bo7
Game 1: Portuguese - Golden Swamp
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Burgundians - Ghost Lake
Game 7: Persians - Arabia

Winner’s Bracket Round of 8 - Bo7
Game 1: Berbers - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Franks - Four Lakes
Game 7: Aztecs - Serengeti

Winner’s Bracket Round of 4 - Bo7
Game 1: Mongols - Atacama
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Goths - Arabia
Game 7: Byzantines - Serengeti

Winner’s Bracket Finals - Bo9
Game 1: Huns - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Turks - Golden Swamp
Game 5: Franks - Serengeti
Game 6: Player behind in score after Game 5 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 7: Player ahead in score after Game 5 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 8: Bulgarians - Four Lakes
Game 9: Magyars - Arabia

Please Note: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, other player decides what Civ he/she plays means that if the Losing player picks Arabia as Map and then Franks and Huns as Civs, winning player selecting Franks would mean that the matchup is Franks vs Huns. In Game 3, the other player picks two civs and the opponent decides which one he/she wants to play. Civilizations cannot be a repeat match-up, but there can be overlap in chosen civilizations. For example - if Game 2 is Britons/Mayans, Game 3 can be Aztecs/Mayans.

Spoiler: Main Event - Loser's Bracket

Loser’s Bracket Round 1 - Bo5
Game 1: Malay - Four Lakes
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Loser’s Bracket Round 2 - Bo5
Game 1: Khmer - Serengeti
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Loser’s Bracket Round 3 - Bo5
Game 1: Byzantines - Golden Swamp
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Loser’s Bracket Round 4- Bo5
Game 1: Tatars - Serengeti
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Loser’s Bracket Round 5- Bo7
Game 1: Italians - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Burgundians - Golden Swamp
Game 7: Britons - Golden Pit

Loser’s Bracket Round 6- Bo7
Game 1: Sicilians - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Celts - Acropolis
Game 7: Burmese - Four Lakes

Loser’s Bracket Round 7- Bo7
Game 1: Chinese - Golden Swamp
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Magyars - Serengeti
Game 7: Koreans - Arabia

Loser’s Bracket Finals - Bo7
Game 1: Huns - Four Lakes
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Lithuanians - Serengeti
Game 7: Vikings - Arabia

Please Note: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, other player decides what Civ he/she plays means that if the Losing player picks Arabia as Map and then Franks and Huns as Civs, winning player selecting Franks would mean that the matchup is Franks vs Huns. In Game 3, the other player picks two civs and the opponent decides which one he/she wants to play. Civilizations cannot be a repeat match-up, but there can be overlap in chosen civilizations. For example - if Game 2 is Britons/Mayans, Game 3 can be Aztecs/Mayans.

Spoiler: Main Event - Grand Finals

Main Event Grand Finals - Bo11

Game 1: Huns - Arabia
Game 2: Winner's bracket champion picks a Map and two Civs, Loser's bracket champion decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Loser's bracket champion picks a Map and two Civs, Winner's bracket champion decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Mongols - Serengeti
Game 5: Cumans - Arabia
Game 6: Player behind in score after Game 5 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 7: Player ahead in score after Game 5 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 8: Koreans - Acropolis
Game 9: Goths - Four Lakes
Game 10: Vikings - Ghost Lake
Game 11: Franks - Serengeti

Map Pool

• Arabia
• Acropolis
• Atacama
• Four Lakes
• Ghost Lake
• Golden Pit
• Golden Swamp
• Serengeti

Please Note: Seize the Mountain has been removed from the Map Pool

Spoiler: Tournament Rules

§1 - Seeding and Participation
Seeding will be done as followed by:

Nili
Brisolyn
PoLaR
True
TheCode

The seeding team will determine the top 16 invited players to DMWC4. 32 additional players will compete for the remaining 16 slots. The total number of players in the Main Event will be 32.

The non-top 32 players that are not chosen or do not qualify for the Main Event are eligible to participate in the DM World Cup 4 Silver League - Details to follow.

Please play all games with your most known name, which should be the name you signed up with.

§2 - Respecting Deadlines
All players must respect the tournament schedule and times for each round. No excuse will be accepted for failing to play in the specified time.

If a player has not arrived 20 minutes after the scheduled play time against their opponent without a valid reason, they will be granted an Admin Win.

Any player arriving late to their match will be penalized 10% of their prize money for every 10 minute period in which they are late. Any prize money that is forfeited will be distributed proportionally among the other players.

Any player giving an Admin Win to their opponent, and not completing any round/games will be penalized 50% of their prize money.

§3 - Admin Times
If both players cannot come to an agreement in scheduling their match, the staff will analyse the situation, schedule and time zones in order to add a viable Admin Time that suits both players to the best of our ability. Admins will ensure players are not forced to play games between 2am - 6am local time.

If there is no agreement about the playing time by Wednesday 23.59 GMT, the staff might start interfering in order to get the games scheduled and completed in time.

§4 - Respect & Fairplay
Every player must respect their opponent. Bad behavior (determined by staff) will result in a warning or may lead to immediate disqualification of the player. This tournament values not only great skills but also sportsmanship and fairness. Any insult, racism or flaming will not be tolerated. Laming and mind games in-game are allowed.

Players are requested to limit the time between games as much as possible to make the experience as smooth for everyone as possible.

§5 - No Smurfing
All players have agreed to the No Smurf rule. Each player must submit all relevant player usernames for Admin discussion. Smurfing and account sharing is not allowed. Any discovery of the aforementioned will result in player's disqualification.

§6 - Lobby Location
All tournament games are to be played in an unranked lobby in AoE2 DE with the allow spectators option turned on.
By signing up, players acknowledge that their games can be spectated and cast by any streamers.

If a game is not recorded, it must be replayed regardless of the result.

§7 - Recorded Games Posting
The winning player must post their recorded games in the recorded games forum immediately after the conclusion of their games, if this information is not posted, the result will be void.

§8 - Scheduling
Players must allow at least 8 hours between final confirmation & the game time to allow for broadcasters to prepare for their series.

§9 - Restoring
In case of disconnections, the players must attempt to save and restore. All the .aoe2record recorded game files (multiple parts of the game before/after drop) must be provided when posting the recorded games.

If restoring is not possible, the recorded game should be provided, along with any additional information to the Administration of DMWC4 instantly.

Subsequently, facts will be analyzed and a final decision made. If an Admin is not around at the time of playing and the players cannot agree on a result, continue with the rest of the series and if the series is tied 2-2 at the end, then the final game shall be rescheduled.

§10 - Schedule Reliability, Admin Wins, Rescheduling
If a player does not show up to a scheduled game without notice their opponent must wait for a minimum of 20 minutes before any action can be taken. They should notify an Admin as soon as possible and a decision will be made.

§11 - Prize Money
Prizes will be sent via PayPal. If the recipients do not use/have, PayPal the prizes will be sent by other means. Certain fees may be deducted from the amount.

§12 - Communication
Each player must be fluent in English and is responsible for scheduling, possible disputes, and everything else regarding their participation. If a player is not fluent in English, they can have an External Operator to represent them during scheduling, recorded game posting and in the DMWC4 tournament in general. The External Operator must be added in the sign-up post.

§13 - Streaming & Spectating
The entire event is open streaming. Anyone may freely stream any of the games Live or as recorded games.

Players who wish to stream the PoV of their tournament games MUST have at least a 2-minute stream delay added through their streaming program. The spectator delay in-game MUST be 2 minutes.

§14 - Player Disqualification
If any player has broken the rules stated above leading to possible disqualification, ALL admins must take a vote for disqualification of a player from the rest of the tournament.

§16 - Rules Additions
New rules can be added and current rules can be changed. However, Admins MUST inform the players about such changes in the DMWC4 Rules & Settings forum. All the latest additions in Rules & Settings will be in red.

Spoiler: Gaming Rules

§1 - Game Settings
The game settings must be the following.
Game : Death Match
Map Style : Custom
Location : Determined by stage
Size : Tiny (2 player)
Difficulty : Standard
Population : 200
Game Speed : Fast
Reveal Map : Explored
Starting Age : Post-Imperial
Victory Condition : Conquest
Team Together : [X] Yes
All Techs : [ ] No
Allow Cheats : [ ] No
Lock Teams : [X] Yes
Lock Speed : [X] Yes
Record Game : [X] Yes

§2 - Bombard Towers, Gates, Market & Stone Walls
Players may not build any Bombard Towers or Gates of any sort during games. Use of the market & stone walls are allowed.

§3 - Civilization Selection
Repeat picking of mirror civs are not allowed in a series. This will also include the predetermined civs in each round.

For Example, if Game 1 civ was Japanese, then both players would not be able to pick Japanese again for G4 & G5 in a series. Same rule applies if G6 in a series was persians, then players would be be able to persians in the earlier mirror games in a series. However, if Franks were picked in either of the two un-mirrored matchups - then franks could be picked again for either one of the G4 or G5 in a series.

The only exception to this rule is for the games involving Player A picking two civs and Player B choosing which he/she plays. The civs chosen by Player A may be any two civ combination that is unique to the series; for example, if the civs Mayans and Franks were chosen in a prior game, Player A cannot choose Mayans and Franks, but may choose any other unique combination (such as Mayans and Aztecs, or Franks and Incas). Furthermore, players may not choose mirrored civs for these games. Repeat picking of maps is always allowed.

§4 - Restarts
There will be no restarts based on player's mistakes in game (ex: if you lose 2 villagers to a scout, you mess up build orders, sending scout the wrong way, deleting TC, etc.).

§5 - Bugged Map Restarts
A player can request bugged map restarts during the first 2 minutes (game time).

A bugged map is defined as the following for standard resource starts:
Gold: Less than 50% of the main gold cluster is at least accessible on one side, extra gold are excluded.

Stone: Less than 50% of the main stone cluster is at least accessible on one side, extra stones are excluded.

§6 - Graphical Mods
Any graphic changes that only affect the player's Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition are allowed.

§7 - Cheating
Cheating is not allowed under any circumstances. Players using any kind of cheat will be disqualified from DMWC4 tournament and banned from future events.

§8 - Automatic Agreement & Punishment
All the game settings provided in this post MUST be followed. Not following them may result in penalties and possibly disqualification.

§9 - Player Colours
Players must stick with a single colour for an entire series. The higher seed will play as colour Blue (1) and the lower seed will play as colour Red (2).
Not following this rule will result in a 5% reduction for each series.

§10 - Admin Participation
No DMWC4 Admin will have any decision making over matches that involve themselves.

§11 - Server
Players should together work out a server that best suits the two players if they cannot agree on a server they should speak to an admin.

§12 - Spectator Delay
All games MUST be hosted with at least a 2 minute spectator delay.

Scheduling
Everyone that signed up should have access to the hidden scheduling forum. If you cannot see this forum and are a player, or a caster who is interested in casting please contact Robo (robo_boro#5469). The scheduling forum is hidden to avoid spamming everyday forum users with 50+ threads.

It is the players responsibility to schedule & be aware of the match settings. As matches are scheduled we will update the Scheduled Matches thread so that people are aware of when games are happening.

Streaming
The entire event is open streaming. Anyone may freely stream any of the games Live or as recorded games. Please display the tournament banner somewhere on your stream overlay while not in game.

Players who wish to stream the PoV of their tournament games MUST have at least a 2-minute stream delay added through their streaming program.

If anyone wishes to cast any games (found here https://www.aoezone.net/threads/dmwc4-scheduled-matches.174133/) you can add those to the AoEZone calendar yourself.

Administrators

Nili_AoE | Discord Nili_AoE#7781

PoLaR | Discord PoLaR#5708

True | Discord True#3185

Brisolyn | Discord Brisolyn#7522

robo | Discord robo_boro#5469
TheCode | Discord TheCode#4125

 

[ELLaS_Jidba]

Game 1: Japanese - Atacama
Game 2: Losing player picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays

this means if player1 says huns franks the player2 picks franks

is it gonna be franks war or p1 huns vs p2 franks ?

 

[brisolyn]

Game 1: Japanese - Atacama
Game 2: Losing player picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays

this means if player1 says huns franks the player2 picks franks

is it gonna be franks war or p1 huns vs p2 franks ?

Hey Jidba! in that scenario, its p1 huns v p2 franks. I will add clarification to the rules to make sure this is clear for everyone.

 

[QuEnDi_kelar]

In that case you could just say huns and malay and it will always be hun war.

 

[brisolyn]

In that case you could just say huns and malay and it will always be hun war.

Losing player picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays would mean that if the Losing player picks Arabia as Map and then Malay and Huns as Civs, winning player selecting Huns would mean that the matchup is Huns vs Malay. The intention here is to create non-mirror matchups, which will add a lot of flair to these games! I added clarification in the Settings to make this more clear - Let me know if you have any questions.

 

[ELLaS_Jidba]

I find this rule quite tricky for a player to select 2 possible civs to avoid having huge disadvantage from the other player (actually its quite tricky for both players)

if the tournament hosts wanna see non mirror match ups why you dont give the 2 civs and reverse it in the next game ?

Or why we dont play the homemaps like the most rm tournaments with global ban/pick system so we dont have mirror civs..

 

[_Andrew]

Huge prize pool for a DM tournament. Great to see

 

[RogganWololo]

I see that a few of the admins have signed up for the tournament as well. Will there be any provision such that those admins will not be involved in making decisions that might affect them, directly or indirectly?

(PS: Not asking with a malicious intention, I don't think that any of the admins will intend to abuse their position to gain an unfair advantage.)

 

[brisolyn]

I see that a few of the admins have signed up for the tournament as well. Will there be any provision such that those admins will not be involved in making decisions that might affect them, directly or indirectly?

(PS: Not asking with a malicious intention, I don't think that any of the admins will intend to abuse their position to gain an unfair advantage.)

Fair question! We've covered this in Rule #10 under Gaming Rules.

§10 - Admin Participation
No DMWC4 Admin will have any decision making over matches that involve themselves.

 

[BalancedAtlanticViking]

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Format Summary:
The top 16 seeded players at the conclusion of sign-ups will be auto-qualified into the main event. The following 32 highest seeded players will have the opportunity to compete within the 8 GSL-formatted groups, where the top 2 players from each group will advance to the main event. The main event will then be a 32 player double-elimination bracket.

PLEASE NOTE: The DLC is required to be able to partcipate in this tournament. Please insure you have the DLC downloaded before playing your games series.

Timeframe:
Sign-up Deadline: Sunday April 4th - 20:00GMT
Seeding: Sunday April 4th
Brackets: Sunday April 4th

Qualifying Group Stage:

- Qualification Opening Matches - Monday April 5th - Sunday 11th April
- Qualification Winner's & Elimination Matches - Monday April 12th - Sunday 18th April
- Decider Matches - Monday April 19th - Sunday 25th April

Main Event: Monday April 26th - Sunday May 9th

Prizepool
Total = $10,000
1st - $3,000
2nd - $2,000
3rd - $1,500
4th - $1,000
5th-6th - $500
7th-8th - $250
9th-12th - $150
13th-16th - $100

Spoiler: Schedule

Qualification Stage

- Qualification Opening Matches - Monday April 5th - Sunday 11th April
- Qualification Winner's & Elimination Matches - Monday April 12th - Sunday 18th April
- Decider Matches - Monday April 19th - Sunday 25th April

Main Event

Monday April 26th - Friday 30th April
- Round of 32 WB (Scheduled by players)

Saturday 1st May
- Round of 16 WB 16:00GMT
- Loser Round 1: Round of 32 LB 16:00GMT
- Loser Round 2: Round of 24 LB To be played following previous rounds

Sunday 2nd May
- Round of 8 WB 16:00GMT
- Round of 4 WB To be played following Round of 8 WB
- Loser Round 3: Round of 16 LB 16:00GMT
- Loser Round 4: Round of 12 LB To be played following previous rounds

Monday 3rd May - Friday 7th May
- Loser Round 5: Round of 8 LB (Scheduled by players)

Saturday 8th May
- Loser Round 6: Round of 6 LB 16:00 GMT
- Upper Bracket Finals: Round of 2 WB 18:00 GMT
- Loser Round 7: Round of 4 LB To be played following previous rounds

Sunday 9th May
- Loser Round 8: Round of 3 LB 14:00 GMT
- Grand Finals 18:00 GMT

Brackets:
DMWC4 Qualifying Event: https://challonge.com/dmwc4qualifers
DMWC4 Main Event: https://challonge.com/DMWC4

Round Settings:

Spoiler: Qualifying Event

Qualification Opening Matches (Bo5)
Game 1: Huns - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 4: Loser of Game 3 Home map + Civ
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 Home map + Civ

Qualification Winner's Match / Elimination Match (Bo5)
Game 1: Magyars - Four Lakes
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 4: Loser of Game 3 Home map + Civ
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 Home map + Civ

Qualification Decider Match (Bo7)
Game 1: Goths - Golden Pit
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 3: Winner of Game 1 Home Map + Civ
Game 4: Loser of Game 3 Home map + Civ
Game 5: Winner of Game 3 Home map + Civ
Game 6: Persians - Arabia
Game 7: Mongols - Serengeti

Spoiler: Main Event - Winner's Bracket

Winner’s Bracket Round of 32 - Bo5
Game 1: Japanese - Atacama
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Winner’s Bracket Round of 16 - Bo7
Game 1: Portuguese - Golden Swamp
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Burgundians - Ghost Lake
Game 7: Persians - Arabia

Winner’s Bracket Round of 8 - Bo7
Game 1: Berbers - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Franks - Four Lakes
Game 7: Aztecs - Serengeti

Winner’s Bracket Round of 4 - Bo7
Game 1: Mongols - Atacama
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Goths - Arabia
Game 7: Byzantines - Serengeti

Winner’s Bracket Finals - Bo9
Game 1: Huns - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Turks - Golden Swamp
Game 5: Franks - Serengeti
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 5 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 5 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 8: Bulgarians - Four Lakes
Game 9: Magyars - Arabia

Please Note: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, other player decides what Civ he/she plays means that if the Losing player picks Arabia as Map and then Franks and Huns as Civs, winning player selecting Franks would mean that the matchup is Franks vs Huns. In Game 3, the other player picks two civs and the opponent decides which one he/she wants to play. Civilizations cannot be a repeat match-up, but there can be overlap in chosen civilizations. For example - if Game 2 is Britons/Mayans, Game 3 can be Aztecs/Mayans.

Spoiler: Main Event - Loser's Bracket

Loser’s Bracket Round 1 - Bo5
Game 1: Malay - Four Lakes
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Loser’s Bracket Round 2 - Bo5
Game 1: Khmer - Serengeti
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Loser’s Bracket Round 3 - Bo5
Game 1: Byzantines - Golden Swamp
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Loser’s Bracket Round 4- Bo5
Game 1: Tatars - Serengeti
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ

Loser’s Bracket Round 5- Bo7
Game 1: Italians - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Burgundians - Golden Swamp
Game 7: Britons - Golden Pit

Loser’s Bracket Round 6- Bo7
Game 1: Sicilians - Arabia
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Celts - Acropolis
Game 7: Burmese - Four Lakes

Loser’s Bracket Round 7- Bo7
Game 1: Chinese - Golden Swamp
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Magyars - Serengeti
Game 7: Koreans - Arabia

Loser’s Bracket Finals - Bo7
Game 1: Huns - Four Lakes
Game 2: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Winner of game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, losing player decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Player behind in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 5: Player ahead in score after Game 3 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 6: Lithuanians - Serengeti
Game 7: Vikings - Arabia

Please Note: Loser of Game 1 picks a Map and two Civs, other player decides what Civ he/she plays means that if the Losing player picks Arabia as Map and then Franks and Huns as Civs, winning player selecting Franks would mean that the matchup is Franks vs Huns. In Game 3, the other player picks two civs and the opponent decides which one he/she wants to play. Civilizations cannot be a repeat match-up, but there can be overlap in chosen civilizations. For example - if Game 2 is Britons/Mayans, Game 3 can be Aztecs/Mayans.

Spoiler: Main Event - Grand Finals

Main Event Grand Finals - Bo11

Game 1: Huns - Arabia
Game 2: Winner's bracket champion picks a Map and two Civs, Loser's bracket champion decides what Civ he/she plays
(refer to rule §3 of gaming rules below for clarification)
Game 3: Loser's bracket champion picks a Map and two Civs, Winner's bracket champion decides what Civ he/she plays
Game 4: Mongols - Serengeti
Game 5: Cumans - Arabia
Game 6: Player behind in score after Game 5 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 7: Player ahead in score after Game 5 picks Home Map + Civ
Game 8: Koreans - Acropolis
Game 9: Goths - Four Lakes
Game 10: Vikings - Ghost Lake
Game 11: Franks - Serengeti

Map Pool

• Arabia
• Acropolis
• Atacama
• Four Lakes
• Ghost Lake
• Golden Pit
• Golden Swamp
• Serengeti

Please Note: Seize the Mountain has been removed from the Map Pool

Spoiler: Tournament Rules

§1 - Seeding and Participation
Seeding will be done as followed by:

Nili
Brisolyn
PoLaR
True
TheCode

The seeding team will determine the top 16 invited players to DMWC4. 32 additional players will compete for the remaining 16 slots. The total number of players in the Main Event will be 32.

The non-top 32 players that are not chosen or do not qualify for the Main Event are eligible to participate in the DM World Cup 4 Silver League - Details to follow.

Please play all games with your most known name, which should be the name you signed up with.

§2 - Respecting Deadlines
All players must respect the tournament schedule and times for each round. No excuse will be accepted for failing to play in the specified time.

If a player has not arrived 20 minutes after the scheduled play time against their opponent without a valid reason, they will be granted an Admin Win.

Any player arriving late to their match will be penalized 10% of their prize money for every 10 minute period in which they are late. Any prize money that is forfeited will be distributed proportionally among the other players.

Any player giving an Admin Win to their opponent, and not completing any round/games will be penalized 50% of their prize money.

§3 - Admin Times
If both players cannot come to an agreement in scheduling their match, the staff will analyse the situation, schedule and time zones in order to add a viable Admin Time that suits both players to the best of our ability. Admins will ensure players are not forced to play games between 2am - 6am local time.

If there is no agreement about the playing time by Wednesday 23.59 GMT, the staff might start interfering in order to get the games scheduled and completed in time.

§4 - Respect & Fairplay
Every player must respect their opponent. Bad behavior (determined by staff) will result in a warning or may lead to immediate disqualification of the player. This tournament values not only great skills but also sportsmanship and fairness. Any insult, racism or flaming will not be tolerated. Laming and mind games in-game are allowed.

Players are requested to limit the time between games as much as possible to make the experience as smooth for everyone as possible.

§5 - No Smurfing
All players have agreed to the No Smurf rule. Each player must submit all relevant player usernames for Admin discussion. Smurfing and account sharing is not allowed. Any discovery of the aforementioned will result in player's disqualification.

§6 - Lobby Location
All tournament games are to be played in an unranked lobby in AoE2 DE with the allow spectators option turned on.
By signing up, players acknowledge that their games can be spectated and cast by any streamers.

If a game is not recorded, it must be replayed regardless of the result.

§7 - Recorded Games Posting
The winning player must post their recorded games in the recorded games forum immediately after the conclusion of their games, if this information is not posted, the result will be void.

§8 - Scheduling
Players must allow at least 8 hours between final confirmation & the game time to allow for broadcasters to prepare for their series.

§9 - Restoring
In case of disconnections, the players must attempt to save and restore. All the .aoe2record recorded game files (multiple parts of the game before/after drop) must be provided when posting the recorded games.

If restoring is not possible, the recorded game should be provided, along with any additional information to the Administration of DMWC4 instantly.

Subsequently, facts will be analyzed and a final decision made. If an Admin is not around at the time of playing and the players cannot agree on a result, continue with the rest of the series and if the series is tied 2-2 at the end, then the final game shall be rescheduled.

§10 - Schedule Reliability, Admin Wins, Rescheduling
If a player does not show up to a scheduled game without notice their opponent must wait for a minimum of 20 minutes before any action can be taken. They should notify an Admin as soon as possible and a decision will be made.

§11 - Prize Money
Prizes will be sent via PayPal. If the recipients do not use/have, PayPal the prizes will be sent by other means. Certain fees may be deducted from the amount.

§12 - Communication
Each player must be fluent in English and is responsible for scheduling, possible disputes, and everything else regarding their participation. If a player is not fluent in English, they can have an External Operator to represent them during scheduling, recorded game posting and in the DMWC4 tournament in general. The External Operator must be added in the sign-up post.

§13 - Streaming & Spectating
The entire event is open streaming. Anyone may freely stream any of the games Live or as recorded games.

Players who wish to stream the PoV of their tournament games MUST have at least a 2-minute stream delay added through their streaming program. The spectator delay in-game MUST be 2 minutes.

§14 - Player Disqualification
If any player has broken the rules stated above leading to possible disqualification, ALL admins must take a vote for disqualification of a player from the rest of the tournament.

§16 - Rules Additions
New rules can be added and current rules can be changed. However, Admins MUST inform the players about such changes in the DMWC4 Rules & Settings forum. All the latest additions in Rules & Settings will be in red.

Spoiler: Gaming Rules

§1 - Game Settings
The game settings must be the following.
Game : Death Match
Map Style : Custom
Location : Determined by stage
Size : Tiny (2 player)
Difficulty : Standard
Population : 200
Game Speed : Fast
Reveal Map : Explored
Starting Age : Post-Imperial
Victory Condition : Conquest
Team Together : [X] Yes
All Techs : [ ] No
Allow Cheats : [ ] No
Lock Teams : [X] Yes
Lock Speed : [X] Yes
Record Game : [X] Yes

§2 - Bombard Towers, Gates, Market & Stone Walls
Players may not build any Bombard Towers or Gates of any sort during games. Use of the market & stone walls are allowed.

§3 - Civilization Selection
Repeat picking of mirror civs are not allowed in a series. This will also include the predetermined civs in each round.

For Example, if Game 1 civ was Japanese, then both players would not be able to pick Japanese again for G4 & G5 in a series. Same rule applies if G6 in a series was persians, then players would be be able to persians in the earlier mirror games in a series. However, if Franks were picked in either of the two un-mirrored matchups - then franks could be picked again for either one of the G4 or G5 in a series.

The only exception to this rule is for the games involving Player A picking two civs and Player B choosing which he/she plays. The civs chosen by Player A may be any two civ combination that is unique to the series; for example, if the civs Mayans and Franks were chosen in a prior game, Player A cannot choose Mayans and Franks, but may choose any other unique combination (such as Mayans and Aztecs, or Franks and Incas). Furthermore, players may not choose mirrored civs for these games. Repeat picking of maps is always allowed.

§4 - Restarts
There will be no restarts based on player's mistakes in game (ex: if you lose 2 villagers to a scout, you mess up build orders, sending scout the wrong way, deleting TC, etc.).

§5 - Bugged Map Restarts
A player can request bugged map restarts during the first 2 minutes (game time).

A bugged map is defined as the following for standard resource starts:
Gold: Less than 50% of the main gold cluster is at least accessible on one side, extra gold are excluded.

Stone: Less than 50% of the main stone cluster is at least accessible on one side, extra stones are excluded.

§6 - Graphical Mods
Any graphic changes that only affect the player's Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition are allowed.

§7 - Cheating
Cheating is not allowed under any circumstances. Players using any kind of cheat will be disqualified from DMWC4 tournament and banned from future events.

§8 - Automatic Agreement & Punishment
All the game settings provided in this post MUST be followed. Not following them may result in penalties and possibly disqualification.

§9 - Player Colours
Players must stick with a single colour for an entire series. The higher seed will play as colour Blue (1) and the lower seed will play as colour Red (2).
Not following this rule will result in a 5% reduction for each series.

§10 - Admin Participation
No DMWC4 Admin will have any decision making over matches that involve themselves.

§11 - Server
Players should together work out a server that best suits the two players if they cannot agree on a server they should speak to an admin.

§12 - Spectator Delay
All games MUST be hosted with at least a 2 minute spectator delay.

Scheduling
Everyone that signed up should have access to the hidden scheduling forum. If you cannot see this forum and are a player, or a caster who is interested in casting please contact Robo (robo_boro#5469). The scheduling forum is hidden to avoid spamming everyday forum users with 50+ threads.

It is the players responsibility to schedule & be aware of the match settings. As matches are scheduled we will update the Scheduled Matches thread so that people are aware of when games are happening.

Streaming
The entire event is open streaming. Anyone may freely stream any of the games Live or as recorded games. Please display the tournament banner somewhere on your stream overlay while not in game.

Players who wish to stream the PoV of their tournament games MUST have at least a 2-minute stream delay added through their streaming program.

If anyone wishes to cast any games (found here https://www.aoezone.net/threads/dmwc4-scheduled-matches.174133/) you can add those to the AoEZone calendar yourself.

Administrators

Nili_AoE | Discord Nili_AoE#7781

PoLaR | Discord PoLaR#5708

True | Discord True#3185

Brisolyn | Discord Brisolyn#7522

robo | Discord robo_boro#5469
TheCode | Discord TheCode#4125

aah I gotta remember to apply for this next time