Double Cup Announcement [$400+]

The 2020 AOElympics are not completely over yet – a summary and acknowledgement topic will come once all remaining games are played – but I can already now announce my next project:

The Double Cup​

In this 1v1 double elimination tournament, all maps will have either a 2-tc start or a 3-tc start. Some games will even be in Regicide or Empire Wars mode.

This idea came up because of very positive feedback by players and streamers about the Double Arabia matches in the AOElympics. I will collaborate with Nova (https://www.twitch.tv/novaaoe) as the official tournament caster.

Double Arabia and Triple Arabia will also be part of the Double Cup, but not only those. A wide variety of more than 30 open, closed, hybrid and water maps, mostly based on already existing 1-tc start maps are included in the map pack, which was created together with TheMadCADer and some assistance by Chrazini and the RMS scripters Discord members.

So we are both showcasing many unused or underused maps by a variety of map creators and enforcing a fast and challenging start in every game.

Spoiler: Showmatches

As of now we don’t have a prize pool for the tournament, but we will host 3 showmatches (each 5 games to be played) to raise prize money:

The first between Dark and Nili on October 05, 19 GMT,

the second between JorDan_23 (aka JorDanTV) and ACCM on October 06, 13 GMT,

and a third one between Chris and Yellow (Saymyname) on October 04, 02 GMT.

Everything will be open streaming. If you stream any of the matches, please advertise the tournament and add a command that links to Nova’s donation site: https://streamelements.com/novaaoe/tip. If you donate this way, you have to include the words “Double Cup” to make clear that it is for this tournament. We are happy about every donation towards the tournament prize pool.


Current prize pool after 4 donations: $400
Planned distribution, if max. $500: 1. 45 %, 2. 30 %, 3. 15 %, 4. 10 %.

The round of 32 will begin on October 19.
If there are more than 32 sign-ups, the lowest-rated players will be asked if they want to play an extra qualifying round, which has to take place on October 18-21.
Example: 36 sign-ups: 28 players are in the Ro32, seed 29-36 (8 players) play a Bo5 to get the last 4 players.

Sign-ups will close on October 10, 20 GMT, if 32 players are reached, or remain open until October 17, 20 GMT if not.
The seeding will be based on the AoE II: DE 1v1 ratings (50 % highest, 50 % current) the day after the sign-up closes, at 20 GMT.

The map pack overview, the rules and settings and sign-up topic are accessible if you click on their links here.


Here you can join the Discord server for any questions, feedback or discussion among players: https://discord.gg/aYKgcr5

Spoiler: Schedule:

Ro32 (Bo5): October 19-25 (Single Elimination)
Game 1: Double Arabia
Game 2: Regicide Metropolis
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Map pack
Game 5: Empire Wars Double Atacama

Ro16 (Bo5): October 26-November 01 (Double Elimination starts)
Game 1: Double Arabia
Game 2: Triple Savanna
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Map pack
Game 5: Empire Wars Double Atacama

Ro8/LB R1 (Bo5): November 02-08
Game 1: Double Arabia
Game 2: Triple Arabia
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Map pack
Game 5: Empire Wars Double Gobi

WB Semifinal/LB R2 (Bo5): November 09-15
WB SEMIFINAL:
Game 1: Double Atacama
Game 2: Regicide Double Leaf Lakes
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Map pack
Game 5: Empire Wars Double Arabia

LB R2:
Game 1: Double Arabia
Game 2: Double Savanna
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Map pack
Game 5: Empire Wars Triple Arabia

LB R3+4 (Bo5): November 16-22
Game 1: Double Arabia
Game 2: Regicide Metropolis
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Map pack
Game 5: Empire Wars Double Gobi

Winners Bracket Final (Bo7)/LB R5 (Bo5): November 23-29
LB R5:
Game 1: Double Arabia
Game 2: Snakepit
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Map pack
Game 5: Empire Wars Double Gobi

WB FINAL:
Game 1: Double Arabia
Game 2: Map pack
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Regicide Metropolis
Game 5: Home map of player behind in score (from map pack)
Game 6: Home map of the other player (from map pack)
Game 7: Empire Wars Double Gobi

LB Final+Grand Final: November 30-December 06
LB FINAL:
Game 1: Double Arabia
Game 2: Map pack
Game 3: Map pack
Game 4: Regicide Metropolis
Game 5: Home map of player behind in score (from map pack)
Game 6: Home map of the other player (from map pack)
Game 7: Empire Wars Double Gobi

GRAND FINAL:
(Game 1: WB Winner gets 1:0 lead)
Game 2: Double Arabia
Game 3: Regicide Double Salt Lake
Game 4: WB winner decides whether WB winner's home map or LB winner's home map is played first
Game 5: Home map of the other player
Game 6: Home map of player behind in score
Game 7: Triple Arabia
Game 8: Enemy Islands
Game 9: Empire Wars Double Atacama

Admins: @Huehuecoyotl22, @Ruki<3.
If you want to be a third one added to the team, please message me. It is not for a lot of work, but an additional person could always be advantageous if anyone needs to be reached quickly for a question.

Liquipedia Page: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Double_Cup

 

Amazing tournament! I hoper you can raise enough funds so that pro players consider joining!

 

Sign-ups are open now.

 

I am looking forward to this tournament a lot, I really enjoy the multiple TC starts

 

JorDan_23 (aka JorDanTV)

 

Great. Looking forward to it.

 

The third showmatch between Chris and Yellow (Saymyname) will now actually be the first one.
This one is on Sunday, 2 GMT. So it will be for American viewers or people who get up early on Sundays.

 

Showmatch games vs saymyname are uploaded to my Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC00u-XPUH-nNhHNU7MsxBPA/videos

 

The shwomatch between Nili and Dark yesterday was watched by more than 1300 people on the streams of Nova, Memb and Nili. So we definitely have good coverage of the tournament maps and details. Now we just need more donations and sign-ups (6 so far).

 

JorDan vs. ACCM was watched by >2000 viewers at a time yesterday.
Today/tomorrow Nova will also cast 2 of the showmatches again from the recorded games, if you missed it. I think he starts at ~17 GMT.

The map guide has been updated with short videos to quickly show all features of the new maps.

 

Yesterday we received our first donation of $100 (by TheMadCADer). Thanks a lot!

Otherwise, although 8 hours of great showmatches were streamed for ~300 live+more for rec streaming (Chris vs. Yellow), ~1300 (Nili vs. Dark) and >2000 (JorDan vs. ACCM) simultaneous viewers, nothing yet.

 

The prize pool has increased to $300. Two more donations by Fenrir and "Anonymous". Thanks a lot.

7 more days to sign up.
Saymyname and BruH are the biggest sign-ups so far.

And I welcome @Ruki<3 to the admin team.
If you want to be a third one added to the team, please message me. It is not for a lot of work, but an additional person could always be advantageous if anyone needs to be reached quickly for a question or if we have to find a solution for a problem based on opinions.

 

4 days left to sign up and still only 10 players.

The start will not be delayed, but depending on the number and ratings of the players, the format will change. E. g. start with group stage, so every player is guaranteed at least 3 matches.

 

During the last 1.5 days we got a lot of good sign-ups now.

If you want to contribute to increasing the prizepool for those players (so possibly players outside of the top 4 can get something too), you can still donate using the tip link above, mentioning "Double Cup".


21 in total now:

BacT

ACCM

Yellow (saymyname)

Vinchester

Capoch

Daniel

BruH (AssassinOstrich)

JorDan_23 (JorDanTV)

Dziamdziak

WaRRioR

saps

EYE

SaladEsc

Cong4ever

Apollo

Oladushek

waldsee

Bluegill

bixuj

pmpc

gambasimo95

Average rating: 1893


Also, since the number of 16 sign-ups was reached 2 day ago, and the original plan was that if there are more than 16, the tournament will start on October 12, all rounds are delayed by one week.

If there are more than 32 sign-ups, the lowest-rated players will be asked if they want to play an extra qualifying round, which has to take place on October 18-21.
Example: 36 sign-ups: 28 players are in the Ro32, seed 29-36 (8 players) play a Bo5 to get the last 4 players.

 

Last 23 minutes to sign up!

 

Brackets are here now: https://challonge.com/AoE2_Double_Cup
Or just check out the Liquipedia page, which I'm also updating: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Double_Cup

 

The prize pool has reached $400 now.

 

The 4 players left in the tournament are Vinchester, BruH (Winners Bracket final), JorDan_23 and BacT (Losers Bracket Round 5).
Those 4 will receive prize money. If you want to contribute to grow the prize pool, you can still do so.