AOE-IV Elite Gaming Channel presents: The Golden League

Elite Gaming Channel is proud to announce: The Golden League

Spawning across eleven weekends, and with a $125,000 prize pool, The Golden League will present a refreshing structure, with two open qualifiers, three double elimination rounds (each with a unique theme) and an epic conclusion.


Players & Qualifiers:
64 players will be competing in this tournament, where only one will stand as the definitive champion. There will be four different ways to get a spot in the Golden League, and earning a spot will mean competing in all three bracket rounds.

• 20 players will qualify though the 1v1 tournament-achievement ranking
• 20 players will qualify though the 1v1 QS rankings
• 20 players will qualify though the open qualifiers (ten each day)
• 4 discretionary invitational spots

Rounds & points:
The first 6 weeks of the event will be divided into different rounds, each one with a different theme. All three rounds are double elimination, which means that players will get more games to play, more points to win and more chances to reach the elite playoffs!

The themes are as follow:

• Open Battlefield: Here, players will be playing only open maps. Fast-paced games, full of action from the very beginning
• Off-Meta Combat: The three most-winning civilization from each map will be banned. This will force combatants to come up with new strategies for each battleground
• Exclusive Civilizations: Here the participants will be drafting civilizations in an exclusive way, resulting in unconventional match-ups and no mirrors.

Each round will grant points, which will allow eight players to advance to the Elite Playoffs. This will consist round robin, and then a playoff over a Final 4 wekeend.

Dates:

Qualifiers 1: 19th March
Qualifiers 2: 20th Match

From March 26th until The 29th of May, each Saturday and Sunday will be packed with action and elite-level AOE IV games.

Each one of the three bracket rounds will take two weekends. Finally, the Elite Playoffs will take place during the final four weekends.

Of course, all the event will be covered by the Elite Gaming Channel’s official Twitch.
We invite all of you to join the official discord.

You can find more detailed information about the event in this infographic. Handbook will be publish shortly.
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Golden League - Official Trailer

 

 

Are there enough active players to fill in all the open spots?

 

Are there enough active players to fill in all the open spots?

No. Wanna sign up? you will get 20K just for doing it.

 

eleven straight weeks of boredom

 

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eleven straight weeks of boredom

Well, if you're focusing 3 months of your life in something you don't like... you have more serious issues to worry about

 

125k?? what is this? a tournament for elephants??

 

Are there enough active players to fill in all the open spots?

This tournament is so incredibly inclusive, even Nili might make the cut

 

125k?? what is this? a tournament for elephants??

 

Why are AOE2 fans so petty that they actively hate on AOE4 and want to see it fail? I thought we were better than this, guys. Come on...

 

Well, if you're focusing 3 months of your life in something you don't like... you have more serious issues to worry about

Then maybe MS should announce aoe2 events happening at the same time so that fans of both games can have something to look forward to. They could even make it into a job, you could call it "Official Tournament Coordinator"

 

@Lord_patito I might be being blind, but where does it say when you have to sign up for the open qualifier by?

 

Are there enough active players to fill in all the open spots?

i think they might have just enough proud community council members to round out the tournament

 

It is incredible how much money is thrown at this game.

 

This tournament is so incredibly inclusive, even Nili might make the cut

may be that’s why he gave MS money to this tournament

 

Then maybe MS should announce aoe2 events happening at the same time so that fans of both games can have something to look forward to. They could even make it into a job, you could call it "Official Tournament Coordinator"

feel free host one. T90 annouced regicide rumble next week

 

@Lord_patito I might be being blind, but where does it say when you have to sign up for the open qualifier by?

I've updated the post. you can find the sign up form there

 

nice to have a league format stretching over a few weeks. I like the "off-meta combat" round idea!! seems very fun.

 

Will the events be open streaming?

 

Will the events be open streaming?

according this annoucement yes

 

Hey @Lord_patito , would it be possible to know how much put each sponsor into the prize pool ?

 

StronK AoE4

 

Why are AOE2 fans so petty that they actively hate on AOE4 and want to see it fail? I thought we were better than this, guys. Come on...

It's elitism and insecurity. It's unfortunate, I used to think the aoe2 community was really chill until aoe4 came out. Sad to be proven wrong. I'm looking forward to this tournament and can't wait for it to start!