Fair Civs Cup

Fair Civs Cup is a 32 player 1v1 tournament that will last 3 weeks.
The specialty of the tournament is that one player decides both civilizazions that are going to be played and the other player choses which civ he wants to play. This will result in unconventional but fair match-ups.

The 32 signed-up players with the highest DE 1v1 ranking will get a spot in the tournament. Seeding will be done manually after that.
Bracket​

Schedule
Ro32, ro16 are Bo5
ro8, Semis and Finals are Bo7

Ro32: 27th of January - 2nd of February
ro16: 3rd of Februray - 8th of February
ro8: 9th of February - 14th of Februray
Semi: 15th of Februray 15GMT & 19GMT
Finals: 16th of February 17GMT

Mappool

Spoiler: Mappool

• Arabia
• Arena
• Golden Pit
• Hideout
• Islands
• Medi
• Serengeti
• Valley
• FCC_Cross
• FCC_Fortress (played as Regicide)
• FCC_Graveyards
• FCC_Land_Madness

Download
If the Mappack is creating Serengeti or Fortress, load it manually.

Civ and Map Settings

Spoiler: Settings

Settings Bo5/Bo7
Game 1: Mirror Civ, Mappack
Game 2: Losing player picks a Map and two Civs, winning player decides what Civ he/she want's to play
Game 3: Loser of the previous map picks a Map and two Civs, winner of the previous map decides what Civ he/she want's to play
Game 4: Loser of the previous map picks a Map and two Civs, winner of the previous map decides what Civ he/she want's to play
Game 5: Loser of the previous map picks a Map and two Civs, winner of the previous map decides what Civ he/she want's to play
Game 6: Loser of the previous map picks a Map and two Civs, winner of the previous map decides what Civ he/she want's to play
Game 7: Loser of the previous map picks a Map and two Civs, winner of the previous map decides what Civ he/she want's to play

Civs and Maps can not be repeated.

Game Settings

Spoiler: Game Settings

All games will be played on Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

Game: Random Map
Size: Tiny (2 player)
Difficulty: Standard
Population: 200
Ressources: Standard
Game Speed: Normal
Reveal Map: Standard
Starting Age: Standard
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


Player Restarts
There are no restarts for this tournament.

Bugged Map & Admin Restarts
A player can request bugged map restarts during the first 6 minutes (game time).
A bugged map is defined as the following for standard resource starts:
Gold: Less than 5 tiles of a main gold cluster are at least accessible on one side, extra gold are excluded.
Stone: Less than 4 tiles of a stone cluster are at least accessible on one side, extra stones are excluded.
Berries: Less than 4 tiles of a berry cluster are at least accessible on one side.
Animals: Spawned with less than the standard resources or the animals being trapped.

Graphical Mods
Any graphic changes that only affects the player's Age of Empires II are allowed.

Cheating
Cheating is not allowed under any circumstances. Players using any kind of cheat will be disqualified from any future Nili-Events.

Respect & Fairplay
Every player must respect their opponent. Bad behavior will result in a warning and may lead to an immediate disqualification of the player. This tournament values not only great skills, but also sportsmanship and fairness. Any insult, non-PC behavior 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.

Stragglers & Laming
Players are not allowed to delete the straggler trees which spawn within 10 tiles of an opposing player’s Town Center. This rule does not apply if the straggler tree which is being deleted forms part of a wall for the defending player.
Players are not allowed to steal a boar with a scout.
Every other form of laming is allowed.

Player colors & names
Players have to use the same colors for a series and play with their most known name.

Scheduling & being on time
Players have to be on time. Being late will result in a 10% reduction of their prize money (stacking up).
Being 15 minutes late, will result in an Admin Loss.

Streaming Policy

Spoiler: Streaming Policy

• Every caster/player is allowed to stream
• 25% of all donations & bits of a streamer are going into the prize pool
• The relevant time is considered starting with the pre-game show and ends with the after show
• Every caster should clearly state to his audience that streamers are working together to generate a prize pool (and that 25% of all donations/bits are going into it)
• The maximum a caster has to pay is $250
• POV streams have a rate of 25% with a $250 max
• Please contact me within 48h of your last streamed game.

Pay-Outs
Prize Pool before the Event: $910 ($500 by blitzkragz & $250 by Nili_AoE, $110 by Anonymous, $50 by cluttzasaurus )
If you want to contribute to the tournament prizepool, please message me.

1st: 35% of the Prize Pool
2nd: 20% of the Prize Pool
3rd/4th: 12.5% of the Prize Pool
5th-8th: 5% of the Prize Pool

 

[Memeluke]

Imagine going on aoezone and ignoring the people posting drama, what a waste of time

 

[gwfe]

It's weird that I didn't make gwfe answer me too at this point.

What the **** did you just ****ing say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated with all gold from the Art of War, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on the enemy trade, even though thanks to DE I have 0 confirmed kills. I am trained in elephant warfare and I'm the top micro nerd in this game. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the **** out with ground attacks the likes of which have never been seen before on this Earth, mark my ****ing words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, ****er. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies in my castle and your king is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your base. You're ****ing dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just in feudal age. Not only am I extensively trained in flushing, but I have access to the entire arsenal of fu imp armies and I will use them to their full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of continental, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy redemption your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your ****ing tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn *****. I will shit trash all over you and you will drown in it. You're ****ing dead, kiddo.


(obviously not serious)

 

[Nicov]

I feel like my aoezone experience will improve if i ignore the above user, gna give it a try!

So slow. I did it 10 days ago.

 

[Memeluke]

I feel like my aoezone experience will improve if i ignore the above user, gna give it a try!

This I don't care, roxy probably forced him to do it.

So slow. I did it 10 days ago.

Damn this actually hurts.

 

[chacotanlines]

Now that boars take 2 hits laming should be allowed.

 

[Rey_Fer]

I would say that you should change the rules mid-tournament, but the game itself changed...

 

[TurboNoob]

I would say that you should change the rules mid-tournament, but the game itself changed...

I think mid-tournament adjustments and rule changes are always a good thing.

 

[JT_CZ]

I think mid-tournament adjustments and rule changes are always a good thing.

Yes, definitely proved to be a superb choice with no downsides for Nili about a month ago.

 

[Springoftheking]

I think the No laming rule -should keep up. Possibility to lame would change a early game and whole tournament has been no lame, so that kind a change could shake things too much. Other hand, if the remaining players agree changing the rule, change would be okay.

 

[eC_Gurke]

Now that boars take 2 hits laming should be allowed.

I dont see any reason to change the rule now. Sure for upcoming tournaments we can go back to "normal". But its not like allowing boar steals improves this tournament in a meaningful way. It would only introduce a possibility for drama and missunderstandings.

 

[TurboNoob]

I dont see any reason to change the rule now. Sure for upcoming tournaments we can go back to "normal". But its not like allowing boar steals improves this tournament in a meaningful way. It would only introduce a possibility for drama and missunderstandings.

And we certainly do not want a Nili Tournament or even small rule change result in lots of drama here! That would be like a precedent case!

 

[Begomia]

The tournament was pretty good, especially the map Viper vs DauT and the Final.

I would suggest a small change in the format for next tournament of this style: Loser of last match selects the map, Winner offers the Civ paring then Loser chooses which Civ he wanna play first, let Winner takes the remaining Civ.

 

[Seb1234]

The tournament was pretty good, especially the map Viper vs DauT and the Final.

I would suggest a small change in the format for next tournament of this style: Loser of last match selects the map, Winner offers the Civ paring then Loser chooses which Civ he wanna play first, let Winner takes the remaining Civ.

The selection of the two civs is supposed to be an advantage as you can think about matchups and make up strategies beforehand.
But as you could argue, that the one that chooses has always the right to take his preferred civ, I'd just let them pick the matchups alternatingly.

 

[buhanisson]

Yeah, I think the main thing is to just constantly alternate between players so you dont ever even have to think about which player has the "advantage". Also note that a tournament with this system doesnt necessarily have to have multiple maps, but it can work in single-map tournaments as well.

 

[SuperskinnyBLS]

Islands game made me vomit.

 

[Lanchi]

For anyone interested, the tree distribution was Hera 406:381 Viper

 

[Oli King]

i guess new meta is doing shipwright before galleon upgrade????

 

[HyunAOP]

For anyone interested, the tree distribution was Hera 406:381 Viper

So that 1 straggler tree he chopped on a neutral island actually had an impact Kappa

 

[yodan]

Islands game made me vomit.

crying aM fan detected

 

[Influenza]

hopefully that islands game convinced the devs to rethink the unlimited food bonus. Who even comes up with that, unlimited food? wtf? Also, harbors should not have 10 range. maybe like 4+3 at most.

 

[SuperskinnyBLS]

hopefully that islands game convinced the devs to rethink the unlimited food bonus. Who even comes up with that, unlimited food? wtf? Also, harbors should not have 10 range. maybe like 4+3 at most.

You know what they say at Microsoft. My units were on stand ground and that explains why they weren't fighting.

 

[chacotanlines]

what was the final prize pool?

 

[Elvaenor]

Thanks for organizing the tourney Nili! Just watched the final, that islands game was just absolutely insane to look at 11 never seen a game that could even be compared to it.

 

[Syphax]

GGs congrats Viper.

 

[JaimeAOC]

GG's and thanks Nili for organizing this rather interesting format.
Next time let's not have the Lord and the Snake meet each other before the Finals