Master of Socotra

[RoR_xTeRRoRx]

Master of Socotra - The circus is coming to Socotra.

This is going to be the first non arena tournament hosted by me but I expect the clownery level to be even higher.
The tournament is going to be played on Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition - Lords of the West Tournament to welcome the new expansion.
Its going to have open sign ups with 72 spots. The top 8 players will start playing in the final stage and the others are going to start in a Round of 64 and the tournament is supposed to last about a month.
The prizepool for the tournament is $1100 sponsored by my lovely viewers and myself.

72 players with the highest elo will be able to qualify and registrations are open till Friday January 22th 22:00 GMT.


Furthermore, please only apply, if you are available to play from January 28th till February 28th, which requires you to play two qualification matches in the first week and once a week after that. You also need to be available for the final games February 27th and 28th.

In case you are interested in donating to the prize pool, please write a message to @RoR_xTeRRoRx

Qualifiers Brackets: https://challonge.com/MOSQualies
Final Stage Brackets: https://challonge.com/MOSFinals

Official trailer by Klavskis:

Rules & Settings
Sign up for the tournament here

 

[DracKeN]

Hype!

 

[eC_Gurke]

somone has to make sure lyx, vivi and co see this!

 

[GmanStreams]

"What tournament nightmares did you have for 2021?"

 

[RoR_xTeRRoRx]

Added the official trailer

 

[prv_limb]

I added the tournament to the 2021 tournament calendar.

 

[Lord_patito]

I quote myself: "even outposts gonna shoot arrows"

I don't like playing socotra, but again, it gonna be fun to see players whom actually know how to play AoE2 play it.

Best of lucks with the tournament

 

[hallogallo]

Do you plan on making a silver league if there are more than 72 signups?

 

[RoR_xTeRRoRx]

Do you plan to do a silver league if more than 72 signups?

lets get to 72 players first, if somehow the number will be way bigger then we can have a silver league

 

[mogers87]

Awesome tournament idea. Looking forward to follow this!

 

[_balcanman]

if microsoft isn´t paying why to use this expansion?

 

[Huehuecoyotl22]

if microsoft isn´t paying why to use this expansion?

To have fun? We can expect that it will be unbalanced. But this event might be better to try out the new expansion than let's say Hidden Cup 4. Some tournament should do it.
And if many good players sign up, maybe @RoR_xTeRRoRx can still discuss something with robo and get a Microsoft partnership. You never know.

 

[RoR_xTeRRoRx]

I don’t think any of the new civs should be op on socotra and it can be a fun event to try them out. Also most of the people will move to the new expansion and switching between them each time will be a mess

 

[Julinse]

Can we have death match settings for decider matches please?

 

[_balcanman]

And if many good players sign up

you think a lot of good players is interested in this expansion?

 

[dodageka]

you think a lot of good players is interested in this expansion?

i think all top players will switch to playing it immediately once it is released

 

[phiupan]

I don’t think any of the new civs should be op on socotra and it can be a fun event to try them out. Also most of the people will move to the new expansion and switching between them each time will be a mess

it is just an expansion, the multiplayer should be compatible, no? I mean, everybody should get the basic bug fixes and balance updates, just who has the expansion will have two more civs to use. If there is a way in the rules that the players without the expansion cannot be forced to play the expansion civs, it should be ok to play even without the expansion, right? (I think this, but Microsoft may be creative on how they treat expansion and non-expansion games compatibility)

 

[MuscleChamp]

it is just an expansion, the multiplayer should be compatible, no? I mean, everybody should get the basic bug fixes and balance updates, just who has the expansion will have two more civs to use. If there is a way in the rules that the players without the expansion cannot be forced to play the expansion civs, it should be ok to play even without the expansion, right? (I think this, but Microsoft may be creative on how they treat expansion and non-expansion games compatibility)

This is kinda how it works in HD, but its a lot less complicated because HD doesnt get updates/bugfixes 11
We can only hope Microsoft does it thist way tho.

 

[komtan]

where is ruben and lyx?
we wanna watch that guys

 

[Handy2]

Clowns world tour?

 

[RoR_xTeRRoRx]

The prizepool was increased by a beautiful 100$ donation so we are going to use it to give 25$ to each of the 5th-8th places

 

[RoR_xTeRRoRx]

Sign ups close tonight at 22:00 gmt

 

[RoR_xTeRRoRx]

Brackets are ready:
Qualifiers Brackets: https://challonge.com/MOSQualies
Final Stage Brackets: https://challonge.com/MOSFinals

 

[RoR_xTeRRoRx]

Brackets were updated after 1 player was removed.

 

[MuscleChamp]

sick lineup