NAC 3 Main Event - All Info

From 04.01.2020 - 12.01.2020 the next episode of Nili's Apartment Cup is happening. It will be the first major event that will be played on Age of empires 2: Definitive Edition and is fully funded by Microsoft which resulted in a prizepool of $20,000 and will add 100% of all community donations.​

Players:

TheViper,

TaToH,

Liereyy,

DauT,

TheMax,

Mr_Yo,

LaaaaaN,

Villese & Hera.

Casters:

OrnLu,

BBQTurkman, Nili_AoE,

T90Official &

Dave.

Spoiler: Hera Situation

Initially Hera got a direct invite to NAC 3, but didn't have time. Thing have changed and he messaged me some days ago that he still wants to join. Considering him as a great addition to the tournament, I tried to work something out.
dogao & F1Re both had time to join NAC 3, but we couldn't get a decider match in time, additionally 5 series per day would just be more exhausting on the crew (mainly me), so that after asking all players we decided on a 9 player tourney.
We keep the swiss system with one player having a BYE per day. Players were asked if they wanted to keep a 5 day group stage or 6 days because of the changed circumstances. All players wanted 5 days.

Hera has to pay for flights, hotel and food on his own.

Schedule

Group stage Swiss System - BO5

Saturday 04.01.20 13:00 GMT - Liereyy vs LaaaaN - Nili + Hera
Saturday 04.01.20 15:30 GMT - Mr_Yo vs TheMax - OrnLu + Dave
Saturday 04.01.20 18:00 GMT - TheViper vs Hera - BBQTurkman + Liereyy
Saturday 04.01.20 20:30 GMT - TaToH vs DauT - TheViper + Dave

Sunday 05.01.20 13:00 GMT

Hera vs Villese

- OrnLu +Turkman
Sunday 05.01.20 15:30 GMT

Mr_Yo vs DauT

- Nili + Dave
Sunday 05.01.20 18:00 GMT

TheViper vs Liereyy

- Hera + OrnLu
Sunday 05.01.20 20:30 GMT

TaToH vs TheMax

- Turkman + Dave

Monday 06.01.20 13:00 GMT LaaaaaN vs Villese
Monday 06.01.20 15:30 GMT Mr_Yo vs Hera
Monday 06.01.20 18:00 GMT Liereyy vs TheMax
Monday 06.01.20 20:30 GMT TheViper vs TaToH

Tuesday 13:00 GMT

Mr_Yo vs

Villese - Hera + Liereyy
Tuesday 15:30 GMT

DauT vs

LaaaaaN - Viper + Nili
Tuesday 18:00 GMT

TheViper vs

TheMax - T90 + Turkman
Tuesday 20:30 GMT

TaToH vs

Hera - T90 + Dave

Wednesday 13:00 GMT Yo vs LaaaaaN - Hera+Turkman
Wednesday 15:30 GMT TaToH vs Villese - T90+OrnLu
Wednesday 18:00 GMT Liereyy vs DauT - Dave+TaToH
Wednesday 20:30 GMT Hera vs TheMax - T90+Nili
* These are not the match-ups the initial swiss-system created. But since it originally created a Viper vs LaaaaaN match-up that didn't matter at all (4W-0L vs 0W-1B-3L) & Mr_Yo getting rewarded to lose early and get bye in day 5, players came up with the idea to give Viper the Bye and create match-ups in a swiss system after that. Player's that are getting punished the most by this are Villese (has to play #4 instead of #8) and Mr_Yo (has to win #9 instead of being directly qualified), main benefiter is Liereyy (facing #8 instead of #4).
I was sceptical at first, but players agreed on this.

Thursday 09.01.20 - Day off

Friday 10.01.20 15:00 GMT - QF BO7 Mr_Yo vs Liereyy - Hera+Ornlu
Friday 10.01.20 19:00 GMT - QF BO7 TaToH vs TheMax - T90+Turkman


Saturday 11.01.20 12:00 GMT - SF BO7 Hera vs - TaToH - Turkman+Nili
Saturday 11.01.20 16:00 GMT - SF BO7 TheViper vs Mr_Yo - T90+Dave
Saturday 11.01.20 All Day - Public Viewing + Meet & Greet

Sunday 12.01.20 12:00 GMT - Showmatch - DauT vs Villese - OrnLu+Dave
Sunday 12.01.20 15:00 GMT - Finals BO11 - TheViper vs Hera T90+Nili
Sunday 12.01.20 All Day - Public Viewing

Bracket Group Stage
Bracket Playoffs

There will be a Public Viewing in Hamburg for the Semi-Finals and Finals on the 11th+12.01.2020, aswell as a Meet&Greet with all players and casters on Saturday evening.
Meet&Greet Discord

Spoiler: Mappool

• Arabia
• Arena
• Cenotes
• Golden Pit
• Hideout
• Islands
• Medi
• Serengeti
• Valley
• NAC_Cross
• NAC_Fortress (played as Regicide)
• NAC_Graveyards
• NAC_Land_Madness

Seedings:
#1 Viper (1.0)
#2 TaToH (2.5)
#3 Mr_Yo (3.3)
#4 Liereyy (3.5)
#5 Hera (5.8)
#6 DauT (6.2)
#7 TheMax (6.3)
#8 LaaaaaN (7.7)
#9 Villese (8.3)
(done by players, bracket is the average seed)

Spoiler: Settings Group Stage

Settings BO5

A = Higher Player in Bracket (if even, higher Seed)
B = Lower Player in Bracket (if even, lower Seed)
Game 1: Arabia
MAP PICK A (Game 2)
MAP PICK B (Game 3)
MAP BAN B
MAP BAN A
MAP PICK B (Game 4)
MAP PICK A (Game 5)

Spoiler: Settings Playoffs

Settings BO7

A = Higher Group Finish
Game 1: Arabia
MAP PICK A (Game 2)
MAP PICK B (Game 3)
MAP BAN B
MAP BAN A
MAP PICK A (Game 4)
MAP PICK B (Game 5)
MAP PICK B (Game 6)
MAP PICK A (Game 7)

Spoiler: Settings Grand Finals

Settings BO11

A = Higher Group Finish
Game 1: Arabia
MAP PICK A (Game 2)
MAP PICK B (Game 3)
MAP PICK B (Game 4)
MAP PICK A (Game 5)
MAP PICK A (Game 6)
MAP PICK B (Game 7)
MAP PICK B (Game 8)
MAP PICK A (Game 9)
MAP PICK A (Game 10)
MAP PICK B (Game 11)

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

Civilizations
Every series will be Hidden Civ Pick without the chance for a player to repeat his civ within the series. Mongols are banned for Valley.

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
Players have to use the blue (higher seed) and red (lower seed).

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

Streaming Policy
www.twitch.tv/nili_aoe will be the only channel broadcasting the games live. Recorded games will be made public after the event.

Pay-Outs
Prize Pool before the Event: ~$25,000
100% of the donations are going into the Prize Pool.

1st: 20% of the Prize Pool
2nd: 14% of the Prize Pool
3rd/4th: 11% of the Prize Pool
5th/6th: 7% of the Prize Pool
7th/8th/9th: 4% of the Prize Pool
Caster (4x): 3% of the Prize Pool
Overlay Guy: 3% of the Prize Pool
Nili: 3% of the Prize Pool

 

@pumukel they literally don't say "it's a daut castle!!!!" in your clip... How is that the origin of the saying lol this is just a castle daut had trouble getting up, but I'm sure he had tons of them before in like 2003.

This is more like the proof that the term didn't exist yet then.
Maybe it's the mandela effect but I believe the true origin of daut castle (like we use it today) comes from a regicide fortress 1v1 game (don't remember the opponent or the specific escape aoe event).

 

I remember years ago @FeAge calling it an "Alive castle", basically being rushing up a castle and losing many villagers in the process. But Alive and DauT are both long-time players, so who knows who of them commonly did it first 10+ years ago.

Back in the old days we used to call it Alive castle 11, this was years ago on the 2nd nations cup, fun times 11.

 

@pumukel they literally don't say "it's a daut castle!!!!" in your clip... How is that the origin of the saying lol this is just a castle daut had trouble getting up, but I'm sure he had tons of them before in like 2003.

This is more like the proof that the term didn't exist yet then.
Maybe it's the mandela effect but I believe the true origin of daut castle (like we use it today) comes from a regicide fortress 1v1 game (don't remember the opponent or the specific escape aoe event).

it's ok, every generation has its own story. of course nili didn't say "oh look, a daut castle" back then. when this happened, it was just a memorable situation involving daut and a castle. and then everytime daut built a shaky castle, one remembered this situation and referred to it. and then people stopped referring to the original and started to refer to the reference etc.. that's how a concept evolves.

 

katsuni and me also casted it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bofIBZcCEMA

Good times yes.

 

Watching these old videos reminds how much @Nili_AoE improved his casting and also equipment. You can feel the hesitation on his voice when he mixes words - "I don't care anything else is going on this fight" (then corrects "map"). Right now if such thing happens instead of hesitation it is usually followed by funny joke and Ba Dum Tss!

Same feeling for old @T90Official videos also, just watched Daut loves his skirms video.

 

Bottom line, Hera is a very popular player right now and will improve the quality of play at the tournament, make it more entertaining, and more people will watch. Why people are so upset about him joining does not make any sense to me. F1re and Dogao are not as good of players right now and don't draw in the volume of viewers. People are vilifying Nili when he's making a good decision for the visibility and quality of the tournament because the want what they think is "fair".

I like F1re but he had a terrible performance in NAC2, and Dogao got completely outclassed by Villese in the qualifer- how does that bode for him vs the top players like Viper? Not well. Hera has actually provided some competitive matches against Viper recently.

I don't care whether people think a tournament is "fair" to players not in the top tier, I want to watch the best, most competitive matches and having Hera there will give us a better chance of getting that.

Nobody who has been around a while would put down dogao and F1Re like that.

DUUUUUUDE, dogao won the Nations Cup, he is TOP PLAYER, dont say none sense just for talk.

1111 this is so ridiculous

You take out the top 3 or 4 players or so and the likes of dogao, Hera, DauT, Laaan, Nicov, Vivi, Max, BacT + several others are pretty much all capable of beating each other on a given day.

I have to say, I was wrong on Dogao- he really performed well in HC3 and showed he's still in the top 10 of players right now. Have to admit you guys were right!