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.
It will feature










(canda) Hera is added as a 9th player.
With your beloved casters




There will be a Public Viewing in

Join the Discord for more info
The prizepool distribution will likely look like this:
Prizepool: $20,000+Donations
1st: $4000 +20% of all Donations
2nd: $2800 +14% of all Donations
3rd/4th: $2200 +11% of all Donations
5th/6th: $1600 +8% of all Donations
7th/8th: $1000 +5% of all Donations
Caster (4x): $600 +3% of all Donations
Overlay Guy: $600 +3% of all Donations
Nili: $600 +3% of all Donations
To this point (3rd of November) we already have:
€1.000 = $1.109 donation by anonymous
€3.000 = $3.342 donation by
Kamigawa,
Pete_Martell &
their brother and
dr_scrotus , owners of a traditional Italian pizzeria in Berlin: Bye Bye Cavaliere
1st: $4000 +20% of all Donations
2nd: $2800 +14% of all Donations
3rd/4th: $2200 +11% of all Donations
5th/6th: $1600 +8% of all Donations
7th/8th: $1000 +5% of all Donations
Caster (4x): $600 +3% of all Donations
Overlay Guy: $600 +3% of all Donations
Nili: $600 +3% of all Donations
To this point (3rd of November) we already have:
€1.000 = $1.109 donation by anonymous
€3.000 = $3.342 donation by




Anticipated questions:
Where is



- JorDan will try to play the qualifiers, it's likely that he will have a showing no matter if he qualifies.
- MbL & Nicov (aswell as Hera) sadly didn't have time.
What's with

- As a private person that lives off of inconsistent streaming money, it is tricky to guarantee the financial security I need to provide to bring a person from Vietnam to Germany. I feel sad that we can't have any Vietnamese players at any of my tournaments, as long as I organize them as a single person.
Will

- I told him that I expect him to be active before the tournament and he committed to play several showmatches before the event.
Where/when can I contribute to the prizepool?
- simply via the Donation option on the stream (donations for the prizepool will count from the 1st day of the main event: 4th of January)
- you can also contact me via Discord/AoEZone for donations before that
Isn't it a problem that 3 Secret members are playing and Nili as a member of Secret could be biased?
- I have shown in the past that I'm capable of making decisions against friends to protect the integrity of my tournaments
- additionally, I asked all players if they want to have a less involved admin for decision making/ruling instead of me, no player felt that that was necessary
What Nili is a part of Team Secret? I didn't know.
- Now you do.
Why only one qualifier?
- Initially, I wanted to go for two qualifiers
- I felt that out of the invited players Vivi is probably the person that deserves a direct invite the least, but at the same time is likely to qualify (with Dogao, LaaaaaN, miguel, JorDan, Villese, F1Re, Vinchester, st4rk). There is no chance that Vivi can play the qualifier and we sort the visa out in time, though. That's why I decided on a direct invite.
How are Visas for the Chinese looking?
- Yo told me that it should be no problem. We did apply.
Why this caster line-up?
- There are many talented and dedicated casters in this community that are not on the list to attend. I've selected a group based on what I feel will work best for NAC3.
- No specific drama or hard feelings.
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