Red Bull Wololo Announcement

Red Bull is excited to announce a new step forward in Age of Empires 2 esports, an event played entirely on the new mode Empire Wars. Check out an Empire Wars overview here

Featuring the top 8 players from Hidden Cup 3, TheViper, Hera, TaToH, dogao, Liereyy, DauT, Mr_Yo & MbL, and 8 more qualifiers, 4 from each of the two qualifying weekends, the Main Event will be an action-packed weekend of high-level innovative gameplay.
How will the pros adapt to this new game mode, what special tricks will they bring with them? Find out at https://www.twitch.tv/redbull for the Main Event. All of the qualifiers are open streaming so check them out at your local caster!

The Main Event stream will be casted by Nili_AoE, T90Official, & Dave with ZeroEmpires as the stream host.

Players interesting in playing in the qualifiers need to sign up at the Toornament pages (Qualifier 1, Qualifier 2) & join the Discord channel for easy communication with other players & Admins. Players will need to check-in during the hour before the tournament starts on Saturday to confirm their participation.

Timeframe​

Spoiler: Qualifiers

Qualifier 1: Saturday 18th - Sunday 19th April
Saturday:
Round 1 (256): Saturday 13:00GMT Bo1
Round 2 (128): Saturday 14:00GMT Bo1
Round 3 (64): Saturday 15:00GMT Bo3
Round 4 (32): Saturday 17:00GMT Bo5
Round 5 (16): Saturday 19:00GMT Bo5
Sunday: starting 13:00GMT
Round 6 Match 1 Bo7
Round 6 Match 2 Bo7
Round 6 Match 3 Bo7
Round 6 Match 4 Bo7
(Exact order of the games may vary to allow for player timezones)

Qualifier 2: Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th April
Saturday:
Round 1 (256): Saturday 13:00GMT Bo1
Round 2 (128): Saturday 14:00GMT Bo1
Round 3 (64): Saturday 15:00GMT Bo3
Round 4 (32): Saturday 17:00GMT Bo5
Round 5 (16): Saturday 19:00GMT Bo5
Sunday: starting 13:00GMT
Round 6 Match 1 Bo7
Round 6 Match 2 Bo7
Round 6 Match 3 Bo7
Round 6 Match 4 Bo7
(Exact order of the games may vary to allow for player timezones)

Main Event:
Thursday 30th April 13:00GMT: Round of 16
Friday 01st May 13:00GMT: Round of 16
Saturday 02nd May 13:00GMT: Quarterfinals
Sunday 03rd May 13:00GMT: Semifinals & Grand Final

Prizepool €20,000​

Sponsored by Red Bull.

See the Rules & Settings for total breakdown.

 

[eC_Gurke]

Really excited for a big Empire Wars tournament!

 

[Lord_patito]

Maybe empire wars is the future who knows...

Certainly not, but I think red bull was looking for something more aggressive and faster than a regular game. That way, new audiences can be hooked up easily.

And for us, well, it's something different to see. Interesting as well

 

[Freezing_Point]

Can't wait to see what crazy strategies people come up with to exploit Empire Wars' unique starting conditions.

 

[OkayTimeForPlanB]

Are places for the qualifiers first come, first served? Because in that case some pros are probably gonna be too late sign up?

 

[d20random]

Love the tournament idea and intrigued by the settings, not so happy about our community taking money to promote the businesses of literal fascists.

 

[Leonidas91]

Cant support this sorry - RedBull is a nogo

 

[Tendo]

This is huge, rly like it.

 

[danh_]

hi ItsYoshi , let me guess are u miguel or feage ? all i see dogao in all TN is dead ending man

 

[Sekigahara1]

What a great times for Age of Empires 2! An era of prosperity and renewed interest, big thank you to all those people who worked for years to make this happen.

 

[MaSmOrRa]

Cant support this sorry - RedBull is a nogo

ok

 

[iViktorius]

i think its hilarious u kids talking **** about dogao. u wouldnt say this **** to him at lan, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest clothes, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest dudes. yall are pathetic lol

no he isnt 11

Hell yeah he is

 

[ChristheCo]

Cant support this sorry - RedBull is a nogo

Why?

 

[danh_]

Mind your manners. Dogao is a beastly player, infact he eliminated MBL in HC3 and got 1 game from Viper. Who are you tho 1111




Viper is such a humble and wonderful person, i hope you are sarcastic

got 1 game fromViper? are u sure Viper not trolling? maybe he was go peeing at that game and no need to pause

 

[sozey_]

Why?

One reason could be that the owner of Red Bull has been criticized for his populistic statements concerning a variety of political topics. He also funds an agency which publishes alarming essays like "Do we really need democracy?". His TV station hosts talkshows on the topic "How dangerous are muslims?" and invites Martin Sellner, an austrian neonazi. I could give a lot more examples but you get the direction. How deep these things impact you regarding tournament sponsoring is debatable, but these are possible reasons to boycott Red Bull.

 

[simonsanone]

Why?

The man behind the energy drink

While RB Leipzig's current campaign supports diversity and openness, Dietrich Mateschitz, the man considered the marketing genius behind Red Bull's meteoric commercial rise, has previously struck a very different note.


In a 2017 interview with Austrian outlet Kleine Zeitung, Mateschitz strongly criticized both the German and the Austrian government for their policies during the 2015 refugee crisis. "None of the people that shout ‘refugees welcome' or ‘we can do it' [a quote from German Chancellor Angela Merkel] were preparing their own guest rooms to accommodate refugees," Mateschitz said back then. The Red Bull CEO, who's also Austria's richest person according to Forbes, also criticized the "so-called international elites” and political correctness, phrases often employed by populist politicians.

As Red Bull CEO, Mateschitz has media involvement in the form of Servus TV, an Austria-based channel owned by the Red Bull Media House. One of the station's shows became known in recent years for offering a platform to familiar names from the German-speaking world's far-right scene, such as Martin Sellner, the head of the Austrian Identitarian movement (also known as Generation Identity), whose German equivalent was recently announced an extreme right-wing group by security services, and Götz Kubitschek, a known German far-right activist.


According to a July 2019 report by Austrian outlet Der Standard, Servus TV's editor-in-chief now reports directly to Mateschitz rather than to the Red Bull Media House.

(src.: https://www.dw.com/en/rb-leipzig-re...chitz-and-politics-its-complicated/a-50208315 )

 

[uberkerl]

Why?

look up the death toll of RedBull relatet extreme sport events.

Also the drink tastes like ****.

 

[robo]

I'd just like to clarify that ZeroEmpires is the Show Host of the main event stream for the finals, and will fill time between games and entertain everyone. The event is organised by Red Bull, TakeTV, Nili & myself.

 

[sozey_]

Götz Kubitschek, a known German far-right activist.

What the hell, Sellner is almost laughable, but Kubitscheck is extremely dangerous. One of the worst persons imaginable.

 

[RichNixon]

This is fantastic news. Super happy for everybody involved - thank you for setting it up.

Let's all hope for the best and get behind this chance for the game to grow even bigger!

 

[Springoftheking]

We haven't seen any major Empire Wars -tournament, so this event with best player will be forming meta. I don't know, how good game mode Empire Wars eventually is, but this tournament will be interesting.

Red Bull is big multinational company. It brings a lot of money, but I hope that it won't change AoE 2 -scene bad way. Good sign is that there will be trusted AoE 2 casters casting.

 

[SuperskinnyBLS]

One reason could be that the owner of Red Bull has been criticized for his populistic statements concerning a variety of political topics. He also funds an agency which publishes alarming essays like "Do we really need democracy?". His TV station hosts talkshows on the topic "How dangerous are muslims?" and invites Martin Sellner, an austrian neonazi. I could give a lot more examples but you get the direction. How deep these things impact you regarding tournament sponsoring is debatable, but these are possible reasons to boycott Red Bull.

RB owner sounds like a cool guy then

 

[AtTheGates_]

I am happy that a huge company invests into aoe2.
It's just sad that it's such a shitty company as R*d B*ll.

Edit: That being said, I will of course support and watch the tournament.
My love for aoe2 heavily overshadows my disgust for RB.

 

[Hunyadi_]

That's amazing!! Thank you everyone and RedBull for this awesome event. I will make sure to get a pack of RedBull on my next shopping trip.

 

[Hermes_Arg]

Omg. Never heard about that mod I guess I have to watch it later but damn red bull guys! Are we having monster soon? I'm so excited! Unbelievable.

 

[AceW]

vamos amigos!