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.

 

[Knibbla]

I don't understand how everyone's ignoring the fact that RedBull supports right-wing extremists.

bUt ThE mOnEy

 

[VanD]

Red Bull sponsoring AoE2, what reality is this?

Something tells me you and T90 had a lot to do with this. Not to mention the other behind the scenes guys like robo and chrazini.
Thank you for all your work over the years for this community.

 

[Endoplasmic]

This is great for the game! Great game, great company as a sponsor!

 

[Magui98]

Why nobody streams in Spanish?

 

[JUDAS]

Something tells me you and T90 had a lot to do with this. Not to mention the other behind the scenes guys like robo and chrazini.
Thank you for all your work over the years for this community.

Robo wrote: The event is organised by Red Bull, TakeTV, Nili & myself

 

[Philippe le Bon]

Why nobody streams in Spanish?

Because the Spanish Empire died at the very least in 1976

 

[HongeyKong]

I don't understand how everyone's ignoring the fact that RedBull supports right-wing extremists.

bUt ThE mOnEy

This actually makes me support the tourney more 11

 

[Toom03]

Something tells me you and T90 had a lot to do with this. Not to mention the other behind the scenes guys like robo and chrazini.
Thank you for all your work over the years for this community.

Nili said onstream that he got asked who they should pick as casters and as moderator betwen games and he had several suggestions with videos and they wanted t90 and zak. He also mentioned Memb and BBQ at exampel.

 

[VanD]

Nili said onstream that he got asked who they should pick as casters and as moderator betwen games and he had several suggestions with videos and they wanted t90 and zak. He also mentioned Memb and BBQ at exampel.

I'm that case, I apologise for missing that. No offense to those involved.

 

[sozey_]

This actually makes me support the tourney more

Didn't you **** on China and their repressive regime in some threads the last weeks? And now you cheer for a guy who get's criticized here because he's anti-democracy? Right wing logic...

 

[Turambar94]

Didn't you **** on China and their repressive regime in some threads the last weeks? And now you cheer for a guy who get's criticized here because he's anti-democracy? Right wing logic...

why do u even bother answering alt right trolls lol

 

[teutonic_tanks]

People starting to discuss politics instead of being happy about a 20k € tournament. Aoezone really needs more moderation.

 

[Endoplasmic]

People starting to discuss politics instead of being happy about a 20k € tournament. Aoezone really needs more moderation.

I agree, Just practice self moderation using the ignore feature. It makes AOEZone much more pleasant to read

 

[Luca8761]

Guys Red Bull gives you wings. Have a good Day

 

[Turambar94]

People starting to discuss politics instead of being happy about a 20k € tournament. Aoezone really needs more moderation.

Yeah, they should post something like:

Red Bull Wololo Announcement.


**Happy reactions only***

 

[sozey_]

People starting to discuss politics instead of being happy about a 20k € tournament. Aoezone really needs more moderation.

That's part of the game. Controversial sponsors are also a big topic in football. It's important to talk about the political aspects of things, and where else should we discuss this if not here? And it should be important to you, too, if you read about the plans Mateschitz and his friends have for your home country.

 

[halfah_ragnar]

[QUOTE = "Magui98, publicación: 657929, miembro: 85149"]
¿Por qué nadie transmite en español?
[/CITAR]


Queremos caster en español, también los hispanohablantes ocupamos está necesidad, por favor tomenlo en cuenta

 

[Custom]

Great tournament, i think that you maybe would can include spanish streams

 

[NachoAoE]

will there be any red bull merchandise to buy? Like a can of red bull with a monk or something? Amazing tournament, good job Robo & Nili, you guys rock <3

 

[Toom03]

will there be any red bull merchandise to buy? Like a can of red bull with a monk or something? Amazing tournament, good job Robo & Nili, you guys rock <3

since this is the first tournament for them with age i daut it

 

[simonsanone]

I don't understand how everyone's ignoring the fact that RedBull supports right-wing extremists.

bUt ThE mOnEy

aoezone is a cross section through society, trivializing and ignoring right-wing positions and letting them stand without contradiction happens here as well. That's why it is important to speak up and to give background information on certain topics. Ignoring these points will just aid the people spreading misinformation, lies and let them have a free way to entrench inequality.

I feel like I'm between chairs. On the one hand, I'm happy that Nili has found such a big (from the money and name) sponsor and can pursue his love - organising AoE tournaments with that. And he seems really happy as well, which makes me happy.

On the other hand, RedBull is really one of the worst things I could imagine that could ever set foot in the AoE scene. For so many different reasons, not just political reasons but also from nutrition viewpoint, ecological viewpoint and economic viewpoint as one of these mega companies that are trying to invade every sector of human life to promote their bad beverages.

I hope there will be a pointed statement somehow shedding a light onto how the organizers viewpoint is on RedBull activities in these stressful times where right-wing positions spread and right-wing extremists kill people worldwide - a certain amount of distancing would be for sure highly appreciated. :-/

Take care.

 

[Karllanister]

It would be great if the entire Latin American community is taken into account to take the tournament to a higher level. Redbull is characterized by being inclusive and you always take into account the Spanish-speaking public

 

[Holleridudodel]

damn, this age thing is getting big :O
time to question my career choices and start learning buildorders... niliOhBoy

so hyped to see the empire war mode in a big tournament
congratz on getting such a big sponsor and thank you for organizing such a promising event! <3

 

[Craftiny]

Please add some spanish cast!

 

[HongeyKong]

Didn't you **** on China and their repressive regime in some threads the last weeks? And now you cheer for a guy who get's criticized here because he's anti-democracy? Right wing logic...

(1) **** the current dictator
(2) Let me be the dictator and suppress others

Simple as that 111