Red Bull Wololo: Legacy - Official Announcement

Announcement​

Are you ready for the most outstanding and prodigious event in the history of Age of Empires? We have teased you enough and are now ready to reveal what we have been brewing behind the scenes. Red Bull Wololo started back in early 2020 and pioneered the use of Empire Wars in major tournaments. The fast-paced, action-packed game mode quickly took off, and we had so many incredible moments spanning through the initial Red Bull Wololo all the way to Red Bull Wololo V in late 2021. As time went on, the events only got bigger and better, and here we are, in 2022, and we are about to blow you away.
To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Age of Empires, we are announcing not one, not two, but three tournaments. You will get to experience the original game that started the entire franchise back in 1997 - the original Age of Empires. You will also get to experience the arguably most influential game in the franchise's history, Age of Empires II - originally released back in 1999. Finally, the newest edition in the franchise, the incredible Age of Empires IV.

Once again, we will go back to Castle Heidelberg in Germany for the offline event spanning from the 21st to the 30th of October. During these days, you will experience the main event of both Age of Empires II and IV as well as the finals of all three events during the last two days - the 29th and 30th of October.

But what exactly is at stake here? Well, we have a total prize of a whopping $550,000.00 distributed among the three games, as shown below.

• Age of Empires I: $50,000.00
• Age of Empires II: $200,000.00
• Age of Empires IV: $300,000.00

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Invitations & Qualification​

Age of Empires II​

For Age of Empires II, you will see the return of all the previous conquerors. Mr_Yo, the champion of the original Red Bull Wololo. Liereyy, the only champion with two victories under his belt, Red Bull Wololo II and IV. DauT, the champion of Red Bull Wololo III. And finally, TheViper, the champion of Red Bull Wololo V. These players have proven themselves to be fierce warriors and have earned a direct invitation to the main event.

Other players must prove themselves worthy in different events leading up to the main event, as well as the two open qualifiers taking place from the 20th to the 21st of August and the 27th to the 28th of August.
You can already sign up for the open qualifiers here and here.

Age of Empires IV​

For Age of Empires IV, we're looking back to N4C to find our champions, and with that, Beastyqt, the winner of N4C, and Leenock, the runner-up, will already be waiting to meet everyone else that qualifies in Castle Heidelberg.

Other players must prove themselves worthy in tournaments leading up to the main event, as well as an extensive qualification event, Road to Red Bull held by EGC.
Registration and more information regarding this can be found here.

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I sincerely hope we can make this one of the greatest events ever. I'm aware of the commotion there has been following the release of Age of Empires IV, but remember that we are celebrating the franchise as a whole and the incredible history our beloved games have. We can't wait to share even more details with you soon.

For streamers, broadcasters, content creators and so on - I'm not able to share much information regarding streaming policies as of right now. I'll be sure to provide more information as soon as it becomes available. Feel free to reach out to me on Discord, and I'll take note of your interest for later. I know some people have already reached out regarding this, but please do so again now that the event has been properly announced. You can reach me at Chrazini#5687, thank you.

For additional information, go to redbull.com/wololo.

 

Sad to hear. Could't Redbull sponsor the visa in that case?

 

Don't make it all single elimination please, that would be horrible. But, alas, 16 participants is a lot, don't know what else they can come up with...

I would personally cancel the AOE4 piece and make it all AOE2

 

even reporting less money in my bank account.

Why? What happened?

 

 

You really cant say that Red Bull isn't listening to Community feedback.
They might have done a few organizational mistakes with RWB5 (I REALLY don't think one can call the event a failure, it was one of the most, if not THE most epic event we've had for AoE2:DE), but we can definitely be lucky we have them as a sponsor and event organizor.

 

RBW5 was amazing, also server issues was due microsoft/aoe4, not RBW5 related as I understand. Some stuff like invited players maybe can be discussed, but overall was amazing event, I still remember those silly real life bugged villagers 11. You could like some of their prepared stuff or not, as some stuff was a little bit cringe sometimes, but I really appreaciate the effort though

 

Why? What happened?

I bought a car.

 

Don't worry @Chrazini , people will still **** on you for something you have no control of

 

Damn, complaining on aoezone really does work

 

I bought a car.

Nice! what kind of car?

 

So what’s the revised format going to be? Any details

 

So what’s the revised format going to be? Any details

Check the official discord or liquipedia.

 

Check the official discord or liquipedia.

i checked liquipedia but coulndt see amount of games that will be played. What i mean: Will the group stage matches all be BO5? what about QF, SF, GF

 

G A N J I

 

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Appreciate the effort.

 

someone's trying to avoid a lawsuit ^^;
I mean she did look a little bit like michelle pfeiffer

 

I got curious after your comment and I found the template by googling "Michelle Pfeiffer queen". And by template I mean the exact same picture.
The banner is lovely. Hopefully I didn't get the designer in trouble 11

you actually did lol. see one post above.
but no dont worry, people on twitter pointed it out too when the wolo announcement dropped

 

Really wish sets were played simultaneously today instead of back to back. The difference in excitement between yesterday and today is enormous; yesterday we had constant action, today we're back to waiting 10 min between games and forced to watch maps like Islands. There's no good reason a handful of matches should take 12 hours.

 

"The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the world ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert ) " and then some genius decides to add lake in every ****ing corner XD

 

There's no good reason a handful of matches should take 12 hours.

It wouldn't if the sets were bo5 instead of bo7.

For decider matches, it's better to do the series back to back instead of overlapping sets. Some viewers might be interested in watching multiple sets.

But 4 Bo7s in a day is kind of too much. I know it's an important series but still, too many games make one lose the excitement really.

In general, I think we should dial down on very long series. Unless a grand final of an S-tier tourney, matches should not be more than bo5 in my opinion.

 

"The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the world ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert ) " and then some genius decides to add lake in every ****ing corner XD

As a Chilean I feel offended they modified the natural landscape of my country

 

"The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the world ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert ) " and then some genius decides to add lake in every ****ing corner XD

The thing is that it is not a bad map, but totally different from the idea behind the original map. Imagine if KotD 5 Arabia suddenly had lakes in the corners, everybody would say it's no longer Arabia.

They should just have given it a different name.

 

The thing is that it is not a bad map, but totally different from the idea behind the original map. Imagine if KotD 5 Arabia suddenly had lakes in the corners, everybody would say it's no longer Arabia.

They should just have given it a different name.

Maybe something like Four Ponds

 

POND FETISHISTS RUIN THE EXPERIENCE

 

What happens when one of the players is unable to attend? How will a replacement be found?
Given that it's not that unlikely someone won't be able to attend due to VISA issues, corona issues or something else, it's probably good to clarify who will be taken their place.
Will you look at both qualifiers, just the last one, look at all the events with tickets or do something else entirely?