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.

 

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?

i don't think we need to worry about this too much because Red Bull is a very professional organization and they wouldn't leave the qualifiers open to countries if they wouldn't be able to attend

 

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?

They just disqualified Bee and gave the spot to Lucifron (who placed 3rd in the tourney Bee won) so maybe something similar for drop-outs?

 

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?

Nili will take their spot

 

i don't think we need to worry about this too much because Red Bull is a very professional organization and they wouldn't leave the qualifiers open to countries if they wouldn't be able to attend

Well, as of now people from any country can attend an event in Germany, but who knows come October

 

Well, as of now people from any country can attend an event in Germany, but who knows come October

It all depends on valves of yamal and soyuz

 

They just disqualified Bee and gave the spot to Lucifron (who placed 3rd in the tourney Bee won) so maybe something similar for drop-outs?

I have seen Bee was disqualified, but was traveling for a week, so wasn't able to look much, why he got disqualified? I saw it said some rule violation, but nothing specific

 

I have seen Bee was disqualified, but was traveling for a week, so wasn't able to look much, why he got disqualified? I saw it said some rule violation, but nothing specific

Exactly, no specific reason has been provided.

His fellow competitors are claiming he cheated but all those opinions are just conjectures, nothing concrete and definitive.

 

I have seen Bee was disqualified, but was traveling for a week, so wasn't able to look much, why he got disqualified? I saw it said some rule violation, but nothing specific

people say it looked like map hacks. he made moves that dont make sense given his POV. and it was too consistent to be feeling or luck.
Drongo has a video out.

 

I have seen Bee was disqualified, but was traveling for a week, so wasn't able to look much, why he got disqualified? I saw it said some rule violation, but nothing specific

Short answer: We don't know.

Long answer: We don't know but people SPECULATE its due to palisade scanning (whether this would get you DQed alone is also up for discussion), map hacking or both.

Chrazinis announcement on discord:

Post 1:
"The player "Bee" has been disqualified from the tournament due to a violation of the rules. Road to Wololo Handbook: https://www.elitegamingchannel.com/rtwhandbook We, therefore, extend the list of tournament qualification slots through the Road to Red Bull Wololo by one additional player. We welcome @LucifroN7, who will be taking his spot instead."

Post 2:​

"With all the chatter happening, I want to clarify that this has been an ongoing investigation for a good while, with Relic, Microsoft, Red Bull, as well as other talents, being part of the investigation. We take situations like these extremely seriously and handle them with great care. We have the required evidence to make our decision; however, this information is confidential and is not to be shared with the public. I cannot share further details about the case."

Some more: Bees take. Bee interviewed by fitzbro. Marinelords take. TheVipers take.

There is more out there obviously, reddit seems your best bet for more of this drama but there is a thread right here on the zone as well.

 

Yeah thanks, I found there is another separate thread about this, so checked it out, also checked MarineLord's video and Bee's statement. Also reading about that noticed that SongSong was DQed as well, missed some drama 11

 

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?

imo the fairest approach in case someone can't come would be to let all players who made it into the qualifying matched/Ro8, but didnt qualify, battle down for the remaining spots.
That would be: Dogao, Ganji, Dark, Kingston, Slam and Sebastian.
I hope that a replacement won't just be done via Redbull tournament points or anything like that.

 

EU just decided to make it much harder for Russians to get short term visas, tourist visas. I'm not sure if there's some kind of loophole for esports, but changes are that Russian players, if they still live in Russia, may have troubles to get to Germany.

 

EU just decided to make it much harder for Russians to get short term visas, tourist visas. I'm not sure if there's some kind of loophole for esports, but changes are that Russian players, if they still live in Russia, may have troubles to get to Germany.

Should not be too hard. They only suspended visa facilitation so now normal visa procedures are applied. Main issue might be increase in processing times, but Vinchester must have already applied for Visa

 

EU just decided to make it much harder for Russians to get short term visas, tourist visas. I'm not sure if there's some kind of loophole for esports, but changes are that Russian players, if they still live in Russia, may have troubles to get to Germany.

Should not be too hard. They only suspended visa facilitation so now normal visa procedures are applied. Main issue might be increase in processing times, but Vinchester must have already applied for Visa

Maybe @SalzZ_Vinchester can say something about it himself. I believe last year he had the visa already anyway. Sometimes you can have one that is valid for a year or maybe even longer.
Either way he should have applied for one several weeks ago already if he did not have one already, because now it's more than a month since he qualified.

 

If I were him, I would worry about a random angry German more than visa to be honest. Better he speaks only English if he can make it...

 

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?

slam - dogao - sebastian2002 - Dark - Ganji - KingstoNe

 

If I were him, I would worry about a random angry German more than visa to be honest. Better he speaks only English if he can make it...

Germans are russophiles lol

 

Germans are russophiles lol

Depends how cold the weather is...

 

Vinch and Yo likely to be replaced. No official word yet, though.

r/aoe2 - Vinchester and Yo likely to be replaced for Red Bull

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Kingstone confirmed then? Not sure if the other Russian player can make it 11

 

:v

 

Vinch and Yo likely to be replaced. No official word yet, though.

r/aoe2 - Vinchester and Yo likely to be replaced for Red Bull

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Told them to get a visa from Greece, not Germany.
Pheww... Next time when you organize a tournament, assign people outside of EU, USA and Commonwealth as a responsible from visa work. You guys have no idea about workarounds, life is so easy for you, that's why you are not practical *jk* butttt, it is the truth. Here is my post, use it next time.

 

If I were him, I would worry about a random angry German more than visa to be honest. Better he speaks only English if he can make it...

Why? Are singular people there really so angry? Country as a whole has very mild reaction compared to pretty much everyone around it but what you say suggests the citizens are the opposite?

 

Why? Are singular people there really so angry? Country as a whole has very mild reaction compared to pretty much everyone around it but what you say suggests the citizens are the opposite?

Most people I know are still as friendly as usual to Russians as long as they are not openly/provocative in favor of the war

 

Told them to get a visa from Greece, not Germany.
Pheww... Next time when you organize a tournament, assign people outside of EU, USA and Commonwealth as a responsible from visa work. You guys have no idea about workarounds, life is so easy for you, that's why you are not practical *jk* butttt, it is the truth. Here is my post, use it next time.

That’s not how it works with companies though - they go the official road and either it works or it doesn’t