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.

 

German immigration seems a bit clueless tbh. "The reason they refused was because they thought I would not leave Germany" (per Kasva) - as if anyone would willingly stay in Germany any longer than strictly needed...

That's a standard response. If you don't have a government job or if you are not rich (to get visa you have to show all your bank account information including transactions), they basically treat everyone as potential immigrant.
In Kasva's case, I believe being a streamer didn't convince consulate people and probably people in consulate is not even aware of such job profession.

 

Just apply for Polish VISA with a notification that Germans rejected your applicaction, you will geT a positive answer within 2 minutes

 

That's a standard response. If you don't have a government job or if you are not rich (to get visa you have to show all your bank account information including transactions), they basically treat everyone as potential immigrant.
In Kasva's case, I believe being a streamer didn't convince consulate people and probably people in consulate is not even aware of such job profession.

Are these just individual people making these decisions?
Or are they following specific guidelines?

I mean, could the decision have been different if the person who looked at Kasva's application just happened to be in a good mood?

 

Are these just individual people making these decisions?
Or are they following specific guidelines?

I mean, could the decision have been different if the person who looked at Kasva's application just happened to be in a good mood?

This looks like outlines from the top if u ask me

 

Are these just individual people making these decisions?
Or are they following specific guidelines?

I mean, could the decision have been different if the person who looked at Kasva's application just happened to be in a good mood?

For US visa, there is an interview so in that case, yes, interviewers mood can be important, similar to judges.

For EU visas, there isn't a interview, you collect all documents (bank accounts, doctor report, insurance, proof of hotel reservations, application payment, background check from goverenment since coup attempt) and then send it to an agency which will process and share with consulate. So my guess is they are probably following basic guidelines, and most of the time cases like Kasva depends on amount of visas they approved for month/quarter/year.
In numbers we know that %19 of applications are rejected in 2021 (all EU countries vs. Turkish citizens), a rise from %12 in 2020. Numbers might seem low at first look, but don't forget that it is total number that includes diplomatic/business visas, special green and grey passports, academics or singers/sportclubs and their entire staff, basically people that can't be rejected without a strong evidence. More than %60 of total applicants are these people, so they actually approve half of the regular people who has enough money and valid reason to apply.

There is a funny video of legendary Fatih Terim complaining that his US visa is finished, you can translate tweet which is a quote from him.

 

Only just noticed because of the new RB Gaming tweet: Liereyy.

Something interseting is happening with Liereyy's flag...

 

Something interseting is happening with Liereyy's flag...

I think they've finally figured that Liereyy is from another world/dimension.

 

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1579473438611501056

ACCM's visa has been approved as well

 

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1579473438611501056

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ACCM's visa has been approved as well

Amazing news!! Is there anyone not confirmed yet? Maybe Vinchester?

 

Amazing news!! Is there anyone not confirmed yet? Maybe Vinchester?

Yeah only Vinchester isn't confirmed yet afaik

 

Yeah only Vinchester isn't confirmed yet afaik

Why he is even allowed to play, “no politics on stream”. As long as he doesn’t speak out he should be under the same sanctions as other Russian players imo

 

Why he is even allowed to play, “no politics on stream”. As long as he doesn’t speak out he should be under the same sanctions as other Russian players imo

Which other Russian players?

 

Which other Russian players?

Wimbledon, all national team competitions. Letting vinchester play with a Russian flag on his name is bs

 

Wimbledon, all national team competitions. Letting vinchester play with a Russian flag on his name is bs

Hmm, we can discuss this again I guess. Vinch isn't sponsored by Russian government like others teams. He is just a person living in Russia. You must judge him like individual person.

 

Hmm, we can discuss this again I guess. Vinch isn't sponsored by Russian government like others teams. He is just a person living in Russia. You must judge him like individual person

My bad if it was already discussed. Watched Цитадель Стратегий Грина stream for t90 Titans league and chat was full of cheers of "russian power" when and such when he played the final. With fans like that i expect more than "im apolitical so i dont have to say anything".

 

My bad if it was already discussed. Watched Цитадель Стратегий Грина stream for t90 Titans league and chat was full of cheers of "russian power" when and such when he played the final. With fans like that i expect more than "im apolitical so i dont have to say anything".

lmao imagine getting mad about people rooting for their country on a tournament

 

lmao imagine getting mad about people rooting for their country on a tournament

You dont think there is a difference between "vamos chile" and "russian power" under these circumstances?

 

My bad if it was already discussed. Watched Цитадель Стратегий Грина stream for t90 Titans league and chat was full of cheers of "russian power" when and such when he played the final. With fans like that i expect more than "im apolitical so i dont have to say anything".

Wow! Didn't see it. It's crazy if it's true..

 

Well I would prefer to get an Ukranian opinion about above posts.

I wonder will they be understanding as some people in these forums?

 

Hopefully Vinchester isn't allowed to come

 

You dont think there is a difference between "vamos chile" and "russian power" under these circumstances?

Imagine a Russian winning biggest AOE tournament ever, during wartime.

And imagine chat of final game.. What a scandal.

 

I agree. Vinchester shouldn't be allowed to come.

Couple months ago I reached to him through his discord to ask his opinion on the war, and his response was 'everyone has their own truth'. Which is either 'i don't care' or 'i believe russian propaganda but try to look smart' or 'i'll give you vanilla response so i don't piss off my russian viewers'

He is an intelligent kid, and from what ive seen comes from rather rich family so i bet his livelihood is not depending solely on russian aoe donations for sure (correct me if im wrong). I still could understand trying to be dyplomatic for streaming sake, or even just scared, but if he had some more reasonable opinion he could even write it privately. So i think he either doesnt have it or doesnt care, and i just cant respect that. Dude, your country killed over hundred thousand people already, and you dont even care to condemn that?

Some Russians have the balls to realise whats going on and criticse their government. People like Vinchester give it green light to kill people and terrorise europe.

I used to really like him before all that, thats why i reached to him, but in the light of whats going on- he should be banned from entering european union

Some things are bigger than videogames

 

And imagine chat of final game.. What a scandal.

It'll be emote only anyway :P

 

Some Russians have the balls to realise whats going on and criticse their government. People like Vinchester give it green light to kill people and terrorise europe.

I used to really like him before all that, thats why i reached to him, but in the light of whats going on- he should be banned from entering european union

Some things are bigger than videogames

While we don't know for sure what he actually thinks about this war, what we do know is that EU isn't the same as Russia. When we'll start banning people from EU just because of their beliefs, we'll be no that different anymore from what we're trying to fight against. Moreover, if you followed your logic to a certain extent, you'd have to "ban" from EU basically all Chinese players as well, since their country is giving "green light" to this war, by doing almost nothing to stop it. This isn't the EU I want and I do hope it'll never be.

 

While we don't know for sure what he actually thinks about this war, what we do know is that EU isn't the same as Russia. When we'll start banning people from EU just because of their beliefs, we'll be no that different anymore from what we're trying to fight against. Moreover, if you followed your logic to a certain extent, you'd have to "ban" from EU basically all Chinese players as well, since their country is giving "green light" to this war, by doing almost nothing to stop it. This isn't the EU I want and I do hope it'll never be.

blah blah blah, you support war and love your ruski mir you stay out of EU, coming here should be privilege not a human right. We are the greatest allaince and continent of the world.