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.

 

Wow, this one is big. Hope this brings the community together and shuts down some of the stupid debates we had over the past between the games. Lets celebrate that Age of Empires as a whole is at this stage and we have a hell of a lan event ahead <3

 

Any information about live viewers in heidelberg?

Not as of right now - hopefully, I'll be able to share more about this soon.

 

It will be Empire Wars.

200.000 dollars on a game mode that nobody actually plays???
Edit: And that has recieved 0 attention from devs on months?

 

Is already decided which will be the 4 "community tournaments" ?

 

200.000 dollars on a game mode that nobody actually plays???

The playerbase is simply to small to be divided across two modes, EW is quite fun to play, but over long time it gets boring. For an event like this I don't see anything wrong with it.

 

200.000 dollars on a game mode that nobody actually plays???
Edit: And that has recieved 0 attention from devs on months?

Until today lmao
Empire Wars ladder is about to be poppin for the next few months

 

Huggeeee

@Chrazini, is microsoft involved in the prize pool or in the organization ?

In a sense it makes no sense to put AOE4 bigger prize pool than AOE2 : cause of viewers, players base etc.

In another sense it makes no sens to give AOE2 more money cause it would be to admit AOE4 is, in some kind, a failure.

 

@Chrazini

Are players allowed to compete / attempt to qualify in more than 1 game?

It is definitely in the realm of possibility that Viper qualifies for both through RBW5/Golden League, and I can also see someone like Running or Capoch being competitive across 2/4.

 

200.000 dollars on a game mode that nobody actually plays???
Edit: And that has recieved 0 attention from devs on months?

That's the original Redbull Wololo forrmat, and as far as I can tell, players seemed very happy with it last time around. It makes tournaments a bit more unique and interesting (to me) to have different settings.

 

The playerbase is simply to small to be divided across two modes, EW is quite fun to play, but over long time it gets boring. For an event like this I don't see anything wrong with it.

Plus, one important thing: As far as I understand Red Bull measures sponsorship success with Brand association. They pretty much made EW what it is. The fact that they are the only relevant sponsor for this game mode helps them a lot with their goal. Red Bull Wololo is pretty much synonymous with Empire Wars. This is exactly what they want, there is no reason for them to change that.

 

@Chrazini

Are players allowed to compete / attempt to qualify in more than 1 game?

It is definitely in the realm of possibility that Viper qualifies for both through RBW5/Golden League, and I can also see someone like Running or Capoch being competitive across 2/4.

You're allowed to compete in multiple games.

 

Awesome event. Hyped for aoe 1 and 2.

It's also mandatory to point out how 300k for aoe4 is just ridiculous. I hope that rich dude from Golden League is involved somehow (putting some cash or whatever) and not the hippo man with MS money.

 

can we put the crying into its own thread? just be happy for 5 mintues in your life ffs

 

200.000 dollars on a game mode that nobody actually plays???
Edit: And that has recieved 0 attention from devs on months?

its 300k

 

Awesome event. Hyped for aoe 1 and 2.

It's also mandatory to point out how 300k for aoe4 is just ridiculous. I hope that rich dude from Golden League is involved somehow (putting some cash or whatever) and not the hippo man with MS money.

Exactly, I am find with that extra money being put in by a random guy, but not by MS

 

This Prizepool is huge!
I wonder if there will be a cheaper AoE-Bundle at the same time with those 3 Games (and maybe together with AoE3 DE), otherwise throwing this much money into 1 Tournament sounds insane to me.
Or maybe announce even more DLC's, like there has to be something special at the Tournament.

 

 

its 300k

good one
but that would make 500k Kappa

 

Viper will probably win all three tournaments, getting the golden slam

 

With MarineLord's success in aoe4 combined with this massive prize pool it'll be interesting to see which if any sc2 pros try to qualify for this (whether aoe2 or 4). For reference, only 5 foreign sc2 players made even $30k last year so I have to assume this will be on their radar.

 

Wow, absolutely amazing! Really, really great news!
Promises to be a fantastic event! Will definately try to catch at least the finals at Heidelberg myself, if at all possible. :D

 

Let's gooo!

 

BatChest I LOVE E-SPORTS, AOE2, COMPETITION, TWITCH, LAN-EVENTS AND CASTERS

 

aoe2 and aoe4, tough choice for Viper, it's like finding 2 different treasure chests.

Choosing one makes you lose the other. Choosing both will make it hard to carry them

 

aoe2 and aoe4, tough choice for Viper, it's like finding 2 different treasure chests.

Choosing one makes you lose the other. Choosing both will make it hard to carry them

Free money, play both. Focus on the one you are more likely to win or enjoy playing/practicing more. Focusing on both does seem like a slippery slope.