Red Bull Wololo V - Main Event Announcement

Main Event Announcement​

Red Bull Wololo, the iconic Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition competition, culminates in a LAN Final in a castle!

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• Red Bull Wololo, the global 1v1 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition tournament returns for the fifth and final chapter, transporting the 12 best players in the world to an immersive medieval fantasy setting
• The finale is set to be the most prominent iteration yet, with a qualifier taking place this August to determine competitors who will take on the top-performing players from the entire Red Bull Wololo series at the final.
• The grand final will unfold in Castle Heidelberg in Germany in an incredible LAN event to bring the Red Bull Wololo story to an epic conclusion.
• The competition builds on the legacy of Red Bull Wololo IV, which saw the world's best players compete in an epic Viking themed competition.
• AGON by AOC returns as the official Monitor Partner for the event, bringing exceptional visual clarity and ultra-high refresh rates to competitors

Red Bull Wololo, the iconic global 1v1 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition tournament, is back for a groundbreaking final fifth iteration, with a medieval theme and an awe-inspiring LAN Final at Castle Heidelberg in Germany. Since the beginning of August, registrations have been open for the qualification stage taking place on August 14th and 15th, offering aspiring conquerors around the world the opportunity to take on the biggest stars in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, including the reigning Red Bull Wololo Champion, Liereyy. Each tournament is a fierce battle of wits as only the top players rise to the ultimate challenge and compete for the most vigorous civilisation.

A spectacle for the ages, Red Bull Wololo V is set to be the most prominent iteration yet, befitting the final chapter of the series. The quest to Castle Heidelberg has already begun, and players can register to the Red Bull Wololo V qualification stage, where hundreds of players will battle for two spots in the final. The group stage will take place from September 13th to 17th, determining the final twelve who will throw down the gauntlet at the Red Bull Wololo V Final from September 18th to 19th. A spectacular final chapter, the gothic Castle Heidelberg in Germany will be transformed, bringing players back in time with breathtaking medieval cosplay and more! The final will be narrated by leading broadcast talents and streamed on YouTube and Twitch, with streams in English, German, Spanish and many more languages.

Red Bull Wololo V fortifies the success of previous events in the series. The first Red Bull Wololo began in 2020, and viewership and participation have continued to increase as the storyline evolved. Red Bull Wololo IV came to an exciting five-day conclusion in June 2021 and saw 40,000 peak concurrent viewers and over 1,000 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition players registered for the Red Bull Wololo IV qualification stage. The world's highest-ranked Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition stars from around the world are set to return for the final chapter, including Red Bull Wololo IV winner Kai 'Liereyy' Kallinger.

Red Bull Wololo plays out on Empire Wars, a unique game mode for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, seeing two players face off in an honourable duel like the knights of old. Each game starts in the Feudal Age, skipping Dark Age to jump into the action as fast as possible. As part of the series, each Red Bull Wololo has introduced a new story arc for players to compete in. Red Bull Wololo I and II had players compete to control a castle and library in Western civilisation. Red Bull Wololo III represented Asian civilisation, and in Red Bull Wololo IV, players took on the role of battle-hardened Viking warriors in a Nordic-themed event.

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Red Bull Wololo V has teamed up with industry leaders to produce an unforgettable final chapter in the unique event series. AGON by AOC, the global leader in gaming monitors, returns as the Official Monitor Partner for the event, bringing exceptional visual clarity and ultra-high refresh rates to competitors.

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If you have not yet already registered for the qualification stage, there is still time. Head over to the official tournament page here and sign up now.

Make sure to join the official Red Bull Wololo Discord server for discussions, questions and other announcements. Click here to join.

Check out redbull.com/wololo for more information.

 

If you have enough courage to go through yesterday's VOD you can also do that But I can't tell you when it was

 

Sorry i havent read it anywhere else, what happens tomorrow in the tournament? Quarterfinals are on Sat, and is Friday just a day off (would be weird)?

 

It's a media day, is what I remember hearing.

 

It's a media day, is what I remember hearing.

correct

 

The production is off the charts holy ****

 

Sooo.... who's #2 now?^^
I mean they should have known long enough about the possibility, if it's just a coin flip do it onstream.

 

Riley is fantastic as host btw - very impressed. He's got the appropriate level of confidence/charisma for such a role.

 

I saw that there was a coin flip for #2 spot. Looks like Viper won it but he should be #2 anyway. After match score, Buchholz score, head to head score, and overall game difference, the next tiebreaker should be most game wins (similar to most goals scored in FIFA World Cup tiebreaker) which would go to Viper. Another tiebreaker after that should be outcome differential against common opponents, which would also go to Viper.

 

I saw that there was a coin flip for #2 spot. Looks like Viper won it but he should be #2 anyway. After match score, Buchholz score, head to head score, and overall game difference, the next tiebreaker should be most game wins (similar to most goals scored in FIFA World Cup tiebreaker) which would go to Viper. Another tiebreaker after that should be outcome differential against common opponents, which would also go to Viper.

I agree they should consider these for the future, but it wouldn't be fair to impose these after the fact. Since they had only advised the players of the existing 4 tiebreakers, coin flip was the fairest solution.

 

I agree they should consider these for the future, but it wouldn't be fair to impose these after the fact. Since they had only advised the players of the existing 4 tiebreakers, coin flip was the fairest solution.

Do you think they should had that tiebreaker there beforehand?

 

Thanks appreciate the help

GROUPS - Day 4 | Red Bull Wololo V

Taking Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition and letting competitors once again do battle in a slightly tweaked version of the Empire Wars game mode, which sc...

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If you or anyone else didn't find the interview with Yo yet. I would recommend watching it, actually the whole segment before that aswell.

 

Great production, setting, games, cast and host. The villagers gathering berries and wood, playing cards and supporting during the draft (the offline draft is amazing btw!) is such a great nerdy touch. Despite all the discussion and controversy before a stellar event, that makes it even feel worse that Yo/ACCM could not compete.

 

If Yo and ACCM were able to be here, this would be the best event ever.

 

I find it interesting most seem not to be bothered by the games being played online rather than a local network. I get that a LAN event is also about the players being together but when RBW5 was announced I recall at least several people expressing their excitement that the games would be played without any ping and did have the impression this mattered for serious competitive players.

 

Everyone should know that playing on LAN simply isnt possible if you want to actually watch the games, this was discussed at length during NAC3.

Spectating is tied to the games being played online, otherwise the games can not be seen on the spectate server.

 

Everyone should know that playing on LAN simply isnt possible if you want to actually watch the games, this was discussed at length during NAC3.

Spectating is tied to the games being played online, otherwise the games can not be seen on the spectate server.

Sorry it's not clear, are you saying this is so third party casters can cover the event or is it necessary for the official casts too?

 

Everyone should know that playing on LAN simply isnt possible if you want to actually watch the games, this was discussed at length during NAC3.

Spectating is tied to the games being played online, otherwise the games can not be seen on the spectate server.

Yeah but when this was being discussed 2 months back everyone including admin used the argument that it's on LAN which this tournament is clearly not.

 

Yeah but when this was being discussed 2 months back everyone including admin used the argument that it's on LAN which this tournament is clearly not.

I don't believe the argument was ever that the connection is local. This would have been a great selling point 20 years ago, but today the local connection is really not that important.
The abbreviation LAN may have been used loosely to refer to the fact that it is an on-location "offline" event, but the games are still played online so that they're observable by us, and the many local casters.

 

What I find worrying about this event is casters wearing the same costume consecutively over 4 days in a hot and humid Germany.. I mean ya they are sorta nerds and play games for 20 hours without much care about life standards but 4 days same costumes seems too much

Apart from this the tournament has been a blast, even the villager segments are so much fun

 

What I find worrying about this event is casters wearing the same costume consecutively over 4 days in a hot and humid Germany.. I mean ya they are sorta nerds and play games for 20 hours without much care about life standards but 4 days same costumes seems too much

Apart from this the tournament has been a blast, even the villager segments are so much fun

Everything is washed every day. Otherwise, the Castle would be a hazard zone at this point.

 

Everyone should know that playing on LAN simply isnt possible if you want to actually watch the games, this was discussed at length during NAC3.

Spectating is tied to the games being played online, otherwise the games can not be seen on the spectate server.

Is it simply a matter of not being able to have other computers reliably join a local game as a spectator, or is this more for consideration of production/overlay that requires the lobby/spectating aspect?

 

I don't believe the argument was ever that the connection is local. This would have been a great selling point 20 years ago, but today the local connection is really not that important.
The abbreviation LAN may have been used loosely to refer to the fact that it is an on-location "offline" event, but the games are still played online so that they're observable by us, and the many local casters.

Well other games do have offline competitions played on local networks so without clearly being told otherwise it is understandable people might think that would be the case for this event as well.

 

What I find worrying about this event is casters wearing the same costume consecutively over 4 days in a hot and humid Germany.. I mean ya they are sorta nerds and play games for 20 hours without much care about life standards but 4 days same costumes seems too much

Apart from this the tournament has been a blast, even the villager segments are so much fun

We have 20 degrees and in a castle it is naturally much colder than outside due to the massive stone walls.

 

Well other games do have offline competitions played on local networks so without clearly being told otherwise it is understandable people might think that would be the case for this event as well.

I think it simply doesn’t matter to be honest whether it is online or local network. What matters for me is seeing the players in the same place, seeing the casters there, seeing all those interactions. This is what makes a LAN a LAN for me and this is also the reason why having players attending remotely doesn’t make any sense at all to me - I don’t even get why this is even discussed

 

It's a media day, is what I remember hearing.

Does anybody know what that means? Anything interesting for us to watch?