Rumble Series - World Rumble Edition

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Hello everyone,

Following the European Rumble that took place in February 2021, I am now excited to announce the World Rumble. This is the second step of a project that I named the Rumble Series and that I intend to make recurring.

The Rumble Series are designed for talented players who have yet to reach the elite circle of S-tier players. Indeed, while more and more major tournaments are organised, I believe the aoe2 scene still lacks events dedicated to 2k2+ players with attractive prize pool. This kind of tournament is healthy for the competitive scene and the game. It motivates the players to practice and improve to the next level, thus reducing the gap with top players. This is why I organised the European Rumble, which was restricted to European players below 2400 ELO and featured a $4500 prize pool.


The Rumble Series also tries to provide equal opportunities through its format. Because the group stage is played in a round robin on a set of unique maps, the tournament rewards practice over skills and allows any player to shine regardless of its seeding. During the European Rumble, this resulted in unexpected upsets as Cl3m3nT (#23) topped his group and MarineLorD (#17) made it to the finals over Sitaux (#1) and Kasva (#8). The tournament was very refreshing as I discovered new players with different gameplays, and therefore I decided to reiterate the experience.


The World Rumble features a $5500 prize pool sponsored by Microsoft and is dedicated to 2k2+ players who were not invited to KotD4.

I would also like to take this opportunity to officially invite Vodka to participate in the group phases. As the winner of the European Rumble, I want to invite him. Of course, it's up to him to accept or not.

Sign-ups are open until February 4 at 19 UTC.

Players will be seeded using a combination of current 1v1 ELO (1/4), highest 1v1 ELO (1/4) and tournament ELO (1/2).

The tournament is organised on Discord and is open streaming, except for France where OGN keeps the exclusivity.

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World Rumble

WORLD RUMBLE World Rumble is an international 1v1 tournament hosted by OGN EMPIRES and sponsored by Microsoft. Tournament The tournament is organised on Discord and can be followed on Liquipedia. The tournament is divided in 3 phases : qualifier, group stage and final stage. Sign-ups : un...

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Exciting map choices and good initiative to motivate players to keep playing who can't make a living from streaming and/or S tier tournaments (yet).

Curious to check now how many players actually could sign up.

 

nice, good oportunity for other players

 

Very nice. Euro rumble had some crazy results in the group stage so I'm looking forward to watching it play out this time around. Are players allowed to stream their POV?

 

Very nice. Euro rumble had some crazy results in the group stage so I'm looking forward to watching it play out this time around. Are players allowed to stream their POV?

Hey,
Yes, all players will be able to stream their POV

 

HYPED! will have to take revenge on Vodka now

 

Not sure to understand. Players who were invited to KotD are not allowed to sign up ?

 

Not sure to understand. Players who were invited to KotD are not allowed to sign up ?

yes

 

HYPED! will have to take revenge on Vodka now

You should mix in some pickles if you want to take on Bodka

 

Not sure to understand. Players who were invited to KotD are not allowed to sign up ?

Exactly. Our concept is to promote substop players and offer them a series of tournaments where they can have a chance to claim victory.

Just like the European Rumble last year, we have set a limit (the maximum Elo at 2K4) on this edition we have also set a new limit. Unfortunately some players are at the limit of this limit. But the limit has to start somewhere...

 

yes! Nice to see another AOE II tournament. Ty I love this game

 

If im bugum's @PROject_Belgium father , this mean that I am Belgian, so im European, too, so could i participate?

 

If im bugum's @PROject_Belgium father , this mean that I am Belgian, so im European, too, so could i participate?

yes, but u can actually participate even if u're not European

 

Another great event by mr @OGN

Congrats amigo.

 

Slam no direct invited a KOTD4 ??

 

Nice.
Thank you for giving Asia a chance.
I wanted to be play 2020(^_-)-☆

 

One small concern/point to criticize, the prize pool distribution is quite top heavy. I know that you like to do it that way - all 3 of your rumble tournaments are like that. But only paying the top 4 with a $5.5k prize pool seems odd to me.

Current distribution:
1st - 2.6k
2nd - 1.5k
3-4th - 700

How it could look like:
1st - 2.4k
2nd - 1.3k
3-4th - 500
5-8h - 200

Its still quite top-heavy but atleast the top 8 will get payed. They will play 6 competitive matches including 1 win in a knock-out stage.

Nonetheless, I'm very happy that there are these kind of tournaments for tier 2 players and I hope this project will be a success because as you said, it is needed for a healthy competitive scene!

 

Nice.
Thank you for giving Asia a chance.
I wanted to be play 2020(^_-)-☆

You moved to India?

 

Just for clarification @OGN , its for <2400 elo + non-invited Kotd4 top 16 (which are all 2k4+ anyway) right?

lets go vodka

 

Just for clarification @OGN , its for <2400 elo + non-invited Kotd4 top 16 (which are all 2k4+ anyway) right?

lets go vodka

It says it's for all 2k2+ players except the 16 who were directly invited to KotD4. There is no < 2k4 elo restriction, this was for the European rumble.

"The World Rumble features a $5500 prize pool sponsored by Microsoft and is dedicated to 2k2+ players who were not invited to KotD4."

 

Solo para una aclaración [USER = 43290] @OGN [/ USER], es para <2400 elo + no invitado Kotd4 top 16 (que son todos 2k4 + de todos modos) ¿verdad?

vamos vodka

Vodka ??? My Prediction finals

LIx( back??) - Rubénstock .

 

One small concern/point to criticize, the prize pool distribution is quite top heavy. I know that you like to do it that way - all 3 of your rumble tournaments are like that. But only paying the top 4 with a $5.5k prize pool seems odd to me.

Current distribution:
1st - 2.6k
2nd - 1.5k
3-4th - 700

How it could look like:
1st - 2.4k
2nd - 1.3k
3-4th - 500
5-8h - 200

Its still quite top-heavy but atleast the top 8 will get payed. They will play 6 competitive matches including 1 win in a knock-out stage.

Nonetheless, I'm very happy that there are these kind of tournaments for tier 2 players and I hope this project will be a success because as you said, it is needed for a healthy competitive scene!

Thank you for your very pertinent comment Longinator!
We'll take your redistribution for the World Rumble!

The price distribution has been updated as followed:
1st place $2400
2nd place $1300
3rd & 4th place $500
5th to 8th place $200

 

yes, but u can actually participate even if u're not European

omg is that true ? nice !!

 

omg is that true ? nice !!

yes it's true, the European restriction was only for the European Rumble
this time, there is no geographic restriction for the World Rumble

 

Such a good event right after the kotd, already hyped, cocorico !