The Escape Champions League

It is our pleasure to announce the Escape Champions League (ECL), a new Age of Empires II tournament organised by Escape Gaming in partnership with Microsoft. This is by far our largest event yet, with 8 teams, 14 events and $60,000 in prize pool. The tournament will end with a LAN final where the top two teams will compete face to face in a final showdown.

A complete event summary can be found on the official Age of Empires Website and the Rules and Settings can be found in the ECL Handbook. We will be holding the community discussion here on AoEZone in the Escape Champions League sub-forum.

Registration is now open.​

Key Facts:
Prize: $60,000
Teams: 8
Players: 4-6 per Team
Finals: LAN (TBA)
Qualification: Open

Format:
14 Single Elimination Brackets
League System

Streaming:
Policy: Semi-Open
Main Channel: http://twitch.tv/escapeaoe
Read more

 

[RogganWololo]

View attachment 156658

It is our pleasure to announce the Escape Champions League (ECL), a new Age of Empires II tournament organised by Escape Gaming in partnership with Microsoft. This is by far our largest event yet, with 8 teams, 14 events and $60,000 in prize pool. The tournament will end with a LAN final where the top two teams will compete face to face in a final showdown.

A complete event summary can be found on the official Age of Empires Website and the Rules and Settings can be found in the ECL Handbook. We will be holding the community discussion here on AoEZone in the Escape Champions League sub-forum.

Registration is now open.​

Key Facts:
Prize: $60,000
Teams: 8
Players: 4-6 per Team
Finals: LAN (TBA)
Qualification: Open

Format:
14 Single Elimination Brackets
League System

Streaming:
Policy: Semi-Open
Main Channel: http://twitch.tv/escapeaoe
Read more

HYPEEEEEEE

 

[yellowlabel]

HYPEEEEEEE

indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

can't wait.

 

[USC_kiky]

wow!!!

 

[Clemensor]

D.3.: All players must download and install GameRanger for multiplayer matchmaking during this event.

Well this is a first

D.10.
Multi Queue must be on.

another first

 

[vrubson]

Is for example Europe East 1v1 prize 2.800 is only for the guy who won? or its a prizepool for this ladder ?

 

[Faultier321]

this will be played on voobly right?... right?

 

[mratin]

Wow. This is absolutely incredible.

 

[damdres]

It will be great. The only bad thing is that teams that have players from different parts of the world will not be able to play together because it is split by continents.

 

[EscapeAoE]

Is for example Europe East 1v1 prize 2.800 is only for the guy who won? or its a prizepool for this ladder ?

This is the prize-pool for that event, the exact prize split is listed higher in the document.

 

[Dovahkiin4e201]

hype

 

[EscapeAoE]

It will be great. The only bad thing is that teams that have players from different parts of the world will not be able to play together because it is split by continents.

I think you misunderstand, the 8 teams that qualify will play the entire event. The Stages are themed around different regions of the world, and all teams will participate in them.

 

[Clemensor]

It will be great. The only bad thing is that teams that have players from different parts of the world will not be able to play together because it is split by continents.

I was confused at first aswell, but thats just for the civs, not for teams or players. If I understood it correctly games in for example Eastern Europe stage are to be played with civs from the Eastern European category.

 

[Poxo]

this will be played on voobly right?... right?

11 2

 

[buddy__1]

Incredible.

Everything im looking through and i just keep getting more impressed.

well done guys cant wait for the tournament start.

Thank you 11

 

[Elvaenor]

Sounds absolutely awesome! :D Very hyped about the entire event!

 

[Faultier321]

gameranger ftw D

 

[Burandal]

amazing tournament! great job! And really happy to see alot of different casters! For every taste one!

edit: what about the huge chinese community? They dont have an official caster?

 

[Jineapple]

From the policy thread: "The decision to play the games on GameRanger is simply a result of working to find the best solution possible given the circumstance [...]" loool. I found that very surprising. But nice idea, let's see how it works out.

Not sure what's there to loool about?

I have to say I really appreciate the streaming policy. It's been a hot topic and I'm happy that a reasonable compromise has been found. I'm really looking forward to seeing this

 

[buddy__1]

scripter should be part of escapeaoe team :P

 

[MaSmOrRa]

From the ECL Policy Thread:

GameRanger is our best option right now.

So I'm still holding some hope this decision is not quite final yet.

GameRanger doesn't allow live spectating, probably no spectator overlay either? Do they have NAT Traversal to help with fast proxys and so on? Do they have an Anti-Cheat system in place?

I can't believe Voobly is letting this opportunity pass...

Other than that...AWESOME!!!!

 

[EscapeAoE]

GameRanger doesn't allow live spectating, probably no spectator overlay either?

We will have a spectator overlay which works without the use of Voobly.

 

[edie]

I think you misunderstand, the 8 teams that qualify will play the entire event. The Stages are themed around different regions of the world, and all teams will participate in them.

Sorry if I misunderstood this but does that mean we will see team like Morocco top 8 ? I struggle to understand how it work or the format.
Btw if that’s the case I have double nationality, french algerian, I play with Africa 11

 

[Jineapple]

Sorry if I misunderstood this but does that mean we will see team like Morocco top 8 ? I struggle to understand how it work or the format.
Btw if that’s the case I have double nationality, french algerian, I play with Africa 11

All teams play in all events. The "location" just provides a theme for maps, available civs etc.

 

[EscapeAoE]

Sorry if I misunderstood this but does that mean we will see team like Morocco top 8 ? I struggle to understand how it work or the format.
Btw if that’s the case I have double nationality, french algerian, I play with Africa 11

Teams have no restriction on who can be in them, but they must have 4-6 players.
The 8 teams that qualify play all stages of the tournament.
The only importance of the different stages is the theme of the map pools and civ pools.