Wandering Warriors Cup - Announcement

Announcement | Participation | Rules & Settings | Discussion | Maps | Streaming Policy​

Announcement​

Age of Empires II is still alive, well and good - and with Christmas upon us, what better gift could we ask for than another Age of Empires II event. We are particularly excited to start the new year with a bang of a tournament - the Wandering Warriors Cup hosted by T90Official and Dave.
The Wandering Warriors Cup is a 1v1 tournament that will span across five weeks and will feature a fantastic arsenal of unique and exciting maps - all themed around nomad and transport starts.

Due to the nature of the tournament settings, we can already guarantee that the games will be absolutely incredible, chaotic and unpredictable. No game will be the same as players will settle their town centres differently with each generation and transport units in all directions.
The tournament will feature one massive single-elimination stage, holding up to 128 players. This means that every game, every minute and second, will matter for the players as one mistake can be the difference between advancing or elimination.

The Wandering Warriors Cup will feature a grand prize pool of $25,000.00 sponsored by Microsoft.
The tournament can be watched on two different platforms on the two official channels:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/t90official/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dave_aoe

Timeline​

20th of December, 23.00 GMT, Trailer Released
23rd of December, 20.00 GMT, Full Announcement & Registration Open

2nd of January, 18.00 GMT, Registration Closed
2nd of January, 19.00 GMT, Seeding Locked

Round of 128, Best of Three​

• Played between the 3rd of January to the 7th of January
• Streamed the 8th of January to the 9th of January - starting 15.00 GMT

Round of 64, Best of Five​

• Played between the 10th of January to the 14th of January
• Streamed the 15th of January to the 16th of January - starting 15.00 GMT

Round of 32, Best of Five​

• Played between the 17th of January to the 21st of January
• Streamed the 22nd of January to the 23rd of January - starting 15.00 GMT

Round of 16, Best of Five​

• Played between the 24th of January to the 28th of January
• Streamed the 29th of January to the 30th of January - starting 15.00 GMT

Round of 8, Quarterfinals, Best of Five​

• Played between the 31st of January to the 4th of February
• Streamed the 5th of February - starting 15.00 GMT

Round of 4, Semifinals, Best of Five​

• Played the 5th of February
• Streamed the 6th of February - starting 15.00 GMT

Round of 2, Grand Final, Best of Seven​

• Live the 6th of February

Prize Pool​

The total prize pool of the tournament is $25,000.00 and is distributed to the winners in the following order.

1st place: $6,250.00
2nd place: $3,750.00
3rd and 4th place: $1,875.00
5th to 8th place: $812.50
9th to 16th place: $500.00
17th to 32nd place: $250.00

We believe that it is important that the prize pool is distributed in a way that allows numerous players a shot at winning a reasonable portion of the prize pool - benefitting many players across the scene.

Maps​

The official list of maps is shown below. The map pack can be acquired by subscribing to the map mod using this link or by searching for “Wandering Warriors” in the in-game mod workshop.

• Boundary Brawl
• Compass
• Golden Hill
• Graupel
• Houseboat
• Inundation
• Mired
• Nomad

The map pack are created and maintained by Chrazini.

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Registration is open - you register for the tournament by going to the Toornament event page and submitting your registration.

Streaming is entirely open for everyone - requirements are listed in the rules and settings document.

All games, except for the final weekend, will be played in the week leading up to the weekend, meaning that most games shown will be recorded games.

Join the official Discord for regular updates, as well as game information for casters and scheduling channels for players.

 

T90 claims Ozone started playing in 2020, but I seem to remember that nickname with a Colombian flag on Voobly...

Can someone clear this up? maybe @JUDAS ?

 

T90 claims Ozone started playing in 2020, but I seem to remember that nickname with a Colombian flag on Voobly...

Can someone clear this up? maybe @JUDAS ?

According to Wikipedia O-Zone was formed in 1998

 

Why is this tournament not on the AOEZone calender?

The early rounds are rarely posted here, that would just add way too many games for the way it is displayed in the sidebar.
Liquipedia is more adapted to those detailed infos.

 

T90 claims Ozone started playing in 2020, but I seem to remember that nickname with a Colombian flag on Voobly...

Can someone clear this up? maybe @JUDAS ?

He is a Colombian player, only plays AoE2 after the DE release.

 

The early rounds are rarely posted here, that would just add way too many games for the way it is displayed in the sidebar.
Liquipedia is more adapted to those detailed infos.

Actually the Tournament was posted here, just super close before the games started (or even a bit after not sure), it's also quite simple in regard to the sidebar it's just 1 notification like "First half of RO128 WWC", instead of evry single Series.

 

1st	$6,250	TBD
2nd	$3,750	TBD
3rd-4th	$1,875	TBD

The total prize is not close to 25,000US.

1st place: $6,250.00
2nd place: $3,750.00
3rd and 4th place: $1,875.00
5th to 8th place: $812.50
9th to 16th place: $500.00
17th to 32nd place: $250.00

 

1st place: $6,250.00
2nd place: $3,750.00
3rd and 4th place: $1,875.00
5th to 8th place: $812.50
9th to 16th place: $500.00
17th to 32nd place: $250.00

Thank you. I didn't see the rest 5 to 32nd. I realized that and deleted it. Very appreciated.

 

Honestly, so far this seems like the most entertaining Ro64 I've ever seen. So many great games and matches, surprising results, 2k4 - 2k5 players under a lot of pressure by 'underdogs'.. Loving it.

 

Honestly, so far this seems like the most entertaining Ro64 I've ever seen. So many great games and matches, surprising results, 2k4 - 2k5 players under a lot of pressure by 'underdogs'.. Loving it.

Indeed, I am curious, is Nomad has effect on it.

Here is a tournament idea:

A random event should happen at random minutes in random place on map so players have to adapt. I know it won't be a fair tournament but I am sure it will be quite fun to wait events and see how players react to them. It might be really tricky/or impossible to program though.

 

Indeed, I am curious, is Nomad has effect on it.

Well the reason for so many close results and potential upsets is that there isn't Arabia, as we're used to measure the player skill 90% based on Arabia skill. So the moment you remove Arabia, you significantly increase upset potential. Not complaining about Arabia being in every other tournament, just really enjoying 1 tournament that doesn't have it for a change, which can easily produce very surprising results.

 

Has anyone casted Stark vs BadBoy? I wanted to watch that series.

 

T90 & Dave (2), LocoSer, Ornlu

 

Has anyone casted Stark vs BadBoy? I wanted to watch that series.

Obathegreatt casted

 

Thanks T90 for the AOE II tournament! Was nice to see the AOE II players play different maps. Was great. I love this game! <3

 

Thanks T90 for the AOE II tournament! Was nice to see the AOE II players play different maps. Was great. I love this game! <3

What about Dave?

 

I couldn't fully enjoy the tournament for various reasons :
a ) the winner had been known long before
b ) 1v1s are just boring for me... burn out? No idea, but for the last at least year we've only had tourneys of this format and games look so similar all the time.

 

What about Dave?

oh yes. Thank Dave too <3

 

Thanks T90 for the AOE II tournament! Was nice to see the AOE II players play different maps. Was great. I love this game! <3

AoE 2: <3
AoE 4: >3