https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Castle_Age_Clash
Best of 7
Castle age start
9 villager start
Civ draft
Map pool: G1 & G7 Arabia then loser's pick of Acropolis, Baltic, Acclivity, Atacama, Scandinavia
Open streaming
Big thanks to the players for being open to trying something new! Daut and...
If you think the lack of a tournament calendar is bad for AoE II, imagine being an AoE IV pro player and you've had $25,000 in prize pools through Q1 with nothing announced (and rumored to be left out of next RBW). This after having the best selling expansion in the history of the franchise...
Well then let's kick this idea up a notch: what if there were an opening match (best of 3) between up and coming teams and then a main event (best of 5) between top teams? For those who know a little SC 2, you know that Rotterdam, one of the biggest casters there, hosts something like this every...
This isn't a tournament though so it doesn't matter if Fox for example isn't ready to compete with GL. I'd still watch a Fox vs Brazil showmatch in a heartbeat. The point is just to get regular high level team game competition and there are more than enough teams for that.
I think many if not most people would like to see more TG competition in 2024. The typical reasons for not hosting TG tournaments are A) lower viewership and B) the fact that it's an admin nightmare. I'm not convinced by A (the obsession with viewership in general is pretty tired at this point)...
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormgate/comments/194x7j6/egc_to_host_the_first_ever_major_stormgate/
Wow. Didn't see that coming, but very cool to see. AoE II pros, now's the time to jump in...
I think the idea would be to make it "the" big tournament, with the biggest prize pool, and make other tournaments schedule around it and not the other way around. And it doesn't have to be EGC, I just mention him because he runs a damn fine tournament. Basically I wish we could go back in time...
That's kind of like saying playing basketball on a normal court is "figured out" and we should add some random elements to spice things up.
Is the early game meta very developed for Arabia? Yes. But I'd argue that castle age onwards it's one the most dynamic maps and simply leads to better games.
It's really not though. It is the standard competitive map around which most balance changes are designed, it's played 70% of the time on ladder, and It's been a mainstay of every S tier tournament, not to mention things like Viper-Jordan BO21, etc. up until very recently.
Do you think...
As opposed to NAC map Llanganati or any of the numerous "resource on the outside" maps that we see in competitive play? Arabia is way more random than those.
Ah yes, because wacky/meme maps definitely don't develop a meta (which is often more boring than Arabia).
I started following this game with ECL, whose tournament website described Arabia simply as "the bread and butter of competitive Age of Empires". There was a stretch where G1 Arabia was the standard for all major tournaments, or if not, you could usually expect it to be played at least once per...
Arabia and Arena should be fixed maps in every single tournament set BO5 or longer.
I do not want to watch games on maps I have never heard of, will never play, and that have jammed in as many arbitrary/meme elements as possible like unbuildable terrain, ponds/water, gold piles surrounded by...
I think TG organizers would be wise to include a mix 1v1s, 3v3s, etc. the way they did with ECL finals. This partially solves the problem of viewership since more people might tune in for the 1v1s and also just makes it fundamentally more interesting (at least to me).
Not according to insiders like Masmorra and T90. They've both strongly hinted that 2024 might be a much bigger year.
Why that info gets hinted at on streams and podcasts instead of announced by official sources, why Microsoft has no discernible strategy for aoe2 esports, and why they invest so...
Disclaimer: I really like T90 and acknowledge that he's done as much as anyone for the growth and overall health of the scene.
However I really hope this is the last TTL. Or if not, that the tournament gets a complete rework from the bottom up.
It lasts far too long. Too many matches are...
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