I'm not going to mince words, I'm extremely disappointed that this is an AOE4 tournament. I watched Nili's video, and personally I still don't get the reason - it's like he's hoping AOE4 turns into a solid to good game, but AOE2 already is better than that. Like, even if AOE4 improves a lot, it's still worse than the alternative, so why not just choose the alternative?
Perhaps this $100K was available only for AOE4 and not AOE2, but I'll be sad regardless - NAC3 was incredible, can you imagine how good a NAC4 with this kind of prize pool for AOE2 would be? Especially after all the lockdowns etc, there is a huge appetite for another in-person AOE2 tournament.
A lot of what made NAC special was the community/relationships between the players and casters that had been built up over years and even decades, and the very open and candid way that Nili designed the event to allow that atmosphere to be shared with the viewers.
I don't know if a collection of players from various different communities who have moved over to AOE4 for various reasons will generate the same type of atmosphere, personally. I feel like the 'Unique Selling Point' of NAC is completely wasted on an AOE4 tournament.
Anyway, said my piece, I won't be watching but having spent a solid amount of time on Nili's channel over the years I do hope that the event is still successful for him personally.
Perhaps this $100K was available only for AOE4 and not AOE2, but I'll be sad regardless - NAC3 was incredible, can you imagine how good a NAC4 with this kind of prize pool for AOE2 would be? Especially after all the lockdowns etc, there is a huge appetite for another in-person AOE2 tournament.
A lot of what made NAC special was the community/relationships between the players and casters that had been built up over years and even decades, and the very open and candid way that Nili designed the event to allow that atmosphere to be shared with the viewers.
I don't know if a collection of players from various different communities who have moved over to AOE4 for various reasons will generate the same type of atmosphere, personally. I feel like the 'Unique Selling Point' of NAC is completely wasted on an AOE4 tournament.
Anyway, said my piece, I won't be watching but having spent a solid amount of time on Nili's channel over the years I do hope that the event is still successful for him personally.