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We are proud to announce the first AoFE tourney on Voobly, right in time for AoFE's first Birthday!
Click Here To Install AoFE
Starting date: Monday the 23rd of December 2013
The tournament is to launch the 23rd of December 2013 and last until March 3rd/10th, with one round lasting one week.
Sign ups open Friday 6th of December 12:00 GMT and last until Friday 20th of December - 23:59 GMT.
Click here to sign up!
There are 64 spots open for players to sign up. Any player of any level are free to participate.
(Depending on the number of sign-ups, an extension of the brackets to 128 may occur)
In addition to the 100$ starting prize, every single donation starting from $1 [You must login to view link] will be added to the tournament prize pool.
Format:
The tournament will follow a format of Single Elimination untill 16 players remain. The 16 players will then enter a Double Elimination stage, meaning there will be one Winner's Bracket and one Loser's Bracket. In the Grand Final, if the player coming from the Loser's Bracket wins the initial Best of 9, they will enter a new Best of 7 in order to determine the final winner.
Game Settings:
Game : Random Map
Map : See under
Size : 2 player map
Difficulty : Standard
Resources : Standard
Population : 200
Game Speed : Normal
Reveal Map : Normal
Starting Age : Standard
Victory Condition : Conquest (King of the Hill and Regicide games must be played Standard)
Team Together : [X] Yes
All techs : [ ] No
Allow Cheats : [ ] No
Lock Teams : [X] Yes
Lock Speed : [X] Yes
Record Game : [X] Yes
The tournament will be played in the following Lounge Tournament Lobby
Round of 64 to Round of 16: Best of 3 Setup
Round of 16 to Finals: Best of 5 Setup
Finals: Best of 7 Setup
Grand Final: Best of 9 Setup
Single Elimination Stage
Round of 64
Game 1: Land of Lakes - Civilisations: Vikings
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick for the Loser of Game 1, random for the Winner of Game 1
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Round of 32
Game 1: Map: Hideout - Civilisations: Spanish
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick for the Loser of Game 1, random for the Winner of Game 1
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE civ
Double Elimination Stage
Round of 16
Game 1: Map: Acropolis...... Civ: Magyars
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick for the Loser of Game 1, random for the Winner of Game 1
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE civ
Game 4: Map: Golden Pit - Civilisations: Mirror
Game 5: Map: Hideout - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE civ
Quarter Finals WB, (Round 1 LB)
Game 1: Map: Valley - Civilisations: Mongols
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick for the Loser of Game 1, random for the Winner of Game 1
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Arabia - Civilisations: Mirror
Game 5: Map: Steppe - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE Civ
Semi Finals WB, (Round 2 LB)
Game 1: Map: Cenotes - Civilisations: Incas
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Arena - Civilisations: Mirror
Game 5: Map: Budapest - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE Civ
(Round 3 LB)
Game 1: Map: Steppe - Civilisations: Italians
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Hideout - Civilisations:: Mirror
Game 5: Map: Ghostlake - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE civ
(Round 4 LB)
Game 1: Map: Hillfort - Civilisations: Slavs
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Acropolis - Civilisations: Mirror
Game 5: Map: Golden Pit - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE civ
(Round 5 LB)
Game 1: Map: Budapest - Civilisations: Franks
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Black Forest - Civilisations: Slavs
Game 5: Map: Arabia - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE civ
Final WB, (Final LB)
Game 1: Map: Graveyards - Civilisations: Aztecs
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Islands - Civilisations: Italians
Game 5: Map: Plains - Civilisations: Magyar
Game 6: Map: Valley - Civilisations: Indians
Game 7: Map: Land Nomad - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE civ
Grand Final 1
Game 1: Map: Acropolis - Civilisations: Goths
Game 2: Home Map of the Loser of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free pick
Game 3: Home Map of the Winner of Game 1 - Civilisations: Free Pick
Game 4: Map: Arabia - Civilisations: Huns - Extra Settings: No castle age, No stone walls
Game 5: Map: Border Dispute - Civilisations: Teutons
Game 6: Map: Land of Lakes - Civilisations: Indians
Game 7: Map: Cenotes - Civilisations: Mayans
Game 8: Map: Scandanavia - Civilisations: Vikings
Game 9: Map: Hillfort - Civilisations: Free Pick of AoFE civ - Extra Settings: King of the Hill
Grand Final 2
TBA
Home Maps:
Since this is a land oriented tournament the home maps consist of the following:
Map pool:
Acropolis
Arabia
Arena
Cenotes
Fortress (Regicide, in its BCC3 version , download Link: [You must login to view link])
Ghost lake
Golden pit
Green Arabia
Hideout
Steppe
Valley
Yucatan
Hill fort
Black Forest (explored)
Budapest
Oasis
Nomad
Land Nomad (TTW2012, download link: [You must login to view link])
Gold Rush
Border Dispute
Atacama
Scheduling:
Every round will last 1 week, meaning each player has 1 week to schedule and play the games before the deadline of the round which is Sunday 23:59 GMT. Your are encouraged to provide your best times and schedule as efficient as possible throughout the whole week in order to get the games played in time.
The staff will be very strict regarding scheduling, and difficulties might end up in Admin Times or Admin Wins.
Tournament Rules:
Signups:
To sign up you must agree to the rules and state your full user name for the tourney and link your voobly profile in this topic.
Example:
I agree to the rules!
http://www.voobly.com/profile/view/123357741
Signups will close Friday 20th of December, 23:59 GMT.
IF you desire to change your nickname during the tournament, your new nickname must replace the old one on your current account! This can only be done once for each player. This MUST be done via this topic.
Seeding:
The players will be seeded according to the Voobly AOC "RM - 1v1" and "AoFE RM - 1v1" ladders
Restarts:
Restarts must be called for in the first 4 minutes of the game. Each player has 1 restart per round.
Map Bugs:
If a player starts with a trapped boar, sheep, deer or if any of their main gold/stone piles have less than 3 exposed sides then the map may be restarted without consuming a restart point. This must be done within the first 8 minutes!
Dropping:
If the opponent drops, you MUST click "save and exit". All dropped games must be restored!
Those dropped games have to be restored within 10 minutes, else the player having a technical issue will be DQ'd.
A tutorial explaining how to restore games with Voobly is here
All aspects, plus others not listed, will be analyzed before making a decision by tournament runners and others as they see fit.
Third Party Tools:
The use of any third party tool is prohibited. Examples are, but not limited to: Modified game files, syncers, crashers, network throttling devices (purposely lagging programs), and other such tools. Violation of this rule will not only result in disqualification from tournament, but termination/punishment as the Voobly staff team seems fit.
Misc:
Any issues with the client that may arise will be dealt with by the VCOM tournament mods/admins as they are presented.
You may only play on your account, and may only enter the tournament with one account. This also includes playing for someone else if your account was eliminated. Failure to follow this rule will result in disqualification of all involved accounts.
Matches must be played in the Tournament Lobby, (This lobby) and must be rated using the VCOM Ladder! Example: http://www.voobly.com/match/view/9658362
Once you and your opponent confirmed a time to play in the Scheduling Forum, the maximum waiting time is 30 minutes. More than that, the player that came and is waiting must take a screenshot showing [You must login to view link] (so the current time is clearly visible) and VCOM Tournament Lobby Game Room , and post the screenshot in Admin Win Requests topic, with a link to the post in the Scheduling forums where the game time was arranged and confirmed.
Any rule can be added/modified at any time as seen fit by a Voobly tournament mod. This rule exists to stop and punish potential exploitation of loopholes in current rules.
All matches must be recorded and uploaded in this forum before advancing to the next round there will be NO exceptions. The games may be uploaded to
Brackets:
Single Elimination Stage: tba
Double Elimination Stage: tba
Prizes:
$100 prize pool, Voobly Premium Memberships & Donations by the Community
If the number of participant exceeds 64, the length of the premium prizes will be increased.
In addition shields will be put on your profile to show your achievement:
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It could last 11 rounds if there is need for a seond final.
If so, the tourney would end in late february.
I suggest to start the 2nd of december instead to buy more time.
64 --> 32--> 16 (DE starts)--> 8 --> 4 --> 2
> 2 (Final 1) --> (Final 2)
.......................................LB.....8 --> 4 --> 4 --> 2 --> 2 ^ (go up to final 1)
Wouldn't it be 9 +1 if extra final? Ofc, this is assuming the WB +LB were run parallel
Anyway... if tourney begins on the 2nd, when would you suggest signups begin?
Sign ups should start before the some day before the 15th.
No problem whatsoever!
Just a few small things remaining:
Prizes
Grand Finals 2
Introductory Blablablabla
more tips:
you're the expert for this
Could you maybe skim through the rules (attachment #1) and post below, if you find a mistake in the tournament setup?
http://www.voobly.com/forum/thread/176605/:843624#post843624
We would appreciate it a lot
Cheers,
Hello guys here is MaSmOrRa!
Chris (Genette) asked me to take a look at the rules of your tournament. Here are some small changes I would suggest:
- I am missing an introduction to the tournament! When we announce this, you need to start with a small introduction. "We are proud to present the FIRST AoFE tournament blablabla" Be sure to write a small "Thank you" to the Voobly team at the end! I'm sure Voobly Admins will love it!
- The "Dropping" section is totally out-dated!! With the new Userpatch you can restore every dropped game and every restored game can be recorded! What you need to do is explain the players that if the opponent drops, they need to click "Save and Exit" and not "Continue", to make sure they will be able to restore. You need to change this section completely.
- I am missing a chapter about "Restarts". How many restarts a player will have in each Round? Until which minute must they be called? If you don't want to have any restarts at all, I think it's good to state that on the rules as well, since everyone is used to have restarts on Tournaments.
- On the "bugged maps" section, you state the restart must be called before minute 8. In my honest opinion, that is pretty late. But this is just a personal preference!
- I noticed there will be some Black Forest games on the tournament, make sure to state that on these the Map Reveal will be "Explored".
- I think you should also consider adding a Chapter about Live Streaming. Stating which kind of delay you will be using (Spectator/Stream) and how many minutes. Or no delay at all...
- When you ask for the players "full user name" on the sign-up, make sure to ask them for their profile link as well!
- I suppose you will have a special forum on Voobly for this event. When it is done, make sure to add to the rules the correspondent Links for the Schedulling, Recorded Games, etc...
Other than this, everything looks fine and I'm looking forward to this event!
Best wishes,
Nelson
Regarding restarts, well I am personnaly against it, in the end it's even, imo it only adds a ****load of useless 5min recs and wastes everyone's time (the players, the watchers, the commentator(s)), but it is up to you guys.
Regarding the bugged map rule, my old rule ("If a player has resources trapped in the forest..)" lacks clarity and is an open door for abuses.
I like the one from bbqempire bonanza : "4. If a player starts with a trapped boar, sheep, deer or if any of their main gold/stone piles have less than 3 exposed sides then the map may be restarted without consuming a restart point.", clear and fair enough.
I prefer the 8 min mark over 5-4 for restarts for various reasons:
- Voobly tourneys are open to everyone, obviously an expert does not need 8 min to notice if his map is bugged, but it may take more time to a 1600 player
- Due to my arena experience I know it can take some time to notice when the hunt is trapped, even for a experienced player (similar stuff can happens on scandinavia too)
- Since those restarts are dedicated to bugged maps and not to strategical restarts for "bad" maps, the amount of restarts very limited, so it does not increase that much the time needed for a match
Now regarding maps: It looks good overall, I have only one remark:
"Round 1
Game 3: Map:Loser G2 Civ: Choice for Loser
"
This must be clarified, is it a civwar decided by the loser? does the loser picks both civs?
on a side note, are you able to run aoc 1.4 & aofe on Voobly and also watch recorded games online & offline without any trouble ?
Last time I had aofe installed was when tmw started, and it was screwing completely my aoc
Cheers,
"Semis (still tbd)
(...)Game 3: Map: Plains Civ: Huns vs Magyars (loser G2 pick)
(...)
Final (still tbd)
(...)
Game 3: Map: Cenotes Civ: Aztec vs Incas (loser G2 pick)"
This is giving a big advantage to G2 Loser, I think replacing those respectively by a Magyar war and a Incas war would be better.
"Semis (still tbd)
(...)Game 2: Map: Islands Civ: Italians vs Byzantines
(...)Game 6: Map: Budapest Civ: Franks/Chinese"
In this one it does not detail which players can pick which civ, for the same reason as above I would replace those by an Italian war and a Frank war.
I will draw shields aswell for the winners
Cheers,
(Genette probably forwarded you this already, but maybe it will be annoying for you to switch accounts etc to copy paste there, well at least for me it is 11)
"n a side note, are you able to run aoc 1.4 & aofe on Voobly and also watch recorded games online & offline without any trouble ?
Last time I had aofe installed was when tmw started, and it was screwing completely my aoc "
I think there is no problem. I played FE and then was able to play/ watch recs for 1.4 without any problem. Unfortunately, spec mode doesn't work with FE
I think I clarified/edited the rest!
Shields 1st draft:
what do you think about it?
Edited and improved!
To sign up you must agree to the rules and state your full user name for the the tourney in this topic. You have to use your HIGHEST rated account also (old/new) As well as this, you must also link your voobly profile! Example:
[LOTD]_Feanor_ I agree to the rules! http://www.voobly.com/profile/view/123357741
Signups will close Saturday 14th of December, 23:59 GMT or earlier if the maximum players limit (64) is reached
Seeding:
The players will be seeded based on Voobly's "RM - 1v1" AoC-Ladder. If more then 64 people sign up, only the best 64 players will be allowed to participate.
-> This is not an aoczone tournament with debatable anti-
-> if the 64 slots get filled quick, the signups won't close but will be extended to 128
-> 14th december is too close, let signups open until 21st
-> take AoFE - RM 1v1 rating in consideration too, that will increase the AoFE ladders activity
Suggestion:
To sign up you must agree to the rules and state your full user name for the tourney and link your voobly profile in this topic.
Example:
[LOTD]_Feanor_ I agree to the rules! http://www.voobly.com/profile/view/123357741
Signups will close Saturday 21st of December, 23:59 GMT
Seeding:
The players will be seeded according to the Voobly AOC "RM - 1v1" and "AoFE RM - 1v1" ladders
Prizes will depend on the number of participants. The more participants, the better and bigger the prizes!
Participants: 16 (32) [64]
->
If the number of participant exceeds 64, the length of the premium prizes will be increased.
It is better to not link brackets already, just write "tba" (to be announced)
I will prepare subforums so you can link signup topic, aw requests, scheduling, rec games... etc