On the LAN topic, AoE2 is showing that you can absolutely have major tournaments online and even with casted recs and still get massive viewer engagement. Out of the major AoE2 tournament series in recent years, only two have been LAN: The ECL finals by Escape, commercially a flop, and NAC (Nili's ...

I agree with all these points. I'm also willing to try support lower level stuff but also need to be a bit realistic. In major sports their model involves supporting grass roots (like your chess example), but I'm not sure this game is big enough right now to replicate this. Also a very valid point a...

For what it's worth as well as keeping this going, the next thing I want to do should stretch down to the top-20+ kind of level, so much more inclusive. Unfortunately although there should absolutely be tournaments for lower ranked players, once you get below that level the viewing interest obviousl...

Why Zeroempires? Of course it's just a guess, which could be completely off-base. But there are some indications, at least IMO. Obviously individually they don't mean much, but in combination it does seem quite possible: - British (UK flag) - way of speaking/writing (obviously a British native spea...

As a viewer it does really elevate the prestige and engagement with the event. I actually quite liked the original premise of all or nothing (£1,000 or £0) as the stakes feel so much higher. I will refuse to watch "all or nothing" event. Binary stuff should be reserved for statistic and c...

[mention]u11243[/mention] - Reasonable points for sure. Frankly if those numbers could happen (100 live participants), then I'd punt on it. I think for the very short term with Covid issues it's not going to happen, but I'm genuinely willing to do it longer term if we have a way to quantify interest...

[mention]u12386[/mention] - Respectfully disagree. I think one of the reasons the matches were so good is that a meaningful prize creates better action. That's not to say $300 isn't good money, just that I don't think it will bring the same attention and excitement. I will look to supplement this w...

[mention]u16010[/mention] - First semi on YouTube now, next one tonight, third one tomorrow and the final on Thursday. I'll then post the game files here on the weekend. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXqhz7YTCzJYm9j_doz60Nw [mention]u12386[/mention] - Respectfully disagree. I think one of the rea...

Few comments on the above. 1. Not sure we'd look to have a LAN tournament. My own view is that lag on AOE3 isn't significant enough these days to be worth the additional expense. I'd rather spend $5,000 on prize money than flights and accommodation. I think in the context of massive audiences where ...

Thanks for all the love guys, really appreciate you all tuning in. We definitely got lucky with one of the most incredible matchups materialising out of nowhere and going the distance. All four players were incredible (the fact that the semis saw one of the best games I've ever seen and it's been al...

Seems interesting. Just curious, though: what exactly is "EGCTV"? I have looked at: - the Website (which essentially contains no information aside from this tourney) - the Youtube channel (9 subscribers, no videos) - the Twitch channel (82 followers, no videos, basically no information) I...

I think this is not the perfect Format but the perfect way to start extending the community. We might have a small community but have a look at other E-Sports there is not just one perfect tournament type and everyone is happy. What makes the biggest E-Sports to what they are is that there are diff...

I think for the first month its fine, but if this is ongoing then it starts to not make sense because it disincentives playing for someone if they get a comfortable ranking and it also incentivizes laming the absolutely most broken stuff on the ladder. I also don't think you want to get in a situat...

Just to weigh in on that issue of the prize and the ladder etc. The concept behind this is to bring some more meaning to the ladder year round. It's obviously something new, so it might work and might not. But when we were coming up with this the idea is that this prize doesn't just represent winnin...