The Calm Before The Storm
If you would like to attend the live audiance, please purchase your tickets ASAP! https://escapetv.uk/nwc/
Details for attendees: https://eso-community.net/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=17453
The qualification tournament has come to an end and there’s now just one and a half months to go until the LAN tournament. The top 8 have been determined and their flights have been booked. The New World Championship will resume Thursday July 11th - Sunday July 14th with a LIVE studio audience & on Twitch.
It’s been an intense journey. Initially, we had doubts about double elimination. But it’s proven to be a very exciting AoE3 format. Each qualification series almost felt like a grand final! The excitement was there, the viewers were there and best of all - the player motivation was so high it was through the roof.
This has also been the most civilization diverse tournament we’ve ever seen with 84.76% of all possible matchups being played! Given the competitive setting, that’s something to celebrate and shines a light on the new civilization rules, map pool & current EP balance.
*A big thanks to @BrookG for putting the stats together (more to come soon!)
Prize Pool
The prize pool has been altered slightly to reflect the extra games 5-6th place will play.
- $1400 - 1st
- $800 - 2nd
- $600 - 3rd
- $400 - 4th
- $250 - 5-6th
- $150 - 7-8th
Seeding & Brackets
The top 8 have been seeded by their peers as follows:
- LordRaphael
- Kaiserklein
- Mitoe
- Snowww
- Hazza54321
- Diarouga
- PrinceofKabul
- Tabben
On the Thursday and Friday, they will play a group stage to determine who will play off in the weekend's single elimination semis & finals.
Map Pool
Best of Nine:
Each best of nine series will be played on the following maps in the following order. Players will not issue vetos.
- Summer Kamchatka
- Baja California
- Deccan
- Thar Desert (?)
- New England
- High Plains
- Pampas Sierras
- Fertile Crescent
- Florida
Best of Five:
Before each best of five series, a live map draft will occur. Players will pick & veto maps from the list above until 5 remain.
[spoiler=How will this work?]Top seed: Picks 1 of the nine maps, this WILL appear in their Bo5
Lower seed: Picks 1 of the nine maps, this WILL appear in their Bo5
Top seed: VETOs one of the remaining maps
Lower seed: VETOs one of the remaining maps
Top seed: Picks 1 of the nine maps, this WILL appear in their Bo5
Lower seed: Picks 1 of the nine maps, this WILL appear in their Bo5
Top seed: VETOs one of the remaining maps
Lower seed: VETOs one of the remaining maps
This will determine 5 maps to be played (including the remaining unpicked/unvetoed map). Those maps will be played in the same order that they would usually occur in a best of nine.[/spoiler]
Can I attend in person?
Yes, of course! Everyone is welcome to attend. This is a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to finally meet everyone in the AoE3 community. Feel free to come for a day, the weekend or however long you like.
There’s plenty of space for a live audience!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY9nu-KkU78
[spoiler=Details]Please note that there will be a fee for attending (to be decided, but around £15 per day). This will be used to provide food and drink* on site as well as to cover cleaning costs etc. The event is not-for-profit.
*We cannot provide alcoholic drinks as we are not licensed to do so but please feel free to bring as much or as little alcohol as you like from the nearby supermarket!
If you would like to attend the live audiance, please purchase your tickets ASAP! https://escapetv.uk/nwc/
Accommodation:
Details here: https://eso-community.net/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=17089
Traveling to the studio:
For more info on everything you could possibly ever need to know, check out this Google doc we put together.
If you are attending, it would be helpful to us if you join this Discord server. Thank you! (Feel free to join even if you’re not attending too).[/spoiler]
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