Underused Cup Begins Tomorrow! Bracket Out Now!

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Underused Cup Begins Tomorrow! Bracket Out Now!

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Beginning this Sunday, June 9th at 15:00 GMT...

The $100 ESOC Underused Cup!

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Although the top 8 matches for the NWC cup are a little over a month away, tournament coverage here at ESOC is far from over. As mentioned with the announcement of the Grand Tour Season 2, we'll be running five tournaments over the next two months, with top finishers making their way to playoff slots later this year.

That first tournament is the Underused Cup, a tournament which cuts the top five most-played civilizations from players' repertoires. Unlike many ESOC tournaments, this one takes place over a single day, with the First Round starting at 15 GMT Sunday the 9th (i.e. tomorrow) and the finals ending on the same day. If the NWC is the final exam, rewarding careful study and preparation, then a one-day tournament is a pop quiz, demanding that you be ready for whatever your opponents might throw at you.

It's not quite fair to say that removing the top five civs from the game will push whatever is 6th-best into the top slot. Civs whose matchups are weak to the top-played civs but strong against the rest of the field have the best chance at reaching the top. It's not immediately obvious which - if any - civilization fulfills that role, and it will be up to the players to resolve the new meta over the course of the day.

And there's no shortage of players capable of solving it. NWC top 8s like LordRaphael, Mitoe, Kaiserklein, and tabben are showing up. Numerous players who fell just short of that spot, like IAmSoldieR, Aizamk, and Garja are coming as well. Even the legendary umeu has graced us with his presence, opting this time to sign up with three accounts. Hopefully he won't have to play against himself.

In addition, 50% of donations received on-stream will go directly towards the event prize pool. Be sure to support your favorite players as they climb their way through the bracket! You can tune in on ESOCTV and EscapeAoE tomorrow for the event's live coverage. See ya then!
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Underused Cup - Useful Info!

Tournament Bracket
Full Tournament Rules & Information
Your MyESOC tournament portal
Match results submitter (for winners only)

[spoiler=Tournament Schedule]Tournament Schedule:
- The tournament will begin at 15:00 GMT on Sunday, June 9th.
- All times are in GMT.
- Round of 64: 15:00 - 15:45
- Round of 32: 15:45 - 16:30
- Round of 16: 16:30 - 17:15
- Round of 8: 17:15 - 18:45
- Semi-finals: 18:45 - 20:15
- Finals: 20:15 - until we get a winner!

- Even if your first round is the Round of 32, please begin your match at 15:00 GMT, unless asked not to by @Cometk (DJ_Cometk on ESO).
- If a match is not in progress by the time a round is scheduled to end, then the result of the match will be subject to admin discretion!
- No-showing twice during the Grand Tour Season 2 will debar a player from participating in future weekend tournaments. If you suddenly can't make the tournament, please just shoot me a private message so that the tournament can continue to run smoothly! Thank you.[/spoiler]
Map Pool:
All maps are listed in the order they are to be played in. There will be no map vetoes.

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Remember, Brit/Fra/Ger/India/Russ are all banned. Good luck tomorrow gentlemen!

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@Vinyanyérë
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@Warno
@Djigit
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@JackGaming
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@saveyourskill
@Aizamk[/spoiler]
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Is the the actual SavoryBeef in the tournament?? I only remember him waaayyyy back from the early agecomm days
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lesllamas wrote:Is the the actual SavoryBeef in the tournament?? I only remember him waaayyyy back from the early agecomm days

It's not that guy, it's princeofcarthage using a fake (Sav0ryBeef) account.
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@Garja have mercy on me in RO16 pls
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I dont even know if I'll play. Prob just going to the beach.
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dicktator_ wrote:
lesllamas wrote:Is the the actual SavoryBeef in the tournament?? I only remember him waaayyyy back from the early agecomm days

It's not that guy, it's princeofcarthage using a fake (Sav0ryBeef) account.


Savory Beef was an old school treaty guy, right?

Like him, hidan, milky, whiteirishking, maybe others I'm forgetting (predatorfreak?) are the ones I remember being most active in the agecomm treaty discussions.
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lol @deleted_user lost before the tourney even started
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gibson wrote:lol @deleted_user lost before the tourney even started


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Mitoe wrote:@Garja have mercy on me in RO16 pls

What makes you think, you will actually make it to the RO16?
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dicktator_ wrote:
lesllamas wrote:Is the the actual SavoryBeef in the tournament?? I only remember him waaayyyy back from the early agecomm days

It's not that guy, it's princeofcarthage using a fake (Sav0ryBeef) account.

Account is as real as it gets. O is replaced by Zero. Also I didn't originally make the account, I got it from friend when he stopped playing aoe 3. I didn't even know/still don't (other than that he used to be old treaty guy) until people started asking me questions.
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