AOE Pong

Brought to you by the french community, I am pleased to announce the

🎉 Third edition of the AOE Pong Tournament! 🏓

The AOE Pong tournament is a fun and friendly competition designed to provide a competitive framework where you can improve your skills and prepare for future tournaments. The goal is to play matches regularly against opponents of similar skill levels, in tournament conditions.

The concept and origin of the tournament come from Zyxuwyz, who suggested implementing a promotion/relegation system inspired by table tennis. The winner of a round moves up, while the loser moves down.

🌍 Timezone: Since the majority of participants in the tournament are French, we request that players be available at least twice a week between 16:00 to 22:00 GMT to facilitate match scheduling.

ℹ️ Format: Sets will be played in a Best of 5. Map-pool is balanced and draft map let you secure a first map pick.

🗺️ Map pool: African Reed Beds, Cliffbound, Coral Islands, Dunesprings, Dzimbabwe, Isthmus, Quebrada de Cafayate, Ring of Reeds, Stranded

🔖 Handbook : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJTc01bknMFOT9SdAmMzpEe9XZGWbs1LwjRbhHvBmZY/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.aaanmo8prmku

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Elo: Everyone is welcome. The more players we have the more interesting and balanced will be the event.

📅 Timeline: Registrations are open now and will close on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

6 Rounds over 6 weeks : from March 5 to April 15, 2025.

🙋 But where is the training part?

At the start of each round, for each table, we will automatically and randomly ban 30 civilizations, leaving 15 civilizations available for that round. Players will then need to schedule their matches, and on match day, they will draft maps and civilizations as usual with the generated presets.

For any questions, please feel free to join the discord of the event there : https://discord.gg/bUgV2saKUN