Meta Plays AoM EE Skirmish #1

The first Age of Mythology: Extended Edition tournament on Meta Plays! 1000 Meta Plays Ladder Points are up for grabs.
The tournament will run between January 21 and February 6.

Please note this is a scheduled event. Make sure you have enough time before you sign up!

Seeding is based on your 1v1 Supremacy Elo.

The total amount of tournament points is subject to change based on sign ups. 

@fophuxake is the manager for this tournament. For any questions, concerns or requests, please reach out to her on Discord, or @ her in the comments here (if not urgent).

EVENT PRIZES

• 1st place: 264 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Gold Medal Icon
• 2nd place: 194 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Silver Medal Icon
• 3rd place: 144 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Bronze Medal Icon
• 4th place: 104 Meta Plays Ladder Points | Copper Medal Icon
• 5-8th place: 41 Meta Plays Ladder Points
• 9-16th place: 19 Meta Plays Ladder Points

Confused about the tournament system? Check our Tournament and Ladder info posts, and the Age of Mythology Season 2 announcement!

GAME SETTINGS

• Use Age of Mythology: Extended Edition on Steam
• First map per round is picked by the lower seeded player.
• Losing player each game picks next map. Each map may only be played once.
• Valid maps: Alfheim, Anatolia, Blue Lagoon, Ghost Lake, Marsh, Mediterranean, Midgard, Oasis, Savannah, Tundra, Watering Hole
• 1 veto per player per series. Must be used before 1 minute.
• No excessive wall connector spamming allowed.
  • Banned cases:
    • Connector spam to protect wonders
  • Acceptable cases include:
    • 4 pieces around towers (including around your main base gold mine, if it blocks)
    • 4 pieces to save dock builder
    • Segments to seal off a gap that was meant to be walled
• No hunt deleting.
• No Gaia Forests around Gold Mines or Settlements.
• No cheating of any form.

HOSTING

• Games will be hosted by the higher seeded player when staff is not present.
• Casters will host if they are present.

SOCIAL RULES

• Participants must be in the Meta Plays Discord. Report match results there, with replays.
• Forfeiting/not showing up to any match with prizes will result in disqualification and you forfeiting the prizes.
  • 1 rescheduling opportunity is granted when external conditions force it. There will not be a second rescheduling.
  • Forfeiting players that break rules on any of our platforms, or do so out of malicious intent will be banned from the next event.
  • Repeat offenders will receive a ban from the entire season. There will not be a fourth chance after the season-long ban expires.
• Not showing up = late by over 10 minutes.
• Max 5 min break between games in a series. Exceptions for emergencies only. Unreasonable delays will result in a map loss every 5 min.
• No harassment or discrimination of players/viewers/staff on any of our platforms. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. 
• Win trading will result in forfeit. Do your best to win. You may resign if you are clearly losing.
• Do not sign up with smurfs. Match all account usernames. We will remove suspicious sign-ups.
• In the event of player lag disputes, players must submit speedtest results. The event manager will make a judgement call. 
• No account sharing. You will be disqualified, forfeit of prizes in this event, and be permanently banned from all event participation. 
• You may stream your own matches, but a minimum of 60s delay is required.
• Third party casters may stream matches that aren't marked to be covered by Meta Plays. Please contact @fophuxake for approval. 90s delay is required.
• Third party cast videos may be uploaded with a 1 day after Meta Plays uploads. Please contact @fophuxake for approval.
• If you are casting our event, please consider giving us a shout-out, and sharing the next tournament with your community.