
The first reason is that the impact of creator access on the audience and its enjoyment will be zero. That all said, we remain extremely excited about GENESIS and intend on proceeding with the event with a full prize pool of $20,000 for a number of reasons: As tournament organizers, our number one priority is this game being fantastic and successful, and we support decisions that make this more likely. This is not the fault of Microsoft, World's Edge or anyone else. We found out this information at the same time as every other major creator invited to participate early.

We did not, however, know about the creator's early access and therefore did not know quite the extent to which different players would have a different amount of time to prepare. We always knew that GENESIS would be a little unfair, due to various levels of access given to various people, and were transparent about this.
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GENESIS: A Statement on Fairness and Update Subscribe on YouTube where we'll be releasing more information and updates too: Join the conversation on our new AOE IV competitive play focused forums here: If you want to stay up to date with news, then be sure to:įollow on Twitch where we'll be hosting the Qualifiers and Main Event, as well as a number of preview shows: We've very proud and pumped to be doing our bit to make AOE IV the next major e-sport, and hope you're hyped too.


Those 8 players will play the Main Event on 13th and 14th November. We'll be detailing full streaming and casting guidelines soon, but for now, you can find indicative rules here: įor now the headline information is that open qualifying will be at 3pm GMT on 6th November, during which we'll whittle down from 512 all the way to a final 8. The event will be open for streaming, both for casters and players, in order to ensure maximum exposure. While we'll be releasing more information in the coming days, and a full handbook within a week or two, you can find some early generalised information here:
