Hidden Cup IV

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League Information

Series:

Hidden Cup

Organizers:

T90Official
robo

Sponsor(s):

Microsoft • Community

Game & Version:

Age of Empires II
Definitive Edition

Game Mode:

Random Map

Type:

Online

Location:

World

Format:

1v1, Random Map, Single Elimination

Prize pool:

$87,240 USD

Start Date:

2021-03-18

End Date:

2021-03-21

Liquipedia Tier:

S-Tier

Links

Players

Number of Players:

16

Maps

Arabia • Bay • Bypass • Cross • Cup • Gold Rush • Hideout • High Tides • Islands • Mudflow • Quarry • Slopes

Chronology

Hidden Cup III

Hidden Cup IV (abbr. HC4) is an Age of Empires II 1v1 tournament hosted by T90Official that took place in February (Qualifiers) and March 2021. After qualifiers are done, players are "hidden" until the end of the tournament. Neither the commentators, the audience, or the top 16 competitors know the real identity of the players in each match.

About[edit]

Broadcast Talent[edit]

Main Event
Alternative Broadcasters
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Main Event Broadcast team is the group of commentators confirmed by the organizers to be part of the primary stream.

Host, Commentator:
- T90Official (Tristan Berry)

Guest Commentators:
- Nili (Sven Reichardt)
- Dave (Dave Burchett)
- Dash (James Patterson)
- slam (Christopher Gregson)

Alternative Broadcasters are content creators and/or notable players who live-streamed the games simultaneously to that of the Main Event team and surpassed an average of 50 viewers while doing so. Generally, the purpose of these broadcasts is to support different languages.

English Commentators:
- MembTV (Daniel Molina)
- LidaKor
- OrnLu (Matthew Soriano)
- ashleylynn (Ashley)
- DracKeN (Jindra)
- grathwrang (Doug Ireland)
- NovaAoE

French Commentators:
- OGN_EMPIRES (Morgan Da Rocha)
- Sitaux (Arthur Alauzen)
- MarineLord (Alexis Eusebio)
- TheSniper_AOE (Mohamed)

Czech Commentator:
- ProfessionalPenguin

Polish Commentator:
- GwizdeK & newt

Spanish Commentators:
- Nacho AoE (Ignacio Citta)
- Mario Ovalle (Mario Ovalle)
- SilentTV (Franco)
- Pinch3Terneira (Manuel López)
- BL4cK
- Mundo AoE
- Loco Ser (Sergio Contreras)
- ValeriaHuesca

Russian Commentators:
- Wanderbraun (Anton Nesterovskiy)
- Mr_Grin_ (Pavel Nikolenko)

Turkish Commentator:
- TurkEycof_AoE (Berat Gulcemal)

German Commentator:
- FlyLikeDjango (Joshua Fabian Briel)

Portuguese Commentators:
- miguel (Miguel Dornelles)
- FeAge (Armando Felipe Rasotto)
- GoKu (Paulo Henrique Vergani)
- ObaTheGreatt (Roberto Oba)
- TheHIT
- Alive (Fernando Arnoso)
- GGzão
- F1Re (Helenês Romano Cândido)
- RiuT (Daniel Lima)

Mandarin Commentators:
- Lyx
- Vivi (Wang Long)
- Mr_Yo (Gan Yangfan)

Cantonese Commentator:
- marcusplacehk (Marcus LEE)

Format[edit]

1 versus 1
Single-elimination bracket
- Round of 16 and Quarterfinals are Bo5
- Semifinals and Finals are Bo7
Game settings:
- Map draft: Pick: A, B - Ban: A, B - Pick: B, A, (A, B)
- Civs draft:
- Map order:
  - For Bo5: G1: Arabia - G2 onwards: HM of the loser of the previous game
  - For Bo7: G1: Arabia - G2/3/5/6: HM of the loser of the previous game - G4: set map (Bypass/Cup) - G7: set map (Mudflow/Quarry)

Map Pool[edit]

Arabia	Bay	Bypass	Four Lakes	Cup	Gold Rush	Hideout	High Tides	Islands	Mudflow	Quarry	Slopes

Prize Pool[edit]

The tournament prize pool was funded by Microsoft ($57,000), and an individual donor who provided a total of $5,000. T90Official also contributed $1 for each Twitch subscriber at the end of the event.

$87,240 USD are spread among the players as seen below:

Place	$USD	Player	Team
1st	$16,890	Hera	Tempo Storm
2nd	$11,890	JorDan_AoE	GamerLegion
3rd-4th	$6,890	Mr_Yo	White Wolf Palace
3rd-4th	$6,890	TheViper	GamerLegion
5th-8th	$4,390	ACCM	Vietnam Legends
		DauT	GamerLegion
		BacT	Infinity Legends
		Liereyy	Tempo Storm
9th-16th	$3,390	Barles
		MbL	Aftermath
		Vinchester	SalzZ
		Villese	Suomi
		dogao	Heresy
		vivi	White Wolf Palace
		TaToH	GamerLegion
		Nicov	Aftermath

Participants[edit]

Invited (8)
DauT ¹	dogao ²	Hera ³	Liereyy ⁴
MbL ⁵	Mr_Yo ⁶	TaToH ⁷	TheViper ⁸
Qualified (8)
ACCM ⁹	BacT ¹⁰	Barles ¹¹	JorDan_AoE ¹²
Nicov ¹³	Villese ¹⁴	Vinchester ¹⁵	Vivi ¹⁶

SeedingPlayers
#	Player	Team

Tournament identities:
¹ Gonzalo Pizarro, ² King Bela IV, ³ John the Fearless, ⁴ Philip the Good, ⁵ Master of the Templar, ⁶ Sundjata, ⁷ Le Loi, ⁸ Ivaylo, ⁹ Warwolf, ¹⁰ Edward Longshanks, ¹¹ Jacqueline of Hainaut, ¹² Admiral Yi Sun-shin, ¹³ Little John, ¹⁴ Pope Leo I, ¹⁵ Harald Hardraade, ¹⁶ Cobra Car