King of the Desert V
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King of the Desert V
League Information
Series:
Organizer:
Sponsor(s):
Game & Version:
Game Mode:
Type:
Online
Location:
WorldFormat:
1v1
Prize Pool:
$80,000 USD
Start Date:
2023-05-09
End Date:
2023-05-28
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Players
Number of Players:
32
Maps
Chronology
King of the Desert V (abbr. KotD5) is an Age of Empires II 1v1 tournament hosted by MembTV and is played on the map Arabia exclusively.
About[edit]
Broadcast Talent[edit]
Main Event Broadcast team is the group of commentators confirmed by the organizers to be part of the primary stream.
- Host, Main Commentator (English):
MembTV (Daniel Molina)
- Guest Commentators:
- Guest Commentators:
Liereyy (Kai Kallinger)
F1Re (Helenês Romano Cândido)
DauT (Darko Dautovic)
NovaAoE
Survivalist (Peter White)
Mihai06- Hera (Hamzah El-Baher)
JorDan_AoE (Marco Bloch)
Margougou (Louis Margoulet)
Moonfaller (David)
Dark (Sergey Perevertkin)- St4rk (Everson Alcântara)
- Guest Commentators:
Yo (Gan Yangfan)- Capoch (Patricio del Olmo)
Ganji (Benjamin)- Grathwrang (Doug Ireland)
- FreakinAndy (Andreas)
The_Dragonstar (Ashwin Kumar)- Dave (Dave Burchett)
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:
- Dave (Dave Burchett)
TWest (Travis Westura)- OrnLu (Matthew Soriano)
- Grathwrang (Doug Ireland)
- Dash (James Patterson)
- Daniela_AoE
- Ellie4k (Ellie)
- JorDan_AoE (Marco Bloch)
TheViper (Ørjan Larsen)- T90Official (Tristan Berry)
- French Commentators:
- OGN_EMPIRES (Morgan Da Rocha)
- Sitaux (Arthur Alauzen)
- Russian Commentators:
Wanderbraun (Anton Nesterovskiy)- General Bunds
- GriN (Pavel Nikolenko)
- Spanish Commentators:
- TaToH (Roberto Jiménez)
- Pinch3Terneira (Manuel López)
- Loco Ser (Sergio Contreras)
- Juan Perotti (Juan Perotti)
- Pablito Aoe (Pablo Napolitano)
Mario Ovalle (Mario Ovalle)- Nacho AoE (Ignacio Citta)
- Nicov (Nicolás Bruno)
Schedule[edit]
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Format[edit]
- 1 versus 1
- Maps: Arabia only
- Group Stage: May 9th - May 21st
- Four groups of 8 players, GSL (Double Elimination) format (3 rounds)
- All matches are Bo5
- Players with two wins advance to the Round of 16, players with two losses are eliminated
- Tiebreaker rules
- Difference between series wins and losses
- Head to Head results
- Player Seed
- Seeding
- Top 16 players are seeded based on previous tournament performances
- Players 17-48 are seeded based on the ATP Ranking Sheet
- Remaining players are seeded based on a combination of their current and highest ranking on the 1v1 ladder
- A winning player will inherit the seed of their opponent if it is higher than their own
- Playoffs: May 22nd - 28th
- Round of 16 is Bo5
- Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo7
- 3rd Place Match is Bo5
- Finals is Bo9
Map Pool[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
$80,000 USD are spread among the participants as seen below:
1st 
2nd 
3rd 
4th
1st 
2nd 
3rd 
4th Participants[edit]
| Seeding | ||
|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Team |
| 1 | Hera | Aftermath |
| 2 | TheViper | GamerLegion |
| 3 | Liereyy | Aftermath |
| 4 | Yo | White Wolf Palace |
| 5 | TaToH | GamerLegion |
| 6 |  Villese |  Suomi |
| 7 | Vinchester |  SalzZ |
| 8 | JorDan_AoE | GamerLegion |
| 9 |  ACCM |  Vietnam Legends |
| 10 | Nicov | Aftermath |
| 11 | DauT | GamerLegion |
| 12 | MbL40C | Aftermath |
| 13 | Sitaux |  mYinsanity |
| 14 | Valas | |
| 15 | miguel | |
| 16 | Capoch | |
| 17 | dogao | |
| 18 |  Barles | |
| 19 | classicpro | SalzZ |
| 20 | F1Re |  Killing Generation of Brazil |
| 21 | Dark |  3D!Clan |
| 22 |  KingstoNe |  Combi eSports |
| 23 | FreakinAndy | mYinsanity |
| 24 | Vivi | White Wolf Palace |
| 25 | slam | |
| 26 | Margougou |  Fox |
| 27 |  Sebastian2002 |  DarkSidE |
| 28 | Daniel | mYinsanity |
| 29 | TheMax | Suomi |
| 30 | repard | |
| 31 |  Hearttt | Aftermath |
| 32 | JackK | |
Results[edit]
Group Stage[edit]
[edit]
| Group A | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Hera | 2-0 | 6-2 | +4 | ||
| 2. | JorDan_AoE | 2-0 | 6-1 | +5 | ||
| 3. | ACCM | 2-1 | 7-5 | +2 | ||
| 4. | Vivi | 2-1 | 7-4 | +3 | ||
| 5. | dogao | 1-2 | 5-6 | -1 | ||
| 6. | Capoch | 1-2 | 4-6 | -2 | ||
| 7. | JackK | 0-2 | 1-6 | -5 | ||
| 8. | slam | 0-2 | 0-6 | -6 | ||
| Opening Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9 - 13, 2023 | |||
| Hera | 3 | 1 | JackK |
| Capoch | 0 | 3 | dogao |
| JorDan_AoE | 3 | 0 | slam |
| ACCM | 3 | 1 | Vivi |
| Elimination Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 - 19, 2023 | |||
| Capoch | 3 | 0 | JackK |
| Vivi | 3 | 0 | slam |
| Winners Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 - 19, 2023 | |||
| Hera | 3 | 1 | dogao |
| JorDan_AoE | 3 | 1 | ACCM |
| Decider | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2023 - 13:00 GMT | |||
| dogao | 1 | 3 | Vivi |
| ACCM | 3 | 1 | Capoch |
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| Group B | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | TheViper | 2-0 | 6-1 | +5 | ||
| 2. | Nicov | 2-0 | 6-2 | +4 | ||
| 3. | Vinchester | 2-1 | 8-7 | +1 | ||
| 4. | Barles | 2-1 | 6-3 | +3 | ||
| 5. | Margougou | 1-2 | 5-7 | -2 | ||
| 6. | Hearttt | 1-2 | 6-8 | -2 | ||
| 7. | miguel | 0-2 | 2-6 | -4 | ||
| 8. | FreakinAndy | 0-2 | 1-6 | -5 | ||
| Opening Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9 - 13, 2023 | |||
| TheViper | 3 | 1 | Hearttt |
| miguel | 0 | 3 | Barles |
| Vinchester | 3 | 2 | Margougou |
| Nicov | 3 | 0 | FreakinAndy |
| Elimination Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 - 19, 2023 | |||
| miguel | 2 | 3 | Hearttt |
| FreakinAndy | 1 | 3 | Margougou |
| Winners Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 - 19, 2023 | |||
| TheViper | 3 | 0 | Barles |
| Vinchester | 2 | 3 | Nicov |
| Decider | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2023 - 13:00 GMT | |||
| Barles | 3 | 0 | Margougou |
| Vinchester | 3 | 2 | Hearttt |
[edit]
| Group C | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Liereyy | 2-0 | 6-0 | +6 | ||
| 2. | Villese | 2-0 | 6-1 | +5 | ||
| 3. | DauT | 2-1 | 7-4 | +3 | ||
| 4. | Sebastian2002 | 2-1 | 6-4 | +2 | ||
| 5. | classicpro | 1-2 | 4-6 | -2 | ||
| 6. | Valas | 1-2 | 4-7 | -3 | ||
| 7. | repard | 0-2 | 1-6 | -5 | ||
| 8. | KingstoNe | 0-2 | 0-6 | -6 | ||
| Opening Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9 - 13, 2023 | |||
| Liereyy | 3 | 0 | repard |
| Valas | 0 | 3 | classicpro |
| Villese | 3 | 0 | Sebastian2002 |
| DauT | 3 | 0 | KingstoNe |
| Elimination Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 - 19, 2023 | |||
| Valas | 3 | 1 | repard |
| KingstoNe | 0   | 3 | Sebastian2002 |
| Winners Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 - 19, 2023 | |||
| Liereyy | 3 | 0 | classicpro |
| Villese | 3 | 1 | DauT |
| Decider | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2023 - 13:00 GMT | |||
| classicpro | 1 | 3 | Sebastian2002 |
| DauT | 3 | 1 | Valas |
[edit]
| Group D | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yo | 2-0 | 6-2 | +4 | ||
| 2. | TaToH | 2-0 | 6-3 | +3 | ||
| 3. | MbL40C | 2-1 | 7-4 | +3 | ||
| 4. | Sitaux | 2-1 | 8-5 | +3 | ||
| 5. | F1Re | 1-2 | 3-8 | -5 | ||
| 6. | Daniel | 1-2 | 7-6 | +1 | ||
| 7. | TheMax | 0-2 | 2-6 | -4 | ||
| 8. | Dark | 0-2 | 1-6 | -5 | ||
| Opening Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9 - 13, 2023 | |||
| Yo | 3 | 0 | TheMax |
| Sitaux | 3 | 0 | F1Re |
| TaToH | 3 | 2 | Daniel |
| MbL40C | 3 | 1 | Dark |
| Elimination Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 - 19, 2023 | |||
| F1Re | 3 | 2 | TheMax |
| Dark | 0 | 3 | Daniel |
| Winners Round | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 - 19, 2023 | |||
| Yo | 3 | 2 | Sitaux |
| TaToH | 3 | 1 | MbL40C |
| Decider | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2023 - 13:00 GMT | |||
| Sitaux | 3 | 2 | Daniel |
| MbL40C | 3 | 0 | F1Re |
Playoffs[edit]
Round of 16 (Bo5)
Hera3
Barles0
JorDan_AoE1
Vinchester3
TaToH3
Sebastian20021
TheViper3
ACCM2
Nicov2
Vivi3
Liereyy0
Sitaux3
Quarterfinals (Bo7)
Hera4
Vinchester2
Yo4
TaToH1
TheViper4
Vivi0
Semifinals (Bo7)
Hera4
Yo1
Finals (Bo9)
Hera5
TheViper0
3rd Place Match (Bo5)
Gallery[edit]
Banner
Additional Content[edit]
- [e] 2023-05-12 | MembTV Tournament host interviewed by HERA by Hera
- [e] 2023-03-30 | FLEMISH REVOLUTION YES OR NO in King of the Desert 5 by MembTV
- [e] 2023-03-19 | King of the Desert 5 KOTD5 Official Trailer - $80,000 by MembTV