Meta Plays

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Meta Plays described itself as a "community platform for multiple RTS games." Currently it covers Age of Mythology, Age of Empires IV, Halo Wars 2, and Spell Force 3. Previously it also covered StarCraft II, and Warcraft III.

Tournaments[edit]

Meta Plays: Season 5 (AoM)[edit]

Season 5 was announced to be one long-term event.[1]

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
May 15 - Jun 26, 2023
$1,000
Online
32 participants
 
TBD
 
TBD


Meta Plays: Season 2 (AoE4)[edit]

The second season of Age of Empires IV consisted of three events: two qualifier and one main event.[2]

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Mar 11 - 14, 2023
$535
Online
8 participants
Jan 15, 2023
$300
Online
2 participants


On March 22, 2023 they announced on discord to not host another AoE4 season due to various reason.

Meta Plays: Season 4 (AoM)[edit]

The length of the Age of Mythology League Season 4 was changed from 6 down to 4 months. At the end of the "Pro League" season the so-called "Main Event", featuring all the prize money, will take place. The top 8 performing players of the three monthly qualifiers (based on the awarded Meta Plays Ladder Points) are allowed to participate. There will also be a "Amateur League", formerly known as "Skirmish" events. It was also announced that this season would be played on Voobly again and that the season would alternate between Voobly and Extended Edition until the release of Age of Mythology: Retold.[3]

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Apr 1, 2023
$1,060
Online
8 participants
Mar 12, 2023
 
Online
21 participants
Feb 11, 2023
 
Online
24 participants
Jan 14, 2023
 
Online
26 participants


Meta Plays: Season 1 (AoE4)[edit]

The first season of Age of Empires IV consisted of four main events: three monthly events and a tournament final.[4]

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Dec 10 - 12, 2022
$300
Online
8 participants
Nov 12, 2022
$200
Online
21 participants
Sep 16, 2022
$160
Online
21 participants
 
Aug 19 - 22, 2022
$100
Online
25 participants


Besides that, there also were "Skirmish" Tournaments for players with a maximum level of Platinum 3 in ranked ELO. On 25th September, however, it was announced that the Age of Empires IV Skirmish events for casual players were cancelled due to low sign ups. The only event that took place (on 28th August) was won by POPPINJIMBO ($10).

Meta Plays: Season 3 (AoM)[edit]

The main events of Age of Mythology League Season 3 are played on the Extended Edition.[5]

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Nov 4 - Dec 4, 2022
$750
Online
16 participants
Oct 23, 2022
$200
Online
17 participants
Sep 24, 2022
$250
Online
21 participants
Aug 28, 2022
$250
Online
26 participants
 
Jul 30, 2022
$250
Online
24 participants
 


The "Skirmish" Tournaments for low ELO players on Extended Edition are also taking place again. These four side-events are crowd-funded and not cast by Meta Plays.

For the first time, there are also two 2v2 events, the so-called "Hands-Off" Tournaments. They are funded and covered by the community.

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Oct 21 - Dec 16, 2022
$60
Online
6 participants
Aug 27 - Oct 2, 2022
$150
Online
8 participants


Meta Plays: Season 2 (AoM)[edit]

The Tournament League - the main series of the 2nd season of Age of Mythology - was played on The Titans (via Voobly).

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Jun 3 - 19, 2022
$400
Online
16 participants
May 21, 2022
$150
Online
15 participants
Apr 24 - May 7, 2022
$150
Online
17 participants
Apr 10, 2022
$150
Online
16 participants
Feb 7 - Mar 19, 2022
$220
Online
24 participants
Jan 29, 2022
$150
Online
27 participants


There also was the first edition of a seperate and initially "non-stakes" league, played on Extended Edition.

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
May 14 - 29, 2022
$500
Online
16 participants
 
Apr 30, 2022
$300
Online
25 participants
 
Apr 2, 2022
$250
Online
33 participants
Mar 12, 2022
 
Online
15 participants
Jan 21 - Feb 6, 2022
 
Online
22 participants

In the announcement post, WarriorMario ($150) and Ippert ($100) were named as sponsors of Season 2.[6][7] More donations by other users followed.

There also was a Deathmatch League, which was not organized by Meta Plays, however, it was hosted on the Meta Plays platform and Ladder Points were awarded to the players. Actually it already was the 2nd edition of the Deathmatch_League but it was the first one to be featured on Meta Plays. Due to low participation and interest, it was later cancelled.

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Jul 18 - Oct 2, 2021
$150
Online
11 participants
Aug 14 - Sep 18, 2021
$150
Online
20 participants
Jun 27 - Jul 31, 2021
$150
Online
16 participants

Meta Plays: Season 1 (AoM)[edit]

All Age of Mythology events of this series are played as 1v1 Supremacy matches on Voobly.[8][9]

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Nov 20 - Dec 5, 2021
$300
Online
13 participants
Oct 24, 2021
$100
Online
19 participants
Aug 28 - Oct 2, 2021
$150
Online
25 participants
Aug 7, 2021
$100
Online
17 participants
Jul 17, 2021
$310
Online
27 participants
Jun 26, 2021
$100
Online
22 participants
Jun 5, 2021
$300
Online
30 participants

Rankings[edit]

Age of Empires IV[edit]

Age of Mythology[edit]

Showmatches[edit]

After the first showmatch, a new showmatch system was established.[10]

Tier
G & S
Tournament
Date
Prize Pool
Location
P#
Winner
Runner-up
Sep 27, 2022
$40
Online
2 participants
Sep 13, 2022
$50
Online
2 participants

References[edit]