The Open Classic
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The Open Classic
League Information
Sponsor(s):
Microsoft • Surfshark • TheViper's community
Game & Version:
Game Mode:
Type:
Online
Location:
WorldFormat:
1v1, Single Elimination
Prize Pool:
$35,000 USD
Start Date:
2021-07-23
End Date:
2021-07-25
Liquipedia Tier:
Links
Players
Number of Players:
128
Maps
The Open Classic (abbr. TOC) is an Age of Empires II 1v1 tournament hosted by TheViper.
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, Commentator:
TheViper (Ørjan Larsen)
- Guest Commentators:
JorDan_AoE (Marco Bloch)
MembTV (Daniel Molina)
OrnLu (Matthew Soriano)- T90Official (Tristan Berry)
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:
LilTrouble (Bebe)- MembTV (Daniel Molina)
- OrnLu (Matthew Soriano)
- T90Official (Tristan Berry)
JonSlow (Alexey)- JorDan_AoE (Marco Bloch)
DracKeN (Jindra)
Grathwrang (Doug Ireland)- Ellie4k (Ellie)
- ShadowCrystallux
- Ashleylynn (Ashley)
- Odette (Kateřina)
Ganji (Benjamin)- SpringTV (Jordan Blackburn)
bruh (Bruno)
SamayanKay (Samayan Kay)- BSHammer
- Spanish Commentators:
- Torrelles
Juan Perotti (Juan Perotti)- SilentTV (Franco)
- Nacho AoE (Ignacio Citta)
- Deep Waters Gaming
Mario Ovalle (Mario Ovalle)- LocoSer (Sergio Contreras)
- TaToH (Roberto Jiménez)
- Pinch3Terneira (Manuel López)
Valeria Huesca- Nicov (Nicolás Bruno)
- French Commentators:
ClemoL45 (Clément Hétier)- TheSniper_AOE (Mohamed)
- OGN_EMPIRES (Morgan Da Rocha)
- Portuguese Commentators:
- GoKu (Paulo Henrique Vergani)
- ObaTheGreatt (Roberto Oba)
- hammet
- F1Re (Helenês Romano Cândido)
- Polish Commentators:
Dziamdziak (Krzysztof Kołodziej)- ElNoniro (Igor)
- Russian Commentator:
Wanderbraun (Anton Nesterovskiy)
- Turkish Commentator:
Kasva (Yunus Özdemir)
- German Commentator:
- FlyLikeDjango (Joshua Fabian Briel)
- Italian Commentator:
- Cantonese Commentator:
Marcusplacehk (Marcus LEE)
Schedule[edit]
- Day 1 - July 23rd - 13:00 GMT: Ro128, Ro64 and Ro32
- Day 2 - July 24th - 13:00 GMT: Ro16 and Quarterfinals
- Day 3 - July 25th - 13:00 GMT: Semifinals, 3rd Place Match and Grand Finals
Format[edit]
- 1 versus 1
- Single-elimination bracket (seeded based on the average highest/current ladder elo)
- Ro128, Ro64 and 3rd Place Match are Bo3
- Ro32, Ro16, Quarterfinals and Semifinals are Bo5
- Grand Finals is Bo7
- Maps:
- Civs:
- Players alternate picking civs in the order of A, B, B, A, A etc. until 4 civs for Bo3, 6 civs for Bo5 or 8 civs for Bo7
Map Pool[edit]
Prize Pool[edit]
$35,000 USD are spread among the players as seen below:
1st
2nd
3rd 
4th 
Participants[edit]
| Seeding | ||
|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Team |
Results[edit]
Round of 128 & Round of 64[edit]
Click here for detailed results of the Round of 128 & Round of 64 matches
Round of 32 onwards[edit]
Round of 32 (Bo5)
Yo3
LaaaaaN0
BacT3
St4rk2
TheViper3
Valas2
TaToH3
SamayanKay0
slam2
Vodka_L_3
Liereyy3
repard1
DauT3
classicpro0
Villese2
PROject_Belgium3
JorDan_AoE3
Running2
Vinchester0
Vivi3
Round of 16 (Bo5)
BacT1
TheViper3
Capoch3
Vodka_L_2
ACCM1
Liereyy3
dogao2
DauT3
PROject_Belgium1
Nicov3
JorDan_AoE3
Vivi0
Quarterfinals (Bo5)
Yo3
TheViper2
TaToH3
Capoch1
Liereyy3
DauT2
Nicov0
July 24, 2021 - 16:30 GMT
JorDan_AoE dropped in game 2, Nicov dropped in game 3. Both games were restarted.
JorDan_AoE3
Semifinals (Bo5)
Yo3
TaToH2
Liereyy3
July 25, 2021 - 16:20 GMT
JorDan_AoE dropped in game 1. The game was restored but JorDan_AoE only realized after the game that he actually had a longer idle time than he initially thought.
JorDan_AoE1
Grand Finals (Bo7)
Yo4
Liereyy2
3rd Place Match
Trivia[edit]
- Current top 50 ladder players and other notable players not participating in the tournament due to various reasons: Hera, Sitaux, Hearttt, Nili, Rubenstock, Stefan, Babaorum, Hoang, AngelinaJolie
- On July 28 2021, a Show Match between Hera and Yo with Bo7 settings was played.
Gallery[edit]
Banner
Additional Content[edit]
- 2021-07-28 | The Open Classic - Recap! by OrnLu
- 2021-07-19 | The Open Classic - Official Updated Trailer by TheViper
- 2021-07-05 | The Open Classic - Old Trailer by TheViper