Age of Empire 2 & 4 Tournament
Overview for partners
Thank you for reading this first draft, I would like to present you this future AOE tournament that will take place in Carcassonne, France in September 2022. The aim of this event is to organize a physical event around Age of Empire 2 & 4 with 3 tournaments as below:
Age of Empire 4
1 v 1
16 players
Inside
Age of Empire 2
1 v 1
16 players
Inside
Archery Medieval Tournament
Group Stage
All players and casters
Outside with Colourful medieval stands & trumpets announcements
Goals
Here are the key goals for this event
1. Give a rich entertaining & pleasant experience to viewers & participants
2. Showcase the beauty & history of the location
3. Leverage value and returns for sponsors
I hope to bring joy to all the people involved and to viewers in the hope of making it an annual event.
Budgeting & Cash Prize
Thinking of the whole event, I am wondering what will be the different expenses involved. The main financial goal of this event will be to reach at least a break even point between income and expenses.
Covering plane tickets, sleeping places, locals, staffs, services related to the event, production, food & activities, we should be around 210’000 euros. – First estimation to be calculated end of December with monthly review.
Regarding the cash prize, a stronger CP on AOE 4 then AOE 2 and a small CP for the archery tournament. CP to be discussed
| 1. AOE 4 Single 1 vs 1 – 100,000 euros |
| 2. AOE 2 Single 1 vs 1 – 60,000 euros |
| 3. Archery Tournament – 3,000 euros |
Total incl. event expenses & CP 373,000 euros
- AOE 2
- AOE 4
- Archery
Location: Carcassonne, South of France
- is AOE4 going to drop
- where to cast the games?
- How is covid 19 situation going to be?
- How long the event will last off site / onsite
- Chief of staffs – look after the team
- Accountant: Budget, Expenses
- Human Resources Manager, taking care of players
- Statistics specialists, looking into potential viewvers on all channels.
- Sponsors Coordinator & search: example: AMD Ryzen new gaming laptop
- Coordinators
- Video & Production
- IT
Microsoft involved in terms of support, advices, organization & financially.
I think the best will be to announce this event once we got a good analysis, get the city of Carcassonne involved, a 70% funding secured, major branding done. Also we should announce this event not to late (mid January) to keep AOE 2 & 4 to keep the pro players, streamers and all the hype on this games. We could eventually promote a new update or upcoming news during this event and get some great value for the AOE community and Microsoft Gaming.
Thank you,
Erwan (AOEByzantines)