General Information
Age of Queens is proud to announce Queen’s Clash V, our fifth edition of the premier 1v1 competition for our all-female Age of Empires community.
The tournament features three divisions.
Gold League, Silver League, and Bronze League with the top 8 players participating in Gold League, the next 8 in Silver and the next 8 in Bronze, with a total of 24 top players signed up.
Elo rankings will determine player seedings, this will be based on the average of their highest and current 1v1 Elo as of the registration deadline.
To participate, players must have a minimum of 30 1v1 games. At least 10 of those games must have been played in 2026. The ideal win rate for players is between 40-60% to ensure their Elo ranking accurately reflects their skill level, though this is not a strict requirement.
The tournament will be hosted on the Age of Queens Community server.
Timeline For All Leagues
Week 1 (March 9-15): Quarterfinals BO3
Week 2 (March 16-22): Semifinals BO5
Week 3 (Saturday, March 28): Finals BO7
Contacts
For any questions or inquiries regarding the event, please reach out to any member of the admin team below.
Nodscouter
• Discord: nodscouter
Oceaningabyss
• Discord: oceaningabyss
Tiny Triss
• Discord: tinytriss
Yekky
• Discord: _yekky
Participation
- Players who wish to sign up must either be members of Age of Queens. Any woman who wishes to join is welcome to reach out to an Age of Queens Admin on the server.
- Sign-ups will take place on the Age of Queens Community Server in the respective channel. Only AoQ members will be permitted to post in that channel.
- To sign up, members must post working links to their Aoe2insights profile.
Registration Regulations
- Participants must sign up with their highest achieved 1v1 Elo account and share other accounts if regularly used for 1v1s.
- Participants accept all rules and settings stated in this handbook by registering for the tournament.
- Utilizing an account that does not correctly reflect a participant’s actual rating is strictly forbidden.
Maps
- This tournament will feature a total of 10 maps.
- The first map to be played is always Arabia
Map Pool:
- Arabia
- African clearing
- Arena
- Bog islands
- Budapest
- Chaos pit
- Haboob
- Hideout
- Megarandom
- Pilgrims
Map Draft
Lower Seed Hosts
- Quarter Finals BO3: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/ZVtZo
- Semi Finals BO5: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/KDtRG
- Finals BO7: https://aoe2cm.net/preset/QzGLs
Civilisation Draft
General Guidelines
- All players must be in an AoQ vc alone during their games.
Game & Patch
• All players must own a genuine copy of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition; owning all the DLCs is not a must.
• If the game receives a patch during the event, defer to the admins’ decision on whether to remain on the old patch or employ the new one.
Cheating
• Cheating or hacking is not allowed under any circumstances. Participants found utilizing any cheats or hacks will be immediately disqualified and banned from all future events.
• Communicating with anyone during a game is strictly forbidden.
• The use of scripts or macros is strictly forbidden. Issuing multiple commands using only one action is considered illegitimate.
Respect & Cooperation
• All participants, broadcasters and administrators must express mutual respect to one another. Poor behavior, insults, racism, sexism or breach of netiquette will not be tolerated. Great sportsmanship during the entirety of the tournament is expected from all participants.
• Any instances of misconduct or harassment will be taken very seriously and should immediately be brought to the attention of the tournament administration.
• All participants must cooperate with a proper attitude and assist in any situation or incident they are involved in to ensure that the event runs smoothly.
Recorded Games
• All games during the entire event must be recorded.
• As soon as a game series has concluded, either the victor must provide the recorded games on the server of the tournament in the respective channel with the score with spoilers on.
• The recorded games must be adequately labelled to indicate the players and correct game number
Please always upload 3,5,or 7 recorded games depending on the set so as not to spoil any results.
Punctuality
• Players must start with the draft at the scheduled time for their set
• If a player fails to show up on time for a game, they will be issued an admin loss for every 20 minutes they are late. Exceptions can be made by admins if it is clear that a participant is experiencing technical difficulties that prevent the game from starting.
• Players unable to play at the scheduled time should immediately contact an admin. While attempts may be made to accommodate the situation, there is no guarantee. Ultimately the burden is on the players to show up on time or face potential admin losses. Please be courteous to everyone by showing up on time.
Communication & Confidentiality
• Once registered for the tournament, participants must regularly check all platforms associated with the event for anything that may concern them.
• The contents of private messages or correspondences that are not available to the public with the tournament administration are deemed strictly confidential.
Technical Difficulties
• In case of a game crash, by default, players should attempt to save and restore. If this can’t be done, the players must replay the game using the same civilisations and map.
• Any issues that cannot be resolved between the players should be immediately brought to the attention of an admin.
Penalties
• Upon discovering any participant committing any violations of the rules listed in this handbook, the tournament administration may issue one or more penalties.
o Penalties range from verbal or written warnings, prize forfeitures, game forfeitures, match forfeitures and complete disqualification.
• Repeated infractions are subject to escalating penalties, up to, and including, disqualification from future events.
Miscellaneous
• The tournament administration reserves the right to amend, remove or otherwise change the rules at any time.
o Any modifications or additions will be listed on the last page of the handbook.
• The tournament administration reserves the right to judge and act on cases not explicitly covered by the handbook.
Event Settings
Lobby Settings
• Players must work together to find a game server that benefits them both equally.
o If players cannot agree on a server to play on, they may flip a coin for the first game and alternate between their preferred servers going forward.
• Hidden civilisations must be enabled
• All game lobbies must be hosted on public visibility
• Spectators must be allowed
• Minimum of 2 minutes spectator delay
• Both players are equally responsible for making sure the lobby settings are correct
• Wrong settings will result in a game being restarted completely
In-Game Lobby Settings
Game Rules
Restarts
• By default, players have no restarts
• In situations where the maps are bugged players can request a restart.
Bugs include:
o Player-specific herdables or lurables are inaccessible
o Player-controlled starting units are inaccessible
o Player-specific objects fail to generate the intended amount
o More than 50% of the SIDES on gold, stone, or berries are inaccessible
• Regarding Nomad start maps
o If TC’s were randomly built within shooting range the game will be restarted with the same civs
o This doesn’t apply though if a player spots the enemy TC first and then intentionally drops her TC next to it to force a restart – this can result in an Admin Loss for that game
• Any restarts must be called within the first five minutes of in-game time.
• The original replay MUST be submitted
• After a restart, civs and colours must remain the same
• Admins can elect to restart a game as well
Laming
• Players are permitted to do anything that the game allows, including, but not limited to, walling in resources, blocking or killing villagers and killing enemy herdable or wild animals
• Regarding Nomad start maps any type of laming (e.g. villfights, walling in villagers, killing animals that you do not intend to eat) is forbidden in the first 4 minutes
Streaming
• Anybody can stream the event or cast games! There are no stream delay requirements, but please display the event logo on your stream and include Queen’s Clash V in your stream title.
Prize Pool
•Starting prize pool is $300
- Final prize pool will be based on community donations.
• The prize pool distribution will depend on the final prize pool.
• Consider donating directly to the prize pool or becoming a sponsor!
We are using 10% of the community donations for the prize pool of future AoQ events.
• Please keep in mind that transaction fees and exchange fees apply.
We only pay out the prize money via Paypal.
Donate
Show your support for the participants by contributing to the prize pool.
To make a donation, click here via Streamlabs or here directly to PayPal.
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