Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 8 minutes ago

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@MasmorraAoE & @NiliAoE2 sat down together to take a trip down the memory lane.
It is 2015 and the best AoE2 players are invited to play in the middle of a heavenly vacation spot, the Maldives. Sounds like a great thing, what can possibly go wrong?
Learn about some behind the scenes chaos and the AoE2 esport situation back then.
Enjoy!

0:00 Intro
1:35 What the professional scene looked like in 2015
6:30 What was WSVG
8:50 How we came up with the Prize Pool
10:22 The Qualification Stage
22:18 First signs of chaos start to emerge...
32:28 The chaos materializes (35:42 Opening ceremony: warning loud!)
40:30 The tournament...was good actually!
46:27 The most embarrassing moment of Nili's life
50:18 Masmorra's 5 seconds of fame
55:15 The fallout and consequences for AoE 2

WSVG World Championship Maldives 2015
liquipedia.net/ageofempires/World_Series_of_Video_Games/World_Championship_Maldives_2015

Opening ceremony
youtube.com/watch?v=c_AC_uU9Bdw

Masmorra "steals" Kripp's bag
youtube.com/watch?v=stttUiVjsec
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