THE AUSTRALIAN AGE OF KINGS LEAGUE IS AN ON-LINE TOURNAMENT BASED ON THE GAME AGE OF EMPIRES II THE AGE OF KINGS. THE LEAGUE CONSISTS OF 13 TEAMS. ONE FOR EACH RACE IN THE GAME. EACH WEEK 12 TEAMS PLAY AND THE THIRTEENTH HAS A BYE. WE PLAY OUR GAMES ON AN ON-LINE GAMING COMMUNITY CALLED THE MSN

GAMING ZONE. EACH TEAM HAS FIVE PLAYERS, YET ONLY THREE PLAYERS PER TEAM ENTER ANY ONE MATCH. IT IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL TEAMS TO CREATE A SUITABLE ROSTER TO SEE THAT EACH PLAYER GETS A GAME DURING THE SEASON. POINTS ARE AWARDED IN THIS FASHION 4 FOR A WIN 2 FOR A DRAW AND 0 FOR A LOSE. AFTER EACH MATCH THE PLAYERS MEET FOR 5 MINUTES AND NOMINATE A MAN OF THE MATCH. EACH TIME A PLAYER IS VOTED MAN OF THE MATCH THEY RECIVE 3 POINTS TOWARDS THERE INDIVIUAL SCORE. THE TOP TEN INDIVIDUAL SCORES ARE RECORDED IN THE LEAGUE LEADERS SECTION. IF A PLAYER IS REGISTERED FOR A MATCH AND DOESN'T SHOW UP WITHOUT NOTICE HE WILL BE SUSPENDED AND HIS TEAM, UNLESS A RESERVE IS ON STAND BY, WILL HAVE TO FORFEIT THE MATCH. THROUGHOUT THE SEASON EACH TEAM WILL PLAY EACHOTHER TWICE, IN THE FIRST GAME TEAM A WILL CONTROL THE SETTINGS AND IN THE SECOND TEAM B WILL CONTROL THE SETTINGS. ALL SETTINGS ARE CUSTOMISABLE EXCEPT THAT EACH GAME MUST BE OF THE DEATH MATCH TYPE. AT THE END OF THE REGULAR SEASON THE TOP EIGHT TEAMS WILL GO THROUGH TO THE AAKL FINALS, AND FIGHT IT OUT FOR THE AGE OF KINGS CUP. THE BOTTOM THREE TEAMS WILL SADLY BE DUMPED FROM THE COMPETITION AND NEW POSITIONS WILL OPEN FOR THE FOLLOWING SEASON.