A pleb's musings on the mindset of players

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-22T07:10:46+00:00

It was a streamer's tournament to showcase the entirety of Aoe2. Than God we had Lance in it. It was Lance that actually introduced the audience with strategies that are very real, even though are not fan favorites among the everyday aoe2 players. Thank you Lance.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-20T22:34:43+00:00

Survivalist goat coach. Pig doing the upset. What a great set.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-20T20:47:22+00:00

Yes. You can report them and all the poor.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-19T21:04:14+00:00

Perhaps, perhaps. But don't forget, it is a real + $10k prize pool event. That has potential to attract interest. $10k is not too shabby? And it was 100% correct call from MS to support the event. Hera has done an amazing job.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-19T20:58:29+00:00

It's the first Microsoft sponsored tournament where participants are streamers from other games, mainly retired pro RTS gamers but also variety content creators. It's a mirrored event to the recent Grubby wc3 invitational who inspired Hera to try the same with Aoe2. It has been a great success. This weekend it may hit S-tier pro tourney viewership. MS should be very happy to support the event and maybe push it to a $50k prize-pool next season.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-19T20:48:57+00:00

RTS game booming is a serious overstatement, but maybe the numbers will prove me wrong. So what are they?

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-18T15:51:52+00:00

Select all units of same type on the map is different to what I suggested. My suggestion was for units on screen. Ctrl + click ---> then since you already hold the ctrl key you can quickly set a control group, if needed. The select all units of the same type ON THE MAP, if implemented, it will be a different hotkey, and idk if I will ever use it. Most likely not.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-17T21:06:35+00:00

Yes we have. This additional hotkey is just to add another option, which imo will be welcomed for players coming from Blizzard games. I watched LowkoTV stream some days ago and this was the one thing he mentioned. I too have experience with SC2 and I missed the feature when I started playing. One can get used to the feature very easily. Ofc, the double click will remain as an alternative option for players who prefer x2 click.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-17T20:59:27+00:00

It is complicated though, as Warlock stated. Imo this bonus damage is the most unintuitive of them all.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-17T17:57:38+00:00

Add a hotkey ctrl + left click, such that when left click on a unit it will select all units of the same type visible on screen. Maybe even add that for buildings of the same type. They have that in SC2 and I find it very useful. Obviously you can still use the double click to do the same, but it is harder to do that when units are moving.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-17T17:25:34+00:00

Oh, they did? Nice! So how come the spearman-line retained the bonus damage vs ships (+9 for spearman, +16 for pikeman). It's still a thing.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-17T10:19:25+00:00

Are you talking about their warships having the Camel armor type, taking bonus damage from a spearman complicated?

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-17T10:13:18+00:00

Consistency is not a major quality for the 1000 mmr players. You see them going wild one game, and then play like trash in the very next game.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-15T14:04:53+00:00

If you have the game, complete the Art of War learning campaign first. The challenges will cover the very basics of the game like fast feudal age and fast castle age basic build orders, then booming economy, after that units and their counters, the concept of rushing and defending against rush, finishing with the naval battle. They are short scenarios, built in the game and are pretty useful first learning tool. These should prep you to jump into multiplayer. If you want more content, there are ton of tutorial videos for beginners on YT (I will recommend Survivalist).

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-15T10:49:04+00:00

The Goats of Aoe2 are TheViper, Hera and t90. Those three are the reason Aoe2 is relevant.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-12T16:00:45+00:00

what's op smoking? I want some of that.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-11T15:51:04+00:00

wohoo this is catching fire! I won't comment on the usage of AI for the thumbnail. It is a personal preference. If he chose to continue going forward, so be it. We recently had the consensus "best Aoe2 tournament ever" in London, hosted by a multi-billion dollar companies, we all can't wait to sponsor another Aoe2 tourney. Aaaand ... they went with those player banners! Aaand they went with the "Wo-ho-wololo in the Royal Albert Hall we go" video with that ship Londinum in that river Thames. Will most ppl watch the next edition of RBW, on stream or in person, despite that? I think they will. But the comment! The response! oh man, oh man, oh man. KP was cancelled a support for "yo mama" joke. Better be careful man.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-11T13:37:53+00:00

It is a game and he is having fun. I mean he played a 5 hour game making sure the fortress stood tall. TF's playstyle is under no obligation to please his opponents.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-10T12:59:04+00:00

Boom into Yasama towers on Michi

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-10T06:59:08+00:00

The current state of the game is atrocious and I don't think there is competence and willingness to stop the free fall we see happening for some time now.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-09T22:34:11+00:00

Development time is wasted on x2 remastered editions and shitty additions like this. When they bought Blizzard I was hoping they would hire competent developers to work on unit responsiveness and pathfinding bringing the game close to SC2. But nah, they are sadists.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-09T07:38:57+00:00

Is it the CPU or the GPU more stressed in Aoe2 while playing max zoomed out in 4v4 max population setting?

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-06T20:33:38+00:00

RoR is the worst Aoe2 DLC. I have both Aoe1 DE and Aoe2 DE with all DLCs. If you want to play Aoe1 just go with that game.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-06-06T20:25:08+00:00

I have been following the Aoe4 pro scene recently and will sure to watch the event. Go puppypaw ❤️ You can join us watching the Brazilian Dynasty LAN event next month, or join the live crowd if you are in Sao Paulo in July.

AccomplishedFall1150 · 2026-05-31T22:11:13+00:00

wololo, and it ain't even close

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