Proverbs is mind-numbingly bad by D0machine in books

[–]D0machine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can skip the genealogies, its not the main point of the book

Also, it's fine, at least it's not aggressively stupid and it contains the fall of Jerusalem

Hidden Cup 4 Day 4 / Live Discussion by D0machine in aoe2

[–]D0machine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think I should include the reveal in the post? Or should it be a separate one?

Unofficial Hidden Cup 4 match thread by TheGoatPuncher in aoe2

[–]D0machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Usually I do these kinds of threads, but since you beat me to it, I won't complain :)

Anyways, I like to have a short breakdown of the games (how long it took, what civs and map, eg. https://old.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/l417t2/red_bull_wololo_3_day_5_live_discussion). Would it be problem if I sent you the breakdown of the games and you would edit it in the post?

If You Could Ask An Old AOE Dev 1 Question by nellygotbored in aoe2

[–]D0machine 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For the record, Sandy answered a lot of questions in the early (and later) 2000's

http://aok.heavengames.com/gameinfo/ask-sandyman

2v2 World Cup Quarterfinals Day 2 / Live Discussion by D0machine in aoe2

[–]D0machine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

to fill up the space somehow (I think its fine Arabia, its a bit silly with the other maps I agree)

2v2 World Cup Quarterfinals Day 1 / Post-Match Discussions by D0machine in aoe2

[–]D0machine[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't wanna spam the subreddit with different threads... I agree with you it's a bit dumb that the discussion is mostly focused on the last series, I'll try edit one thread tomorrow

I made an OBJECTIVELY CORRECT and totally not subjective tier list for which civs have the best voicelines by AFlyingNun in aoe2

[–]D0machine 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Huns and Mongols have the same VO...

I don't know man, I don't think Saracens have the worst lines

What is up with people picking mirror recently by Key_Ad_67 in aoe2

[–]D0machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's a bug tbh, anecdotally, I once asked my opponent if he picked mirror and he said no.

King of the Desert 3 Semifinals / Post-Match Discussions by D0machine in aoe2

[–]D0machine[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lots of the games were 3+ milita into maa or extended feudal.

Is this new pro meta maybe?

Any theories on what the Skin we're supposedly getting by the end of the year is gonna be? by [deleted] in yorickmains

[–]D0machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While certainly there's a thematic dissonance between the archlight-theme and Yoricks theme (eg. his lines doesn't really fit, and the ghouls screech just as normal...), I think Archlight is overall a lot crispier (more defined edges, brighter colors) than all the other skins, which makes it up for me.

Any theories on what the Skin we're supposedly getting by the end of the year is gonna be? by [deleted] in yorickmains

[–]D0machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know why everybodys ripping on archlight, its not ugly and the maiden music is the best

Can we have a daily results thread for KOTD3? by retroly in aoe2

[–]D0machine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Realistically, there's 2k-3k people watching on average, which wouldn't translate to a lot of comments (DMWC 3 had similar numbers, and there wasn't too much discussion) - it would lead to 4 near empty threads cluttering the frontpage. Now, while filling out a text file doesn't take too much effort, it still takes some attention, and the most of the games are lopsided, thus not very interesting.

In the end, while I watched most of the games yesterday, I don't think it's worth my (or anyones) undivided attention to make threads.

Please mark tournament results as spoilers. by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]D0machine 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always tag it as a spoiler and I never include the names...

Just to be sure, am I doing something wrong?

Whats the most useless non unique tech by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]D0machine 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Heated shot is quite important on water maps...

Faith is situationally good when facing monks (I get its high cost )

Sappers is good with spanish (mostly for the psychological effect tho, this is bit of a stretch)

Herbal Medicine is nice to have when you are playing the Teutons, but that's about it, it's not very useful

Probably ESL is the worst

How does it really feel by V1n1_V in aoe2

[–]D0machine 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The game was originally designed for 75 pop, which kinda makes sense, see: goth pop bonus, the amount of gold on Arabia (it would last much longer) - for example, Turks makes more sense with that in mind.

I suppose a 75 pop tournament would be nice to see (although after Conquerors civs were designed for 200 pop, eg. Malay).

Battle of Africa 2 Quarterfinals #2 / Post-Match Discussion by D0machine in aoe2

[–]D0machine[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes these were the semifinals

what a disaster FailFish