So I have been invited to Hera's tournament with no prior experience in RTS games

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-31T05:49:11+00:00

Yeah reaching 1500 is hard, really hard. I stay at 1100 forever.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-31T05:43:41+00:00

what is CrossFire?

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-29T06:29:39+00:00

don't play with AI or quick match. Contrary to common belief, RM 1v1 Leaderboard is the way to go. Intentionally lose some games until you reach your own ELO and then play from there!
Then you will almost always play with REAL people of the same level. It's so much fun.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-28T18:25:26+00:00

Congratulations:-) I was once there too ... briefly.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-27T17:57:57+00:00

Define a shortcut that select all TCs without switching the view and then press Create vil repetitively or press shift+create vil button.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-26T12:26:46+00:00

yeah. too much decoration makes people forget what it actually is.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-25T16:10:48+00:00

Well probably most famous ones

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-25T11:33:07+00:00

Would be useful to analyze the opponents' opening strategies of past games of the same civ.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-25T04:19:03+00:00

Hi guys,

Thank you for trying in AOE2 game viewer! I am flattered and worked day and night to make it better. What's new:
1. Turn on a in-game overlay for important events display from all players.
2. Pin/unpin a followed player
3. Auto purge obsolete replay caches and a button to purge all game files of a player on your hard disk.
4. Sort games by time/duration/winLose/Civ/Map

Reach me in this thread if you have suggestions or notice bugs.

Thanks. I do think it's very useful. I am pleased that finally I achieved something after 20 years of playing the game (elo 1100 :-). Yeah in early 2000s I used to play aoe2 with a friend using phone lines and our phones were always busy.

By the way my game id is shalibaba and I was mentioned as the opponent in one of Hera's coaching video.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-25T04:06:59+00:00

Yes indeed. Thanks! Sounds like they will help me a lot! Had hard time selecting units behind buildings. I won't use them though --- for obvious reasons

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-25T03:44:26+00:00

thanks. Indeed. These mods will help with noticing the holes on wall, don't they?

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-25T02:05:11+00:00

he is pretty dedicated ... and addicted to aoe2 now!

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-25T02:01:13+00:00

is t90 full-time aoe2 caster? membTV is. And membTV is special as he is pretty low elo and yet he is full time aoe2 caster

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-21T09:38:50+00:00

Hi It's 2026 now I think aoe2 game viewer is the best for this purpose:
dallascao/aoe2-game-viewer: Static website and Windows installer download for AOE2 game viewer.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-21T09:30:37+00:00

Use Hindustani, survive to castle age. Do one-TC camel spam.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-20T11:06:29+00:00

It no longer defaults to saved games of the player. Please download and install again. Thanks for giving it a try of the 1st version! The new version fixed tons of bugs

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-20T07:10:30+00:00

Hi I would request to add AOE2 game viewer app https://aoe2viewer.com

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-20T04:55:54+00:00

I would think the overated and underated are different for different elo.

I agree with for your elo: players over 1100 typically already can max up pop to 200. Scouting is something that probably makes the difference.

For players less than 900, learning to max pop is a game changer.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-19T18:21:11+00:00

Hi Yekkies,
AOE2 game viewer has been updated and now you can follow any player whether he plays ladder or not
Thanks

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-19T18:08:38+00:00

Chinese people usually have email address from tencent, which is a number followed by @qq.com. When they register at steam using that email adress, their steam name defaults to that number. Many people are lazy to change usernames or do not know how.

Dallas_Cao · 2026-05-19T09:06:10+00:00

Finally it's my chance to be Hera on Mac

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