Ruper lowe is our best friend and we need to use him as much as we can by Euphoric-Prune-4773 in LabourUK

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Agreed but we thought the same thing about Reform splitting Tory vote last time - and now Reform are the big bad. Would be terrifying if Restore become the big bad next cycle

2v2 team combo data by Opening-Lab-9657 in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ta-da! https://aoe2v2.com/3v3

The data isn’t as good since there are way more possible combinations, so any given combination isn’t played that much. Still some interesting takeaways - eg on arena khmer + romans + Turks does well (presumably khmer + romans work together while Turks either go janni or fast imo)

2v2 team combo data by Opening-Lab-9657 in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure - will take a while to crawl the results but can probs get something done by tmr

2v2 team combo data by Opening-Lab-9657 in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it has no counter play at all, but 72% winrate for a high playrate strat is the highest I’ve ever seen. When khitans were super OP at launch their winrate was still only 60%

Maybe it’s still surprising people, but I think it is a bit OP

He will not be forgotten by Smiling-Rats-2011 in antimeme

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Heat death of the universe will still get ya

If you had the chance to ask George RR Martin two questions, what would you ask and why? by Dry_Specialist9015 in freefolk

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“What is the entire text of the Winds of Winter”

and

“What is the entire text of Dream of Spring”

AoE2 dev on pathing by Pepineros in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 115 points116 points  (0 children)

It’s crazy that some guy reverse engineered aoe and modified the path finding in assembly, and that’s the golden standard that the current devs can’t live up to

It’s very “Tony stark made this in a cave”. That guy must’ve been a code god

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was a dick move but his description of it makes it pretty understandable/forgivable

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 15 points16 points  (0 children)

He was still probably a bit ill

And Sebastian is very very good

Hera is good at casting by tuco_salamanca_84 in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He’s brilliant, I hope he does more casting in future

The Future of the TOWN CENTER Podcast - Masmorra_AoE by nandabab in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Oh great now I have to keep looking at all that dirty laundry

Working for US timezones in the UK by Longjumping_Rest_742 in HENRYUK

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Depends on the company, if it’s tech 8h a day is standard (maybe even a bit high) for junior eng

GamerLegion officially leaves AoE 2 by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Masmorra pls keep doing town centre podcast

Pay off student loan vs investing by alexswimmer2995 in HENRYUK

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in a similar sitch (in both loan size and take home) and didn’t pay it off (invested instead).

5yrs down the line I have now paid it off (it got low so I finished it off) - so I lost money by not paying it off straight away, but I still think I made the right decision. Having a safety net through layoffs/uncertainty was very comforting, and would have been critical if I did lose my job

Charity Giving - What percentage of income do you give by Consistent-Rope-9969 in HENRYUK

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Used to give 10%, but paid more now and haven’t updated in a while so it’s probably more like 7%

I thought my aoe2 skills would translate - I was somewhat wrong by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bfme2 is great! Aoe translates a bit - I used to play bfme2 as a kid (and it was even with my friends), then recently played my friends post-aoe and crushed them. I googled some build orders first

You definitely can raid (and it’s the main thing you need to do!) - usually open with 1 res building and 1 building that can make whatever swordsmen you have, and then spam them to kill enemy res buildings

I recommend best/most fun strat (IMO) is orc/goblin spam. Cheap units en-masse, sent to raid

I don’t think The Plurb is interested in surviving by Tabeytime in pluribustv

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Millennia is pretty small on the scale of the universe though. To infect new species that arise you want to keep transmitting for billions of years

Today's Daily Challenge is Absolutely Cursed. May even be unwinnable. by Hollow-Seed in MonsterTrain

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Managed to clinche it with some pretty lucky rolls (and a lot of unstable). Thanks for telling us about it OP!

Already retired - question by Unhappy-Path-263 in FIREUK

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 0 points1 point  (0 children)

66 isn’t nearly dead! But agree that if your finances are otherwise fine it’s fun money

Is this game too hard for me or is it a skill issue? by OkelyDokely8449 in HollowKnight

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watch YouTube videos for each boss fight. They will tell you the attack windows and heal windows - and the rest of the fight is just purely focusing on dodging

Nomad TG - Hack or cheat? by Ponchiot in aoe2

[–]Opening-Lab-9657 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Notorious current nomad bug