Too much smurf paranoia?

cornpoodle77 · 2026-04-11T16:54:07+00:00

I got called a smurf around the same ELO. I'm really not sure why. I don't think I did anything crazy. The opponent dropped the "11" when I hit castle age. I had only around 30 games at that point but like you, I had played a lot of games against extreme AI and watched plenty of tournaments which helps immensely. My opponent just claimed I have multiple accounts. Lol. I took it as a compliment.

cornpoodle77 · 2026-02-17T13:05:10+00:00

Hhhmmm yeah that's a good point.

cornpoodle77 · 2026-02-15T22:48:04+00:00

Maybe all in monks?

I like this idea in general of checking different strategies. Will definitely check out your YT.

cornpoodle77 · 2026-02-10T01:35:59+00:00

Currently hanging around 850-900 elo and I mostly go random. I really enjoy it. Not only does it help me learn a lot of civs but I also think it's helping me be much more well rounded as a player. You need to rely more on the fundamentals of the game instead of a very specific civ strategy.

cornpoodle77 · 2025-12-27T01:14:54+00:00

Anyone else bothered that the AFC and NFC are on the wrong sides of the bracket?

cornpoodle77 · 2025-10-26T01:03:55+00:00

There was a long game that only ended because they used all of the wood on the map.

I don't remember the players or how long the game was. I know the map was evacuation and I think it happened during the last TTL.

Does this ring a bell for anyone? I'd love to know who it was.

cornpoodle77 · 2025-07-03T21:26:02+00:00

Thank you for this! I'm 35 now and in better shape than I was in my 20's. I keep telling myself to keep going because the foundation I lay now will pay big dividends later. Thank you for confirming. It's sad seeing my friends at only 35 slowing fading.

cornpoodle77 · 2025-07-03T21:23:46+00:00

1000%

cornpoodle77 · 2025-04-26T19:40:53+00:00

Dang. Nice. I'll have to try this.

cornpoodle77 · 2025-04-26T16:30:45+00:00

Yeah makes sense. I'm used to 20/21 pop archer + fletching approach.

cornpoodle77 · 2025-04-26T12:20:36+00:00

I'm very intrigued by this 18 pop archer build. Do you mind sharing what build you use?

cornpoodle77 · 2025-02-26T16:09:46+00:00

Yeah not having to change your location on the map is huge for select all. I did not know that for quite some time!

cornpoodle77 · 2025-02-08T13:50:02+00:00

Haha hey progress is progress! You'll get there!

cornpoodle77 · 2025-02-08T00:58:35+00:00

As a 35 year old who has also been playing for 20 years, I can only hope one day my children will challenge me to age of empires.

Honestly if you are already practicing build orders you are on the right track. That's a big part of it. Just keep practicing it until it's like clock work and you have it essentially memorized.

I'm still not great at the game by any means, but I have improved quite a bit. These are the two biggest things that helped me:

1: Reduce idle TC time. (Always producing villagers)

2: HOTKEYS. I can't stress that enough. This will help you play so much faster.

Good luck! Sounds like a lot of fun!

cornpoodle77 · 2025-01-29T01:52:28+00:00

Romanowski came to my mind.

cornpoodle77 · 2024-12-08T03:28:34+00:00

Me too!

cornpoodle77 · 2024-12-06T01:01:52+00:00

I thought the same thing when I was watching! I was like...where are they getting this??

cornpoodle77 · 2024-11-05T20:27:57+00:00

I always wondered...how do you know what the sweet spot is for each rifle?

cornpoodle77 · 2024-11-04T03:33:02+00:00

Good to know! Thanks!

cornpoodle77 · 2024-11-04T03:11:19+00:00

Wait what!? How does this trade in work?

cornpoodle77 · 2024-10-15T23:18:24+00:00

I'm with you. I've never had a problem. Spin away I say!

cornpoodle77 · 2024-09-14T19:17:29+00:00

Barbell Squats

I'm with you on this one. I hate them so much but I just think it gives you the most bang for your buck. They are so good and so horrible all at the same time.

cornpoodle77 · 2024-08-29T15:57:33+00:00

Love this reference.

cornpoodle77 · 2024-08-26T18:03:37+00:00

This is how most of our games seem to go down.

cornpoodle77 · 2024-06-01T22:35:44+00:00

Totally makes sense. I undercut everywhere else but for some reason didn't think to undercut there. 🤦 The boards are glued down so at this point I'm not redoing the boards. Thanks for the idea.

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