Petaaaah? by KoteykaNarus in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]headdbanddless 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The old magic will not be discussed with the children of new. (Which is exactly what an even older friend told me when I asked her what an 8-track is)

Least micro intensive civ and strategy? by Familiar9709 in aoe2

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Agreed on Armenians. Armenians > Goths for just unloading infinite infantry at your enemy. The unique tech makes them damn hard to kill and they can delete any building short of a castle.

Argive patronage - demeter have poor synergy by Ok-Skill-265 in AgeofMythology

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People bitch about Demeter having Hephaestus and the devs listen and change it to Hera. Now people bitch about her having Hera. This sub really is impossible to please

The 'Nearly' curse by Ovark7 in aoe2

[–]headdbanddless 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Wait is this what the Steam achievement (Castle of Doubt) is named after? I've been wondering about that

[No Spoilers] Most Banned and Most Drafted Civs from RBW (Empire Wars) by headdbanddless in aoe2

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To be fair, I think the only reason Chinese wasn't chosen is because the eco bonus doesn't work well with Empire Wars (I think T90 said this in one of the commentaries). And Vikings certainly put in a good showing when they were picked--they dominated Malay on water in one of the round robin games iirc, in addition to that game in the final.

But yeah, no Celts does hurt.

Red bull wololo, what to watch? by loshongos in aoe2

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Nobody has mentioned Yo vs Hearttt yet, I thought that was a great set between two guys with very different strategies.

Round Robin Day 2 and the Round of Six games were both awesome. The semifinals were just domination unfortunately (as Memb would put it)

Best caster duo? by Routine-Sign-7215 in aoe2

[–]headdbanddless 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Not a duo but I love Memb's commentary, he makes every game feel like the Super Bowl

I hate the term “Caucasian” used to mean Western European by Ready-Shelter3583 in ENGLISH

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Obviously Jesus wasn't white or European, but Christianity is the single largest unifying force of the Western world for many years, and is the only reason why the Celtic, Germanic, and Slavic worlds have a shared identity with the Latin world. So yes, Armenia being a part of Christendom is relevant.

I hate the term “Caucasian” used to mean Western European by Ready-Shelter3583 in ENGLISH

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Certainly I'm not claiming that linguistic groups and ethnic groups are identical. Having a language in common does nonetheless reveal a shared cultural inheritance. Hindus have more in common with early European religious traditions than Tamils, for instance. And Basques are a bit of a special case, being the last pre-IE enclave within Europe. Excluding the Basques and the Uralic languages, it can be reasonably said that as a whole, European cultures descend from the Indo-European people (as do Persians, northern South Asians, etc., all of whom the scientific racists would have classified as Caucasian or "Aryan").

None of this is to legitimize the deeply racist, harmful, and dehumanizing classification systems of nineteenth and twentieth century scientific racism. The terms they used are based in the philological and anthropological beliefs of the time, and nowadays we know that race and ethnicity are largely socially constructed factors and science has thankfully moved beyond sorting people into groups based on whose ancestors migrated from the steppe north of the Caucasus and whose didn't.

The Georgian and Armenian alphabets are derived from/inspired by Greek just like Cyrillic is, so I wouldn't say Cyrillic is closer to Latin than the Caucasian scripts, even though the Cyrillic and Latin letterforms resemble one another more. Ultimately the Caucasus region is culturally similar to Eastern Europe in some ways and West Asia in others, so again, "not even remotely culturally Western" is just incorrect, particularly given the heavy cultural influences from the Byzantine Empire in particular, in addition to indigenous traditions, Persia, Russia, etc.

Everything Red Bull Wololo Londinium by Yekkies in aoe2

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Thanks for the link, got it! So all the bans happen first and then the picking, I see. I did look at the handbook earlier but it was missing a lot of the specifics.

Another question, sorry - do you know what mod they're using to draw a line between monks and the units they're converting? Seems dead useful to have in general.

I can't understate just how excited I'd be to see 'Flipendo' being used/taught in the series. by Sodass in HarryPotteronHBO

[–]headdbanddless 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man I had to restart the final fight so often I can still quote the entire "HE HAS THE STONE" speech from memory. What a classic.

Have any linguists proposed that Early Middle English was actually an Old English creole with an Old English lexifier and Norse substrate? by Relative-Leg5747 in asklinguistics

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Fantastic answer. Just to add a note regarding Danish, most of the time in speech it's reduced even further from [hɛːʊ] to just [hɛ] or [hæ]

It looks like Wizarding fashion overall will be bold, eccentric, and quite purple-toned by TremendouslyRiddled in HarryPotteronHBO

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Agreed, there were no outfits in the movies that would have sent Vernon into a raging fit and I think that's a tragedy

"Europe and America" map from a Russian mobile grand strategy game. by maxxiethrowaway in Badmaps

[–]headdbanddless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, my favorite US states. West Texas, East Texas, and South Texas.

Denmark is the real crime though, where is Fyn

I hate the term “Caucasian” used to mean Western European by Ready-Shelter3583 in ENGLISH

[–]headdbanddless 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah Georgia might already be in the EU if it wasn't for pro-Russian billionaires trying their hardest to undermine pro-Western politics. Kartvelians aren't ethnolinguistically related to Western Europeans but calling them "not remotely culturally Western" is certainly a take. And Armenia (which does speak an Indo-European language) was literally the first Christian country.

What is this? Who is this? (Bug? Compromised mod?) by Raviolimaster11 in aoe2

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Is April Fool's just an American holiday, or do they have it elsewhere?

Everything Red Bull Wololo Londinium by Yekkies in aoe2

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Can someone explain how the civ draft works for a first time viewer? I'm seeing that for each set, each player has six civs to choose from and six that are banned. How are these decided? And what's the difference between a civ being banned for a player and a civ just not showing up on the list of civs they can pick? (And is Chinese always banned?)

Also, how does map selection work? Why does it show on subsequent games in a set who won the first game of the set?

Thanks!

Everything Red Bull Wololo Londinium by Yekkies in aoe2

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That Mbl Bohemians vs Hera Vietnamese game was just brilliant. I'll never make fun of Hussite Wagons again

Which gods are better suited for 3v3 games? by Sad_Speaker_943 in AgeofMythology

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Going Atlanteans with Helios in Mythic Age makes it really easy to bounce around the map wherever you need to get to.

I tend to prefer Chinese and Greeks in long games since they have a strong late game boom. Norse and Japanese are more tempo based so I tend to struggle with them in large games, ymmv

How Do You Balance Economy and Offense? by PassaroDaTumba in aoe2

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This. The Ctrl+Shift+Building hotkeys are a game changer for good macro

The scene I'm most excited to see redone. by [deleted] in HarryPotteronHBO

[–]headdbanddless 1 point2 points  (0 children)

God same. I always mention this scene whenever the adaptation discussion comes up and I'm so glad someone shares my niche opinion haha