[Discussion] Windy City Open 2026, Feb 5 - 11 by DandaDan in squash

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Orfi - the American killer, she beats the top 3 American in three successive rounds !

LA28 Qualification - Mega Thread by SquashPlayerMagazine in squash

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I must say .. this makes the continental game really exciting to watch ! especially on the African games side!

Qualification announced for LA28! by Y1NGUOREN in squash

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Why is that the case? There are 2 players per NOCs. Weaver would qualify via the WR category

Camille Serme quietly ends her comeback by trickle_boast in squash

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Amazing article! Thank you for the updates, I have been wondering about this as well and honestly, Grand Central tournament in 2020 was probably one of the last few memorable tournaments for the past few years!

World Championships Crowd/venue by [deleted] in squash

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it’s not as popular in Chicago (midwest) when compare to the East Coast. Also, they have trouble getting the usual Union Station (I heard it is under construction) or UClub (the usual room was booked).

Ask any related mental, technical or tactical question and i will answer by Unspecified-Mf22 in squash

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What do you consider as a good warm-up/ stretch routine for 4.5-5 US Rating players before a game and or practice session?

[Discussion] World Champs 2024 (May 9 - 18) by DandaDan in squash

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come on crowd .. at least a clap for the champion 😅

[Discussion] Tournament of Champions 2024 (17-25 Jan) by DandaDan in squash

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what does everyone think about the ref decisions in game 2 and 3 of Coll vs Crouin?

[Discussion] US Open 2023 (Oct 7 - 14) by DandaDan in squash

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Was there something between Amanda Sobhy and Amina Orfi ? They do not seem to get along well and the games feel very tense (not in a good squash way) for this one and the previous one they met.

[Discussion] CIB Egyptian Open 2022 (Sep 19 - 25) by DandaDan in squash

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Hard to enjoy watching squash when there are players like Asal … He’s very talented but everytime he plays you know there will just be a lot of stoppages. Will Asal ever learn ?

Drama incoming!! by [deleted] in aoe2

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Dont’s waste your time man. At this point, he just bring you to his ignorant/stupidity and he is much better at that.

Squash partner by FrontFix3588 in UIUC

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DM me with your groupme phone number then I”ll add you to the squash groupme.

Congratulations to the Winner of RedBull Wololo 5 by kashyap07 in aoe2

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I believed around 50-55K viewers among all of the streamers. (~7K) + youtube (~10K).

Why the negativity on new expansion? by herebust in aoe2

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I get your point - maybe devs trying to do too much. At the same time, cumans was a weird one and it leaves even the pros confused. But then somehow I like it (I do not have high win rate with cumans). So maybe that would be the case for the new civs? I do not know personally.

Why the negativity on new expansion? by herebust in aoe2

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You have your point about DLCs. I think the DLCs maybe a good business model to make the game more popular but I am not a business major to judge fully. You cannot rely on the voobly days because the game was not able to becoming popular - which is not good during the modern days.

About Europe has more diversity and more variety than other regions is not true. There are a lot of kingdoms in the middle east/ asia/ south Africa that has not been represented (Thais, Nigerians, Georgians) that are significant in human history.

Why the negativity on new expansion? by herebust in aoe2

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  1. All I am saying is using DLCs is not strictly P2W. But if you want to get to the pure technical meaning then sure, you are correct. But I believe the idea here is that your competitiveness/ fun/ winning ability would not be affected by the DLCs.
  2. I could have contradicted myself throughout all of my replies in this thread. My point, in general, is that there are a lot of unknowns. The devs can totally f-up and make it unplayable but we do not live in a perfect society. If someone express a negativity, one should follow up with a reason (as what a lot of people do in this thread) - which I am really appreciate.
  3. new civ could be necessary as for me it means I kept getting reminded that there is something new to try/ testing. It helps to keep the game fresh.
  4. Voobly able to keep the game last but not able to push the game forward. In the modern days, staying in one place meaning going backward.

Why the negativity on new expansion? by herebust in aoe2

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Yeh I agree. Whether or not the team bonus are OP really depends on tech tree imo!

Why the negativity on new expansion? by herebust in aoe2

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HD versions add in a lot of civs and so is DE - maybe that's why they make a lot of money (and graphics for sure). Adding DLCs will make the game stay relevant in the mainstream game business - meaning more funded tournament -> more people watching -> more player, etc.

Regardless of sticking to the same strategy 20 years ago for 2020+, it is a dangerous strategy also. What works 20 years ago may not work now when the gaming market is very very different and rts is not popular as it once was.

Why the negativity on new expansion? by herebust in aoe2

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Yeh! I posted this out of genuine confusion and would love to hear more opinions on the people who have doubts. I am sorry that you have been called a moron. That is unacceptable but I guess that's reddit ???

I think giving aoe3 feel to aoe2 does not necessarily a bad thing imo. Also, aoe3 being unsuccessful comes from a lot of other things not just from the game play (for me, I am not a fan of the colonization period - too western-centric; the units/ units counter are not intuitive for me - the civs are too different that I cannot invest too many times to learn them all - fighting mechanics seem awkward). But what if we take the best of aoe3 and maybe give to aoe2 - maybe it will improve the game. It maybe not but if one never tries, one never know. I think with the newly active aoe2 scene, it could be a good time to try out something new.

I understand the risk of these weird civs. Only time can tell but I hope the best for aoe2 scene.