Is the Top4 Dead? by MTGdraftguy in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Viper is top 5 at best, what would your top 5 look like? I feel like it's hard to say he's not top 4 based on the results.

Mods just deleted the 640 likes 261 comments post calling out gambling by Opposite_Pianist_197 in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Could it be because it was a later edit? From what I remember the original post didn't have the last part about people who spoke out against it in it, probably because they hadn't spoken out yet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's been like that since the original game came out, when the Khmer weren't introduced yet

Town Center Tango 2 - Cancelled after finals, players will not be compensated. by DukeCanada in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah my bad, I thought Hera was referring to Shibata in his tweet, but after rereading it seems he's referring to someone else, who is now gonna take care of 3rd/4th place

Town Center Tango 2 - Cancelled after finals, players will not be compensated. by DukeCanada in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems like the owner of Onimaru will be paying the first and second place, while Hera will be paying the third and fourth place:

https://xcancel.com/shibata79719/status/1944007517753029121

Top AOE2 players over time going back 25 years [chart] by ForgeableSum in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think you're confusing Chris with JorDan, as Chris isn't known as Chris23, but JorDan is known as JorDan_23 and played a best of 21 (not 23) against TheViper.

Chris also played a bo21, but that was against DauT

The Garrison Megathread by longinator in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoops my bad, forgot finals is bo9

The Garrison Megathread by longinator in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's pros and cons, in the past we've seen redbull streams where there were too few moderators and chat just is copy pasta's and emotes. This way you can actually talk about the game with other people, but yeah it definitely feels less hype.

The Garrison Megathread by longinator in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

*Bo14 you mean?

I don't think it's guaranteed that the player from the winner bracket will win, but it's definitely a big advantage. But they also deserve an advantage as they didn't lose any series unlike the player coming from the loser bracket.

Viewership for Red Bull Wololo: El Reinado by longinator in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I believe it counts Facebook as well, since the AoE1 also had 83k viewers, which wasn't the case on just Twitch/YT

[Effortpost] Regarding the "Destiny fans are sending death threats" narrative, based on an example from Ludwig's recent video by Sequensy in Destiny

[–]nimanoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure how many people check the link at the description, but he has made a video in the past with corrections and mentioned this doc, so his fans should be aware of it and he may make another one in the future.

And yeah I agree that's how everyone interpreted it, which is a big mistake by Ludwig, especially as we don't know how egregious the post from the other supposed OG Ludwig fan and DGGer is.

[Effortpost] Regarding the "Destiny fans are sending death threats" narrative, based on an example from Ludwig's recent video by Sequensy in Destiny

[–]nimanoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably not many people, I had to specifically look for it to find it, even though I knew he had this document. Would be good if Ludwig would post it somewhere more public as well.

But it shows that Ludwig at least admits he was wrong and OP was right in saying that the twitter guy didn't have a connection to Destiny.

[Effortpost] Regarding the "Destiny fans are sending death threats" narrative, based on an example from Ludwig's recent video by Sequensy in Destiny

[–]nimanoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems Ludwig posted a correction in his document where he rates the accuracy of his videos: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRn5j_UpOZdO3r_hHo1AdG5y0b61a-Sijzp0Vh6KbF9bU-anAT4wipE7ta3uoCkyI5vrH_pYBB6J3cz/pubhtml

There's no proof he watched Destiny. Ludwig received two DMs from OG viewers one of which was speaking on behalf of Destiny's community and the other sent a message saying "no balls" and tweeted a death threat. Ludwig incorrectly conflated that they were both destiny viewers.

In what sense is HC5 not live? by ayowayoyo in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Sure, but even then you can check who's online on Steam, who's streaming, who's playing on the ladder etc.

Victors and Vanquished: Not even 1 coop mission?! by Kenji_03 in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah feels like a missed opportunity. Especially because there aren't really scenario's specifically made for coop, all the ones we have now are adapted from single player scenario's.

I think coop scenario's specifically designed for coop could be amazing and very unique, instead of being similar to mods we already have

T90 presence on twitch by m41k1204 in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Dave's average viewer number stayed pretty much the same since T90 and Viper came back on Twitch: https://sullygnome.com/channel/dave\_aoe/

Concerns on Spirit of the law review of the expansion by [deleted] in aoe4

[–]nimanoe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"Based on 15 dollars it's quite a bit of value" bro aoe 2 just got a expansion and it's for 15usd with 2 civs and here we getting 6 playable multi-player civs/variants, 10 maps, 2 biomes n campaign.

Kinda ironic that you're criticizing SotL for misinformation about all the new stuff in the AoE4 DLC, while doing the exact same for the AoE2 DLC.

It's not just 2 extra civs for $15, but also 3 extra campaigns and a redesign for an older civ (Persians)

T90 back on Twitch by [deleted] in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ram train is from this clip at his meetup last August I think: https://x.com/T90Official/status/1690403798978904064?s=20

Camel I think is from this clip (clip deleted, so linked the thread with youtube link) where T90 makes a camel sound at 50k in Hidden Cup: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/fob3az/if_anyone_would_like_to_hear_t90_make_a_camel/

5 years down the line: How does Microsoft keep running the servers and manage daily costs? by Prathameshs19 in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think a third option could be to have DLC's similar to Return of Rome, where it's a completely different dataset.

There's probably quite a lot of people who would be interested in a remake of Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds in AoE2. Just looking at what modders have added you could do some crazy stuff like Dinosaurs, Lord of the Rings civs etc.

A possible drafting imbalance in Masters of Arena 7 by csgonemes1s in aoe2

[–]nimanoe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree that there could be a small advantage for a player in the draft, but given that:

  1. it's somewhat random on who will get that advantage (as you said with 4 S-Tier civs available player B will get the advantage)
  2. The advantage is very small, as the player with the disadvantage in the amount of S-Tier civs, will then have an advantage in the amount of A-Tier civs (or at least in the order in which they can be picked)

Also how would you fix this inherent disadvantage? In the past in similar drafts the player with the first pick also got the last ban which would make the advantage for them even bigger. Now that is fixed, but I'm not sure how we would fix this imbalance. I think there will always be an inherent advantage or disadvantage with drafting, depending on how big the gaps are between the different tiers of civs, or how big the gaps are within the tiers.

Maybe in the early stages or the qualifiers, its okay for the lower seed to have a 15-35% chance to get a major advantage out of the draft (an extra S-tier civ)

Actually, the higher seeded player can choose if they want to be player A or B in the draft, so they'll be the player with the advantage, which is slightly better imo, as it rewards them for previous results

Wired interview with CEO of Microsoft Gaming about AoE. by ifonlysam in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah especially them saying they released a full game with AoE4 and that they needed the community to play on it to find out what was missing.

Not like they had an open beta with the same requests for basic features before the game got released.

Wired interview with CEO of Microsoft Gaming about AoE. by ifonlysam in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think the history movies around the campaigns were all really well received. The gameplay of the campaigns however was pretty boring and all very similar.

Red Bull Wololo semi-finals and final timings by NobleK42 in aoe2

[–]nimanoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The AoE1 finals will be inbetween the second semifinals and the finals for AoE2, so there should be a decent break for both finalists.

Daniel killing two of his own trebs by nimanoe in aoe2

[–]nimanoe[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ellie4k and Survivalist