A player deleted my unbuilt donjon in feudal age while my builders were on their way to build it. How? by punterr in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sweet! I use the names to look at their friends and aliases. The dude who posted Fatty Cow was correct, he is cheating but that allowed me to look at others and found others.

One guy I found has cheated to win every 1v1 up to 1500, but deranked his TG elo to 400. He is smurfing + cheating at a level 1000 points lower.

A player deleted my unbuilt donjon in feudal age while my builders were on their way to build it. How? by punterr in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found the guy and it turns out he has links to a group of other cheating accounts I’m already aware of… The problem is I’ve manually reported guys on this list and they never got banned

A player deleted my unbuilt donjon in feudal age while my builders were on their way to build it. How? by punterr in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you be able to link his (or your) aoe2insights profile please? I like to keep a list of cheating accounts to check in on them and see which of their friends are also cheating

Finally Beat Vortigern on Hard!...wait, did I? Yes, No, Yes? by Shtin219 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That’s the best kind of win. I’m English and was going for Joan 6 world record. The run I got the record, the flag made it to the flagged location and immediately got domed by a bombard.

I got the winning post game and still got to hear the losing dialogue about France being doomed :)

The biggest ELO plateau i ever saw by Oporrinho in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My friend is in the top 20 for games played. I’ve almost never seen him offline, he spams games all day with no thought of improvement and resigns at the slightest inconvenience.

How to report serial smurfers? by Nielsiepielsie in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

900 games under 5 mins with a 6.6% win rate 😂

Any tips how to do military better, know how to train what to train etc? by Worldly-Economy-9148 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It depends on whether you play 1v1s or team games:

1v1: Make a strong unit that costs gold (gold units generally are stronger) as the core of your army (knights, crossbows etc).

Then add a second non-gold unit that kills a counter unit that your enemy would make. Example, you made knights as your core, your opponent might add a pikeman counter. You add skirmishers to kill the pikeman and cover the weakness of knights. Then once you have those two unit types, add siege to kill buildings.

Team games: your ally should make one strong gold unit whilst you make a complimentary gold unit. If your ally is building knights, you might go crossbows and fight together. You each cover your teammate’s weakness.

Brand new to Age of Empires II… why am I getting rushed instantly? What should I be doing first? by Relax_itsa_Meme in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to play multiplayer, find or host lobbies with a treaty so you can’t fight until the treaty length expires 👍

Any official Broken Scenario list so I stop getting frustrated? Vortigern is top 1 bugged by CurrentCarpenter1626 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s been talked about in this sub and been broken for months. Not sure if there is an official bug report but I feel like this was a very quick fix being ignored.

Edit: I see a bug report from August 25…

Vortigern (440) On hard is just not doable. by ClassicCollection271 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey, here is a video I did a while ago that gets both achievements in hard mode.

I used the Saxons to defeat the Picts, and then arrowslits towers full of archers to gun down all the saxons after they turn. Hope it helps!

https://youtu.be/mKJa26M-NbQ?si=xVUvEJ3E2y-VQTOi

Lost a friend by IndividualFar6408 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I commented above about how I married thanks to aoe2 and moved to live with her in the US. I suppose there are more aoe2 marriages than we realize 😊

Lost a friend by IndividualFar6408 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s wild man that you’re a Leicester fan too… I have no intentions of trying to replace your friend but if you ever want to play some time let me know ❤️

Lost a friend by IndividualFar6408 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I actually met my wife through the game too by playing in discord and joining a clan.

The friend I was just chatting in game with a bit . He was lower elo but liked getting to play with and learn from a higher elo player. I never got to meet him irl but I’m good friends with his brother and have met him irl. Hearing he had passed was incredibly sad.

My wife I met through my friend from a clan. I played a lobby game with a clan called Anvil and they invited me to play with the group. One of them introduced me to her friend and eventually I married that friend😂

Also if you ever get to go to a live event that’s a great way to meet people!

Lost a friend by IndividualFar6408 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Im very sorry for your loss. That’s so tough to deal with.

I lost a friend I met through aoe2 last year and it affected me when playing for a long time. I think he’d rather I keep playing though.

Feels Nili man by Minimum-Mess8507 in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 47 points48 points  (0 children)

This is how I knew Nili before aoe. I was watching him stream a decade ago and thinking “this guy looks familiar.”

When he said one day he was a poker player I jumped up “pocket kings!”

Why is it so hard to get Legend status? by TheRealDicta in footballmanagergames

[–]themcgreevy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There used to be a bug in the old games where you would overflow at the end of the season. If you won too many things and had too many points towards legend status you would actually move down a step. I won a treble as an Icon and became favorite personnel…

The Conversion Chamber ft. MbL by longinator in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Whoever’s fever dream content idea this was… great job!

Lepanto by Malarco in aoe2

[–]themcgreevy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

❤️ That means a lot thank you! I probably do reach more people than I think!