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    March 22, 2020

    Age of Empires II Because pro players are 100% flawless right?

    Because pro players are 100% flawless right?

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 10:49 PM PDT

    AoE2 Original game designer tries to guess all the new civs and their unique unit

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 01:21 AM PDT

    Accurate HC3 chart

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 01:24 AM PDT

    Hidden Cup 3 - St4rk Guesses & Analysis

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 12:40 AM PDT

    So guys, basically, today we'll have the Semi Finals and Finals of HC3, so i wanted to share some Analysis and my personal guesses for each Hero identity!

    Before we start the Predictions, let's analyse who are the players:

    We had 8 players invited to play this tourney:

    Viper

    Hera

    Lierey

    MBL

    Tatoh

    TheMax

    Yo

    Vivi

    And them, we had 8 player who qualifired for the other 8 Spots

    Nicov

    Dogao

    Fire

    Antagonist

    Daut

    Bact

    ACCM

    Villese

    ​

    Between the two Qualifier rounds and the tourney, we also had 5 Showmatches, featuring some of the Qualifired, and some of the invited players!

    We Had the following:

    Villese winning over Dogao (4-2)

    ACCM winning over MBL (4-3)

    Hera winning over Fire (4-0)

    Tatoh winning over Bact (4-1)

    So we had some pre-tourney intel about those guys, specially the ones from the qualifier, including their Bans, their HomeMaps, some of their Strats... but there were 5 guys that played no qualifier, no showmatch, and we obviously don't know what their preparation was like.. so we can just speculate, those are:

    Viper

    Liereyy

    TheMax

    Yo

    Vivi

    (Tatoh, MBL and Hera all played showmatches ^^)

    ​

    Now that you know who we are talking about, l decided to place some "deathflags" over some of those Players, here's my deathflag list:

    Dogao(Came from Qualifier, and lost showmatch vs another Qualifier Player)

    Bact (Came from Qualifier, and lost showmatch vs Invited player)

    Fire (Came from Qualifier, and lost showmatch vs Invited player)

    So basically, i expect those 3 players, according to their previous results, to be out in Ro16

    Their chance, was to either beat some of the invited players (which is not likely according to the results), or some of the Other Qualifier players, it's not a rule, but was highly likely for them to fall in the first round.

    Also according to the Qualifier, and also the showmatch, we have some very consistent pattern over Home Maps, Map and Civ Ban from 2 Players, which could give us some more info:

    Nicov: (Banned Mayans 3x, Picked Hideout, Bay and Islands as homemaps (in both Qualifier and Showmatch)

    Fire: (Banned Aztecs 3x, banned the map Cross and picked Islands, Cup and Hightide)

    ​

    Starting from these 2 guys, Fire should be the easiest one to Spot, he had the "death flag", would ban Mayans, and probably pick the 3 Maps where Water had some high value (Islands, Cup and Hightide), guess who did it? Leif Erikson! this Hero followed the exact same pattern, and ended up losing by 3-1

    so Fire = Leif Erikson

    ​

    We had only one guy banning Mayans in Ro16 and Ro8, and this guy was Emperor in a Barrel, he also picked Islands and Hideout during the series (and slopes aswell...), This guys is also already in the top4 of the tourney, so he was either invited, or was a very high seed in the Qualifier, or we have some great surprise here 11, by his performance, his current position on DE 1v1 Ladder and the expectations over him.. Nicov = Emperor in a Barrel

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    Ro16 was truly interesting, there were two guys who advanced, Joan the Maid and Princess Yodit, who both banned Persian, both picked Cup (and had some very special strat for it 11) and also banned Gold Rush, i have the strong feeling those two players were practcing together, accm/bact maybe? themax/villese? dogao/fire? some of the aM guys? some of the Secret guys? There were very similar Picks between this guy and Yodit aswell, both went for Persian boom in Slopes, only to use Paladin + Ranged unit, vs two Mayan guys, it worked out for Joan, not for Yodit unfortunately... based on this assumption, i tried to see anything special about them individually, Joan The Maid, in both rounds was very confident in his use of Knights, controlled a lot of map, used Monks to heal his units and turn-on fights.. did some mind games like banning Mongols, which was a good civ for Bay, and tried to use Byzantines 11 (knowing his opponent would go Persian), so this guy had a plan, he tried to trick his Opponents, and he is also very strong, one of the Semi-Finalist, he is either a very high seed on the Qualifier, or a invited player, Tnx to his Strong Booms, the way he buildings on the corners/side of the map with his sneaky vills i have a very strong feeling this guy might be TheMax, and if that's so..

    Joan the Maid = TheMax

    PrincessYodit = Villese

    ​

    Another curious Fact, is that we had 3 Players banning both Islands and Aztecs, in the Ro16, so those guys do not want to play Water.. but are also not interested in playing with/vs Azt... But is curious how one of those guys, who also happen to play the Quarter Finals, picked two homemaps (Cup and Ravines), that a certain player picked on his showmatch 1 week before (that player also banned Azt and Islands!), by the way, in the Ro8 he didn't banned Islands.. it was the first homemap picked by his opponent so he didn't had a chance of doing it.. also watching his game, he was very effective in controlling specific ares of the map using Towers, not in early feudal, but mid game and so on.. I have some very bad memories of a player who is very good at doing this, this guy was also not in the semi-finals by only 1 game, which truly show he is very good, and could potentialy be on a semi-final or even a final, so my call is:

    William the Conqueror = MBL

    ​

    Now i want to talk about a guy who doesn't want to play El Dorado, i don't know his reasons, but he banned El Dorado as a map!, in both Ro16 and Ro8, yes i'm talking about King Sancho, he also picked Ravines and Bay, a map with no water, other with some early water on.. so this guys is confident on both land, and water.. the fact that he advanced to the Ro8 with a solid 3-0 could potentially give us a high seed in the Qualifiers, or a invited one, i'll go with a invited one, some guy who also didn't want to play El Dorado in his showamtch... and also used Britons in those two rounds in Arabia and despite losing it, had a very good Cup Game vs Joan the Maid, at his first dock i realized, that his was someone with some weird signature 11, this guy was also barely in the top4, out by just 1 game, meaning that in a better day he coul've totally done it.. so considering all of this...:

    King Sancho = Tatoh

    ​

    There are also some guys dragging out some special attention, one of them is Kotya Khan, it's difficult to analyse his patterns, he banned Malay and Inca 11 (civs that we haven't seen to be picked a lot...), banned two very different maps in both Ro16 and Ro8 (Hideout and Hightide), and on the top of that, picked 4 different homemaps in these two rounds (Bay, El Dorado, Ravines and Cup)... this guy doesn't know what he want, but he is already in the Top4 (not without struggling a bit vs Princess Yodit), he is also some very proficient player in quickwalling, using markets, houses.. making his enemy Paladins and Cavaliers to suffer a lot 11 (see that for example: https://clips.twitch.tv/EnergeticCautiousDinosaurSaltBae ) Well and makes my life easier, this guy will probably be on the Finals (if Joan, the supposed training partner of Yodit doesn't learn how to counter him), which leaves me very few Options, Larry? he played confident with only one range in Feud, and was also very profficient with scouts... very annoying aswell, fucking Micro Nerd..

    Kotyan Khan = Hera

    ​

    If this guy takes a lot of attention, there's another one who just doest the same, i'm talking about Salah ad-Din, well, Saladin won Ro16 by 3-0, some others did aswell.. but he also won Ro8 by 3-1 (while all the other set went 3-2), we're talking about a strong Contender for the Title here, maybe someone we have no intel... he is always Banning Mongols and picking Cup, which is exactly what both Dogao and Daut did in the Qualifiers, Dogao has a "deathflag", and also banned different civ in the showmatch.. but DauT.. played no showmatch... and had to make some effort in the Qualifiers to beat Tim, Saladin is also having Fun 11, using Different civ for the same maps in different rounds, like if he's testing smtg, or like he is confident enough for it.. he plays calm.. build advantage, and later make some decision, avoiding risk, and coming back from very bad situations, such as his Hightide game vs Alaric in Ro8, this impressive guy, is probably someone we know very well, and ty for respecting color 3, like the campaign Saladin!

    Saladin = TheViper

    ​

    8 Spotted, 8 to go... From here on things get shady

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    The Opponent of King Sancho in Ro16 was Charlemagne, he banned Islands, and pick two Land Maps, well that talks about how he is not an Water fan, but rather confident in land... Agressive Arabia player most likely, went for a FW attempt.. later in second game, Hideout, went for Conqs! got good fights.. followed with Siege.. and even tried a FW Castle later on, in G3, he was very agressive, even open up some good vill advantage, but overinvested in Feud.. all this aggressiveness in those games.. kind of reminds me of mr Vivi, the FatDragon... he is also Chinese! so maybe....

    Charlemagne = Vivi

    ​

    Let's talk about yet another guy! He lost 3-1 to Joan the Maid, he is the Bad_Neighbor, Chinese was his civ for Arabia (i know of some guy who was practicing this civ for Ara... His knight play was good, and he won the first game.. in G2, Cup, he went for Vikings... and apparently got surpised by the Strat Joan prepared.. G3, hideout.. he was Khmer, went for a full boom, but ended up being pressure a lot in Castle Age.. he also build houses in a way that reminds of some guy.. for those reasons, and the deathflag!

    Bad_Neighbor = Dogao

    ​

    6 Heroes Left

    Sheriff of Nothingham

    Friar Tuck

    Alaric the Goth

    Vlad Dracula

    Henry the Lion

    Charles martel

    6 Players Left

    Bact

    ACCM

    Antagonist

    Yo

    Lierey

    Daut

    I'll try to finish later, but i'm truling having difficlt on these ones 11

    submitted by /u/_Mr_St4rk_
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    AOE2:DE is back at Steam top 3 sellings

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 05:32 PM PDT

    Very helpful build order chart that I found some time ago.

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 07:17 PM PDT

    Infantry Units Readability Comparison

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 06:18 AM PDT

    Excuse me what?!

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 04:06 AM PDT

    Literally Unwatchable!!!! (/s)

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 01:45 PM PDT

    Throwback: AgeofEmpires.com website from the year 2000

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 04:43 PM PDT

    40k+ viewers and front page on twitch

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 09:52 AM PDT

    27008 simultaneous players, thats a record!

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 09:01 PM PDT

    All time record for simultaneous players on AoE 2 DE. Amazing to have reached this number online at once tonight, beautiful game, long may it reign.

    submitted by /u/Weebla
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    A very lucky moment!

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 01:20 AM PDT

    Some questions with starting playing the game

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 04:01 AM PDT

    Hello all,

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    I was getting interested in playing aoe2 but I have a few questions.

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    Firstly, do people play the game using steam or other platforms? If you play on steam, can you use voobly as well?

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    How beginner-friendly is the game? I used to play CBA modes on Voobly for aoe2 conquerers long time ago. I do not have so much time to spare in playing. So, do you need a lot of commitment?

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    Thanks!

    submitted by /u/Huzo11
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    Hidden Cup 3 Civ Selection: Day 3

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 06:39 PM PDT

    1. Mayans: Picked 15 times, 3 mirror matchup (Arabia)
    2. Japanese: Picked 14 Times, 6 mirror matchups (Cross, high tides)
    3. Persians: Picked 10 times
    4. Vikings: Picked 9 times, 1 mirror (Cup)
    5. Indians: Picked 8 times, 3 mirror matchups (Slopes)
    6. Khmer: Picked 7 times, 2 mirror matchup (Hideout)
    7. Chinese: Picked 6 times, 1 Mirror (Arabia)

    8 Britons: Picked 5 times

    8 Celts: Picked 5 times, 1 mirror matchup (Cup)

    8 Italians: Picked 5 times, 1, mirror matchup (Islands)

    9 Spanish Picked 4 times, 1 mirror matchup (Hideout)

    9 Mongols: Picked 4 times, 1 mirror matchup (Pants)

    10 Aztecs Picked 3 times

    11 Cumins Picked 1 time

    11 Slavs Picked 1 time

    11 Byzantines picked 1 time

    Civ Bans

    1. Aztecs 7 times
    2. Mayans 3 times

    3 Persians 2 times

    3 Italians 2 times

    3 Mongols 2 times

    • Incas 1 time
    • Malay 1 time
    • Chinese 1 time
    • Britons 1 time
    • Khmer 1 time
    • Italians 1 time
    submitted by /u/GMFPs_sweat_towel
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    New concurrent player record for both DE and HD

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 01:50 PM PDT

    Anyone else encountering more salty/trollish players these days?

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 03:02 AM PDT

    I'm a regular aoe 2 de player with an elo around 1450-1500. Most of the time i am playing ranked 1v1's.

    Recently it came to my attention that I'm facing a lot more players of this kind, in like close to half of the games i play. There were so many ridiculous tower rushes/forwards/lame attempts that obviously failed and i usually get sweared at afterwards.

    I'm not the kind to get tilted over stuff in video games but i wanted to know if anyone else faced this. The game has gained a lot more popularity recently and i guess it attracts all kinds of people but this really doesn't mirror the mature aoe community that i know of.

    submitted by /u/TheBlue_Spirit
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    [AI Scripting] How to put gates into palisade walls?

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 02:55 AM PDT

    [AI Scripting] How to put gates into palisade walls?

    I made an AI for dark-age-only matches. Now, I have this line of code here:

    (defrule
    (can-build-wall 1 palisade-wall)
    =>
    (build-wall 1 palisade-wall)
    )
    (defrule
    (building-type-count-total palisade-wall > 0)
    (building-type-count-total gate < 3)
    (can-build-gate 1)
    =>
    (build gate)
    )

    ​

    I tried using palisade-gate, but I get an error message about a missing identifier if I do that...

    https://preview.redd.it/o1hq4hfc87o41.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=3ec4392673040b45cbbc602298caa194ac443229

    Now the AI walls itself in, what do I do? How to build palisade gates?

    submitted by /u/Murtagh123
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    How do I get better?

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 02:42 AM PDT

    So I'm playing ranked and constantly losing because I always just get destroyed. For example I'm trying to boom and get rushed and they kill my villages and I don't recover, when I try rush them they successfully defend. Or when I'm playing arena my enemies always are in imperial with a full army before I'm even in castle. How do I get faster times and get better at rushing enemies.

    submitted by /u/Abacus6
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    40K for HC3. Aoe2 is back!!

    Posted: 21 Mar 2020 09:19 AM PDT

    Hidden Cup 3 Player Guessing [Closes after the Final]

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 08:28 AM PDT

    How do we define player colors?

    Posted: 22 Mar 2020 07:37 AM PDT

    Unique player color setting is on! But even then, me and my friend have the same color playing v AI. We are in the same team, but not controlling the same units. Any fixes?

    submitted by /u/TimeLord-007
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