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    Age of Empires II Battle of Africa 2 - Tournament Overview

    Age of Empires II Battle of Africa 2 - Tournament Overview


    Battle of Africa 2 - Tournament Overview

    Posted: 03 May 2020 03:24 PM PDT

    Battle of Africa 2 - Tournament Overview

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    Announcement | Handbook | Questions & Answers | Maps | Brackets | Discord

    Redbull Wololo is over and what a fantastic event that was. We got to experience some incredibly impressive performances from everyone in a brand new game mode - an absolutely wild and, dare I say, unexpected grand final. Fortunately for all of us, Battle of Africa 2 is just around the corner, so you won't have to wait long to get your next high-level gameplay fix. With Hera and Liereyy playing for Aftermath, TheViper playing for Team Secret and the incredible Mr_Yo playing for the new YinYang team, I think it's safe to say that we will get to experience a lot more amazing games very soon. With the expanded qualifiers, the timeframe is looking slightly different, essentially adding another week of great content to the event.

    All the games are to be streamed on MembTV in the upcoming weekends throughout May and June starting 13.00 GMT.

    Pre-Qualification Stage:
    9th & 10th of May

    Qualification Stage:
    16th & 17th of May

    Group Stage - Round 1:
    22nd & 23rd of May

    Group Stage - Round 2:
    23rd & 24th of May

    Group Stage - Round 3:
    30th of May

    Quarterfinals:
    31st of May

    Semifinals:
    6th of June

    Grand Final:
    7th of June

    Participants

    The incredible teams competing for the 20.000$ prize pool has been seeded and divided into the two qualification stages. The sixteen lowest seed teams will be battling to earn a spot in the main qualification stage where they will have to face up against the eight highest seeded teams. From there, they will be divided into the Main Event and the Gold League as shown above.

    Qualification Stage

    1. Team Secret 2. Aftermath 3. Suomi 4. Vietnam Legends 5. Heresy AoE 6. Fei Mei San Dao 7. YinYang 8. Slavic Supremacy 

    Pre-Qualification Stage

    9. Rulers of Rome 10. Savages Team 11. PetGunPet 12. Heresy B 13. KYO All Fallen 14. idisuda 15. ChileAussies 16. The Send it Boy 2.0 17. Dark Age Rules 18. Taco_ 19. [_AreS_] 20. new Chapter 21. FOX Gaming 22. Clan Arg 23. 4 Monkeys 24. The Botherhood Kappa 

    To see who's playing for each team and see their current average rating, click here.

    Bracket & Standings

    Once the tournament truly begins, there will be a lot of games played, and it will be challenging to keep track of everything. To check the brackets and current standings, click here.

    Use the tabs/sheets at the bottom of the document to see the different stages.

    Discord Server

    It's also a great time to announce our Discord server where you can chat about the tournament and get more immediate responses from us if you have any questions. It's also a great place to find general news about the event and get notified when we go live with the official tournament matches.

    Join us here.

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    If you're missing any information about the event, please do let me know. You can use the navigation bar at the top to quickly get to exactly what you're looking for. Let's get this show on the road - I hope you're all hyped for several weeks of high-level team games!

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    started playing with friends recently and here's my experience so far

    Posted: 07 May 2020 06:27 AM PDT

    Why build two camp when one do trick

    Posted: 06 May 2020 09:06 PM PDT

    Bought DE today. Immediately went full fanboy

    Posted: 06 May 2020 05:37 PM PDT

    A treasonous action condemns man to hell

    Posted: 06 May 2020 12:48 PM PDT

    The Black Forest Experience

    Posted: 06 May 2020 08:35 PM PDT

    Academic research into video games set in the past

    Posted: 07 May 2020 06:14 AM PDT

    Hello!

    I am from VALUE, an organisation at the crossroads between video games and the study of the past (http://value-foundation.org/).
    We are researching the experience players have with the past when playing video games (such as AoE II), and we would like to know your opinion/view on this topic too!
    If you are interested in the past as well as video games, could you help us out by filling in this survey? (https://leidenuniv.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ehqp7eTx2disbS5)
    At the end of the survey we will also be giving away one €20,- Steam Gift Card coupon for every 100 responses.

    Thank you for your time!

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    2nd to life, best gift ever to receive from a mother

    Posted: 06 May 2020 03:49 PM PDT

    MBL and the crime of the century

    Posted: 06 May 2020 04:42 PM PDT

    Almost finished going through the campaigns; just want to shoutout Tamerlane, especially Mission 5

    Posted: 07 May 2020 06:42 AM PDT

    Tamerlane Mission 5 is one of the most fun missions in all of AoE2, I believe.

    I think the level design in this level is just really impressive; at least on my initial impression.

    I love that the goal is just "accumulate 10,000 gold". And they make it so open-ended in how you approach that goal. You cower enemies into giving you gold, snipe specific buildings and they'll tribute you, and you can destroy a city but leave the market standing so you can slowly and steadily trade with it. There's of course your usual Relic and gold mines, but they're in short supply.

    There may even be other options available, but I didn't encounter them on my first playthrough.

    The reason why I'm so impressed with this level is that by the end, I had only scouted like half the map. I barely interacted with Blue, Yellow, Cyan, and Green. I just beat Red and Orange, and left markets up to slowly trade. That, along with all the gold they gave me from the key buildings I blew up got me most of the way to reaching my goal, then I traded my excess wood and food to complete the 10,000.

    I love that I still had so much map unexplored. This level felt like a mini open-world RPG or something, where there are multiple paths to victory and I just explored one of many.

    It was so much more fun than something like: "destroy the 5 enemy castles".

    Overall, I consider the Tamerlane campaign better than average and I hope it's an indication of the quality of the level design in The Last Khans, as I go on to finish the rest of the campaigns in this expansion.

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    12 Hours Stream - Friday 16 gmt

    Posted: 06 May 2020 01:20 PM PDT

    Hey guys, some of you might know that my gpu is dead and therefore i cant stream for like 4 days already, i got new pc and gpu already but before it arrives i did borrow with a friend his gpu for a day 1111, so friday i ll be doing a 12 hours stream before i got to go home town for my mothers bday, and when i go live next time, it ll be with a entire new set up ! You can expect lots of high-level 1v1 and community games so make sure to clear your schedule, Cheers !

    https://www.twitch.tv/f1reaoe

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    Sheep give 57 food

    Posted: 07 May 2020 03:38 AM PDT

    I just installed AOE2DE and sheep only give 57 food - it depletes faster than the gatherer is gathering. Other resources deplete as normal. What gives?

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    What civ would change the most given Paladin?

    Posted: 07 May 2020 02:07 AM PDT

    Keep in mind they wouldn't lose out on anything they currently have with the addition of Paladin

    I feel like many people are going to come here and say Malians, Berbers, or Bulgarians but I don't think they would change much, just improve. I think the Britons or Goths would have a huge game plan swing if they got paladin since both mainly rely on their main line id units and sparsely mix in cavalry for raiding and defence against seige.

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    Quick questions about berbers in team games.

    Posted: 07 May 2020 02:51 AM PDT

    1. Does Kasbah UT affect kreposts?
    2. Do any of Lithuanian bonuses for skirms affect genitour? Or Aztec UT for that matter?
    3. In 1vs 1 I played against them with Magyars and got stomped by their camel + camel archer + genitour. Any ideas how to respond to that? Halberdiers couldn't do anything. Rushing didn't help that much either.

    Thanks in advance

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    Are we at critical mass for the amount of civilizations in this game?

    Posted: 07 May 2020 03:02 AM PDT

    I remember the Forgotten and thinking, "damn, that's a lot." Now... well, here we are.

    Can you think of any niche or specialty missing from the game that could be represented by a new civilization? Or have we finally made it to the refinement stage?

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    My stables keep blinking on all my games and it’s soooo annoying I have AOE DE!!!!

    Posted: 06 May 2020 03:28 PM PDT

    Hera v mbl

    Posted: 07 May 2020 02:01 AM PDT

    After watching part of there game, I feel like someone should host a best of 11 between them!

    Anyone up for this? 😂

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    Why TheViper is called Silverboy?

    Posted: 06 May 2020 07:51 PM PDT

    Just that, I know about the last tournament, but I think I've heard that name before. Can someone give me an explanation? Thanks

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    (Campaigns) Is Kotyan Khan: Battle at the Kalka River (mission 2) harder than it was before?

    Posted: 07 May 2020 06:42 AM PDT

    I thought about giving some of the campaigns a revisit, trying to see how the civ changes in each update have affected the campaigns.

    Idk. When I tried this mission, I wasn't able to win. At all. I tried the fast castle strat first, in which I was pretty close to destroying the final castle, but, by then, the mongol army was already in my base.

    In my 2nd attempt, I decided to not go castle age, and instead focus on rams early on. But, i guess I wasn't quick enough, cuz I didn't have a large enough army to deal with the keshiks and steppe Lancers.

    I think I tried to reload some autosaves at this point, but, it got me nowhere closer.

    So, then, I decided to go to my faithful friend, YouTube. I checked the playthrough of this mission from T-West, ShadowCrystallux, Ornlu, and even TheViper.

    I basically mimicked TheViper's and Ornlu's attempts, but, compared to their playthroughs, where the Tatar army isn't that large, I felt that, in under 10 minutes, there were twice as many units in my run, compared to theirs.

    Thanks to ShadowCrystallux's creative idea of luring the Tatar Lancers to the cuman tribes' (cyan) base, I did a lot better when I tried his strat. But, I still wasn't able to beat the mission.

    I even resorted to save scumming and constant pauses, just so that I could try and perfect TheViper's attempt. But, I only got past one castle and 1 tc.(almost got the 2nd tc too).

    I was wondering, therefore, if this mission got harder. I mean, I don't remember it being this hard when I last tried it in December or January.

    If someone is willing to retry the mission and let me know if there is any difference or not, it would be most appreciated.

    Thanks. Sorry for the long post.

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    Entry-level AOE2 DE Tournament

    Posted: 06 May 2020 07:41 PM PDT

    Hello AoE2 players!

    We want to give a huge thank you to everyone who has signed up for the Entry-level tournament so far!! The registration deadline is coming up soon so wanted to give a quick final reminder about the event.

    Currently the tournament max player count of 16 has been filled, however if a few more join we can also host a qualifiers round. If you're on the fence about joining, please feel free to ask any questions in the discord or comment here and we're happy to help answer them.

    Here is the info about the event. Thanks again!!

    We're happy to announce there is a new Age of Empires 2 DE 1v1 cash tournament coming soon for entry level players! Here is some quick info:

    • Meet new players.
    • Entry level tournament for anyone within 1000-1300 1v1 ranked ELO (subject to change).
    • Registration will need to be completed by May 13th, 2020.
    • Entry fees = none!
    • Tournament prize pool (and potential to increase).
    • For anyone interested, you may find out more at our Discord under the #tournament-announcement channel.

    Discord found here:

    https://discord.gg/Vf5GZs4

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    Anyone fancy a game on HD?

    Posted: 07 May 2020 03:35 AM PDT

    I'm not that good but I want to get better... someone play me. Steam name is smokebillowing

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    Ever had two boars spawn on top of each other?

    Posted: 06 May 2020 08:50 PM PDT

    Using "alt" combinations in hotkeys

    Posted: 07 May 2020 09:17 AM PDT

    Im sure this has been posted here already but I cannot find the post anymore.

    How can I use "alt" in hotkeys? I would like to put selection of economy buildings on ctrl+ grid and of military building on alt+ grid, but I cant seem to be able to assign alt combinations. I triet with an online hotkey editor, but that one doesnt even register ctrl combinations, as just the browser function is carried out...

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    The inconsistency of "Archer" in the description of the tech tree

    Posted: 07 May 2020 09:09 AM PDT

    Description taken from the tech tree recently and some tested on skrimish and some tested on scenario editor


    Britons Yeomen "Foot archers have +1 range" applies to both archer line and skrimisher line

    Ethiopians "Archers fire 15% faster" applies only to archer line and not cavalry archer or skrimisher

    Italian Pavise Shield "Foot Archers +1/+1 armor" applies only to the archer line

    Magyar team "Foot archer +2 LOS" only applies to archer line

    Mayan "Archer cost -10% Feudal, -20% Castle, -30% Imperial Age" applies only to archer line

    Saracen "Archers(except Skrimishers) +1 attack against buildings per age (starting in feudal)" is correct, applies to cavalry archers and archer line but not skrimishers

    Saracen team "Foot archers +1 attack against buildings" applies to archer line and skrimisher line


    What does "Archer" means?

    Saracen says Archer line, Skrimisher line and Cavalry Archer line
    Ethiopians and Mayan says Archer line

    What does "Foot archers" means?

    Britons and Saracen says archer line and skrimisher line
    Magyar says archer line
    Italian says you forgot the capital A for Archers and it means archer line


    Saracen's descriptions is the best among all of them but it wasn't clear if Handcannoner was included

    Italian, Ethiopians,Mayan and Magyar needs updates.

    Vietnamese "archery range unit +20% hp" is super clear and leaves no room for interpretation. You know that archer line, skrimisher line, cavalry line and handcannoner (they don't get handcannoner tho) recieves the hp boost.

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