Original meta

I joined the aoe2 community a few years after the Conquerors expansion came out and playing Huns, Aztecs and Mayans on Arabia was the norm. So my question to the members of the sub who’ve been in for the haul is, what was the game like when the 31 were still 13? What were the most fun strats? Which strats made you rage quit? What was the meta like? And most importantly, which unit would Lord Daut micro into town centres?