First ranked games!

To preface this, I feel like a little kid again who just dig up his dusty aoe2 CD.

Before this, the last time I’d played this game was probably twenty years ago, somehow I discovered it was still going on YT or something and decided to revisit my childhood...

After buying the game about 6 months ago, I dabbled in it but couldn’t bring myself to play it, I don’t know why. The strange thing I found was that watching it on streams / spectate was really enjoyable. After many many months of lurking on Reddit and watching countless games on T90s twitch (and a few Sun Tzu practices...), I finally plucked up the courage to play some ranked games.

My strategy was Britons, have a decent build into castle age, build up my archer numbers in feudal and snipe a few Vils maybe, and then push with 15/20 Xbows, maybe with mangonels if a forward siege wshop was on.

I’ve never had so much fun playing a game.

Now, bearing in mind my Elo is about 800 so not a particularly good level, I won 4 games in a row and have had to tear myself away from my PC to go to bed. My favourite game was where the oppo had an awful hill In front of his base, I patrolled my xbows around there and pushed a vil forward for a siege workshop. 2 mangonels and 3 minutes later and it was gg.

I know I’m only scratching the surface of this game, but wow, wow wow wow, it’s a hell of a buzz winning a game, and I’m so chuffed to win 4 games In a row. I’m sure it will get harder as time goes on, but I’m looking forward to the challenge, I’m starting to understand the game slightly more and it’s such a great feeling.

Now my ramble is over, just a big shoutout to T90Official, without him casting I probably wouldn’t have ever got back into this game.

Now I’m meant to be a grownup and I understand this is a very silly childish post, but heck Idc.

Thanks for reading and being a great community, means a lot for a new player :)