ASAPWeekly Age of Empires Podcast

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Regular Expansions and the state of Aoe2 and Aoe4
Redbull and Hera is inauthentic
2025 Tournaments
Future of the Show and Thank You
Post Credit Scene

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Intro

Redbull Qualifier Analysis

Ranked Play Tips

Viewer Questions

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Intro
Halo Playthroughs with children
How to Sneak Age into your family routine
Tournament Talk + Door knobs
Age 4 Losing Prize Support
3 New Updates

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Zodiak22

Too Much Space

Chaos Maker

Space Bear

Franc

Awsomniss

Digital Toast

AUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

Yung slug

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Intro

New Game Features:

Seek Shelter/Drop Off

Button Map Pool Review

Games Played

Hidden Cup Streamer House

Hidden Cup Watch Party

Hidden Cup After Party

Closing Statements

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Opening Monologue NAC Review -> Is Hera the new GOAT?

MisterFluffyBunny's Sudden Death Tournament-> Thoughts and feedback on the general SD format and how games play out

HC Preview -> Format, past experience watching, Improved path finding incoming, surprising outs so far, our attendance.

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What am I up to now?

Still running Romans as default, good men at arms opening.
Floating at mid 1500 elo, haven't made a run for 1600 yet, still stretching and getting loose.
Patches
Persians Buff, Savar, Persians Nerf
New Chinese start

AoE2 New DLC Plus Patches

Aremenians
Buffed recently, huge eco, better wood eco than Celts in Imp.
Georgians
Broken UU, fixed supposedly

AoE4 New DLC

Variant Civs
Byzantines
Japanese

Christmas List

Thumbring for Vikings and Armenians
BBC for Chinese, maybe even HC (rocketry and demo ship bonuses, but no gun powder?
Lump of Coal and a nerf for Gurjaras
Camels for Dravidians
Faster infantry speed bonus for Celts

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Boxer Saint interviews longtime member of the scene Jupe!

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Intro Randomness
Team Games Broken Down
Dravidians Controversy

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AOE4 New Civs!

Age of Empires Code of Conduct

1v1 and TG Maps

Malay talk

Huge Competitive News

Hera's Champions Invitational Tournament Quick Review

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Don't Click on this Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asapweekly-legend-of-zelda-podcast/id1699388960

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Personal Gaming

Tournament Smurfs

Maps Review

Age of Empires 4 vs Age of Empires 2 observation

Reddit Revolution

Closing

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Opening Monologue
Map Reviews
Reviewing Bug Fixes
KOTD Closing Thoughts
Masters of Arena talk
Return of Rome Impressions

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Opening Monologue

Introducing DukeCanada

Current Map Pool Review

Rethinking the basic build order

Competitive Musings

King of the Desert tournament analysis

Return of Rome First Impressions

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BoxerSaint reviews some maps ampung other things!

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- Banter

- Breaking Down the PUP update; https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/125fv1t/offical\_pup\_april\_update/

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- Nili's Apartment Cup 4

- Map Review

- Cheating Scandals

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- Intro

- Updates

- Aoe2 Map specifics guide

- Aoe4 Tournament Drama

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We're back going over all the new things in the aoe scene!

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How each of the hosts got into the podcasts
General Video Game Discussion
Tough Questions for LeZer0

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Thank you for your continued support, Enjoy the wild ride:

Zodiak22

Too Much Space

Chaos Maker

Space Bear

Franc

Flux

Awsomniss

Caleb

Razz

Digital Toast

Paint

AUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

YaboiHuntee

Yung slug

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Topics:

- Patrons + Christmas Special

Redbull Wololo Legacy:

- Festive Casters

- 300,000 dollar prize pool

- Viper

- Semis

- Finals In-depth recap

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Finals Notes:

Game 1: Frigid Lake

Liereyy: Hindustani

Tatoh: Khmer

Shallow water in the middle of the map and around starting TC
Tatoh gets a Villiger lead massing scouts early and picking off villagers
Docks for demo ships
Scorpians, knights and halbediers attack against Liereyy's castle and Camels

Game 2: Arabia

Liereyy: Lithuanians

Tatoh: Franks

Early knight and spearmen skirmishes
Liereyy manages to sneak into Tatoh's base and gets a villiger or two
Fight over relics since Lithuanians are in play
Knight vs Knight and conversion war
Tatoh loses monks but still manages to hold on
Tatoh has the economic lead and tries to get a castle up by massing pikemen instead of kngihts
Castle gest up in front of Liereyy's base

Game 3: Morass

Liereyy: Cumans

Tatoh: Bulgarians

Early barracks for Tatoh to attack early with men at arms + 1 scout
Tatoh is following it with 2 scout production
Shorefish the focus for resources on this map
Liereyy defends and pushes into Tatoh's base
Tatoh gets to knights and starts to defend his base and gets a second TC
Liereyy has Knights everywhere and wins it

Game 4: The Bull (lol sponsored)

Liereyy: Byzantines

Tatoh: Turks

This map is redicoulous
Pretty open except for the Bull created from wood lines
Both plaers gets fishing ships at the east and west ends of the map
Liereyy gets into Tatoh's base with knights but then gets trapped by tower and walls
Liereyy sets up TC in the north with Shorefish
Genecaries and Camels from tatoh lose to Liereyy's knights
Liereyy deletes monastary to build castle but relic drop, still manages to deny Tatoh's castle and bring it to 2-2

Game 5: Shoals

Liereyy: Bhoemians

Tatoh: Italians

Map has mostly shallow water in the middle, fisihing ships made
Fight over water in the middle
Liereyy pushes around with crossbowmen, can't go in the middle because of demo ships
Liereyy gets a castle up in the north and south of the map
Fight over gold
Canonn galleons start attacking the castles, and gets into Liereyy's base
Tatoh has pressure on both castle at once
Having control of the water, Tatoh has bombard ships destroying everything
Eventually pushes with castles and trebs
Tatoh wins it

BREAK

Game 6: Outcrop

Liereyy: Aztecs

Tatoh: Tatars

Tatoh has a civ bonus for the pigs on the map so scouts a lot early
Skirmisher goes elite skrim with spearmen
Tatoh pushes with steplancers vs Liereyy's pikemen
Eco always seems to be in Tatoh's favour
Tatoh gets the monks and gets into Liereyy's base
Tatoh gets a castle up and prevents Liereyy's gold generation
Tatoh wins

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Watch the Redbull Wololo Tournament:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8VddvuHJzIj__Ud0rY2_ww

https://www.twitch.tv/redbull

Topics and Notes:

Aoe 1 Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE1

Aoe 2 Hacks + Visa Issues + Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE2

Aoe 4 Bans + Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE4

Check Out Our listener's Aoe Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2yiokXGnhZ4Qgh7BCxnqcm

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Watch the Redbull Wololo Tournament:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8VddvuHJzIj__Ud0rY2_ww

https://www.twitch.tv/redbull

Topics and Notes:

Aoe 1 Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE1

Aoe 2 Hacks + Visa Issues + Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE2

Aoe 4 Bans + Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE4

Check Out Our listener's Aoe Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2yiokXGnhZ4Qgh7BCxnqcm

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We have a special guest this week: Sayrumz!

https://www.twitch.tv/sayrumz

Join our Patreon:

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Question List:

1) What got you into Age of Empires?

2) Whats your favorite civilization?

3) What's your play style?

4) Any advice to listeners that haven't made the jump into multiplayer yet?

5) What's your favorite aoe memory?

6) What do you find most engaging or most rewarding about the RTS genre?

7) What are your current aoe goals or ambitions?

8) Tell us about your stream, when do you stream, what kind of content can people expect?

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We have a special guest this week: Sayrumz!

https://www.twitch.tv/sayrumz

Join our Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Question List:

1) What got you into Age of Empires?

2) Whats your favorite civilization?

3) What's your play style?

4) Any advice to listeners that haven't made the jump into multiplayer yet?

5) What's your favorite aoe memory?

6) What do you find most engaging or most rewarding about the RTS genre?

7) What are your current aoe goals or ambitions?

8) Tell us about your stream, when do you stream, what kind of content can people expect?

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If you would like to support us to gain access to the Rob and Kyle Show, the Pre-Show and help with our audio editing, please consider joining our patreon age of empires and pokemon tier: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly
Boxer Saint finally tried Aoe4 and likes it more than he thought
We cover the free weekend and the balancing style as we compare it to aoe2
We take a look into the future as the Redbull Wololo Legacy tournament is on the horizon and some the qualifiers have already been player.

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If you would like to support us to gain access to the Rob and Kyle Show, the Pre-Show and help with our audio editing, please consider joining our patreon age of empires and pokemon tier: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly
Boxer Saint finally tried Aoe4 and likes it more than he thought
We cover the free weekend and the balancing style as we compare it to aoe2
We take a look into the future as the Redbull Wololo Legacy tournament is on the horizon and some the qualifiers have already been player.

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Team Elo Changes:

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/updates-to-ranked-team-game-elo-calculation/

T90 Tournament

https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/T90_Titans_League/1/Platinum_League

Aoe 4 Season 2 Update:

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-update-17718/

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Team Elo Changes:

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/updates-to-ranked-team-game-elo-calculation/

T90 Tournament

https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/T90_Titans_League/1/Platinum_League

Aoe 4 Season 2 Update:

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-update-17718/

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Topics:
Redbull's Wololo Legacy Tournament announced
Golden League see's Starcraft Players beat Viper
Battle of Africa Tournament happening in June: https://www.twitch.tv/membtv
New Aoe3 Expansion, Italians and Maltese added: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/explore-newest-civs-in-aoe-iii-de-italians-and-maltese/

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Topics:
Redbull's Wololo Legacy Tournament announced
Golden League see's Starcraft Players beat Viper
Battle of Africa Tournament happening in June: https://www.twitch.tv/membtv
New Aoe3 Expansion, Italians and Maltese added: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/explore-newest-civs-in-aoe-iii-de-italians-and-maltese/

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Twitch Streamers to check out:

https://www.twitch.tv/captjow9/

https://www.twitch.tv/sayrumz

New Civilization Tech Trees:

https://aoe2techtree.net/?lng=en#Hindustanis

https://aoe2techtree.net/?lng=en#Gurjaras

https://aoe2techtree.net/?lng=en#Bengalis

https://aoe2techtree.net/?lng=en#Dravidians

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King of the Castle Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGglXUYxeE&ab_channel=ASAPWeeklyLIVE

Links to updates:

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-in-2022/

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-iv-festival-of-ages/

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-season-one-update-release-notes/

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Th Co-Op Cup discord: https://discord.gg/dZYqeajR

The AOEII Practice Squad discord: https://discord.gg/9QFuAVCb

BoxerSaint's Twitch/YouTube for the Kings League tournament: https://www.twitch.tv/boxersaint / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCgM9xC0pOty0928iM2TaQ

Our Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork

Topics:

Community Tournaments
Aoe2 what we're learning
Hera being Hera
Aoe4 Prize pools

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Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

Topics List:

Show updates
Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard
Aoe 2 Year in Review
Aoe 2 Updates
Aoe4 Balance Changes
Aoe4 Upcoming tournaments
Aoe2 and Aoe4 Gameplay comparisons

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Pilot episode of our history podcast - We still have a lot to do when it comes to thinking about format, but hopefully it will start to come together in an awesome way!!
Garlands wars = Flowery Wars
Architecture and innovation.

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Show updates for the future
Age 1,2,3 and 4 updates from the Year
Major Aoe2 Tournament Results Recap
Aoe4 Tournament Results

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Welcome to our Christmas Party:

Pre-Dinner Banter
Boxer Saint from Aoe
Tristan and Matt from Pokémon
Tyswoogles and Chrsor from Rocket League
Raven from the Rob and Kyle Show
Jer and Combo from Mechanically Mediocre
Allize from the Rocket League
Chris from Aoe
Outro

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Join our discord for updates on our tournaments coming up: https://www.asapweekly.com/aoe-podcast.html#/
November Patch Recap
Aoe2 will be supported!!
King of the Desert Preview
New Observations about the game

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Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP
Listener Questions
Sacred Sites in the Game
Genesis Tournament: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/GENESIS
Winter Update

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A little all over the place but here is a taste of our aoe4 talk on a show I was a guest on... check out the full show here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-28-age-of-empires-4-with-asapweekly/id1567397468?i=1000541592200

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Discord: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP
First Impressions
How does the game Feel
Mongols
Campaigns
Listener Feedback

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Watch our stream on October 29th and 30th at 7pm EST: https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork

Matt and I review our first feelings from what we've seen of the game, how excited we are and some of the feelings we have on the UI and Units in the game.

Checkout some Starcraft Personalities' thoughts on Aoe4: https://youtu.be/HGDl3CrehhA?t=6008

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

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Topics:

Playoff Preview
Amazing Production
Quarter Finals Recap
MBL vs Hera
Semi Finals
Liereyy vs Viper

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Topics:

Holy Roman Empire History
Holy Roman Empire Civ
Stress Test Review

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Watch our latest ShowMatch for the title of Feudal Lord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iravDoMxQh8&ab_channel=ASAPWeeklyAgeofEmpiresPodcast
Dawn of the Dukes is even better!
Aoe3 Campaign
Aoe4 Civ preview: Rus

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Community Match for Dark Lord title on Saturday August the 28th at 2021 at 1pm EST: https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork

Contact us with questions: weeklyasap@gmail.com

Topics:

New Campaign review
Awesome missions and difficulty in the Jadwiga Campaign
Super fun playing Bohemians and trying new things

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Announcements:

Guest on a show where we talk about RTS and Age of Empires. RTS talk starts at 31:30, Age of Empires talk starts an hour and 10 minutes in: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-13-age-empires-ii-asapweekly-humble-farmer/id1567397468?i=1000530493946
Regular shows will be released every two weeks on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month. (Recording on Thursday)
We’ll look to have bonus shows from time to time in the in-between weeks
King of the Castle Match Video: https://youtu.be/tsh2rQzW2ms

News:

Aoe 2 Expansion August 10th

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/aoe2de-dukes-preorder/

Aoe4 Beta beginning
RedBull Wololo 5 Qualifiers on August the 14th
Empire War Duo 2 Qualifiers on August the 19th

Age of Empires 3 Expansion: The African Royals

Rundown
New ideas

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/availablenow-african-royals/

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Join our discord for our tournament on August 7th: https://discord.gg/mKDbdpxNbQ

Contact us: weeklyasap@gmail.com

Topics:

Welcome to our Guest Boxer Saint
Getting back into Age of Empires
What's it like learning hotkeys
Comparing BJJ and Age of Empires

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Discord: https://discord.gg/avckDgCFgT
New Co-Op Beta
General Strat in Team Games

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Topics:

Join our community tournament if you're between 0 - 1049 ELO: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP
RedBull Wololo 4 Semis and Finals Recap

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July 3rd 1pm EST Community Tournament: https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork

July 10th (0-1049 ELO tournament) Sign-up: https://discord.gg/mKDbdpxNbQ

Wololo Format

Quarter Finals In-Depth Recap

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Topics:

Tournament around 1100 - 1300 ELO July 3rd. Join discord and react with a green check mark to the announcement if you'd like to join.

https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

Otherwise streamed on my twitch channel:

https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork/

Drush: https://www.windowscentral.com/age-empires-2-definitive-edition-drush

RedBull Wololo 4: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo/4

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Discord Link: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

Topics:

Guest Intro
Business models
Game Theory
Strategy vs self, then strategy vs others

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Topics:

Discord for show updates: https://discord.gg/avckDgCFgT
15 Villager Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7zaXjaJVWM&ab_channel=SpiritOfTheLaw
What Chris thinks makes a good RTS

15 villager build:

2 houses
6 villagers on sheep
Lumber Camp with 7th villager
4 villagers on wood
11th villager gets boar
12th villager builds house then mill
Next 3 villagers on berries

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Topics:

Japanese Civ
USA Civ
Aoe3 Design
Aoe3 vs Aoe2
Why was Aoe3 not successful?

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Aoe 3 United States added to the game

Aoe 4 Chris' perspective

Aoe 2 co-op campaigns

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Fan Preview Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJ14RVFDGQ&ab_channel=Xbox

Stay Up to date on schedule changes: https://discord.gg/sKSgscYYV8

Topics:

Welcome Matt!
First Reactions to Aoe4
Norman Campaign
Delhi Sultanate
Chinese Civilization
Walls and Layout Speculation

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Topics:

Day 9 Learning Age of Empires:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?=nrsS1wLHtKo&ab_channel=Day9TV

Maps and Boar Laning
Hidden Cup 4 Recap: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Hidden_Cup/4
April 10th: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/announcing-age-fan-preview-2021/

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Topics:

Day 9 Intro to Aoe2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFxKgY7ULeg&ab_channel=Day9TV
Hidden Cup Qualifiers and Information: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Hidden_Cup/4
Catch the Hidden Cup on Thursday March 18th 2021: https://www.twitch.tv/t90official

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Where to find tournaments to play in: https://www.aoezone.net/forums/general-tournament-discussion.1607/

Topics:

Circular Maps and RTS Campaign design
Hidden Cup Qualifiers
How well could a Starcraft Pro transition to Aoe?

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YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym3dq8WuSFo&ab_channel=LeZer0_asap

Topics:

Ranked Games around 800 ELO

Next 2 Campaign Missions

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Discord: https://discord.gg/avckDgCFgT

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyjOFcSRNH1OkM_YCsFdAw

Topics:

First 2 Missions of the Campaign
Egg is in Palm's Tournament
Potential Nerfs and Bugs

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Aoe2 Campaign Stream Every Saturday 9 am EST: https://www.twitch.tv/LeZer0_asap

Vods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyjOFcSRNH1OkM_YCsFdAw

Topics:

Red Bull Wololo Cup 3 Tournament Results
New Civs, playing them for the first time
New Player progression of understanding

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The whole crew is together for the first time!

Random In-Game Observations
The 'Amateur' players for Red Bull Wololo Cup 3 have qualified
Ranked Match Making system: new highest level and possible changes for new players
Water Nomad
Unbalanced Matchups
The place of Infantry units in the game

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Link to VOD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbboqfWBII4

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Aoe2 Episode 3 Notes:

I’ll be streaming aoe2 for 1 day on December 29th at 8am - 1pm EST: https://www.twitch.tv/lezer0_asap
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP
Tatar Changes, balance updates:
Winter Festival Until January 1st: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/winter-festival-2020/
Lords of the West Expansions January 26th: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/pre-order-lords-of-the-west/
2 New Civs (Sicilians, Burgundians)
3 New Fully Voiced Campaigns
Our Aoe experience since the last time we spoke
RedBull Wololo Cup 3 Signups Open (January 16th - 24th): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ontjcGwUTvs&feature=youtu.be
Hidden Cup 4 Qualifiers February 2021 T90Official Twitch
Main Event March 2021
2v2 World Cup Finals In-depth Recap: (Bo7 Grand Final) ($30,000+ tournament)