You also have the same pro scene players/streamers, their fanboys/shills slobbering over MS despite the repeated, horrible QA on DE.
There is also the high-school-like atmosphere between the sponsors of events and the streamers/hosts et al who can find themselves locked out for daring to say...
The viewing figures will show you that given an 150k prize pool for 1v1 tiny maps with no res except wood pro's will play it. You could create an 150k + 2-300K production cost world risk/battle royale tournament and pros would play/people would watch it.
You could fly Viper and Hera on top of...
What do you mean try? Standard RM is superior in every single way. I don't think even your most hardened, brown-nosing MS supporters will say that EW is superior. You'll probably get some vague "sponsor wants continuity," "one-time event," brushing off if you press anyone hard. At best you'll...
It's possible to capture someone's point in fewer words. Expecting someone to provide direct quotations/hyperlinks of a 1,500 word salad is unreasonable. Especially when the conversation frequently meanders from the topic.
You partially walk back your more definitive statements in previous...
Sponsors can set the settings, but ...why continue with Empire Wars?
It was offered up by the tournament organizer at the time and aoe2 elites who had the ears of Red Bull who also thought the "fast gameplay," and "reduced downtime of dark age (HAH)," could benefit from sprucing up. Empire Wars...
You say Arabia is figured out. I say it's not, provide examples, and you claim I'm not being fair in characterizing what you said "The core of ara and how it's played hasn't really changed and I don't see how it ever will," and "I've seen many things since 2005/2006. Nothing really has changed...
Not sure what other kind of discussion you were trying to have except a one sided one with bold statements like "Arabia has been figured out since 2006," paired with "I haven't played much DE but nothing has changed..." and being unwilling to discuss some pretty poignant evidence to the contrary...
2005/2006 might as well be 1999.
You are talking fundamentally different games, different pathing, different map generations, extremely different civ and game balance.
"Nothing has really changed for ara," is simply inaccurate.
I don't understand how you can just wave a hand and say "oh yeah...
You haven't been watching much if you think this way. French Drush/variations, 16/17 pop up's for archers, growing Skirmisher prevalence, huge defensive building cost/time nerfs nearly always favor aggression, broken pathing for vils/units alike, archers being completely useless to "okay,"...
What do you mean? In arabia there is guaranteed elevation in a ring in front of your base now.
Balance has changed substantially over time. Not sure what you mean by "Arabia has been figured out," since it changes with the power creep over time. Shoot, any time you have someone come up with an...
Ah, yes, nerfing defensive play 10+ times in just about every way possible so that everyone can watch their favorite players hamster their way through 20 minute feudal ages full of skirms and spears, with nauseating power creep to assist this beautiful style of play.
Exhilarating...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.