Recent content by chicklet

Another great addition to the ever growing list of highly readable interviews from @Huehuecoyotl22 ... Can I ask your motivation behind adding the climate change question? As for @PROject_Belgium... Some ox-like travelling shoulders on display there. That back-pack must be laden with bottles...

Rather than dwell on what we have lost (after all, Lierry is free to pursue his own interests and should be encouraged to do so), it is more interesting to look at what we have... As @Tarsiz says, the skill gap between the 3 players mentioned is small enough to make for very exciting and...

If this were boxing, we'd now know who the Champions next challenger would be. But it isn't boxing, and while TaToh took the honours, he failed to deliver a decisive knock-out. Here are a few take-aways from the weekend's Number 2 Tournament and a look ahead: The most conclusive outcome from...

If you haven't yet seen my review of the main contenders, it might make interesting reading ahead of today's final... https://www.aoezone.net/threads/the-main-contenders-a-brief-analysis.158244/#post-627496 I will update with new comments at the tournament conclusion.

Sound like very sensible solutions to an awkward problem.

I had prepared this piece to promote the great work being done by @mungo__ and @marciocolombia over at https://aoe-elo.com/ and https://www.esportsearnings.com/games/179-age-of-empires-ii-the-age-of-kings … Then @robo and @MaSmOrRa announced their amazing #2 Tournament and it became even more...

Back on topic..... Question for @EscapeAoE: Will Greggs vegan sausage-rolls be provided? Thanks

Hi @mungo__ Is there a reason the rating jumps around (after 36)? This seems to occur multiple times. I'd also like to comment on the use of elo decay. In the voobly ladder it works fine - everyone has the potential to login and play some games to avoid decay - but tournament elo is...

I don't think this is the best approach. Rather than 'why bother making it more accessible for some people', we should be saying 'how can we make this accessible to as many people as possible'. @ImRiver has shown that mobile device users make up a sizable demographic and we should be...

Agreed. Seems like the wrong figure is being used as the baseline. In your example, 8 is 50% less than 16 but 16 is 100% more than 8.... so technically it should be either - 50% or +100% As long as it's consistent, I don't really mind.

Thank you for organising and hosting. During the group stage, I think DA went under the radar for a lot of people... But the quality and entertainment during the knockout stages produced some of the best games of the year. Even though I didn't follow the gold and silver leagues, a huge...

What's Discord? (maybe I'm too pleb for plebino cup)

Now that the finalists are confirmed, it would be great to have a piece on all players at the LAN. Would be perfect content filler for between games. @ZeroEmpires

This isn't necessary or worth your effort. The absolute number is meaningless (although some people obsess over arbitrary thresholds). What matters is the relative level as @enmipho says.

So much gold in here. I was a huge Rubenstock fan before reading this and an even bigger one now. His love for the great outdoors (and the small hot steamy indoors) and sense of humour are wonderful... But for me, his remark about feeling a duty to his teammates to get better at 1v1 is hugely...