Hello Friends,
This Saturday 11th September 2021 starting at 13 UTC (6am PST), I am going to attempt to win 39 ranked matches in a single continuous stream, one win with each civilization. This is not for a charity. This is not for a subathon. This is not to break any record. This is because it's there.
https://www.twitch.tv/collllllllllllin
The civilizations are currently at a very even balance. Even with the new DLC expansions and the four new civilizations, I feel that every civilization has a chance to win. I hosted a tournament called SBARRO in 2020, where players would get points for a win relative to the strength of the civilization. That was over a year ago. Now civilizations are getting closer and closer to a 50% win rate. But it's not that simple.TM
Data: I am rated around 1400 in Random Map. As you would expect, I have around a 50% win rate in Ranked. My average game duration is about 30 minutes, with a tendency to loose more in the early game and win more in the late game. So quick maths will tell us that I'll average 1 win per hour and thus the stream will take 39 hours of in-game time + queue times. I will also be queuing for the Empire Wars ladder so that I can get shorter queue times and shorter games. I will favorite Nomad which is currently in the Random Map ladder since I have a 72% win rate on Nomad. I have been playing through each civilization in the ranked ladder (with random civ enabled) for the past month and have only gotten half way through the list so far!
Precedent: I am not aware of anyone else attempting this in Age of Empires. Hera's subathon earlier this year lasted for 7 days of various Age of Empires content and included sleep breaks. Other AoE2 streamers have done 12 hour streams.
iiTzTimmy, an Apex Legends streamer went 54 hours without sleeping to go from the bottom to the top rank in one stream.
Plan: I will play through each civilization alphabetically until I get a win, and then move on to the next. I will be trying to either play completely meta for a civilization or go for all-in strategies to end games quickly. This will depend on the civilization. #itDepends I will not purposefully lower my ELO by immediately resigning, but will abandon games if I am clearly behind. The queue and starting build order will take a lot of time and I don't want to waste any games if I still have a decent chance to get a win. I don't plan on laming boars or sheep, but may get desperate 11.If I run into server issues or stream snipers, I'll just restart the queue/game and persevere!
Hopefully you will have a chance to stop by. The good thing about these long streams is that no matter your time zone, you will have a chance to catch it. I think I'll need the support near the end!
https://www.twitch.tv/collllllllllllin
TL;DR: California man streams over 40 hours of Age of Empires 2 to win a ranked game with every civ.
This Saturday 11th September 2021 starting at 13 UTC (6am PST), I am going to attempt to win 39 ranked matches in a single continuous stream, one win with each civilization. This is not for a charity. This is not for a subathon. This is not to break any record. This is because it's there.
https://www.twitch.tv/collllllllllllin
The civilizations are currently at a very even balance. Even with the new DLC expansions and the four new civilizations, I feel that every civilization has a chance to win. I hosted a tournament called SBARRO in 2020, where players would get points for a win relative to the strength of the civilization. That was over a year ago. Now civilizations are getting closer and closer to a 50% win rate. But it's not that simple.TM
Data: I am rated around 1400 in Random Map. As you would expect, I have around a 50% win rate in Ranked. My average game duration is about 30 minutes, with a tendency to loose more in the early game and win more in the late game. So quick maths will tell us that I'll average 1 win per hour and thus the stream will take 39 hours of in-game time + queue times. I will also be queuing for the Empire Wars ladder so that I can get shorter queue times and shorter games. I will favorite Nomad which is currently in the Random Map ladder since I have a 72% win rate on Nomad. I have been playing through each civilization in the ranked ladder (with random civ enabled) for the past month and have only gotten half way through the list so far!
Precedent: I am not aware of anyone else attempting this in Age of Empires. Hera's subathon earlier this year lasted for 7 days of various Age of Empires content and included sleep breaks. Other AoE2 streamers have done 12 hour streams.
iiTzTimmy, an Apex Legends streamer went 54 hours without sleeping to go from the bottom to the top rank in one stream.
Plan: I will play through each civilization alphabetically until I get a win, and then move on to the next. I will be trying to either play completely meta for a civilization or go for all-in strategies to end games quickly. This will depend on the civilization. #itDepends I will not purposefully lower my ELO by immediately resigning, but will abandon games if I am clearly behind. The queue and starting build order will take a lot of time and I don't want to waste any games if I still have a decent chance to get a win. I don't plan on laming boars or sheep, but may get desperate 11.If I run into server issues or stream snipers, I'll just restart the queue/game and persevere!
Hopefully you will have a chance to stop by. The good thing about these long streams is that no matter your time zone, you will have a chance to catch it. I think I'll need the support near the end!
https://www.twitch.tv/collllllllllllin
TL;DR: California man streams over 40 hours of Age of Empires 2 to win a ranked game with every civ.