I’ve been a member here for a couple of months now and I realize I never properly introduced myself.
I’ve made a few comments in an attempt to be funny (I’m always attempting to be funny ) but I’m just another faceless noob to you all so I thought I’d give you a little of my background and ask a question.
First my background. (and this is a very shallow , low information, background. Done in true internet anonymity.)
To start…I’m old. I’m probably older than many of your grandparents. I’ll be 60 next birthday. Not ancient, but old.
I will skip all the details of my life’s story and my adventures and lies and get right to the important subject….AOC.
I started playing about 10 years ago after trying a demo I found online. I loved the game. I Could beat the AI’s. I could beat my kids and their friends. However they weren’t into it like me and it was the only game in which I could defeat them.
This past fall my youngest son told me about AOEFE. I was excited because of the new features. I liked the higher population limit. I liked the higher screen resolutions and I’m the only one who seemed excited by palisade gates. I had never played online because I imagined hotkey masters , moving large armies at whim in formations I never seen on vast maps I never dreamed about. I was right about the hotkeys anyway.
I saw a promo AOEFE video with commentary featuring a match between Viper and Jordan. This was the first time I ever seen AOC played correctly , let alone at a pro level. I realized I had played the game completely wrong for 10 years!
Games didn’t have to be 2 to 3 hrs long.
Anyway to shorten this tale to something less than the length of Lord of The Rings, I began to watch recs, joined AOCZONE , learned about Viper, Daut, Jordan, and many others. I watched the video commentaries with Zeroempires and BBQTurkman. Watch live twitch broadcasts. Learned build patterns for each age. Practiced and practiced, and now I am up to the level of ……Suck.
But I’ll keep trying. Although, even if I manage to memorize all the civs and their abilities and counters the one fact remains…I’ll never be fast. Again..I’m old. My hotkey skills will always be weak. So now my question. Is there something like a senior league? Someplace where slow guys like myself can play without annoying you guys. (Please don’t tell me to start one, the heartbreak of being the only member coupled with the fact that my organization abilities in this regard are even less than my game play would be disappointing.)
Anyway that’s my story. (at least as much as I willing to tell at the moment.) If you do happen to accidentally find yourself in a game with me someday…cut an old codger some slack. I’m not just a noob…I’m a coot. Lol
Thanks.
I’ve made a few comments in an attempt to be funny (I’m always attempting to be funny ) but I’m just another faceless noob to you all so I thought I’d give you a little of my background and ask a question.
First my background. (and this is a very shallow , low information, background. Done in true internet anonymity.)
To start…I’m old. I’m probably older than many of your grandparents. I’ll be 60 next birthday. Not ancient, but old.
I will skip all the details of my life’s story and my adventures and lies and get right to the important subject….AOC.
I started playing about 10 years ago after trying a demo I found online. I loved the game. I Could beat the AI’s. I could beat my kids and their friends. However they weren’t into it like me and it was the only game in which I could defeat them.
This past fall my youngest son told me about AOEFE. I was excited because of the new features. I liked the higher population limit. I liked the higher screen resolutions and I’m the only one who seemed excited by palisade gates. I had never played online because I imagined hotkey masters , moving large armies at whim in formations I never seen on vast maps I never dreamed about. I was right about the hotkeys anyway.
I saw a promo AOEFE video with commentary featuring a match between Viper and Jordan. This was the first time I ever seen AOC played correctly , let alone at a pro level. I realized I had played the game completely wrong for 10 years!
Games didn’t have to be 2 to 3 hrs long.
Anyway to shorten this tale to something less than the length of Lord of The Rings, I began to watch recs, joined AOCZONE , learned about Viper, Daut, Jordan, and many others. I watched the video commentaries with Zeroempires and BBQTurkman. Watch live twitch broadcasts. Learned build patterns for each age. Practiced and practiced, and now I am up to the level of ……Suck.
But I’ll keep trying. Although, even if I manage to memorize all the civs and their abilities and counters the one fact remains…I’ll never be fast. Again..I’m old. My hotkey skills will always be weak. So now my question. Is there something like a senior league? Someplace where slow guys like myself can play without annoying you guys. (Please don’t tell me to start one, the heartbreak of being the only member coupled with the fact that my organization abilities in this regard are even less than my game play would be disappointing.)
Anyway that’s my story. (at least as much as I willing to tell at the moment.) If you do happen to accidentally find yourself in a game with me someday…cut an old codger some slack. I’m not just a noob…I’m a coot. Lol
Thanks.