Competitive RTS looks so stressful. I just want to play Sim City with war, thank you.
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I've never heard anyone describe it that way. That is exactly what I want too. I dont need this to be hard and competitive. I want to make something beautiful and fight some weak opponents. Nowadays, I just play eu4 with my kid, cheating whenever we feel like it and not caring too much.
I love playing CK3 with an immortal character and stomp on everyone. Or playing CoH2 on chokepoint maps and just blast the enemy with artillery.
I remember how my hands would hurt after a competitive StarCraft 2 game.
Posture training, apm. Ruined rts for me
Give Caesar startehy games a try then!
For anyone who doesn't know, the Twitter poster is arguably the best aoe 2 player in the world.
For a moment I thought you meant the grandma
She's unstoppable.
All-star match: who would win?
[Edit: for anyone unaware, the woman in this photo made headlines recently for winning a tekken tournament]
That picture is actually the Turkish granddaughter who unfortunately plays rank.
i reject my reality and substitute yours, it sounds more fun
Being the AOE2 world champion is kinda like being the netball world champion. Yes it takes a lot of skill but no one but your grandma gives a shit.
Lord DauT > all those other dweebs
He's definitely top 10, but did he overthrow viper. Been a while I've followed AoE2 pro scene?
Viper hasn't been number 1 in a long time. Liereyy and him are probably the two best players currently, Hera is more consistent, but peak Liereyy is slightly better.
Something like 13 S-tier tourney wins in a row. He’s a beast
How’s the viper doing? I never followed the scene heavily but was involved in it for a little bit and the viper was super chill and the best at the time.
Top 4-6 probably. Often in the semis. Still a nice guy
He made it to the SD finals this past weekend. Lost 4-2 to Seb. His semifinal match against running was awesome to watch though.
Noting that Hera, Lierry and Hearrt didn’t play.
Difficult argument of you don't ad recently or currently.
AoE 2 has changed greatly over the years. And hera was "bad" for a long time before being number 1 for a while now.
Arguably...? Like if not the elo and tournaments and other pros saying it make him the current champ, what would?
Well they never managed to beat the 110 year old Turkish grandma...
I still remember getting roasted by the lobby for building clubman over 25 years ago.
A man of your talents? Playing PVE?
It's a simple life.
That sounds right. The few matches I played in ranked were infuriating.
I just hate always being rushed rushed rushed. Always have to go faster. Click faster, move faster, make decisions faster. Faster faster faster.
I want to play a strategy game, but at competitive levels, it's less about strategic thinking and more about just memorizing what the 'meta' is, and then being able to execute that meta faster than the other guy. And all this rush and hurry all the time is just too much strain. I want to play games to relax, not to add stress. I get plenty of stress from real life.
AOE2 campaigns with coop mods is peak gaming
Why is this not in Lemmy Shitpost??
Cos it's serious, dude 😄
Competitive games are good when you can measure your improvement through W/L tracking. The moment you start seeing your skill grow plateau its just a stress fest.
Oh good, I guess I'll live a long time
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Oh'klamá?