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@Dave_AoE rare Dave tweet MASSIVE

First day of Wololo Londinium is starting in a few hours and it's gonna be TheViper vs Sebastian rematch to open it up. It's gonna be a good one! #wololo Twitch.tv/redbull

Was will die AOK von mir? Ernstgemeinte Frage, hahaha

@AniMoonAnime @MontanaBlack Peinlich

Wir haben @MontanaBlack auf der Manga Comic Con getroffen und ihm unseren Manga ISEKAI SOAPLAND geschenkt! 😍🔥🤭 Schaut euch seine Reaktion auf YouTube an: youtu.be/L1WcrLxT4bI?t=…

@Hera_Aoe Pachinko Machine

MAJOR AOE2 ANNOUNCEMENT 🗓️THIS THURSDAY 18GMT 🗓️ On my stream from Vitality bootcamp 1v1? TG? LAN? You don’t wanna miss this one 👊

It also doesn't help it last update was 7 months ago which isn't really up2date with the current game (example: stand ground patrol into enemy armies) #aoe2

The unified tournament handbook for Age of Empires II definitely causes some issues for smaller hosts that have some top players in their tourneys. Its basically impossible to deviate from the rules written there because top players are just so used to it and will complain.

@SkySportDE Clownsverein

WAS EIN TOR VON ACHE! 😱😱 👉 Die Bundesliga LIVE auf SKY SPORT 📺📱🖥️ #skybundesliga #bundesliga #koetsg

@OpenKultur1 @steipete @sabinedoering @xai Weil der Chef ein Freak ist?

@steipete @sabinedoering aber warum zu OAI und nicht @xai ? xai ist immerhin teil eines Weltraum Unternehmen und somit viel spannender als so eine ole 0815 techfirma die sich nicht selbst über Wasser halten kann ;)

Der OpenClaw-Gründer Peter Steinberger entkräftet hier sachlich viele B/Doomer-Bedrohungsszenarien. Nun geht er zu OpenAI. Warum konnte oder wollte Europa dieses Talent nicht halten? Ums Geld allein ging es ihm ja ganz offensichtlich nicht. on.orf.at/video/14311959…

@SandyofCthulhu Bullshit, completly different game.

Pfui. An obvious knock-off of the glory that is Age of Empires II.

I wonder if I would end up cheaper if I would move all my stuff from my VPS to @Railway 🤔

@JDVance Geschichten aus dem Paulanergarten

When I was in Minneapolis, I heard a number of crazy stories. But near the top of the list: A couple of off duty ICE and CBP officers were going to dinner in Minneapolis. They were doxed and their location revealed, and the restaurant was then mobbed. The officers were locked in the restaurant, and local police refused to respond to their pleas for help (as they've been directed by local authorities). Eventually, their fellow federal agents came to their aid. This is just a taste of what's happening in Minneapolis because state and local officials refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement. They have created the chaos so they can have moments like yesterday, where someone tragically dies and politicians get to grandstand about the evils of enforcing the border. The solution is staring everyone in the face. I hope authorities in Minneapolis stop this madness.

@eurofounder 850€ before or after tax?

Today was the most important day of my father's life He just received his pension projection letter from the German government He has worked for 42 years as an engineer at Siemens His projected monthly pension: an eye-popping €850 “I paid so much in taxes my whole life and this is all I get?” I was shocked. This wasn’t my father “I earned €85k a year and paid 65% in taxes my whole life for this?” he kept mumbling nonsense That’s when I knew something was seriously wrong I’m scheduling him for a neurological evaluation immediately I think he has dementia Or maybe he has just been reading American propaganda online Either way, he needs help Most Germans would kill for €850 pension so this man is clearly unwell Get well soon, Papa

Build a map and civ stats overview for the Red Bull Wololo: Londinium Ladder Qualifier. Updates once a day. dayjay.github.io/rbw-londinium-… #aoe2 #rbw

@elhotzo 💀

wie esst ihr Ketchup zu euren Pommes? Trump-Style Kirk-Style

@Karl_Lauterbach Lex Friedman? Ne lass mal

Supersehenswert. 3 Stunden Podcast mit Demis Hassabis zu State of the Art of AI.

@SandyofCthulhu Atlatl only got aded in "The Forgotten" and not in "Conquerors"?

For the military I had my work cut out. I'd decided that the Aztecs wouldn't get gunpowder or horses, since of course these were introduced by the Spanish. I mean, I knew that in reality, the Aztecs would have eventually adopted guns and horses, as did the Iroquois, Mayans, Sioux, Comanches, Mapuche, etc. But it let me make them distinctive. Aztecs were famous for their infantry, and they didn't really use bows - instead they used atlatls or slings. I incorporated the Atlatl as a unique technology, which boosted skirmishers. This let the Aztecs be a little better against enemy archers. I also gave them the Garland War unique tech, which gave all their infantry +4 to their attack. For their army bonus, besides their two unique bonuses, I had all their military units be created 15% faster, which let them respond to an attack, or set up a strike force quicker. I did this in a tricky way that not everyone appreciates, so since I have you as a captive audience, you get to hear about it. Usually production bonuses are done by the building in question. But I attached the training speed to the units themselves. This means that if the Aztecs convert an enemy barracks, it starts producing faster, just like an Aztec one. Plus if the enemy manages to convert an Aztec barracks, its training time slows down to their level. This is the OPPOSITE of how most buildings work that have bonuses, and is just a little perk for the Aztecs because I love them. 2/3

In 1999, I was given the opportunity to design Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors expansion pack. The plan was to do it the same way as I'd done Rise of Rome. I.e., create new units, new techs, and 4 new civs (later expanded to 5, as I've recounted elsewhere). I wanted to have the Aztecs be one of the civilizations (civ) and I was really excited for this. So how to simulate the Aztecs in-game? In general, my goals were always to give a civ (a) a military bonus (b) an economic bonus and (c) something useful in the late game. Lots of Age games never made it to the late stage, because you'd get rushed early on, so that mattered too, but of course we loved 4, 6, or 8 player games and these pretty much always went well into Imperial. So if only to keep the games being fun for us at Ensemble studios, we always remembered this. For their economy bonus, I did something really easy. I just had their villagers carry up to 13 resources instead of 10. Now, villagers in Age of Empires 2 don't just magically pump resources into your economy. They literally pick stuff off the ground, then carry it to your storehouse. Only then is it added to your total. And while they are walking back and forth from the resource pile to the dropsite, they're not gathering. Giving Aztecs this additional carrying capacity meant their villagers only had to do the travel time 75% as often, which indeed gave them a slight boost. Not a huge one, but a useful one. Like many good economy boosts, it was "invisible" to the players. I don't mean the player didn't know about it - I mean they didn't have to DO anything special to take advantage. Just play as normal, and watch the resources mount up a bit quicker. It was also a well-rounded boost as it affected every resource. It was more important for wood, gold, stone, and hunting than farming, because typically the farms are so close to the mill that travel time is pretty short anyway. I also gave them faster gold accumulation with Relics, because I thought Aztecs should be religious (their whole nation was crazy about their cults). This I didn't put a lot of reliance on, because relics aren't always in play. I also gave them an Eagle Warrior as their starting scout. This was kind of scary for the other players, because Eagle Warriors are a real combat unit, not just a scout. Microsoft changed this to an Eagle Scout later on, but evidently Eagle Scouts can kill stray villagers too, so all is well. 1/3

@herrgaius @GermanEmbassy Half Life 3?

@GermanEmbassy Ich bin sehr gespannt, was passieren wird. Hoffentlich gibt es einige wichtige Ankündigungen.

The first German State Visit to the UK in 27 years gets underway tomorrow!

@BattleNonSense @Battlefield BF2 helicopters and jets are much stronger vehicles than anything we have in BF6 (or any previous Frostbite engine title). One good pilot or helicopter crew can decide the map outcome alone in BF2.

Even in #BF2 (2005) many players did _not_ like to play against helicopters/jets and to some extend armor. That is why it also had infantry focused maps as well as an "Infantry Only" mode. @Battlefield _can_ offer a good experience for everyone, but #BF6 only caters to infantry.

@Norrislandofans @McLarenF1 @visacashapprb @visacashapprb RARE W

Lando getting booed is already bad enough, but seeing a staff member from another team join in and do a thumbs down? That’s just unprofessional. @McLarenF1 @visacashapprb

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