99.72% to Castle Age when the TC went down... That was wild!!

@johnnyslokes2712

Жыл бұрын

I was hoping he would have walled of that treeline earlier.. he would have made that castle if he did that

@Pinnster

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnyslokes2712 i dont think castle age would make any difference for gray anyway

@jackson9415

Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe grey didn’t even try to repair. Almost closed the vid out of second hand frustration 😂

@ShieldEntertainment

Жыл бұрын

@@jackson9415 Seriously, like, bruh, what is grey currently doing that's so focus-intensive he can't have a single villager repair? He even has plenty of wood! What ELO do you have to be to not realize you can repair your buildings? oof

@Connection-Lost

Жыл бұрын

@@ShieldEntertainment Somewhere around your ELO

Ridiculously tiny maps is almost a tradition in Age of Mythology. They're so small compared to the space you need that its nearly unplayable. Its great. If you are on a map that gives you extra buildings at the start, there's a good chance they'll be closer to another player's town center than your own.

@misteral9045

Жыл бұрын

Glad to see the AOM clan coming out on this one.

@Casketkrusher_

Жыл бұрын

Used to play those extreme small maps, infinite resources and just go crazy. Good times.

@satyakisil9711

Жыл бұрын

Bruh don't remind me of the nightmarish priest spam. It cost me many nights of sleep.

@jje-random

Жыл бұрын

Haha. Fun maps unless you fight against gaia

@qwertyuiop32935

Жыл бұрын

Yes!! My favorite game

36:54 "I think Jon has already accepted that there's a special place in forest nothing hell for him." - I almost want to make that my voicemail.

@Qtoyghs

Жыл бұрын

No wonder thou werts victorious.

@Nonkel_Jef

9 ай бұрын

Jon is not scared of hell because he’s the devil himself.

Red almost feels like he forgot about the countdown timer. He was so focused on orange by the end but if he actually built up a little military I think he could have pushed teal out.

@Labyrinth6000

Жыл бұрын

Plus he had a barracks that had units in it, yet never sent them after the knights.

@monstar3626

10 ай бұрын

True

@wout4yt

9 ай бұрын

It felt like he was playing another game at the same time.

I feel huns would be really good for this map - not needing space for houses would be really strong

@cothfi

Жыл бұрын

In normal forest nothing games they're strong for economy but terrible for rushing. They can only destroy trees with Trebuchets. So in our games if someone pick Huns they just send tributes to other allies.

@jordansmith4040

Жыл бұрын

@@cothfi I had not considered they couldn't knock down trees in any meaningful way.

@thomasfplm

Жыл бұрын

@@cothfi, or an ally has to send an onager to open a path for them.

@walthzer6910

Жыл бұрын

​@@jordansmith4040Yet for this map that doesn't matter. We can see towers are op. Chopping wood should be all you need!

@jordansmith4040

Жыл бұрын

@@walthzer6910 so a civ with a woodchopping bonus

The most aggressive Forest Nothing map yet! Still somehow feels like trying to whisper the loudest.

Thanks to Bontino and Stevesplinter for staying to the end, giving us more fun content, despite basically losing the game very early

@EliasHasle

Жыл бұрын

Imagine what they could have accomplished with trade through a double gate.

You should try making a "Tiny" event in the Age of Mythology style. It'd be a 4 players completely empty map, everyone with infinite resources, but the fun part is that the map is basically a square which side is large 4 adjacent TCs

@bare_bear_hands

Жыл бұрын

Whoever plants a big building smack-dab in the center wins by choking everyone out of space.

@sephirothbahamut245

Жыл бұрын

@@bare_bear_hands that's not a realistic prospect. By the time you reach castle age the space is already contested with houses and military buildings. Space management in that mode is key. Small buildings such as towers are actually way better

@MrHeorhe

Жыл бұрын

​@@sephirothbahamut245 it's still whoever puts a tower down in the middle, the reason aoe2 is so good is because the random map forces unique play. If we eliminate all map features and all economy challenges then it's whoever micros the hardest and gets the middle first

@ArawnOfAnnwn

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHeorhe Age of Mythology also has random maps, but this mode still became very popular in that community. You might as well say economic management is what makes AoE 2 so good, and yet Castle Blood and other such games modes exist on it.

@kindlin

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHeorhe I guess you've never heard of a small game called Starcraft. Microing and strategizing better than your opponent is interesting gameplay. Small choices early on can have large affects a couple minutes later.

The tc not firing arrows actually made it more punishing, as there was no defense against a runaway player like teal.

@JWonn

Жыл бұрын

I think they did that because the map is so small the TC's would constantly fire on adjacent enemy woodlines and enemy houses and the games would stall out.

@ethanpayne4116

Жыл бұрын

@@JWonn the TC would only fire if you garrison, which would provide an incentive to not abuse the TC fire too much

@Michal235

Жыл бұрын

I think not because mangos outrange TCs anyway

@SaskatchewanSteve

Жыл бұрын

It seems like setting their range to 1 might be better. They could still defend a direct attack and passing enemies, but it couldn’t harass opposing wood lines.

@thomasfplm

Жыл бұрын

​@@SaskatchewanSteve, I think they could do it to all structures, with the towers and castles getting the normal +1 increase with the upgrades.

I love the minimalism of this. Host more games on this map.

Man, I remember Forest Nothing. I was a fan and watching back from some OG Spirit of the Law vids, back when you were thinking of moving to NC. That video and the concept really revolutionized the AoEII youtube space and brought fresh light into approaching the game. I would even hazard to say that it is because of you, along with some of the other prominent creators from all that time ago, that the game has been picked back up into development and updates. Thanks, Tristan. Was a pleasure meeting you at Boxcar.

@Vitorruy1

Жыл бұрын

yes the meme maps, caster jokes and weird noob gameplay really created something special there

Steve and Bontino are the best part of this video, haha! Thanks for the cast.

Red's mining camp actually made sense. You need to build 2 dark age buildings at the same time before advancing. And mill, lumber camp and mining camp all cost the same. So if you wre gonna delete it anyways then it makes no difference.

@TyloThorn

Жыл бұрын

However deleting the villager probably didn't xD

I never watched RTS games on KZread but played AoE2 back in the day. Suddenly out of nowhere a grand final between Viper and someone else who won the first map and had a crazy 2nd or 3rd map but Viper still won, thats how I found this channel

This game was a condensed account of human history. 😢

@grainassault4844

Жыл бұрын

yeah dude like how Lithuania rules the world

@nemou4985

Жыл бұрын

@@grainassault4844 more like how the biggest asshole wins

@riseALK

10 күн бұрын

Palestine simulator

The minimap is so zoomed in that you can see individual trees 😂

Jon had the strategy. It would be interesting to see this played again a little while later after people figure it out more

Shulker is a Legend for attacking that tower

6:40 It was the first Forest Nothing got me into your channel and the first Hidden Cup that hooked me. Also, teal chatting just to himself for us spectators to see was epic.

Suggestion: instead of taking away the TC arrows, make all structures have 1 range with the upgrades working as usual (towers and castles increase range with upgrades).

Once Gray broke through they should have immediately chopped a tree at each corner of the monument and built towers

@EliasHasle

Жыл бұрын

Forcing ALL the other players to gang up against him...

@Labyrinth6000

Жыл бұрын

And have the entire map gang up after him.

@TyloThorn

Жыл бұрын

It DID seem like they had no further plans after reaching middle though...

What brought to T90, year was 2019 and I was starting college. I was in class and thought that would be fun to play AoE2 and that I should install it when I get home. After class while I was on break I figured I'd watch youtube. The first video that popped up was a T90 video and was kind of freaked out since I had not said the name out loud, did not talk to anyone about wanting to play it, I had never searched the game on youtube either. I was freaked out but opened it anyway. Guess I'll thank the government spying on my thoughts and recommending this channel

Weirdly enough I came through your content while looking up AOE2 campaign playthroughs cause I was struggling with one of them, stuck around for the commentary and found out about the AOE2 community in general as a result lmao

Your extras channel is what I first saw of you and then found your main. I really enjoy the full cast on your extra channel the most.

I don't remember what brought me to T90s channel. But I do remember what brought me to the game. My childhood friend friend was describing the "new" game. It had villagers and you collect wood and berries. Take the resources back to the Town Centre..... I thought it was played in first person. 😂

@nessesaryschoolthing

Жыл бұрын

And all these years later, that thought has been rendered a reality

@METALFREAK03

Жыл бұрын

I remember there was a battle of the empire games. Empire Eath, AOE and Empire Strategy? I think it was called. Obviously, this made you pick your team for AOE2.

That was such fun game to watch. I like that we had a great overview the whole time!

Surprisingly this was really exciting to watch! Really weird and interesting dynamics. Two mangonels going down feels like two aircraft carriers sunk. Thank you and more please! :D

This is hilarious but I love the different dynamic, I really want to see a diplo version of this so badly now

My first was forrest nothing. And I dont regret anything. Jon knew the minimeta

@Vitorruy1

Жыл бұрын

minimeta lmao

Probably too late to suggest an idea but would it be possible to split the map with walls into a 3x3 Tic-Tac-Toe board? 1v1 where each player starts in opposite corners with some resources, but in the other squares there are monuments or something to capture, but they have to capture three in a row (and the home square counts as their own).

The video that brought me to the channel was that really nice one you made a while back. Such a good replay.

I remember watching as one of those 75 people yeaaaaars ago! Surprised to see you pop back up as a recommend and even more shocked I never subbed back in the day. I remember watching all the fun matchups, they were always fun and relaxing to watch even if I never got what was going on haha.

I wonder how a "gold nothing" map would work on such a tiny map (with just enough starting food to build a market, or with starting with a market)

It's... Beautiful.

First video I discovered of this channel was the first "I sit" vid and is still one of my favorites

enter the space age and build a photon cannon, you may need a pylon, perhaps even an additional one

KZread randomly recommended to me "The Legend of Simple Joe" and it made me buy the game :)) That was I think 2 or 3 weeks ago. The story was sooo good. Found other fun videos, funny they are not the most popular ones on the channel. 4v4 no farms was also a blast.

@-Keith-

Жыл бұрын

The random video recommendation for me was "1,793 Crossbows" which was absolutely hilarious.

I think this would work best (or at least more competitively) with only 4 players instead of 8. As is, the first two people to Feudal can tower 2 neighbors, effectively neutralizing up to 4 players anyway.

Ah the devs played with the size of the tree stumps? That explains why klicking wood feels weird lately

I can't remember what brought me to T90, but the earliest video I remember watching was Snippy on Texas and Daves Fun house vids.

I love how Jon was pushing himself with these textmassages in the beginning

Thank you Tristan, you are the cornerstone of the AoE2 community

I honestly can't remember what video bought me to your channel, I havn't played aoe2 in YEARS but I LOVE the game to death and I love watching your videos. You are one of my favorite people on the internet bro , so kind and genuine, thanks for your work with the videos mate.

The legend of Wall is how I found this channel, I absolutely forgot about this game and how much I loved to play it. I would spend hours playing as a kid, one of my first games my dad gave me. I just recently got back into it and has helped me cope with a lot that had been going on in my life, so thank you

Tiny is a fan favorite in Age of Mythology. Infinite resources, but very limited space.

@unusuario382

Жыл бұрын

C scraggy

Crazy that this still lasted more than an hour.

@nemou4985

Жыл бұрын

well countdown alone is 35 minutes

They would actually get a good amount of gold. Trade carts are based on the percentage of maps traveled.

The first videos of yours I remember watching are things like "The legend of...", especially FatSlob, Hoang and Blue Coffee. Truly legends, titles did not lie.

*Tinest Map Ever

@shanerooney7288

Жыл бұрын

*Cutest Map Ever

I discovered this channel through watching Hera play. I found him by looking for skilled players after getting back into the game. Stayed because you guys seem to have fun here and the narration is on point.

Can't remember which video brought me here. I just remember this being my favorite game as a young chap and I must have stumbled across your channel and I was shocked there was still content being made. Hats off sir.

I can't recall which video it was specifically, but one of your pro level tournament casts was my introduction to competitive AOE2 and got me back into the game after having played it as a kid.

15:20 lol That mining camp mistake followed by that villager kill 😂

i do love the tiny maps! like a cage fight style, i started watching from a forest nothing or from like a viper vs someone match back in the day. picked up Aoe2DE now again and really enjoying watching all the teamgames. more tiny maps and more king matches! maybe give people hidden tasks they need to perform similiar to "risk"? my fav was the one were a player had to leave early so he just rushed elephants which stirred it up instead of everyone just waiting for imp to end diplo and start fighting. GG!

I literally did find your channel from the first Forest Nothing map. I had only vaguely heard of AoE, let alone #2, but the map and idea was just so stupid I loved it. I haven't watched your channel for a year or 2, but here I am again lol.

T90's first forest nothing video was what introduced me to aoe2. And to this day i still love watching the nothing maps.

There are so few trees on this map, you might as well call it "Straggler Tree Nothing", 11

The first video of yours the algorithm put on my front page was an exploding kings match. And I've been hooked ever since.

T90: the stories come naturally T90: I got second place in the spelling bee

watching these casts is difficult with how neutral the cursor is. Love your content man

The original legend of corner boy vid was what got me into the channel personally

Your videos are all I see on my KZread homepage and I'm okay with that. I love what you're doing for the AOE community and for my childhood, haha. Will need to join your discord or something.

What brought me to the channel was playing the OG version of aoe2 (before my download key stopped working) and i thought "hey i wonder if there are any youtube videos of 4v4s" and thats when i clicked on the first video which was from this channel and introduced me to THE VIPER whom instantly became my favorite player to watch and ive been watching the odd game here and there ever since. Love the game, the players, the community (including viewers) and ofcourse the best aoe2 caster T90. Looking forward to more of the tourney games the loong ones 😂

Jon has obviously played these settings a few times and knows an exact build order

Jon with the 4th wall break 😂

To answer one of your in video questions, I don't remember the first video of yours I watched. I started watching AoE2 down a weird path of watching ai play games. So I was watching another channel do ai battles/comparisons and then I believe some tournament you had casted showed up and then I was hooked. Love the content, keep it up!

This is my first time on your channel and the first time watching an AOE match on youtube. Thank you so much for making this content. Its so much fun.

16:30 the villager that messed that up needed to die for his mistake. truly a good manager who recognizes this.

i got into your channel back in the day with the viper vs jordan best of 21 iirc

That was a great setup- really exciting and fun to see new strats

I love Jon narrating his game for us in a solo chat room.

Your cast of Jordan vs Viper BO21 is what got me into AoE2. Was a age of mythology fan and there wasn’t much content of that out there and some aoe2 stuff seemed more popular and a bo21 caught my eye cuz I thought it must be great. And it was. Worth a rewatch!

That was a great idea. Very fun to watch

Definitely do the biggest possible map with exploding vils but they explode in between kings and vils

@dimitrikemitsky

Жыл бұрын

I hope he does, 'enormous' maps are actually a lot of fun to play, not sure how fun to cast though.

What brought me in was my therapist suggesting to watch videos to help with sleeping at night.

Loved it! Relics scattered through the trees would be just as fun.

This video was my first of yours. Needed something to watch I the background at work for entertainment and I was feeling RTS vids. The theme sounded fun.

That was very entertaining, congratulations Jon. T90 you just got yourself a new subscriber.

I remember coming to the channel to watch the second hidden cup I think. Was so fun and was a great entry point because no one else knew who was considered the best player at the start same as me haha

Steve: you killed half my eco! Jon: *oh i would never*

Every few months these videos get recommended to me and each one is better than the last

Low Elo legends is what really drew me in. As a fellow 800 king, it always makes me laugh to see you try and explain some of the hilariously bad things people do.

I remember when Age HD came out in 2013 and i started following Memb and other legends who were streaming content. Pretty sure i found T90 super super early because of those feeds on KZread. By the time he went full time in 2016 I had been watching for over a year with a couple buddies. Amazing where this channel has gotten in the last decade. Keep it up man!

Lydia has hilarious savage energy.

What brought me to your channel was Blue Coffee and all of the regicides and pilgrim that you would broadcast. The whole colonization and diplomacy are my favorite aspects of AofE2

The lumber camp probably was there to develop some tree cutting skills. It was deleted shortly afterwards.

As to what brought me to your channel - it was Forest Nothing and the Legend of Fatslob

I laughed so much. This isn't the kind of content I usually watch, but this match was fantastic. Thanks T90!

this was incredible! very enjoyable match! its wild how difficult it looked to defend against any of this. :D

i did stuff like this back in warcraft 2. tiniest map possible, only a town hall and space for a gold mine, nothing else. it was fun.

This ridiculously small sized map is my nightmare. This was stressful to watch!

I really quite liked this. The competition for space added another strategic element to the match. I think doing 1v1 or even 2v2 could be pretty intense.

For me the first videos of yours I saw were you casting the high end competitions, if I remember correctly the ever was a duat v viper game.

one idea i had for a map was just a regular map but with infinitely spawning enemy petards (or some other kind of horde), so on top of fighting other players for resources the players are also jus trying to survive the onslaught.

Totally bananas. Love these shenanigans.

It was a video of Pestily playing with Welyn, and AquaFPS doing a 1v3 against Hera is what brought me to your channel

Awesome rainy sunday to spend 1:07:08 in total mental coma watching villagers chop trees

Oddly enough... this was a lot of fun to watch xD

I believe the first video that got me into your channel was the legend of fatslob. I continue to be a fan of your channel and the immense creativity of players ever since.

My first T90 video was definitely a Forrest nothing video from a couple years ago.