I still remember playing Sheriff and maimin_matty in AoE2, if memory serves Marty even ended up working for Ensemble.

OP, I was 1750ish in AoE2 and Diamond in SC2, playing casually, if that is of any interest to you.

Jyaki

Australia170 Posts

November 23 2011 01:06 GMT

#26

Played as the Russians in Age of Empires III casually, lv17 lance corporal or something. Now I'm a Platinum Zergie.

Eliwood5837

245 Posts

November 23 2011 01:08 GMT

#27

i played AOEIII and was like lvl 10 i think and i quit like a few years ago, now im high plat toss :D

SiCkO_

United States481 Posts

November 23 2011 01:11 GMT

#28

nemuke represents Japan, but other than that I can't see any other player who has been active lately.....

Beorning

United States243 Posts

November 23 2011 01:13 GMT

#29

From that Artosis interview on the first page lol

. Also, you should be able to watch them online with friends. Replay watching is a huge social thing in StarCraft, and it helps learning if you can discuss it while watching it.

Attilanator

United States154 Posts

November 23 2011 01:14 GMT

#30

Oh man, this brings me back. I never played AoE or AoM competitively, but they were a huge hobby for me when I was younger before I was introduced to Starcraft, and those games are totally awesome. Didn't know Artosis played, but that's sick.

Tanukki

Finland579 Posts

November 23 2011 01:18 GMT

#31

The first online game I ever played was Age of Empires 2. It's also the game I have put the most hours to, including the Conquerors expansion. I was good enough to challenge most people, but HF playing a korean with 128k ISDN connection. :p

For a really long time I just did the same rush every game, and pulled the plug when I was losing. Eventually grew some balls and specialized in a Goth infantry style that's kind of like playing swarm-style Zerg :p

Sabretooth

United States3 Posts

November 23 2011 01:20 GMT

#32

I played aoe2 a lot singleplayer and played aoe3 online ladder till i was good at nr games then I switched to starcraft 2 last april, now in diamond

I will allways <3 aoe

kofman

Andorra698 Posts

November 23 2011 01:21 GMT

#33

I didn't know AoE had a competitive scene at all... There seems to be no money or tournaments for AoE3. I played brit in nilla and was pr 33 Lietenant General, and now I'm a masters Terran, so I definetly think playhing aoe 3 helped a lot since aoe3 is like terran.

Quasimoto3000

United States471 Posts

November 23 2011 01:23 GMT

#34

Hmm I had no idea ape was played competitively... I'm curious, how balanced was/is the game?

StavrosHL

Greece128 Posts

November 23 2011 01:26 GMT

#35

well atm the best AoEO player in the world is greek and is called TheMista / GreatMista / Alucard and is rated TOP Masters on sc2 With many national successes

here is a game of him before some days

Greatmista Vs MillStephano

Horse...falcon

United States1851 Posts

November 23 2011 01:34 GMT

#36

On November 23 2011 09:25 Roe wrote:
Actually I just found Artosis on AoE3. It's an interview from about 6 years ago.
http://www.ageofempires3-alliance.com/Artosis.3336.0.html

I love that pic hehe

I downloaded the AOE3 demo in september. I thought that it was pretty fun, and after playing it for a while I realized that it might actually require skill to play well. That made me happy and I played a bunch on the demo.

Hahaha that sounds just like him.

Bonkerz

United States831 Posts

November 23 2011 01:35 GMT

#37

two words hell yea..

1hpBuiltForLove

Canada89 Posts

November 23 2011 01:38 GMT

#38

I heard Trump say before that he played AoE.

Ben...

Canada3485 Posts

November 23 2011 01:40 GMT

#39

Oh man, reading all this has made me really want to play some AoE2. My grandpa bought me it when I was 8 (did I mention he was badass), and I played it for like 3-4 years straight. I played a bit online but never competitively.

I've never watched it competitively. I think I might have to check it out. I was okay at AoE3, but I didn't play online very much because I bought BF2 like 2 months after I bought it then went on a BF2 bender for over a year.

Cyclone999

Canada331 Posts

November 23 2011 01:43 GMT

#40

I played AOE3 for about a year, I thought Starcraft had the same skill level, so AOE3 skill -> Starcraft skill.
Now that I have Starcraft II...boy was I wrong (need I talk about Brood War lol)
I was around a Master Sergeant, my cousin was a 2nd Lieutenant, we played 2v2 a lot (I didn't think 1v1 was fun). These ranks are for 2v2 btw

French forever ^.^ (until I switched to Japan cause Samurai were hella good against Cuirassers)