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Hey E-Sports fans
How many of you had the original Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Expansion installed. Everybody who had remembers the elephants, archers and monks. There are still thousands of people who play it everyday and even competitive. If you want to see some high level medieval RTS-action, make sure to tune in to my stream.
Just past few months few players in the community have realized that it's possible to stream your game play and desktop in Age of Empires games too.
Now it's time for Age of Empires 2:TC to pick up and start offering totally new experience to the community. The last few weeks streaming has been improving tremendously. Easy to use program like XSplit and Voobly developers improved windowed mode for Age of Empires has made it possible for every man to start their own stream out of scratch.
Here's a screenshot of a talk show for Age of Empires called State of the Empire:
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Over a week and a half of active streaming, I have received around 250 followers and had 150-300 users viewing simultaneously when I have been streaming normal 1900-level rated games. While I was streaming State of the Empire talk show, I had over 300 viewers simultaneously for over an hour. Sounds fun?
Here's a screenshot of my in-game view.
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Here's a screenshot of waiting for game.
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Age of Empires 2:TC has a really tricky early game which can seem slow paced but after it the fireworks start. I commentate my games and analyze them while I play. You can also enjoy my spontaneous reactions for dead villagers.
I am not streaming as I post this, but you can for example take a look at the past recordings. Please remember to click "Follow" in the upper left corner if you want to see me online. You will get notified in your e-mail about me going live and what I am going to stream.
http://www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
Happy nostalgic moments! ^^
EDIT: Due to copyright claim my stream was removed entirely. I have opened a new stream and I have replaced the link with the new one.
UPDATE: I am hosting a Battle for #1: BO21 Show Match with $5000 prize pool. It's between Jordan and Daut who are two of the best Age of Empires 2:The Conquerors Expansion players.
Next stream: Friday 14 GMT 13.4.2012
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Screenshot about the pre-game show
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I'm actually really excited for this. I always played vs the AI, and was no good. And I couldn't find any info on what the heck to do. But it's a fun game nonetheless.
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On March 27 2012 10:19 Froadac wrote:
I'm actually really excited for this. I always played vs the AI, and was no good. And I couldn't find any info on what the heck to do. But it's a fun game nonetheless.
Even the AI's have evolved since the game got out. And we are living interesting times, because Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Expansion will have an expansion of expansion during this year.
Welcome to my stream, please remember to address to me in the chat that you are new to the game and we will help you to get started. You can check my long bio for information where to play the game.
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What is your stream link. Thanks for being so helpful.
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On March 27 2012 10:23 DreaIVIS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 10:19 Froadac wrote:
I'm actually really excited for this. I always played vs the AI, and was no good. And I couldn't find any info on what the heck to do. But it's a fun game nonetheless. Even the AI's have evolved since the game got out. And we are living interesting times, because Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Expansion will have an expansion of expansion during this year. Welcome to my stream, please remember to address to me in the chat that you are new to the game and we will help you to get started. You can check my long bio for information where to play the game.
wait...an expansion on the expansion? O.o
I'll be sure to watch the stream, i was an avid aoe2 player and always wondered if people loved it as much as me.
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This is awesome! I used to play a huge amount of AoE 1 and 2 on msn gaming zone back when it still existed (RIP) I was mainly was just good at keeping my money low, knew nothing about builds and stuff like that. Anyway good to see more AoE players stream, seemed like Feage was the only active one for a while.
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On March 27 2012 10:59 Exhale- wrote:
This is awesome! I used to play a huge amount of AoE 1 and 2 on msn gaming zone back when it still existed (RIP) I was mainly was just good at keeping my money low, knew nothing about builds and stuff like that. Anyway good to see more AoE players stream, seemed like Feage was the only active one for a while.
Yes, well I am really putting effort to raising it to a new level. Yesterday we were at the first page of Twitch.tv games and of course our goals are higher.
The best way to help us is to tell your friends about it and making sure that you press the "Follow" button that you know when we go online.
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Teutonic knights reporting in.
I'll check it out definitely.
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Cool man I'll check it out, AOE2 is an awesome game!
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Absolutely awesome.
So, you and TheViper 1v1, who comes out on top? 
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wow ! will watch tomorrow when i have time for sure!
mm i remember talking to you a few days when voobly was just starting (beta maybe?) my nick was _119_Remus_Arg
do you play SC2 ?
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On March 27 2012 11:54 LeWoVoc wrote:Absolutely awesome. So, you and TheViper 1v1, who comes out on top?
Viper comes out on top. At least for now!
I play SC2. Masters Zerg.
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I'll definitely check this out! I loved this game as a kid.
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This game was my childhood! I love this game going to watch some of your stream for sure
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:o I used to cast aoc games, this should be fun to watch
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Please leave me some feedback, that what you would like to see about the game as new players. At the moment the stream should be entertaining for people who know something about Age of Empires 2.
I could imagine that some of you loved the Sim City and huge fights when you played Age of Empires. I think that can be seen at teamgames.
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Oh man, I used to remember seeing you owning up when I was still playing. Did daut go to SC2? I thought I saw an account under that name at one point.
Who are the big guys in the scene now? L_Clan_Chris still owning things up?
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Show match against BlinG go go! He is an ex AOE player isnt he?
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On March 27 2012 22:34 HuTSC2 wrote:
Oh man, I used to remember seeing you owning up when I was still playing. Did daut go to SC2? I thought I saw an account under that name at one point.
Who are the big guys in the scene now? L_Clan_Chris still owning things up?
Daut went to SC2 for a short period of time, but he really never left Age of Empires, because he still thinks that it's the best game.
Best players are probably Daut, Chris, Jordan_23, TheViper, Dogao, Alive, Tim and Feage perhaps.
On March 27 2012 22:44 Surili wrote:
Show match against BlinG go go! He is an ex AOE player isnt he?
BlinG was one of the top players in Age of Empires 2:The Conquerors. He played it A LOT. I also used to teach him a bit and then he become better than me. We old mans get stomped by the new generation ^^
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So you play Age of Kings not conquerers?
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ah man been watching your VODs and such. So much nostalgia that I was forced to re-install and am now happily losing on Voobly ^________^
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On March 27 2012 23:57 HuTSC2 wrote:
ah man been watching your VODs and such. So much nostalgia that I was forced to re-install and am now happily losing on Voobly ^________^
That's so great news. That's exactly why I am streaming and really branching out to other websites. Don't hesitate to ask for help here or www.aoczone.net.
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On March 27 2012 23:59 DreaIVIS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 23:57 HuTSC2 wrote:
ah man been watching your VODs and such. So much nostalgia that I was forced to re-install and am now happily losing on Voobly ^________^ That's so great news. That's exactly why I am streaming and really branching out to other websites. Don't hesitate to ask for help here or www.aoczone.net.
What is the standard metagame nowadays?
when I played it was all about either going Huns 1v1 Arabia / GA, or any combination of proxy buildings that usually killed me straight out. Anything changed in this regard?
Thanks ^_^
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1v1 Huns, Aztecs or Mayans is the standard now. Usually huns go either drush (dark age rush with 3-5 militia) or scrush (scout rush). Forwarding is rare these days, because there are only few good forwardes and people know how to defend it. In Aztecs wars it's drush and then fast castle age to Xbows. Mayans drush and then fast castle age to xbows or castle and plumed archers.
People play a lot of water maps or full random. There it's 1v1 Huns or Vikings usually.
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I had no idea this game was still being played. So many good memories from noob NR20 games with my buddies! I'll definitely tune in! Turks fighting!!!
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need to find my AoE 2 somewhere, got me craving to playsome :p
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On March 27 2012 23:03 DreaIVIS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 22:34 HuTSC2 wrote:
Oh man, I used to remember seeing you owning up when I was still playing. Did daut go to SC2? I thought I saw an account under that name at one point.
Who are the big guys in the scene now? L_Clan_Chris still owning things up? Daut went to SC2 for a short period of time, but he really never left Age of Empires, because he still thinks that it's the best game. Best players are probably Daut, Chris, Jordan_23, TheViper, Dogao, Alive, Tim and Feage perhaps. Show nested quote +On March 27 2012 22:44 Surili wrote:
Show match against BlinG go go! He is an ex AOE player isnt he? BlinG was one of the top players in Age of Empires 2:The Conquerors. He played it A LOT. I also used to teach him a bit and then he become better than me. We old mans get stomped by the new generation ^^
It was really a shame that daut stopped playing SC2, i had so much expectation from him to do good being such a AoC legend.
But i guess he doesnt want to play such a competitive game anymore.
I miss the days of Daut vs Grunt... does he still play too?
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Grunt was playing still very actively few months back, but he said he would take a break after the WCL ended. WCL was a clan/team tournament with around $10000 prize pool. Now we are eagerly waiting $15000 Land Nomad tournament.
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O.o
Didn't know AOC was pulling such prizemoney.
When i quit following the scene, back at 2003 (perhaps, too long ago), there was only arbalet cup and nothing else i can remember. Teamleagues for pride.
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How do you have AOE in Widescreen O_O
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Fans have made patches to use AoE in widescreen. It's a must for players with modern big monitors. Although some don't need it, I do.
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On March 28 2012 01:29 DreaIVIS wrote:
Fans have made patches to use AoE in widescreen. It's a must for players with modern big monitors. Although some don't need it, I do.
Its beautiful. Will tune in and so will my friends. We always have LAN parties, but it would be nice if we actually got good.
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Germany3367 Posts
I played AOE casually all the time for years, it´s cool to see it played by a professional player =)
I really like the stream, good work!
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Really good stream. Great visuals and even a webcam. Also top-notch commentary.
Really makes me want to play AoE2 once again. Too bad I only own Empire earths. That'll have to do. 
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Very nice stream, thanks for the memories.
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I think most of the prople played AOE just casually and for fun without a gameplan or build orders like we "grew up" with at sc2 so it would be awesome if you could teach us the basics of the game on your level. Do u produce workers nonstop until a certain amount? How many workers for which ressources and when do you need what. Are there certain BO´s like in SC2 that everyone knows at a certain level? I would love to see something about that!
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this is really cool. thank you for doing this
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This is sweet, thanks for sharing and keep up the amazing commentary while playing. Helps a lot
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Make sure and keep on eye on chat or your Xsplit during the games. Watching now this whole game has been in your out of game overlay.....
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Make sure to switch to in-game scrren while playing. Isnt nice to see your overlay covering half of the view. :D
Great job dude. LOVE AoE2
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Huge AoE II fan. Nostalgia will always make me love this game. When I have free time, I will tune in.
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Nice. Definitely will turn in to check it out. Age of Empires 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. 
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GOD AoEII lan parties took forever. So epic too.
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Wow I have to favorite this stream, so long since I played that epic game online P
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Italy12246 Posts
Awesome! AoE and AoK are the games of my childhood!
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Over 400 viewers, I think there are many others feeling nostalgic
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MrBitter likes this stream!
When I get home I will intall AoE on my PC and Laptop and play forever!
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I remember watching replays from you deams, you always received a lot of shit, even tho you did a lot for the comunity^^
Also I love jordan, had so many good teamgames with him. Best German player after Bender went inactiv.
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I've been playing some AoE3 lately, been years since I've seen AoE2. Wonder if I still have my disk somewhere...
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Really appreciate your stream! I have been loving this game since...forever!
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How do you get the actual game to work? I got a craving for some AoE action a few months back but the colours came out all wrong; do you use an emulator or similar to get it to run?
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Really great game. ty mrbitter for bringing old memories back! will definatly gonna watch it
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Thanks to Mr. Bitter for retweeting this stream on Twitter. Everyone should check him out :D
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Oooh this is really cool! I used to play AoE2 tons with my friends ages ago :D Never seen any high level AoE being played tho, quite interesting :D
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Almost 600 viewers atm! So epic.
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THIS NEEDS TO GROW!!!! aoe forgotten empires is about to come out and i would love to see this game reborn!
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sickest nostalgia chills evur
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Watched this stream a ton today, I gotta say I really like that you give a lot of commentary as you play and I also really enjoyed your casting of Daut vs Viper and Viper vs Wonder matches. Keep it up!
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On March 28 2012 05:33 Zrana wrote:
How do you get the actual game to work? I got a craving for some AoE action a few months back but the colours came out all wrong; do you use an emulator or similar to get it to run?
Take a look and carefully read this thread: http://aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=33730
If this is the colour problem that you have, that is also the fix.
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On March 28 2012 09:36 Rostam wrote:
Watched this stream a ton today, I gotta say I really like that you give a lot of commentary as you play and I also really enjoyed your casting of Daut vs Viper and Viper vs Wonder matches. Keep it up!
Thank you for the compliments. I really appreciate all the feedback I get and take notes.
Special thanks to MrBitter who tweeted our stream and made the view count go crazy. I really wanted to show appreciation by just streaming as good as possible and trying to commentate the game so everyone could understand. If you MrBitter need coaching for Age of Empires 2, make sure to ask me if you want it for free.
Thanks everyone, I will be streaming more tomorrow.
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On March 28 2012 10:00 DreaIVIS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 28 2012 09:36 Rostam wrote:
Watched this stream a ton today, I gotta say I really like that you give a lot of commentary as you play and I also really enjoyed your casting of Daut vs Viper and Viper vs Wonder matches. Keep it up! Thank you for the compliments. I really appreciate all the feedback I get and take notes. Special thanks to MrBitter who tweeted our stream and made the view count go crazy. I really wanted to show appreciation by just streaming as good as possible and trying to commentate the game so everyone could understand. If you MrBitter need coaching for Age of Empires 2, make sure to ask me if you want it for free. Thanks everyone, I will be streaming more tomorrow.
I've been looking around, but haven't found an answer anywhere online. Why must you go lumbercamp first in tourney play? Is it BM to not to in multiplayer? Is it economically better to do so?
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Basically going some other building first in LAND NOMAD MAP is considered as cheating. Just because going barracks first with aztecs for example finish the game right there.
It's only banned in Land Nomad games at rated by community and in tournaments it's entirely banned on Land Nomad maps. Otherwise you can decide what you want to build first.
Building lumber camp first is more economical, because you don't have to gather wood from the straggler woods which have a space to town center when the forest wood is usually next to the lumbercamp.
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Hi Dreams, Socrates here. Good to see an old AOE face around here
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Hey man, didn't expect a comment from you. Join the stream or Voobly when you can and chat with me.
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Ah, the competitive AOE scene reemerges (if it ever disappeared from the public eye). Always enjoyed playing and watching others playing this game.
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The Problem was that Microsoft stopped supporting it and players never got directed at correct place. It's healthy community and actually growing. Just having sign up's open for a $15000 tournament and $5000 show match is hosted this weekend Saturday 19 GMT on my channel.
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i loved age of empires 2 as a kid. Although i never played on multiplayer, i have many fond memories with the game. I'll be tuning in!
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Great stream!
I played AoC a lot back in the days on zone.com.
Remember big names like Arch_Koven_ and pG_Bravo.
But why do you play AoK instead of AoC?
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On March 28 2012 09:57 DreaIVIS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 28 2012 05:33 Zrana wrote:
How do you get the actual game to work? I got a craving for some AoE action a few months back but the colours came out all wrong; do you use an emulator or similar to get it to run? Take a look and carefully read this thread: http://aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=33730If this is the colour problem that you have, that is also the fix.
Awesome thanks very much
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On March 28 2012 14:13 RogerShah wrote:
Great stream!
I played AoC a lot back in the days on zone.com.
Remember big names like Arch_Koven_ and pG_Bravo.
But why do you play AoK instead of AoC?
I must have been unclear with my post. I play AoC not AoK. I need to fix that.
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So cool to see that AoE2 is still soo alive.
aoczone.net is best place to get reps and info about ladders, playerss etc.?
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At the moment it's by far the best place to get recorded games, patches, recent news about the community and tournament information. I am biased on the matter, because I am an admin there, but I don't see any good competition either. www.voobly.com is the best place to look rating ladders.
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Great to see the game alive: ) Been watching your vods, looking good ^^
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Streaming 1v1 rated. Project 2200.
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Awesome stream!
I remember the old days when FOPT clan was super active and mr-fix-it-online was the place to be :D
Are there active clanleagues going on at the moment or is the competitive teamgames scene dead? It would be awesome to see some teamgames, 3v3 and such. So much variety in maps and strategies to see... fast castle, slinging, drushing to name just a few....ahhh the nostalgia
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So many memories, i remember cheat codes: lumberjack; marco polo, cheese steak jimmies...
This is i think the first PC game i ever played, i was like 9 or 10 !! So happy to find stream contents now, to see how the game at high level is played .
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holy shit ! you are my hero ! oh god how i loved AoE....used to play it with friends in lan but never played it online, altough i should have because i was way better than my friends....its so friggin cool to see what your are doing....makes me wanna play.....OMG SCREW DOTA2 ....age it is !!!! i hope i will find my cds quckly
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You should really see about getting a featured stream on TL
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Really cool stream, saw it bumped in the sidebar "Age of Empires 2 - DrealVIS stream" and was like; is that game still competitive? :o
Glad to see you're doing good viewerwise as well
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This is a great stream. AoE is awesome, love having the stream running in the background just for the classic sounds "wululu!" as well.
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Ooooh my god. This is so nostalgic :D Will watch this for sure
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Great job, Dreams! I enjoy watching your stream a lot, I didn't even know there is still a scene for AOC out there, and at such a high level of play! Maybe I should try to ask some of my friends if we should switch our SC2-sessions to AOC.
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AoE 2 is by far the best game ever made :D
I used to play that game almost every day 7-8 years a go LAN play vs AI with friends.
awesome stream.
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this is awesome! where is the best place to find games now a days?
I remember 3 years ago I used to play a lot on igzone or something
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i think people play in voobly.com
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I never knew AoE II could be this awesome :FF
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On March 28 2012 18:27 abundzuehalt wrote:Awesome stream! I remember the old days when FOPT clan was super active and mr-fix-it-online was the place to be :D Are there active clanleagues going on at the moment or is the competitive teamgames scene dead? It would be awesome to see some teamgames, 3v3 and such. So much variety in maps and strategies to see... fast castle, slinging, drushing to name just a few....ahhh the nostalgia
I remember FOPT times too and good old Mr.Fixit Highlights. There are multiple active clan leagues. For example RTS-league and AoCLiga.
If you want to see recent competitive team games, look here: http://aoczone.net/viewforum.php?f=487
And because you might be interested, here are games from Halen, Grunt and Kkab from few months back: http://aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?f=426&t=69557
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On March 28 2012 19:08 Ballack wrote:Really cool stream, saw it bumped in the sidebar "Age of Empires 2 - DrealVIS stream" and was like; is that game still competitive? :o Glad to see you're doing good viewerwise as well
Excellent, exactly what we want. Viewer wise I am doing surprisingly well considering how young my stream is. I am having so much help from different people in advertising that the view count is rising rapidly. Please let your friends know about the stream and the game. It's still very healthy and we have really friendly community in AoCZone to get you started.
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On March 28 2012 18:58 downmaster wrote:
You should really see about getting a featured stream on TL
I don't know what are the requirements for that. That would be awesome though.
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On March 28 2012 22:25 zuperketla wrote:this is awesome! where is the best place to find games now a days? I remember 3 years ago I used to play a lot on igzone or something
You can find games at www.voobly.com which is the most popular for good players. Then there is www.gameranger.com which is for noobs. The problem at Voobly is that people tend to avoid "0 games" who haven't played games, because they are afraid of being smufed. In gameranger there is no such problem I think.
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I'm having troubles finding AOE in store again, should I just torrent it? Would I be able to play on voobly or gamesranger?
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Wow thanks for this, didn't know the AoE 2 community was this big anymore!
I will be watching your stream :D
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On March 29 2012 06:54 BrassMonkey27 wrote:
I'm having troubles finding AOE in store again, should I just torrent it? Would I be able to play on voobly or gamesranger?
probably, but perhaps you can buy it via amazon (.com?)
http://www.amazon.com/Age-Empires-II-Gold-Edition-Pc/dp/B00005N9A7/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1332972463&sr=8-2
15-19€ depending on country..
1) I really wish that the new add on forgotten realms lowers the lag in AoE. If I play a 1vs1 with an other german the game runs perfectly but as soon I as the game is like a 4vs4 with different nations it lags, and if you find your sheep & boar late then, it puts you even further behind because you have to make them release their food manuelly to continue vill production but due to the delay it makes you lose food everytime you do it.. annoying.
and 2) I really wish they would rework the replay system.. it kinda sucks. (the game time fast is too fast and normal is too slow, and late game the fast speed becomes automaticly normal speed... wtf)
Dreams, awesome stream. You always did a lot for the aoc comunity, I am glad your stream runs so well
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Streaming 1v1. Commentary and practise. Project 2200.
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Bump, awesome games, as usual!
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Freaking awesome! I loved Age of Empires as a kid
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DreaIVIS, I could catch the stream online today and was watching but the quality man.... it is very bad, I can't even read the commentaries.
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On March 30 2012 03:46 murtas wrote:
DreaIVIS, I could catch the stream online today and was watching but the quality man.... it is very bad, I can't even read the commentaries.
Really? its pretty clear for me 
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really awesome steam always really entertaining
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Only thing that kept me awake in class today, love this stream!
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On March 30 2012 03:46 murtas wrote:
DreaIVIS, I could catch the stream online today and was watching but the quality man.... it is very bad, I can't even read the commentaries.
I am trying to work on it. I think it's good, but I want it to be very good. And the problem for me compared to other AoE streamers is that I use widescreen patch. It demands more quality from my stream. Thanks for the feedback.
Thank you for the kind feedback. I will keep trying to improve my stream. Updated playlists for today and worked on my info part with help from "AgeofEmpires2".
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Stream was a lot of fun to watch.
+1
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Hey, thanks for reminding me how awesome this game really is, installed it again today and having a blast so far learning stuff and playing some of the funny campaigns I played about 10 years ago
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On March 30 2012 07:47 DreaIVIS wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2012 03:46 murtas wrote:
DreaIVIS, I could catch the stream online today and was watching but the quality man.... it is very bad, I can't even read the commentaries.
I am trying to work on it. I think it's good, but I want it to be very good. And the problem for me compared to other AoE streamers is that I use widescreen patch. It demands more quality from my stream. Thanks for the feedback. Thank you for the kind feedback. I will keep trying to improve my stream. Updated playlists for today and worked on my info part with help from "AgeofEmpires2".
It would really improve your stream, because you were streaming team games and it is nice additional information to know what they are chatting with each other, i could only catch what you would read into the mic.
Besides that it is very demanding on the eyes, i got exausted to watch it a dozen minutes into the stream. Its not like SC2 on low quality were it is all more clean cut, better graphics etc.
AOC have smaller units etc.
Otherwise keep the good work, it made me so nostalgic.
Edit: Maybe you should lower ingame sound too when you are casting reps or spec. I think it was really loud at some points. It hurts more when you commentate.
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I followed you. I will get notifications on my iPhone with the twitch.tv app when you go online!
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This was the game that got me into RTS. Awesome stream!
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is it featured on TL ? if its isnt, is it atleast registered ?
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not sure, he hasn't been streaming every time I've checked... :/
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Has anybody said you look like a young Val Kilmer?
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huge AOE fan, will def check things out when I can... a group of us still meet on GameRanger and play epic 4v4 games across continents...
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I kinda want to get into this game just to know about it , any advice for a new person like me? but also yeah i'm going to watch this
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omg omg omg!!!! fav it!
any idea about the expansion release date?
is daut playing aoc and sc2 at same time?
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Daut is not playing SC2 now, He will be on next saturday in an AoC showmatch vs Jordan23, streamed by Dreams, BO21 the winner takes US5k , He is at college, so no time for being relevant in SC2, but He is top in AoC like always. The expansion called Forgotten Empires will be release this year, I dont remember, maybe 4 or 5 new civs.
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On March 30 2012 11:00 docvoc wrote:I kinda want to get into this game just to know about it , any advice for a new person like me? but also yeah i'm going to watch this
Download some 1v1 games on www.aoczone.net and copy build orders and starts. Most common strats with huns (most civ played) on Arabia (most played map):
- 22 pop scout rush
- drush+archer
- drush+fast castle
- Forward and all its variations
You can find info on AoCZone.
Also, watch Dreams stream. He is playing 1v1 games and it can help you to know build orders and timings.
I recommend to you, to start playing on www.gameranger.com (where all noobs play) to know game mechanics, counter units, maps, etc and then try to play on www.voobly.com , where all pro players play. Voobly has ladder system, and new players ( 0/0/0 stats) are not well welcomed, so try to play with some friends to get some stats.
AoC is an amazing game, the most competitive RTS with SC2.
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Stream is up. 1v1 rated games and practise with good players.
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omg....dreams streaming, and also mondragon.....the 2 best streams outthere are online....OMH WHICH ONE TO WATCH???? *head explode*
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Dimaga
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How to play a multiplay game?
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You talked in OP about custom improvements to the game over the years. Has anyone implemented a-move to the game? That would be my biggest barrier in starting to play again.
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Setting up the stream. Trying to improve the quality. Occasional games..
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On March 31 2012 01:50 Shai wrote:
You talked in OP about custom improvements to the game over the years. Has anyone implemented a-move to the game? That would be my biggest barrier in starting to play again.
you can use the stop- or patrol command.....
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Somehow when I played I never thought of using patrol. Stop, by the way, is nowhere near what I was looking for.
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why not? it makes your units attack automatically, you can hit it as soon as you come in range after your move command....or are you a lazy terran bio player from sc2 who needs his a-move so badly? ^^
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I was supposed to practice tonight but I got stuck watching you again
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Sorry for the problems with todays stream. I got a new connection and I wanted to offer the best quality possible, but for some reason a lot of players with good connections had occasional freezing. I am clueless at the moment.
I have 10mb upload and Intel i-2500k processor overclocked.
I use xsplit with following settings
Bittrate: 2500 Buffer: 3000
Quality: 10
Reso: 1088x612
Symptoms were freezing for 50% and other side was no lag at all. It didn't drop frames at all.
I apologize for the bad performance, but I want my stream to be the best possible in the future, so I try to improve it all the time.
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How do you play multiplayer games en AOEII? never tried but i want to^^
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For Those who want to play this online visit www.voobly.com- where the pro's play or if u wanna just chill and have fun gameranger.com is also another place. For people who dont have the game and wanna get it for free to play can PM me and i'll help em out with any problems etc.
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Testing stream. Playing against Daut.
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This Saturday elite 1v1 players face each others in Age of Empires 2:The Conquerors Expansion. 19 GMT we are going to start with interviews and after it we will start streaming the games live.
Daut vs Jordan BO21 Showmatch for $5000 prize pool!!! 19 GMT! Don't miss it.
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Jordan fighting !!!!!!!!!
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2hours to go for the epic 5k showmatch! LETS HYPE THIS UP!!!!!!!!!
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This game is awseome. Thanks for streaming!
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This was my first RTS so it's pretty exciting for me that it's still around. Do people play in slower than maximum speed? It would be so much better for competition played in the fastest speed. I always thought it could have (or still could?) be a real good esport if there were custom maps instead of the silly random maps, which have both positional balance problems and a lack of important control points for interesting play.
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On April 01 2012 02:18 Gfire wrote:
This was my first RTS so it's pretty exciting for me that it's still around. Do people play in slower than maximum speed? It would be so much better for competition played in the fastest speed. I always thought it could have (or still could?) be a real good esport if there were custom maps instead of the silly random maps, which have both positional balance problems and a lack of important control points for interesting play.
Normal speed, not turbo and about the maps, always the top experts go to the finals, randomness in the maps is which makes the game one of the best RTS out there, it is not about timing BO and pushes, it is about adaptation+ strategy + micro and macro skills.
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Yeah i also think the random maps is what made AOC so good, it adds depth to the game, not solid timings or abusing certain map spots.
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Jordan vs Daut showmatch for US$ 5,000 prize is up!
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Thank you for this stream! It's always very interesting to see the more serious and complicated aspects of games that fly a bit under the radar as esports - I've always loved AOE2, even played multiplayer a lot with friends, but we never dared playing competitively.
Scouting and using the random map itself (if I understand correctly, even competitive maps are randomly generated?) is an aspect of the game that is just not present in Starcraft, and I'm very intrigued by it right off the bat. Does this lead to serious imbalances or particularly interesting scenes in competitive play? Could some of the commenters here direct me towards some worthy VODs of high level games? (preferably featuring this aspect, or just giving a good overview of the game being played competitively)
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538, watch Dreams stream right now. 2 of the best players are playing for a US$5,000 pot. Is best of 21 games, so you can learn a lot of this stream now.
http://www.twitch.tv/dreaivisaoc
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On April 01 2012 04:52 OoFuzer wrote:538, watch Dreams stream right now. 2 of the best players are playing for a US$5,000 pot. Is best of 21 games, so you can learn a lot of this stream now. http://www.twitch.tv/dreaivisaoc
Best of 21??? Is that common? (Possibly to reduce the role of random maps?) What is the average game length?
(Also, I'd rather watch the ISL qualifiers, and don't feel like concentrating on learning a new game right now, so I'd still appreciate if you directed me towards proven VODs. But thanks nonetheless for the tip, I've watched some of it.)
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Argh, stupid DMCA violation >< What a joke, good games so far though
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There's only been one other best of 21, a grudge match between Daut and Chris who are regarded as two of the best (both top 3-5) players of all time.
This is the second one, as Jordan just recently overtook Daut as number 1 on the Voobly ladder.
Unfortunately his stream has just been removed for some ungodly reason.
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What the fuck happened to the stream?! Removed? Why? 
Seems like Aoczone is down too...
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What a load of crap-
"This channel has been closed
Justin.tv’s content filtering system has detected unauthorized content on this channel and has removed this channel from Justin .tv."
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Was having so much fun with the awesome gameplay of my first RTS...now twitch shuts it down why!?
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what happened? and i just got excited
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I'm glad AoC is still going strong! :D
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I got an e-mail that it has been restricted for 24 hours due to copyright issue. "Yay"!
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The traffic appears to have clogged up aoczone as well.
That's the message I first saw when it went down, but a few minutes later is said the channel was removed. I hope it's just a case of it being restricted.
Will you continue the games now and just upload the videos tomorrow, or save the streaming for later? Will you continue on twitch.tv?
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But on a more positive note, thank you guys for tuning in, I had a new record of 1300+ viewers at the same time, and 5 great games from Daut vs Jordan so it wasn't in vein. I am sure if I open a new stream if this one is closed, that I can get the partnership in no time.
I will continue streaming at Twitch.tv if possible on the old channel. We will see. No more streaming today, they play only game #6 and #7 anyway and then reschedule, so not a huge loss.
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Could you release replays of the 7 first games?
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"Dear Justin.tv Broadcaster:
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As stated in our Terms of Service, repeated incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your Justin.tv registration and prohibit you from streaming and archiving material on Justin.tv in the future. To prevent us from having to take these steps, please delete from Justin.tv any material you have streamed or uploaded and to which you do not own the necessary rights, and refrain from streaming or uploading additional material that infringes the copyrights of others. For more information about Justin.tv's copyright policy, please read the Terms of Service located at http://www.justin.tv/user/terms_of_service.
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"We are contacting you as the person responsible for the Justin.tv channel at http://www.justin.tv/dreaivisaoc/b/313470491. Justin.tv’s filtering system has identified on your channel content that the owner of that content has not authorized for upload to or streaming on Justin.tv. Your channel has been disabled and your user account has been terminated. If you believe that this identification of content is in error, please so inform us. Sincerely, Justin.tv Inc."
Here's the official reason for the ban. I have no idea about the actual content that was breaking it.
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Wow, didnt know ppl still played I missed sc:bw scene mostly due to this game- i loved it so much. Will defs tune in if ur streaming when im online
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Oh....seems its been taken down.
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this must be an aprils fool....i mean Idra has 15k viewers and has music on all the time....ok mb its because the music idra listens to, sounds like made by monkeys raping a synthesizer and noone else listens to it anyway....
i think the more mainstream the music is the higher is the risk of being taken down.
for example sometimes there is stuff from lady gaga or red hot chilli peppers on your stream.
i think if you would reduce it to maybe an internet radio with trance like the di.fm trance channel, you should be on the save side. or maybe some cool dj mixes who are distributed public anyway.
and also if a dj modifies the track in his mixes (what they have to do to make the start and the end of a song fit with the next one) its not original anymore and isnt a part of the copyright.
i hope to see you online again as soon as possible !
and do not worry, as soon as you are online again we will make sure you get this contract with twitch !!!!
FenixBird fighting !
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So sad twitch took your stream down. Hope you can get things working out and a new stream online soon.
If you want to have a game sometimes PM me. Me and my friend have played AoE a lot. Nice to see Finnish people here
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this is so retarded, honestly.
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Was really getting into this stream so sad. Cant find any of the other other AoE 2 streams aswell maybe it was somwthing to do with the game.
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I was watching some days ago and enjoyed it. Hopefully twitch.tv tells you about where exactly the copyright infringement lies.
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Oh man, I just visited the stream just now (had it bookmarked) and saw it was taken down. Copyright infringement? How do some of jtv movie channels get way with what they are doing? I've seen some of the latest 2012 movies being aired there. How is Family Guy allowed to air? The Office channel airs the latest episodes...
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This is really weird, you should contact twitch to really know what content was in question.
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No matter what I ask, their only answer is this
Greetings, When content is removed from the site due to DMCA takedown requests it is because we have gotten contact by the copyright holders and they have specifically requested that the content be taken down, due to them physically witnessing that their material had been infringed upon. As far as our guidelines, you can find them here: http://www.justin.tv/user/dmca. If you have an account or see a channel that has been suspended due to copyright infringements, understand what we cannot restore accounts who have been banned in this method, unless it actually was a false takedown. Regards, Justin.tv Staff
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It's properly because of the music...
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Hey guys ... had to reset my password just to comment! Huge AOK fan although i was mostly about the DeathMatch ( even helped perfect the cluster in AOK with sarracen against those damn frank rushes)...
Anyways i fell asleep yesterday and woke up this morning to find that this channel has been banned for a day, incredibly pissed. Specially since that whole " due to them physically witnessing that their material had been infringed upon" wtf is that? they have some creep all day checking streams?.
Furthemore, keep streaming, and if we need to act like a swarm, let us know, the SC2 have managed it and no one can handle a full inbox of raging nerds emails clamoring for something.
(maybe someone can help me down memory lane.... the names i remember playing that were pretty good/famous( i had like 20 names ranging from ATCT_Teuton to Major_Spike......DevilZ_Baron, Major_Eloff( we made a very good 2 v 2 team), Major_Paly, Arch_Koven, SamDeathwalker ( i actually googled this guy the other day and was disturbed where he ended up), ykhii, maimin_matty, VampireAA....
Such good times...
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Shit, I was watching this stream for a while - support for any streamers that show older RTS, especially competitive.
If the sole reason for closing the account was music, then please open new account and stream again without such music.
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I have opened a new channel in Twitch.tv because of multiple reasons, but the streaming will continue better than ever at: www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
Remember to press "Follow" button in the upper left corner of the screen if you have liked what you saw.
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On April 01 2012 22:49 DreaIVIS wrote:I have opened a new channel in Twitch.tv because of multiple reasons, but the streaming will continue better than ever at: www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivisRemember to press "Follow" button in the upper left corner of the screen if you have liked what you saw.
thats the spirit !!!!!!!!! i will immediantly spread it among my friends !
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State of the Empire LIVE, go tune in !!!!!
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Everyone make sure to follow his new stream
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Any news on new dates for the Bo21?
As a sidenote, does anyone know if AoE2 Chris also was the Chris in Empire earth?
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I know you mentioned there is another patch/user-made expansion coming out this year (!), but which is the currently used patch? I haven't played in a while and I know that when I first considered patching at one stage, I didn't, because I didn't agree with the way that the patch tried to address some issue (I don't recall what). :Þ
It seems that 2.0a is the last official patch, but there are supposedly patches 2.0b, 2.0c and maybe 2.0d released as unofficial patches, although maybe they were AoK rather than The Conquerors.
Neither www.aoczone.net (which has JUST gone down for me now :/) nor http://ageofempires.wikia.com seem to have patch information for me to read either.
Is there a best site to refer to for information or AoK:The Conquerors downloads? (such as say www.aoczone.net when it doesn't happen to have just gone down)
EDIT: www.aoczone.net JUST came up on the last refresh before I was going to close the site, so 1.0e is the latest Conquerors patch then?
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How the heck to SC2 players not get busted but you do. T_T.
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1.0e is a custom patch, but i would recommend to use it
im playing with 1.0e on voobly
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Playing with 1.0e in Voobly is irrelevant because Voobly will install it's own patch over your official 1.0c patch and unofficial 1.0e patch. 1.0c patch will cause less problems with Voobly.
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Streaming in 15 minutes. 1v1 rated games and commentary.
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On April 02 2012 16:46 DreaIVIS wrote:
Playing with 1.0e in Voobly is irrelevant because Voobly will install it's own patch over your official 1.0c patch and unofficial 1.0e patch. 1.0c patch will cause less problems with Voobly.
ahhhh thats why why itsl called "version vly" ingame :D
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AoE was game of my childhood and i realy like to see someone is still playing it at competitive level
I will tell my friends to check your stream too, i am sure they will like it as well.
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did anyone make a LAN latency mod like ICCUP for BW? I can see it getting very frustrating to play AOE with lag
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Hey DrealVIS, I was wondering what u think of Age of Empires Online since it released on steam a few days a go.
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On April 03 2012 01:53 Roe wrote:
did anyone make a LAN latency mod like ICCUP for BW? I can see it getting very frustrating to play AOE with lag
I think something similar will be done for Forgotten Empires.
On April 03 2012 02:23 Jakkerr wrote:
Hey DrealVIS, I was wondering what u think of Age of Empires Online since it released on steam a few days a go.
It was horrible product which should have never been made for the sake of Age of Empires series.
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So what is the reason behind of you not playing ads on your stream?
Since every stream has them. I'm curious.
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Enjoying the nostalgia immensely, very interesting to see how the game works on a higher than noob vs AI level.
Is there a way to watch vods of the showmatch people are talking about now that you're on a new channel?
Also, didn't there use to be supply depots in AoC?
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Best stream on Team Liquid!
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On April 03 2012 07:36 murtas wrote:
So what is the reason behind of you not playing ads on your stream?
Since every stream has them. I'm curious.
Only users with Partnership can play add's. My previous stream was removed, so I have to start collecting my viewers again. I will propably start playing add's. People can either support or use ad-block. Their decision
On April 03 2012 09:23 oggy wrote:
Enjoying the nostalgia immensely, very interesting to see how the game works on a higher than noob vs AI level.
Is there a way to watch vods of the showmatch people are talking about now that you're on a new channel?
Also, didn't there use to be supply depots in AoC?
The VOD's were deleted by Twitch.tv. So it's not possible to watch them. VOD's from next matches will be available when they are played.
On April 03 2012 09:38 MyThRiLL wrote:
Best stream on Team Liquid!
Cheers dude ^^
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Hey DreaIVIS I never played Ages of Empires 2 online but i love watching your stream for some reason.
Thanks for the great games^_^.
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Thanks for the feedback. I try my best to entertain.
Streaming in 10 minutes. 1v1 rated games and teamgames with commentary.
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love your stream. used to play aoe2 extensively back in the day. mosty single player :-P
but everynow and then with friends as well. nice to finally see some competitive gaming
and not just the aoe2 equivalent of 4v4 bgh in bw
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Your stream is really interesting. :D
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The world's best AOE stream. GO GO featured.
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Fucking amazing, feature this guy now!
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Will watch recording, awesome idea, always wanted to know how this game properly works, just played it casually.
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really deserves a feature ! mor than some other streams here that are already featured
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Please feature this guy! :D
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Streaming in 10 minutes. 1v1 games and commentary with a new haircut.
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finally i was waiting 3 hours :DDDDDDD
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Today Thursday 20 GMT I will be casting $5000 BO21 show match between Daut and Jordan for #1 spot at rated. Winner takes all and loser gets nothing. Last time 1300+ viewers.
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Super excited for that! Love your stream, btw.
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Man, I still play AOE2 at lans with some of my 30 year old buddies. Too much alchol, but hey.
Super interesting stream, this thread is definitely right FEATURE this man.
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What a great stream, look forward to it every day.
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Testing delay server (might cause problems) and casting the last two games between Daut vs Jordan $5000 BO21 show match that were Regiside Fortress and Light Random.
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The only stream I ever watch these days. I call for FEATURED.
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Age of empires 2... Such a long time ago. I must check in on your stream now
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I have been featured in leading Germany E-Sports website: http://www.readmore.de/index.php?cont=streams&id=247
I hope to be featured in TL after I have tried applying for Twitch.tv partnership. Then I can offer different resolutions. At the moment the community and people watching are the thing that limits the quality I can offer.
Remember this evening 20 GMT Daut vs Jordan BO21 Showmatch for $5000 prize pool!
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$5000 showmatch about to start, gogo everyone tune in! Land Nomad to be played today, very interested to see how that plays out ^^
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twitch partnership will be huge so i can watch in 720p. :p
Great showmatch, 1k viewers+ great.
I have it favorited here, so i dont need it, but featured would be good to increase your exposure.
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On April 06 2012 06:19 Crowned wrote:
AoC was fucking awesome.
Still is
Really nice matches on Land Nomad, saw over 1.5k viewers
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Oohhh yeah this is awesome.
By the way I want to ask: What are the general thoughts on AoE3 inside the AoE2 scene? Is it better / worse? I always thought AoE3 had a much more active multiplayer competition but apparently it's the other way around.
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Great stuff DreaIVIS love seeing AoC kicking and alive again, bring backs alot of mermorys. Were you around for the early parts of AoE and AoK up unitl AoC, cause you're playing with a lot of old school players who were great at AoC. If you were, you probabaly played with some RCF clan members . Still remember when MFO was the biggest website for AoC, got to love the DarQ clan for that (pretty much was the team liquid for AoC). God I miss some of those tourny between Koven and Grunt, some great times. O not to forget Chris, Iron, Stalin, Out4Blood, and Daute, all who were some awesome players. And not to forget some of the awesome clans back then too, StorM, RiZeN, L_Clan, DjiNN, RCF, DarQ, and many others (and there were a lot of other famous clans/players that pre dated these, so sorry if I didn't include some of them).
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I've played this game when I was very young with my brother and some friends. I obviously played it like a super noob and i'm really curious to what pro AoC games look like Will definitely take a look at this stream !
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Battle for #1 has been CANCELLED for today.
Players have decided to reschedule. They will inform me with a new time and date when they know. They couldn't answer yet. It's possibly going to be next week.
I am really sorry for all the fans who were anticipating today's games. This is a really sad moment for me, because all the advertising and work was already done and we were also featured at Teamliquid event calendar already, which is mostly because of great fan called gwaihir. It was a really sad moment for me to cancel the event at TL. Luckily they will support us still in the future.
Sincere apologies to everyone who looked forward to this.
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well i guess its ok for daut, since his destruction will be postponed now for a few days....jordan fighting !!!
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No big deal, looking forward to the next matches!
Or more of your games too =)
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Easter games. 1v1 rated and commentary in 10 minutes!
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yes yes new Stream
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Few games before guests come. 1v1 rated and serious training.
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Play moar Land Nomad!!
And why do all players usually choose Huns when playing any 1v1?
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Streaming games with Tyrant's.
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This stream is awsome makes me wana go and instal aoe2 again =)
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Teamgames and commentary with Tyrant's
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Spotlight of the day: Last game played with Viper, Alive, Sorck against Tim, Dogao, Wrath and Miguel. Really enjoyable teamgame with a lot of back and forth action.
Record: http://www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis/b/314470267 Game starts: 1:09:00
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Gratz on partnership with twitch
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with whom are you playing? the ms gaming zone closed long time ago... server/game browser where?
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awmahgawwwwd can't wait for the next set of the showmatch
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Watching the stream and it's fantastic. The memories are already coming back strong!
In other news, does anyone else think DreaIVIS looks like David Boreanaz? I can't stop looking at his face...
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On April 11 2012 20:51 danteafk wrote:
with whom are you playing? the ms gaming zone closed long time ago... server/game browser where?
He plays on voobly.
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Streaming with the new resolution options ( I got partnership with Twitch.tv) in HD quality. Tune in for 1v1 rated games and project 2300. If Tyrant is online, some teamgames.
LMFA@ Zephos
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i knew i saw DreaIVIS face somewhere :D
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You made 2300!!
Congrats <3
You can totally hold 2400.
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aww so nostalgic, i played this game so often back in those days :D
where is an elo list? I see talking about 2000/2300 rating.. any list with rankings?
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On April 12 2012 01:03 danteafk wrote:
aww so nostalgic, i played this game so often back in those days :D
where is an elo list? I see talking about 2000/2300 rating.. any list with rankings?
you can see the actual ratings in www.voobly.com and some of the historical ratings (from zone) in www.aoczone.net , usually in AoC, 2 players are the only ones who worth 2.6k in rating: _DauT_ and L_Clan_Chris, two real legends of the game now there are new experts with 2.5k Ratings: Jordan, Viper, Tim,and RiuT (altough he is only semi active), everyone above 2.2k is considered an expert but cant match any of the guys I told before in a serie of matches. Dreams used to be an 2.4k expert, maybe top ten two years ago. Daut and Chris have one advantage over the other experts, they play every civ and map near to perfection. In AoC you use elo rating that begins in 1600 and if you win vs an equal player in points then you win 16 points and he loses them.
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jesus christ I've bought like 6 copies of this game over the years and I can't fucking find any of them. Want to play so badly now
Edit: found one, fought with it for half a day before getting it the hell to work. Played a bunch, loving it.
Also watched a bunch of the pro games. In a way I can't quite seem to articulate, the aesthetics of high level AoC seem very pleasing to me. Very organic and natural feeling, but not in the gross hippie way. Kind of reminds me of Supreme Commander, weirdly.
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i predict jordan taking it today 11:7, or 10:7 and jordan delivers the final blow another day ^^
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this brings so old memories back to me - I even remember the toxic smell of the tech-tree manual that comes with this
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On April 11 2012 21:48 Zephos wrote:Watching the stream and it's fantastic. The memories are already coming back strong! In other news, does anyone else think DreaIVIS looks like David Boreanaz? I can't stop looking at his face...
Pretty good!
When i was watching the other day i was thinking more about thisone though.
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Please be a little newb friendly in casting since this featured on TL and all that. Haven't played this game in 10 years and all i did was play vs the AI.
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This game is pretty interesting at high level, cool
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I've never seen high level AOE players before. Game is getting interesting. Also never seen so much action in AOE before. Great job !
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watching some epic ship battles. aren't longboats a good choice since you're vikings, or are they just not a good unit? also since people clump their galleons would it be a good idea to get heavy demo ships? i think the Chinese have some bonus for them. Usually I do well with Saracens because their galleons fire something like 33% faster, and they have the range/armor/speed/dry dock upgrades.
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On April 14 2012 02:48 Roe wrote:
watching some epic ship battles. aren't longboats a good choice since you're vikings, or are they just not a good unit? also since people clump their galleons would it be a good idea to get heavy demo ships? i think the Chinese have some bonus for them. Usually I do well with Saracens because their galleons fire something like 33% faster, and they have the range/armor/speed/dry dock upgrades.
You could go longboats if you are in disadvantage becuase they are produced faster, but Daut never got enough Docks to make it work, so He stuck to Galleons and not spend any resource in longboat upgrades.
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great games! altough my predictions were shit ((( ...:D
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A nice peak of over 2k viewers today, good to see I hope you can get featured status on TL at the end of this month
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Damn this stream is awesome.
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Oh man! You're making me so jealous! I spent all of my time playing this game back in the day, and just seeing you play it now, especially at such a high level, makes me want to pull it out again. Unfortunetely I don't have the time . That's OK though, I can live my dream vicariously through you.
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On April 13 2012 23:13 Rugged wrote:Please be a little newb friendly in casting since this featured on TL and all that. Haven't played this game in 10 years and all i did was play vs the AI.
I am really trying to do that, but sometimes the game gets so high level that II can't help myself to overanalyze the situation ^^
On April 14 2012 02:48 Roe wrote:
watching some epic ship battles. aren't longboats a good choice since you're vikings, or are they just not a good unit? also since people clump their galleons would it be a good idea to get heavy demo ships? i think the Chinese have some bonus for them. Usually I do well with Saracens because their galleons fire something like 33% faster, and they have the range/armor/speed/dry dock upgrades.
Longboats cost more gold than galleys and they are quite egual with Galleons. The biggest advantage you get with longboat is that you can produce them a lot faster and keep them in a small place so they are a really good option if you have better economy and you need to retake water.
On April 14 2012 06:12 Renoir_scII wrote:Oh man! You're making me so jealous! I spent all of my time playing this game back in the day, and just seeing you play it now, especially at such a high level, makes me want to pull it out again. Unfortunetely I don't have the time . That's OK though, I can live my dream vicariously through you.
If you love a game, why not play it for fun. Play some Sim City now and then and relax. I hope the streams actually give you some satisfaction ^^
And to everyone, thank you so much for the feedback. The broadcast was total carbage today with the stream dropping and then the gaming client dropped me even my connection was fine. Still you sticked through. Thank you
I hope to get featured, but I will ask it when I get my stream quality up where I want it.
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It is incredibly refreshing to watch a different RTS with a quality commentary. Many thanks!
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Streaming 1v1 laddering with commentary in 10 minutes.
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Shame you had two wins under no-rating.
Was wondering if that was on purpose, then you realized. xD
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Still 5 wins out of 5 games. Sooooo good
I need good practise DAYS under my belt. At the moment too much program because of tournament and stuff.
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Streaming teamgames and 1v1 practise with commentary!
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what the heck says to me that the channel is closed i hope this isnt true
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It would be nice to get this featured, give an old RTS gem some life. : )
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are those all unique viewers?
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I don't think so. I think it's just views. When I looked at unique visitors I had like 10000 unique visitors at one day. So might be close to that number.
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I can't watch any of the previously streamed videos. They just don't even begin to load and a black box is all I get.
edit: Now it works. I guess it was a problem with Twitch.
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Streaming 1v1 practise with commentary. Starting opponent L_Clan_Alive
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Streaming 1v1 practise and teamgames without commentary in 10 minutes.
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I am really enjoying your stream, especially since AoE 2 is one of my favourite childhood games and it is nice to get some insight in the competitive aspect of it
However in the recording you just said "if you can't win games without stealing [boars], learn to play", to which I have to disagree.
If you can get away with it there is no reason not to do so, except if the needed actions actually harm you more than your opponent. In a competitive game you play for the win, nothing else.
So I'd rather say "If you can't deal with your enemy stealing, learn to play".
Note that I don't play myself, so if you have a good explanation why you shouldn't steal, I am willing to retract my statement, since you obviously have way more experience.
edit: I think you said that more because you were pissed off than anything else, but the point still stands ^^
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There is no ultimate truth because it's more of an opinion question. I deal with the stealing every time and don't rage. I just consider it extremely amusing how some players intentionally leave their base to search for something to steal instead of checking the map and scouting your opponent. I feel that the more skilled player scouts his opponent and builds his strategy upon that. Some players just count in stealing and doing the standard like a robot.
I agree and I disagree with you.
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Streaming TyRanT practise games with commentary.
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nothing wrong with boar stealing, it's just simple harrasement. its like cursing a terran for building a bunker at your natural (TvZ)
so you have to pull drones, annoying as fuck but still just harrasement to make the zerg feel uneasy.
well planned harrasement-based builds are for me as good as pure macro-based builds. of course only if the harrrasement is well thought out and has nice follow ups. I kinda agree that its just stupid with a player who is gonna steal your boar no matter what with no thought behind, just doing it for the sake of it :D
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Some teamgame fun without commentary for late night
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Starting to stream Daut vs Jordan BO21 Show Match for $5000! Final games. One game can solve the whole series!
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I played a relatively high level, and these guys were around when I played.... BTW stealing ur opponents boars was a common practice amongst all high level players, and for you to say that just gives insight to the level of ur thoughts rather than the level of the player you are talking about.
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is there no way to decrease stream quality?
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On April 21 2012 02:07 Sowers wrote:
I played a relatively high level, and these guys were around when I played.... BTW stealing ur opponents boars was a common practice amongst all high level players, and for you to say that just gives insight to the level of ur thoughts rather than the level of the player you are talking about.
I have been around for 10 years and over 8 years at 2000+ ELO rating. I have a pretty good insight about the game. I also know almost every good player who has played Age of Empires 2. What was your nickname? I figure you would have mentioned it if you were really at "relatively high level".
Stealing the boar has never been like "a must" thing to do. There are players who do it and players who don't.
I don't understand that what do you mean with your last sentence. I have pretty good arguments in my opinion that I gave earlier and I will stick by it. Although I am able to change my thoughts if you just bring something rational to the conversation.
On April 21 2012 02:32 Cuce wrote:
is there no way to decrease stream quality?
You can drop the stream quality from the resolution drop down menu. Just look for "720" in the channel window and you should find more resolutions.
About the event:
It was the best show so far today by far! Luckily Xsplit 1.0 didn't give problems today. ZeroEmpires is such a great co-caster and we had the 2000 viewers again.
Thanks to Teamliquid for featuring the tournament and supporting E-Sports
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lmao I tried to play a competitive game over Garena, and some guy built a palisade around my town centre as soon as he could ^^
I died horrible some seconds after that.
Great stream. It's fun to see the childhood games being played by someone who actually knows what he's doing ^^
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I'm with Dreams. Boar stealing has never been common. It usually comes and goes in phases (usually around big 1v1 tournaments) and is only used consistently by a few players.
I don't have a problem with it though. If you can do it without messing up you're own eco, go for it.
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Streaming some teamgames!
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Streaming 1v1 with commentary in 10 minutes. Teamgames if there's a possibility.
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Dreams where are you, why you no stream?
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Haha, I started a new work this week. So I have been totally exhausted after work and just gym+sleep. During the weekend I will stream.
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great to see aoe 2 being played at a high lvl. keep it up
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Streaming some teamgames with the Tyrant's.
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Stream is on! Methodical 1v1 training and teamgames. Might be able to play LN tournament games. We will see.
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Small streaming session. Teamgames with Tyrant's!
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Oh wait, what is this!!?!?!? It's faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive. It's the man of steel, Betaman!
I am part of the beta-team for Forgotten Empires now. I will be streaming Forgotten Empires games in the future when we get enough people online to play it.
Did you hear? Hear what??? That Saturday is a streaming day! I will be streaming my ass off today. Join my channel at www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis for various games of 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, LN and perhaps some Forgotten Empires.
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Haha, you entertainer. Hopefully I'll be able to tune in, although I think the stream might be on when I am asleep.
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Teamgames and 1v1 for fun before the FFA rumbles start at 16 GMT.
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Is there no match making in aoe2?
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It's the moment you've all been waiting for, let the battle commence! Today at 16GMT eight of the very best players will be battling out in a Free For All of epic proportions, who will be the victor and claim the cash prize of $335?
Alliances will be formed, backstabbings will be regular and everyone will be out to hunt eachother down; expect the unexpected and may the odds be ever in your favour.
The Players:
DauT
Jordan_23
Tim
TheViper
DreaIVIS
FeAge
Chris
?????
The Map:
Click To See
The Time:
16:00 GMT/UTC - 17:00 UK - 11:00 EST - 8:00 PST
The Place:
Pre-Game show at 15:30GMT on ZeroEmpires Stream http://www.twitch.tv/zeroempires
In-Game show on DreaIVIS Stream www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
We hope to see you there and may the best man win!
Good luck to all the players.
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oh nice this sounds awesome, definitely gonna watch it.
thanks anyway for your great aoe2 stream. used to play every now and then with friends but watching you play is really fun and there is so much stuff i never knew before.
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On May 07 2012 01:02 DreaIVIS wrote:Participating in a Royal Age of Empires 2 Rumble! 8 expert players FFA with around 300 dollar prize. Organised by ZeroEmpires. Check his channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ZeroEmpires
Wow, that's a pretty cool channel, I like his commentary a lot. Can you guys recommend some VODs off that channel?
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Streaming at the moment. Practice with Kkab and other TyranT's. Also possibly 1v1 training.
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State of the Empire: Episode 3 - TODAY Sunday 13.5.2012 16 GMT
Guests
ZeroEmpires
Nola
Viper (not confirmed)
Topics:
- FFA game
- Daut vs Jordan BO 21 result
- The Tribal Wars 2012
- Tim vs Viper rivalry
- The AoC Premier league
- FeAge game analysis
- ESPORTS version for AoFE
Open discussion about recent incidents at Age of Empires 2:TC community. If you want to call at the broadcast and ask your question, send me a PM with your question and user user information and your Skype account.
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I've never actually seen a pro AOE game. This is quite interesting.
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Streaming teamgames and 1v1 with commentary. Tune in!
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What are the race balances like?
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Yeah I was wondering this, my friends and I have started playing a few games on gameranger (we are pretty horrible) and haven't really worked out what style compliments each race.
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Race balances aren't perfect at the moment. Huns are overpowered at Arabia map which is one of the most used maps in 1v1 ladder. Vikings rule water maps. Otherwise it's pretty balanced I believe. The new expansion will fix these issues.
Basically Huns for example are a really aggressive civilization and Aztecs are turtle civ. I will go more in debth later. Streaming atm.
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Sorry for the inactivity. Stream is online! Teamgames with the TyRanT's!
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nostalgia everywhere.
it appears as the korean aoe scene is dead though , cant blame them . i haven't seen the show, but i subscribed and definately will check it out. how awesome would be to have grunt, koven or champion around
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Streaming some teamgames atm.
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Streaming Age of Empires 2:TC. Just getting back to it
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Streaming Land Nomad and other teamgames.
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I will be watching this if it is still going. I love AOE!!
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stream, stream, stream! :D
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@ DreaIVIS
Any updates on Forgotten Empires?
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At the moments there's a Nations Cup going on at Forgotten Empires beta-team. I will post VOD's when I get my hands on them.
I am hosting a Battle for #1: BO15 Show Match with 1st ladder placement on the line. It's between Jordan and Viper who are two of the best Age of Empires 2:The Conquerors Expansion players. The winner will face Daut later on who won the first version of Battle for #1.
Check the sloppy VOD for the first sett here:
Records for first sett: viewtopic.php?f=91&t=77498
VOD: http://www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis/b/326791482
Discussion: http://aoczone.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=77433
Second sett will go live Wednesday 15 GMT! Tune in!
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I want to buy Forgotten Empires.
I didnt play/buy the previous AoE games, so my question now: Do I have to buy the main game AoE (which is ~10 years old) or the main game is already in Forgotten Empires?
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I need to check that. I am not sure. Forgotten Empires will be free though.
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The games will continue with third sett on Wednesday 14 GMT! The serie is tied 5-5 at the moment.
So far we have seen the best Age of Empires 2 we have ever seen until this point.
The 5 most highest voted maps except for Land Nomad were picked as the last five maps. Jordan and Viper veto LN because it has been played so much recently. Tune in and spread the word! www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
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anyone remmeber the cusotm maps liek matrix and castle wars?
awesome games so far
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Two questions:
1. Is 2v2 played often?
2. Where do you play online? ESO?
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1. 2v2 you can find constantly in the ladder. It's not played as often as it was used to be.
2. You can play the game online at www.voobly.com and www.gameranger.com. Personally I prefer Voobly because the best players are there. Gameranger might be more noob friendly.
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Hey Dreams, when will you be streaming again? Looking forward to it
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Today's stream will consist of:
I will unbox the new Age of Empires 2: Forgotten Empires- expansion. Naturally, because it's free, there wont be real unboxing, but I will install it for the two best clients at the moment, which would be Voobly and Gameranger.
The Forgotten Empires has been released but the work is not done according to the developers. I will check how it looks at the moment and how the balance is. Of course when you play a new game there are always things that are unbalanced at start. I will leave the campaigns for those who want to play them. I am not interested in them, so I wont play them today.
I will also play Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Expansion to get some competitive games between AoFE games.
Check out the clients at www.voobly.com and www.gameranger.com.
You can download the official Age of Empires 2: Forgotten Empires here http://www.forgottenempires.net/
I will find out how hard it is to make it work at Voobly.
I will start around 15 GMT. Follow me at www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis.
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Why there is no chat on your twitch page?
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Hi, Gerz. It looked the same to me, but it seems to work if you pop it out. :D
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Streaming Age of Empires 2: Forgotten Empires and Conquerors Expansion. I want to play the new expansion today and also some competetive games for my upcoming tournament games. Feel free to join my stream, ask questions and enjoy my travel back to good playing shape.
I will start playing around 16.40 GMT.
Follow me at: www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
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I just want to say I really appreciate you streaming this awesome game. I loved the hell out of AoE2 when I was a kid, makes me wish star2 was a medieval game :D
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I have played Age of Empires 2 and the conquerors as well. I would love it, if you could make something happen with Age of Empires 3 as well. That is the game that I enjoy the most playing.
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wow, this was one of my first competitive titles... such an awesome blast from the past. please stream MORE
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Welcome to test-drive the new ratings with me! I will still concentrate in getting speed and playing random civs at arabia. All this for the 2v2 tournament to be in shape. Welcome to my journey back to shape at www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
Also includes a new chat feature made by Gentle.
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On January 02 2013 00:22 duckmaster wrote:
I just want to say I really appreciate you streaming this awesome game. I loved the hell out of AoE2 when I was a kid, makes me wish star2 was a medieval game :D
Thanks dude, it has been a blast. We all love to watch knights duking it out, eh.
On January 02 2013 04:46 ldDOTA wrote:wow, this was one of my first competitive titles... such an awesome blast from the past. please stream MORE
Sure thing sir.
On January 02 2013 02:07 number01 wrote:
I have played Age of Empires 2 and the conquerors as well. I would love it, if you could make something happen with Age of Empires 3 as well. That is the game that I enjoy the most playing.
Unfortunately I wont have enough time for AoE3 at the moment. I didn't enjoy it that much either, sorry.
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Time to get it going again. 1v1 practice, topics are speed, micro and deceiving.
Follow my journey back to shape at www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis Voobly 1v1 rated games.
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Streaming Sunday. I will start streaming in 15 minutes. 1v1 practice with all strategies available. Also today idea corner for better stream.
www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
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Thanks for the suppport.
Streaming some night games. Feel free to drop by at the stream. No cam, no commentary... Just games and chat.
www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
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Young Age of Empires 2 experts Jordan and Viper from my clan are challenging the old-school and seniors Daut and Dreams. Masters of Arabia 2v2 tournament games start now!
www.twitch.tv/aoewithdreaivis
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On January 25 2013 09:14 Emzeeshady wrote:Do you stream Age 3? That was by far my favourite
No I don't unfortunately, I found it really frustrating game to play with the economy management and such. I don't know anyone else who would stream it either. I can try to find out.
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Why no posted update about stream? How long have you been streaming this session? Only just noticed.
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Tuning in, thank you so much for doing this!
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will u get age of empires2 HD?
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The ruling Nations Cup winner Brazil has accepted a challenge match against contender Brazil! We will see epic 3v3 games between these two monster nations. Cunning game-play and teamwork between these very skilled team game nations.
Steam starting in 5 minutes! GAMES LIVE!
Brazil vs Argentina BO11 show match:
Brazil: Team Captain: [LoS]RiuT
Members: LoS_OnlyRooK; [RVK]dogao; [RVK]St4rk; L_Clan_Alive; [RVK]FeAge; LoS_Acerola
Argentina: Team Captain: VN_Millo_
Members: Garyyyyy; Minhao; Fedex_; Nicolas_ ; Monoz
Map List:
G1- Arabia (pick civ);
G2- Loser HM (pick civ);
G3- Winner of g1 HM(pick civ);
G4- Migration(pick civ);
G5- RF(pick civ);
G6-Mediterraneo (pick civ);
G7-Arena (pick civ);
G8-UltraRandom_v4 (Mirror)
G9: Yucatan (Mirror);
G10 Team Island (Mirror) ;
G11-Arabia (mirror)
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