Hi!
I hadn't played the game in years, and after recently finding out about UPatch I reinstalled and am excited to play again. I find this game so elegant and beautiful.
I have some questions. Is this forum the center of activity for the AoE 1 community? Are there any other sites I should know about?
It looks like a lot of the reading materials available are very dated. Are there any guides for someone seeking to get acclimated to the current state of gameplay? For example, what can I read to learn how to begin to develop competence in multiplayer? I know there are lots of articles in the granary, and I've read several, but the dust seems to lie pretty thick there.
What are the means for playing multiplayer? I gather that most of the activity is on something called Voobly . . .?
I was very excited to find that AoE is a thriving esport in Vietnam. I've been watching a lot of GameTV. Are there any other ways to watch high-level play? The lack of English commentary and the frequency of POV shifting makes the matches incredibly hard to follow. Is there any interaction between the English- and Vietnamese-speaking communities?
Finally, is there a quick way to find the best user-created content? The Doom community, which is still thriving beautifully if you didn't know, has the "Cacowards", which are given out yearly to the highest-rated projects in a range of categories. Perhaps some good forum threads where people are listing their favorite maps and mods?
Thanks!
I hadn't played the game in years, and after recently finding out about UPatch I reinstalled and am excited to play again. I find this game so elegant and beautiful.
I have some questions. Is this forum the center of activity for the AoE 1 community? Are there any other sites I should know about?
It looks like a lot of the reading materials available are very dated. Are there any guides for someone seeking to get acclimated to the current state of gameplay? For example, what can I read to learn how to begin to develop competence in multiplayer? I know there are lots of articles in the granary, and I've read several, but the dust seems to lie pretty thick there.
What are the means for playing multiplayer? I gather that most of the activity is on something called Voobly . . .?
I was very excited to find that AoE is a thriving esport in Vietnam. I've been watching a lot of GameTV. Are there any other ways to watch high-level play? The lack of English commentary and the frequency of POV shifting makes the matches incredibly hard to follow. Is there any interaction between the English- and Vietnamese-speaking communities?
Finally, is there a quick way to find the best user-created content? The Doom community, which is still thriving beautifully if you didn't know, has the "Cacowards", which are given out yearly to the highest-rated projects in a range of categories. Perhaps some good forum threads where people are listing their favorite maps and mods?
Thanks!