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Bloqué 5 heures sur Age of Empire

Bloqué 5 heures sur Age of Empire

2 chapters
  • The Strange Encounter Between Hope and Mat(0'000'59)
    Hope, a highly-ranked Vietnamese Age of Empires player, faces off against Mat, a German player, in a match that turns out to be the strangest of his life.
    The map is highly unusual: both players spawn on a small island and must race to colonize the central continent.
    • Hope prepares an all-in offensive rush from the start • He aims to end the match in 5 minutes • He sacrifices his economy to create strong units early on • His goal is to destroy Mat while he only has villagers
    Mat's only chance to survive is to spot the incoming rush early and have time to build defensive structures.
  • Tell-Tale Signs of the Rush(0'591'26)
    It's very odd to gather stone right at the start of a match.
    The only reason to harvest stone from the beginning is to build a castle far too early to produce very strong units.
    Spotting the stone quarry immediately exposes the opponent's hidden strategy.
    Mat's scout ship misses the stone quarry by only 1 meter.