Bruce Lee once said, "I fear not the man that has practiced 1000 kicks, but the man that has practiced 1 kick, 1000 times", and Fatslob is the man with 1 kick practiced 1000 times. One, very slow, painful kick.
I think you and Spirit of the Law should collab for “Statslob”, a documentary with crazy detailed analytics about fatslob’s startegy, his performance weighed in various ways and his progress and improvement over the years
Well... I defeated FatSlob same way by waiting for him to delete walls, letting him come to my side then spaming Light Cav + Pikemen with Berserk + Cavalier and Onager + Scorpions for support. SubNigu's game plan looked to be the same... its just that you have to be far ahead in economy which he was not. I had aroumd 190 vills + 10 trebs (to keep vision) for around 90 minutes before FatSlob lost in the battle of waiting forever.
I haven’t thought about this game for over 15 years or more and suddenly finding a channel talking all about the STILL ACTIVE pvp spectating community is a mind boggling mix of nostalgia and enthusiasm.
Lol I literally downloaded this game again after randomly stumbling upon these UA-cam videos. It feels like atleast 10 years probably more since I have played.
It feels too much like cheating for Fatslob to use the palisade wall foundations to spy on red's army near the end of the game. There really should be a mod to either not allow the foundations to see anything or to allow red to destroy them.
@@industrialvectors oh yes. golden childhood memories. the endless cycle of paint, minesweeper, hover and on really slow days i even gave solitaire a chance.
@@alichi101 Yes really. He'd drain his coffers way, way, way faster than Fatslob and eventually have no res at all... in the future that never happened in that game
Red: I'll outboom you Fatslob: Ok. No problem. Red: I'll use ur military composition Fatslob: Ok. No problem. Red: I'll win this game Fatslob: well, that ain't gonna happen in a million years, son.
I feel like fatslobs career is a really slowburn, intense 50s crime drama. We know the meta so well that any deviation becomes a massive talking point. I love it.
@@yannikmayer5507 I don't know much about voobly, but I thought all of the games were tied to specific accounts, as in, you can look up fatslob's profile and see which games he participated in (not just games where someone is named fatslob)
Re: walls and TCs in the back, he's compartmentalizing his eco so if Fatslob tries to raid he'll just get annoyed instead. OR maybe he just wants his villagers to live in a gated community.
I think the reason for all the TCs and Stone walls/gates from Red is because he's expecting to get overrun/raided so this way he is ensuring that at least part of his economy will still be functional in those events. In my opinion Red is basically pulling a Soviet style defense in depth strategy where the front line is only there to exhaust the enemy, Fatslob, and tire him out for the eventual counter attack
But that strategy doesn't work for AOE. If Fat slob can take out the castles, original TC and kill a bunch of villagers then Red is basically screwed. Without the ability to take out the trebs then reds defense system was completely useless. The goal of defense in depth is to avoid being enveloped or flanked by a more mobile opponent but envelopments and flanking maneuvers aren't a part of AOE gameplay so a defense in depth is pretty much useless especially if the enemy has trebs.
@@ethank5059 but thats not true. Raiding with Light Cav or Hussars IS part of the game. A lot of pro games are won, because one player is killing the farm eco, so the other player can't reinforce. It just doesn't make sense against fatslob, cause he uses way more Siege. Against a generic player, the move would kinda make sense
@@TheArdomur it doesn't make sense in AOE because resources are all finite and exchangeable. Using stone to build defense means you wasted gold which in turn means you wasted food, wood, or units. When you build d you are giving up something else, pro players who raid need to get something done with the raid or they are behind. The defense he built was not used so it was a wasted resource.
@@ethank5059 Best defense is best offense. Strike first, strike hard, no mercy.... kobra kai never dies. lol. Red could've won if he went full siege mode like fatslob, but at a greater scale.
Randomly jumped to your life advice around 17 mins and was thankful to hear such a heartfelt message. You're a king. Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings indeed.
LEGEND. He's getting quite aggressive and his army composition has way more scorpions now. His micro has definitely improved: moving the onagers and the scorpions front and back at several times was amazing haha. Also, on your Casting/Gaming career: It will last as long as you want it to, you have earned the right to walk away whenever you want man. Such good content and TOP entertaining skills. I watch your videos while I do my work through the day and I can't ever get bored, every game there's something new and funny. Plus you're never afraid to share your personal stories and to open up about a few thinks, that is the best part of your channel. On your comment about the scariness of starting something self ran. I lost my job due to COVID, and 6 months later I have been able to keep afloat with graphic design freelancing. It keeps getting better every month and now I'm so close to making a full time wage living out of it. Cheers! Remember glhf.
So I dedicated my whole weekend to binge watching all the fatslob videos and I can honestly say that it was worth every min... plz keep casting fatslob matchs... and thank you T90 for the amazing content. I enjoy all of your casting and appreciate all of the work you put in.
T90 are you not aware of the player on DE that plays only “1v1 BF HUNS ONLY” and has played a ton of games like this. My friends and I assume it is because Huns don’t get Onager and cannot cut...
@@alejandroromero6464 i wouldn't mind playing but at least i deserve to choose the civ i want XD and it would most certainly be the Celts or the Spanish against fatslob
nah, I bet it's because Huns don't need houses. That's why I used to play them a lot back on the CD so I didn't have to worry about getting popped capped and having to build new houses.
I'd have docked the pond, set my line of defense behind the pond, and gone for galleons and elite cannon galleons to open up on any trebs that move forward close enough to range my defenses. A pond near the chokepoint is a godsend for defense: your ships can range the enemy siege before their siege can range your walls, the ships can't be reached by infantry or cavalry, and they can dodge treb fire easily.
Haven't played the game in ages but wouldn't the scorps just make minced meat out of any ships that close to the choke point? I mean, I hink it would work if the ships were already camping there before fatslob would've started pushing but not afterwards.
@@MoonlightEmbrace Yeah the ships would definitely have to be there first (like the defensive trebuchets). You have to win that artillery battle. It's a good point about the scorpions though, it probably would not be effective to use galleons / longboats on that pond, or only a few, because of the scorpions and the lack of space. I think the elite cannon galleons could be really effective though. I see them much like trebuchets with one less range, but a higher movement speed and without the need to pack/unpack them. I'd put the docks at the very back of the pond and keep ~10-15 elite cannon galleons there. Walls go near the middle of the pond (two rows with a one tile gap, to allow repairs inbetween), and have castles and towers full of archers 2-3 tiles behind those walls, in line with the back of the pond. Maybe add a few random sections of wooden palisades in front just to add to the chaos in a cost-effective way. Any infantry which dares to approach the walls would just get shredded by the castles behind them, and the enemy trebuchets (or any other siege) could not come in range of the walls (much less the castles or docks) without being fired upon by cannon galleons. Since you can also repair the walls in the midst of all that, the attacker basically has to neutralize the pond before an attack on the walls becomes possible - or treb through the woods somewhere else entirely.
8:00 talking about eco- getting farther resources early help when you’re expecting them to be a risk or unavailable later BUT it creates more idle time which slows you down a bit
My guess to why Fatslob walls with his three starting vills is because if you were to send your scout or vills down at the very beginning of the game you might be able to walk over one of the unbuilt ones if you're fast enough if he only sent 1 or 2. Notice he sends one to build the far left side, one to make the center, and one to make the far right side? This way all the walls come up really fast and prevent anyone from crossing it early on.
I don't think he does that manually though - when you send multiple villagers to build a wall segment, the game automatically distributes them along the segment so it all gets built evenly. But yeah, sending all 3 helps make sure nobody sneaks in.
This game kind of made me think of: is there a game mode where players just mine and harvest the entire map, and it ends when there are no natural resources left. The winner is whoever has the most resources in the end?
I know this is an old video, but, T90 if by chance you get to see this, thank you so much for the comments at 15:52. My mental health has screwed me around so much lately and I've been kind of struggling lately. Your comments really made me feel better and what you said is true. I've been very lonely these past few months and your casts have been a life saver while I dig myself out of this hole I created. I just want to say thank you again, your work is really appreciated by many ❤.
Red had 40k wood and 30k food when the game ended. He was selling it as needed to get gold. Still plenty in the bank when red resigned. That stone had nothing to do with it.
@T90Official Thanks for your very warm words. I can relate to your feeling of "good old" and "don't worry, some things don't change but stay stable". Thanks for sharing your "personal moment". Very fun for me to watch this (and all fatslob ;)) videos as well. All the best ma man, stay healthy and happy!
You are a marvellous person, Tristan. The way you are saying things, your thoughts, your view on the world, on culture outside of hardcore fans or the USA - it's just wonderful.
45:15 Idk why, but the moment the Scorpion army pulls out from the shadow (FoW) and slaughters the baited infantry is so cinematic. Like, imagine it as a movie, this will be the 'OH SHIT' moment where the general smirks and release the signal, and the sky is instantly filled with Scorpion bolts whistling toward the pursuing army.
T90, that thing you talk about fatslob, that he's the one constant that despite the world going to shit reminds you that life goes on, that thing are your videos to me. My life has been flipped upside down this year but every one in a while I can still check YT and watch a good fatslob game with your commentary over it, feels like talking to a friend.
Soviet Russia lost 27milion citizens, of them 8milion military, not just defending desperately, but arguably more desperately so launching endless waves of counterattacks, at least of third of which where utterly pointless from military perspective. The Eastern front was anything but static. This game looked more like Western front, France. A whole lot of nothing, and then swift crushing defeat at the end.
T90, you’re a great speaker. A good speaker talks about what is on their mind. A great speaker talks about what is in their heart. Don’t have anyone else tell you otherwise!
I think in this video Fatslob was even wondering “why are you not attacking me?” The only thing that he seems better, imo, is like you said his micro handling of his siege. Other than that, same guy, same strategy. But yea, there is some sort of giddie giddie moment when a Fatslob video emerges. In the beginning I was worried he would lose, towards the end, I longed for a longer fight. ... what the hell with those walls in back for Red. Everybody knows Fatslob uses siege.
Feel like i watched your vids as a teenager along with spirit. Glad to see youre still doing content ! Im so happy AoE is popping off again all thanks to the community who stuck with it and the content creators like yourself.
I could understand the gates If you where worried about someone cutting and flooding in eagles or huscarls to harass your eco But against Vikings and more importantly fatslob I don't understand it
I'm not a regular regular viewer, but I sincerely hope you can keep doing this as long as you want to. You are the core of the Age of Empires community as I know it today, both driving the esports community with Hidden Cup, bringing in the average player with community games, and creating content for all the old nostalgic people who barely (if at all) play anymore.
hey 190, i'm one of those guys that comes to your channel every now and then to check for new fatslob videos and watches them to have some chill videos during work :) you kinda inspired me to get further into Age and i'm now regularly playing the OOOOOOL' "2 buds and me against bots" :) thank you for the content!
I picked up AoE a few years ago as I was finishing college but have not played or watched much since graduation. I will always watch any more Hidden Cup and Fats lob videos :D
Personally i do not understand red's strat He definitely could have gone full boom with like 170-190 vills which he did out boom until about 50 mins when fat slob had more vills. Then making sure he had many military buildings he could overwhelm him. And yes when the attack comes in he can then delete like 100 vills. Plus he did not push to get that 3rd relic and gold. Walling the tc's in the corner did nothing. The castles back was decent idea. I think if you have 10 times the resources a mix of say infantry and siege would have done it.. Just bleed him dry of gold and the fact you had 1 hour of just out booming him would have done it.. And really the guy had 20 trebs all could have been used to cut through the forest faster.. if he worries about being attacked build some wooden walls or etc to slow down any attack.
My brother and I used to play roleplaying strategy games with AoE.We would have our own kingdoms, and at times there would be wars over very specific parts of the map and we'd have massive battles outside our towns, and the winner would have an advantage when we'd negotiate the peace terms.
Woo! Fatslob matches are fun to watch! And thank you for your grind T90! You make me re fall in love with this game, even if 20 years later im still a noob!
Dude, that's really surreal. In my life I never had any guarantee but in some way it worked. I did study forest engineering but life brought me to be a photographer. I tried other things in life but I didn’t got any result about it.
By the way, I am Brazilian, 28, used to watch AoE2 matches at a lan house back in 2004 when in was 12-13, then years ago I found your channel, but I’ve lost the contents for 2 years that UA-cam didn’t recommended me it anymore and I’m back watching your videos because recently I saw an ad(about some game that have aoe2 sprites) and looked for that channel that I used to watch... great to be here again. Thank you
AoE2 was my very first Computer Game. Back at that time, I didn't know how to play online. TCP/IP? Direct Connect? LAN? I have my fond memories of AoE2 spending ALL of my time in the Editor, building scenarios, stories and campaigns for myself. It was my first step into mapmaking and scripting, too, which later got me into mapmaking for C&C Generals. as well as modmaking. It's nice to see how others enjoy their game and create their fond memories.
Yeah bro I’ve watched em all, I’m thinking of starting a cult where we plant trees and use solar power to distill water. I live in Australia and the desert is a sunny place and tbh that might forfill me who knows?
I feel like its one thing to commend on gold waste and relic gold if resources are tight, but in a game like this were at the end red still had 40k wood and 30k food to sell? Gold income is just a personal decision at that point.
The price is gonna drop ridicolous, and you won't be able to keep up with a player who has 10k of gold banked up. Still he lost mainly becouse fatslob outmicroed him
@@alichi101 he did sell, and lots, still had zero gold. How exactly was fatslob playing better, they traded units, fatslob had 9k gold to make more units, red had 0, so then fatslob overran him
Hey T90 I really appreciatd that talk about struggling. It was wholesome and a nice reminder and comforting :')! (Also glad fatslob is still gaming :3!!!)
Does anyone else not like fatslob? Like sure the game is funny, but as a player he'll only play the one type of game he has soooo much more experience than anyone else. And if someone cheeses him, he surrenders? I'm sorry but I can't respect this man.
Hey super happy for ya T90, making content that you love is the dream. Thats my goal as well, completely relate to working/doing what you love. Keep up the fantastic work, your by far my favorite castor 🔥
the thing Capture Age does with counting Kills per Unit - wouldnt it kinda be cool to integrate that with the actual game (maybe with a mod), ie increase the strength of units once they reach a specific kill number? eg. + 10% HP every 50 kills
Honestly, the only thing that cut down on my viewing of your youtube content was watching a lot of the videos live as they happened on twitch. UA-cam exclusive content? I'm all over it!
Haven't watched the channel for a little while since I discovered this community (I like to check out communities), and I thought I'd pop in for a Fatslob game, after seeing AOE2 videos in the sidebar of one of Vaush's videos. Never played the game, so I wouldn't be able to follow much of anything by myself, so the commentary is huge for me. Always keeps me interested. Edit: Oh, looks like I already watched this video over a year ago and commented the above. Didn't remember. Fantastic video. I'm glad Fatslob didn't make a new account or something when he was getting a lot of attention.
Selling gold for stone for gold was a horrible choice from red. He was also deleting houses and getting housed. Red gave away the lead so willingly for those walls and extra TCs 😅
The age of empires community is just really nice.I always come back to this, just because it's so peaceful and it takes my mind off of things. Keep it up man.
Love these relaxing fatslob videos, along with T90 check-ins and storytimes. My girlfriend doesn't play AoE, but she still quotes the anemia story, and also the infamous closet story. You're a great young man T90, keep on being you.
I’m doing okay. Thanks for checking in. I used to play on BattleNet back when the game was new. Now I have three kids, watching these games reminds me of the old days. I watch a lot of your “nothing” maps and Fatslob games because I can have it on in the background without giving it 100% of my attention (unlike your casts of Viper games).
Bruce Lee once said, "I fear not the man that has practiced 1000 kicks, but the man that has practiced 1 kick, 1000 times", and Fatslob is the man with 1 kick practiced 1000 times. One, very slow, painful kick.
Its worth it
Such an accurate analogy.
lol, i did post it too just before seen your post :D
his profile says its up near 4000 haha bruce lees walking the other way
Are u sure its a kick? He was talking about ip man his teacher right?
I think you and Spirit of the Law should collab for “Statslob”, a documentary with crazy detailed analytics about fatslob’s startegy, his performance weighed in various ways and his progress and improvement over the years
That's an interesting idea.
This documentary sounds good.
and after that, they try to beat him
All the while fat slob is just watching Netflix and eating food while playing his merry ol way.
I really wish this became a thing
FatSlob is a real world Pokemon Gym Leader.
its TRUUUuuUUe
Yaaaasssss, QuEEEn
He's the viking type gym leader from Black Forest city.
I got my Black Forest badge. Did you?
Well... I defeated FatSlob same way by waiting for him to delete walls, letting him come to my side then spaming Light Cav + Pikemen with Berserk + Cavalier and Onager + Scorpions for support. SubNigu's game plan looked to be the same... its just that you have to be far ahead in economy which he was not. I had aroumd 190 vills + 10 trebs (to keep vision) for around 90 minutes before FatSlob lost in the battle of waiting forever.
I haven’t thought about this game for over 15 years or more and suddenly finding a channel talking all about the STILL ACTIVE pvp spectating community is a mind boggling mix of nostalgia and enthusiasm.
Lol I literally downloaded this game again after randomly stumbling upon these UA-cam videos. It feels like atleast 10 years probably more since I have played.
Its not just still active, its actually growing.
i just rebought the game on steam :-D and theres a bloody definitive edition
same lol im even back playing again. hopefully will be in a LEL cast some time.
Say about red what you want but the back of his base was pretty
@@industrialvectors d
@@industrialvectors are you a wizard
But in the end he didn't even use those back walls for layered defense :( He just had farms there...
It feels too much like cheating for Fatslob to use the palisade wall foundations to spy on red's army near the end of the game. There really should be a mod to either not allow the foundations to see anything or to allow red to destroy them.
@@industrialvectors oh yes. golden childhood memories. the endless cycle of paint, minesweeper, hover and on really slow days i even gave solitaire a chance.
"I have to be careful, my girlfriend might be asle- LOOK AT THIS!!"
This is why I love ya T90 😂😂
11:55
10:47 "He also changed his gather point from his tc to his woodline."
*_OH NO, HES LEARNING_*
Oh no fatslob is listening to t90 stream and starting to play normal boring.
@@cynthiavanteylingen7922 don't worry he changes it back
@@YayapLives The single sweat drop on the President's brow evaporates and everyone exhales
Red sealed his fate the second he dropped that ridiculous amount of gold on stone to make his weird corner bunker system
Exactly my thoughts lol
Not really, red even at the end after spamming military had 40k wood and 30k food banked to sell if they wanted gold in a hurry.
Yes really.
@@alichi101 Yes really. He'd drain his coffers way, way, way faster than Fatslob and eventually have no res at all... in the future that never happened in that game
@@alichi101 selling 40k wood would be like less than 4k gold, and fatslob still had 9 banked. So yes really, selling his gold ended the game
*_"Boring game"_*
Imagine if Fatslob said "27" (You played two hours to die like this?)
That would be funny xD
That would be awesome
Fatslob saying something for the very first time 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It would be an honor
Still "delete your walls" would be the best.
I enjoyed both hours of it
@@michasokoowski6651 destruye tu pared
what is 27 mean
Red: I'll outboom you
Fatslob: Ok. No problem.
Red: I'll use ur military composition
Fatslob: Ok. No problem.
Red: I'll win this game
Fatslob: well, that ain't gonna happen in a million years, son.
Spoilers!
@@Calmarius to be fair you have to click on read more
I'm just envisioning a 60+ portly gentleman with a scruffy beard and a weathered cowboy hat puffing on a tobacco pipe.
In fact fatslob's answer is nothing. That's who he is.
Plot twist: Fatslob is t90 from the future.
I feel like fatslobs career is a really slowburn, intense 50s crime drama. We know the meta so well that any deviation becomes a massive talking point. I love it.
any slight deviation might also indicate a copy cat
@@yannikmayer5507 thats an interesting thought, I hadn't even considered copycats... could be a future youtube upload!
@@yannikmayer5507 I don't know much about voobly, but I thought all of the games were tied to specific accounts, as in, you can look up fatslob's profile and see which games he participated in (not just games where someone is named fatslob)
@@saldor0108 Yeah I think you're right there
Re: walls and TCs in the back, he's compartmentalizing his eco so if Fatslob tries to raid he'll just get annoyed instead. OR maybe he just wants his villagers to live in a gated community.
Those are middle class villagers still working the fields of slavery.... lol.
checks video length: yep it's a fatslob game
its the simple joys of life
It's easier to check the thumbnail and title
"Huskarls did nothing wrong ! ! !"
ua-cam.com/video/2zN_LAbFaoM/v-deo.html
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39:50 Its beginning, first kill
44:00 First assault
44:40 First full scale battle
cute message at 17 min bro, i'm exactly the "once every now and then viewer" you described and fatslob is indeed a peaceful constant
I think the reason for all the TCs and Stone walls/gates from Red is because he's expecting to get overrun/raided so this way he is ensuring that at least part of his economy will still be functional in those events.
In my opinion Red is basically pulling a Soviet style defense in depth strategy where the front line is only there to exhaust the enemy, Fatslob, and tire him out for the eventual counter attack
But that strategy doesn't work for AOE. If Fat slob can take out the castles, original TC and kill a bunch of villagers then Red is basically screwed. Without the ability to take out the trebs then reds defense system was completely useless.
The goal of defense in depth is to avoid being enveloped or flanked by a more mobile opponent but envelopments and flanking maneuvers aren't a part of AOE gameplay so a defense in depth is pretty much useless especially if the enemy has trebs.
@@ethank5059 but thats not true. Raiding with Light Cav or Hussars IS part of the game. A lot of pro games are won, because one player is killing the farm eco, so the other player can't reinforce.
It just doesn't make sense against fatslob, cause he uses way more Siege. Against a generic player, the move would kinda make sense
@@TheArdomur it doesn't make sense in AOE because resources are all finite and exchangeable. Using stone to build defense means you wasted gold which in turn means you wasted food, wood, or units. When you build d you are giving up something else, pro players who raid need to get something done with the raid or they are behind. The defense he built was not used so it was a wasted resource.
@@ethank5059 I mean I never said it would be effective 11
@@ethank5059 Best defense is best offense. Strike first, strike hard, no mercy.... kobra kai never dies. lol. Red could've won if he went full siege mode like fatslob, but at a greater scale.
I love the implied existential angst from the caster; just dotted in there.
Crazy fight with many deaths.
T90: oh look the sheep. Forgot about him.
11111111
Fatslob is eternal. I'm fairly certain he can beat entropy at this point.
FS will survive the heat death of the universe, confirmed.
He'll just wait entropy out. Then the Universe would just ragequit and leave him still floating around, alive and the only thing left not at 0K temp.
Randomly jumped to your life advice around 17 mins and was thankful to hear such a heartfelt message. You're a king. Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings indeed.
LEGEND. He's getting quite aggressive and his army composition has way more scorpions now. His micro has definitely improved: moving the onagers and the scorpions front and back at several times was amazing haha.
Also, on your Casting/Gaming career: It will last as long as you want it to, you have earned the right to walk away whenever you want man. Such good content and TOP entertaining skills. I watch your videos while I do my work through the day and I can't ever get bored, every game there's something new and funny. Plus you're never afraid to share your personal stories and to open up about a few thinks, that is the best part of your channel.
On your comment about the scariness of starting something self ran. I lost my job due to COVID, and 6 months later I have been able to keep afloat with graphic design freelancing. It keeps getting better every month and now I'm so close to making a full time wage living out of it.
Cheers! Remember glhf.
its funny that red deleted all of his houses to make tcs and castles
T90: "69420!"
also T90: "I'm not twelve."
LOL @12:54
Someone clip it plz omg
Tristan, you're such a wholesome and relatable person!
So I dedicated my whole weekend to binge watching all the fatslob videos and I can honestly say that it was worth every min... plz keep casting fatslob matchs... and thank you T90 for the amazing content. I enjoy all of your casting and appreciate all of the work you put in.
Ah dude. You made me tear up with your check in
This comment deserves a like, hope times are a little better now
Hope your doing well man
T90 are you not aware of the player on DE that plays only “1v1 BF HUNS ONLY” and has played a ton of games like this. My friends and I assume it is because Huns don’t get Onager and cannot cut...
Great catch, could totally be him
lame way to play the game imo :C
@@ADCFproductions lol
@@alejandroromero6464 i wouldn't mind playing but at least i deserve to choose the civ i want XD and it would most certainly be the Celts or the Spanish against fatslob
nah, I bet it's because Huns don't need houses. That's why I used to play them a lot back on the CD so I didn't have to worry about getting popped capped and having to build new houses.
I'd have docked the pond, set my line of defense behind the pond, and gone for galleons and elite cannon galleons to open up on any trebs that move forward close enough to range my defenses. A pond near the chokepoint is a godsend for defense: your ships can range the enemy siege before their siege can range your walls, the ships can't be reached by infantry or cavalry, and they can dodge treb fire easily.
I was thinking that too. Better to have Navel units then infantry.
Im somebody that thrives om navy and totally agree but one tiny problem the pond is small and fatslob army big and mostly ranged units.....
Haven't played the game in ages but wouldn't the scorps just make minced meat out of any ships that close to the choke point?
I mean, I hink it would work if the ships were already camping there before fatslob would've started pushing but not afterwards.
@@MoonlightEmbrace Yeah the ships would definitely have to be there first (like the defensive trebuchets). You have to win that artillery battle. It's a good point about the scorpions though, it probably would not be effective to use galleons / longboats on that pond, or only a few, because of the scorpions and the lack of space. I think the elite cannon galleons could be really effective though. I see them much like trebuchets with one less range, but a higher movement speed and without the need to pack/unpack them.
I'd put the docks at the very back of the pond and keep ~10-15 elite cannon galleons there. Walls go near the middle of the pond (two rows with a one tile gap, to allow repairs inbetween), and have castles and towers full of archers 2-3 tiles behind those walls, in line with the back of the pond. Maybe add a few random sections of wooden palisades in front just to add to the chaos in a cost-effective way. Any infantry which dares to approach the walls would just get shredded by the castles behind them, and the enemy trebuchets (or any other siege) could not come in range of the walls (much less the castles or docks) without being fired upon by cannon galleons. Since you can also repair the walls in the midst of all that, the attacker basically has to neutralize the pond before an attack on the walls becomes possible - or treb through the woods somewhere else entirely.
18:00 man you’re so awesome for that
Here's a title: "Fatslob invades SimCity"
8:00 talking about eco- getting farther resources early help when you’re expecting them to be a risk or unavailable later BUT it creates more idle time which slows you down a bit
My guess to why Fatslob walls with his three starting vills is because if you were to send your scout or vills down at the very beginning of the game you might be able to walk over one of the unbuilt ones if you're fast enough if he only sent 1 or 2. Notice he sends one to build the far left side, one to make the center, and one to make the far right side? This way all the walls come up really fast and prevent anyone from crossing it early on.
Big Brain play
I don't think he does that manually though - when you send multiple villagers to build a wall segment, the game automatically distributes them along the segment so it all gets built evenly. But yeah, sending all 3 helps make sure nobody sneaks in.
This game kind of made me think of: is there a game mode where players just mine and harvest the entire map, and it ends when there are no natural resources left. The winner is whoever has the most resources in the end?
50 seconds in and fatslob has already walled
and i have nice warm feeling in my chest now
Dont forget hes 70 y old playing aoe2 , respect!
With the mustache he has now, I could see T90 being a lemonade barker. "Citrus while you sit, yes!" "Lemonade, cold refreshing lemonade!"
I know this is an old video, but, T90 if by chance you get to see this, thank you so much for the comments at 15:52. My mental health has screwed me around so much lately and I've been kind of struggling lately. Your comments really made me feel better and what you said is true. I've been very lonely these past few months and your casts have been a life saver while I dig myself out of this hole I created. I just want to say thank you again, your work is really appreciated by many ❤.
Red wasting his gold to buy stone was a big factor in this one
Red had 40k wood and 30k food when the game ended. He was selling it as needed to get gold. Still plenty in the bank when red resigned. That stone had nothing to do with it.
@T90Official
Thanks for your very warm words. I can relate to your feeling of "good old" and "don't worry, some things don't change but stay stable".
Thanks for sharing your "personal moment". Very fun for me to watch this (and all fatslob ;)) videos as well.
All the best ma man, stay healthy and happy!
After a few years you may be able to transition into AOE 4
You are a marvellous person, Tristan. The way you are saying things, your thoughts, your view on the world, on culture outside of hardcore fans or the USA - it's just wonderful.
You should try to get Fatslob on your channel for an interview, I'd love to hear this guys story.
45:15 Idk why, but the moment the Scorpion army pulls out from the shadow (FoW) and slaughters the baited infantry is so cinematic.
Like, imagine it as a movie, this will be the 'OH SHIT' moment where the general smirks and release the signal, and the sky is instantly filled with Scorpion bolts whistling toward the pursuing army.
No one talking about how my boy said he doesn't think he can do this for life...
T90, that thing you talk about fatslob, that he's the one constant that despite the world going to shit reminds you that life goes on, that thing are your videos to me. My life has been flipped upside down this year but every one in a while I can still check YT and watch a good fatslob game with your commentary over it, feels like talking to a friend.
Re the walls: it is called deep defenses - he is trying to copy what the Soviet Union did in WW2.
It's also very similar to AOEIII defensive play
Except the Reds didn't just wait at Moscow. They tried to keep the frontline.
Soviet Russia lost 27milion citizens, of them 8milion military, not just defending desperately, but arguably more desperately so launching endless waves of counterattacks, at least of third of which where utterly pointless from military perspective. The Eastern front was anything but static. This game looked more like Western front, France. A whole lot of nothing, and then swift crushing defeat at the end.
T90, you’re a great speaker. A good speaker talks about what is on their mind. A great speaker talks about what is in their heart. Don’t have anyone else tell you otherwise!
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turn to 1.5 speed
I was surprised how watchable it is 1.75 or even 2 speed
Fatslob seems to be the goths of black forest; either you stomp him or he stomps you
I think in this video Fatslob was even wondering “why are you not attacking me?”
The only thing that he seems better, imo, is like you said his micro handling of his siege. Other than that, same guy, same strategy.
But yea, there is some sort of giddie giddie moment when a Fatslob video emerges. In the beginning I was worried he would lose, towards the end, I longed for a longer fight.
... what the hell with those walls in back for Red. Everybody knows Fatslob uses siege.
Feel like i watched your vids as a teenager along with spirit. Glad to see youre still doing content !
Im so happy AoE is popping off again all thanks to the community who stuck with it and the content creators like yourself.
Red is compartmentalizing his economy to avoid raids on it. Meanwhile, he himself was getting ready to raid Fatslob's economy with cavalry.
Cause he doenst know fatlsob then cause he no raid he razes.
44:42 fatslobs army slowing moving through the fog to reds base is the most epic thing ever. Ty t90
I could understand the gates If you where worried about someone cutting and flooding in eagles or huscarls to harass your eco
But against Vikings and more importantly fatslob I don't understand it
Got into this game again after playing as a kid about three months ago, your videos are some of the most entertaining vids I watch on UA-cam 👍
Fog of war: *exists*
Fatslob: It's free real estate
i just love that this guy plays his games his way and most people play along its also closer to what people who dont play comp like about the game
I'm not a regular regular viewer, but I sincerely hope you can keep doing this as long as you want to. You are the core of the Age of Empires community as I know it today, both driving the esports community with Hidden Cup, bringing in the average player with community games, and creating content for all the old nostalgic people who barely (if at all) play anymore.
hey 190, i'm one of those guys that comes to your channel every now and then to check for new fatslob videos and watches them to have some chill videos during work :) you kinda inspired me to get further into Age and i'm now regularly playing the OOOOOOL' "2 buds and me against bots" :) thank you for the content!
"That's some quality micro", said while FatSlob is losing three onagers to one. :D
I picked up AoE a few years ago as I was finishing college but have not played or watched much since graduation. I will always watch any more Hidden Cup and Fats lob videos :D
Red maybe is being raided often so he needs tc to get villagers inside and gates so villagers get through while the soldiers don't
The reverse Fatslob strategy:
Nobody plays Fatslob until he is willing to plan another map. It's the wall he can't break xD
It's just too tempting tho. He's not a legend for nothing.
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.
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- Bruce Lee
The quote says punch instead of kick, my bad i did copy only without read, didn't think about someone else want to make a parallel universe with this.
I love some fatslob because it is how I played as a child. Lots of nostolgia. I will watch his games to completion when I notice a new one.
Personally i do not understand red's strat
He definitely could have gone full boom with like 170-190 vills which he did out boom until about 50 mins when fat slob had more vills. Then making sure he had many military buildings he could overwhelm him. And yes when the attack comes in he can then delete like 100 vills. Plus he did not push to get that 3rd relic and gold. Walling the tc's in the corner did nothing. The castles back was decent idea. I think if you have 10 times the resources a mix of say infantry and siege would have done it.. Just bleed him dry of gold and the fact you had 1 hour of just out booming him would have done it.. And really the guy had 20 trebs all could have been used to cut through the forest faster.. if he worries about being attacked build some wooden walls or etc to slow down any attack.
Say what you will, but that boar lure at 4:05 is the most perfect one I have ever seen.
Red just wanted his eco to be safe from raids
There is something comforting in the pixels. Reminds me of AoE gold edition I used to play on windows98.
People saying "boring game" are so funny to me. "YOU made it boring" :D
Red so Rude!
He no Bang!
Agreed lmao
My brother and I used to play roleplaying strategy games with AoE.We would have our own kingdoms, and at times there would be wars over very specific parts of the map and we'd have massive battles outside our towns, and the winner would have an advantage when we'd negotiate the peace terms.
Yo, has anyone asked how T90's doing??
hey man, he meant to pick Magyard.
I can't believe this game is still relevant. Definitely going to bring back my childhood by starting up again now that I have a pc. Awesome
Red really threw the game by buying stone for 7k gold😬
I like how red realized what was gonna happen so he just took the opportunity to play city builder
Fatslob videos is the only thing i watch from T90 honestly :)
Woo! Fatslob matches are fun to watch! And thank you for your grind T90! You make me re fall in love with this game, even if 20 years later im still a noob!
I clicked so fast just seeing the title. 😁
U didnt
Dude, that's really surreal. In my life I never had any guarantee but in some way it worked. I did study forest engineering but life brought me to be a photographer. I tried other things in life but I didn’t got any result about it.
By the way, I am Brazilian, 28, used to watch AoE2 matches at a lan house back in 2004 when in was 12-13, then years ago I found your channel, but I’ve lost the contents for 2 years that UA-cam didn’t recommended me it anymore and I’m back watching your videos because recently I saw an ad(about some game that have aoe2 sprites) and looked for that channel that I used to watch... great to be here again. Thank you
NO WAY! Fatttttsloooob! What a legend. That’s the next hour of my life sorted
AoE2 was my very first Computer Game.
Back at that time, I didn't know how to play online. TCP/IP? Direct Connect? LAN?
I have my fond memories of AoE2 spending ALL of my time in the Editor, building scenarios, stories and campaigns for myself.
It was my first step into mapmaking and scripting, too, which later got me into mapmaking for C&C Generals. as well as modmaking.
It's nice to see how others enjoy their game and create their fond memories.
Yeah bro I’ve watched em all,
I’m thinking of starting a cult where we plant trees and use solar power to distill water.
I live in Australia and the desert is a sunny place and tbh that might forfill me who knows?
I would like to see some more wonder victories, not necessarily FS but pros and LEL XD
17:03 was so nice because of what he said before that. So spot on haven't checked on in awhile knew I'd come here n he actually spoke about it haha x
I feel like its one thing to commend on gold waste and relic gold if resources are tight, but in a game like this were at the end red still had 40k wood and 30k food to sell? Gold income is just a personal decision at that point.
The price is gonna drop ridicolous, and you won't be able to keep up with a player who has 10k of gold banked up. Still he lost mainly becouse fatslob outmicroed him
he could have sold 100% of his wood and gold and still have less gold than fatslob probably
@@cinialvespow1054 He lost because Fatslob played better. If he needed more gold to spend on troops he would have sold stuff.
@@alichi101 he did sell, and lots, still had zero gold. How exactly was fatslob playing better, they traded units, fatslob had 9k gold to make more units, red had 0, so then fatslob overran him
really appreciate the words of encouragement, T90. composure under pressure is a big part of this game and it helps irl too
game was a little too loud, especially at the big fights. Good casting :)
Hey T90 I really appreciatd that talk about struggling. It was wholesome and a nice reminder and comforting :')!
(Also glad fatslob is still gaming :3!!!)
im just guessing but red might be a splat splat fest fan from overlord
goddes of dark fertility? to bad we havn`t seen any baby goats in this one ^^
or maybe he is just a fan of Lovecraft
I don't know why, but for some reason this game and exactly this commentary was what I needed today. Keep up the good work T90!
Does anyone else not like fatslob? Like sure the game is funny, but as a player he'll only play the one type of game he has soooo much more experience than anyone else. And if someone cheeses him, he surrenders? I'm sorry but I can't respect this man.
That's the definition of a scrub. Uses a cheese strategy and rage quits if someone uses the same tactics on him.
Hey super happy for ya T90, making content that you love is the dream. Thats my goal as well, completely relate to working/doing what you love. Keep up the fantastic work, your by far my favorite castor 🔥
the thing Capture Age does with counting Kills per Unit - wouldnt it kinda be cool to integrate that with the actual game (maybe with a mod), ie increase the strength of units once they reach a specific kill number?
eg. + 10% HP every 50 kills
Honestly, the only thing that cut down on my viewing of your youtube content was watching a lot of the videos live as they happened on twitch. UA-cam exclusive content? I'm all over it!
I wasn't expecting to get such a wholesome and sweet little chat from a Fatslob AoE2 commentary, but I do appreciate it.
Haven't watched the channel for a little while since I discovered this community (I like to check out communities), and I thought I'd pop in for a Fatslob game, after seeing AOE2 videos in the sidebar of one of Vaush's videos. Never played the game, so I wouldn't be able to follow much of anything by myself, so the commentary is huge for me. Always keeps me interested.
Edit: Oh, looks like I already watched this video over a year ago and commented the above. Didn't remember.
Fantastic video. I'm glad Fatslob didn't make a new account or something when he was getting a lot of attention.
Selling gold for stone for gold was a horrible choice from red. He was also deleting houses and getting housed. Red gave away the lead so willingly for those walls and extra TCs 😅
The age of empires community is just really nice.I always come back to this, just because it's so peaceful and it takes my mind off of things. Keep it up man.
Love these relaxing fatslob videos, along with T90 check-ins and storytimes. My girlfriend doesn't play AoE, but she still quotes the anemia story, and also the infamous closet story. You're a great young man T90, keep on being you.
I’m doing okay. Thanks for checking in. I used to play on BattleNet back when the game was new. Now I have three kids, watching these games reminds me of the old days. I watch a lot of your “nothing” maps and Fatslob games because I can have it on in the background without giving it 100% of my attention (unlike your casts of Viper games).