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Argentinian Age of Empires 2 DE Player pulls a galaxy brain (HAND OF GOD) play to win a match in a tournament
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I think this classic example more comes down to the fact that Idra had the mental fortitude of a toddler and would rage quit at the drop of a hat.
that is also true, a large part of the context that I left out lol
Fair play. You don't punish a player for getting an opponent to bite on a pump fake in hoops. Deception is a key element of competition.
I will always remember when MMA killed his own expansion and then Idra quit after successfully defending a push.
IdrA is maybe a bad example because dude is a ragequit machine lol
World events, such as when an opponent advances to the next Age, are broadcast globally via neutral text. Biry's opponent misinterpreted Biry's own comment that he (Biry) advanced to the Castle Age -- the penultimate Age -- as the word of "God" and forfeited the match, having deduced there was no hope of catching up.
Edit: Basically, imagine winning a game of, say, Quake because your opponent rage-quit after you typed "[your username] fragged [their username]" into chat.
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I love trick plays like this.
Reminds me of the time a Rainbow 6 Siege team got their opponents to attack the wrong site in a pro league match. Just complete misdirection.
Reminds me of the time a Rainbow 6 Siege team got their opponents to attack the wrong site in a pro league match. Just complete misdirection.
These are two that I wish I could have seen the Twitch chat:
For the second one, 21:20 to 25:30.
Yeah you would expect someone with enough knowledge of the game to be playing a tournament to know that this wasn't legit.
Lol the capitalization wasn't even correct (nevermind the lack of a colon which he wouldn't be able to change) and the guy still fell for it.
Fair game in my book, would have been awkward as hell if it didn't work though
Fair game in my book, would have been awkward as hell if it didn't work though
The argentinian only won that match. And he was better in that one.
But in the full match, he lost. 3 to 1.
Reminds me of a trick used in DotA 2 to make people quit a match by making the console spell that someone else already left.
While not the most honorable stuff to do, way more honorable than giving up just because the other player got a lead.
While not the most honorable stuff to do, way more honorable than giving up just because the other player got a lead.
Also advancing ages is expensive, so it means the player that is advancing quickly probably has a better economy going.
Wouldn't an esports competitor know the games HUD inside and out?
I dunno. Well done anyways. It's not cheating.
I dunno. Well done anyways. It's not cheating.
Sometimes the stress, pressure, fatigue etc can make the brain forget things oblivious to the outside viewer. We're not machines ^^
If you watch the video, the difference is literally a colon, on a text window with a relatively small font:
XYZ has advanced to the Castle Age.
XYZ: has advanced to the Castle Age.
Most surprisingly, it's even the same text color. I would assume most games use different colors for player chat and system messages!
I remember in my Starcraft days people would make other panic with typing in "Nuclear Launch Detected" at the center of the screen.
