This might sound like a weird thing to say, but with the world currently having a nasty pandemic, and with many events closing or restricting audiences, I'm really happy that there's stuff like HC3 - online events that we can all enjoy from the safety of wherever we are holed up.
@T90Official - When you do the reveal, please don't post the reveal with the Finals video. Make a separate video with the bracket, show the best highlights of each match and at the end of the highlight reel for each series, reveal the two that played the series. Would suggest to keep a poll going throughout the competition and have it on the screen at the moment of the reveal. That would be an amazing video for the reveal. Cheers!
Fellas, I am a unskilled when it comes to tagging people to comments on YT. Could you please be so kind to tag T90 to this so that he can see the suggestion? Would highly appreciate it. Love you T90 community!
@45:00 No, Fishing ships are so much more difficult to defend than villagers, they need to be significantly better than farms, or no one will ever go to the water. If it doesn't entice you to get out there and fight for it, no one will risk the investment.
Fishing ships are strong anyway. Before the castle age, your production is limited by the villagers you can produce and fishing ships give you a way to increase your total production.
@Ben Ghazi I completely agree with you. Sometimes MbL can sound like he's being a little too harsh but he balances it out afterwards. I think he just has a dark sense of humour but his energy is so infectious too. I'd be really interested in hearing him co-cast again
re: map preferences discussed around the 40:00 mark I like new maps, because they have a tendency to surprise and that adds an interesting bit of variety. Cup really had this at first, but not as much any more. I like maps which offer a variety of choices when strategies have to change. So High Tide is good, as is Bay
I like it when you have cocasters, especially for tournaments when there's background to explain and having a second view on the pro scene is good. I like how you rotated cocasters too, this is neat. For regular games, it isn't needed as much, but for tournaments, it feels very natural.
Tournament idea (may have already been suggested) A Nations Tournament where the players must play as the civ closest to their nationality. Example Viper: Vikings TaToh: Spanish Lieryy: Goths or Teutons Mr Yo: Chinese Hera: Britons or Franks Daut: Slavs Players must play with that civ but if say the first round is Best of 5, each player can ban 1 or 2 maps.
1:26:16 I've had a few cases of this kind of vill glitching in tight spots at wood lines. I'm not great at macro so it tilts me when I find some of them taking a siesta without clocking out. Lazy bastards.
I feel like many of the maps in HC3 are encouraging mirrors. High tide, Hot Dog, Pants, El Dorado all seem to be mirror. Cross, Arabia, islands, and cup all seem to be pushing towards mirror frequently as well.
Hi T90, I really enjoy and appreciate your content and everything you do around AOE2. I am watching your videos everyday and always looking forward to it. Please keep on doing this! I liked Daniel as a Co-Caster providing so much interesting insights being useful for me as a player. I would be glad if he joins you for the hidden cup finals. Best, targa
If anything you should have mentionned that Nicov totally brought peace in Toledo by having these 5 relics on the island of the lake during that third game...
you understand that t90 is a pro caster when half the stream starts crying for poll and he's like 'not even gonna react to that, this is my stream not yours!'
I would like to suggest an "MBL Cocasting Pizza Fund," wherein we toss a few bucks into pot so that MBL can order pizza - provided the Sole Pizzeria in Scandinavia isn't closed - and cocast.
Apologies in advance, but let me try get this straight 2x Norway 2x Finland 2x China 2x Vietnam 2x Brazil 2x Spain 6 times 2 of the same nationalities = 12 16-12=4 which is 2x2 Coincidence? Maybe Hotel? Trivago
About the co-caster thing, I really like when it's Dave, because he's good at making interesting/funny/aware comments and also because he talks clearly and has good mic. Some of the pros you had talked too weirdly / bad mic, and since I'm not a native english speaker, it bothers me. Hera sounded like he has brackets for example... I have nothing against it, but definitely makes understanding harder for me.
Hera streams regularly, so his mic shouldn’t be a problem for you. Maybe his accent???? You’ll get used to languages and accents the more you consume it.
Progeusz Well sorry. I didn’t knew people can’t engage with a sentence on any level other than “literally”. I didn’t took your stupidity into account when writing that as metaphorically.
I know when I click a video or catch a stream T90 is going to be good. But the Cocaster is always up in the air. I like it when you have a pro lije MBL.. Sadly I cant stand Dave though. I leave streams or switch videos when I hear him (sometimes just skip to the end of a TH-cam video)
What's your problem with Dave?!!!! I love Dave, MBL is funny but a shit co-caster and makes fun of t90, so then t90 is less animated and not himself. Whereas Dave and t90 feed off each other and become very passionate about the cast. What about Dave could possibly bother you? So funny how peeps in the comments seem to have completely opposite experiences!
@@icecoldchilipreppers I just feel like T90 goes from Casting and something worth listening to, to, I'm a third wheel and just listening to two other people have fun. I know it sounds petty. But I don't watch streams or TH-cam videos to listen to my mates play games. I came to be entertained by a semi "professional" caster of a game i enjoy watching. As a kid I listened to a lot of basket ball and base ball on the radio because we didnt have a TV we used regularly for anything but the Olympics and family night movies. I've listened to a LOT of profession announcers for sports and T90 is a more hip and fun version of that on a classic game I also played a lot of when I was younger. We all come/stick around for different reasons, but we are all here for the same thing AoE2. I just don't like what Dave brings to the cast/game. I've never listened to him Solo cast, nor do I even know if he does that, But I don't like where it goes when it's both him and T90.
@@icecoldchilipreppers MBL is like when they have a professional join in the Sound booth and he is just having fun with it. And when he talks about stuff I believe 100% he knows what he is saying because he is top tier. Even if he jokes around and becomes a bit jovial in it all. He has big personality. Oh also Dave tends to swear a lot and I'm often listening with my kids in the room. Can't have it.
Then there would be no reward for investing resources in unprotectable fishing ships. People would just camp in their base, and early water play would not be a thing. The high risk high reward of early fishing really mixes up hybrid maps.
Fish are good in early games because you can’t do anything else from fishing ships like vills building things. You need a reason to invest in fish. If they are same as vills why would anyone invest on fishing ships???
@@icecoldchilipreppers They sound alike... They both have the cringy jokes theme to their personna online... They both are insanely polite and humble, even though they have a hidden sense of pride to their craft that shines on the cracks of that personality.... Even their laughs are similar...
Unfortunately T90s popularity really got to his head. Very sensitive, emotional and arrogant. Lmfao at him thinking we should blow smoke up his ass for casting. Thank you, Your Highness. And no I don’t hate him, just liked him better than now. Much better
Eolian Harp I like him, he’s been very grateful to the community, he doesn’t go around with the air of “I’m the voice of AOE II” which some big casters of other games usually act like
your perception is your perception. Can't make everyone like ya. So what if hes confident and happy. Does that really upset you? Please stop projecting your insecurities onto others.
A bit arsh but I noticed it too. I feel that the young man should probably see a therapist long term, he has the funds to do so and it would be probably beneficial to him and to people directly around him. And to be honest any mid tier therapist will do, because if the pathologies go through a youtube video or atwich clip, a therapist will pinpoint those very fast too xd. There is nothing wrong/dangerous with that too and it has to be private (I hope for T90 to read this, do not respond and take an apointment ??? profit)
![Hidden Cup 3 | Ro16 King Sancho vs Charlemagne [Match 1]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/H09kOtujIrw/mqdefault.jpg)
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For more information on the Hidden Cup 3 Viewing Party in Breda Netherlands, join the Meetup Discord discord.gg/DBq6wNt
Have you thought of trting a casting trio?
@Ulf Knudsen wtf?
"Meetups in the US are harder to organize then in Europe because the USA are so much bigger."
#shitamericanssay
This might sound like a weird thing to say, but with the world currently having a nasty pandemic, and with many events closing or restricting audiences, I'm really happy that there's stuff like HC3 - online events that we can all enjoy from the safety of wherever we are holed up.
@T90Official - When you do the reveal, please don't post the reveal with the Finals video. Make a separate video with the bracket, show the best highlights of each match and at the end of the highlight reel for each series, reveal the two that played the series. Would suggest to keep a poll going throughout the competition and have it on the screen at the moment of the reveal. That would be an amazing video for the reveal. Cheers!
@T90Official listen to this guy
This would be awesome
Fellas, I am a unskilled when it comes to tagging people to comments on YT. Could you please be so kind to tag T90 to this so that he can see the suggestion? Would highly appreciate it. Love you T90 community!
@T90Official this would be awesome! (Also any chance you can add a red/blue flag somewhere near the names? Ta tnx)
Game 1: 00:00
Game 2: 30:10
Game 3: 43:48
Game 4: 1:19:44
Game 5: 1:52:02
2 Norwegians, 2 Brazilians, 2 Finnish, 2 Chinese, 2 Vietnamese, 2 Spanish !!
Are there 2v2 tournaments ?!
and the serbian and the argentinian together so they don't feel alone
@@sidoso9810 Larry on beast mode taking them all!
@45:00 No, Fishing ships are so much more difficult to defend than villagers, they need to be significantly better than farms, or no one will ever go to the water. If it doesn't entice you to get out there and fight for it, no one will risk the investment.
Fishing ships are strong anyway. Before the castle age, your production is limited by the villagers you can produce and fishing ships give you a way to increase your total production.
Some addictions are easier to drop than others. Im currently quitting smoking (down from 20 a day to 1 atm) but t90 is a hell of a drug I cannot quit
Hope you have stopped smoking by now! It's very hard of task but it is definitely worth
“Slam is well spoken, he’s a nice guy he casted in hc2 and people liked it”
Slam somewhere : *inhale* oh yeah
@Ben Ghazi I completely agree with you. Sometimes MbL can sound like he's being a little too harsh but he balances it out afterwards. I think he just has a dark sense of humour but his energy is so infectious too. I'd be really interested in hearing him co-cast again
A classic game, Brazil vs Argentina
Sure, assume 7-1 never hapened...
@@Cleruian that was brazil germany
re: map preferences discussed around the 40:00 mark
I like new maps, because they have a tendency to surprise and that adds an interesting bit of variety. Cup really had this at first, but not as much any more.
I like maps which offer a variety of choices when strategies have to change. So High Tide is good, as is Bay
I like it when you have cocasters, especially for tournaments when there's background to explain and having a second view on the pro scene is good. I like how you rotated cocasters too, this is neat. For regular games, it isn't needed as much, but for tournaments, it feels very natural.
T90 do not understimated the rage of an angry argentine D:
I love his MBL impersonations. Kinda makes me wanna go watch MBL whenever he does tho.
Tournament idea (may have already been suggested)
A Nations Tournament where the players must play as the civ closest to their nationality.
Example
Viper: Vikings
TaToh: Spanish
Lieryy: Goths or Teutons
Mr Yo: Chinese
Hera: Britons or Franks
Daut: Slavs
Players must play with that civ but if say the first round is Best of 5, each player can ban 1 or 2 maps.
1:26:16 I've had a few cases of this kind of vill glitching in tight spots at wood lines. I'm not great at macro so it tilts me when I find some of them taking a siesta without clocking out. Lazy bastards.
1:44:10 "They're pacificist now"
T90 talking about Nico's camels in the middle of St4rk_ base just chilling.
I feel like many of the maps in HC3 are encouraging mirrors. High tide, Hot Dog, Pants, El Dorado all seem to be mirror. Cross, Arabia, islands, and cup all seem to be pushing towards mirror frequently as well.
And what is it about all those maps that is "pushing" towards mirrors? With the exception of slopes.
So hyped for HCIII! We'll all get together to watch it on the big screen!
Aguante Nicov, como argentino voy a hinchar para vos en la HC3, aunque no se va a saber que jugador sos hasta el final. Buena suerte!
no lo mufes
"see Daut? Look how many vils he sent" LOLOLOLOL
12:20 That MBL impression was spot on
I used to play this game like 10+ years ago in elementary school. Watching your content and high level gameplay makes me want to get back in.
Hi T90, I really enjoy and appreciate your content and everything you do around AOE2. I am watching your videos everyday and always looking forward to it. Please keep on doing this! I liked Daniel as a Co-Caster providing so much interesting insights being useful for me as a player. I would be glad if he joins you for the hidden cup finals. Best, targa
I'm lowkey addicted ti T90 saying NIICCOV. I keep remembering it in the weirdest of times
If anything you should have mentionned that Nicov totally brought peace in Toledo by having these 5 relics on the island of the lake during that third game...
I hope they do a quick patch before the hidden cup, i feel like goths are going to be overwhelming.
I CANT WAIT for Hidden Cup!! Max vs. Viper was fucking amazing last time
Haha TH-cam auto subtitles at it again @ 2:05:50 😂
...”Why does he not have vodka?” 👌😂
you understand that t90 is a pro caster when half the stream starts crying for poll and he's like 'not even gonna react to that, this is my stream not yours!'
I would like to suggest an "MBL Cocasting Pizza Fund," wherein we toss a few bucks into pot so that MBL can order pizza - provided the Sole Pizzeria in Scandinavia isn't closed - and cocast.
Apologies in advance, but let me try get this straight
2x Norway
2x Finland
2x China
2x Vietnam
2x Brazil
2x Spain
6 times 2 of the same nationalities = 12
16-12=4 which is 2x2
Coincidence? Maybe
Hotel? Trivago
In the end (2:22:16) is the number before the players names their seed?
Was there any more info about the viewing party in London?
Can someone specify the Dutch meetup for me? Like when and where?
google breda hidden cup ;)
Thank you
I wish game one had been otherwise, I always root for the non-dominant civs
My word your content is highly entertaining.
@T90: for the next Hidden Cup can you upload all games with 3 or 4 hours videotime so us here on TH-cam can't guess the outcome as easily.
NYC viewing party would be lit
I started bringing coffee from home instead of buying from a shop, saves me like 900 swedish crowns/month. About 95 USD for you americans
any chance is an all pro regicide or other fun map :D>
Thanks for all this work and content. Make sure ya'll take care of yourselves!
The biggest disatvantage of watching aoe2 games is small minimap. That causes me not seeing where the action is going when I watch remotely
Um grande clássico Brasil x Hermanos
Incluso en el age jaja saudações irmãos
Justíssimo!
Amazing set!
thank you for your work man
GRNDE NICOV VAMOS CARAJO. ARGENTINA ARGENTINA
Were these all Mirror matchups? Did the players just decide to do that??
You can tell St4rk started off as an Arena player.
Darn chat. Now I can't unhear 'fish n chips'.
how to tell who will win... T90 put them on top in the thumbnail
Hesitation is Defeat!
Any viewings in Sweden?
so why is this not on twitch??
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that all the matches where someone picked slavs, the slav picker lost
pretty sure someone won on slopes with slavs against indians
Hey T90 I live in South Florida. If you make a meetup in FL I'll participate. Is there a mailing list?
I think casting alone isn't the best. Dave e.g. is very observant and mentions important things. One person will always miss something.
WE WANT COMMUNITY GAMES ON FRIDAY
1:22:58 "Don't do basic budgeting." -T90
How come everytime i play online, nobody wants to max out their economy before fighting? They always wanna fight at the beginning.
it somewhat depends on the map you are playing on. If you want to just boom first maybe play Black Forest, and wall a bit at the beginning.
@@josiahferguson6194 yeah, i try to but it still seems that im getting attacked at the beginning.
Dear Nicov: Gracias.
T70 every video: hurr DEA Slavs? I know right.
(Just kappa dont hurt me)
About the co-caster thing, I really like when it's Dave, because he's good at making interesting/funny/aware comments and also because he talks clearly and has good mic. Some of the pros you had talked too weirdly / bad mic, and since I'm not a native english speaker, it bothers me. Hera sounded like he has brackets for example... I have nothing against it, but definitely makes understanding harder for me.
Hera streams regularly, so his mic shouldn’t be a problem for you. Maybe his accent????
You’ll get used to languages and accents the more you consume it.
Progeusz Well sorry. I didn’t knew people can’t engage with a sentence on any level other than “literally”. I didn’t took your stupidity into account when writing that as metaphorically.
Liking for the Persian Elephants
Niiiiiiicovvvvv!
I know when I click a video or catch a stream T90 is going to be good. But the Cocaster is always up in the air. I like it when you have a pro lije MBL.. Sadly I cant stand Dave though. I leave streams or switch videos when I hear him (sometimes just skip to the end of a TH-cam video)
What's your problem with Dave?!!!! I love Dave, MBL is funny but a shit co-caster and makes fun of t90, so then t90 is less animated and not himself. Whereas Dave and t90 feed off each other and become very passionate about the cast.
What about Dave could possibly bother you? So funny how peeps in the comments seem to have completely opposite experiences!
@@icecoldchilipreppers I just feel like T90 goes from Casting and something worth listening to, to, I'm a third wheel and just listening to two other people have fun. I know it sounds petty. But I don't watch streams or TH-cam videos to listen to my mates play games. I came to be entertained by a semi "professional" caster of a game i enjoy watching.
As a kid I listened to a lot of basket ball and base ball on the radio because we didnt have a TV we used regularly for anything but the Olympics and family night movies. I've listened to a LOT of profession announcers for sports and T90 is a more hip and fun version of that on a classic game I also played a lot of when I was younger.
We all come/stick around for different reasons, but we are all here for the same thing AoE2. I just don't like what Dave brings to the cast/game. I've never listened to him Solo cast, nor do I even know if he does that, But I don't like where it goes when it's both him and T90.
@@icecoldchilipreppers MBL is like when they have a professional join in the Sound booth and he is just having fun with it. And when he talks about stuff I believe 100% he knows what he is saying because he is top tier. Even if he jokes around and becomes a bit jovial in it all. He has big personality. Oh also Dave tends to swear a lot and I'm often listening with my kids in the room. Can't have it.
Niiiiicov let's go!
Fishing is OP in dark age and feudal, would be keen on fishing ships efficiency being reduced then improved by handcart and etc
Would fishing ship specific tech be a better rout than just using villager tech?
@@aralornwolf3140 yeah, you're probably right
Then there would be no reward for investing resources in unprotectable fishing ships. People would just camp in their base, and early water play would not be a thing. The high risk high reward of early fishing really mixes up hybrid maps.
Fish are good in early games because you can’t do anything else from fishing ships like vills building things.
You need a reason to invest in fish. If they are same as vills why would anyone invest on fishing ships???
Aaaw yes another 8min game
Is T90 somehow related to Nightblue3?
They act and sound so much alike...
Really, the only difference is the game they cover...
I dont know what you're talking about. They look and sound nothing alike. You are crazy boy.
@@icecoldchilipreppers They sound alike... They both have the cringy jokes theme to their personna online... They both are insanely polite and humble, even though they have a hidden sense of pride to their craft that shines on the cracks of that personality.... Even their laughs are similar...
nice
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Bring back *Capture Age*
@2:19 lack of water micro skill loses the game
I hate geese :)
For the love of all that is holy please disable Twitch chat for the main event. Isn't the chat already natively integrated in Twitch?
So painful to watch, stark is so bad at micro.
as a Brazilian, I can only hope nicov loses on the first round :p gg tho
mbl as a caster is just pure cancer. worst one so far.
Unfortunately T90s popularity really got to his head. Very sensitive, emotional and arrogant. Lmfao at him thinking we should blow smoke up his ass for casting. Thank you, Your Highness. And no I don’t hate him, just liked him better than now. Much better
Eolian Harp I like him, he’s been very grateful to the community, he doesn’t go around with the air of “I’m the voice of AOE II” which some big casters of other games usually act like
When has he acted in such manner ? He’s usually very polite and professional
your perception is your perception. Can't make everyone like ya. So what if hes confident and happy. Does that really upset you? Please stop projecting your insecurities onto others.
A bit arsh but I noticed it too. I feel that the young man should probably see a therapist long term, he has the funds to do so and it would be probably beneficial to him and to people directly around him. And to be honest any mid tier therapist will do, because if the pathologies go through a youtube video or atwich clip, a therapist will pinpoint those very fast too xd. There is nothing wrong/dangerous with that too and it has to be private (I hope for T90 to read this, do not respond and take an apointment ??? profit)
He is in his best moment man, and he is young. And american. Try to understand that and you will get a better picture.