Aoe2: Is It Possible to Win the William Wallace Campaign Without Killing Enemy Units?

[@jcabben]

"11 lives lost..." The 31 Scottish militia that also got killed: Am I a joke to you?

[@Epifairos]

oy! Lets make Scottish lives matter movement :D

[@8-bitspartan]

T-West like: new phone who dis?

[@TactfulWaggle]

dude i literally read 11 lives lost in sync with him saying it

[@cccpredarmy]

killed pacifists do not count as kills. becuase they are pacifist kills. yes.

[@bitterivan1938]

“They may take our lives but they will never take our pacifism” - William Gandhi

[@silvanmoses9122]

you never saw gandhi in sid miers civilization

[@Daedwartin2]

@@mangonel Mind you, Gandhi would also go and say that TWest is taking the Pacifism a bit too far. He was straight up of the opinion that if the option is between being killed by an oppressor and fighting back lethally against said oppressor, one MUST be willing to fight back. Nonviolence is what one must strive for....but if nonviolence is not an option, be willing to fight and die to oppose them. AKA Fighting off the people invading your nation or trying to kill you would to Ghandi not be a violation of pacifism. In fact, he explicitly argued it was an inherent requirement for a pacifist to do so.

[@codybau7515]

@@silvanmoses9122 ah yes, nuclear ghandi

[@IschmarVI]

@@Daedwartin2 well, thats exactly what TWest did. When pacifism was not an option at the battle of sterling, he fought back violently. It was only years later that he rectified this act of violence and found a peaceful solution.

[@koldfire7253]

Well, he caused an everlasting violence by agreeing to form 2 countries with centuries of rivalry

[@havingyarr]

even though you had to kill the english at the battle of stirling, ive gotta give you props for succeeding at the archer-missed-arrow-demo-raft strategy

[@miciso666]

honestly that should count as suicide. not kills. maybe devs will ''fix'' this glitch and he will reclaim his pacifism.

[@lukenawrocki5042]

Miciso I don't think it's a glitch, some players use the delete key to time their raft exploding so it wouldn't make sense to make that not count as kills!

[@burningsinner1132]

@@lukenawrocki5042 Come on, it would be hilarious. Dis-owning mangonels by deleting it is a thing, why not demo rafts?

[@User_5ouLe]

6:29 A British archer hiding in the woods? He's gotta be the legendary Robin Hood. That's why you failed the pacifism method.

[@shinkiro403]

For what it's worth, you deserve to consider this a total victory just for the mental gymnastics and time spent in pulling off the demo-raft + misfire combo. We'll tell people the true story, of how they technically brought it on themselves...

[@mamshmam]

This is a fun series, hope you keep it up beyond Genghis as well!

[@nicotube4178]

the easiest turns out the most difficult. irony is life

[@agba7415]

T-West: Finishes Gengish Khan campaign without killing any units Gengish Khan's bones: *Triggered*

[@T-West]

@@mangonel "My people cherish the legend that their great ruler will one day return to lead his horsemen to another bloody victory."

[@agba7415]

@@T-West Shit bro.. Dont even try to do that challange. Last thing i wanna see in 2020 is angry Gengish Khan in flesh

[@daa3930]

Kill Kushluk without killing him? I thought people die when they are killed!

[@justinhanna6118]

Inb4 "can you beat ghengis Khan's campaign while killing every soldier."

[@CFCbluemofia]

@@daa3930 friendly fire Mangonels might work.

[@millemaschere6976]

You are avoiding the gengis khan campaign, right?

[@felixcroc]

I think #2 is completely impossible, since you must kill Kushluk. You have no allies to do the dirty work, and you can't convert him since he's a hero.

[@accipitermagna7104]

@@felixcroc true

[@T-West]

Saving the best for last ;)

[@TheGoldenKing20]

@@felixcroc Forget #2, you can't even get through #1 - one of the objectives is literally to destroy one of the tribes, and you have no monks.

[@PenciumBau]

@@T-West Now I'm curious to see how you handle that.

[@ARojas-dg2ce]

F for my English bois, they were just chilling with their tower

[@T-West]

F

[@milkman4724]

F

[@depeche2222]

F from Germany

[@rickpergo1208]

F

[@tr8torusstudios433]

F

[@Richienb]

Speedrunners playing The Battle of Falkirk:

[@246vili]

"11 lives lost." Your 31 dead men: are we a joke to you?!

[@ryankasch5650]

Pretty much the only thing that has ever really annoyed me about DE, even more than the melee unit pathing, is the changing of the voice actors. I had the voice lines memorized and its just so grating to hear the "more realistic", I think they called them, voices.

[@miciso666]

the biggest annoyance is the joan of orleans... i cant stand them.

[@IschmarVI]

for me its the change of the "you are victorious" fanfare. The old fanfare was just so much more epic and intense ....

[@galliman123]

That opening line sends me back 20 years to my childhood

[@MrShadowThief]

T-West: "Is It Possible to Win the William Wallace Campaign Without Killing Enemy Units?" Aang: "Is It Possible to Win the Last Airbender Campaign Without Killing Enemy Units?"

[@Handconnonierr]

Morale of this challenge: you can't get freedom without taking lives and its in tutorial. Well done game editors! ps. I would love see opposite challenge: where you need to win without deaths on your side + you can't build castles(or just make one in some place where it can't kill nobody or as low number as possible). Have fun :)

[@Soas_Records_Official]

When those 11 units were killed and the pacifism run ended I felt like my life wasn't worth living anymore. Never before have I felt such loss.

[@eschelar]

Might I suggest enlisting as a militiamen in TWest's army?

[@horatiur.3852]

You have 11 likes

[@wishbonesi]

I miss the old voice acting :(

[@tamassky]

The new one sounds more like an actual Scottish narrator though

[@guillervz]

The new one lacks the emotion of the original. "Don't forget, keep exploring the map" :(

[@beefjerkythesecond]

The old voice has the fakest accent!

[@T-West]

As do I

[@GioTMIP]

Well... the new one is a more accurate accent... so it is 100% nostalgia but yeah I like old one too

[@imjustarandomguy4052]

Fun fact first time I played it when it said "right click near the flag" I click in the right side of the flag for like 3 days

[@MentalVideographer]

The number of the day is 11, but we're not laughing...

[@brendanhart517]

Who would have thought that the learn to play campaign is the first to defeat the power of pacifism, but then again that's the english for you. Also do you know somewhere the relic teleport bug is explained? I've searched and found everything but the one you described.

[@T-West]

Here's an explanation of the bug: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eIDamWh3e6d7kJI

[@JustChatta]

"How many people have you killed ?" " 11 . " "How much has it cost ?" "Everything... "

[@GamesMidnight]

Aoe 2 have such good tutorial they even teach you " even in pacifism you might have to kill someone"

[@shashumgadimbo6857]

Last time I was this early Scotland was still an indepentend state

[@Fnyx_BodyWorks]

As a citizen of Mongolia I'll wait for pacifist route on Genghis Khan campaign with great intrest

[@alexanderstoyanov7464]

F for the 11 English men....

[@T-West]

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[@delasvegas9644]

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[@iamaperson644]

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[@csm5040]

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[@The_one_with_many_names]

F

[@teddyhaines6613]

Before DE, you could win Research and Technology with a Wonder instead of fighting that second raid. Now it seems like you can't go to Castle Age anymore. Thanks DE.

[@adnanhuzaifa6391]

thanks mr t west and lots of it for your efforts and i personally would not even judge you for not doing the impossible so you do not need to explain anything to us and by the way your way of thinking and the analyzing you do for your videos will surely payoff so good luck and keep exploiting the new possibilities

[@87PLS]

“Teach ‘em a lesson with your new men at arms!” That old narrator is bringing back so many great memories from 1998 when I was 11 and played the age of kings demo which was on a cd that came with a pc magazine my dad bought. The demo just had the William Wallace campaign, I must have played it 100 times before my mum and dad finally bought me the full game. I so wish there was a mod for DE that changed it back to the original voice acting from the age of kings and the conquerors campaigns.

[@rentabledwarf578]

10:35 "We can't kill them in return, because that would be killing them." I see you've gone to the Shirou school of "People die when they are killed."

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

I want to know who did that place holder audio. Man gave it his all and helped create the best game ever made.

[@d00b3rt]

Digging this series, thanks for the content!

[@AlessAbreu]

Last scenario - I remember the long time I had to play to win this as a kid, building double lines of stone walls to hold before I could have all the upgrades to create a powerful enough army

[@GvF11]

The new "good, you found some gold" sounds like T90, prove me wrong

[@IschmarVI]

challenge accepted. Well, according to my "30 seconds of research", T90 was born 1993. AoK was released in 1999 which means, T90 would have been around 6 years old at that point. I doubt that he sounded like this when he was 6. 11

[@Saiscania]

I love how this is not just separate episodes but that it always starts at the moment the last one ended! Great job though there was one tricky campaign. Maybe someone will find a solution in the comments

[@Berix]

I look forward to your next video with excitement! This series has been really fun to watch.

[@hb.raafay]

It's awesome that you keep it short, comprehensive and above all, interesting..

[@fall4sleepfall4sleep26]

this gave me flashbacks of my first time playing aoe2. sneaking in the night on the pc to finish the mission is still one of my favorit gaming memory

[@MikeEmpires]

Such creativity for a series. Congratulations, man.

[@picopanpipe9]

Mr West this video series is SO entertaining. Nice nod to the madly enthusiastic original narrator too!

[@nvmtt]

this keeps getting better and better

[@armandochavez9724]

I have just discovered your videos and wow! They are amazing and super well done. Great job bro!! Please keep the series coming!!

[@bendtnerdave8368]

What a great effort you doing man omg keep it up!

[@karlspel]

keep going with these series, they are really entertaining. Do however revisit sterling would you learn any trickery down the road of pacifism.

[@fernandotorrero779]

That's it dude, it may not be much but its official, you are my favorite aoe youtuber and one of my favorites overall!

[@akshatkanoi3704]

Who would have thought the tutorial campaign will be a defeat

[@TolsadusMaxime]

Can’t wait for more of these!!!

[@exileddemonangel2240]

I think it was admiral that T-West tried hard not to kill anyone at the Battle of Stirling. 7:38 What is impossible to man is possible to love. I believe in love. I believe in you. William was not worthy of your pacifist ways.

[@Speak4Yourself2]

Mind boggling research! Thanks a lot!

[@fletcher-ashipwithmanysist4282]

3:56 love that voice crack

[@ADNudes]

I knew the speedrun strats would have to be utilized for this one. Still love it though, I'm very excited to see you attempt Genghis Khan and El Cid

[@prabhureubenthomas6052]

Those 11 lives... 😭😭😭😭😭

[@GingerJ17]

A true legend

[@Dredrick]

This is thr first video of yours that Ive watched, and I was still heartbroken that 11 lives were lost at Sterling...

[@jiemileng7745]

This channel is underrated

[@D4rkPot4to]

Love this series, keep it up!

[@nayas1885]

Big F for those 11 english lives! We shall grieve alongside their families

[@T-West]

F

[@William-B]

@T-West There are previous versions of AOEII where the kill count was not working correctly. Maybe take advantage of that? forums.ageofempires.com/t/kills-count-dont-increase-after-the-34793-update/67987/ Alternatively, I recommend tweaking the rules to permit towers/castles to kill. The stats screen will count them as kills but at least there is plausible deniability there. After all, there's no unit you can point the finger at. Who shot the arrow anyway? I tend to think of towers and castles as amorphous automatons. It's not your fault the unit waltzed right into an arrow trap.

[@LoutreDuBengale]

As a french, I still see this as a victory that the first kills are english.

[@Ugapiku]

It's a little sad that Conquerors had better voice acting... Wish they kept original campaign audio for DE

[@helaba2957]

You didn’t kill them, it’s just they have been grievously wounded.

[@W0lf7133]

This is so delightfully silly, I love it!

[@ManthanPandYEAH]

really appreciate this ,, specially u used original narrator voice. feeling nostalgic

[@angrycabbage1988]

7:31 English kills: Nice

[@TheSimpleTE]

This is a good series mate keep on going you can do it for other RTS games if its possible in the future

[@mmmzzzz560]

No

[@T-West]

Some day I'll dig out my old Star Trek Armada II CDs :)

[@verdadenascimento]

No

[@ericlahey7051]

@@T-West Have to give the AOM campaigns a crack :))

[@AgenteLaLigaLombarda]

7:39 top ten anime sad moments :(

[@ryan_gaming_hub]

I grew up playing these campaigns back in 2002 ...had no internet whatsoever...this was such a nostalgia trip and that too in such a fine way..you have my sub ....great work

[@BrenTenkage]

the fact that it was the tutorial that was the snag surprises me LOL also didn't know you could prevent spawns by putting people on the spawn spots

[@HE13272326]

The battle of Stirling was but a glorious defeat for Wallace

[@MicrosoftNestleTea]

"Wallace, we don't have the forces to waste on your madness!" "Just.. Just trust me. Trust- trust me." He says wielding a claymore sized Sunflower.

[@kakuza5857]

Good Luck With Kushluk!

[@therealrucleshe7662]

Only AOE 2 channels I’m subscribed to: ViperAOE, T90, Spiritofthelaw, and you my friend

[@RoshanLakmalTinTin]

Keep going I love them.

[@echoecho2842]

It's like the whole game was designed to be like this and u are the one who discover it.

[@Schulzenberger]

Dude I love this content and also your other content, I'm so thankful I found you because of the pacifist series. There's just something so relaxing about watching your videos. Keep up the good work!

[@pepsilion]

Love this content so much. Quality production and outside the box thinking. Can you tell me the source of your accent, I cant place it. Keep making these please!! 104

[@T-West]

Jersey

[@thebonfireofgains]

You have the same enthusiasm as the HD narrator

[@deanthelis5578]

Good! You found some gold.

[@Showsni]

An army marches on its stomach, or so the old saying goes.

[@0hn0haha]

A true man of peace

[@oscarrich1221]

It's no coincidence that 11 units died, the scenario designers are laughing at our pacifism ways!!!

[@daskampffredchen]

I seem to remember that some of this missions would have some enemy soldier far out when there was no combat invloved in the original version. You can use the Marco and Polo cheat to see outside and he should be in some corner

[@T-West]

Yup, that was the original technique to prevent the computer players from being defeated.

[@chtyldubreux5950]

The devs should add wildlife to that scenario. I would love to see you try letting their archers hit a boar or smth

[@jesusrubiomaldonado27]

F for those brave Britons who died in Sterling. Actually, I made Falfirk pacifist mode by fast castle, building a castle and sending William's army to their castle.

[@T-West]

F

[@vivecanada1]

Weird way to win the battle of sterling: deforest the area until you reach that hidden English unit.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

This series is so insanely good. Lol.

[@Mr28d23]

Pewdiepie: zero deaths T-west:zero kills

[@zungnguyen5300]

what's the music at 7:44?

[@T-West]

The defeat music from the achievements screen.

[@zungnguyen5300]

@@T-West thank you! But it sounds much better with a narration over it tho!

[@mrsimonb3]

i love that you keep switching back to HD just for the superior voice acting. i'm so confused as to why they replaced all of it with way worse VO work in DE

[@FloosWorld_AoE]

And now bring it to the next level: Playing William Wallace Ultra Hardcore without killing anyone

[@T-West]

Now that would be quite the challenge...

[@juliangoncalves96]

Those were the first 11 lives killed in a war in centuries.. 😭😭

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

Wow some of these bugs are very fortunate. For example today most games would probably look for the closest available navmap position next to the intended spawn, so you cannot simply block it anymore.

[@nomcognom2332]

F for the poor souls of the Battle of Stirling Bridge catastrophe.

[@T-West]

F

[@welldeweye4233]

;-; The loss of Sterling will never be forgotten. 11/11 Never Forget.

[@EMDakka]

devs should add a sneaky trigger to stirling to allow this kind of run.

[@MrMiniman629]

Now do the custom ultra hardcore William Wallace campaign without killing anyone ;)

[@Gunzablazein]

God I love you dude.

[@Shreds87]

Originally you can go to post imp at the forth scenario (of course you should cheat resources because there's isn't enough in the map to do so). Just delay researching man at arms indefinitely. I had a blast with that level being 12 years old.

[@scotthowarth8517]

The way he pronounced stirling killed me ngl. "stairling". as a brit i am disgraced. still love the vids tho XD

[@WayOutGaming]

The new voice actor sorta sounds like Shrek... "You English raiders get out of my swamp!"