He Expected It But...

[@michaelquintero2315]

"I dont swear because some of you have children" thanks for that. My kids will tell my wife "daddys watching bad shows" lmao

[@rooftopmentality1996]

He’s saving you lol

[@yuuya5985]

11 as bad as a farm can be placed by the commentator in the video

[@mokadelic4037]

Damn snitches 😒

[@demosthenes614]

As someone with kids, I actually do appreciate that your content is wholesome enough :)

[@AxlA21]

That bleep joke got a good chuckle from me. Thanks for the amazing content :)

[@asdfjoe123]

4:45 --- Parent of three here. Thanks for not swearing.

[@rickbiessman6084]

6:54 🤣🤣🤣 That was such a good one. All jokes aside though, I actually really appreciate the swearword free language.

[@justalonesoul5825]

Gosh that was masterful again... Side note, noone around me to hear your stream, but I still appreciate the PG language very much, because I simply think it's nice. It goes very well with what I believe is the spirit of your channel, not catering to the audience but being still open to all and allow everyone to have a nice peaceful time watching all those units slaughter each other! I have no problem with swearing but it becomes a weird society when we have to "defend" not swearing anyway! You set up a positive example that it's not necessary everywhere. I find sad that some rationalize swearing with the argument that kids know and use all swears imaginable anyway. Then why dont we all just swear anywhere and anytime...

[@victorfinberg8595]

8:00 good to see that phosphoru has finally modified his all-in strats to keep making villagers. this has been a critical weakness in his play.

[@TheChasing13]

I generally watch on my lunch break at school, so it's good to have clean content in case my door opens/I have a kid working independent nearby.

[@jakeyhiebert9384]

Kids or no kids, one can never go wrong by keeping things clean and wholesome.

[@fenrirrider3991]

I watch your videos with my children. I appreciate you being one of the few channels I can have on with no swearing. Thanks.

[@nisenazo]

I really love Phosphoru's strats. They're so fun to watch, because you know someone on the other end is not having a good day lol I hesitate to call him a troll because what he's doing is very involved and it expresses an entirely different way of playing the game that most people are not happy with. Which sounds like trolling but it's really not. It's a great style with a lot of theorycrafting and practice put into it.

[@CasperVanLaar]

Man T90. You're a good man. That story about the kid that watches your 10x videos, struck a cord with me. Ya awesome!

[@Jborgzz1]

Hey T90, just wanted to check in and say that since you took that break after hidden cup, I’ve noticed you seem to have a little more pep in your step. You seem more energetic and like you’re enjoying yourself when playing/streaming. You’ve been generating fantastic AoE content for years, of course, but I think your recent work/life balance has helped you bring it to the next lever! Keep it up!

[@leonardjulius6098]

It’s the booze but for sure

[@GeneralWakka]

Yo t90 good call on the not swearing, you described exactly what's up in my house with the TV and the kids in the room. Thank you! I watch a lot of Survivalist for the same reason

[@Pav298]

4:00 i had to show this to my wife. 😂 You literally described my situation.

[@skulledrebel]

Appreciate the not swearing (or if you do at least not too much)! I watch with my dog and wouldn't want her to pick up the habit. I appreciate that it keeps your content from being off putting in that way and I don't think swearing would really add anything to it. Good call.

[@kevley26]

Man it would be so based if Phosphoru grinded and got to pro level. If he got a lot better at meta play he would be a very interesting player.

[@Zabuzakashi]

He's admitted he doesn't have the skill level - which is more than just grinding, not everyone can really achieve the same level just through hard work.

[@giantWario]

I think if he got better at meta play he'd actually get worse. As T90 said at the end, Phosphoru's build actually requires a lot of grinding and training already, being good at that and being good at meta at the same time would be extremely hard. Simply being able to add eco in Castle Age like Phosphoru has started to do is already a massive improvement that I think could eventually lead to good tournament results.

[@innertuber4049]

​@@Zabuzakashiyou can still improve your game sense, macro, micro... there's a lot of stuff that he can work on. Daut is one of the best players in the world, and look at his APM.

[@innertuber4049]

@@giantWario I don't think he'd get worse in the long run. Adding vills and farms is an example of him "learning meta play," and as you said, it's going a long way. He just needs those skills for when things go South. He totally could've won game 4 if he were a little more solid in the basics.

[@MaksymCzech]

Isn't 2000+ ELO enough to go pro, or is there no correlation between player's ELO and pro status?

[@DrinianRzor]

Long time watcher, and really super appreciate your "clean" channel. I have my kids around frequently as well and I'm grateful I can watch something I enjoy with them in the room.

[@Kevin-zt7lb]

Dude, thank you so much! I watch this on the TV in the living room with my 6 year old and 9 year old and I really appreciate being able to do that.

[@Finnatese]

I really f**king appreciate the no swearing man, grinds my gears when people just throw in a swear when it's not needed

[@Dorpers89]

I watch these with my 5 year old son

[@ThePrevalence.]

Legend

[@louc.6735]

Let us know when your son grows up to be a pro.

[@russoft]

I have an 8 year old daughter who started playing Aoe2. I play multiplayer with her while she learns the game and I fend off the AI enemy team. When I'm unwinding from a long day, I'll have one of your videos playing. I appreciate you keeping the dialog clean for her and my younger one who is often in the room too!

[@theJmister2]

I’ve got two kids so I appreciate the cleaner content especially when I watch videos in the living room.

[@顔boom]

The whole set is awesome! But I like this game the most for showing how Phosphoru has gotten so much farther towards what he told T90 were "impossible for him". A fine journey to behold! Thanks for setting up this event!

[@dannytrejo1359]

Love the series, two unique legends fighting for pride. Thanks for casting it for us.

[@mansonitefirefox]

This series has got to be the most gripped I have been in ages. Like I am more hyped for the next episode than I was for Hidden Cup V!

[@andrewomalley2688]

Man those skims wrecked so hard. That game was over 10 min earlier but the skirms did so well red couldnt focus on destroying eco. Even with a Gold only eco, hoang was able to buy skims and stay in for way too long

[@onikoneko]

I unashamedly love watching Phosphoru play, and honestly think they fill an important role in online play. Yeah, they do a lot of meme and horribly annoying strats, but those serve to illustrate oversights in unit balance that might not be spotted by more 'meta' players, they give the devs more material to work with when designing and balancing.

[@GiberishInGreatScale]

Series has been fantastic so far. So many games are just riding the knife edge, and always appreciate the bite sized (under 30mins) AOE2 videos.

[@dolda333]

13:26 - insane mangonel shot 10/10

[@tyquin1414]

I love that you don’t cuss, there isn’t any need for it. And I too often have you playing on the tv where my kids can hear you, every parent can appreciate that

[@Aoedam]

Keeping the curse words to a minimum helps tons of people with kids that watch it around. Thank you for your consideration!

[@karladajca3205]

Haha that swear bleeping by T90 since kids watch it lmao! Also Ratha siege Bengalis are op it's clear. Great timings from Phosphoru too. gg wp!

[@FilippoVicari]

This series is so addictive! Looking forward to the next video of Phosphorou the strategist, he is a true legend

[@aadeshabhang2657]

There should be a new saying "Phosphoru eats hoang TC"

[@kwdblade4683]

Phosphoru: has 5 farms T90: Wow look at this balanced eco 😂

[@David-qs7yv]

Imagine watching chess and complaining about an aggressive opening strategy.

[@EzqAl]

We need an anti meta tournament

[@ilikechocolate3741]

there was last year a mini anti meta tournament that biry won

[@titanayrum]

@@ilikechocolate3741 did Biry ever get his Legends series?

[@justalonesoul5825]

And at the same time, "anti-meta" is absolutely nonsensical, because any strategy that wins a lot does become the new meta ;-)

[@Dave-xu9ve]

Hey, thank you for not cursing. It's genuinely appreciated.

[@remimk]

I'm a huge fan of this layout for videos. I'd prefer getting all of this in one big video like most comps but I barely have time to keep up with 5 or 6 1hr-3hr videos within a week.

[@michaelfisher2064]

All jokes aside, I really do appreciate the PG language. I actually choose T90 over other Aoe2 casters specifically because there's a lot less swearing (wish it were zero swearing, but I can still recognize that it's way cleaner than a lot of other casters). Watching Aoe2 casts is 100% a family activity for me and my brothers, so the cleaner language really does help. I think you'd also be surprised how many other people also enjoy this as a family activity.

[@ScottSellsTech]

These have been the most fun AOE2 games to watch in a long time.

[@RWLXXII]

Thanks T90. I am one of those people who watches your videos on the living room TV while my kid listens along playing some of her own games

[@sammoretti8655]

Yay! Just in time for my morning coffee....again. thanks T90

[@mikelivingood7797]

Phosporu has been very open that most of his strongest tactics have been using unique units that use wood and gold. Without upgrades wood is collected at 23.4 per min vs farms 19.2 per min. You receive about 22% more resources which allow snowballing with these units (war wagon, ratha, organ guns, etc) Most of these are newer units and it appears the game designers did not realize how it could be exploited. Either these units need to have their wood raised to create units or to lower the wood production rates. Hera has been covering this and quite a few players are seeing it often and either the aggressor quits quickly if they come under pressure or get overwhelmed. Neither being fun to play against all the time. Now there are plenty of aggressive strats which have been around forever like goth spam, or FC Khmer knight rush, etc. the difference is slow gathering food vs wood.

[@bugsbunny9334]

I’ve been spamming Ratha for a while now. I didn’t even know they were an elephant civ 😂

[@Endrit719]

I don't have kids but this is really content that could even be watched by kids so kudos to you for not swearing, anyway I hate swearing and I don't understand why people swear. As for the gameplay idk what people talking about, literally in ranked you get this kind of games anyway

[@Ericbomb]

The no swearing is super cool. Some content creators I can't share with others because the swearing is too much.

[@onihonker2653]

Thank you for choosing to not swear in your videos or at least doing your best to avoid it. I love watching games with friends.

[@StanVoro]

I appreciate you keeping it PG I do watch these around my kids. Like right now

[@joshuabyers262]

Thanks for keeping it clean!

[@RobotShield]

What happened to the old school pre mill all in militia from hoang? Would that dark age pressure be enough to stop this?

[@wasabicorp1992]

Yes, I am a parent. BUT, this is one of the most wholesome gaming commentators I am aware of. Not swearing in your videos also makes them a ton more professional. THANK YOU for keeping it professional and entertaining at the same time. "Orcs and trolls spoke as they would, Without any love of words or things; And their language was actually more degraded and filthy than I have shown it. I do not suppose that any will wish for a closer rendering, though models are easy to find. Much of the same sort of talk can still be heard among the orc-minded: Dreary and repetitive with hatred and contempt, Too long removed from good to retain even verbal vigour, Save in the ears of those to whom only the squalid sounds strong." The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Appendix F: "On Translation" J.R.R Tolkien Even Solomon made a mention....... [Pro 4:20-27 NLT]

[@justalonesoul5825]

I'm not too versed in the bible, did my research though (mine would be LOTR, actually ^^), and those are two GREAT quotes indeed... Props.

[@Holoether]

The 10X tech games can be totally mesmerizing! My dream would be a set of play all 7 1v1 where we and the players can all find out what works best for each civ v civ matchup, and which are completely ridiculous and funny to watch wipeouts.

[@danielpinzon5603]

I think this strat is fun and interesting at a high level as obvious from this series but yes when you face this 4-5 times a day it takes away from getting to practice against normal strats

[@Finndu]

When there is a 2vs2 team tournament, plese put those 2 in one team.

[@kristianbarrenechea]

Bro, my daughter loves this game. Shes only 6 years old and she love it ❤❤.

[@louc.6735]

Here's to another generation growing up with aoe! I also played when I was about her age, it was so fun.

[@misiu9049]

Any team tournament coming ?

[@37Kilroy]

I do watch KZbinrs that swear, but I appreciate that T90 does not. I do have a six-year old daughter, so I guess I'm that demographic. I was watching Taskmaster a few nights ago and my daughter came into my room. I thought, "Oh, she may think this is fun and silly." Only for the hard awakening of how often British comedians are dropping hard... **pick basically any letter**

[@nach4642]

The only thing I hate about this series, is the games don't last long enough!

[@jacobwood3326]

Phosphorou making vills here and there has definitely been an interesting mix up. Thanks for the casts T90! edit - sent my wife a pic of my viewing setup and she said: "HORSIES"

[@larsonwilcke5323]

This is the best series

[@garnauklaufen6704]

US-Americans are so weird about swearing: On the one hand they are dramatic about how it could negatively impact children (which is riddiculous and immature), on the other hand they seem to swear all the time (which is immature as well).

[@benbergeron5875]

My kids watch with me and I really appreciate the PG stream.

[@anezay4987]

I'm normally more interested in the LeL and Commie games, but this RP vs HOANG match has been pretty great!

[@vonvielfalt]

I don't think swearing would enhace your content much. I enjoy swearing quite a bit but I like that your content is neutral and I can watch it anywhere

[@Maronijogurt]

forget hidden cup, THIS is it!

[@J-cz7yv]

Have a drink T90. Cheers 🍻

[@Altarknight]

And yes I watch your vids with kids around, don't watch ur streaming . Because of time zone. But like it so much thx for vids.

[@SportaHay-g9l]

Not a parent but I appreciate the fact that you dont swear :)

[@Denis-vr3sh]

the daily drops are killing me!

[@michaelstrohmaier402]

4:30 Well, naturally people in their 20s/30s would have kids, so it's a pretty natural assumption.

[@EdgarFGirtainIV]

Yes, TY for not swearing!

[@JustOneQuestion]

Not swearing is definitely the correct choice, Us single adults don't care if you swear or not so you're only helping your demographics by not doing it.

[@David-qs7yv]

Got kids and we all watch. Keep it up! you rock.

[@MiGluXHD]

Bengalis is very good civ, that +2 vills for tc is so broken, great monks, eles very good civ. their tech tree is also good having siege engineers and better version of ram also ut's all works for them.

[@battheman777]

I for one appreciate you trying to keep it clean (as long as The Viper isn't losing a mass of longbows to SOs). The gaming community has become overrun with fame seekers and gold diggers who use filthy and disgusting language and don't really care about the community, and then the younger gamers think that's how they need to act. We used to just be a bunch of nerds who didn't fit with pop culture and liked escaping in games together. I miss those days, but at least there are still some T90s.

[@bluedistortions]

Mu daughter loves your shows and hates swearing, thank you.

[@afz902k]

BYOS - bring your own siege Also, don't swear just use the word "M'KAY"

[@justalonesoul5825]

And dont do drugs, kids, drugs are baaad, m'kay? ;-)

[@--lg9swrgyert]

I also prefer the clean language in general, it definitely raises the quality of your casts. You cursing all the time would get old quickly and turn some of your 'strategic' commentary into mental mush. I will say that it might be funny to have one cast a year or something (April Fools maybe?) where you dove head first into the blue comedy bit for a while though, crass language and all.

[@jaredmoore3825]

I like playing with Ratha, have since the dlc dropped in May of 2022, I hope he doesn’t make the Ratha seem OP and get the devs the nerf the Ratha. Bengalis don’t have much going for them. Elephants and Ratha really…..

[@latbat58]

what does pg mean?

[@justalonesoul5825]

Parental Guidance. Thus PG-13 is "strong recommandation to accompany your kids under 13 for this movie" Google would have informed you as fast as you could type the question, btw.

[@latbat58]

@@justalonesoul5825 thanks 👍

[@racernatorde5318]

Shouldn't Phosphoru have picked up armour for the Rathas at some point?

[@MicheDépeint]

Great PG commentator. Will be able to watch with my soon to be born kid ! Swearing doesnt make the game better.

[@axelschweiss3138]

Dude always clarify, pleasy, it only takes a second and some of us have to work + DO have family YES children ;) and cant watch every vid so its hard to keep up XD

[@tyranitararmaldo]

I always thought Ratha were fine. They just needed small quality of life improvements, like being able to pick which mode it came out of the castle in for example. Buffing them in Castle Age but taking Parthian Tactics away from Bengalis was just an awful decision. Makes the civ lose character and lean on the UU more, which isn't a good idea.

[@timonix2]

You might call me weird. But these games have more action than hidden cup

[@MicrophoneMichael]

Rubenstock next?

[@michalstary9920]

I have kids, older has recently started playing AoE with my and my cousin and his daughter. However, he doesnt know much english yet, soo.... 11

[@syedali5699]

Hoang should go fc castle drop not feudal rush.

[@noobling8313]

100% - please don't swear - parent here.

[@rdcdt6302]

Thank you to be correct in your content

[@OPiguy35]

If you used profanity on any regularity, I couldn’t watch anymore.

[@tyquin1414]

Red Phosphoru is a game changer.. bunch of meta crybabies out here. I get absolutely tired of seeing the same builds over and over again. This showmatch has been incredible so far.

[@chiefmagua7160]

clearly civ win

[@Andy_the_X]

Seeing this, I think the cost of Caste Age should be increased to nerf Phosphoru.

[@421FourTwoOne]

"these types of games are bad for new aoe players" --- I only found love for aoe because of watching these type of strats

[@oldbuddyolpal9859]

Yeah, swearing adds nothing to the content. I can appreciate the occasional slip because you must mean it

[@KilledWithStyle]

Post #57 asking for a youpudding white phosphoru duel on tiniest maps

[@Milktube]

Twitch smells.