AoE1 vs AoE2 Cheat Code Tournament

[@CGDW2]

That first stealth archer round was hilarious.

[@GamesCourier]

Yeah I laughed so hard

[@muhammetaydogmus4404]

yeah, he got me lacking

[@Muenni]

Surprise, mf!

[@phoenixlordx4625]

it was funny, but actually the wrong outcome. the archer needed 4 hits to kill the monk.

[@thedankhold8443]

@@phoenixlordx4625 Next you're going to tell me the Teutonic Knight didn't actually win the sprint in the AOE2 Olympics video smh

[@emilydye5609]

Thanks for validating my "these cars aren't nearly as good" feeling I had as a kid going from cheating in AoE1 to cheating in AoE2.

[@tuuZhao]

Me too! I was like, whaaaatt aoe2's 'bigdaddy' sux!

[@patrickfrei9322]

I've always known I couldn't be the only one 😄😄 lLuckily I no longer use cheats. In a way, aoe2's bad cheat units made me learn how to play both games

[@anubhavkumarc]

This is why you always summon a swarm of them

[@GoranXII]

@@tuuZhao it's not that it necessarily sucks, but it's fairly situational, given that it has terrible aim (a sufficiently randomly moving scout can keep one tied up for a surprisingly large amount of time), and it's worse against most buildings than Alfred the Alpaca.

[@tobiasfeil1993]

Yeah, big daddy could take out a 3x3 square of 9 houses in a single shot. That same feat took cobra quite a while

[@jakestevens7165]

It's weird getting a quality video like this and NOT on April 1st

[@rusinoe8364]

This was serious business! No joking around here.

[@LightKnight_Age_Of]

So much creativity in defining the competitors' weaknesses

[@bobeyay]

Both stealth archer duel were hilarious lol

[@flazzorb]

Nuke trooper destroying the entire forest has to be the funniest visual gag here.

[@somekindoflatindude9497]

Our Monkey Boy got Vigor-checked so hard he couldnt even move rofl Also, 20/10 the video for the _noot noot_

[@RatelHBadger]

R.I.P Pingu, sent to Davy Jones Locker!

[@felixstep2066]

I just witnessed what I call an art piece... I never thought that I needed that video in my entire life. Thanks man, your videos are incredibly good.🗿🗿🗿

[@ferrariramsgobrrr]

there was no feeling more terrifying in aoe1 than playing against the ai, creating a Winsett's Z and then somehow managing to lose it to a conversion

[@mintoo2cool]

it was insane how good the priest was in AOE1 .. specially if the superpriest cheat was used with gave all priests 600hp!!

[@jundies171]

​@@mintoo2coolif you used hoyohoyo before getting techs you could get 1200hp iirc

[@sentientsardine9729]

@@mintoo2cool The trick was to do the cheat and then research the tech that doubles priests' health, because it would double the already boosted stat to skyrocket you to 1200. Because you know, it really mattered that much

[@HazmanFTW]

Man the photoman doesn't lie down any more :(

[@lordcola-3324]

Bigdaddy was my childhood. That cheat code is burned so deep into my mind.

[@unicyclewsu]

Creating like 100 of them and sending them to wipe out 7 AIs. And then the fear in my 8 year old heart when one got converted and was just out there hiding in the darkness

[@daigonnasema]

@@unicyclewsu remember when you can convert anything with 2 priests? I made 3 Pow(baby gunner) and those Egyptian start spamming their 16 range priest

[@F1fan4eva]

@@daigonnasemahahaha this is hilarious

[@richardchen7062]

Is he a top or bottom tho

[@norrdal]

This video reminds me a lot of the channel "Jelle's Marble Runs". You could turn this into a series like AOE Olympics with different units/civs competing against each other.

[@ghost_curse]

I feel like SOTL has definitely done an AOE Olympics type video before

[@youmukonpaku3168]

@@ghost_curse he did, it even had a joke with the Teutonic Knight winning a long foot race and then being disqualified for performance-enhancing drugs.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

​@@youmukonpaku3168 Hehe, where was this again?

[@the_SolLoser]

Yes! So glad i found this comment because i had the same idea! There is so much potential in the Olympics of AoE!

[@dakamaxdeum8497]

It also reminded me of a channel of AoE 2 called “Among the Sheep” or something like that, with similar videos (and a monkey as a profile). Like vs, animations, all of them made in AoE II HD and last ones DE A couple of examples: a Vs of Shotelai against Karambits, and a “Monk cover” (when they are starting to convert units) of The Imperial March, from Star Wars.

[@Mark-nn2ce]

We need more cheat code content. Also, I'm proud of Cobra Car's performance.

[@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988]

i expected a real tourny with real players using cheat codes, only "i r winner" and the other one being banned lotsa free resources, aegis and so on

[@RatelHBadger]

​@@nevermindmeijustinjectedaw9988 a part 2 perhaps

[@scarletcroc3821]

The stealth archer rounds were the funniest. First we're surprised by looking at the wrong tree, an impressive display of the stealth archer's, well, stealth. And then we're blown away (literally) by the immensive display of force as every single tree in the arena is obliterated. This is quality content right here.

[@mauriciofontes]

Absolutely love the stealth archer battles, both of them. Brilliant video

[@ABoyNamedJoe]

Spirit! What a great video. The weaknesses for the penguin and St. Francis were hilarious!

[@shahriarchowdhury7871]

Feel like I needed this video almost two decades ago but I'll take it

[@JoeJoGEHrt]

In the final Match BigDaddy: Cobra, i am your father Cobra: That's impossible !!!!

[@Gotmilk0112]

Curiously missing is the tricycle baby from the "pow" cheat code. Unless that was replaced by another similar unit.

[@GoranXII]

It's not an editor unit, the rest are.

[@IDKisReal2401]

It got removed with return of rome, no longer in the game

[@darkbluecatCajaP]

this is the kind of content I suscribed this channel for.

[@FightCommentary]

I love your channel so much!

[@DiamondKingVideos]

I absolutely LOVE that the countdown timer sound effect was the healing Droid effect from Battlefront 2 (2005)

[@kelvinsomnia]

I think he chose it because it was actually the countdown from Star Wars Racer. Kinda crazy that they used the same sound effect for two totally different purposes

[@fredflintstone556]

I thought it was the Damage Resistance sound from that game. Still love the reference.

[@KCPR13]

Rocket league

[@DynamixWarePro]

That was creative and I liked the addition of the noot noot for the Penguin. Now I want to see heros from AOE 1 and 2 battling it out in the same way.

[@sparepartssparepartsempori519]

While i dont know if it was the first cheat code i ever used, i know that bigdaddy was the first age of enpires cheat code i ever used. Glad to see its still the daddy.

[@llSuperSnivyll]

The Stealth Archer is the Mirage Tank's unsuccessful ancestor.

[@misteral9045]

Game mechanic and historical videos are why I like to watch SotL, videos like these are why I LOVE to watch SotL.

[@volodask]

This was absolutely hilarious, thank you so much for all the work on this video!

[@lordmon555]

Thank you for this, I didn't know I needed it but now that it has been delivered to me I can't imagine not having it.

[@Orine7]

I really think that the "Truck Truck Truck" monster truck from AOE3 could easily beat any unit in all AOE. Also, the canada bear could be a tough fight for the alpaca king.

[@VineFynn]

It's "tuck tuck tuck"

[@kR-qj7rw]

That's too powerful for aoe 1/2 Now George crushington vs every AOE 1 and 2 hero tho...

[@drmythbusters]

@@kR-qj7rw Thats me on the dolla bill

[@Dr.-Dank]

Honestly, it would kick ass if there was another tournament that included aoe 3 and aom cheat units.

[@NovelTE]

60,000 HP, 1,200 damage as an aura, and 90% damage reduction to melee.

[@codycardin]

In the battle of the ghost ship and the penguin, the countdown sounded like the countdown from Wave Race from the N64

[@shigerufan1]

And the spacemen countdown was from Episode 1 Podracer

[@michaelandreipalon359]

​@@shigerufan1 That was also a healing sound in Star Wars: Battlefront II 2005, far as I heard.

[@DiamondKingVideos]

​@Michael Andrei Palon %100 percent it was. That's why SOTL is the best, he's one of us.

[@kelvinsomnia]

I think it was a Mario Kart countdown, but I don’t remember the Wave Race one, so I could be wrong

[@catboygremlin]

there was at least one mario kart countdown in there too

[@felixnesme975]

Hey guy, a spirit of the law's fan here. I think that video is my favorite of the channel, so much preparation for an joke video... So much devotion

[@jawadkhan4647]

Just the kind of tournament i needed 😂😂

[@Jondiceful]

I absolutely loved this episode. I can tell you had fun making it.

[@NowhereMan7]

The Star Wars count in for the laser men at 10:20 bought back memories of Podracer even though I haven't played it for over 20 years.

[@ikemeitz5287]

I'm glad that the OG big daddy won. When I played this as a kid, it was the only cheat that me and my brothers knew at first, so all the cheats in AoE 1 and AoE 2 somehow were all just called "big daddies"

[@sentryward8744]

The only problem is that sometimes daddy accidentally wipe out half of your armies with his splash damages. Thats why I prefer momma

[@ikemeitz5287]

@@sentryward8744 acceptable collateral damage

[@DaedalusDM]

Always fun to get a lighthearted SotL video from time to time to offset the more analytical and objective tone.

[@generally_empathetic]

I love when you do silly things like this :)

[@OrcinusDrake]

The audio for this vid was fantastic. Great job!

[@paulpelosi3379]

I am thankful for the effort you put into this video, I really enjoyed it.

[@ItsJabo]

10:21 is that the Star Wars Podracer sfx, the N64 one… 😮

[@JagoShogun]

I love that robocop reference since ED209 has a similar name to ZUG209

[@TheRealGovika]

These videos are treasures. I love your unit and civ breakdowns but these silly videos are the heart and soul

[@seanshepherd1071]

I mean, the conclusion was not surprising to say the least. Nothing stood a chance in a 1v1 against either Z besides the other, and higher damage per shot will dominate when attack speed isn't a factor due to the short duration of combat

[@StargateurBis]

medusa have a chance if the car wasn't going fast & furious

[@terbentur2943]

Insert Dragonball Z joke

[@ArawnOfAnnwn]

Some of them have an incredibly long range, which was completely negated by having them duel in close quarters.

[@lordpatito563]

Today, in "Things that you really really needed but you didn't know you needed them so bad" we introduce you to this video

[@Realunmaker]

Such wholesome and entertaining content

[@granatmof]

I always enjoyed Lazer bear in age of mythology the best. Could be used as fast ground based scouts, could hold the line against enemy troops and titans. Not sure I ever saw one die.

[@PLScypion]

Highest Quality AoE1/2 content in history ever.

[@andrewy2957]

This is the content we've all subscribed for. Amazing display of talent and raw strength!

[@SuperCrazf]

I missed this kind of videos. Appreciate it!

[@prathamesh5497]

Spirit, I’ve been a lifelong fan. You’re the reason I came back to the game in 2020. You’re insanely awesome. I just watched your interview with Masmorra, and it was awesome. I just have 1 request: it’d be really really fun for you reappear in a quiz. With the Viper. You’ll show him. Pleaseeee. (All respectful) You’re awesome. Peace!

[@simoncodrington]

Now this is the type of AOE content I'm here for

[@project_swift]

I've waited my whole life for this.

[@alokinrainborn]

Blessed be, your videos are a flame of YT! Informative, fun, entertaining, and relaxing! And you seem like a really nice guy! Love your content, keep making the HQ videos! Respect from the land of Daut, Serbia!

[@AgeOfErectus]

Super fun to watch, love your sense of humour with the weaknesses 😂

[@AnotherSeeker]

When everyone found out they needed more AoE NPC dance parties in their lives. 6:48

[@stooge_mobile]

The puns dude, holy moly. Absolutely unreal. I'd never challenge you in verbal combat.

[@tigergaj]

This is so kickass, made my day. Thanks spirit :)

[@Desadaptado]

love you so much for doing this content on top of your age of empires 2 content

[@quannguyen297]

The way the Flying Dutchman just casually strolls on the ground at the start 💀

[@iulian0087]

This is the quality content I subscribed for!

[@Rumunsko8]

The production value, the jokes! Amazing video!

[@Optim121]

10:21 I love how you used the starwars phantom menace racing sound here

[@motemok]

Dude you and your content are so lovable, we do not deserve you bro.

[@vongola8902]

I really love SoTL humorous at those weaknesses

[@RaTcHeT302]

I AM ALSO WEAKENED BY THE FILTER

[@gumhoy5054]

The true highlight was Nuke Trooper vs. Stealth Archer. LMAO

[@MoRDekai1364]

This is so ridiculously creative 😁 you keep surprising me after all these years

[@marcelohcastelli]

This is jus great content for Aoe fans. You got the stuff, Spirit! Amazing!

[@Moshmallow980]

10/10 for adding the Star Wars sounds to the countdown on the Space Trooper fight

[@mysteriousshadow395]

That stealth archer showdown was super creative! I got Jebaited

[@paterson90]

The most anticipated tournament in all of sports!!

[@MrTheBigNoze]

This is awesome, I remember spending hours using the cheats in AOE1 and I don't even think I found a proper list of them all.

[@loneirregular1280]

The content we didn't think we need.

[@clandestin011]

4:48 the shark repellant bat-spray™ is an amazing product that evey houseowner should own

[@sadakatinty8369]

I never cared for the cheat units pf bpth franchises. Thought they were cheesy. But you managed go put those craps together and made a wonderful video that I do care about! Kudos to Spirit! Also kudos for all the relevant puns (eg: Charged up battle while commentating on lightning priest battle)

[@TheZombifiedGuy]

This was a joy to watch. Thanks, SotL!

[@HeliosExeunt]

9:55 - I chucked when I heard the rave party music in the background. Because why not?

[@metroidman3893]

Big daddy never loses. That code is burned into my memory forever.

[@KoloXD]

Loved the Podracer countdown sound in the Trooper round :D

[@peperoni_pepino]

Yet, I am sure all would lose a flying purple hippo.

[@SammyPebbles]

Legit heartbreaking to see Cobra lose in the grand final

[@nps1024]

Well, if the player actually TRIED to move maybe it would've had a shot...

[@harmacist6623]

Nothing beats watching fictional cheat units by TheSpiritofLaHire at 02:30 in the dead of morning during final exam week.

[@integralinsanity1641]

This was a great and creative idea and it was very well executed I love it xD

[@RaTcHeT302]

WHY IS YOUR INSANITY INTEGRAL, I DEMAND ANSWARS

[@integralinsanity1641]

@@RaTcHeT302 welp You see... It's full fledged. Sometimes i scare myself and sometimes i think i'm regular until i'm reminded i'm insane. It's like i'm never too far from Insanity Even when i'm normal.

[@billdestroyerofworlds]

I was not expecting a competition of cheat characters to suddenly become Ford versus Chevy.

[@RyuFireheart]

Sharkatzor didn't win the tournament but it is the winner of my heart🐱❤

[@RimaNari]

10:22 Ohhh! Classic Star Wars Battlefront re-charge sounds! Nice!

[@philthehexagon2989]

Loved the commentary on the crowd 😭

[@somerandomyoutubeuser271]

Pure quality and superbly well done!!

[@st.haborym]

Heh, Big Bertha was also the name of a long range plasma cannon in Total Annihilation, a form of stationary artillery. It was a building rather than a unit.

[@flakstruk-8481]

German heavy artillery from ww1 as well

[@st.haborym]

@@flakstruk-8481 Hm, is that the origin of this trend?

[@kommodore6691]

Yes, tons of games and media reference it.

[@whitehavencpu6813]

Same in Zero-K as well: A long ranged turret.

[@GoranXII]

@@st.haborym Yes. It wasn't the first use of the term (that goes to Bertha Heyman, a confidence trickster who, at age 35 was 5' 4½" tall, and 245 pounds), but it was the one that spawned all the others.

[@cphAleks]

This is content I subscribed for! 11/10

[@benlittle5543]

Wonderful video. Great script, countdowns and idea

[@Fikuw]

I would have love'd to see the POW baby. HAHAHA Great one mate

[@Armoguy89]

The stealth archer fight had a real "How not to be seen" vibe, but with a twist...

[@bdizzle9505]

lol stealth archer.... didn't see that joke coming

[@Gastogh]

This has some Marblelympics vibes, and I like it! And St. Francis's weaknesses being anything involving phones or computers... lol

[@kikaioshin6700]

But can they compete with AoE 3's Monster Trucks?

[@goodbadluck5486]

Clicking on this I did not expect such production value. nice.

[@alexnguyen3022]

You are a treasure to the community, SotL.

[@shifty220]

SoTL - giving the people the content they've always asked for!!! 🙌

[@EMDakka]

Then, all of a sudden, the third forgotten cousin shows up, that's no moon indeed as simonsays, despite some imperial entanglements

[@terrab1ter4]

I really love these videos, they're great!