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• [ENG] Interview: T-West

  T-West joined me for a very interesting talk about his approach to being a content creator, caster and more recently, tournament host. Cartographers 2 was a great success, which is why we'll discuss how slinging impacted the games and some suprising tournament runs, like T90 and Dark in the Silver Bracket. T-West also answers some questions, that have been sent in and offers unique views on Monks, Skirmishers and many more topics, like his Tetris Mod. T-West was a lovely guest and I hope you enjoy this interview! Chris Links to T-West: twitch.tv/TWestAoe youtube.com/@T-West IG: @twestaoe Patreon: www.patreon.com/twest Podcast: Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK Support the Podcast on: Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealready Steady (german): steadyhq.com/startthegamealready/ Timecodes: 00:00 Content Creation 15:00 Cartographers 2 22:15 Slinging 29:20 Tournament Highlights 42:20 Fan Questions Music: www.purple-planet.com

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• [ENG] Magazine Ep. #02 July 2025

  Welcome to the next Age of Empires Magazine. This month, I have plenty of topics to discuss with you! We'll start with Age of Empires news with Cartographers II, talk about the eSports calendar and the extensive tournament program for the coming year, then I'll summarize the current balance changes to the Three Kingdoms civilizations, and we'll talk about a custom scenario that the devs created in cooperation with the Louvre. In Franchise News, I'll tell you briefly about a few updates from AoE IV and AoM, as well as the tournament calendar entries for these games. In Game News, I'll tell you about a few strategy and building releases, and two games have particularly caught my eye this month. Then there's the Podcast News with a brief evaluation of the first month with the new program, and I answer questions from emails that were sent to me. Finally, as always, there's the tournament preview for July 2025. I hope you enjoy this episode! Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK Support the Podcast on: Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealready Steady (german): steadyhq.com/startthegamealready/ Timecodes: 00:00 Intro 01:37 News 25:08 Franchise News 30:10 Game News 36:44 Podcast News 44:33 Tournament Outlook July 2025 Links: Louvre Coop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfytw5SJsiQ AoM Event: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-mythology-retold-update-18-21333/ AoC Classic 2025: https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1kpjgy2/announcing_500_aoc_classic_2025_tournament/ T90 Cup: https://aoe2tournaments.com/event?event=T90%20Community%20Cup DM League: https://aoe2tournaments.com/event?event=Tarnished%20Death%20Match%3A%20Season%205 Road to Age Lan: https://discord.gg/5hC5faeu4Y Yodesla: https://www.twitch.tv/yodesla/about EGCTV: https://www.twitch.tv/egctv?lang=de

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• [GER] Tafelrunde #24: Die Angst vor Khitan

  Felix hat kurz seinen Richterhammer (nennt man das so?) weggelegt und das Mikrofon angeschmissen und ein bisschen von seinen ersten Arbeitswochen erzählt. Es stellt sich heraus: Richter haben kein Onboarding. Da wir aber stets am Puls der Zeit leben, sprechen wir auch kurz über den Khitan Nerf. Felix ist allerdings seit er arbeitstätig ist zum Singleplayer Spieler mutiert und hat sich sogar, wenig erfolgreich, an einer Playstation versucht. Das nahmen wir zum Anlass dazu, über unsere Spielgewohnheiten zu sprechen. Leider ist beim Schnitt erst aufgefallen, dass wir uns wie alte Männer anhören. Naja... Viel Spaß beim Hören Felix & Christian Unterstütze unser Projekt hier und höre deutsche Versionen aller englischen Podcasts: steady.page/de/startthegamealready/ Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK Timecodes: 00:00 Getränke 06:13 Berufseinstieg 18:10 Khitan 24:30 Spielegewohnheiten 42:00 Elo-High 50:00 Sniper Elite 57:30 Fast vergebene Liebesmühe Musik: Joey Jojo vom offiziellen AoE II: DE OST.

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• [ENG] Noboru Rush

  Dear listener, in this episode I present to you: The Noboru Rush! This strategy, named after the japanese player Noboru and popularized by T90, has long died out, but is defenitely worthy to remember. That's why I decided to create a podcast highlighting the startegy and trying to identify just why this strategy appealed to so many players. Special thanks to Reto for sharing his experiences! Please enjoy this episode, Chris Daut vs. Liereyy (2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBmXDWDo0Ew Yo vs. Viper (2020): https://youtu.be/zR_WDnr-FaA?si=ioXQbv5qmvWW0JDp Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK Please consider supporting this podcast on: Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealready Steady (german): steady.page/de/startthegamealready

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• [ENG] Masterpieces #01: Fight Fire with Fire

  Welcome to the first episode in the Masterpieces series! In this series, I‘ll be telling you the stories of those games, that became part of the AoE II history. There‘s hundreds of famous and less famous storys to be told, but I'd like to start with a game that was recently played in Warlords 4, on the first day of the group stage in the match between Barles and Hera. Barles showcased a brand new strategy with an almost brand new civilization and I was deeply impressed by his performance throughout the whole tournament. I'd also like to thank Barles for providing me with a few insights by answering a couple of my questions. Please enjoy this episode about a one of a kind tower creep with fire lancers! The game (with timecode): https://www.youtube.com/live/AqWnP86duE8?si=pYXPhLM06UadVWOl&t=563 Homepage: www.startthegamealready.de Discord: discord.com/invite/SYp9dCXYsK Support the Podcast on: Patreon: patreon.com/startthegamealready Steady (german): steadyhq.com/startthegamealready/ Music: "Carne y Helado" of the official AoE II Soundtrack.

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