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Re:Modding Age of Empires II with a Sprite-Diffuser by littlestymaar on Monday May 22, 2023 @08:51AM (#36030778)
It's not that newcomers have little chance, but more the symptom showing that there's little interest for competitive AoE2 play among newcomers. Like Starcraft Brood War, that still features Flash, Jaedong and Bisu.

You can compare it to Starcraft 2, whose scene remains quite attractive, and the top 4 European players (all of them being top 10 world) are just 25 23, 21 and 18 years old.

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Re:Modding Age of Empires II with a Sprite-Diffuser by throwaway6734 on Monday May 22, 2023 @10:03AM (#36031611)
>It's not that newcomers have little chance, but more the symptom showing that there's little interest for competitive AoE2 play among newcomers

This isn't true. Hera & Lierey are two of the best AoE2 players and are both young.

There's an S-Tier tournament happening this week for anyone interested: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/King_of_the_Desert/5

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