ASAPWeekly Age of Empires Podcast (The ASAPWeekly Network)

• Intro Randomness
• Team Games Broken Down
• Dravidians Controversy

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym3dq8WuSFo&ab_channel=LeZer0_asap

Topics:

Ranked Games around 800 ELO

Next 2 Campaign Missions

Topics:

• Show format

Twitter: https://twitter.com/flash_asap

Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Contact Us: weeklyasap@gmail.com

Topics:

Tournament around 1100 - 1300 ELO July 3rd. Join discord and react with a green check mark to the announcement if you'd like to join.

https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

Otherwise streamed on my twitch channel:

https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork/

Drush: https://www.windowscentral.com/age-empires-2-definitive-edition-drush

RedBull Wololo 4: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo/4

1. Opening Monologue

2. Map Reviews

3. Reviewing Bug Fixes

4. KOTD Closing Thoughts

5. Masters of Arena talk

5. Return of Rome Impressions

• Team Elo Changes:

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/updates-to-ranked-team-game-elo-calculation/

• T90 Tournament

https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/T90_Titans_League/1/Platinum_League

• Aoe 4 Season 2 Update:

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-update-17718/

New Content:

Magic The Gathering Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/omenpath-journeys-an-asap-magic-the-gathering-podcast/id1791660473

Anime Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asapweekly-anime-podcast/id1737668992

Future Book Club Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/age-of-empires-the-definitive-history/id1496463064

Zelda: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asapweekly-legend-of-zelda-podcast/id1699388960

Completed Shows:

Pokémon: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/asapweekly-pokemon-podcast/id1555819587

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

- Nili's Apartment Cup 4

- Map Review

- Cheating Scandals

Enjoy one of our R and K episodes for free. For more go to: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

• Watch our latest ShowMatch for the title of Feudal Lord: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iravDoMxQh8&ab_channel=ASAPWeeklyAgeofEmpiresPodcast
• Dawn of the Dukes is even better!
• Aoe3 Campaign
• Aoe4 Civ preview: Rus

Thank you for your continued support, Enjoy the wild ride:

Zodiak22

Too Much Space

Chaos Maker

Space Bear

Franc

Flux

Awsomniss

Caleb

Razz

Digital Toast

Paint

AUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

YaboiHuntee

Yung slug

Topics:

• Hotkeys and Grid Hotkeys
• Robert Plays 2v2 Ranked
• Chris Teaching a friend how to play
• 2v2 World Cup Interesting Game
• RTS Genre

Watch the Redbull Wololo Tournament:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8VddvuHJzIj__Ud0rY2_ww

https://www.twitch.tv/redbull

Topics and Notes:

Aoe 1 Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE1

Aoe 2 Hacks + Visa Issues + Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE2

Aoe 4 Bans + Finals: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Red_Bull_Wololo_Legacy/2022/AoE4

Check Out Our listener's Aoe Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2yiokXGnhZ4Qgh7BCxnqcm

Watch our stream on October 29th and 30th at 7pm EST: https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork

Matt and I review our first feelings from what we've seen of the game, how excited we are and some of the feelings we have on the UI and Units in the game.

Checkout some Starcraft Personalities' thoughts on Aoe4: https://youtu.be/HGDl3CrehhA?t=6008

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

• Join our discord for updates on our tournaments coming up: https://www.asapweekly.com/aoe-podcast.html#/
• November Patch Recap
• Aoe2 will be supported!!
• King of the Desert Preview
• New Observations about the game

Where to find tournaments to play in: https://www.aoezone.net/forums/general-tournament-discussion.1607/

Topics:

• Circular Maps and RTS Campaign design
• Hidden Cup Qualifiers
• How well could a Starcraft Pro transition to Aoe?

The whole crew is together for the first time!

• Random In-Game Observations
• The 'Amateur' players for Red Bull Wololo Cup 3 have qualified
• Ranked Match Making system: new highest level and possible changes for new players
• Water Nomad
• Unbalanced Matchups
• The place of Infantry units in the game

Welcome to our Christmas Party:

- Pre-Dinner Banter

- Boxer Saint from Aoe

- Tristan and Matt from Pokémon

- Tyswoogles and Chrsor from Rocket League

- Raven from the Rob and Kyle Show

- Jer and Combo from Mechanically Mediocre

- Allize from the Rocket League

- Chris from Aoe

- Outro

Discord: https://discord.gg/avckDgCFgT

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyjOFcSRNH1OkM_YCsFdAw

Topics:

• First 2 Missions of the Campaign
• Egg is in Palm's Tournament
• Potential Nerfs and Bugs

July 3rd 1pm EST Community Tournament: https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork

July 10th (0-1049 ELO tournament) Sign-up: https://discord.gg/mKDbdpxNbQ

Wololo Format

Quarter Finals In-Depth Recap

Aoe2 Episode 3 Notes:

• I’ll be streaming aoe2 for 1 day on December 29th at 8am - 1pm EST: https://www.twitch.tv/lezer0_asap

• Discord Link: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

• Tatar Changes, balance updates:

• Winter Festival Until January 1st: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/winter-festival-2020/

• Lords of the West Expansions January 26th: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/pre-order-lords-of-the-west/
• 2 New Civs (Sicilians, Burgundians)
• 3 New Fully Voiced Campaigns

• Our Aoe experience since the last time we spoke

• RedBull Wololo Cup 3 Signups Open (January 16th - 24th): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ontjcGwUTvs&feature=youtu.be

• Hidden Cup 4 Qualifiers February 2021 T90Official Twitch 
• Main Event March 2021

• 2v2 World Cup Finals In-depth Recap: (Bo7 Grand Final) ($30,000+ tournament)

Norway A(TheViper and MbL) vs China A (Mr_Yo and Lyx)

- Game 1 Arabia: (Huns and Mayans vs Franks and Ehtiopians)

- Game 2 Scandinavia: (Italians and Persians vs Mongols and Celts) 

- Game 3 Team Acropolis (Burmese and Indians vs Cumans and Berbers)

- Game 4 Nomad (Spanish and Malians vs Lithuanians and Koreans)

- Game 5 Valley (Saracens and Malay vs Magyars and Tatars)

- Game 6 Chaos Pit (Teutons and Aztecs vs Slavs and Incas)

Topics:

• Pre-Socratic philosophy
• Socrates
• Influence on modern thought
• Plato's Cave
• Aristotle and the Soul

Twitter: https://twitter.com/flash_asap

Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Contact Us: weeklyasap@gmail.comm

Topics:

• Join our community tournament if you're between 0 - 1049 ELO: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP
• RedBull Wololo 4 Semis and Finals Recap

Aoe2 Campaign Stream Every Saturday 9 am EST: https://www.twitch.tv/LeZer0_asap

Vods: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfyjOFcSRNH1OkM_YCsFdAw

Topics:

• Red Bull Wololo Cup 3 Tournament Results
• New Civs, playing them for the first time
• New Player progression of understanding

Intro

Redbull Qualifier Analysis

Ranked Play Tips

Viewer Questions

Boxer Saint interviews longtime member of the scene Jupe!

Community Match for Dark Lord title on Saturday August the 28th at 2021 at 1pm EST: https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork

Contact us with questions: weeklyasap@gmail.com

Topics:

• New Campaign review
• Awesome missions and difficulty in the Jadwiga Campaign
• Super fun playing Bohemians and trying new things

• Pilot episode of our history podcast - We still have a lot to do when it comes to thinking about format, but hopefully it will start to come together in an awesome way!!
• Garlands wars = Flowery Wars
• Architecture and innovation.

Topics:

• Playoff Preview
• Amazing Production
• Quarter Finals Recap
• MBL vs Hera
• Semi Finals
• Liereyy vs Viper

Twitch Streamers to check out:

https://www.twitch.tv/captjow9/

https://www.twitch.tv/sayrumz

New Civilization Tech Trees:

https://aoe2techtree.net/?lng=en#Hindustanis

https://aoe2techtree.net/?lng=en#Gurjaras

https://aoe2techtree.net/?lng=en#Bengalis

https://aoe2techtree.net/?lng=en#Dravidians

Opening Monologue NAC Review -> Is Hera the new GOAT?

 MisterFluffyBunny's Sudden Death Tournament-> Thoughts and feedback on the general SD format and how games play out 

HC Preview -> Format, past experience watching, Improved path finding incoming, surprising outs so far, our attendance.

Close out

BoxerSaint reviews some maps ampung other things!

Opening Monologue

Introducing DukeCanada

Current Map Pool Review

Rethinking the basic build order

Competitive Musings

King of the Desert tournament analysis

Return of Rome First Impressions

• A little all over the place but here is a taste of our aoe4 talk on a show I was a guest on... check out the full show here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-28-age-of-empires-4-with-asapweekly/id1567397468?i=1000541592200

Discord Link: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

Topics:

• Guest Intro
• Business models
• Game Theory
• Strategy vs self, then strategy vs others

We have a special guest this week: Sayrumz!

https://www.twitch.tv/sayrumz

Join our Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Question List:

1) What got you into Age of Empires?

2) Whats your favorite civilization?

3) What's your play style?

4) Any advice to listeners that haven't made the jump into multiplayer yet?

5) What's your favorite aoe memory?

6) What do you find most engaging or most rewarding about the RTS genre?

7) What are your current aoe goals or ambitions?

8) Tell us about your stream, when do you stream, what kind of content can people expect?

Fan Preview Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OJ14RVFDGQ&ab_channel=Xbox

Stay Up to date on schedule changes: https://discord.gg/sKSgscYYV8

Topics:

• Welcome Matt!
• First Reactions to Aoe4
• Norman Campaign
• Delhi Sultanate
• Chinese Civilization
• Walls and Layout Speculation

Topics:

• 8000 BCE settlement in the Nile
• Was Narmer the King that unified Egypt?
• Thutmose 3 and the largest territorial extent of Egypt

Twitter: https://twitter.com/flash_asap

Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Contact Us: weeklyasap@gmail.com

Topics:

- Patrons + Christmas Special

Redbull Wololo Legacy:

- Festive Casters

- 300,000 dollar prize pool

- Viper

- Semis

- Finals In-depth recap

Topics:

• Campaign recap
• Definitive Edition vs Original Game
• Campaign design

Twitter: https://twitter.com/flash_asap

Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Contact Us: weeklyasap@gmail.comm

What am I up to now?

• Still running Romans as default, good men at arms opening.
• Floating at mid 1500 elo, haven't made a run for 1600 yet, still stretching and getting loose.
• Patches
• Persians Buff, Savar, Persians Nerf
• New Chinese start

AoE2 New DLC Plus Patches

• Aremenians
• Buffed recently, huge eco, better wood eco than Celts in Imp.
• Georgians
• Broken UU, fixed supposedly

AoE4 New DLC

• Variant Civs
• Byzantines
• Japanese

Christmas List

• Thumbring for Vikings and Armenians
• BBC for Chinese, maybe even HC (rocketry and demo ship bonuses, but no gun powder?
• Lump of Coal and a nerf for Gurjaras
• Camels for Dravidians
• Faster infantry speed bonus for Celts

Close Out

Don't Click on this Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/asapweekly-legend-of-zelda-podcast/id1699388960

• How each of the hosts got into the podcasts
• General Video Game Discussion
• Tough Questions for LeZer0

Topics:

• Day 9 Intro to Aoe2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFxKgY7ULeg&ab_channel=Day9TV

• Hidden Cup Qualifiers and Information: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Hidden_Cup/4

• Catch the Hidden Cup on Thursday March 18th 2021: https://www.twitch.tv/t90official

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP

Topics List:

- Show updates

- Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard

- Aoe 2 Year in Review

- Aoe 2 Updates

- Aoe4 Balance Changes

- Aoe4 Upcoming tournaments

- Aoe2 and Aoe4 Gameplay comparisons

Personal Gaming 

Tournament Smurfs

Maps Review 

Age of Empires 4 vs Age of Empires 2 observation 

Reddit Revolution 

Closing

- Topics:

• Redbull's Wololo Legacy Tournament announced
• Golden League see's Starcraft Players beat Viper
• Battle of Africa Tournament happening in June: https://www.twitch.tv/membtv
• New Aoe3 Expansion, Italians and Maltese added: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/explore-newest-civs-in-aoe-iii-de-italians-and-maltese/

• Regular Expansions and the state of Aoe2 and Aoe4
• Redbull and Hera is inauthentic
• 2025 Tournaments
• Future of the Show and Thank You
• Post Credit Scene

Join our discord for our tournament on August 7th: https://discord.gg/mKDbdpxNbQ

Contact us: weeklyasap@gmail.com

Topics:

• Welcome to our Guest Boxer Saint
• Getting back into Age of Empires
• What's it like learning hotkeys
• Comparing BJJ and Age of Empires

Intro

New Game Features:

Seek Shelter/Drop Off

Button Map Pool Review

Games Played

Hidden Cup Streamer House

Hidden Cup Watch Party

Hidden Cup After Party

Closing Statements

Link to VOD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbboqfWBII4

Topics:

• Japanese Civ
• USA Civ
• Aoe3 Design
• Aoe3 vs Aoe2
• Why was Aoe3 not successful?

Aoe 3 United States added to the game

Aoe 4 Chris' perspective

Aoe 2 co-op campaigns

• Intro
• Halo Playthroughs with children
• How to Sneak Age into your family routine
• Tournament Talk + Door knobs
• Age 4 Losing Prize Support
• 3 New Updates

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Zodiak22 

Too Much Space 

Chaos Maker 

Space Bear

Franc 

Awsomniss 

Digital Toast 

AUROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK 

Yung slug

Topics:

- Day 9 Learning Age of Empires:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?=nrsS1wLHtKo&ab_channel=Day9TV

- Maps and Boar Laning

- Hidden Cup 4 Recap: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/Hidden_Cup/4

- April 10th: https://www.ageofempires.com/news/announcing-age-fan-preview-2021/

Topics:

• Rts game-play in the definitive edition for age of empires 1
• Units and how they work
• Campaign recap

Twitter: https://twitter.com/flash_asap

Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Contact Us: weeklyasap@gmail.comm

King of the Castle Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFGglXUYxeE&ab_channel=ASAPWeeklyLIVE

Links to updates:

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-in-2022/

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-iv-festival-of-ages/

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-empires-iv-season-one-update-release-notes/

- Banter

- Breaking Down the PUP update; https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/125fv1t/offical_pup_april_update/

- Intro

- Updates

- Aoe2 Map specifics guide

- Aoe4 Tournament Drama

• If you would like to support us to gain access to the Rob and Kyle Show, the Pre-Show and help with our audio editing, please consider joining our patreon age of empires and pokemon tier: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly
• Boxer Saint finally tried Aoe4 and likes it more than he thought
• We cover the free weekend and the balancing style as we compare it to aoe2
• We take a look into the future as the Redbull Wololo Legacy tournament is on the horizon and some the qualifiers have already been player.

Topics:

• Discord: https://discord.gg/avckDgCFgT
• New Co-Op Beta
• General Strat in Team Games

New Show!

• Introduction to the cast
• Our Experience with Aoe2
• How we've been playing the game recently
• Format for the show: Once a month
• Skirmishers

Th Co-Op Cup discord: https://discord.gg/dZYqeajR

The AOEII Practice Squad discord: https://discord.gg/9QFuAVCb

BoxerSaint's Twitch/YouTube for the Kings League tournament: https://www.twitch.tv/boxersaint / https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpCgM9xC0pOty0928iM2TaQ

Our Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/theasapweeklynetwork

Topics:

• Community Tournaments
• Aoe2 what we're learning
• Hera being Hera
• Aoe4 Prize pools

Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Finals Notes:

Game 1: Frigid Lake

Liereyy: Hindustani

Tatoh: Khmer

- Shallow water in the middle of the map and around starting TC

- Tatoh gets a Villiger lead massing scouts early and picking off villagers

- Docks for demo ships

- Scorpians, knights and halbediers attack against Liereyy's castle and Camels

Game 2: Arabia

Liereyy: Lithuanians

Tatoh: Franks

- Early knight and spearmen skirmishes

- Liereyy manages to sneak into Tatoh's base and gets a villiger or two

- Fight over relics since Lithuanians are in play

- Knight vs Knight and conversion war

- Tatoh loses monks but still manages to hold on

- Tatoh has the economic lead and tries to get a castle up by massing pikemen instead of kngihts

- Castle gest up in front of Liereyy's base

Game 3: Morass

Liereyy: Cumans

Tatoh: Bulgarians

- Early barracks for Tatoh to attack early with men at arms + 1 scout

- Tatoh is following it with 2 scout production

- Shorefish the focus for resources on this map

- Liereyy defends and pushes into Tatoh's base

- Tatoh gets to knights and starts to defend his base and gets a second TC

- Liereyy has Knights everywhere and wins it

Game 4: The Bull (lol sponsored)

Liereyy: Byzantines

Tatoh: Turks

- This map is redicoulous

- Pretty open except for the Bull created from wood lines

- Both plaers gets fishing ships at the east and west ends of the map

- Liereyy gets into Tatoh's base with knights but then gets trapped by tower and walls

- Liereyy sets up TC in the north with Shorefish

- Genecaries and Camels from tatoh lose to Liereyy's knights

- Liereyy deletes monastary to build castle but relic drop, still manages to deny Tatoh's castle and bring it to 2-2

Game 5: Shoals

Liereyy: Bhoemians

Tatoh: Italians

- Map has mostly shallow water in the middle, fisihing ships made

- Fight over water in the middle

- Liereyy pushes around with crossbowmen, can't go in the middle because of demo ships

- Liereyy gets a castle up in the north and south of the map

- Fight over gold

- Canonn galleons start attacking the castles, and gets into Liereyy's base

- Tatoh has pressure on both castle at once

- Having control of the water, Tatoh has bombard ships destroying everything

- Eventually pushes with castles and trebs

- Tatoh wins it

BREAK

Game 6: Outcrop

Liereyy: Aztecs

Tatoh: Tatars

- Tatoh has a civ bonus for the pigs on the map so scouts a lot early

- Skirmisher goes elite skrim with spearmen

- Tatoh pushes with steplancers vs Liereyy's pikemen

- Eco always seems to be in Tatoh's favour

- Tatoh gets the monks and gets into Liereyy's base

- Tatoh gets a castle up and prevents Liereyy's gold generation

- Tatoh wins

Topics:

• Discord for show updates: https://discord.gg/avckDgCFgT
• 15 Villager Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7zaXjaJVWM&ab_channel=SpiritOfTheLaw
• What Chris thinks makes a good RTS

15 villager build:

• 2 houses
• 6 villagers on sheep
• Lumber Camp with 7th villager
• 4 villagers on wood
• 11th villager gets boar
• 12th villager builds house then mill
• Next 3 villagers on berries

Topics:

• Review of the final 4 missions of the Voices of Babylon campaign

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeZer0_asap

Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Contact Us: weeklyasap@gmail.comm

• Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP
• Listener Questions
• Sacred Sites in the Game
• Genesis Tournament: https://liquipedia.net/ageofempires/GENESIS
• Winter Update

Topics:

• Holy Roman Empire History
• Holy Roman Empire Civ
• Stress Test Review

• Discord: https://discord.gg/8xeR5jStrP
• First Impressions
• How does the game Feel
• Mongols
• Campaigns
• Listener Feedback

Announcements:

• Guest on a show where we talk about RTS and Age of Empires. RTS talk starts at 31:30, Age of Empires talk starts an hour and 10 minutes in: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-13-age-empires-ii-asapweekly-humble-farmer/id1567397468?i=1000530493946
• Regular shows will be released every two weeks on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month. (Recording on Thursday)
• We’ll look to have bonus shows from time to time in the in-between weeks
• King of the Castle Match Video: https://youtu.be/tsh2rQzW2ms

News:

• Aoe 2 Expansion August 10th

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/aoe2de-dukes-preorder/

• Aoe4 Beta beginning
• RedBull Wololo 5 Qualifiers on August the 14th
• Empire War Duo 2 Qualifiers on August the 19th

Age of Empires 3 Expansion: The African Royals

• Rundown
• New ideas

https://www.ageofempires.com/news/availablenow-african-royals/

AOE4 New Civs! 

Age of Empires Code of Conduct 

1v1 and TG Maps 

Malay talk 

Huge Competitive News 

Hera's Champions Invitational Tournament Quick Review

WinstonsWaffles from the Classic Cup joins LeZer0 to help our host find out more about the Age of Empires Competitive Scene and its Community.

Follow WinstonsWaffles for Aoe DE tournaments: https://www.twitch.tv/winstonswaffles

Join the Classic Cup discord to get to know the community:

https://discord.gg/d45jn4S

WinstonsWaffles' YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9wNCbqJmbVPL6TK2LvR5aQ/

We're back going over all the new things in the aoe scene!

Topics:

• Review of the first 4 missions of the Voices of Babylon Campaign

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Support Us: https://www.patreon.com/ASAPWeekly

Contact Us: weeklyasap@gmail.comm

• Show updates for the future
• Age 1,2,3 and 4 updates from the Year
• Major Aoe2 Tournament Results Recap
• Aoe4 Tournament Results