MarcusAureliu#s

Let me just say, that some of those who are the loudest accusing others of cheating are at the same time publishing private ingame chats aswell as well as other users operating system user names. Also there is a player who has admitted to administrate "0ad expert" youtube channel, and, its btw not yekaterina, just saying. Otherwise, i suggest you start lurking around in the lobby yet again aswell, you are beeing missed

I see that in one of the games Decger gets to about 50% of Sanafurs numbers. Some of his spikes seem to exceed sanafurs sniping. One reason i can think of, is that only few players constantly re-snipe after having gone through there whole army once. The sanafur-Decger game seems to hint at Decger beeing able to get to higher numbers than Sanafur, had he enganged into more fights, or sniped constantly. I would suggest we conduct some practical experiments maybe ? Before consequences can be taken we would need to be near 100% sure about it.

In my opinion the issues with "op" units originates from limits of a the counter system. Spear infantry can not counter spear cav champs sufficiently, because they are too slow to keep up. Other RTS games solve this by having anti-melee-cav cav, like AoE 3 for example uses Dragoons to counter op melee cav. So if a civ doesnt have spear cav champions, they should at least have a cav unit, that counters spear cav champions.

wtf, get out of the environment you are in if u can

Geriatrix has played 0 AD for years without ever beeing involved in any kinds of issues, i think it is important to determine between people like Shyft_Sierre who came to 0 AD to i quote "humiliate" people, and others who are in conflict with some people due to certain concerns or disagreements regarding their privacy. I am the living prove, that by polite behaviour it is possible to get along with Geriatrix. If you are so certain that Geriatrix just joins 0 AD lobby to randomly hate on people, then it should be no issue to wait until he does so.

Besides, previously reporting geriatrix accounts for calling people spys, and then spying on him seems slightly hypocritical

I am mainly talking to users reporting those accounts, but anyways, why report those accounts that did not even engage into any fights ? Even if you do not understand or approve the (mostly valid) points or (sometimes maybe questionable) form of previous criticism by geriatrix you should, if you are serious not "monitor" those accounts that are just silent, and may be an attempt to break a continuous cycle of conflict. if you want a player to reintegrate into 0 AD society. Besides, i think asking players to "spy" on other accounts to determine wether they are smurf accounts does not create a great atmosphere in 0 AD community, and i must politely decline to do so.

besides accusing account names such as "mortauxcons" of inciting violence is a bit far fetched

As far as i am aware none of those accounts did hate on anyone, so why are those smurf accounts banned ? This looks like escalating the situation.

I dont think either of those accounts hurt anyone ? Whats the issue ? 50% of the players use smurf accounts without consequences. So why now report those accounts ? Just leave geriatrix in peace. He obviously just wants to be left in peace.

This was more of an inside joke than serious criticism

When weirdjokes plays any civ: Just give me everything !

Well you are making claims such as " even weirdjokes wants you out of the game" but as far as i am informed weirdjokes has never said anything like that, thats no better. Better just to talk to Geriatrix and tell him that you dont spy on him and get to know why he is so concerned.

To be fair its up to him who he wants to play with, and to be fair aswell Norse_Harold very likely does have spys Seriously, sometimes its better to try to understand why people behave in a certain way instead of opening a Fourm Thread.

I think there are some RTS games that do auto production, like Cossacks i believe ? Nevertheless AoE doesnt do it and is one of the the most popular RTS games. Still clear communication is sufficient. A witch hunt directed against pro gui users cant be the way forward.

Please be assured that geriatrix is not Phyzic lul

I dont think there is any empirical study that proves or disproves wether using pro gui gives an advantage, if it does not the question is though why do people use it. I think the reason @Stockfish is mainly critisized for using it, is that his level is very high already, so it does not seem to be necessary, also it is not always transparent for opponents if the mod is beeing used for example in rated games. For @Atrik i just always assume he is using it so thats not an issue then . But as i have said before, establish rules before the game if u haven an issue with it, then there is no reason for all this drama, although this makes reading this forum more entertaining as i have to admit

I am quite sure that: 1. 1min is not Yekaterina 2. 1min wasn't trying to express that he hates leopard 3. Vinme has an issue with leftists

https://www.instagram.com/0ad_memes_eae/ Be sure to follow for the most nub 0 AD memes !

you know its my believe that those who are not shy to insult others in a personal way below even the lowest standards for decency should not cry when someone is satirically mocking them back for their arrogant attitude in the game

As it is commonly known, @JC (naval supremacist) is the strongest player in 0 AD who only ever loses due to incompetent teammates or due to too much honour to be an ecobot. We can logically derrive from that, that he wins all 1v1s in which his enemy makes a significant number of cavs. Noone has believed him, but now there is a dedicated youtube channel that provides the empirical proof.

A small but helpfull improvement could be to display hotkeys in the building menues, like it is done in aoe 2 for example. I am aware that building placement hotkeys are currently done by a mod, autociv which hopefully can be integrated in the game, but this could already be implemented for unit production.

@SneakEP @JC (naval supremacist)

I mean if someone likes to do it - fine for me, thats those players buisness. Personally i think i would not be intrested because it would make 0 AD too serious, i would be bothered more by the outcome of the game, which is something i do not necessarily want for something i do for fun and escapism. After a game of 0 AD i dont want to go to bed and be mad bc i lost money etc. I also think it will lead to more conflicts inbetween players, especially given what past incidents i have witnessed, and also there would be trouble connected to the lack of infrastructure, authority and rule enforcement we have in our non-professional small community. Another issue would be the skill difference between players. Players who pay an entrance fee want at least an outside chance to win in the end, which will mean its gonna be tough to find many players willing to "bet" money. Another option that doesnt really seem promising due to a small community would be to use donations for prize funds, gathered through someone broadcasting the games, so the earning would kinda be a bonus. Consider that tournaments could have a non-monetary prize maybe, that is more about creativity and of symbolic value.