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This is good advice and will reduce the challenge for now @Ludwik. There's a lot to do in 0ad, so giving yourself some time to think about what you wanna do will help you learn quicker.

and then they still get destroyed by a champion that took 25s to train

I agree that this would probably fit 0ad more. A monologue (or "citation") at some well-thought about point obviously wouldn't feel completely off, but in my humble opinion, a first person narration would feel out of place for 0ad. Also, you're all doing great work!

Except that you wont be outnumbered, since your enemy is in the exact same position. If he decides to play aggressively like you, both of you will have similar soldier numbers and if he goes full eco, you will outnumber him, he might not even have any soldiers. The opposite is only true for 0ad; in 0ad an aggressive play will result in your army being outnumbered by someone that went for eco, since you have to walk to his base and his reinforcements spawn right there. ...Therefore you use res and time on units that dont eco. They shouldnt be idle. The mindset that a soldier that isnt gathering resources is idle is unique to 0ad; reconnaissance, defense, harassment all mean that a soldier isnt idle. Its just that in 0ad the economic benefit outshines any strategic advantage from any of the other occupations, thus reducing the valid uses of a soldier and making the game as a whole less complex, more streamlined and more focused on booming/"ecobotting".

better to be a fairy in your eyes, than a nuisance in everyone elses eyes! (Also better to be a fairy than a human tbh)

except that people that think this way are a very small minority. Sure, some people think being racist is funny, but almost everyone disagrees. So you are plain wrong. It's not "usually funny", you usually think it's funny, even though no one else laughs.

I take nothing seriously. I also want to "enjoy the ride", but thats quite difficult when someone is toxic, uses swear words or derogatory language, making the lobby atmosphere uncomfortable and embarrassing themselves in the process. Its like someone taking a crap in a public swimming pool. Its not serious, but it makes the entire experience, well, @#$%.

Ah so you're a troll. I do see the appeal in that, I won't lie. Still, you wouldn't catch me admitting that I can't even control my most animalistic urges. And especially not advocating for everyone to succumb to them aswell.

yeah, yeah, we all know I'm a fairy (although if you want to be exact, I'm more of a Sídhfir), you're repeating yourself. What I would be much more interested in is why you even want to swear. I mean, I understand swearing in one of three situations; 1. When you're having an emotional moment (e.g. a frustrating loss or a close victory), you might swear to express your feelings ("the f is this" "f yeah"). 2. Sparse, well-placed swear words can have great comedic effect. 3. Children that think swearing makes them look cool. But what reason would a well-raised adult have to insist on swearing all the time? Please enlighten me!

Be careful @Emacz, if you tell @Barcodes he cant spam 100 swear words per minute, you might hurt his fragile ego.

if you dont believe me, join the "0ad-enjoyers" discord server, they are in the voicechat regularly (Im talking about JagsusIndia for example) https://discord.gg/gKZkyMx46K

0ad is not an adult game. I personally know atleast two children (in the legal sense) that play this game personally. getting offended when someone insults you is conpletely normal. When he insults you in public, there are even laws against that in many countries (laws against public defamation). That everybody can behave as terribly as they wish is not a desirable state.

4. Ptolemaic Camel Archer Rush. Instead of building a barracks after the 2nd house, you build a stable and start making Camel Archers. In a 4v4 teamgame, your pocket can even send you a bit of food to get even more camels out even faster. With good micro, you will not lose many of your camels, especially if your enemy didnt expect that rush. Then after you annoyed your opponent for 5min, you could add your own barracks at some point and go back to eco-ing while still using your one stable to keep up some pressure on some women somewhere (maybe the enemy pocket or the other flank?). But I like to double down on my rush instead, by adding a second stable and using the cc as a stable aswell. Once you have like, 30-40 camels its gonna be hard for your enemy to do anything, as he doesnt have the stables to make enough counter cavalry. If the game goes on to 2nd phase or further, remember: If you let your camels take damage, you already mis-played... so you don't need any armor upgrades. Only ranged damage. [I like this strategy as I wish to believe I invented it (most likely someone did it before me, but I didnt know about that, so I came up with it myself, okay?!)]

A map of the entire Continent/world of the respective fantasy universes? Seems like a daunting if not outright impossible task. I generally like the idea, but I would rather take a certain area/landmark; maybe a "great ice wall" map where theres only snow on one side and "normal terrain" on the other side. Or a "Gates of Mordor" map, or maybe a Helms Deep/Hornburg map.

...Im confused, do you want eye-candy or not? I can assure you, most players do not pay attention to those counters. They are helpful to spot not-optimally used farms and get an indicator when you could/should start sending cs to gather metal/stone, but they are not affecting the gameplay to any detriment and they especially do not affect the fun (its really easy to ignore them if you dont like em).