What a week huh
The day before drama, valve failing at cs again and again and posting coal in dota, e3 officially gone, there's something about skull and bones, vitality winning blast and 40 streamers managed to clear classic world of warcraft content without dying (the hardest feat in gaming) sooooo ...
What are you playing currently? !g*mers
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Previous Iterations:
I'm aware there are previous weekly or so megathreads and I'll eventually add them ( green = official, red = fake, yellow = misc, blue = losercel)
#0 - [22 Jan 2023] - some1 should make weekly vidya threads marseytf2spy
#1 - [28 Jan 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" Thread #1
#2 - [4 Feb 2023] - Weekly "Whatcha Been Playing" thread #2
#3 - [11 Feb 2023] - Weekly Gaming Thread #3
#3.5 - [13 Feb 2023] - [Weekly Gaming Thread 2] You will own no NFTs of video game microtransactions and you will be happy edition-- dramamine
#4 - [18 Feb 2023] - Weekly ‘What're You Playing?' thread #4
#4.5 - [20 Feb 2023] - Welcome to the new weekly vidya thread! Week 1 - 2/20/23 -- robotron2084
#5 - [25 Feb 2023] - Weekly “What're You Playing” Community Thread #5
#5.5 - [2 Mar 2023] - So, what do you dipshits play all day? -- horned waifu shill
#6 - [4 Mar 2023] - Weekly ‘What're You Playing' Thread #6
#7 - [11 Mar 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' thread #7
#8 - [18 Mar 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' Thread #8
#9 - [25 Mar 2023] - Weekly ‘What're You Playing?' thread #9
#10 - [1 Apr 2023] - Weekly ‘What are you playing?' Thread: #10: Whooaaaa Those are some HILARIOUS patch notes edition
#11 - [8 Apr 2023] - Weekly 'What are you playing' Thread #11
#12 - [15 Apr 2023] - Weekly ‘What are you playing' thread #12
#13 - [23 Apr 2023] - What're you playing thread #idk
#14 - [29 Apr 2023] - Weekly ‘What Are You Playing' thread #14
#15(1) - [6 May 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' thread #15
#15(1).5 - [10 May 2023] - marseyg*mer Gaming Thread - What are you playing this week? -- cynic
#15(2) - [13 May 2023] - Weekend ‘What've you been playing?' Thread #15 -- he fricked up the ordering here I'll just go with it
#16 - [20 May 2023] - Weekly "What Are You Playing?" Thread #16
#16.5 - [28 May 2023] - Weekly “What are you playing” thread -- carp
#17 - [3 Jun 2023] - Weekly “What have you been playing?” Thread #new one
#18 - [10 Jun 2023] - Weekly “What are you playing” thread #18
#19 - [17 Jun 2023] - Weekly ‘What're You Playing' thread #19!
#20(1) - [24 Jun 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are you Playing?' Thread #20: Modern Warfare III
#20(2) - [1 Jul 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' Thread #20: Summer Salestice -- same reason as above
#21 - [10 Jul 2023] - Weekly ‘What're you playing?' Thread #21: loli_esports forgot got chudded edition -- basad
#23 - [15 Jul 2023] - Weekly 'What Games Are You Playing?' thread #I think it's actually 23 -- should be 22 but I'll go with his ordering
#24 - [22 Jul 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing?' thread #24: Lot of stuff coming out all of a sudden, feels like
#25 - [29 Jul 2023] - Weekly ‘What games have you been playing' thread #25
#26 - [5 Aug 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #26
#27 - [12 Aug 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #27
#28 - [19 Aug 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #28
#29 - [26 Aug 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #29
#30 - [2 Sep 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #30
#31 - [9 Sep 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #31
#32 - [16 Sep 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #32
#33 - [23 Sep 2023] - Weekly ‘What Games Are You Playing' thread #33
#34 - [30 Sep 2023] - Weekly “What games are you playing” thread # 34
#35 - [7 Oct 2023] - Weekly “What games are you playing” thread #35
#36 - [27 Oct 2023] - Weekly “What games are you playing” thread #36 -- tulpa
#37 - [26 Nov 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #37 -- losercel
#38 - [3 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #38 -- losercel
#39 - [10 Dec 2023] - Weekly "What games are you playing" thread #39 -- losercel
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Last week's game: Baldur's Gate 3
- Final Score: (11*10+16*9+12*8+6*7+1*6+2*5+2*4+6*1)/(11+16+12+6+1+2+2+6) = 7.54
All Previous Games:
[26. Nov 2023] Hades = 7.60
[3 Dec 2023] Rimworld = 8.93
[10 Dec 2023] Baldur's Gate 3 = 7.54
Game to Discuss?
As I've just seen a clip from a S-tier qualifier game where someone lost the final match because they didn't know a 25 year old mechanic (pro RTS players btw 
) I'll declare Age of Empires 2 the game of the week!
This week's entry will be Age of Empires 2
Take control of a powerful civilization. Lead them through 1000 years of the Middle Ages to riches and greatness. Will you Intimidate the world into following you by using military force? Rule the world with honor and nobility by using commerce and diplomacy? Or Underhandedly seize power through conspiracy, deception and regicide? There are many paths to power, there can only be one ruler!
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AGE OF EMPIRES 2
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Age of GAYpires. Just play StarCraft
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Don't say it
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Spellforce or KEEP YOURSELF SAFE
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Paleo
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Anybody who hasnt played age of empires is a cuck and a wimp and its EVERYTHING
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Don't play any of the DE editions they're legitimate shit.
You'd think people 20y from now with 20yo tech would make shittier games, but no...
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200h into DE... It's shit.
Not like "hey they changed this one tiny thing I don't like" shit, but like they messed up basic core mechanics that are needed for a game to function, like pathfinding; units will now get stuck on walls or on gates and get this, walk the opposite direction or completely disregard your orders, stuff like that.
The servers are shit. Constant crashing and delay, players disconnect constantly with no way to reconnect.
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AoE2 was my entry to getting to autism games.
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Yes it has been disastrous for moids, much like the crack epidemic for African-Americans.
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I love Age of Empires 2!
It fell into that sweet spot that was after RTS games were super primitive and basic (like the original AoE or like WarCraft 2 or something), but before they transitioned to really ugly 3D (Empire Earth, C&C Generals etc). And in terms of audio, Shamburger is burned into my brain lmao
I really like the Definitive Edition, although I know some people have issues with it. Fortunately for me, I'm simply not skilled enough for the problems to be relevant to me. The only thing I don't like is how the corpses don't decay into skeletons any more!
Did anybody play Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds? It was basically a Star Wars themed total conversion mod which had some pretty interesting campaigns and ideas.
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I prefer it to AoE2. The depth that fighters give are great. I do hate that in the expansion they added those stupid air artillery who outranged all air defense and could do a shit ton of damage on the first shot.
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Ohhh, I think I remember those. Were they called like battlecruisers or something, or am I misremembering because the Galactic Empire ones looked really similar to the StarCraft unit?
On that note, one thing I really liked about that game is that each faction had visually distinct units. That's one thing I've always found a bit jarring about AoE2.
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I just checked "Air Cruiser". They had cool designs but were just frustrating to deal with.
I was first introduced to AOE2 through GB, and was shocked that it didn't have unique designs for factions. I also like how quick it is to see what a Unit is based on its blaster. AOE2 its sometimes hard to tell what counters what with what, especially when it comes to mounted units.
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