They never cared xdBut they won't care a lot about AoE2 ever again.
They never cared xdBut they won't care a lot about AoE2 ever again.
Not care level: Release AoE4 stress test/open beta during a monumental AoE2 LAN eventThey never cared xd
That seems a bit decoupled from reality to me. Do you have any more information to comprehend your opinion or how you got there?For that reason, the time of big Microsoft-money is probably over now. Maybe they will step in for AoE4, if the games unexpectedly increases in popularity again. But they won't care a lot about AoE2 ever again.
Of course I don't have insider information, so it is mainly speculation. But the timing at which MS suddenly started to sponsor was peculiar. The playerbase and viewership of AoE2 has been constantly increasing, but never at a level at which a company like Microsoft would really care. IIrc, they announced the definitive editions and AoE4 in parallel. So it is very likely that the focus was always on the new game, not on the second remake of a very old game produced by a (although very good) former modding team. And though it is a different company, it fits in that RedBull rushed out their last Wololo-Event at the practically worst possible timing due to Covid just to finish their series one month before the release of AoE4.That seems a bit decoupled from reality to me. Do you have any more information to comprehend your opinion or how you got there?
Feels like your mixing up things here, Redbull finishing the RBW Series just made 100% sense, since no one knew how AoE2 would look like after AoE4 release.IIrc, they announced the definitive editions and AoE4 in parallel. So it is very likely that the focus was always on the new game, not on the second remake of a very old game produced by a (although very good) former modding team. And though it is a different company, it fits in that RedBull rushed out their last Wololo-Event at the practically worst possible timing due to Covid just to finish their series one month before the release of AoE4.
Some people should probably have known.since no one knew how AoE2 would look like after AoE4 release.
Exactly. RedBull was finishing up because they were concerned about AoE4. That makes totally sense. They are interested in promoting questionable drinks, not questionable video games. If AoE4 had been a success, Red Bull would have announced a Red Bull Wololololo - Series already (the 4 "lo's" standing for AoE4). As things are now, they probably stop investing in the series completely or start a new AoE2 - tournament. But RedBull sponsoring tournaments does not mean that Microsoft will invest in sponsoring as well.Feels like your mixing up things here, Redbull finishing the RBW Series just made 100% sense, since no one knew how AoE2 would look like after AoE4 release.
Here I can't follow your logic. Why would Red Bull be interested in promoting a game they don't know yet?AoE2 DE Tournaments and Community clearly proved to be way more then just a promotion for AoE4, otherwise we would have seen huge promotion for AoE4 on RBW5 instead of overlapping it with the stress test.
Wasn't RBW5 sponsored mainly by MS?Here I can't follow your logic. Why would Red Bull be interested in promoting a game they don't know yet?
afaik for all RBW events, MS put up the prizepool while RB provided the production value (which was still a ton of money).Wasn't RBW5 sponsored mainly by MS?
Really? That's surprising. So maybe too much speculation on my sideWasn't RBW5 sponsored mainly by MS?
I would be shocked if the production cost of RBW5 was not at least 2-3x the prize poolafaik for all RBW events, MS put up the prizepool while RB provided the production value (which was still a ton of money).
Flight + accommodation alone should cost more than the prizepool 11I would be shocked if the production cost of RBW5 was not at least 2-3x the prize pool
I dont know about that, but this...
I dont know about that, but this...
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this feels like the totally bonkers stage.
So what exactly is the problem you seem to have?
One thing I can admit is that my feeling is that this thread in particular seems to attract some shady gestalts with absurd comments whose probably smallest problem in life is that AoE4 has been released.just admit that you are a nili smurf account
Seems more interesting news for this thread.Reddit - Dive into anything
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I wonder when Hera will call it quits.
I'm far from being an English language expert but I vividly remember the advice my Spanish teacher gave me when I wrote stuff like you did (I tend to do the same xD). She basically told me that regardless of how much of an expert you are on a certain language, a better and more intelligent communication tends to be achieved by using shorter AND clearer sentences. Specially so if your goal is to transmit a message to others rather than showing off. Following the short sentences rule is always a good start.I think it depends what that "positive" news is positioned in response to: whether it is actual negative news about the game or is just people expressing their displeasure at its many shortcomings as a product. If the first one then it is trying to make the community of people who care about the game feel better, if the second its empty sunshine pumping built around a false definition of negativity like we always saw here from Microsoft shills and popular streamer hanger-ons whenever there was a lot of backlash against one of DE's major problems.
A few? My ignore list has more than 120 members ... can't be just a few to be fair.This feeding off negative **** could be what gives Aoezone its reputation of being a negative cesspool. Even if it's only a few doing it
If 100+ people are trying to piss you off, you gotta rethink what is it that you are writing.A few? My ignore list has more than 120 members ... can't be just a few to be fair.