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Even though the game was almost 10 years old now, it breathed in new life and possibilities. When Scenario_t_c came around and "unlocked" the hidden units, and unit overlapping, things got even more interesting - a defining moment in the history of AoEH and AoE scenario design, you now had the power to do the uninmaginable, allowing for infinite new variety in your custom worlds.
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Even though you are kind of bound to what the game can do, breaking those boundaries in creative and new ways was probably the one thing that kept me coming back for more, and with me, many other fans and designers. You can design your empire, shape your world, define it's traits and quirks pretty much exactly to your vision. This, to me, is one of the most important aspects of AoE: the creativity you can express is limitless. That's not to say the years after were not any fun, on the contrary, especially after the Zone died down I stuck around AoEH and became very interested in scenario design, after becoming inspired by playing other people's creations and custom campaigns. Those were the days, and I kind of miss them. Though I never have been a very good competitive online player, I enjoyed every moment of it. I spend quite some time playing versus other players on the Zone, loved RM on highland maps. Add the Zone to that, and for a young kid this was an absolute wonder to witness, very captivating to say the least. Lots of nice and helpful people with knowledge of strategies, scenario design, and every other aspect of the game, as well as creating amazing custom content for it. It was a time when the internet was still sort of in it's infancy, more simplified, and visiting AoEH was a place of pure magic (for me it certainly was, still is!). I still remember those early days, at least since late 1998, when I first visited this place. It's absolutely amazing that AoEH is still up and running, even though we are nowhere near as active as in the heydays of Age of Empires and The Rise of Rome expansion anymore. That's right, we've been around for that freaking long. Yesterday, on the 15th of May, AoEH turned 25 years old. Latest News 25 years of AoEH Posted by PhatFish on May 16th, 2022 07:51 a.m.