u/_DonRa_

Just played this 2v2 team game for almost 2 hours where (I strongly believe) the opponents resigned when they ran out of trees for wood. (Although they probably had enough resources to spam for a while more)

https://www.aoe2insights.com/match/511349295/#overview

Anybody else's experiences with similar games?

How often does this happen? What are strategies to handle this if you feel like you're at a stalemate at some point - do you start prioritizing gold heavy units only and preserving wood or something? Would it be a stupid idea to try to cut opponents trees with onager raids or something?

On a sidenote, any feedback on gameplay is appreciated - I'm very slow tho so I can only focus on very few actions at a time.

Traveling the US for a few weeks now. Here's some median salary estimates:

- Sri Lanka monthly Median Salary - $200-$300

- US monthly Median Salary - $4500 - $5500

That's an almost 20 times difference.

Meanwhile you have so many grocery items for cheaper here - not relatively cheaper, I mean absolutely cheaper.

For example - you can buy chicken drumsticks for $1 a 1lb, that's around like lkr 750 for 1kg. Meanwhile at keells/cargills/spar etc it's closer to lkr 1200 for 1kg. Same goes for other cuts of chicken.

Here's a few other items I checked, there's probably a lot more that are cheaper in absolute terms.

- juice (apple, orange I checked, probably plenty of others)

- milk

- plastic water bottles

- coffee grounds

- nuts

- fresh baked items like muffins

- coffee is roughly priced similar to Sri Lankan Cafes, with a lot more options available

- canned fish (tuna/mackerel)

- potatoes

- chicken

- pork

- steak cuts

- butter

- oatmilk (imported items like this are like 3x - 4x the US price in Sri Lanka)

Should I have sent army to help one of my allies instead of attacking yellows base? I wasn't really sure what to do after I failed to deny the TC

I just came across a weird situation and wanted to know what could cause it - hope this is the correct subreddit to ask.

So basically I was at the gym today (lol writing this between sets) and me and my girlfriend were on treadmills next to each other. Every time she touched the handle thing on it she said she was getting electrocuted. Initially I was concerned there was some leak or something, but no that wasn't the case. It was more of like a tiny shock, I guess some sort of static electricity buildup or something? Only thing is, I touched it multiple times and nothing happened, but whenever she touched it I could hear a small spark like sound and she pulls her hand back. One time I kept my hand on the handle and told her to touch it right next to my hand while I was still holding it - and it happened again except I was fine. What could be causing this - and what difference could there be between her hand and mine?

TLDR; girlfriend gets a small electric shock when touching treadmill handle while I don't, even at the same time. Why?

So basically that, my friend hasn't played in a few months and says he's washed. He wants to play a 1v1, but he gets a 115% boost. I'm fairly confident I can beat him in a normal 1v1 consistently now, but 115% boost feels like a lot. Also I think he will most probably play Hindustanis or Romans. What civs should I pick that would do well against those - and strategies? And what should I keep in mind for effects from the 115%?

Edit: I'm like 850-950 elo if that helps. We'll be playing Arabia

https://www.aoe2insights.com/match/479357394/#overview

If the castle goes up halfway through do I just give up and fall back? He kept sending waves of villagers and military until it went up, and I was in big trouble when it went up.

https://www.aoe2insights.com/match/477889531/#overview

Also how did he make so much army and still make it castle so fast? I'm not sure what I was supposed to do

https://www.aoe2insights.com/match/476726297/#overview

If I'm doing a Maa rush and the opponent has a tower up when I reach them, should I attack the tower or go to the other side and look for something else to attack