N3O Age Of Empires and Starcraft 2 Clan

Happy Birthday Luukje. You can jump the gun a bit on mid-life crisis, 32 isn't too early. =)

A Ryder's cup kind of deal. I'm in.

Looking forward to the Ports being fun. I'm sucking bad with them right now. It's not because the patch isn't here yet.

[quote=""luukje""]When Im trying to up my rating and lame a few, i dont play team mates. But at the moment Im switching civs and I am a sitting **** duck in rated games. So i rather give clan mates a chance at easy victory, than some strange laming noob. I have to loose a few and...

Cyclohexane: I am a ChemE as well, and I knew you were, so that was a joke... =) My philosophy is to act as if you are in control of everything, but at the end to realize that you are not. I don't think there is a practical distinction between our philosophies, but it's fun to bandy words about. I t...

[quote=""Navarone_Guy""]Is it just me or does every thread on this forum turn into a discussion of liquor preferences? [/quote]

I'll drink to that. Beer - any kind except maybe PBR. :?

Spoiling lawyer alert. :-P Myths are just stories that have achieved a certain status, and can be true or false: a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with de...

Soccerman, In typical lawyer fashion I left wiggle room - I too don't think ANYONE can be an engineer, but it's a large pool of people that could. The 31 year old wins - look at what Jordan was doing at 31 compared to 24. Now at 41 - that's a little different but probably in the Ages sense not old e...

Cyclohexane - I too am skeptical of studies, especially without understanding methodologies and the like. I think your engineer analogy is lacking. Engineers are a much more normal occurrence than Ages experts - which is not a comparison of relative utility. Saying anyone can be an engineer (a state...

1900 ELO
I've never been anywhere near that, but they're goals, right. :neutral:

ZorPrime - I thought that was a great post. I would add that women seem to have difficulty in abstract spatial orientation required for a game like Ages, which balances their superior multi-tasking. I don't know how all that with some other factors comes out for the sex equation. Original post: Imag...

Just had another crash tonight. About 15 games in a row without though. Hope it was just a thing. Gonna replace router first - that's a cheap step and it's old.

Hot keys are one of the pillars to moving to the next gaming level. They don't only make things faster, they let you do things you just can't without them. For example, if you control-group your barrackses (?), you can build new troops and change the gather location (e.g. to the battle that's ongoin...

[quote=""StrokeyBlofeld""]Did you try playing just disabling the AA on your graphics card? Also, once you find you can get through games ok, start adjusting settings little by little. There are a few specific areas in the graphics settings that work the graphics card hardest so y...

Knock on wood. I turned everything down - it looks pretty funny now like Warcraft 2 :roll: - but I got through 3 full games tonight with no crash. Hope it keeps up. By the way - I can see more clearly what's going on and my mouse is more responsive. There might be something to this super-low graphic...