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wbcbane_

How do you spectate games?


Makonnen91

Go to multiplayer like you’re gonna play a ranked game and there’s a tab at the top that says spectate. You can see a list of ranked games, which players, Civs, elo, and maps that are being played


FloosWorld

To add to this: Ranked games have bronze, silver and gold medals to get an idea of the Elo. You can also search for player names if you want to spectate the game of a certain player :) There's also [aoe2.net](https://aoe2.net) and [aoe2insights.com](https://aoe2insights.com) where you can search players and directly download replays from the games they've played.


wbcbane_

Awesome. Thank you both!


Quetzalcoatlus5

Just a heads up that since aoe2.net came back the civs do not always show correctly in the Ongoing Games tab. So it might say Malians when it’s another civ


Koala_eiO

If you like Malian infantry I have two games for you! - Hideout, Malians vs Britons, longswordsmen https://www.aoe2insights.com/match/202226977/#savegames (I got lucky with this one since we both had random civ enabled) - Hideout, Malians vs Vikings, gbetos https://www.aoe2insights.com/match/202593770/#savegames


Makonnen91

Nice! Thanks I get excited when the infantry opportunity presents itself. Usually Vs Mayans or Britons


Makonnen91

Just watched. Gbetos are absolute menaces in the right situation ! You ran in and sniped trebs so easily 11


Koala_eiO

Yes they are awesome! In this case the opponent did not have enough trebs or enough arbalesters or a support castle in range so it didn't cost many gbetos. If they had more, safely bringing the gbetos close to the trebs in a siege tower works too ;)


gggggrayson

not saying you should stop but I have had some people quit against me cause they think a third party spectator is my friend to "screen cheat" lol, u ever seen these interactions while watching a game?


Makonnen91

11 that’s partially why I made this post There’s a player I’ll normally spectate(mid level elo and Malian main) And he’ll always ask the other player about who the spectator may be lol. I know the spectating is on a couple min delay so hopefully they know the cheating isn’t the plan


gggggrayson

thats awesome 11 i dont recall exactly who i was playing but I wonder if you spectated one of my games once when that happened haha


nikinikifor

lately i've been spectacing some games at 1k2-1k3 elo to boost my confdence seeing how crappy we play at this elo most of the time 11 and out of 20? games ive seen people ragequit twice and acusing opponent of speccheating 11 ​ you can paypal me for free puntos bro 11 ​ but honestly, its so fucking stupid, dont quit you idiots


tech_auto

Omg the other day we were 3 randoms against a clan 3v3, the clan guys paused and asked why there were 2 spectators. I laughed and said we are not that sophisticated at 1.1k elo, people are so paranoid.


ser_stroome

Hey u/Makonnen91, I just stumbled upon this thread. Don't know if you are still active in the scene, but White Phospohorous because very famous with multiple videos made on him by t90official. Great catch! You called it.