Skydie Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 A great paradox in AoS.. When I started in 2012 the 'Golden Age' seemed to be 4.0 with 6.0 being the patch where 'everybody' left.. But now we have people claiming the 'Golden Age' was Winter 2012 (namely Afrikan's tournament). Don't want to ruin the rose tinted nostalgic moment but I seem to remember that tournament eneded in a huge shapstorm (with most of those responsible for it still causing trouble now - and still not actively playing the game). What do you guys think? IMHO best moment was in February/March 2012. Mostly because that is when my IRL friends still played this games and there were always 2+ IHs running in EU. This was a time before Nova/Darpa carrying and Vergil's bursting the whole team. There was a real differentiation in skill unlike now where we have Bronze players as tournament winners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSkittles Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Can you teach us all Gold player? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martY Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 It's all relative to me. The 'Golden Age' is whenever most of your friends were playing and you built memories outside of the game. Grass is always greener, but I haven't come across a fidey-caliber player yet and I've been back for over a year now. No disrespect to the current good players, it was just a more dynamic time with a larger playerbase, thus being the best meant more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Ironically, v6 is the best version since v3. v4 was worse, although it had some of the most skilled players. v5 was the dark age where everyone left and we had maar and vihron stupidly spamming ftw, ruining every game. Destroyer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZERATUL Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 A great paradox in AoS.. There was a real differentiation in skill unlike now where we have Bronze players as tournament winners. Like who is bronze and tourny winner lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxMrbackupxx Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 version 4.0 sotis. Golden age when all the most op players played and the game was at its most fun, no one really spoke about things being op because everything was op and it was just all a lot of fun. SayMyName 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAClock Posted December 27, 2014 Report Share Posted December 27, 2014 Early 6.0 wasn't bad right when cain, nova, and starscream all came out in a week. Morning people played with EU and later in the night NA played inhouses so there were inhouses going on all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yaldi Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 (edited) I liked early 6.0 taser ftw on every hero... Edit: and old school ihan... Edited December 28, 2014 by Yaldi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydie Posted December 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Old Ihan + Boros = salty tears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EterNity Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 The reason is simple. The people who said that 2012 was the golden age is because they joined/played during that time. There are probably less than 5 people that are currently playing AoS are from the 4.0 era. If they never played in 4.0 era, they never know what golden age was like so they assume the African tournament was the prime time which is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxMrbackupxx Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 ive played since 1.0-2.0 :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidChan Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 as soon as skydie log on to play.. it becomes the new golden age. OPReN and Maxwell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanedog Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 IMO 2.0 was the greatest version, not necessarily the golden age of play but the golden age of FUN for AOS. This is all in the eyes of the beholder or the grass being greener as martY said. Also, SC2 had a HUGE player base back then so the sheer numbers of players being exposed to SotIS was exponentially larger than the population AOS has to draw from. Just saying, there isn't really a fair way to compare the 'hype' of old vs new. I enjoy where this game has come from over the past 5 months with the new leadership and appreciate that 'OP' actually gets looked at in a timely fashion. I also appreciate the emphasis on new play mechanics with things like directional casting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryHootie Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 Ive played hero attack since it was 3.0 and I give up on it because it was confusing to learn #HA4ever but not HA3x flob that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanedog Posted December 28, 2014 Report Share Posted December 28, 2014 What does Hero attack have to do with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynhauzen Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 I loved all versions, but i loved v4 players more than others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaden Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Probably the only one, but I loved v5. Overcoming maar and viron was a challenge in and of itself. Also tanky aa ghost was fun. Oh and mile long drake lances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamantium Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 And Unix pressing R on a target and killing ANYTHING in 2 seconds? Alex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinGofDaBerG Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 (edited) The golden age of this game was 2 to 3 years ago, we had players who honestly just played the game, the community was one, yes there was rivalery between NA and EU but we were all the best of friends regardless. It was a time where the player base actually tried to optimize builds and players who could play all heroes regardless. And yes if we lost, which was rare because our synergy was so good, we lost as a team. It was a time where you could sit on mumbe and every person would come on and not troll but just play the game and have a good laugh. There was no negativity, the old EU wolf pack of ver 3 and earlier had left and taken there negativity with them and the game was in rebirth with everything new and exciting. The team of greats which were Poison Diipa Eesti SMN Me Corsa in our prime beat John plus 4 and constantly put Soed and his has beens away. It was a time when NA feared EU and could not beat us in anything, EU were running the tournaments and the admin and game developers were looking to EU for balance. I was community manager, I organised all inh's in EU and NA plus ran inh's for new players. It was a time when drafting for this game was developed by me and became the norm of inhs. The beginning of the end of the golden age as actually my tournament. There was actually a mass exodus with me included. It lingered for roughly 4 months later, where I can say the age of SLP began. I know most of this sounds favoured towards when I most likely enjoyed playing the game, but this is untrue. My favorite time of playing was actually version 4 and the magority of version 5. I loved how tychus was (even though he was stupidly OP) but if I can say that is why I enioyed the versions more, the game was faster, pretty much everything was OP so in a weird way u excepted the fact that u could be bursted down in a second (actually a team could lol, by that might cow) also a hero could win 1v5 if he was good enough. So ye the game at the point was kinda stupid, kinda like the earlier version in particular ver 3, but I could accept it because it was fun :) Hmmm wonder how long John plus 5 team will take to reply to this msg haha! Edited December 29, 2014 by JustSAfrican Diipadaapa and Climax 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanedog Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 You might say the nuances of the game have shifted from individual focused skill to team focused skill. Now a good player can't troll like they used to and composition and team meta matters much more. highdrater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinGofDaBerG Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Yip u are right, which for a Moba is the correct way to go.... doesnt mean however that previous versions werent stupidly fun :) I enjoyed being able to play zera in a pub, with my entire team leaving and with the leaver bonus, rape 5 of them as a team qnd win the game hahaha.... but meh thats the past, and thats why I say the golden age of his game was after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestPlayer Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 I log on the forum for the first time in a bit, see a thread titled "The Golden Age" and I pop in. I read through, not really thinking much of anything, and then I am subjected to The golden age of this game was 2 to 3 years ago, we had players who honestly just played the game, the community was one, yes there was rivalery between NA and EU but we were all the best of friends regardless. It was a time where the player base actually tried to optimize builds and players who could play all heroes regardless. And yes if we lost, which was rare because our synergy was so good, we lost as a team. It was a time where you could sit on mumbe and every person would come on and not troll but just play the game and have a good laugh. There was no negativity, the old EU wolf pack of ver 3 and earlier had left and taken there negativity with them and the game was in rebirth with everything new and exciting. The team of greats which were Poison Diipa Eesti SMN Me Corsa in our prime beat John plus 4 and constantly put Soed and his has beens away. It was a time when NA feared EU and could not beat us in anything, EU were running the tournaments and the admin and game developers were looking to EU for balance. I was community manager, I organised all inh's in EU and NA plus ran inh's for new players. It was a time when drafting for this game was developed by me and became the norm of inhs. The beginning of the end of the golden age as actually my tournament. There was actually a mass exodus with me included. It lingered for roughly 4 months later, where I can say the age of SLP began. I know most of this sounds favoured towards when I most likely enjoyed playing the game, but this is untrue. My favorite time of playing was actually version 4 and the magority of version 5. I loved how tychus was (even though he was stupidly OP) but if I can say that is why I enioyed the versions more, the game was faster, pretty much everything was OP so in a weird way u excepted the fact that u could be bursted down in a second (actually a team could lol, by that might cow) also a hero could win 1v5 if he was good enough. So ye the game at the point was kinda stupid, kinda like the earlier version in particular ver 3, but I could accept it because it was fun :) Hmmm wonder how long John plus 5 team will take to reply to this msg haha! OH MY GOD Have you been neglecting to take your pills again, African? "The team of greats which were Poison Diipa Eesti SMN Me Corsa in our prime beat John plus 4 and constantly put Soed and his has beens away" I don't even know what to say!!?????? ??????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinGofDaBerG Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 Ye bro! Poisen OP, carries the noobs in our team :))) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazySoldier Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) Most of Africans post is a myth. EU was always inferior. Edited December 30, 2014 by CrazySoldier Jaysi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diipadaapa Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 (edited) I log on the forum for the first time in a bit, see a thread titled "The Golden Age" and I pop in. I read through, not really thinking much of anything, and then I am subjected to OH MY GOD Have you been neglecting to take your pills again, African? "The team of greats which were Poison Diipa Eesti SMN Me Corsa in our prime beat John plus 4 and constantly put Soed and his has beens away" I don't even know what to say!!?????? ??????????????? rekt soed rekt.so soed where the flob are u right now? why no mumblerino or dotarino :D Edited December 30, 2014 by Diipadaapa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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