Finals against @juicy-shark in the AoE-steemleague 🎮

Introduction

After winning against @kodieamos in the semifinals I faced @juicy-shark in the finals of the first ever Age of Empires II tournament here on steemit, hosted by the @steemleague.

Let's come straight to the games

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Game 1 - Highlands

The first game was played on the map Highlands again - an open area with lots of wood and the possibility of rivers.
Like in the semifinals we had an river seperating our two basecamps. And since it did work out white well in the semifinals I decided to housewall the bridge again.

After securing the middle pathway I went into galleys and quickly conquered the river in the middle. This gave me map control and the ability to fish for food.

Since he put up two towers in the middle I decided to sneak villagers onto his side with a transport ship. After I landed I quickly built up a military base.

I produced some archers and killed many villagers. Just look at the many dead bodies.

In order to gain the final advantage needed for the win I went for a castle drop right next to his base. Unfortuantely my first try got stopped in the last second - just watch the percentage!!!

However I sent in some more vills and finally got it up. Immediately after completion, @juicy-shark called it "good game" and resigned the first game.

So like in the semifinals I went into game #2 with an 1-0 lead in my favor.

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Game 2 – Black Forest

The second game was again played on the map Black Forest - And sinced it worked out in all the games before, I went for the quickwall of the middle pathway straight again.

Unfortunately I was a little uncautious while hunting the boars again and lost a villagers to this mad pig. However, finally I got in the extra 350 free food.

Since it took me way too long to click up to Feudal Age, I already faced an enemy's tower when trying to gain the upper hand in the middle area.

Therefore, this didn't work out well and I lost the war at the front.

Luckily I had a Plan B. On the right there was a real thin wood seperating me from @juicy-shark. So I decided to send some woodworkers there and let them chop the natural wall.

After they had chopped down the few trees, I let them build a military base deep behind enemies lines.

Therefore I could distract him at the front with a few rams;

while attacking in behind with a castle drop and some petards + monks.

In the end, I managed to take down his back castle and even build a tower with a converted villager. This distracted him so much, that I was able to gain the upper hand at the front as well.Shortly before I was able to take down the front castle as well, @juicy-shar resigned.

So the match ended 2-0 in my favor - props for the hard fight @juicy-shark. This places me on top of the first ever played Age of Empires II tournament on steemit.

However I will of course not pay the prize money of 10 SBD to myself - Instead the many will be added to the prize pool of the second round, making it 20 SBD total:

The AoE Steemleague - Re-Round 2: The Goths (20SBD price money!)

Registration is open for a few more hours, so be sure to check it out!

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If you want to join the next round for yourself, be sure to visit the @steemleague.

Hope you enjoyed this little report! If you did, stay tuned for the next round!