It's a strategy game and he came up with a new strategy that wins... He is playing the game well and earned his ELO. Not all ability is on micro, awareness and balancing. Strategy is a huge part of the game, literally genre defining 😅.

I think these phosphoru games are fascinating. I am a fan of a game where careful planning and strategy can give you a leg up over raw talent.

10:19 I got a fever and the only prescription…is more phosphoru

man I love watching phosphoru's tactics grow and evolve truly an engineer of AOE

Having an instant army is such a boss move 🤣 Having the warning sound with it just makes it legendary.

A phosphoru imposter? Oh you mean an Imposteru

This was a really fun match to watch. It's nice to see Phosphoru is still messing with the 2k bracket with his wild strats. He thinks so far out of the box that he makes everyone else also think outside of the box. He's honestly great for the game.

Absolutely love the phosphoru strats, so exciting to see the mindgames

Ok I'm a sucker for engagement bait. What I love about this is while a lot of these strategies are with newer civs, he's doing a lot of things with civs/mechanics which have been around FOREVER in AoE2. And it's super interesting and the dude just keeps coming up with weird/wacky things.

10:08 I’m a fan of variety and anything that brings more variety.

Was just watching the game that Hera commenting on the game of The Viper vs Tarn1shed f1re. Interesting Hera's views on Phosphoru, see how Viper did the same strategy as Phosphoru.

Phosphoru is my hero. I was doing this sort of crap several years ago when I still played. I was never very good at the execution, but it was so fun to troll people on ~1k ELO with a donjon to the face.

I would like to point out that "got dam Carole Baskin" does have her big cat sanctuary in Florida so the chances of there being a snow leopard in the state are definitely greater than zero.

First Crusade: Each Town Center (up to 5) spawns a one-time group of 5 Serjeants; also increases resistance against conversion (effect identical to Faith).

That's the best thing I've seen all week. Incredible.

I love how wholesome and fulfilling T90's friendship with Red Phosphoru is developing. They chat back and forth about strategies and encourage one another to become better players :D GL HF, you guys!

Wooah that was a pristine use of that civ's unique tech! Great strategies like that definitely deserve their spot.

Absolutely love the phosphoru games, so cool to see the mindgames

he was floating tons of food. he could be on a 100+ vils while doing this and would be unstoppable what a g

Phosphoru games are always fun,literally definition of a legend :)

Keep the phosphoru games coming t90

I absolutely did not see that coming lmao.

Thanks for streaming in 4k! I'm so used to watching low resolution Age2 videos. This was a nice change.

As a player that has done things similar to this and believe in the Sicilians ever since they were released...I expect the crusade, I expected the farm bonus coming in when I saw him queue horse collar, but one singular thing I knew of and did not expect was the factoring of the conversion resistance from crusade. Perfect place for it and such a masterpiece. The man gives me confidence in this civ evermore. Thank you.

He's improving. Sooner or later he'll get to really be among the pros, it's just a matter of improving in another areas too. AoE premisse is to be a game of strategy, and he does have that.

Absolutely amazing. A Phosphoru game that wasn't, until it surprisingly was in the blink of an eye. The absolute best possible ending, serjeants, donjons, and all!

I've had a pretty bad week too :(

Yeah honestly guys like hoang and red phosphoru make the game interesting. Else its just meta arabia play everywhere. And that gets a little boring sometimes.

T90 you really lack the dedication

Man’s had 2k food and still refused to make vils 😂😂😭

First few minutes, I expected you to say "This player named Red Phosporu is me T90 in disguise! "

Awesome video, love to see my favorite civ have such a crazy strat. Hope you feel better.

Amazing strategy! Love watching this guy.

My very first (and so far only) ranked/vs game I got fast castle, castle dropped, with organ guns. I had fun, but haven't been game to do my next 9 games to take my place as a verified LeL

Tea-90 was a solid dad joke, haha. Cracked me up!

Hot dang, freaking incredible match and my respect for him just went through the roof! Yeah T90, loved this one!

Phos's strat had me giggling like a ticklish chubby kid. Watching those Donjons go up was such a power move!

Yessir i need to see that game with you and phosphoru

Is this still the latest upload? I’ve got withdrawals

"All it takes is my mere reputation, and even a win like this becomes trivial for Red Phosphoru. Your thoughts, everyone?" ~ Red Phosphoru, maybe

Hey T90, glad you are feeling better. Happy to see you are not pressuring yourself to return and not going too hard. Take it easy, we'll all be here when you are healthy.

I don't play but fascinated these days - Red Phos has the right attitude by trying to push the Mister Blue Skies. Darwin T90 join the party!

Phosphoru floating a bunch of food 30-31 minutes in. Could be making scouts and vils.

I love the fun strats both trying to play them and watching them

Haaa, great timing posting this! Loving Phosphoru

I like every video you post T90. As for the Phosporu saga, the ones I like more are those where his opponent adapts and overcomes his strats. Just a personal preference. Keep doing you bud.

Always love good theory crafting, even if I don’t always love to play against it 😆

1:00 That's the good thing about being sub 1k, i don't run into Red Phosphoru.

Love the Phosphoru games and the off-meta plays, as frustrating as it is to play against. I’m glad strategy is still worthwhile in an RTS. Keep them coming!

Phosphoru had to pause twice in dark age and early feudal to remember how to do a normal scout rush BO ^^

Typed out this super long comment about how this inspires me to play again, and even tho it was 5 in the morning I was gonna play ranked again how its been nearly 2 years since I played ranked and that I met some nice people in the discord that disapeard and that made me sad and then playing with SUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPLIES and his buddies; and how they were 1500++ elo and I'm only 500 they never got mad with me about sucking .... AND THEN MY INTERNET STARTED CUTTING IN AND OUT. ..Spent the last hour trying to figure it out,... and I have no friggin' clue whats going on. Connected again now, but in 30s or a minute, or 6 minutes it'll drop again ... *sigh*. Always something going on that stops me from playing any sort of game again. 11 Now its 6am, coming onto 6.30, and I probably wont play now because I've lost that feeling. 7

As someone who has enjoyed Age of Empires for a long time, I think my biggest issue with modern play as a weak player is that the margins are so thin that the large strategies are either more homogenous or just don't matter as much. It was a real problem when every game was a tower rush, but the additional scouting required when trush, fc, drush, men at arms, fast archers and scouts were all real strategies made it more enjoyable and easier to process for someone who doesn't care that much about the difference between 18 pop up and 19 pop up.

one of my favourite casted games for sure

Thanks for the upload

Thanks for the video even though you’re not feeling 100%! The occasional coughing is no big deal for me. Sick game.

Yeah the funny thing is that this execution was subpar since Phosphoru was floating way too much food, could've added vills and needed more gold income for sure. Like hot damned the Donjon drop was BRUTAL.

Love the phosphoru games. This one was amazing!

damn I loved that play

Playing against a weird strat feels different depending on context. On the ladder, it's infuriating because you're almost certainly not going to get a rematch. You get blindsided, you lose elo, you get mad. In a best of X series or in a league where you face the same person frequently, it's a lot more fun. You have the feeling of adapting to a strategy, rather than simply getting flattened by a mechanically better player.

I think the strat is amazing for the game. AoE2 is an old game, the fact the meta can still get shaken up at higher elos without the devs having to change stuff or add a new civ but just from player innovation is great. The game isn't just about APM and micro, larger strategy decisions are even more important, the Puddings and Phosphorus of the game bringing in new strategies encourages innovation for everyone instead of just focusing on micro and timing.

This is so great....

I see 'Phosphoru' in the title I instantly click! This guy is so crazy with these strats!

I love all in strategies!!!!

Engagemang baited: I watch the channel for you. Your takes your personality.

I am absolutely a fan of these fc strats existing and a fan of watching them and I would be interested to see them at a pro level and if they would hold up there. It feels like they go against everything we take for fundamentals to teach to the new players, but skipping vill production might be something that should be done significantly more than it is.

t90 you realy ladck the dedication here :D :D

Player named Mimosa not playing orange? 0/10 would not drink

1800 food... that's a lot of vills he could have made out of those 5 TCs...

Not producing vils with sooo much floating food

Imagine if Phosphoru had found Sicillians before they got nerfed like, 8 times in a row 11

I think that strategy is the most important part of the game I mean look at daut. He can’t hang in micro with many but can over strategize almost anyone. So I love it!

T90 you really lack the dedication for this hur hur

The first time I was able to beat 2 extreme AI was doing this exact strat of booming with walls with sicilians and dropping donjons in the AI's base. I love doing this strat

As a Ystinky YT watcher and not even an active AOE2 player (AOM forever :3), I watch EVERY Phosphoru video you put out...I watch most videos, but HEH/KMEM/LEL I often ignore, never this mad lad though. Phosphoru always makes it interesting and breaking the Meta is usually something good

Hoang squared...

I hate playing against FC lancers it's a similar mindgame in that mongols can kinda do anything in fuedal

This is why First Crusade should be a discount.

Regarding your engagement bait question - i like watching games that are off-meta. lel is fun, mindgames are fun. high end meta games are cool too, especially if they have players that are known for playing a certain style or if they are high end tournament games, but all the mindgamey and fun stuff is super nice as well.

Favorite player, hands down

T90: I'm sick at the moment, there's a bug going around the world right now. Me, stuck at home sick: What horrifying new plague have I contracted?!

Get well soon friend.

T90 you really lack the dedication hurr hurr

Love these new builds. Kind of like mma in sc2

Love to watch it, would hate to play against it lol

I love watching these, but I hate getting rushed

Can you make an organisation and add more regular content, love the content

what an awesome game

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs. - Pericles .... Didnt play against Phosphoru

Love phosphoru. My favourite player by far

I hate playing against tight builds, because I don't adapt well.

I di not play but very much enjoy watching and the ongoing story of Phosphoru is great. Has real underdog vibes using his strats to see success.

omg I love this player.

Holy crap I was not expecting 5 TCs 😮😮😮

When people get really into the meta game they get ornery about someone playing any different strategies. Let the guy play!

I am a simple man, i see phosphoru, i click it

Totally love that there is anti-meta stuff. 100 percent keep it up.

I'd probably prefer to play against phosphoru's normal strat compared to a scout rush, I'd probably prefer to put salt in my eyes than play against a scout rush, I'm really bad at defending scout rushes. I get spears out but I've not got the apm to micro them and wall up vills and keep efficiency somewhat reasonable all at the same time.

i absolutely LOVE this kind of cheesy play and the fact that viper has recently used it in a tournament makes it even better :)

I love watching weird strats but I don't play them myself. I never faced them either, but I wouldn't be angry at it, actually I would find it really interesting (win or lose). ~1300 elo.

T90 is Phosphoru's coach