Sad news. Event was rumoured to be the second edition of Noble Apartment Cup by GL due to the similar timing of last time and Germany location. Wonder if we will get an official statement from the organisers at some point?

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Looks like we have some balance changes coming soon to naval battles. Already had quite a bit of some changes with the recent Chinese DLC civs, what next?

🚨 Are GL stepping away from AoE? 🚨 - No podcast for quite some time (confirmed to me there would be one mid October, maybe a farewell?) - Cancelled LAN in Germany pointed towards being NobleAC2 - Subscriptions have been now turned off for the podcast! Concerning… ?

Red Bull Wololo discord server has a new profile picture… 👀 Maybe another new venue on the horizon or returning to something else… Whats in store next?

Red Bull LONDON is coming! 🇬🇧 Early April 2026 Age 2 and Age 4 involved $250,000 prize Very small side point; we actually have a geographically accurate “Loch Ness” map now! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

An Age of Empires LAN event being at the Royal Albert Hall feels like a huge landmark moment. 🏟️ 3k capacity ✅ Highly prestigious venue 📅 6 months notice for viewers ✈️ Lots of airport options for international visitors It can be a huge success. Priced to sell please 🤞🏻

LY Cup around the corner in… offline LANs should be full of excitement, but feels like there is little of it in the “western” AoE folks. Stream times bad for EU and terrible for NA/SA (understandable). Crazy thing is, don’t have great idea how big the Chinese viewership is.

My last thoughts on this… If a well known community figure with a lot at stake is doing something like this, what else is going on? Seems like tip of the iceberg. Rough week for AoE.

Official comms from DS about Biry. Major points… - Biry finally admitted the wrong doing. - Apologised to T90/admins - Apology to community - Biry takes a “temporary step back” from DS - DS acknowledges Biry for his efforts in team so far