Zuterjection Podcast #4 Return of the Smackdown

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Zuterjection Podcast #4 Return of the Smackdown

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Return of the Smackdown? Smackdown strikes back? A new Smackdown? You get the idea...

So as youā€™ve probably figured out, @Zutazuta and I recorded a podcast. We compete at naming US states/European Countries, talk about what we want from the future, and discuss useless politicians (not the controversial ones) (The AOE3 variety :lol:).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHDngYHF9nU

I also pitch my plans for Smackdown to Zuta which Iā€™ll summarize down below:

1) Smackdown Patch.
To stop things going stale like before, weā€™d like to use a custom patch where we can quickly introduce major changes to have fun with. Ordinary supremacy will of course remain a Smackdown stapleā€¦ but at least every other week weā€™d like to try a new ā€˜formatā€™. One week, players could start in the colonial age. Another week, settlers might train instantly! I imagine their being tons of good suggestions and no shortage of new decks & interesting strategies! Hereā€™s a few good ideas posted the other day by 91!

[spoiler=Smackdown Ideas]
91 wrote:
  • Rich home city: Like nomad, but with many more building wagons (factory, outpost, 3 TC wagons, fort, arsenal, saloon, barracks, stable, art foundry). Remember: some of these can't be built until age 2/3/4 so you need to defend them.
  • No mapmakers: Areas turn completely black when you have no direct LOS (even if you scouted previously) forcing you to remember more about the map yourself.
  • co-op 1: 1vs1, but each civ is controlled by 2 players
  • co-op 2: 2vs2 but let team member's control each others units/buildings
  • Politics: Boost *all* politicians like crazy (24 xbows to age2, 15 cav + 4 cannons to age 3 etc)
  • The king: Let the explorer (or another unit) be the king. If it dies, you lose.
  • Aggressive explorers: Nomad, but you can't build TC until 5 minute mark. Start with a small army squad. Gather treasures, careful not to lose the TC wagon.
  • no vils: Start with vils, but make them untrainable in TC.
  • disagreement: Start with TCs right next to your enemy (yes, you need to build your colony outside its range)
  • Silly home cities: All shipments arrive in the center of the map, same spot for both players
  • king of the hill: why not?
  • siege: One player attacks, one defends - then switch (needs some work for good balance or it ends up 1-1 all the time)
  • individualism: villagers slowly lose hp and dies if they stand close to each other. Forcing you to spread them out over the map.
  • China style: First to 200/200 population wins
[/spoiler]

Any permanent changes? Yes, Smackdown Patch will mirror ESOC Patch changes. Though, our ā€˜major changesā€™ will be reverted after each event/format! However, weā€™d also like to introduce a few permanent politicians changes to spruce up dead options. These types of changes in particular should inject more variety into Smackdown which should be exciting!

So this should explain something you may have noticed in the recent beta update:

EAGLEMUT wrote:- Added button for switching onto EP Smackdown version from Tools (works like another Beta channel with its own changes, more info on its purpose soonā„¢).
- Automatically create desktop shortcuts for launching Beta/Smackdown channel upon first use of the respective button from within EP Launcher.


Big shoutout to Eaglemut for putting in all this work and agreeing to indulge my silly ideas :flowers:

Over the next few weeks you can expect a few short videos from me and Mitoe discussing our changes on my YouTube channel. To be clear, this is not so much a ā€˜balance patchā€™. You can think of it as more of a ā€˜spice patchā€™. Our goal is to better express the options & possibilities available in the game which are currently held back by bad politicians & few other things.

2) Where will this be streamed?

Until recently, I was getting ready to power down my YouTube channel. But then AOE4 & a bunch of definitive editions got announced! I was so shocked. I never thought MS would do anything with AOE ever again. But here we are. I always told myself, if they make an AOE4 Iā€™d quit my job and throw all my weight behind a fulltime streaming career. I know this sounds dumb but it has come at possibly the most optimal point in my life. Iā€™m fresh out of uni and working in a bar. So I donā€™t really have any commitments or anything to lose. In fact, Iā€™ve spoken to a few other likeminded people (mostly AOE2 content creators) and weā€™re planning to get a house together in Manchester (UK). That way we keep costs down together and can do tons of awesome colab stuff. (Theyā€™re defiantly into AOE3 btw, just donā€™t play it like we do). (Colab stuff will mostly be good for AOE4 but Iā€™ll try and rope them into AOE3 too) I imagine I will inevitably end up playing some Age of Empires 2 as well.

So as you have probably guessed. Smackdown will be streamed on my own personal channel as itā€™s important for me to grow my own healthy channel rather than keeping it on the back burner. To begin with, all Smackdowns will be recorded off-air and published on YouTube using the new ā€˜premiereā€™ feature. Basically, every Sunday the video will stream LIVE and then afterwards it will be available like a normal YouTube video. To begin with I want to keep the audience all in one place to get the most out of the YouTube algorithm.

3) Patreon.
Iā€™m going to have a full-time income for a quite a while still, Iā€™ve not gone crazy! But as you can imagine, the end goal is to do content creation full time. I donā€™t expect that to happen overnight but I do want to start the beginnings of that and Patreon will be a good starting point. I donā€™t expect pledges. There will be no anticipation of donations of any kind. Smackdown will return regardless. But the option is there for anyone who wants to make my dumb dreams become a reality. Mitoe & I will be splitting everything 50/50.

SMACKDOWN PRIZE POOL
Whilst Iā€™m still working a job, I don't want to take the communities money. Any donations received on Patreon or otherwise will be used ENTIRELY to fund Smackdownā€™s prize pool. Iā€™ll also be putting some of the YouTube ad revenue towards this too. Ideally weā€™ll have evenly matched players on each week but Iā€™m also very open to the idea of winner stays on for the next week. My hope is that a consistent weekly prize pool will make finding players considerably easier (and make preparing for the weird formats more serious). At some point however (hopefully), Iā€™ll be able to leave my job and then Iā€™ll have to figure out how much money goes where.

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/interjection
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This is superb, great stuff!
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who is this zutazuta guy anyways??!?
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Challe wrote:who is this zutazuta guy anyways??!?

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Will watch this later tonight, thanks for all you do @Interjection.

Will Zuta be co-casting with you? Or has Mitoe stolen his spot?
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Good luck with your venture and I will disable ad-blocker once you start to post!
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Sounds amazing! I loved your content back when you were more active.
Although aoe3 politicians are still pretty controversial. Ever chose a tower and 200c instead of 500f?
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Congrats to Mr. and Mrs. Zutazuta
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Shoutout to @Zutazuta for remembering Czechoslovakia! #WPact #neverforget

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oh the good ol' days
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Just watched it, happy to hear Mitoe will be the new Zuta, they have similar casting styles so it works well.

When is the first smackdown scheduled @Interjection ?
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Very nice listening gents
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Anyway, nuancing isn't your forte, so I'll agree with you like I would with a 8 year old: violence is bad, don't do hard drugs and stay in school Benj98

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