Guys, If my opinion means anything, I checked it out, this is a VERY good thing. I love it that I don't have to download the darn thing.

Parafait, you have a very good voice for this.

I really liked that.

Can't wait to see more, hope this gets big.

this is exactly what i was looking for!!lol

Very solid replay. Classic use of uhlans to harrass and cripple his economy. I hope to see some more involved replays in the future, hopefully on maps that aren't quite as predictable as Orinoco.

I especially like how you FRAPS'd the game while doing the commentary. It makes it more interesting in terms of making the comments be more naturally pertaining to your thought processes at the time.

So if I followed the replay right, your shipment sequence is:

2 wagons
9 crossbows/2 uhlan
3 wagons/2 uhlan
15% cavalry hps/2 uhlan

Is this accurate, or did I miss one?

Finally, I'm curious if you think the market upgrades you got (hunting dogs and gang saw) paid for themselves by the time the game ended. I never got a look at your final villager population, but given the brevity of the game, I'm doubtful you broke even. Of course, you can't predict how long a game will go, so I'm not exactly critical of your choice to plant a market early, but at the stage of the game you upgraded, you're looking at 5 minutes or more to see the payoff from market techs.

This sort of commentary is by far the most valuable kind. When someone is merely looking back on an earlier replay, they often can't remember why they did what they did or even exactly what happened, but when you provide a live report on the situation, it is very easy for players to understand your mindset and strategy as it unfolds.

This lets them learn to make similar (read: successful) decisions themselves!

Thanks Parfait, this is great!

Fantastic. If there was any doubt at all to who my favourite expert was, I think it's fair to say you just squashed it

It';s almost scary how fast you guys are.

Have you gone to game replays to show them? I think they would appreciate it.

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Very interesting and helpful. I watched the WC ones as well; loved it.

Great job, hope to see more, especially AoE ones!

Meh. I find Warcraft III to be terribly dull, and sadly the commented replays are no exception. While the heavy emphasis on creeping keeps you busy during the early game, that feature is offset by the town portal scroll, which turns every early skirmish into an indecisive clash of little import.

With easily accessible teleportation negating the efficacy of maneuver and a braindead economic model gutting the complexity of logistics, there's just not much strategy left in the game, and all that remains is a frantic micro fest, and to be honest, there are far more entertaining twitch games out there.

thats a bit harsh to be honest i though it was a great game and taught me loads and u can never be to good to not learn something new#

scorp

Not saying I like WC3 a lot, but I love watching movies while hearing commentary. It's so nice to hear people talk about tactics and explaining what they do. Since I recently started playing AoE, I would love to see some more strategies for them.

You rock Parfait ill second what Lord Patrick said. Hope to see more AOE video commentarys up soon.

i keep getting 'this video is currently unavaible'

how do i fix this?

great job, now i can finally watch vids of life games

Absolutely amazing, this tool should be used by anyone looking to play better. Great Commentating!

Look Forward to seeing more!

This was great. I'm really looking forward to your next videos.

nice

first replay i watched with commentary

sad that the quality of the replay is alot worse than if you watch ii in aoe

hope there is more of this comming and with other civs

Very good idea! Hope there is going to be more!!

(No offense you described well, but sometimes the american slang wasnt easy to understand for me :P)

You know what I find amazing? The way it responded to his commands as soon as he clicked it. It was like he was playing against the computer.

Exactly what I'm sure many of us have needed all along. You can watch a silent replay, but you don't know why they do what they do. With immediate narration, it's great, especially if they make mistakes and have to recover.

Bravo! Looking forward to a lot more!

Ok; this thing is freakin awesome.

Parfait is the best.

Hmm, for me, it got me back into the game, showing how to be controlled agressive, and giving an insight in how pro's think and deduce. Thumbs up!

Theres a new video on the same page about espionage!