Prince of Macedon
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Prince of Macedon
A well-known RTW player, Prince of Macedon is the host of many popular RTW online tournaments. He is under the patronage of Haderand is famous in the community for his numerous commentary multiplayer battles on YouTube. As his name suggests, he most often plays as Macedon, playing games at low money levels. He does so because he believes that it keeps the game fair, and because in such a setup archers are still effective, unlike high money games.
He is viewed as a great strategist by parts of the Youtube community, although his reputation amongst competitive RTW players is mixed and some high level Medieval 2, Shogun 2 and Rome have criticised him for abuse of his fans. He claims to have been undefeated since 2009 though this is not confirmed. This one of the main reasons why there is a rather large numbers of critisisers and trolls on his channel. He has 96+ losses of his 800+ uploaded battlevideo´s, which is not common for the many multiplayergame youtubers. This makes his ´legend´ that more believable.
He also has another channel, ´xprinceofmacedonx´ in which he uploads vlogs; ´Adventures of the prince_of_macedon´ and shows his real face. In these video´s he often goes into the country for some non-game related content and more personal content for his viewers.
Personality
He sometimes use humor in his battles, sometimes saying “Bless You” when his archers sneeze and such, and can use bold tactics, such as ambushing units in attacks some would call suicidal, often coming out victorious.
His Troop selection
Royal Pikemen: A hoplite unit that has the same number of troops as phalangites (240 men). These Royal Pikemen are better protected than Silver shields or Bronze shields and Pharaoh's Guard. They provide a very solid anvil. Companion cavalry: Elite horsemen with good armor and a very good charge. These men excel at flank and rear attacks! With proper flanking companions and not all cavalry units selected at one single enemy unit head on these men are able to kill almost anything. Archers: Very cheap - they may lack the punch of the Cretan archers but they leave more room for upgrades. After all, it is the melee that decides the battle. They provide a great distraction that keeps enemy archers busy while attacking with melee troops.
Attack is best defense
Prince of Macedon is an aggressive player and this has several advantages: Forcing his opponent to respond to him and taking the initiative in a battle. Being able to make breakthroughs against his enemies strategically and then exploiting those breakthroughs before his enemy can strategically reassess his position The enemy player is more likely to isolate his own cavalry making it easier for Prince of Macedon or his allies in the enemy cavalry from all sides, causing mayhem in the enemy ranks.
Counter measures
These are the tactics that have been successfully used to defeat PoM in the past - his primary weakness is in his brash confidence in his traditional strategy's success. However, PoM is known to claim that any defeats he has suffered are due to - A: allowing his opponent to win directly or B: handicapping himself to the extent that not even "Alexander the Great himself" could win the battle.
As PoM prefers to play low-cost matches, focusing one's upgrades on specific units is often counterintuitive. Instead, an effective strategy is to purchase high-quality cavalry and spread one's upgrades thinly about one's pikemen and infantry. Through this, an offensive enemy's archers are easily either destroyed or forced into defensive formation - if the former is true, an aggressive player will himself often be forced to adopt a defensive strategy, and will thus be playing to his own army's weakness. This has lead to Prince of Macedon's defeat several times. His army's abilities are often based on 'keystones' - that is, a specific unit is often vital to the succesful execution of his own battle-plan. Therefore, if one can ascertain that a unit is playing a vital strategy in his plan, putting pressure on this unit with small skirmishes or, if the unit is intended to lure you into a trap, exploiting the absence of said unit from an aggressive player's army is often highly effective in forcing the game under your control. More specific advice is difficult to provide as an aggressive player's moves are often unpredictable and, with Prince's play style, this issue is often exacerbated by Prince's common "Daring movement" tactic. With this said, PrinceofMacedon, like any player, is not invincible.
