Defining the AOE3 Timeframe Part 1: Start Date - YouTube
Check out the new youtube series that goes deep into the historical context about the game’s period. Huge topic of debate to establish when exactly we can pinpoint the game’s starting date.
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Do you know when part 2 will come out ??
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Unfortunately not, subscribe for more 
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Should be out in a week or two! It takes some time to put together.
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Brilliant to hear!! I really enjoyed the video and hope more content like this is created!!! 
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Thanks! I am aiming to get Part 2 out in a week or 2. This is just a fun thing for me to do after work, so progress is slow.
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Thanks for getting a post up for me while I was getting my forum’s account!
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Part 2 of the timeframe series is now up! With the Free-to-Play demo for Age of Empires 3 out, it’s a wonderful time to learn about the historical context to AOE3. I did WAY too much investigation into the origins of pith helmets for this one, so I hope people learn something new.
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ooo brilliant I’ll watch now, thanks!!!
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Hi all! My conclusion video on the AOE3 timeframe is out! A couple of shout outs to GideonAI and TheHoopThrower for their comments that pointed out omissions in earlier videos; I had a ton of fun digging into these and I’m really appreciative. Please let me know what you think, and I hope you enjoy and learn something new. If you want to skip to the actual conclusion, it’s at 14:25
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I just commented on the first video (I just bought Baldur’s Gate, I’ll watch these later) but I wanted to add my comment here because it’s important in the timeline sense.
It’s not deliberate by the devs and I’ve pointed it out as wrong, but here’s the comment.
If you want to get technical, a Lakota card - “Heyoka” - references the 1970’s, due to an unfortunate choice in art for the card. The card depicts a Sacred Clown from the Navajo-Pueblo people, in their characteristic black and white dress. This was done so the clown would be harder, if not impossible, to recognize, because the Diné cultures thought that, while being a clown was a great honor, it was a secret honor.
The Lakota had no such beliefs, and as such, had no such costuming for the Heyoka. Lakota and other northern prairie cultures utilized the Contrarian Clown as their main ensemble, easily identifiable through wearing their clothes backwards, riding their horse backwards, or just generally do everything backwards.
However, there is absolutely nothing connecting the distinctive black and white Diné Clowns with the northern prairie Contrarian Clowns… that is, until the 1970’s, during the hippie era, when the style suddenly spread, tagging along with various Native hippie groups to other Clown societies around the nation.(I have to note that my gramma is one of the best sources I can find for this - She recounts how she came north from the Diné back to her own Reservation, and that it was the first her elders at the time had seen said Clowns amongst the Lakota. Given she was also tripping on acid and other psychedelics, however, no promises on the accuracy, just a general 1970’s date.)
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It’s really cool to get your input on things like this! By the way, I’ve enjoyed reading your other threads concerning Lakota culture and representation.