Hexicero's 10x Shared & Parenquima's 10x 3x

Colonel Otto maintains a discord bot for sending lobby invites to the discord server.  Go to #game-invites and use the /lobby command followed by your aoe id (eg. aoe2de://0/123456789). Make sure you're sending the command to BottoBot as there are other bots that also use this command. 

CMDHigsby maintains a black list of players that some hosts may ban, depending on the frequency and severity of complaints that are reported in #troll-watch. It's generally perfectly acceptable to be a "noob", but noob plus zero communication often results in bans.  Other reasons people are commonly banned by hosts are toxic/rude behaviour and intentional quitting due to poor civ matchups. If you believe you have been unfairly blacklisted, post a message in the #troll-watch channel in the discord. 

In development.

Q: Do civ bonuses and techs stack if players go full random?

A: Yes they do. Many regular players, including the mod developers play full-random due to the increased possibilities you can get with stacked bonuses. Hexicero says he once got three Armenians on the same team, and has been chasing that high ever since. 

Q: Can I pick civ?

A: This is typically at the discretion of the lobby host, and the overwhelming majority of lobbies do not allow civ picking. If you join a lobby and notice that no one else has picked a civ, it's best to follow the crowd.