Age of Empires II launched in 1999 with a numbered taunt system that let players send preset audio clips through chat during multiplayer matches. Typing 11 played the laugh, and it quickly became the community's default way to mock a blunder without typing a word. As the game lived on through expansions, HD and Definitive editions, and a busy streaming scene, the laugh survived every version. Today it appears in videos, soundboards, and Discord chats far beyond the game, used whenever someone wants a quick, smug laugh that every strategy fan understands.