Age of Empires II launched in 1999 with numbered chat taunts that let players send short audio clips during multiplayer matches. Typing 11 played this laugh, listed in taunt guides as the herb laugh, and it quickly became the standard way to tease rivals without typing a message. As gameplay clips, streams and meme edits spread online, the taunt moved beyond the game itself. It remains widely recognised among strategy players and is still used in Age of Empires II Definitive Edition matches today.