This clip comes from Age of Empires II, the classic real-time strategy game released in 1999, where players could trigger numbered taunts during multiplayer matches. Taunt number fourteen, start the game already, was the impatient nudge sent when an opponent or teammate was taking too long to begin. As gameplay clips, streams and strategy memes spread online, the line travelled beyond the game itself and became shorthand for any long wait before the action starts. Strategy fans still recognise it instantly, which keeps it useful for edits about slow lobbies and delayed starts.
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The Age of Empires II taunt sound where a voice impatiently says start the game already, used in gaming videos and streams to hurry slow lobbies and friends.
The short clip captures the classic Age of Empires II multiplayer taunt, delivered in a dry, impatient tone that sounds like a player who has been waiting far too long for a match to begin. It is brief and punchy, with the emphasis landing firmly on the demand to get moving, which makes it instantly recognisable to strategy fans even without any game footage. Played over a loading screen, a slow lobby, or a friend taking forever to ready up, it turns mild frustration into a joke, signalling that everyone is ready except the one person holding everything up.
