AoE, meaning 'Age of Empires', a game published by Microsoft in the late nineties. The game revolved around the ancient civilisations of the world.

Area of Effect

In EverQuest 2 this is an attack or spell that upon casting affects the entire area around the caster within a certain radius.

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Apple of Enlightenment (an object in the video game Earthbound)

Age of Empires (Game series by Microsoft)

Area of Effect (self explanitory)

Short way of stating the video game "Age of Empires".

The crowded channel with a lot of history on Battle.net known for it's many names and history, which eventually split into both aoe and SDS (see "SDS")

The real and true meaning of "aoe" is Angel Of Eternity, a nickname givin to the creator of the channel.

Other rumors include Age Of Empires, and Annihalate, Obliterate, Erraticate (what the archons of the game Starcraft say when clicked multiple times).