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10 Elephants Fit On A Boat 11 Archers Don't

This is a gaming meme based on an in-game screenshot from the real-time strategy game *Age of Empires 2*. The image shows 10 war elephants clustered on a grassy coastline next to a small wooden transport ship sitting in the adjacent blue water. Text overlay at the top reads '10 ELEPHANTS FIT ON A BOAT', and text at the bottom reads '11 ARCHERS DON'T'. The meme jokes about the bizarre, counterintuitive transport capacity mechanics in the game, where 10 large, heavy elephant units can fit on a single transport ship, but 11 small, light archer units cannot, a quirk many players find illogical and funny.
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10 ELEPHANTS FIT ON A BOAT
11 ARCHERS DON'T

Overview

This is a gaming meme based on an in-game screenshot from the real-time strategy game Age of Empires 2. The image shows 10 war elephants clustered on a grassy coastline next to a small wooden transport ship sitting in the adjacent blue water. Text overlay at the top reads '10 ELEPHANTS FIT ON A BOAT', and text at the bottom reads '11 ARCHERS DON'T'. The meme jokes about the bizarre, counterintuitive transport capacity mechanics in the game, where 10 large, heavy elephant units can fit on a single transport ship, but 11 small, light archer units cannot, a quirk many players find illogical and funny.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the Age of Empires 2 player community, and was posted on the user-generated content platform 9Gag with the original post title 'Prostagma'. It pokes fun at the illogical quirks of the game's transport unit population capacity system that many longtime players have encountered.

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