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alrighty then fellers i just installed tad from freaking gamestop online crap. now when i      i get on the game i click multiplayer and go to eso online, i type in my password and my username and then click on connect then all of a sudden nothing happens...... im like omfg ima kill gamestop ive tryed uninstalling it  and reinstalling it 3 times just to go over my data plan and not only getting pissed off but pissing off my dad when i still get same problem cant anyone help a poor angry little man.

The issue you are most likely running into here is a simple solution:

Just launch Age of Empires 3 without the expansions first, so that you run the game and it asks for your CD key.  Enter the one from gamestop and it will launch the game.  Then you can go ahead and sign into ESO or create an account.  In the future when you sign in with TAD it should function just fine.  The important thing is to get the provided CD key in with the core version before launching TAD.  

i just did that and sure enough im having the same problem i was able to get online with the first 2 because i already have those 2 installed from actuall cd's and the only product key its asked for was for nilla and the other 2 it just opened and was fine but it wont let me lauch to the asian dynasties online it just lets me press connect over and over again with no luck i dont know what to do .

If you installed two of them from CDs, but the 3rd from impulse that could easily be the issue.  Please install the game completely from Impulse.