{"id":4050,"date":"2026-02-17T19:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/articles\/?p=4050"},"modified":"2026-02-17T19:43:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:43:35","slug":"aimlabs-x-msi-year-of-the-horse-duos-event-is-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/articles\/aimlabs\/aimlabs-x-msi-year-of-the-horse-duos-event-is-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Aimlabs x MSI: Year of the Horse Duos Event is now Live!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We just dropped <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aimlabs.com\/articles\/aimlabs\/introducing-aimlabs-first-ever-multiplayer-event-snowday-duos\/\">another Duos event<\/a><\/strong> but this time, it has matchmaking!<br><br>This means you can team up with a friend using a <strong>lobby code<\/strong> (just like the last multiplayer event), OR if you don&#8217;t have a duo ready, <strong>queue up solo<\/strong> and we&#8217;ll <strong>automatically pair you with another player<\/strong> who is looking to play. 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