Paradox Games V: Oh baby! I love you so---*heart attack*

[Bralia]

New poll will end in precisely 14 days.

[Ifreann]

New poll will end in precisely 14 days.

A date of no particular significance.

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[Herargon]

New poll will end in precisely 14 days.

A date of no particular significance.

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Hey, that's not fair

A Diplomatic Insult!

My Liege,

Our rivals have sent us some diplomatic insults.

You've gained Casus Belli:

Diplomatic insult
'They are dishonorable scum'

[Ifreann]

A date of no particular significance.

>.>
<.<

Hey, that's not fair

A Diplomatic Insult!

My Liege,

Our rivals have sent us some diplomatic insults.

You've gained Casus Belli:

Diplomatic insult
'They are dishonorable scum'

...what?

[Ifreann]

Mod you some Stellaris.

[Bojikami]

I think I somehow managed to inherit a tyranny penalty from one of my viceroys. Which is total bullshit.

Tyranny is contagious. Should have worn protection.

[Bralia]

*presses the Declare War button on France, calling a much needed Austria in*
*Austria's 50+ troops immediately split up into nothing larger than 9k stacks and proceed to run around HRE territory doing dick all and getting stack-wiped whenever treading close to French territory*
*forced to go toe to toe with the combined French allied forces and lose, because elan and no back-up or distractions in sight*

I'm done playing Ironman. I had overwhelming numbers on my side. All of it thrown away because the AI on my side went to shit. I refuse to lose a war because of outright AI stupidity that is outside of my control.

*burns save game file*

[Bojikami]

*presses the Declare War button on France, calling a much needed Austria in*
*Austria's 50+ troops immediately split up into nothing larger than 9k stacks and proceed to run around HRE territory doing dick all and getting stack-wiped whenever treading close to French territory*
*forced to go toe to toe with the combined French allied forces and lose, because elan and no back-up or distractions in sight*

I'm done playing Ironman. I had overwhelming numbers on my side. All of it thrown away because the AI on my side went to shit. I refuse to lose a war because of outright AI stupidity that is outside of my control.

*burns save game file*

Yeah I tend to not play Ironman when playing EU4 largely for this reason.

Also, mods.

[Ruridova]

I vote for Eastern Europe. Lietuva stronk.

[Ifreann]

*presses the Declare War button on France, calling a much needed Austria in*
*Austria's 50+ troops immediately split up into nothing larger than 9k stacks and proceed to run around HRE territory doing dick all and getting stack-wiped whenever treading close to French territory*
*forced to go toe to toe with the combined French allied forces and lose, because elan and no back-up or distractions in sight*

I'm done playing Ironman. I had overwhelming numbers on my side. All of it thrown away because the AI on my side went to shit. I refuse to lose a war because of outright AI stupidity that is outside of my control.

*burns save game file*

Welcome to my life.

[Herargon]

Oooh, I'm suddenly wondering what will be the title if Stellaris has come out.

[Ifreann]

Oooh, I'm suddenly wondering what will be the title if Stellaris has come out.

This.

[Bralia]

Oooh, I'm suddenly wondering what will be the title if Stellaris has come out.

This.

Unfortunately, there's a character limit for the title. SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! doesn't fit.

[Roma Byzantina]

This.

Unfortunately, there's a character limit for the title. SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! doesn't fit.

01_STELLARIS_RELEASE
01_FORUM_TITLE
01_FRIENDSHIP_INCOMING
01_RESISTANCE_IMPOLITE

Definitely all caps here...

[Ifreann]

This.

Unfortunately, there's a character limit for the title. SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! doesn't fit.

forum
y u bias against space?
y?

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Unfortunately, there's a character limit for the title. SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! doesn't fit.

01_Stellaris_Release
01_Forum_Title
01_Friendship_Incoming
01_Resistance_Impolite

Not all caps, -1000 points.

[Roma Byzantina]

Unfortunately, there's a character limit for the title. SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE! doesn't fit.

forum
y u bias against space?
y?

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01_STELLARIS_RELEASE
01_FORUM_TITLE
01_FRIENDSHIP_INCOMING
01_RESISTANCE_IMPOLITE

Not all caps, -1000 points.

What are you talking about? They're all in caps.

[The Hobbesian Metaphysician]

Chapter 1: The Dwarf of Chesapeake.

Starting out as Wade Coldstone a minor patrician descended from one of the former presidents. Wade's specialty was in intrigue, and I worked my way into the Council. I remained as high spymaster, and admiral for two years before the Lord Proprietor died.

I using my influence, and wealth outwit his son, and became Lord Proprietor of Chesapeake. His son never forgave me, and it would lead to my characters early demise. While I picked apart at the Holy Columbian Confederacy in North Carolina (they were in a civil war) the evangelical duke of Southside took the opportunity to attack the High Court of the Potomac. The president was killed there, and emergency elections were held.

I entered as a candidate, and using my mercenary band under the command of an exiled lord from the Confederacy slaughtered the entire ruling family of south side except one girl. That girl was the betrothed of the son of the former lord proprietor. Outraged he began to plot silently with friends amongst the evangelicals. Due to my defense of the faithful the founding fathers, and the other gods with them anointed me as president with the majority of the votes.

Things were peaceful until my spymaster alerted me of a murder plot. I went into hiding, and deployed my mercenaries to keep an eye on on the suspect. Nevertheless Wade was cut down in his sleep.

President Wade Coldstone the Holy (2633-2674), and my murderer assumed the control of the republic. Through my eldest Brangwin I began plotting my revenge.

[The Huskar Social Union]

*presses the Declare War button on France, calling a much needed Austria in*
*Austria's 50+ troops immediately split up into nothing larger than 9k stacks and proceed to run around HRE territory doing dick all and getting stack-wiped whenever treading close to French territory*
*forced to go toe to toe with the combined French allied forces and lose, because elan and no back-up or distractions in sight*

I'm done playing Ironman. I had overwhelming numbers on my side. All of it thrown away because the AI on my side went to shit. I refuse to lose a war because of outright AI stupidity that is outside of my control.

*burns save game file*

[Benomia 3]

Became a Constitutional Monarchy, crushed the Taiping Rebellion. Took almost four years but I did it.

About seven million POPs died in the war, which I guess means twenty-eight million people, which is actually a lot less than IRL so I guess I did good.

That being said, the "Mandate of Heaven Restored!" event that fires after the rebellion ends absolutely murdered the idea of liberalism in China, which means it looks like I'm done with reforms for awhile.

However it's no matter, as I have passed every single Political Reform except the last reform in Voting Systems and Political Parties ('Proportional Representation' and 'Secret Ballots,' respectively) as well as maxing out Press Rights and Political Rights.

Also, the Junjichu Part (Conservative party in Qing) is State Capitalist, which means I am totally okay with remaining conservative until socialism debuts.

這裡是你無法理解
我怎麼能只
殺了人…

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Just do event 18090 to pass reforms. I mean, its just a game!

What do you mean seven million? If you mean soldiers, A. Only adult males who aren't too old can be soldiers so no times four this time for pop B. Its counting casualties, not deaths.

I love playing as China because well, China, but it crashes the economy so fast .

Qina? Do you mean ZhongGuo, the Middle Kingdom? Also, please stop writing in traditional Chinese. That script hurts me, please write in Simplified Chinese.

I got the seven million number because I had 104 million pops before the war and only 97 million after.

또한,이 스크립트를 선호?

Became a Constitutional Monarchy, crushed the Taiping Rebellion. Took almost four years but I did it.

About seven million POPs died in the war, which I guess means twenty-eight million people, which is actually a lot less than IRL so I guess I did good.

That being said, the "Mandate of Heaven Restored!" event that fires after the rebellion ends absolutely murdered the idea of liberalism in China, which means it looks like I'm done with reforms for awhile.

However it's no matter, as I have passed every single Political Reform except the last reform in Voting Systems and Political Parties ('Proportional Representation' and 'Secret Ballots,' respectively) as well as maxing out Press Rights and Political Rights.

Also, the Junjichu Part (Conservative party in Qing) is State Capitalist, which means I am totally okay with remaining conservative until socialism debuts.

這裡是你無法理解
我怎麼能只
殺了人…

Younger Brother of Jesus Christ that's a lot of dead people.

The IRL Taiping Rebellion killed up to seventy million people, so all things considered <30m isn't that bad.

Hilariously, although it did steal seven million of my POPs, that's only 7% of my total population.
By contrast, the Russian Civil War killed about 9%, and the American Civil War killed roughly 3%.

[Genivaria]

I have seen the CSA win the ACW and immediately abolish slavery while the USA kept slavery multiple times.

"Let's secede over slavery! Good, good, now, lets get rid of this 'peculiar' institution."

"Damn, they seceded because we were going to get rid of slavery. Idea! Let's keep slavery instead!"

Ah, Vic2, the only place where flip-flopping is normal.

Soooo you're saying the dev is secretly Mitt Romney?

[Genivaria]

Became a Constitutional Monarchy, crushed the Taiping Rebellion. Took almost four years but I did it.

About seven million POPs died in the war, which I guess means twenty-eight million people, which is actually a lot less than IRL so I guess I did good.

That being said, the "Mandate of Heaven Restored!" event that fires after the rebellion ends absolutely murdered the idea of liberalism in China, which means it looks like I'm done with reforms for awhile.

However it's no matter, as I have passed every single Political Reform except the last reform in Voting Systems and Political Parties ('Proportional Representation' and 'Secret Ballots,' respectively) as well as maxing out Press Rights and Political Rights.

Also, the Junjichu Part (Conservative party in Qing) is State Capitalist, which means I am totally okay with remaining conservative until socialism debuts.

這裡是你無法理解
我怎麼能只
殺了人…

Younger Brother of Jesus Christ that's a lot of dead people.

This accurately sums up human history.

[Benomia 3]

Culture changes slowly, geopolitical realities change in an instant. Stellaris starts in 2200. That's almost 200 years in the future. 200 years in the past, America was basically a democratic oligarchy,

It still kinda is.

the idea of an European Union was laughable,

China wasn't really Chinese.[/quote]


Don't talk to me or my empire ever again.

Pakistan? Ha, the idea of India was not even around!

This man would like to disagree with you.

While it took a very long time for the European concept of nationalism to reach Asia, the idea of "India" as a singular thing had been around for centuries. It was actually the Europeans who were slow on the uptake - they got it confused with Ethiopia up until the 1600s.

I am fine with Turkey because they're really odd, cultural from Central Asia, wants to join the EU, and religiously Sunni which is predominantly Arabic dominated.

Looks like you fell for the "turks are from central asia" meme.
Turkomans are from central asia, yes, but the Turkish have more in common with the Greeks and Arabs then they do with the ancient Turkomans from an ethnic standpoint.

If we're looking at geopolitical realities, than the EU should be a thing, not a Baltic Union or something like that.

#brexit

[Yymea]

Well, my Lithuania game has been going surprisingly well. I have enough moral authority and holy sites to reform the Romuva faith, but my Piety will take years to even get close to 650. I will conquer Moravia and maybe Germany in the meantime.

[U n i t y]

Culture changes slowly, geopolitical realities change in an instant. Stellaris starts in 2200. That's almost 200 years in the future. 200 years in the past, America was basically a democratic oligarchy, the idea of an European Union was laughable, Communism was not yet invented, and China wasn't really Chinese. Pakistan? Ha, the idea of India was not even around!

I am fine with Turkey because they're really odd, cultural from Central Asia, wants to join the EU, and religiously Sunni which is predominantly Arabic dominated.

If we're looking at geopolitical realities, than the EU should be a thing, not a Baltic Union or something like that.

Okay, but get rid of Congo. Do the Confederation of Sub- Saharan Africa or something. Congo is a small part of Sub- Saharan Africa. The Niger region and South Africa are also important.

Okay, idea. Japan- Korea- China. Culturally, linguistically, and geographically similar. India and Indo- China because fun. Malaysia, Indonesia with a few other nations.

Eh, true. Still, I'm happy with Central Asia bloc (in fact, probably might expand it, give it some of the old Soviet Central Asian states, to counteract that Russia has most of Eastern Europe). Kazakhstan's staying with the Russians though, Baikonur's important since we're talking about spaaaace.

Like I said, will probably remerge EU and focus on Germanic influences to counterbalance that Latin America has Hispanic/Romance roots that would be very similar if I focused on the France/Spain/Italy side of the equation.

Whether is the Confederation of the Congo, the Sub-Saharan Confederacy or *random clicking noises*, the point isn't the name but the concept of an African nation from which I can pull ideas for names and terminologies. We can at least agree on that, right?

Culturally speaking, yeah, it wouldn't be too terrible to smoosh China, Korea and Japan together, but still, I dunno. Indonesia/Malaysia/Singapore/Philippines could be put together culturally, but they don't seem to have as much 'oomph' as some of the other nation combos. A united ASEAN might work but that leaves India by itself, so... why not add them in the party as well? That's what I was thinking.

Never mind, missing nothing. Central Asian half be in my new "Islamic Caliphate" while half will be in Eurasia because sizable Russian minorities.

Ah, okay.

I agree. And don't mock the Pygmy race!

I still say that if you can predict geopolitical realities correctly 20 years from now, your a genius so 200 years from now, who knows? ASEAN+India might work but that bloc and the Eastern Asian bloc would be more powerful than any other bloc. Yes, they're mostly undeveloped right now but it only takes a few decades to fully develop and 200 years is 20 decades. But then again, space isn't all about pop so I guess not.

We could try doing an Islamic Caliphate of sorts with all Islam, European Union, Anglosphere, ASEAN+India, East Asia, Massive Eurasian bloc, Latin America, and Sub- Saharan Africa. Perfect, even number of super states.

[U n i t y]

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Just do event 18090 to pass reforms. I mean, its just a game!

What do you mean seven million? If you mean soldiers, A. Only adult males who aren't too old can be soldiers so no times four this time for pop B. Its counting casualties, not deaths.

I love playing as China because well, China, but it crashes the economy so fast .

Qina? Do you mean ZhongGuo, the Middle Kingdom? Also, please stop writing in traditional Chinese. That script hurts me, please write in Simplified Chinese.

I got the seven million number because I had 104 million pops before the war and only 97 million after.

또한,이 스크립트를 선호?

Younger Brother of Jesus Christ that's a lot of dead people.

The IRL Taiping Rebellion killed up to seventy million people, so all things considered <30m isn't that bad.

Hilariously, although it did steal seven million of my POPs, that's only 7% of my total population.
By contrast, the Russian Civil War killed about 9%, and the American Civil War killed roughly 3%.

Jesus, that's a lot of dead people.

And now you're just mocking me, don't you go speaking Korean to me !