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Serpentis: May 31, 2011; Well, if I really HAVE to shoot you in the bollocks to shut you up, then I guess I'll need to, post-haste, for everyone else's sake.

gradenko_2000 posted:

Cross-post from the CK2 thread:

The Stranger from Afar? You don't say. :paradox:

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maev: Dec 6, 2010; Economically illiterate Tory Boy Bollocks brain.
Keep away from children

gradenko_2000 posted:

Cross-post from the CK2 thread:

Oh god that map :negative:

# ? Mar 26, 2014 11:57

Punished Chuck: Dec 27, 2010

maev posted:

Oh god that map

The rest of India looks good. They just had to kludge the Maldives and Sri Lanka a little bit to get them to fit within the map's boundaries.

e: well, more than a little in the Maldive's case.

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Antinumeric: Nov 27, 2010; BoxGiraffe

I still cannot get over the land bridge actually historically existing..

# ? Mar 26, 2014 17:12

Riso: Oct 11, 2008; by merry exmarx

Maybe you can help me with this. How do you put a CK2 mod on steam?

# ? Mar 26, 2014 18:52

NihilCredo: Jun 6, 2011; iram omni possibili modo preme:
plus una illa te diffamabit, quam multæ virtutes commendabunt

Riso posted:

Maybe you can help me with this. How do you put a CK2 mod on steam?

From in-game. Content -> Mod -> Manage -> Publish.

# ? Mar 26, 2014 19:14

Riso: Oct 11, 2008; by merry exmarx

Thanks that is good to know.

# ? Mar 26, 2014 20:43

Empress Theonora: Feb 19, 2001; She was a sword glinting in the depths of night, a lance of light piercing the darkness. There would be no mistakes this time.

So what's a good country to pick for learning the ropes in March of the Eagles? Is it better to just jump right in as France or Britain or something, or play one of the middle-tier great powers like Austria or Prussia or whatever?

# ? Mar 26, 2014 22:39

binge crotching: Apr 2, 2010

Rincewind posted:

So what's a good country to pick for learning the ropes in March of the Eagles? Is it better to just jump right in as France or Britain or something, or play one of the middle-tier great powers like Austria or Prussia or whatever?

I like Russia, because you have lots of soldiers, and Persia just south of you for practice.

# ? Mar 26, 2014 22:53

Emanuel Collective: Jan 16, 2008; by Smythe

Someone tell paradox there are swastikas in one of their games now

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A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

Emanuel Collective posted:

Someone tell paradox there are swastikas in one of their games now

It's the other way round, it's completely different.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 00:43

Fintilgin: Sep 29, 2004; Fintilgin sweeps!

Emanuel Collective posted:

Someone tell paradox there are swastikas in one of their games now

Countdown to first CKII - EUIV Aryan World Conquest.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 00:59

burnishedfume: Mar 8, 2011; You really are a louse...

Emanuel Collective posted:

Someone tell paradox there are swastikas in one of their games now

BRB, starting a game as an Indian king with a red swastika on a black background for a dynasty shield, conquering Germany in CK2 and eliminating all Germanic cultures in EUIV.

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Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

Sultan Floda Reltih "the Tolerant"

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GrossMurpel: Apr 8, 2011

A Buttery Pastry posted:

It's the other way round, it's completely different.

It actually isn't, just turned to be straight :ssh:

# ? Mar 27, 2014 03:23

A Buttery Pastry: Sep 4, 2011; Delicious and Informative!

GrossMurpel posted:

It actually isn't, just turned to be straight

Do NOT question the talking point.

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Riso: Oct 11, 2008; by merry exmarx

The rotation and direction doesn't matter!

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BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

Hello friends let's go on a trip to the Paradox forums!

quote:

Yeah what happened to the multi-ethnic country Czechoslovakia? Oh that's right, Poland, Hungary, and Germany all invaded and annexed their ethnic minorities. And later on Bohemia and Moravia asked to become a protectorate of Germany to stop Communism. Which makes sense, considering Bohemia was historically a part of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany).

quote:

No actually Britain and France started WW2. They made what would have been a quick regional victory for Germany over Poland into a World war by giving Poland a blank check and declaring war on Germany. When in reality Britain and France did not care two sh*** about Poland, what they really cared about was taking down the emerging power Germany. Germany did not have a "huge" army, and Hitler did not promise to "rule the world". Maybe you should crack open a book.

oh i see

quote:

Yeah, those "Brits" sure cared way more about the newly created nation of Poland and starting a world war than their German cousins and their empire. And BTW, more of Europe was allied/on the side of Germany than on the side of the allies. Thousands of Europeans volunteered to fight for Germany, you could say it was the first ever pan-European army.

hmm

quote:

The only nation that actually won/benefited from WW2 was America. WW2 destroyed all the European powers and opened the gateway for total "American" domination. A lot of Europe today even lives under the American puppet Government, the EU. Germany for example is still occupied with 50,000 American troops to this day. Also Japan.

ok bye

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Chump Farts: May 9, 2009; There is no Coordinator but Narduzzi, and Shilique is his Prophet.

BBJoey posted:

Hello friends let's go on a trip to the Paradox forums!

oh

oh i see

hmm

ok bye

Ahaha. CK2 and most of the earlier expansions are on sale on steam. People should get it because it is good.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 14:16

Pornographic Memory: Dec 17, 2008

Is the book he's recommending people "crack open" called Mein Kampf by chance? :v:

I mean, it's probably technically correct to say Hitler didn't promise to rule the world. He merely promised to conquer Eastern Europe, murder, starve, and drive out as much of the local populations as possible, and use the survivors as slave labor under their new German masters. I have no idea why anybody would want to pick on poor persecuted Germany for that.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 14:29

Darkrenown: Jul 18, 2012; please give me anything to talk about besides the fact that democrats are allowing millions of americans to be evicted from their homes

I would have expected any pro-Hitler WWII stuff to come up on the HoI4 forum, but either I have missed it or he is posting sub-optimally.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 14:48

Alchenar: Apr 9, 2008

Darkrenown posted:

I would have expected any pro-Hitler WWII stuff to come up on the HoI4 forum, but either I have missed it or he is posting sub-optimally.

You know which historical figure would be perfect to present the tutorial for HOI?

# ? Mar 27, 2014 15:01

Westminster System: Jul 4, 2009

Alchenar posted:

You know which historical figure would be perfect to present the tutorial for HOI?

A stalwart soviet officer, only when he proves that he's actually good at his job and teaching recruits, Stalin has him purged.

That or Hirohito cause why the hell not.

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The Narrator: Aug 11, 2011; bernie would have won

New soviet officer every tutorial chapter.

Either that or chamberlain, and the tutorial doesn't force you into choices. "Click the diplomacy tab. No, that's the research tab. Oh, alright then"

# ? Mar 27, 2014 15:24

Tuskin38: May 1, 2013; Have you seen these posts?
They're pretty popular on Reddit.

So I did a 867 to 1452 Hands off unmodded CK2.. And these have to be the nicest AI borders i've ever seen. I plopped it into EU4 with some slight modifications and doing hands off there.
Oh and that is Bulgaria in southern Iberia

# ? Mar 27, 2014 15:24

jsoh: Mar 24, 2007; O Muhammad, I seek your intercession with my Lord for the return of my eyesight

Pornographic Memory posted:

Is the book he's recommending people "crack open" called Mein Kampf by chance?

I mean, it's probably technically correct to say Hitler didn't promise to rule the world. He merely promised to conquer Eastern Europe, murder, starve, and drive out as much of the local populations as possible, and use the survivors as slave labor under their new German masters. I have no idea why anybody would want to pick on poor persecuted Germany for that.

Hitler didn't really think that up. Driving everyone out of central/eastern Europe who wouldn't be subjugated was German policy before ww1.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 15:26

Rejected Fate: Aug 5, 2011

Tuskin38 posted:

So I did a 867 to 1452 Hands off unmodded CK2.. And these have to be the nicest AI borders i've ever seen. I plopped it into EU4 with some slight modifications and doing hands off there.
Oh and that is Bulgaria in southern Iberia

drat. The amount of clean-up for that is really... minimal.

I can't wait for the hotfix so I can give the expansion a try. Are Zoroastrians easier to play now? I found the Karen start too hard, but with the eastward expansion they might be viable for me.

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Westminster System: Jul 4, 2009

The prospect of the Glorious Bulgarian Empire unifying Iberia and colonizing New Buglaria pleases me.

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Tuskin38: May 1, 2013; Have you seen these posts?
They're pretty popular on Reddit.

Here is a political map for most of Europe

Also the Ilkhante is Buddhist.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 15:38

jsoh: Mar 24, 2007; O Muhammad, I seek your intercession with my Lord for the return of my eyesight

Rejected Fate posted:

drat. The amount of clean-up for that is really... minimal.

I can't wait for the hotfix so I can give the expansion a try. Are Zoroastrians easier to play now? I found the Karen start too hard, but with the eastward expansion they might be viable for me.

Which bit needs a hotfix?

# ? Mar 27, 2014 15:54

Chump Farts: May 9, 2009; There is no Coordinator but Narduzzi, and Shilique is his Prophet.

How does one just let the game simulate and how long does it take to run all the way through?

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Kainser: Apr 27, 2010; O'er the sea from the north
there sails a ship
With the people of Hel
at the helm stands Loki
After the wolf
do wild men follow

Open the console and enter 'observe'. Have CK2 in windowed mode in the background and do something else for a while.

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Allyn: Sep 4, 2007; I love Charlie from Busted!

That's really cool. What religion/culture is Russia? Reformed Slavic/Suomenusko, or did they convert away before managing that? That independent, (probably-)non-Muslim Anatolia though :pwn:

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Agean90: Jun 28, 2008

Tuskin38 posted:

Here is a political map for most of Europe

What the gently caress bulgaria

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ArchangeI: Jul 15, 2010

Sure, Bohemia and Morovia asked to be protectorates, but Germany is still under horrible oppressive occupation by the brutal US Army :psyduck:

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gradenko_2000: Oct 5, 2010; HELL SERPENT; Lipstick Apathy

Kainser posted:

Open the console and enter 'observe'. Have CK2 in windowed mode in the background and do something else for a while.

"a while" may mean all night, like when I decided to run a game from the 867 AD Old Gods start date.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 18:02

LaSalsaVerde: Mar 3, 2013

gradenko_2000 posted:

"a while" may mean all night, like when I decided to run a game from the 867 AD Old Gods start date.

I just leave it on over night and let all of my steam friends that check my 'hours played' think that my rear end is surgically attached to my office chair.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 18:12

StashAugustine: Mar 24, 2013; Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

BBJoey posted:

Hello friends let's go on a trip to the Paradox forums!

oh

oh i see

hmm

ok bye

I didn't realize Pat Buchanan played Paradox games.

# ? Mar 27, 2014 19:13

Kavak: Aug 23, 2009

BBJoey posted:

Hello friends let's go on a trip to the Paradox forums!

oh

oh i see

hmm

ok bye

And now for what happens when people discuss putting the recent events in the Ukraine into a Darkest Hour mod!

quote:

You managed to call "revolution" what in reality is a putsch led by neo-nazi party Svoboda and the US.
Congratulations.

And we're off!

quote:

Ithron it is so ridiculous that you speak of propaganda yet you are the one who is controlled by it all the way. I don't know whether I should laugh or cry because what you point out here are lies and thus these people can knock you off with a single sentence. Why do you take so much time writing this bulls..t? Are you helping your masters? Are you creating a subpropaganda through videogames?

No?
Because it seems so.

Slava Latviji!

EDIT:

Stop lying through your teeth. We all know the only source you follow is the one of CNN and MSNBC. Surely not RussiaToday since you can't hold the truth.

This and the next quote are the same Slovakian nut I mentioned a month or two ago, he posts almost nowhere but the Modern Day Scenario thread.

quote:

"Putin's regime has no future?"

Do you mean Conservatism has no future? He's homophobic, as I am. Are you a homosexual? That would pretty much save us time why you feel hatred towards Putin.
Are you an immigrant? The same.
Have you been taught lies? The same.

What if you're all these combined?

You're going fully off-topic as I am and I suppose there'll be a clearance of these posts so keep going like a Swiss clock created by a chinese manufacturer.

Emphasis my own there.

quote:

quote:
Oh my god there are people here who are unironically calling Russia Today a source and actually claiming that a referendum with 123% turnout wasn't staged.
I didn't know people ate the Kremlin's poo poo propaganda for breakfeast.

I will admit, I LIKE RT too despite not being a Putinist. Because I don't like the foreign policy here either.

What the hell does that even mean?

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Agean90: Jun 28, 2008

Hilariously if you switch out a few words it reads like North Korean propaganda.

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