Combatting Eurocentrism: Let's Play Victoria II outside of Europe!

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GSD: May 10, 2014; by Nyc_Tattoo

Clearly the spirit of the player is absorbed when the player nation is annexed. We must continue on as Portugal.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 00:47

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 02:39

Patter Song: Mar 26, 2010; Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man.; Fun Shoe

GSD posted:

Clearly the spirit of the player is absorbed when the player nation is annexed. We must continue on as Portugal.

That's...not a terrible idea, given that I really like how this world was turning out.

Vote:

A. New Zulu round, we keep doing this until we get it right.
B. GSD's proposal, take over Portugal. I have a save two weeks before annexation. This is maximum thread title irony option. Remember that, because we annexed the Oranje Vrijstaat just before we ourselves fell, Portugal has that land as well.
C. Do something else. Note that if C wins, who we play next is at my discretion.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 00:58

AdventFalls: Oct 17, 2012; When do we learn head explosions?

# ? Aug 13, 2014 00:58

Blackunknown: Oct 18, 2013

# ? Aug 13, 2014 00:59

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:01

GSD: May 10, 2014; by Nyc_Tattoo

Might as well vote B then, just to see a mega Prussia dominate Europe. Plus Portugal sounds like an interesting contrast to more 'normal' European starts.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:02

TheMcD: May 4, 2013; Monaca / Subject N 2024
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Despair will never let you down.
Malice will never disappoint you.

A. Let's just keep trying, eventually it'll have to work out.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:04

Akratic Method: Mar 9, 2013; It's going to pay off eventually--I'm sure of it.

Any day now.

I vote maximum irony: B

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:04

unwantedplatypus: Sep 6, 2012

Have you SEEN the thread title? A

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:05

Zeron: Oct 23, 2010

B. Because I've never seen AI Portugal make anything of themselves and it seems like they're in a really good position to do so if competently played.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:06

Dry Hump: Sep 14, 2013

Finally you can play Bolivia instead. :smug:

Edit: Also, C.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:06

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.

I think an LP with B as the gimmick would be really cool, but let's C where else history takes us in this LP.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:06

reignonyourparade: Nov 15, 2012

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:07

TheFlyingLlama: Jan 2, 2013; You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and be a llama?

B

Because this world is too interesting to give up on.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:09

AJ_Impy: Jun 17, 2007; SWORD OF SMATTAS. CAN YOU NOT HEAR A WORLD CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE? WHEN WILL YOU DELIVER IT?; Yam Slacker

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:21

Preid: May 22, 2014

I think you should give A another shot or two. Any chance you could salvage the world by using a previous save?

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:23

Friar John: Aug 3, 2007; Saint Francis be my speed! how oft to-night
Have my old feet stumbled at graves!

B, for maximum thread title irony.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:29

Akratic Method: Mar 9, 2013; It's going to pay off eventually--I'm sure of it.

Any day now.

If you do C, are you going to keep the world and take control of a new country, or scrap the world and start over (just not as Zulu)?

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:30

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:39

Agean90: Jun 28, 2008

A

Once more, with feeling!

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:46

ThatBasqueGuy: Feb 14, 2013; someone introduce jojo to lazyb

A

It's like Groundhog day, but with a lot more suffering.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:50

Phanos: Jul 24, 2006; So who made the sandwiches?

I'm going to go with B. Portugal is as about as challenging as some uncivs in regards to trying to keep it from becoming a puppet of another European power.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 01:51

Yaoi Gagarin: Feb 20, 2014

A. The show must go on (anew)!

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:00

Patter Song: Mar 26, 2010; Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man.; Fun Shoe

Akratic Method posted:

If you do C, are you going to keep the world and take control of a new country, or scrap the world and start over (just not as Zulu)?

The latter.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:00

Brony Hunter: Dec 27, 2012; Motherfucking Mannis

They'll bend the knee or I'll destroy them

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:06

Super Jay Mann: Nov 6, 2008

B and then afterwards retry the Zulu until they get it right.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:10

Ratoslov: Feb 15, 2012; Now prepare yourselves! You're the guests of honor at the Greatest Kung Fu Cannibal BBQ Ever!

A. We are going to establish the Great Zulu Empire!

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:16

HiHo ChiRho: Oct 23, 2010

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:18

Narahari: Apr 12, 2009

A That was a little short. I'd like to see it last a little longer before we do something else.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:25

ChrisAsmadi: Apr 19, 2007; :D

C seems interesting.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:28

kongurous: May 22, 2010

Do C

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:30

FredMSloniker: Jan 2, 2008; Why, yes, I do like Kirby games.

While A is probably the most interesting for the thread, I'd like to see side updates with the world of B. Would it be possible for you to take over some country that isn't going to be assimilated, but won't have much of an impact on world events, and just see what unfolds from that mess?

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:35

Dikkfor: Feb 4, 2010

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:38

TheMcD: May 4, 2013; Monaca / Subject N 2024
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Despair will never let you down.
Malice will never disappoint you.

FredMSloniker posted:

While A is probably the most interesting for the thread, I'd like to see side updates with the world of B. Would it be possible for you to take over some country that isn't going to be assimilated, but won't have much of an impact on world events, and just see what unfolds from that mess?

Load over to Haiti, release the Dominican Republic (to reduce your country to one province and make it easier to do nothing because less events), punch "debug fow" into the console so you can get a better look at things, and there you go. That's pretty much my standard setup for observer games, and it works pretty well.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:41

Lord Windy: Mar 26, 2010

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:48

Patter Song: Mar 26, 2010; Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war as is of every man against every man.; Fun Shoe

FredMSloniker posted:

While A is probably the most interesting for the thread, I'd like to see side updates with the world of B. Would it be possible for you to take over some country that isn't going to be assimilated, but won't have much of an impact on world events, and just see what unfolds from that mess?

I'd be willing to do that as long as the world remained interesting, but I'm concerned that it'd get confusing.

# ? Aug 13, 2014 02:49

Rockopolis: Dec 21, 2012; I MAKE FUN OF QUEER STORYGAMES BECAUSE I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH MY LIFE THAN MAKE OTHER PEOPLE CRY

I can't understand these kinds of games, and not getting it bugs me almost as much as me being weird