berryjon posted:I have finally caught up. Glad to hear you've been enjoying the LP. We still have a few planned campaigns in the pipeline (Red World will be the next one, and I still have at least Old World Blues and Red Flood on the shortlist), so we should be keeping going for a while yet.
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New video! OK, no, things are starting to get out of hand. Also, fighting in space is really weird. I think the fact I didn't really study up on mechanics in this mod is biting me in the rear end.
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Aug 13, 2021 18:02
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New video! We're running into some real problems, a lot surely self-inflicted, but I don't think there would have been a tutorial anyway that could've told me how to work this stuff.
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Aug 20, 2021 17:48
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That mod seems like a bad fit for the game. Sure, the idea about fighting a war like that is cool on paper, but Ibble was dealing with all the interesting narrative parts, while McD was left with the grind and slog of trying to, you know, fight a war that has so many extra things tacked on it doesn't seem fun.
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Aug 20, 2021 19:27
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See I didn't have that much fun with the narrative either because the mod is built in such a way that you can't really replicate the events of the anime.
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Aug 21, 2021 09:29
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it's a really cool idea for a mod that I'm convinced mostly exists because of how hard it is to play the gihren's greed games in english because frankly they do everything this mod does but better imo
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Aug 21, 2021 09:38
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The mod was... interesting? Like, I'm 95% sure there's some sort of mechanics I just wasn't getting that screwed me, either that or my complete confusion over the supply system. Well, no matter. Next mod will be my pick again, and I've got something that should work just like I intended it. It doesn't work like I intended it.
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 What's all this then? This is Red World, a mod with a quite simple premise: What if the Soviets won the Cold War? As such, in the year of 2010, the Soviets are on top of the world with the Warsaw Pact spanning most of Europe, and the USA collapsed and splintered into many different independent states. Anything else special? Not really. Red World is a pretty basic mod as far as mechanics are concerned, sticking pretty much entirely to vanilla and transplanting the research tree into the modern day pretty much unchanged, which is very handy. However, it has some very fun campaigns due to its premise. In this playthrough, we will be going through one of my favorite paths: John Foster's Union of American Soviet Socialist Republics. You'll see, things get fun on this path. 
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Aug 27, 2021 13:43
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TheMcD posted:Red World. The premise is excellent. Too bad the mod will not be updated anymore due to Kaiser1871 death...
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Aug 27, 2021 22:24
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Jesenjin posted:The premise is excellent. Too bad the mod will not be updated anymore due to Kaiser1871 death... Well, Kaiser obviously won't be updating it anymore, but that doesn't mean it's not being updated. There's a fan fork still under development, which is what we're using.
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TheMcD posted:Well, Kaiser obviously won't be updating it anymore, but that doesn't mean it's not being updated. There's a fan fork still under development, which is what we're using. Awesome. Thanks for the clarification.
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Aug 27, 2021 23:30
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Why is the sub-title of the Mod "The Orders of Texas"? when Texas appears as a mid-low power nation with nothing special to it?
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berryjon posted:Why is the sub-title of the Mod "The Orders of Texas"? when Texas appears as a mid-low power nation with nothing special to it? Well, for one, it seems to be customary for the "mod subtitle" to basically be a title for the latest update. For instance, the mod Red Flood, which most recently added content in the Middle East, currently has a subtitle of "Dance on the Euphrates". In this case, the title image comes from the submod we're using, which most recently added content for Texas, turning it from an actual low-power nation with nothing special to it to a potential unifier of America once the player manages to beat the American Republic during the Texan War between the two that is guaranteed to happen. I've done it, and in part, it can lead to some crazy poo poo with a path that leads to either Jim Jones or David Koresh taking over.
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Aug 29, 2021 09:39
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TheMcD posted:Well, for one, it seems to be customary for the "mod subtitle" to basically be a title for the latest update. Ah, thanks! *goes to read the old Victoria II LP about Texas*
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Aug 29, 2021 17:17
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New video! Things are starting to fall apart in the world, and indeed, we also have something to deal with ourselves.
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Sep 3, 2021 08:13
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New video! We really have things going out of hand now. Something happens that I feel should have never been allowed to happen, and I try to fix things.
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Sep 10, 2021 07:54
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Because all the political leaders are clear pastiches or parodies of real existing (though not exactly living, RIP McAfee) people, I can see why it would only make sense to use portraits of those people in this game. But I kinda miss the anime portraits (pony or otherwise) that really put a touch of lightheartedness on the previous runs. At any rate, this is a great LP and I just wanted to say that I'm still watching and enjoying the plot of these crazy mods.
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Sep 11, 2021 06:21
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TheMcD posted:We really have things going out of hand now. Something happens that I feel should have never been allowed to happen, and I try to fix things. But you mean that wasn't supposed to happen? But it was fun! and Hilarious!
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Sep 11, 2021 14:29
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New video! We move to reconquer the former United States and destroy America!
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Can you preemtively go to war with Mexico to regain what they hold of the former US, or do you have to wait until you take out the other two major powers first?
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berryjon posted:Can you preemtively go to war with Mexico to regain what they hold of the former US, or do you have to wait until you take out the other two major powers first? Technically, I could, but it's super not worth it, as Mexico is probably on par with one of the major reunifiers and has a bunch of crap terrain that an attacker will have to slug through for basically no gain. Also, when you reunify, you get a decision to demand that part back from Mexico and if you've built up your army, they usually accept.
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Sep 17, 2021 22:05
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New video! With only three real players left in the game, the wars are getting bigger for us now.
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Sep 24, 2021 19:01
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Blame Canada! Blame Canada! Only in this mod could such a thing happen. It was beautiful!
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Sep 25, 2021 00:03
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berryjon posted:Blame Canada! I'll tell you, I was genuinely loving considering just turning on player led peace conferences for this game. I thought "it's only a matter of time before the big brain 4D chess peace conference AI fucks us". But I figured it wouldn't be so bad, the US wars are very contained, after all. Hardly anyone ever gets involved in them and it's usually just a straight slugfest between the US remnants. And furthermore, this isn't egg on my face, it's victory yellow, and I will not hear opinions to the contrary.
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Sep 25, 2021 17:44
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New video! Only two real successor claimants left. Two enter, one will leave.
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Can the AI ever launch a proper naval invasion? Because when Ireland throws out the Ruskies multiple times, I think something's wrong.
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berryjon posted:Can the AI ever launch a proper naval invasion? Because when Ireland throws out the Ruskies multiple times, I think something's wrong. It's complicated. Basically, the AI can do naval landings if it's prepped for it or there's little resistance. So for instance, D-Day generally works in some way or another due to large numbers and the AI having the general idea of how specifically to do D-Day. And it can do stuff like invade small island nations that have little resistance, or far flung areas of larger empires that can't be well defended. Ireland is a very bad situation because it's a semi-decently sized nation and it has nowhere else to be, so it can put up great resistance against isolated landings while garrisoning all its ports. And the AI doesn't understand that taking the port is super loving important. So it generally spreads its invasions out a bit and doesn't focus fire the port hard enough, leading to it probably getting landings in the non-port provinces while failing to take the port, which then leads to those divisions getting hosed from lack of supply and getting annihilated.
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New video! Time to make absolutely clear that there will be no other claimants to the American mantle so that we can take it, and burn it.
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Oct 8, 2021 22:58
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Seeing large swathes of developed Canada roll over that quickly just shows off how Canada was never really intended to be defended. Seriously, a tank brigade rolling into Edmonton should not cause Grande Prairie, Fort MacMurry or Whitehorse to capitulate.
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New video! You know, I don't really like naval invasions. It seems I gently caress a lot of them up. Let's see if these work out.
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Oct 15, 2021 08:50
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I remember watching you guys get caught up in a game of 'whack-a-mole' in South America last time. Glad to see this is going better!
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berryjon posted:I remember watching you guys get caught up in a game of 'whack-a-mole' in South America last time. Glad to see this is going better! It helps when we're not simply guests in somebody else's country as volunteers and are thus safe from that host country capitulating.
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New video! Well, Brazil worked out, but alas, as happens so many times, another nation just becomes a major and throws a wrench in our plans. On to Buenos Aires we go, I suppose.
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New video! Finally, we've achieved our dream. The Soviet unification of America has finally happened. But... if we're the Soviets of "America", we're not done yet, are we...
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New video! Our crusade to bring the UASSR to its full potential continues ever southwards, and we begin implementing... some extremer methods. Also, I put a secondary plan into action.
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Nov 5, 2021 17:51
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I see you're not quite carpet nuking continents yet. Your restraint is appreciated. 
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Nov 6, 2021 18:18
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New video! In our quest to integrate South America, things get a bit out of hand. Oh well, nothing liberal nuclear weapon use can't solve.
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Nov 12, 2021 18:31
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TheMcD posted:In our quest to integrate South America, things get a bit out of hand. Oh well, nothing liberal nuclear weapon use can't solve. berryjon posted:I see you're not quite carpet nuking continents yet. Your restraint is appreciated. And your restraint is still appreciated!
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Nov 13, 2021 02:51
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New video! Just a few more bits and pieces to put the bow on this campaign. Let's get this done.
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You guys had so many subs, I don't think you needed Marines. You could have just lined all your subs up side to side from Florida and your invasion could have walked.
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