Thread 2058525

t./gsg/ rose again, lads

This day in history:
>1411 – King Charles VI grants a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
>1615 – Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
>1913 – Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
>1916 – World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
>1920 – Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
>1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
>1989 – The Tiananmen Square protests and massacre are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 10,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).

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>>[V2] - Crimeamod
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>>Willy
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>>2049887

love how you guys still have the willy waggling pasta after all these years. sometimes ive been unable to find it (i show prospective love interests all my shitposts from 10+ years ago) so i come to this place and you always have it on hand

much love t.yohan/robbie/iphone tranny

Serbia Advances, NATO Stares
September 10, 2021

Serbian armored forces have entered Kosovo! In perhaps the first display of the new world post-American collapse, Serbia has ignored the presence of NATO ground-forces and launched an attack on Kosovo. In 1999, NATO established KFOR (Kosovo Force), following NATO's intervention to end the humanitarian crisis in Kosovo. Since 1999, NATO forces have existed in Kosovo to maintain the peace and protect it from Serbian excursion.

During General Wesley Clark's command of NATO from 1997 to 2000, an incident occurred at Pristina International Airport in the days following the Kosovo War. Russian forces had arrived in Kosovo and planned to take charge of the airport, despite plans for the airport to fall under KFOR's command. General Clark ordered the British KFOR commander, Mike Jackson, to block the Russians with military action. Jackson responded, "I'm not going to start the Third World War for you" and refused, causing consternation among the American NATO officers.

The Balkans have seen relative peace since the Kosovo War. That may change now the American troops have withdrawn from NATO and now fight in the fields of Illinois against each other.

what is the t for? trans?

>>2058533
SIlence bobo.

it unironically stands for trash
as in some guys got together and started an alternate /gsg/ in the /trash/ board
i don't know the finer details, i only know what /big/ showed me on a safari they took me on when we went there once

basically t.gsg is another group of fuckers that broke off from /gsg/ i think, similar to /big/ except no pedophiles seemed present in their numbers, and not nearly as unhinged
i caught whiff of an element of anxiety among them instead, that and possibly autism
neurotic bunch, moreso after /big/ bombed their personal website with child porn (a very lulzy day that was)

You all know so little. You're still in the cave.

i come to /gsg/ precisely not to think about such things. can you post maps instead?

i honestly don't care if i'm "still in the cave"
i'm not going to mindread you for your pathetic forum's actual history
but i'll be happy to spill distorted truths while you abstain from spoonfeeding

why is there a satellite death-raying germany

Is "bobo" originally a person named "bobo" whose particular retardation was notorious enough for "bobo" to become an adjective? I remember seeing liqqy2 MP screenshots years ago with players named "bobo", but I was never able to join any MP games myself to know if it was always the same guy. l
Unrelated, but iphone tranny's hands were fuckable/10. I miss the old days of /gsg/, even if I was more of a lurker.

i used to post on t.gsg years ago. it was actually a really cool place until this guy named xander from capetown started posting there. they actually had a irl meetup in germany (i didn't go) and afterwards a couple guys just stopped coming to the forum, who knows what happened but i took the hint and fucked off too

alright thanks

thread off to a pitiful start. if your psyche wants to split into so many fragments i recommend prayer

um, there are aars ongoing

perhaps we make it a 4ch risk thread and resolve our differences that way
i will play rome

i'll be back after physiotherapy

no no you'll need therapy after seeing me not before

im not stuck here with you. youre stuck here in me

dubs for unironically gay
69 9 for gay 69 sex

i didnt know risk had rome

you're rite risk with only three players would be a bit lame

i'm going to keep hitting refresh until i see crabs in space

alright back
oh, you were waiting for me to post shitlaris
tutorial is first thing on my list
can't be trying to become god-emperor with an ignorant brain
do you think it'd be interesting for me to post screenshots of the tutorial?
i personally... don't
oh and it's 3.14 that i'm playing, NOT 4.0
because i heard 4.0 is buggy and unoptimized as hell

nah just when you meet your neighbours and that give us a hoy, picard

no pressure anyway. wish i had a blob to post but some unfortunate personal considerations to care for

just thought i'd post a couple of ayy lmao visual treats while you wait

>marry at 21
what fucking country is raising the bar this high

rwanda

>>2058525 (OP)
>>2058525 (OP)
>>2058525 (OP)
this thread looks like a generic slop in the sea of other generic slop in the catalog
doesn't stand out at all unlike many of the previous threads

wonder how grandi would feel to learn that there's someone posting ai images of him

can't be an african country
the scum over there live fast and die young

look it up

crazy
and i thought usa was cucked

ai porn of grandi is technically viable as we speak
crazy timeline

>>2058917
>Nation of Hollywood
Hey, I did it last Sunday!
>>2058920
It's been YEARS. Give it a rest, holy fuck

it's only been a decade
i still remember it all like it was yesterday

i've reinstalled my wangblows about 77 times since then so i had lost all of my old gsg stash

maybe you should've done with that faggot did and moved to linux

post your installed packages, larping faggot

>released in 2020
thank god we got something much better (ck3)

>hoi3 tier province shapes
this one's actually a good thing

>>2058923
i thought this was the balkans WHAT THE FUCK

yay another shoe video

>>2058967
It's Balkans of the West

ok but is nobody going to make the proper /gsg/ thread?

does it matter you faggot
it even has a "this day in history"

whyd you call me a fag tho otter bro...

>listening rn W_W
https://youtu.be/wOf7VGWqncg?=SMxmDFrD4h6_MRlO

>>2058835
theyll do like a second tier of betrothal at 16 with functionality equivalent to marriage

>>2059128
tfw you will never die young

women look awful with straight hair
bring back curls

what an odd thing to say

how far back does b4k go again
i really would like to have a searchable archive of all grandis posts

France managed to survive the embarrassing war of the Eighth Coalition without losing any territory or making any terribly huge concessions. An alliance was concluded between Austia and France recognizing Prussia's dangers on the continent. Emperor Bonaparte was forced to restore a constitution and accept the title of King while deferring all real political power to a new republican "Union Liberale" which quickly passed insane reforms like universal weighted sufferage, legal trade unions, a free press, abolition and open borders.
As the period of demilitarization comes to an end King Bonaparte quickly arranged for the creation of a new royal army. Hopefully this new army will be able to restore the empire and exact revenge on the coalition members who defeated France earlier this decade.

not far

mp wheb

Oh shit I already fucked up the alliance with Austria

one last game before we bury it for good?

got distracted the the space/sci-fi-themed prog thrash and other youtube shittery and irl shittery
back to relearning shitlaris, keep patient

distracted* with the
me-thinks age is destroying my ability to grammar-check before i hit submit

So we tried to mobolize which brought us additional troops but there's no way we can defeat the Austrian / German alliance. I did not at all understand the implications of joining the Papal States in this war I 100% would have rather tayed with Austria.

>lightning mana
>diamond mana
>apple mana
>weird shape mana
>bricks mana
>schizo mana
>spiral mana
>microscope mana
>triangle mana
>plane-arrow mana
>person mana
>flag-person mana
>floaty mana
>ship mana
my first pdx game evarrrr now has possibly more mana types than dlcBLOATversalis4

are you talking about stellaris resources?
each one of those has like 2 uses, not that deep

i know
good thing i recognize more than half of them

what is polens problem

how are u asturisas?

released as subject from Kastilien

cheater

im fine thanks best regards asturias

yeehaw

>crab
feel like that was directed at me
can't be a coincidence

hes a crab

The Northern Exit
September 14, 2021

The first nation leaves NATO. Canada formally announced its intention to leave the military alliance that it had joined in 1949. The The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is a professional volunteer force, with active personnel numbers around 63,500 and reserve personnel around 22,500. Though small, Canada's wealth has meant that her military is armed with modern weaponry. Canada leaving NATO is another sign to Europe that she truly is alone.

oh no i have forgotten, to show the besieged Polen while the Danzig und Königsberg Reconquista

Steel from a Dying Empire
October 13, 2021

Twelve American destroyers and six submarines permanently join Nippon's Maritime Self-Defense Force, based out of Chugoku. The sale went through in the days following the outbreak hostilities in the Second American Civil War. The U.S. Naval Command, operating rogue, agreed to the sale to fund the rest of its command force. Approximately $150 billion for the eighteen ships. Given that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers cost around $2.2 billion to produce, the U.S. Naval Command considers the deal worthwhile, and Nippon considers it necessary given her isolation. As of 2020, Shina's naval fleet exceeded the U.S. in terms of outright size, with a battle force of over 370.

Importantly, the destroyers carry with them the Aegis combat system. Developed in the 1960s-70s, the Aegis is an American integrated naval weapons system, which uses computers and radars to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers hold one vertical launch missile system, one navy artillery gun, and two CIWS anti-air systems.

The newly-acquired ships boost Nippon's fleet capabilities by a significant amount. Whether it is enough to withstand a Shina invasion force, however, remains to be seen.

>>2059343
Does this mod actually have anything happen outside the US? Can the continental conflict spill into Mexico or Canada?

Oh yeah, a lot of shit happens. The 2nd ACW is just the beginning.

NAYRT but
>Can the continental conflict spill into Mexico
yeah Mexico collapses shortly after
>or Canada
no, the closest you get is being able to invade Canada and Mexico post CW
>does the mod have anything outside of the US?
10 years of content for Germany, France, Russia, China, and Japan, with 2 or 3 wars in Europe and 2 in Asia, and a couple of proxy wars in Africa

a combined German army began to invade France through the alsace region. King Bonaparte sued for peace and Austria generously agreed to withdraw it's forces in exchange for a demilitarized Papal States.

>>2058525 (OP)
I guess Napoleon got deposed and the new government is headed by some "Count of Paris" whatever that means

I keep fucking this shit up bros
I hit the "Violate Swiss Neutrality" button and now GB and Belgium attacked me :(

what the fuck

9th coalition bros...

OK we managed to placate the coaltion: Great Britain takes the Cape Coast, Prussia takes the Alsace Lorraine, and everyone else gets money meanwhile France is forced to disarm for another 5 years.
IDK why everyone hates me so much bros... Are they jealous?

France "violates Swiss neutrality" (whatever that means):OMG! It's the second coming of Napoleon 9th coalition bros! hurry!
Austria conquers Switzerland: Nobody bats an eye

why aren't you using national focuses?

because I only have 35 hours in this game
what is national focuses?

>static map of europe
>crippling badboy for taking haiti
victoria was always woke

I figured it out. Set some focus on producing more soldiers and making the people more supportive of the Count's regime

idlegame poster been dead quiet since fresh install v2 anon entered the building

LDP, expectedly, won the Nippon election. New focus tree is attached.

go for hugh grant admin reform

rumor is cirnomod new update drops soon

hell yeah brüder

I hope this new update fixes the broken difficulty settings and adds more nations to Africa

The First Treasure Fleet ist there, 2 more please

fixing the broken difficulty settings is beyond the scope of cirnomod and is the responsibility of hpmp

one of this niggas headset pads facing the wrong way

USA, what exactly are you trying to contain?
I've been demilitarized already!
Why do these assholes get to come extort me for money?

>>2059355
NAYRT - Not (the) Asshole You Replied To?

i found sol... now my crabs will know where to point their slimy alien cocks
the days of human freedom are heckin' numbered Ö!!!

getting the band (military) back together bros
I have an annexation CB on Algeria but I'm not gonna take it. Not until my Infamy goes way way down. Don't want to lose another decade because the powers of the world decide to unite in cucking France again
Good news I got an alliance with Austria again and I think they defeated Prussia in the brothers war, or maybe it ended in a white peace I'm not sure

flag for crab nation is cool. where are all the civs but?

humans are the only ftl nation other than myself
but the galaxy is loaded with pre-ftls
so they rise up later

i fuck yo mom in ftl speed faggot gottem

we go to greece. in greece we go to athens. in athens we go to otto street. otto street we go to #10. in #10 we order the #14 rice. we like a plain dish. we go upstairs. we eat our food. we're still hungry. we go downstairs. we order the #12 rice. we can handle a little spice. it's steaming hot. we can handle a little heat. we're on the stairs. we dont see a little guy in the way. we knock him down. we have fighters reflexes. boss reflexes. we cant help it. we dont trip. we got that dog in us. we eat good. we got all that size on him. we watch his head crack on the stairs. someone needs to call the ambulants. we get out our phone. we were still holding the Stir Fry Belly Pork & Chili with Rice. we watch it fall. it goes all on the mans face. we tune out negative energy like screaming noises. we still hear his last words complaining about fried fish bones and storing braised food. we dont know why.

1. what is the little mans name?
2. what does the little mans brother think the location's macaroni lacks a bit of?

georgia eu5 first run. learned the royalty there traced their line to david

>>2059493
Otto
Spice

>t./gsg/
preferred the original

LOCK. HIM. UP

if only thanefaggot COULD be locked up in a mental asylum
far away from a computer that has internet access

why is he called thane if he isnt indian

what does indian have to do with anything

still cant believe there are billions of people in south and south east asia and ive never heard of a single one

okay but thanefaggot lives in australia, making him possibly british-descent
and then there's this
>A thane is a historical title in Anglo-Saxon England and Scotland, referring to a noble rank or official. In Anglo-Saxon England, a thane was a free retainer of a lord, potentially resembling a feudal baron, holding lands and performing military service for the king.

pol pot, rich chigga, that dude that raped over 100 britishers

not sure how different i'd feel if i raped 100 british women instead of 100 tropical asian women

no dummy he only raped bri'ish men

oh okay
but still, doesn't it make you wonder?
you have to fuck the shit out of 100 women of one specific ethnicity
and then have your memory reset before you have to fuck another 100 of another ethnicity
do you think you'd come out of that feeling different?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dznvq2VaP_M
less than 2 minutes in and it sounds like one of us made this video

me specifically?
i think it goes down to language barrier, it will be a lot more eventful to say the least if they were speaking in my native language but i don't think i will feel much different honestly because generally speaking when something becomes a hobby, you will get used to it as if that's normal

according to wikipedia there are only 6 rapes how do you get 100

"empire size" is a really tough thing to keep under 100 for me
i am not at all a "tall" player in shitlaris, never was
i know there's some ascension perks to help me out in blobbing, but
my main question is how bad does it get if my empire size goes to, say, 120? or 150? or 200? what number do you think i should mark as the number that is the "okay your empire is fucking crippled, start over or stomach yourself collapsing like rome" number?

the penalties from going over empire size aren't that bad. it's .2% tech and tradition cost, 1 unity for government reform, and a few other minor penalties for espionage and council agendas per point of empire size. you can outscale the penalties pretty easily

https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/Empire#Empire_size

>reading through an archive of 2016 /gsg/
>someone posted a link to his steam account
>goes to his profile
>currently online
damn i wonder if he's still posting regularly

you made me check my steam account
i'm offline

>Empire#Empire_size
yea' i looked at that yesterday
there's a lot of potential modifiers in that to help me with empire size, but maybe half of them are a major time-sink to accomplish before i can fulfill my main roleplay goal (swallowing up all of the humans)
i guess the only final input i'm looking for is from someone who has experienced making their empire in stellaris 3.0 a ridiculously wide blob, in a galaxy generated to max size
down the road i'm considering demolishing some of my starbases, to help me build and sustain a 'chain-link' of systems spanning all the way to the "sol" system ( image in >>2059445 for reference ) and enslave them all completely without collapsing my empire in the process
i'm willing to do this and absolutely refuse to go the "gestalt consciousness/hivemind" path, i want to remain individualist

empire size basically doesnt matter, you get more value from planets than empire size increases costs. you can't really keep it low enough even with a dedicated build, it's just not worth it.
just dont spam colonies on low habitability since that shits up the empire size with basically no economy in return

ah,interesting
thanks for that input

no problem bud
happy gamin'

>>2059757
Very incoherent. He changes the subject every thirty seconds without rhyme or reason. Nothing new or radical either

he doesn't need to focus on only one subject at a time to then not go back to that same subject later on
all he needs is to spit all of his thoughts down and boom there's your video
i understood him pretty well: he's your average v2 zoomer on 4chinz that hates v3 because of gay war mechanics, gay commie and egalitarian bias, gay historical implausibilities like free migrating niggers, gay spontaneous resource supply/demands, gay negligence of bugs and gay retarded ui, among other things i can't remember him saying

marching

he's doing the weave like the don

why are there spear chucking brown people in poland

it's the polish spirit animal, you insensitive chud

they are not obeying the cross and marched on Berlin.

Brandenburgo

trump pirates his games

using conquistadors in the european theatre just feels wrong

just saw donny and elon are falling out
SAD!

proof or gtfo

it's in the telegram group

if Poland cannot calm down, you have to intervene.

>>2059917
Two raging egomaniacs, one an autistic junkie and the other a senile sex pest. It was never going to be a stable marriage. I wonder if Musk is finally going to confirm Trump's Epstein adventures or if he's just shitposting because he's butthurt.

>trump pirates his games
yes, as any billionaire would
pirates his 'game' (money) to offshore bank accounts

Southeast Fractured
November 21, 2021

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) formally voted to disband today. An organization covering ten nation-states, ASEAN aimed to promote economic and security cooperation among its members. Over 600 million people belonged within the borders of the organization.

Formed in 1961, ASEAN initially was motivated by the desire to contain communism. Its most recent member was Cambodia in 1999. The organization had free trade agreements with a number of Asian and Pacific nations, including Nippon. The fall of the organization signals another defeat for the world order and may allow Shina to step into the chaos.

The Maghreb Ignites
November 27, 2021

The Algerian-Moroccan War begins as Moroccan armored forces cross the border and enter Algeria.

Relations between Morocco and Algeria have been marred by several crises since their independence, particularly the 1963 Sand War, the Western Sahara War of 1975–1991, the closing of the Algeria–Morocco border in 1994, an ongoing disagreement over the political status of Western Sahara and the signing of the Israel–Morocco normalization agreement (as part of the Abraham Accords) in 2020.

In August 2021, Algeria formally severed ties with Morocco. With the collapse of America and a financial crisis and pandemic plaguing the world, tensions have reached the point of no return. Yet another war begins.

In other news, Serbia annexed Kosovo following its invasion. Within weeks, Montenegro has left NATO out of frustration with NATO's failure to protect Kosovo.

As can be seen on the map, Libya, under Saif Gaddafi, invaded and annexed Tunisia.

The Taliban broke the agreement with the Afghan government and invaded, seizing Kabul and the surrounding area within weeks.

The Atomwaffen Division seized Miami and had every U.N. peacekeeper executed on livestream. Blue helmets of Miami have become husks in the burned out of city of Miami, symbols of a world order that died with them.

or this?

jews should be augmented, enhanced humans to show they are indeed the perfect human specie

you posted two screenshots of the same thing at different places in the menu
did someone tie your balls into knots in the last 24 hrs?

>auth, spiritualist, xenoph.
woah, they're just like me!

where are the maps? lord lambert demands answers

hello?

hello

oh monamí

more like lord SLAMbert

what a garbage general

yeehaw

you're so tsundere anon-chan! kawaiiii

is it worth the savescum several billion times for only three provinces midgame ?

in eu5, online-at-all-times will be enforced for ironman. johan will hire me at ceo pay to survey a thousand monitors (think grossgermanium home theatre man/matrix architect) and to delete saves at will

/gsg/ posters will be exempted. t./gsg/ posters will _not_ be exempted

redit spaces intentional

229
Nice anon, are you going to stay as Swabia or form Germany?
231
I mean it all comes down to how you want to spend your time. Personally I think save-scumming is cheating but it's a SP game bro just play how you want

how are you possibly winning that war
- (tactical redit selah)
i really have only one desire which is to gain sea access and grab colonies

It's less bad than it looks, I have better army & navy quality and a lot of those troops are from CNs/in the New World.

not savescumming is voluntary retardation, there is no merit in waiting longer just to achieve the same end goal. it's like bragging about being a good goy and stopping at an intersection when the light is yellow and to wait for 3 minutes of red light

Whatever you say bro, like I said it's a SP game so play how you want

https://youtu.be/zaNKc93_WQs?t=130
see ya's at the amero psy-op cup

for me, it's annex [tag] if i'm losing a war :nods:

generalist mogs enoch inri and its not even close. lambert mogs both, and its obvious he has blackmail on johan

can't stop thinking about 1 Peter 2:9 (as i boot up victoria iii)

Imperator love is alive and well
no screenshot because I forgot to take one

I wish I were white....

pining after another mans skin colour is pretty gay ngl

>>2060235
quantity is a meme which falls off hard later and the ai is retarded
>>2060238
does castile own literally all of america? that is still a huge number of cn troops
how have they not won independence yet?

>>2060231
who are you kidding, /gsg/ posters ARE t./gsg/ posters

>>2060241
>>2060242
i agree with both
if this was a fight, you two would be at a draw

is this an automatic P.U or nah

333
Yeah but you'll have to fight Castille. Royal marry them when your guy gets on the throne and then immediately claim their throne and break the marriage. Just make sure not to ally them or you'll have to wait out the truce
281
Pretty much yeah, I'm cooking rn but when I'm done I'll post a screenshot of the new world

touched seagrass
how to into navy with one port pls sir

>trans /gsg/
>200 posts per 2 days

is that too low or too high?
can't tell
seems a little low
but then again some days are just anomalies like that one morning where two retards started talking about cheese for 15 posts

want to try out imperator rome, i heard there might be a community mod that basically keeps the game alive?

352
You can't really without taking more coast. If you just want that one port I would just invest all your naval forcelimit into lightships for trade power and just hide they navy during war. You could build a shipyard/drydock/impressment offices in that province and if you have an ally with a big coast you can use that to get some sailors for the ship maintenance while at sea

>>2060392
use the ask sailors for favours*

took verona and released dalmatia
claimed venice and its an easy war for it
perhaps will look to africa later

we're slowly getting there...
>annotation -> colony shit circled, heading for the future fifth colony

ship* lmao

sick
who's ruling the men
what is their fleshtone

>>2060386
Imperator Invictus. Haven't played it, but IR players usually recommend it.

point in the game when you start fiending to play stelaris instead

>that plc region
what a thane out

i exhaled in a pleasurable manner

all you need is emmentaler you pretentious snob

fuck off morty you're an angloid who wouldn't know good food if I shit it in your mouth. you have no dairy, no cheese, no wine. your people's gastronomy is a twisted mockery of nature's perfection given to us from the almighty LORD. you will never be a cook.
and btw emmentaler is the most bland shit ever, i am begging you to try something else

all you need is loooveee

a friend gifted me some circular turkish goat cheese once
jealous?

based fren

man this thread is so dead
i blame the retard who made the OP
>never let bro cook again

i think part of it is the community has accepted that the entire genre of grand strategy is about to be redefined by EU5 and there is little point in wasting our time wallowing in the meager products of the past. I think until EU5 is released we're all going without for a while.

this thread is in the top 3 of the past 20 threads

do i do another tuscany into sardinia-piedmont into two sicily run?

That doesn't make any sense.

tuscany raus moment

florence not tuscany.*

or wait, Venedig into Sardinien-Piedmont possible?

threre will be a point where either we (like many other) stop using /gsg/ or /gsg/ ceases to exist.

let that sink in.

the joke is that newfags are retarded

it's been dead because i've been silent/playing stellaris/doing irl shit
shitlaris post incoming...

>second pre-ftls reaching iron age
couldn't help notice their 'awareness' level rose recently
is that because i have a fucking observatory above their planet, or whuh'...
also, i refuse to let fungus serve as sex pets
onto the dinner plates of my offspring they will go
also
>human nations have a neighboring non-ftl?
did they go stupid and uplift someone? hnnnn...

>>2060462
a woman is, apparently, which sounds like a promising prospect of my victory over them
>Allied Noraniun Suns
space caterpillars at war with them
i might eat them too, or just throw them into the furnace
what do you think i should do with them? let's have a vote, if more than one person responds

The Pacific Pact: A Line Drawn in the Sea
February 17, 2022

Officials from Nippon, Australia, and Taiwan met in Tokio to sign a treaty that had been in the works since the days following the collapse of America. These three Pacific nations have entered into a military and economic alliance called the Pacific Defense Treaty Organization directly aimed at halting any future Shina advance in the region. The people in each respect nation, and several commentaries in SEA and East Asia, such as Chosen, have cheered this decision as potentially being able to stop future acts of aggression, or at least prevent the dominance of Shina in the Pacific.

The PTDO aims to do in Asia what NATO has done in Europe. In the early winter of the Cold War, Britain and France pleaded with the United States to provide for European defense. But the United States- then as now a reluctant multilateralist- joined only when it saw a way to contain Soviet expansion. In the ensuing decades, NATO laid the groundwork for European peace, prosperity, and security. The Asia-Pacific is, of course, far more diffuse-geographically, culturally, ethnically, politically, and otherwise- than Europe. But the basic deterrent principle at the heart of NATO is at the root of the PTDO.

During his first decade of leadership (2012-22), Xi Jinping’s actions have raised tensions with neighbors on several sides. In his first year as chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xi established an air defense identification zone (ADIZ) over Taiwan, deployed PLA naval vessels near islands claimed by Japan, and rejected a Philippine request to arbitrate a maritime dispute under international law. Shina has since reclaimed land and heavily militarized islands in the South China Sea, placed an oil rig within Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone, and practiced an invasion of Taiwan. The PTDO, ultimately, is hoped to serve as a deterrent against Shina.

yeehaw

Moscow Without Its Shadow
February 25, 2022

Vladimir Putin is dead, dying of complications stemming from COVID-19. Born in 1952, Putin worked as a KGB foreign intelligence officer for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel, before he began his political career in 1991. Within five years, he had moved to Moscow to join Boris Yeltsin's administration in 1996. Yeltsin, an infamous drunk, eventually resigned, and Putin became acting president in 1999.

The year Putin became acting president was also the year of several scandals in Russia. In September 1999, a series of explosions hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk, killing more than 300, injuring more than 1,000, and spreading a wave of fear across the country. The bombings have been linked to Putin's KGB, and strong evidence exists that he orchestrated the attack. The bombings, coupled with the invasion of Dagestan, culminated in the Second Chechen War, during which Putin authorized the use of thermobaric bombs on Chechen civilians.

Putin, who once considered joining Russia with NATO, has in recent years led the country down a path of authoritarianism and anti-globalism, anti-Westernism, and anti-democratism. From 2008 to 2012, he served as prime minister under Dmitry Medvedev. During this period, the United States under President Barack Obama famously tried to "reset relations" and work with Medvedev, bypassing Putin. The tactic failed, with it becoming apparent in 2012 when Putin returned to the presidency in an election marked by fraud and protests. Over the past decade, Putin has consolidated his power and killed or jailed his rivals. The world awaits who will succeed him in power.

The Iconoclast controversy is over. Iconoclasts won! Will they prove effective against the Mohammedan threat?

iconoclasm is a stupid concept

who replaces putin ?

do you intend to fight any wars or is tfr more of a v3 type o game

An election is held on who replaces Putin. Right now there are three possible options, which make for three somewhat different playthroughs. Lots of wars happen in TFR, but it takes awhile to pop off. There are options of sending volunteer forces to fight in the various civil wars around the world, but Article 9 for Japan arguably restricts that.

Prigozhin was recently added as a leader of Russia, who has a fairly extensive focus tree. And you can also play as Strelkov/Igor Girkin (though he has a small focus tree).

>no resurrect the bogdanovs NF
psht...

>eu4 uninstalled
>stelaris installed
>Frasier on in 20 mins
God is good fellas

>>2060910
>iconoclasm is a stupid concept
I know but it still convinced the heir to the Abbasid Caliphate, who happens to be a good friend of mine, to convert to Christianity.

Hell Yeah

Red Star Rising: Serbia Falls to the Socialists
March 13, 2022

Socialists have seized control of Serbia following Serbia's successful invasion of Kosovo. Both the EU and NATO have been silent as to this unraveling situation, but observers speculate that Aleksander Vulin's seizure of the country will likely further destabilize the Balkans.

While the political situation still is unknown in Russia, whoever emerges on top likely will see Serbia as an ally. The 2013 Strategic Partnership Declaration between Serbia and Russia strengthened political ties between the nations, with approximately seventy bilateral treaties covering trade, energy, military, and cultural cooperation existing. Serbia is firmly within Russia's sphere in the Balkans, and has been centuries.

From Sirte to the Atlantic: Gaddafi’s Legacy Renewed
March 14, 2022

In other global news, Saif Gaddafi has successfully consolidated most of North Africa, following his invasions of Tunisia, Algeria, and then Morocco. Gaddafi has named this new nation the Jamahiriya after his father's writings. In 1977, Gaddafi's father, Muammar Gaddafi, formed the Jamahiriya that lasted until his overthrow in 2011. It is unclear how exactly Saf Gaddafi will rule, but by all accounts his regime is expected to continue his father's doctrine. The defeat of three internationally-backed governments spells further embarrassment for Western forces.

Cape to Chaos
March 23, 2022

Another war has broken out on the African continent--South Africa has fallen into civil war, with five competing factions. In recent years, South Africa has aligned with Russia and China by joining BRICS, so the civil war is not necessarily in their favor unlike so many other wars that have occurred in recent years.

First, the Cape Emergency Government, led by General Charles Laubscher of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). West political operatives secretly hope that the military under General Laubscher takes command, as he has a demonstrated pro-Western stance, which is a shrinking position in modern day South Africa.

Second, the Republic of South Africa, led by Cyril Ramaphosa of the ANC. As the head of ANC, Ramaphosa controls the forces of the internationally-backed Republic of South Africa. He also happens to be the owner of McDonald's South Africa.

Third, the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, led by Steyn von Ronge. The AWB is an Afrikaner nationalist, white supremacist, and neo-Nazi political party in South Africa founded in 1973. Its previous leader, Terre'Blanche, was murdered by an employee on his farm.

Fourth, the Economic Freedom Fighters, led by Julius Malema. The EFF is a communist political party known for the red berets and military-style outfits worn by its members

Fifth, the Zulu Kingdom, led by Misuzulu Zulu. Zulu recently was appointed as king of the Zulu nation in May 2021. Misuzulu is the second-son of former King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu. Now the Zulu Kingdom makes a play for independence from South Africa.

>South America
I said I would show New World, North America incoming

bunch of AARnon wannabes.

>>2060971
Lets go AWB!

couldn't get dlc files for stely
can't the bandwidth to redownloaded pirate copy

EU5 - the only game where you get to see the final boss in his small version.

>999
pretty easy mutiple choice question that one

<--
yoies

>>2061012
Is globohomo version of Earth really op? I never played this game for a longer time.

>>2057783
>>2058289
>>2058387
>>2058774
>>2059219
>>2059445
>>2060448
>>2060712
>>2060724
>invaded hivemind pre-ftl nation
>genocided everyone
such is life
>humans conquered space caterpillars
>space caterpillars rebelled again
>i'm too far away to comfortably do anything
>colony management is less intuitive than 7.5 years ago
damn i need sleep

WE HAVE THE DEEPTECH

rome when

Soon, I used one of the Mamluk missions to move the capital to Constantinople which I had cc'd to Tuscan culture. I'm just going to grab the mission that gives perma-claims over Persia and then flip culture to form Italy. After that it's smooth sailing to Roma Æterna (sic). Fucking up my trade companies really nuked my income thoughbeit

The liberation of Assyria has led to a complete meltdown in the Abbasid Caliphate. It just exploded into hundreds of smaller emirates. Meanwhile the Shia Caliphate on the shores of Carthage stepped in to consolidate Africa. But do the Mohammedans even stand a chance against the seemingly unstoppable and zealous Iconoclast Eastern Rome? Stay tuned.

>>2061048
Assyrians are cool. First time I see Abbasids collapsing like that

what a progressive religion

Arab colonialism :)

European colonialism :O

this is eu5? lmaoaoao i wont even pirate that pozzed gayass crap

you should really support the independence of america there is no way castile is large enough to maintain that
it would make the next wars much faster and easier

Islamic Golden Age? never heard of it

islamic golden age in the 14th century?

I don't see the part where it suggests it's still happening at the time the game is set

>finally destroys the ever-hated Rum
>collapses what's left of Mongols
>colonizes Indonesia
It kinda of was

buddhism spread chinese civilization and christianity was a core competent in the continent that was shooting past everyone else at this time but that doesn't make its way into their descriptions

what cultural, scientific, and political advancements did Christianity foster before 1337

Italian renaissance is just getting started at this time.

>>2061103
If you go by any standard that highlights "Islamic" contributions to science, you should also do the same with Christianity.
A lot of science was developed through trying to do mental gymnastics to fit together ancient Greek discoveries and Christian doctrine.

crop rotation, strongest ship design, best armor tech, greek fire, early bank

st aquinas, st augustine, justinian code, early optics, gothic cathedrals, haghia sophia, most advanced metallurgy and minting (venetian ducat)

>Christianity made advances too!
>what did Christianity do on its own
>well, have you considered what Greek pagans did?

al-Khwarezmi wasn't relying on modifying ancient knowledge to fit Islam lmao

that...is exactly what he did?

the first step to solving a linear equation is to pray five times a day to Allah

>>2061110
Al-Khwarizmi was working off of Ptolemy and building on top of him.
That's, of course, not all he did and that's not the zinger here. The issue you run into when you just sideline the line of thought. Were his discoveries Islamic or mathematical? Why doesn't that consideration come into play with European scholars associated with Christian universities?

muhammad > allah the one eyed faggot
also goat fucker faggot running away because he can't prove his fake and gay golden age was better than pre 1337 of the west

The dissemination of the Abrahamic religions, and in particular the Roman conversion to Christianity, is the greatest setback the world ever faced. We would be much better off if Julian won

we would be better off if the romans didn't try to bring roads and proto-globohomo to the european white pagans

>St Augustine
>advancement
Incredibly debatable at best.

St Augustine deduced that Australia was unliveable because people would fall off.

Robert Grosseteste was just some monk, the use of mathematics and replicable experimentation to form conclusions is hogwash and philosophical wanking without real application

blah blah blah blah blah....

what is it that one feature you want the most in a gsg (it must be your original idea)

>>2061153
Every single unit that dies has real soul attached to it. You still see a -1.5k, but that's 1 500 souls going to Hell.

each province has accurate building count like in the cities skylines with their cute business names

Countdown to Revision: Nippon Rearms
April 13, 2022

Following the creation of the Pacific Defense Treaty Organization (PTDO), Nippon lawmakers began to focus on revising Article 9. As discussed previously, Article 9 is the codification of pacifism in Nippon. It renounces war as a sovereign right of the nation and prohibits the maintenance of armed forces or other war potential. There is, however, much left interpretation, and over the past several decades Article 9 has been interpreted to permit the creation of the Self-Defense Forces, permit in limited circumstances the deployment of peacekeepers, and so forth. Each time, the pacifists protest. But, the pacifists lost the election.

Now it is time to carry out what Shinzo Abe set out to accomplish--revising Article 9 and expanding the Nippon military. The question, however, is it too late? Shina activity has been on the rise. Their air and sea intrusions into Taiwan airspace and seaspace occur daily. WeChat is flooded with commentary from pro-nationalists calling for the invasion of Taiwan. The drums of war beat louder.

Nippon's leaders feel the clock is ticking. Diplomats still speak of peace, but in Beijing, the tone has shifted--less diplomatic, more defiant. Something is coming. Whether Nippon can rearm in time, or if Article 9 will stand as a tombstone over a fallen state, remains to be seen.

The Third Siege of New York
April 15, 2022

The Patriot Front has entered New York City.

For weeks, helicopters circled above Manhattan, broadcasting messages from the provisional government: "Hold the line. Help is coming." But help never came.

Cut off from the mainland by naval blockades and scorched bridges, New York stands alone. Now Thomas Rousseau's masked legions--flag-draped, booted, disciplined--march through the outer boroughs. Their ideology, a distinctly American strain of fascism, preaches tradition, hierarchy, and selective reverence for the Founding Fathers. Brutality cloaked in patriotism.

The NYPD has not surrendered. Rooftop sniper teams, entrenched machine gun nests in high-rises, and a patchwork militia of former citizens and first responders have turned Midtown into a kill zone. But ammunition runs low. Morale is shattered. The Empire State Building was struck last night in a barrage of mortar fire--symbolism and signal.

In Michigan, the National Socialist Movement seized the state with iron discipline, their black flags flying over burned-out city halls. Compared to them, the Patriot Front speaks softly. But it still carries the iron rod. Make no mistake--this is not liberation. It is occupation.

As fascism spreads like wildfire through a fractured America, New York, once the beating heart of liberal democracy, stands at the brink. The third siege has begun. And there may not be a fourth.

From Pacifism to Preparation
April 28, 2022

The message from Tokyo is unambiguous: prepare Taiwan for war.

For too long, Nippon has watched the balance of power in the Pacific tilt eastward. With America retreating from its post-WWII role as the world's arbiter, Taiwan has been left dangerously exposed. Beijing's war drums thunder with growing confidence. The intrusions, the drills, the rhetoric--they're no longer warnings. They're promises.

Now, at last, Nippon acts.

Military advisers from the Self-Defense Forces have touched down in Taipei, marking a historic reversal of postwar policy. For decades, Nippon's Article 9 served as a chain--now it's being broken, link by link. Those advisers are not just teachers; they are the vanguard of a newly awakened military state.

Joint training programs have begun with the Republic of China Armed Forces. Live-fire exercises simulate Shina’s beach assaults. Civilians in Kaohsiung and Taichung are being drilled in shelter protocol. Production of everything from drone systems to shoulder-launched anti-air has tripled. Nippon's private defense sector, long stagnant, is roaring to life. Mitsubishi’s tank lines hum through the night. Type 10 MBTs roll out like clockwork. Daikin and Howa factories now operate under near wartime conditions.

Taiwan’s generals know the clock is ticking. And Nippon’s prime minister has made it clear: Taiwan will not face Shina alone. Not anymore.

The Pacific is changing. A new alliance rises.

And the old imperial sun begins to cast its long shadow once more over Formosa.

Turkey used to look like this......

cute

me as the Roman Empire in EU5

we wuz everything and shieeeett
us white americans built atlantis for for the atlantians but then they used dey papist magic to expel us

so painfully unfunny i need to take a walk
see ya later squirt

well yeah there's just no way for me to compare to the sort of lolcow who writes shit like that with a serious expression

austria my waifu

>>2061264
I have some doubts about their methodology

>>2061264
I feel such a strong connection with my English kin in His Majesty's realm...it's a real shame He let His government come under the control of the Sith

lol

didnt know paradogs had french "people" working for them

who cares what race the first egyptians and other fags were like
i mean much of you faggots that spend most of your debate time on this topic can't even make up your mind over whether or not aliens gifted them the methods of building pyramids anyways

It wasn´t aliens. It was Atlanteans who appearantly still existed before Plato lived.

was that before or after atlantis left earth's atmosphere

>>2061249
Who are you arguing with, what is that person saying, and what point are you making in response?

himself,
something about the british empire, hitler and charlemagne,
and that he's a retard

wtf they had carbon steel in ancient finland

The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1300 AD.

The Sandinista Gambit
June 21, 2022

The socialist states of Nicaragua and Honduras have invaded the right-wing states of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize in a socialist attempt to unite Central America under one flag. Ortega was the 54th and 58th president of Nicaragua, reigning from 1985 to 1990 and from 2007 to present. He was a leader in the Sandinista National Liberation Front that overthrew American-backed Anastasio Somoza Debayle in 1979. Under his tenure, Nicaragua has experienced democratic backsliding, and beginning in 2021 he has jailed many political opponents.

With the collapse of America, he sees opportunity, and the Nicaraguan military has relative experience from fighting U.S.-backed contra rebels in the 80s. It remains to be seen whether his fight to unite Central America will be successful.

Narcos, Guerrillas, Mormons, and the President
July 2, 2022

After months of strife, Mexico too has fallen to civil war, with eight factions competing with one another for rule of North America's third largest economy.

First, the United Mexican States, led by Andres Obrador. This is the internationally-backed Mexican government, and they are based out of Mexico City.

Second, La Resistencia, led by Servando Martinez. Martinez is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a criminal organization based in the state of Michoacan. In June 2019, he was sentenced to 55 years incarceration, but with the fall of Mexico and outbreak of inmates, he's back.

Third, Zapatista Army of National Liberation, led by Subcomandante Marcos. Zapatista is a far-left political and militant group that, pre-war, controlled a substantial amount of territory in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico. It has been nominally at war with the Mexican state since 1994.

Fourth, Cartel del Golfo, led by Luis Blanco. The Gulf Cartel is a criminal syndicate, drug trafficking organization, and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in Mexico. Their network is international, and is believed to have dealings with crime groups in Europe, West Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, and the United States.[8][9] Besides drug trafficking, the Gulf Cartel operates through protection rackets, assassinations, extortions, kidnappings, and other criminal activities.

Fifth, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacio, led by Nemesio Cervantes. The cartel has been characterized by extreme violence and public relations campaigns. Though the CJNG is known for diversifying into various criminal rackets, drug trafficking (primarily cocaine and methamphetamine) remains its most profitable activity. The cartel has been noted for cannibalizing some victims during the training of new sicarios or members, as well as using drones and rocket-propelled grenades to attack enemies.

>>2061429
Sixth, Sinaloa Cartel, led by Ovidio Guzman Lopez. Ovidio is the son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, once considered Mexico's most-wanted drug lord and the world's most-wanted criminal. The Sinaloa Cartel specializes in illegal drug trafficking and money laundering and is marked by evolution from a small crime syndicate to one of the most powerful and violent drug trafficking organizations in the world. The United States Intelligence Community, before the collapse of America, considered the cartel to be the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world, perhaps more influential than Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel of Colombia during its prime.

Seventh, Nuevo Casas Grandes, led by Ulisses Soares. Soares is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, a part of the Mormon church hierarchy. This holdout of Mormons in northern Mexico is not hostile to the Mexican government, but is hostile to its surrounding cartel neighbors.

The Inevitable Return: Medvedev’s Mandate
July 19, 2022

Dmitry Medvedev has won the Russian elections. In a three-way match between the fascist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky (who once said during a rally: "Help us, and you'll never have to vote again! I'm not saying, 'Vote for us and maybe in 20 years' time somebody will do something.' No, these will be the last elections! The last ones!") and the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which would have sought a return of the Soviet Union, and Medvedev, who led Putin's party, United Russia, Medvedev has expectedly come out on top. Analysts suspect that things will continue as normal for Russia in the coming years, though there is a chance that Medvedev might seek to democratize Russia, that is unlikely with his increasingly authoritarian views since his presidency a decade ago.

4.0 moment

is terra invicta a /gsg/

yes, if you can larp, it's /gsg/

>"modern day gsg can't be boring"
>modern day gsg:

except modern day japan ofc

>>2061522
lel

45
I just visited r/HistoryMemes for 2 mins and lost 5 years of my life.

Where the fuck did everyone go?

sup /gsg/ people

I am about to download Vic3. See ya later.

not this fucking dude again

frasier is on
t./gsg rendered obsolete for the next 30 mins

shut the fuck up thaneslop retard

don't you talk to my friend that way

91
i always self insert as niles. i fucking love niles

self insert? bro... yikes

oof yikers!! :grimacing:

The Siege of Formosa Begins
August 11, 2022

In the early hours of August 11, Shinese ships move into position, surrounding Taiwan and the Kinmen Islands. This signals the first major move Shina has coordinated against Taiwan, and can only be seen as a precursor to war. Nippon is prepared, however, and for the past month has shipped much of the Self-Defense Force to Taiwan to protect it from Shina invasion in an historic deployment.

Nippon infantry huddle in concrete bunkers alongside Australian and Taiwanese soldiers on the coast. Modern Type-10 main battle tanks are consolidated just beyond the beaches, ready to storm forward to assault any invading Shina force.

What the Nippon ground forces primarily lack is airpower. The pacifist sentiments regarding Article 9 assured that, with Nippon military production only increasing to acceptable levels in the past month. The combined might of the PTDO may not be enough to outfight Shina.

This is not a drill. The Shinese dragon has begun to coil. But Taiwan no longer stands alone.

ughhh goi$ spam
it's worse than no thread

shhh, adults are posting

Nippon Readies the Fleets
August 16, 2022

The helicopter carriers of the Nippon Maritime Forces have undergone full conversion--no longer staging grounds for rotorcraft, they now serve their true purpose: launching jet fighters into the Pacific skies. Their decks now carry a formidable loadout--2nd and 4th generation Anti-Surface Warfare aircraft and versatile 3rd generation multirole fighters.

The Nippon fleet currently has 5 carriers, 2 missile cruisers, 32 destroyers, 37 frigates, and 13 corvettes. Approximately 24 ships come from purchases with the U.S. Naval Command headquartered in Alaska.

The ships are split into six fleets, five of which will be patrolling the Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea. The sixth and largest fleet, comprised of the bulk of the Nippon surface fleet, will act as the strike force, to pursue the main Shina fleet(s) as they appear and are spotted by the smaller patrol fleets.

Meanwhile, the submarine fleets will carry out convoy raiding operations in the aforementioned seas, to strike at any Shina troop transports that are spotted.

Every landing craft sunk delays an invasion. Every convoy destroyed chips away at the enemy’s momentum.

The seas are vast. The fleets are preparing. War looms.

Operation Skywall: The Defensive Air Doctrine of Nippon
August 18, 2022

In preparation for the looming Pacific conflict, the Nippon Air Command has finalized its wartime doctrine: hold the home skies at all costs.

While the ground shakes in Taiwan and the seas boil with fleet maneuvers, Nippon’s air wings have received a different order. The 249 fighter aircraft of the Self-Defense Air Force will not deploy to Formosa. There are simply too few jets, and no margin for waste. Sending them into the heavily contested Taiwanese skies would be suicide. Better to keep them where they can matter.

The fighter jets Nippon does have can protect the Nippon industry throughout the war. The airfleet, numbering 249 fighter jets, is ordered to intercept enemy strategic bombers over Nippon. The Close Air Support planes, numbering 72, will remain grounded throughout the war.

Cocaine and Kalashnikovs: The Colombian Collapse
September 25, 2022

Yet another nation has collapsed in civil war. Colombia joins the countries facing intense civil strife as it splits into four factions. Each bloc, however, contains a moderate cartel presence.

First, the Republic of Colombia, led by Juan Barragan under a military junta. From 2014-17, Barragan served as the Commandant of Colombian Armed Forces. Since 2018, he has been the ambassador to South Korea, but upon hearing news of factional fighting across the nation, he quietly flew back to Colombia and reached out to his military contacts. He leads the most internationally-accepted regime among the factions.

Second, the National Liberation Army (ELN), led by Antonio Garcia. The ELN is a far-left guerrilla insurgency group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict, which has existed in Colombia since 1964. The ELN has been classified as a terrorist organization by numerous Western nations.

Third, the Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, led by Dario Usuga. The Self-Defense Forces is a far-right paramilitary and drug trafficking group. Its leader, Usuga, has been accused of sending dozens of shipments of cocaine to the United States, killing police officers, recruiting minors, and sexually abusing children, among other crimes.

Fourth, Carlos Patino Front, led by Ivan Marquez. The CPF, also known as the FARC dissidents, are formerly part of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who have refused to lay down their arms after the Colombian peace process came into effect in 2016, or resumed their insurgency afterwards. FARC dissidents have been responsible for several attacks on the Colombian armed forces. These fighters are believed to be heavily involved in the production and sale of cocaine.

Recently, one 2ch user complained about the amount of "spam" in Nippon news reports. It is unknown what this 2ch user expects, but the Nippon news agency will continue ongoing reporting.

I need to kill Rome soon

based carthagebro carthaging

Why does Japan have a military in 2025?
Japan is literally on the verge of collapse yet our retarded government is trying to rebuild the military lmfao. The self-defense force doesn't even get half of it's recruitment goals these days with the declining population

It's a slow build, but basically the world has gone to hell. Japan needs a military to defend herself/the Pacific/her security interests. With higher pay/increased salaries comes greater recruitment numbers.

militaries are important everyone takes world peace for granted when really it is provided by the american navy
japan values its independence and relies on the sea so it needs a navy
>Japan is literally on the verge of collapse
no it isn't lmao
the main issue with japan is their weak as fuck currency and the best way to change that would be to export high tech products
since they are never catching up to silicon valley arms would be a great avenue
the government is trying to promote tourism but this is a significantly worse option imo
japan cannot sustain itself, that much is true, but there will just be a continued decline in living standards sooner than a dramatic collapse

world peace is secured because there are now countless shareholders all over the globe who would not benefit from a war

tell that to china, pakistan, india, turkey, and russia

>>2061648
It's very clear.
People can't afford anything now. Not even rice.
Companies don't have enough workers so they keep extending retirement age.
We are forced to pay pension but we will never get it back because of declining population.
Government tried to cope by first pushing women into the workforce.
After that ran out government started pushing foreigners here.
Now the government is pushing tourism hard.
Basically Japan is on life support.
I give 5-10 years before full collapse

>>2061656
>anon says one of the world's strongest economies is 5-10 years from full collapse
I believe it. :nods:

i've been to japan i know full well how expensive it is
7% of people live on <1,000,000jpy a year ($6,900) and the median is only 2,300,000jpy which is pretty staggeringly low but japan is cheap
apartments are cheap; i saw them listed in the street tokyo and kyoto for 60,000 a month and i'm sure there are even cheaper ones
they practically give away food and your statement that they can't afford rice is patently laughable when you can buy 5kg for 3000 yen and for 1,000 yen you can find curry places with free rice refills and possibly free cabbage too
even the absolute bottom of society can afford to eat and not be homeless, which is more than can be said of most places
the country is safe and clean and there are job listings in subways and many stores so if anyone is literally dying of poverty in japan it's because they either can't or wont work in construction, 7/11, or a cafe
pensions wont exist outside of norway, switzerland, and the like in 30 years - japan isn't unique in this regard even if they are a decade ahead
it's true that japanese people feel poor but this is entirely because their currency is weak since they import a lot and export little
internally they are fine outside of the fact that state pensions, which were always a time bomb destined to fail, are going to evaporate

japan needs to legalize the herb they tech is lagging

epic, simply epic

heh, whatever you say kid
... but hey, at least they're not south korea

>queens of egypt documentary
>pale white cleopatra
>physcon looks like othello
why do americans do this

the stuff about japan is literally just a bunch of posts on /int/ that were made by an american pretending to be japanese
take that as you will

>War with Portugal drags on
>Big chilling, waiting for C&C to fire and for my ruler to die so the Medici's come back to power
How fares the campaign anons?

Do you any of you know why I'm collecting so much in Venice? I was only making like 30 ducats here for most of the campaign and when I look at trade mapmode it says there is 165 coming in even though both feeder nodes (Austria/Ragusa) are moving 0 ducats to Venice

>>2061769
>both feeder nodes (Austria/Ragusa)
What about Alexandria?

Fuuuuck I'm a retard, I was pushing ducats to the wrong node

>>2061769
If only there was some kind button you could click and obtain this information from

while you're at it make aleppo push into alexandria too

i didn't know i had these bitches in my empire
they have top preference of tropical planets, but i still haven't colonized a tropical planet
so where the hell did they come from?
i'm thinking they must've popped up in one of those planet events
whatever, i threw them in my homeworld where they're going to be farmhands and cause a surge in xenophobia there
some of my pops are going egalitarian and made their own party because of some pre-sapients in another one of my colonies, which is gay
so i put a suppression on the egalitarianist party
i can't have sjws getting out of hand in my xenophobe empire

I do all of you

801
they could have been refugees fleeing a genocidal empire

refugees for sure

alright, i remembered how i still have a contact with the shroudfags
so i went and recruited a level 5 shroudfag from them
nice fuckers, now i don't have to wait on the cult of the ancients quest to appear to magically become spiritualist
one step closer to becoming god-emperor...

Flashpoint Kinmen: Prelude to Invasion
November 5, 2022

Time: 5:00 JST

The first domino has fallen.

Shina PLA marines and paratroopers confirmed the seizure of the Kinmen Islands after a quick and successful operation against Taiwanese forces. Taiwanese defenses, outnumbered and outgunned, were overwhelmed in a swift and brutal engagement.

The Kinmen Islands are located only 10 km (6 mi) east from the Shina city of Xiamen.

Shina attempted to seize the Islands in October 1949, during which thousands of PRC soldiers were captured and killed. They would try again in the days of the Korean War, when hundreds of ROC soldiers defeated a PRC invasion attempt of 700. During the 1960 U.S. presidential elections, candidates J.F.K. and Nixon differed on whether the U.S. should protect the "Quemoy (Kinmen) and Matsu" island chains, with Nixon urging complete support for the Republic of China and all territorial possession she maintained.

The fall of Kinmen guarantees that this blockade of Taiwan is no mere intimidation tactic, as some pacifist groups have suggested, but the precursor to all-out war.

Nippon has reinforced the island chain of Senkaku, to which Shina also lays claim. If Shina invades Taiwan, it is expected they will make an invasion attempt of Okinawa and Senkaku. Soldiers with barely any training have been stripped from the academies, handed small arms, and sent to fortification sites. Divisions with only a third of the MBTs they should have are expected to hold the islands against Shina invasion.

This is no longer a regional dispute isolated to Taiwan. It is the opening chapter of a Pacific war.

Every hour counts now in preparing for the formal declaration of war and main invasion by PRC troops.

A Nation in Mourning: Shinzo Abe Assassinated
November 21, 2022

Shinzo Abe assassinated. The world reacts in shock.

Earlier in the day, a man by the name of Tetsuya Yamagami walked up to Shinzo Abe, who was speaking at a political event outside Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara City, Nara Prefecture.

While Abe was delivering his speech, the perpetrator approached Abe within several meters, despite security presence. The gun was homemade and resembled a sawed-off, double-barreled shotgun and was capable of firing six pellets at a time. The first shot missed. The second shot did not, and struck Abe in the neck and chest. By the time Abe reached Nara Medical University Hospital, he was reported to have no vital signs.

The perpetrator claimed that he was driven by a grudge against the Unification Church for ruining his family. Even though he originally planned to target Hak Ja Han, then president of the church, he was unable to approach her, so he switched to Shinzo Abe, who he believed was "one of the most influential sympathisers" of the church.

This was the first of a major political figure in Nippon since Inejiro Asanuma's assassination in 1960. With Nippon already rearing from Shina's imminent invasion, the loss of one of the most beloved political figures in modern day Nippon has taken a heavy toll on the country and morale.

>>2061672
I have no idea how you managed to do this without getting bored out of your teeth.
Do you just auto resolve every single battle?

i would rather kill myself than do a wc in med 2
and i like that game

>>2061017
>>2061801
>>2061847
not sure how i'm supposed to do the same for supremacist
i'm guessing i have to finally GO TO OFFENSIVE WAR with an ftl empire and SUCCESSFULLY WIN, feel free to tell me if i'm correct or not

come up to meet you, tell you i'm sorry..
you don't know how lovely you are.

Sell me on the Byzantine empire. I keep hearing its kino but you never hear anything spectacular about their achievements.

First off the city "Byzantium" was replaced by the Emperor Constantine in the 4th century. There was never a "Byzantine" empire.
Second The Roman Empire was the longest lasting european empire in history with probably the largest impact on the western world.
Third The Eastern Empire was the economic, cultural, social, and military center of the greater roman world. I have no idea why the w*st*rn empire agreed to that particular division. Gaul, Iberia, Numidia, Britain, and Germany are all terrrible provinces and Italy by itself is nothing compared to Egypt, Greece, and Annatolia.
Fourth the Roman Emperor upheld Christianity, and the western way of life for over a thousand years until the dark times...until the pope worshiping backstabbers sacked the city during the 4th (((crusade)))
Fifth it is your solemn duty, as a student of history and a steward of grand strategy, to safeguard the true Empire of Christ on Earth. To restore His Holy Empire to it's rightful place as King of the Christian Kings, and to destroy the unwashed hordes of pagans and put down the heretical mudslimes once and for all.
Go forth Basileu, strike down the pompous and ambition roman pontifex, suppress the independant barbarian "kings" of europe, destroy the nomadic savages of the north, rescue the land of Christ from the sword of Islam, end the endless hordes of the east, and return the world to Peace, and Justice under your righteous rule.

892
invented flamethrowers and napalm 1300 years before the stinky germans

constantinople was simply too comfy

it was the safest place on earth, most of the time, since its founding in the 300s until 1204. no other place that i know of could remotely compare except for the city of venice. no famine, no poverty, even beggars and lower strata received daily free bread. land and sea foods available every day of the year. asian goods like spices (pepper, cinnamon, cloves, saffron etc) in abundance, silk, precious gems, ivory, western textiles and glassware you name it. fortification? greek fire on the walls and sea. 10 thousand garrison was strong enough to repel any besiegers with virtually infinite food and water supply. trying to besiege the queen of cities was like fighting an open battle but your enemy got to chill behind the big basileus wall with endless supplies and reinforcements while you're a vulnerable sitting duck on the resource-scarce thracian plains.

>>2061913
Yet they're not around anymore and the germans still are

>>2061917
>no famine, no poverty
Besides the threat of crusasders, muslims, multiple civil wars, and being constantly in debt to foreign powers, I guess it was alright

the only reason the eastern empire survived so long is because nobody tried to conquer it
when the arabs, bulgarians and turks came in the east folded like paper every time
the west meanwhile was under siege by dozens of tribes at the same time while ruling an "empire" that had little to no commerce and lacked sufficient agriculture

25
Both Greeks and Germans are still around. Even if a shell of their former selves. Showing us the consequence of losing crucial wars.

>>2061892
Besides the achievements and how epic this jewel of a civilization was as mentioned by >>2061904
you can add that from a European perspective it would have been better to have a Greek state owning Anatolia,the Levant and Egypt over muslim arabs and turks.

>from a European perspective it would have been better to have a Greek state owning Anatolia,the Levant and Egypt over muslim arabs and turks.
in what way
there's a reason why nobody gave a fuck about the shriveling corpse of the byzantine empire in its last few years, meanwhile on the other hand several christian powers allied with the ottomans

>>2061769
why are you sending to genoa instead of venice when you own 97% of venice and 84% of genoa?
you are right to have genoa as your home node but collect in venice too

>in what way
To expand Europe and its people. I prefer to have more Europeans and Christians in the world.
>meanwhile on the other hand several christian powers allied with the ottomans
Most notable the French who betrayed their own race so many times it is impossible to count and frequently being on the wrong side of history. Don´t even need the world wars just look at the crimean war.

christian middle east failed for the same reason muslim france failed

fascism with jewish aesthetics

the moment you try to conquer some far flung land you lose your home to some jackass trying to seize your throne
this shit brought down the romans the same way it brought down carthage or alexanders empire

The Opening Shot of the Pacific War
December 15, 2022

Time: 1:00 JST

Taiwan wakes to fire.

In the dead of night, Shina unleashes its opening salvo: coordinated missile strikes ripple across the island, targeting key infrastructure with chilling precision. Missile strikes hit infrastructure across Taiwan. Military installations, highways, naval ports, pillboxes, all hit from Shina launches located around Taiwan. National Freeway 1, once named the MacArthur Thruway, especially was hit. The missile strikes cause thousands of casualties and several deaths.

The night is clear. The illuminated surface of the moon is at 58% and getting smaller by the day. Shina could have chosen a better time, but now is better than a month from now.

Nippon managed to ferry over her last division to Taiwan in the preceding days. Half-trained and missing more than half of its MBTs, the division can simply provide covering support against a Shina landing force. Its role is clear: buy time, bleed the enemy, hold the line.

Nikkei 225 futures have plummeted. Polymarket has odds in Shina's favor of winning the war, let alone a war happening in the first place. But the mood in Tokio surprisingly is optimistic. Some doom and gloom posts on 2ch as usual, with one user going so far as to ask "Why does Japan have a military in 2022? We're literally on the verge of collapse." But the rest of the country has found hope that Nippon can pull off a victory here and reclaim its status that it lost after the tragic mistake of the Second World War.

The first missiles have fallen. The world watches.

And Japan remembers what it means to stand on the edge.

True for everything except Alexanders Empire. He wasn´t overthrown and his successors were holding their lands for quite a long time. Imagine if he had a capable heir to everything....

imagine a world where bactria held the line and forged a central asian empire worthy of alexandros's name...

Declarations at Midnight
December 19, 2022
Time: 1:00 JST

Shina formally declares war on the Republic of China. In the next two hours, Japan will formally join Taiwan and declare war on the People's Republic of China, and it is expected that within two hours after that, Australia will join in the war on the side of the PTDO.

The last three days have involved a series of further missile salvos by Shina and frantic attempts by Taiwan and Nippon to engage diplomatically with Shina to stop this madness.

And madness it is. The PRC is about to send hundreds of thousands of inexperienced soldiers across the East China Sea onto the beaches of Taiwan, where they will be shuffled into mined killzones. Even if they succeed in pushing back the Australian-Nipponese-Taiwanese defenses, thousands will die.

The future of the Pacific hangs in the balance.

alexandros' empire is a tragedy in itself
looking back it's kind of interesting how all these fiefdoms acted nominally as part of the same empire even after his death until that faggot Kassandros killed the heir
maybe if some competent ruler like Ptolemaios had the puppet emperor we could have had a sort of greek shogunate but Antipatros was too much of a good natured loyalist to see his own sons' cruel ambition

none of those people were real

Mansa Munsa was real and the richest man in history. His empire was a progressive muslim feminist multicultural council republic with walkable cities.

aurora 4x is fun but i have no patience for it nowadays

why are you trying to blog instead of playing tall
thats alexanders issue

>constantinople was simply too comfy

>it was the safest place on earth, most of the time, since its founding in the 300s until 1204.
>no poverty, even beggars and lower strata received daily free bread.
>asian goods like spices (pepper, cinnamon, cloves, saffron etc) in abundance, silk, precious gems, ivory, western textiles and glassware you name it.
that's it? you rave about constantinople because of the gibs and safety? even if this was true and all of that shit was even available to poorfags (who cares about gems? are you a woman?)
sounds boring
i'd rather go out and risk my ass on adventures into the barbaric lands

what a retarded post

First Contact: East China Sea
December 19, 2022
Time: 11:00 JST

Seven submarines of the Nippon Maritime Forces, under the command of Rear Admiral Ryoko Azuma, have made contact. While conducting patrol operations east of the Chinese mainland, Azuma’s wolfpack sighted a massive convoy formation: dozens of transport ships brimming with troops, flanked by a significant escort of Shina warships: corvettes, destroyers, and at least one missile cruiser. The information is immediately sent to Naval Headquarters in Chugoku.

Where could they be headed?

In response, the main surface fleet of the Nippon Maritime Forces has been ordered to ready for immediate sortie. If Admiral Azuma’s submarines can maintain contact long enough, and the main fleet can intercept the convoy before Shina carrier groups establish air cover, the results could be decisive.

The Battle of the East China Sea may be about to begin.

The fleets are moving. The war is no longer theoretical.

Let the record show: it started here.

LULA WON

anyone played this?
does it make sense trying to uplift shitty nations in this game, or is it a waste of time and i should instead trying to focus on taking the big ones?

yes i played the demo (of terra invicta)
no i don't know the current meta and no i didn't get far at all in the full game
but i heard a lot of hearsay like the devs took the game into a shitty direction by making mechanics all retarded and making most of the factions too hard to play and making the early game (being stuck on a planet, endless rolling of agent operational attempts) too long and repetitive
go to a terra invicta thread in either /vg/ or if you can't find one there go look at the one in /vst/ and you'll see all the complaining for yourself
personally i look at my first playthrough of the demo and not even i have the patience to repeat all that shit again, and the demo was apparently way less grindy than the current situation/version of the game

by making the game too grindy it makes the journey too long to get to the 'good' part (colonizing celestial objects and btfo-ing the aliens and other factions)

>>2062095
there is a "fast" mod in the game now, research, mining and such goes twice as fast

>>2062097
building off world bases is the worst fucking part of the game
its like some 2000's era mobile game

okay, but does the mod address the issue of how tedious it is to infiltrate countries and such through endless operative grinding?

>building off world bases is the worst fucking part of the game
got it
i don't plan on trying that game again anytime soon
but who knows, i have said the same thing about shitlaris months ago and here i am playing it now

>>2062103
i wish i could take my stellaris hours back. It was fun only at the beginning but then you get sucked in the endless grind of small clicks that waste ungodly amount of time when the actual game is pretty shit in terms of variability, it doesnt have anything past 100-200h, every event and outcome is the same, all battles and goals are the same. The difference between races is mostly in your head at the design stage, not in the actual game.

>>2062109
only original playthrough i had was space habitat pacifist mercenaries, where i built a tallest empire on a smallest piece of territory.
All the others were literally the same games, the difference was some percentage modifiers

>>2062109
thats all the paradox games except for victoria 3

zoomers are too stupid to rp, what else is new

>>2062125
for some reason i love ck3, even after 1500h

its that blend of rpg and 4x that make it interesting

>>2062140
stellaris is super restricted, you will always have your starting events, limited space to move, your species doesnt matter, they have no personality, its all small modifiers. And ck3 is all about personality, each character varies significantly depending on the traits

The Beaches Ignite
December 20, 2022
Time: 20:00 JST

As the naval war begins, so too does the land war.

Earlier this evening, satellite and SIGINT confirmed the deployment of Shina invasion forces from multiple Type 071 amphibious transport docks off the coasts of Tainan, Taiwan and Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture. From these vessels, Type 726 Yuyi-class air-cushioned landing craft surged toward shore, with each carrying squads of 60-70 troops and one main battle tank or two infantry fighting vehicles.

Crashing through the thick waves, the boats succeeded in their initial attempt at landing Shina soldiers on Taiwan soil. This, Shina had planned for and expected. The Shina soldier trained for this. What the Shina soldier did not train for, and could not train for, was then seeing his comrade incinerated by .50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) gunfire from well-stocked and positioned Nipponese Sumitomo Type-62 heavy machine guns located just in range of the beachheads.

It was a massacre. The Shina soldier had no experience for coming under real fire and seeing his comrades die around him and attempt to make ground. But, to their credit, they tried.

In Tainan, six Shina divisions attack. The Shinese ground invasion faces an uphill battle of first getting past the beachhead, and then fighting through an urban sprawl.

In Miyako Island, five Shina divisions attack. Their task is slightly easier in that past the beachheads are plains, which makes it easier to attack, but Miyako Island is also fortified with cement and steel to prevent Shina assaults from succeeding.

Blood now has been shed, and the first images and videos taken from restricted and prohibited personal Apple and Samsung phones share the war with the Nippon citizenry back home. Everyone, in a sense, is in the fight now.

you really need to be the lowest tier of normie to enjoy the heap of ass that is crusader kings
>haha i'm "roleplaying" while the farting aztecs invade muslim andalusian karling france this is so immersive
the historical context might as well not be there. actually most of the time it's not because everyone only plays with fantashit mods. might very well be lower than stellaris on the "not a gsg" scale.

dayum u burned 'em

>>2062151
you're right
high iq people much prefer the gamefied clickslop that is eu4 or the visual novel click slop that is hoi4 or the idlegame of vic3 amirite?
crusader kings is the only paradox game worth the thinking man's time because the thinking man actually can pretend he's King Arthur while the NPC brainlet can only understand "number go up click to win" slop

you can just disable silly shit like aztecs, dummy

Or you just enjoy a historical start and then go on to create your own alt-historical path without any fantashit including aztec invasion.

struck a nerve

>struck a nerve
hi nbro

i am ethnically aztec

It sure is interesting how in a game where praising Satan can make your dick grow back and where you can hire a horse to be your doctor and he will treat you with near-perfect expertise, the one thing people always go back to for complaining about is a self-contained DLC that very explicitly exists solely for gameplay purposes

>>2062157
>alt-historical path
wrong. nothing about crusader kings is historical. unpause the game for 20 years and byzantium becomes muslim while the muslim caliphate becomes catholic. that is fantasy. le viking india is also fantasy.

>byzantium becomes muslim
>that is fantasy
meanwhile, if we look at the religious demographics of the land that make up Byzantium today...

the game is about characters as everyone keeps telling me, not demographics. the komnenos dynasty becoming muslims is fantasy. demographics are not relevant.

a muslim byzantium would have lasted longer

would have?
it did. it lasted until 1922

There is a frozen shit event in stellaris, does it make this game entirely about shit event?

>>2062165
Yeah CK3 is shit. CK2 is better but the problem there is that some countries are extremely op. But I have my fun. What games are good according to you?

i think we can all agree that it requires a high iq to be an appreciator of paradox kinogames; therefore, debating the one or two iq points of difference between each game essentially is meaningless.

>>2062109
you're not telling me anything new, i was feeling the same way back in january 2018 after playing about 6 runs, give or take
i'm only playing it again because the game has, uhh, received some content over time, and because i'm no longer using a shitty i3 laptop to play it but a more competent desktop
i'll probably feel the same way as i felt before after spending another 100-500 hours into it, no doubt, but until then i'm having with it and juggling with all the additional mana it has
i'm experiencing newer content with it, stuff that didn't exist back then
tl;dr... stellaris is fun again for me, at least for now

>>2062176
>but until then i'm having with it
having fun* with it

>>2061872
>>2062176
>>2062177
also how in the hell does this concept even work
using art to kill your enemies? sounds like some serious mental gymnastics
good going paradox, lmao

ever heard of anime?

yes, i've heard of tranime
>if you watch enough anime, you'll get better at killing island gooks
doesn't sound realistic AT ALL

Flames on Okinawa
December 22, 2022
Time: 22:00 JST

A third Shina invasion force strikes, this time at Naha, the main island in the Okinawa island chain. Despite heavy machine gun and artillery cutting down Shina soldiers as they land on the beach, they press forward. Here, the Nippon infantry are relatively inexperienced compared to the Shina invasion soldiers. In one division, they had only received a quarter of the training they needed before they were hauled out of their barracks and deployed to Okinawa.

The Shina invasion plan seems to operate as this: Seize the Nippon islands of Okinawa and Senkaku, surround Taiwan, and seize Taiwan itself. Shina is ignoring the main Nippon islands and not extending the war beyond Okinawa. This leaves some breathing room for Nippon--no matter the outcome, the home islands are safe from annexation.

But, they are not completely safe. As soon as the war began, Shina strategic bombers began making sorties against main cities on the homeland. So far damage has been limited, as the assigned fighter squadrons have driven them off. But the Nipponese have learned to use blackout curtains at night and take other such necessary precautions.

Meanwhile, in numerous locations across the seas, Nippon ships battle against the Shina surface fleets.

The warfront has widened. From Taiwan to Okinawa, the line is stretched, and the blood of a generation stains the soil of southern Nippon.

The battle for the Pacific is entering its crucible.

>>2062095
>>2062087
I picked it up after Perun's latest playthrough and got an Exodus victory by like 2042 on normal, the complaints about "too hard" are from shitters who are afraid to lose stations to retaliation and play too passively, you have to engage surveillance destroyers and stations or they'll massively boost alien missions on earth over time

I had fun but you've gotta either study the guides or lose a couple times to learn, and a lot of mechanics aren't super transparent

>>2062182
>pic
you need to research 2 insight techs to get 1 envoy

>>2062174
>What games are good according to you?
none. i'll let you know when mine releases.

>>2062239
yeah alright. my imaginary gsg that I am "working" on is better than all paraslop as well.

I still get a full body orgasm when i read through the Byzantium dev diary...

Victory off Taipei
December 25, 2022
Time: 2:00 JST

While the cities of Nippon sleep beneath blackout curtains and the scent of Christmas fried chicken begins to waft from corner convenience stores, news arrives that may mark a turning point in the war.

Off the coast of northern Taiwan, the Battle of Taipei has concluded in a decisive Nipponese naval victory--the first of its kind in over a century.

At approximately 20:00 JST on December 24th, elements of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) attempted to push a surface strike group into the Taiwan Strait to reinforce land operations near Tamsui and Keelung. However, Nipponese forces, guided by early warning aircraft and forward-deployed submarines, were waiting.

In the ensuing naval battle, Shina lost 22 Type 056 Jiangdao-class corvettes, 4 Type 052D Luyang III-class destroyers, and 1 Type 054A Jiangkai II-class light frigate. Nippon lost 1 submarine.

Nippon's carrier doctrine has had a stunning success. Her aircraft played a decisive role in the battle, demonstrating once again the strength of airpower in modern naval engagements.

Admiral Akira Saito reported in a post-battle communique:
>"This battle was not won by steel alone, but by doctrine, by readiness, and by the pilots who turned flight decks into firestorms."

The Pacific has not yet been won, but tonight, it leans toward Nippon.

Fire on All Fronts
December 29, 2022
Time: 1:00 JST

Shina is fully committed. She invades southern Taiwan with 24 divisions and the Nippon Senkaku and Okinawa islands with 22 divisions. Nippon divisions located in northern Taiwan are relocating south. In Naha, a sole Nippon division defends against 7 Shina mechanized and armored divisions. In most places, Nippon is winning. But not everywhere. There are too many battles, and not enough ammunition to go around.

In the Yellow Sea, 22 convoy troop ships were intercepted and destroyed. Thousands dead. The news hits Nippon, and millions celebrate.

Naval battles here and there show that the Nippon fleet is whittling down Shina's surface fleets. Nippon will seize control of the East China Sea, but it will take time. It already has control as of today's date of the South China Sea.

The Fire Rises anon has made me want to play the mod. I won't be doing a super autistic AAR though.

>Civil War starts as Atomwaffen
>Black Hole Sun starts playing
KINOOOOOOOOOO
I'm a little miffed I don't have a single general with brilliant or inflexible though

curious if 22 div.s sunk makes any difference fighting the chinese behemoth

06/07
BASED anon, Atomwaffen Division is such a fun playthrough. Reading up on all of the generals and their crazy backgrounds was a blast my first playthrough.
08
I actually don't know if 1 convoy = 1 division, but even if it is... probably not. China has so many divisions it's pretty crazy.

the task of making enough steli races to populate a game worth playing filtered me a bit

>>2062309
Tip for someone new to the mod, should I be engaging with any of the covid/protest stuff? I started to in the beginning? Or is that only if you plan on staying as Trump or Biden to maintain support? Seems like I'd be better off hoarding the political mana.

>>2061769
you probably had a highly inefficient trade setup for like 200 years and the game fixed it for you one day. sometimes it changes where you transfer ducats to without a merchant present if there are multiple outflows, and even if it retains or transfers

if you win the election as biden, you get the option of starting with illinois under occupation

if you win the election as trump, you don't get a certain malus, which allows you to select a focus branch that has a better military

engaging in the covid/protest stuff (1) helps you win the election, and (2) for the covid stuff, can prevent bad maluses from existing for a year at the start of the civil war (if you don't vaccinate the population

also, iirc, if you win as trump, you get a slightly higher percentage of the military that joins you, something like 40-50% rather than 35-45% if you lose the election

Any video should I watch if I want to get into Stellaris, it's just too overwhelming to me man

post more monkeys in human situations

It's a sign

Blood in the Water: Shina's Invasion Falters Amid Rising Naval Losses
January 6, 2023
Time: 1:00 JST

Another naval victory in Nippon's fight against Shina has occurred in the East China Sea. Seven corvettes, five light frigates, and two destroyers were destroyed by Nippon fleets.

A few days earlier, Shina lost 19 convoy ships to an attack by the Nippon navy.

Shina is rapidly losing material and manpower. Her naval invasions of the Nipponese island chains of Senkaku and Okinawa have failed, with thousands dead on the blood-stained beaches. Shina has yet to breach Nippon and Taiwan defenses. The military holds, for now.

whose map was better, perry or steli ?
lets settle the johan-wiz conflict once and for all

Alright, I took Florida but I need to get to bed. Which path should we take Atomwaffen? The left, the Satanist element of the organization. The right, destroying the Satanist element and Christianizing the organization. The center, unifying both radical elements under the greater National Socialist goal.
I actually think the right path seems the most interesting since there are a bunch of decisions to interact with, as well as a general known as the Masked Man (I'm guessing that's a FO:NV Burned Man reference).

go with thane. thane always wins (eventually)

plantoids pack or goetterdaemmerung ?

The Long Shadow of Saddam: Civil War Returns to Iraq
January 10, 2023

Iraq collapses under the weight of its religion and cultural tension into outright civil war. If there were American international analysts left, they might look on in horror as trillions of dollars and a decade worth of effort went up in smokes across shattered Iraq.

First, the Republic of Iraq, led by Abdul Rashid. This is the Western-backed, internationally recognized government of Iraq. It has an Islamic democratic-style government, and its victory would see a continuation of the policies set forth by Iraq since the withdrawal of American troops in 2011.

Second, the Naqshbandi Order, led by Izzat al-Douri of the Iraqi Ba'ath Party. This is the same party of Saddam Hussein, and it is rumored that his daughter, Raghad Hussein, might vie for power should al-Douri and his forces succeed in seizing Iraq.

Third, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, led by Qais Khazali. Iran backs this Sharia faction with military and diplomatic support. Should it succeed in the civil war, it is likely to enter into an alliance with Iran.

Fourth, the Sadrist Movement, led by Muqtada al-Sadr. This faction is Sharia as well, but it is not backed by Iran. Al-Sadr is considered a populist by Western observers.

>>2058525 (OP)
I'm done with this Granada campaign, I was gonna conquer west africa but can't really be bothered

red muscovy

>>2062466
Yeah they're my client state march

Also look at tiny Ottoman in Turkmenistan

what non-paradox gsgames have you played and enjoyed?
steam suggests me this and it has good reviews, dunno if i want to spend a whopping threefiddy on that

imagine vic4 as detailed as fm

89
it's on steamrip, i'm planning to try it as well

i stepped into stellaris empire create mode for half an hour turned 180 degrees and went back to watching frais'e

thane cooked up some good ones like Elam necroids and Goshen locust horde
still takes more than a little bit to edit them in especially with all the dlc BLOAT

thane only produces slop of the lowest order hence the saying "shut the fuck up thaneslop retard"

i don't think thanefaggot has produced anything in his fucking life
he's essentially a t. johan wannabe, he's not even a dev
he probably opens up the age of empires 2 map editor in his spare time and uses the grassland brush to shape his gay fantashit landmasses while pretending he's doing something

thane's gsg is not of this world ...

I wish vic2 had a scenario editor...

what "scenarios" would you add in vicky?

vicky2 but every province is capped at 1000 pops

Who doesn't enjoy not being able to build industry in a game where that's half of the gameplay?

eu5 but with vegetation that changes with the ebb and flow of the game
and instead of armies you have fronts where you manually assign one general per front

eu5 will have historically accurate gay sex idle animations between your toy soldiers

ck2 but life expectancy is 25

Good

>>2062614
That should as simple as changing one or two lines in defines

childhood is idolizing the roman empire
maturity is idolizing the hre

old age is scoffing at both

old age is loving poland

old age is giving up and watching someone else play the gsg on youtube

GIVE ME SOMETHING TO Do

^watching the tv show called "Dark"
it's a german mystery-drama i think?
kind of slow pace ish but is starting to get comfy just now
i'm at exactly 10th minute mark

say no more
www.youtube.com/watch?v=flWzXzKKTZU

>>2062589
Starting in 1776 during the American revolution and ending in 1948 where the world looks completely different depending on the outcome of the early revolutions. I also just like Vicky 2 and want it to be longer lol

here's a thought, who is the single most richest /gsg/ poster of all time?

nfag when bitcoin inevitably rises up to a whooping 1,3%

didn't elong play hoi4 a couple years ago?

Elon is playing Terra Invicta irl

bitcoin is going to 122k this week, screencap this.
and thats only this week. you still have time to jump in on this wild ride.

thanks just shorted

Ever since my leg muscle tear I've been without a job. Today I had to liquidate more assets to pay bills. At this rate I only have a few months left max. I sure hope my leg heals up bros.

speedy recovery unless you're the egypt player

Graveyard in the East China Sea
January 11, 2023
Time: 22:00 JST

Yet another sweeping success for the Nippon navy.

Nippon’s main strike group, led by the carrier IJN Amaterasu and screened by heavy destroyers and corvettes, intercepted a major Shina naval convoy en route to reinforce the southern Taiwan front. The convoy, protected by a significant escort of Shina People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) surface warships, was attempting to push through under cover of darkness and light air overwatch. It failed.

After nearly eight hours of radar-guided maneuver warfare, anti-ship missile salvos, and surgical airstrikes from Nippon carrier-based jets, the waters were decisively claimed by Nippon.

Several Shina ships sank into the waters; thousands of Shina sailors drowned. Tens of thousands of Shina soldiers went into the water and failed to be rescued.

Shina losses are heavy:
>4 Type 052D Luyang III-class destroyers
>17 Type 054A Jiangkai II-class light frigates
>3 Type 056A Jiangdao-class corvettes
>1 Type 055 Renhai-class missile cruiser
>30 Yuzhao-class and Yuting-class troop transports

Nippon quickly is establishing a tradition of success in this war. Her fleets and armies are thus far undefeated in the water and field.

Let the record show:
Shina tried to take the sea. The sea took them instead.

the raped male replies before leaving

>>2062357
Try Monty or Aspec. They are popular stellaris youtubers that made more than one tutorial. Those might be slightly outdated by now. I don't think the game is hard to learn by trial and error, just play two or three games on the default settings and experiment
>>2062743
Yeah, fuck t.ranny /gsg/. This would have never happened, if the old guard was still around.

replied to himself award

who are you quoting

Ive been enjoying your Jap naval AAR, anon, keep it up

>>2062743
>>2062766
talex

dead meme

is it socially acceptable to write lel again

lul

noot noot

The Hong Kong Revolution
May 8, 2023

Revolutionaries still upset over the 2019 Hong Kong extradition bill have revolted under Shina control and seized the city of Hong Kong, forming militia divisions. This comes as a terrible time for Shina in her now-futile war to seize Taiwan.

No news has been good for Nippon (and Taiwan). Other than the occasional sinking of a supply convoy, or smashing a lone destroyer, there has not been much activity from Shina since January and early February. Thirteen convoys were destroyed in mid-to-late January, and a grouping of approximately 5-6 destroyers were destroyed around that time, too. It would seem that was the last breath of the mighty Shina Empire, for this war at least.

According to official reports, Shina has suffered 173,000 casualties, with Nippon suffering approximately 3,000. These are not perfect measurements, however, and Shina's true number of casualties is unknown.

The revolutionaries in Hong Kong, unfortunately, are not expected to win their revolt. Mechanized and armored Shina divisions are already en route to put down the revolution. But in revolting against Shina, they make a stand, and maybe someday they will enter the history books as a moment Hong Kong fought back.

modernist parties are so slop-ish
no characterization no nothing
unlike the good old days when power and influence lie at the hands of nobles and whoever with an army, a much more straight forward business

thats because back in le day liberalism stood for something but once thats achieved everyone just claims to be a "liberal" to grift into power

Victory at Last
May 16, 2023

The war ends. Shina, having suffered numerous setbacks and reeling from the loss of thousands of soldiers and sailors, along with heavy equipment, tanks, IFVs, APCs, artillery, not to mention her surface fleet, has thrown in the towel. Xi Jinping's gamble has failed, horribly.

Rumor has it that the Taiwan War was Xi's personal crusade, attempt at Shina imperialism to reclaim the lost islands. Now it seems that hope is gone forever.

Peace formally is signed in Manila, Philippines. The terms are expected, formal withdrawal of Shina's forces from Taiwan and Nippon waters. Respect and adherence to their respective air and naval space. The list goes on. It essentially is a white peace, without significant territorial changes or even indemnities. Except, of course, Taiwan's position--while it keeps its name of the Republic of China, it de facto is independent even more-so than pre-war.

In the final days of the war, a lone Shina carrier was caught in the open water as it transported ports. The Type-002 Aircraft Carrier Shandong quickly was destroyed; this was the final embarrassment to the Shina navy, and the last cheer for Nippon before peace was established.

With the Manila Peace Treaty in place, Taiwan is free to look at its future as an independent nation. Nippon is free finally to begin working on formally ridding itself of Article 9, the pacifist amendment to its constitution. It has been weakened, but it still lingers. But for now, jubilance has spread from Tokio to Taipei to Canberra.

I got lucky and the League of the South was stuck fighting Alabama State forces trapped in Huntesville, not unlike what happened to me in my first unsuccessful run. This enabled us to run overrun them after trapping a significant number of their besieging forces.

The new Nippon focus tree.

heartsofRGB4
extra tranny: the mod

civil coalition has more color to it. compare LDP's focus tree with >>2062441, more color. it's just the color scheme they chose for LDP.

i don't care for either but the japanese one looks like it got designed by modder of aurora federation mod (starsector)
has weird purple everywhere like it's trying to be cyberpunk

ach polen

The Dragon’s Tail in Flames
July 2, 2023

In the first sign that all is not well in the state of Shina, its province of Xinjiang has broken out in revolt. Famously, from the 1990s to the 2010s, the East Turkestan independence movement, separatist conflict and the influence of radical Islam have resulted in unrest in the region with occasional terrorist attacks and clashes between separatist and government forces. Now, with the failure of the Taiwan War and massive unrest throughout Shina, Xinjiang splinters from the country and breaks into four competing factions.

First, the East Turkestan Republic, led by Mamtimin Ala. Dr. Mamtimin Ala is an Australian Uyghur based in Sydney, Australia, and currently serves as the President of the East Turkistan Government in Exile. He managed to find his way into Xinjiang and now leads the East Turkestan Republic separatist movement. His movement is western-backed.

Second, the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, led by Chen Quanguo. Quanguo is a retired politician who was the Party Secretary of Tibet from 2011 to 2016 and the Party Secretary of Xinjiang from 2016 to 2021. He leads the pro-Shina forces that would see Xinjiang annexed back into Shina should they succeed.

Third, the East Turkestan Liberation Organization, led by Zuhayr Salameh. The ETLO is another secessionist Uyghur organization that advocates for an independent Uyghur state, but with a salafist bent. Salafism is a conservative religious movement within Sunni Islam that aims to purify the faith by emulating the practices of the early, righteous generations of Muslims (the Salaf).

Fourth, Hizb ut-Tahrir, led by Ghunwah Yassin. This faction is another pro-salafist movement and is an international pan-Islamist and Islamic fundamentalist political organization whose stated aim is the re-establishment of the Islamic caliphate to unite the Muslim community and implement sharia globally.

Nippon must decide whether to intervene under the auspices of a peacekeeping mission.

The Intervention Force
July 4, 2023

The decision has been made. Two experienced armored divisions that fought in the Taiwan War will be shipped into Xinjiang through the Indian border. Indian-Nippon relations have swelled in recent years, and especially since Nippon's victory over Shina. Nations across the world are waking up and viewing Nippon in a different light.

The intervention force's goal is simple: support and preserve the armed forces of the East Turkestan Republic. Aid Dr. Mamtimin Ala in his goal of independence for the East Turkestan Republic.

Attached is a news report unrelated to the intervention.

Fat Man and Little Boy
July 6, 2023

The two advisers cast long shadows before the offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokio as the sun peaked over their shoulders. One stood much taller, girthier, than the other, who was slim, wiry, and short. There was a definite difference in appearance between the two: the bigger man was older and had experience etched in the lines of his face and grayness in his hair, while the thinner, shorter man was much younger, almost youthful in his appearance.

They met directly with Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who sat on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet and wielded considerable influence over Nippon foreign affairs.

The little man attempted an awkward bow, offering a well-practiced "Konnichiwa." The wrong greeting for the occasion, but Foreign Minister Hayashi took no offense. The bigger man offered no bow and simply said, "You must be Hayashi." This made F.M. Hayashi bristle slightly, but he maintained his pleasantries with the man and introduced himself formally.

"I'll get down to it. The Patriot Front sent us, and it needs Japan's assistance." The bigger man wasted no time. "We've consolidated most of New England, and we have New York. We have an alliance with Michigan, and the South is being consolidated by the League of the South and will soon be in our pocket. America is ours. We want Japan's help."

The little man beside him looked almost embarrassed at the bigger man's intrusive conduct, but he let him talk.

F.M. Hayashi took a moment to respond before saying, through translators, that whilst Nippon graciously thanks the advisers, her attention is focused for the time on Asia and the Pacific. F.M. Hayashi did not comment on the fascist authoritarianism of the Patriot Front or the rumors of massacres that had occurred by them.

The bigger man frowned. He had come all this way for nothing. He stood to leave.

F.M. Hayashi rose and, in English, said:
>"Mr. Bannon, Mr. Shkreli, thank you for your time."

>>2062958
I know your larping and probably don’t want to spoil things, but does your tree end with the defense of Taiwan, or will you be restoring order to a now civil war embroiled China?

NAYRT but China doesn't collapse until after the 2nd war in the 2030s. the only thing that happens after China loses the first one is that Xi gets overthrown

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There's still another large focus tree that comes after the Taiwan War. You can see it here: >>2062884. China, while on its knees, isn't out for the count yet. The world's second strongest economy still has a way to fall before it's finished.

waht is the rgb mod called? i want to play Hoi4 for the first time

omg she played crime mod

germany would rather have shitaly as an ally than poland
smooth move retards

why would you ally your next meal

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the mod the Japan player is playing? The Fire Rises

this is fucking cancer
worst part of the game

i kind of enjoyed shuffling with NGOs or whatever the game called them

it works fine in the early game but very quickly breaks apart when you have 5+ agents with 15 slots each that you need to swap every turn otherwise you gonna miss out on the good orgs

its not like the space part is any better, the whole outpost/space station shit is awful too

how's AARnon doing? still working on chinkmod for the hoi3 AAR?

The American Situation
July 6, 2023

For two years, the Second American Civil War has raged across America. Cities lay in ruins, millions are dead, and refugee centers across the world are brimming with Americans who have lost everything in the crisis. Numerous factions have fallen, and some regional forces have consolidated their territories.

First, the United Front. The Patriot Front and the Nationalist Socialist Movement out of Michigan have united in an alliance called the National Front, a cousin to the Nationalist Front that existed from 2016-2018. They watch the war in the Deep South between the growing League of the South (LotS) and the Southern Federal Command, which is on its last legs. A formal invitation by the National Front may be extended for LotS to join them.

Second, the Atomwaffen Division continues to fight Ron DeSantiis's state national guard. If they do not overcome Florida state soon, they might find themselves at war with the LotS.

Third, the American People's Liberation Army (APLA) has consolidated California under its rule. Currently led by Michael Prysner, the "American Zhukov" as the APLA calls him. Prysner only temporarily leads the APLA until a faction emerges, which has yet to occur. Nobody knows the APLA's next steps.

Fourth, Cascadia consolidated the Pacific Northwest, and the ethnonationalist Rinaldo Nazzaro seized control. He renamed the faction the Northwest Territorial Imperative.

Fifth, the Kingdom of Zion is the largest of four factions fighting in Utah-Nevada-Idaho. It appears poised to win the brawl, but the mountainous terrain may make that difficult.

Sixth, state forces have defeated insurrectionists in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. They watch the war between the two main governments from the sidelines.

Seventh, Biden's Union of America continues its war against Trump's American Constitutional Government. The major city of St. Louis has been captured by the UoA, otherwise it is a slow drudge across the plains.

Station / base micro is way less fiddly now since you can save and apply templates

Armament Production
July 6, 2023

Nippon has 115 factories, 67 of which are civilian factories, 15 naval dockyards, and 41 military factories. The 41 military factories are split among the following armaments.

The Taiwan War and the buildup preceding it created numerus additional divisions that are still at less-than-full strength. For now, Nippon can rest and build up those divisions to full capacity. But there is a major flaw in its military that needs to be corrected immediately--the Air Force.

During the Taiwan War, the Air Force managed to protect the homelands from Shina strategic bombers. In a future war, Nippon will need to go on the offensive. To do so requires Close Air Support (CAS), which currently number only 76, and air superiority. Nippon needs at least two or three thousand fighters to maintain regional air superiority. It has 241. Production needs to shift immediately to producing jet fighters for the security of Nippon.

The Red Throne Topples
July 12, 2023

In what should come as no surprise, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xi Jinping, has been ousted by the military following a tear of strife across Shina society.

Through the great gambit of the Taiwan War and its complete defeat, Xi and the now-former government embarrassed Shina to an inexcusable, unforgiveable extent. Nationalist fervor across WeChat demanded action. Open protests demanded Xi's resignation. Initially, Xi thought he could overcome the dissent, but the military stepped in with a coup led by Zhang Youxia.

Zhang’s coup was swift and bloodless, at least on the surface. Xi was detained, his inner circle dissolved, and the Politburo suspended. Martial law was declared in multiple provinces, and PLA units now patrol key urban centers under the banner of “National Reorganization.”

Three main factions now compete for power in the vacuum left in place of Xi's ousting. The Nationalists, which would simply mean the military would maintain power, the Liberals, which see liberalizing Shina and modernizing the nation as the path forward, and the New Left, which is a movement that is critical of the economic reforms instituted under Deng Xiaoping.

The state is fractured. The next phase of the East Asian conflict will not be determined in Taipei or Tokio, but in Beijing.

070
i hope Atomwaffen gets buffed or at least gets an ai improvement in 1.1, i've noticed that they always seem to struggle to take over Florida, even without player intervention

>>2063094
Which side are you supporting in the 2ACW?

Currently, Japan has not picked a side. If it came down to it, she would either pick Trump or Biden, likely whichever was obviously more in a position to win the war. The problem with picking a side is if the side loses, that could anger the other side, and much of Japan's security relies, or relied, on the Yoshida Doctrine of America protecting it.

Steel Across the Taklamakan
July 17, 2023

Lieutenant General Ryoji Takemoto was not happy. It was the middle of the summer, and he was deployed into the heart of one of the world's worst deserts to support what some considered to be a doomed intervention. He and the 7th and 10th Armored Divisions had traveled through Ladkh, India, the highest plateau in India at 3,000 meters, to reach Hell. And they sent vehicles the entire way. How most of the equipment managed to make it through, Takemoto will wonder to the end of his days. But they made it.

Their allies are militia with rifles and not much else. Behind enemy lines is a trapped mechanized division and some regular infantry, but what Takemoto can rely on this side of the Taklamakan Desert are mere militia units raised weeks ago.

Half his force are experienced regulars, almost veterans, but the other half are merely trained, though what training they did receive was in the fire of battle. Each has been blooded in battle; they are reliable.

The General, Yoshihide Yoshida, also is reliable. Though, he is the first General Officer not to have been taught at the National Defense Academy, he has worked his way up from Chief Sergeant to the top military command, an impressive background in the usually conservative and rigid Nippon military command structure. He is known for being an aggressive officer, which Takemoto appreciates.

Ultimately, what they do here in the Tarim Basin of Xinjiang might not even matter--Shina might choose simply to invade if the situation does not go their way. But at least Nippon is trying, and for the first time in modern history, it has sent thousands of soldiers in armed conflict against another nation. That has to count for something, even if the war's outcome is predetermined.

But it might not be, and so Takemoto and the Nippon Intervention Force rides out from Kashgar to fight Shina in its backyard.

It's all so tiresome... How fares the campaign anons?

Nippon Ascendant
July 20, 2023

Meanwhile, Nippon is beginning to enjoy its newfound global position as postwar prosperity and economic gain has skyrocketed. Being essentially the leader of the free world brings with it innumerous benefits. Nations from the Philippines to Vietnam and further are reevaluating their trade and economic treaties with Nippon.

Historically, the nation with the strongest navy has benefited economically through soft power; now, Nippon is the nation with the strongest navy, and so she has been able to wield that fact into restructured trade treaties across the globe. Japanese investment is now the most sought-after capital in Southeast Asia. The yen is stabilizing at strength levels not seen since the early 1980s. And more.

Nippon is entering a golden era of economic output, and it is only beginning.

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I gave the aliens russia and started a nuclear war between the US and russia to further weaken humanity

t. bdsm faction

has anyone seen an AI Germany in hoi4 not die before 1943?

Flames on the Roof of the World
July 25, 2023

Tibet, seeing the writing on the wall, has joined Xinjiang in revolt against Shina.

In 1959, following the Communist Party's takeover of Shina, the Tibetan people revolted, and following the failed revolution, Shina abolished the Tibetan government. Today, Shina governs western and central Tibet as the Xizang Autonomous Region while the eastern areas are now mostly autonomous prefectures within Qinghai, Gansu, Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. Shina literally split Tibet into pieces.

Tibetan guerrilla activities, in part funded by the CIA and MI6, continued after 1959, but that stopped in the 1970s after U.S. President Nixon began reproachment with Shina.

After the 1970s, the last major Tibetan uprising was in 2008. Numerous protests and demonstrates took place, but no armed resistance occurred. Shina arrested over 5,600 Tibetans during the unrest. According to the Dalai Lama, over 400 people died.

The spiritual second authority to the Dalai Lama, the Panchen Lama, was discovered to be a 6-year-old boy born with the name Gedhun Choekyi Nyima. Three days after Nyima was named the 11th Pancen Lama, in 1995, Shina government forces forcibly disappeared him. He has not been seen since. Shina has since declared the 11th Panchen Lama to be another individual, who is widely considered to be a PRC puppet.

The modern Tibetan people have been broken on the wheel of Shina machinations for nearly a century. Now they fight back.

i've actually never played vanilla hoi4, only mods

The Second Cultural Tide
July 27, 2023

In a shocking move, the New Left movement led by Hu Chunhua has seized control of Shina and begun reindoctrinating Shina society to its principles. It is unclear what this might mean in practice, but Shina appears to be withdrawing from the notions of free enterprise and free trade that have advanced its economy so strongly in recent decades. Nippon may actually benefit from this new development.

But, radicals of Beijing might also mean another war in the future. Time will tell.

The Second Cold War
July 28, 2023

It is as official as thinktanks and academics can determine: a new cold war exists, this time in Asia between Nippon and Shina. Some contribute Nippon's intervention in the Xinjiang revolution and the New Left's rise in Shina as primary factors, but others suggest this new reality would exist regardless of either of those events occurring.

The PTDO's official position is that it is a defensive alliance, but Shina claims it is an aggressive affront to her rightful territories in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. Taiwan is a main sticking point: Nippon no longer sees Taiwan as a separate arm of Shina but as a completely independent nation, and Nippon is treating it as such.

Nippon's growing economy is also angering Shina. Shina is suffering from severe capital flight as international investors flee the country and invest instead in Nippon. Shina views this as economic warfare, but Nippon asserts that it is the reality of global politics at this point.

Nippon, of course, is correct that she has done nothing to deserve this cold war being thrust upon it. Shina aggression, as always, continues to threaten the future and course of mankind. This new cold war is simply an extension of the imperialistic Shina attitudes it exhibited before the Taiwan War.

Shina has taken its beatings and continues to wave its sword, and Nippon ultimately will be the one to finish her off.

why this dude keep misspelling chine

大東亜共栄圏

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tism probably

new fraizhe in 5

The Promise of East Africa
August 12, 2023

A new nation is born: the East African Federation (EAF), led by a Federation Council. The EAF is comprised of six nations in East Africa--Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda. The African continent has been plagued by civil strife and war, with approximately half of the country currently facing armed conflict. What the leaders of the aforementioned states seek to accomplish is lasting peace, at least for eastern Africa.

There remain, however, hurdles in that goal. Somalia is still fighting a war against the Islamic extremists since before 2020, Ethiopia is engaged in a deadlock with the Tigray Defense Forces, and Sudan recently collapsed into a civil war.

But for now, the citizenry of at least some African states can breathe a sigh of relief as the new federation has the military experience of Rwanda and the economic power of Kenya and Uganda to resist any foe that might emerge.

Some have wondered why Rwanda, with its traditional position of being fiercely independent (and being responsible for not just one Congo war but two), would join the federation. Paul Kagame must have seen the writing on the wall to make the decision to join with his neighbors rather than face the future alone.

Nippon has already begun altering the flags and names in its Dar-es-Salaam embassy to that of the EAF.

Setback in Xinjiang
September 1, 2023

The short-lived East Turkestan Republic fell today as Shina forces seized the capital of Kashgar. The Nippon intervention forces were not enough to hold back the tide of communist sldiers. Two militia divisions had just been captured by the Lieutenant General Takemoto's armored divisions when news reached them that the capital had been seized, Dr. Mamtimin Ala captured, and the republican militia were throwing down their arms in the face of overwhelming enemy superiority.

While Nippon was not defeated in the field of battle, her military considers this an embarrassing setback. The Nippon ground forces proved themselves admirably during the Taiwan War, and this was the moment it strove to prove that it could provide an intervention capability to make a difference in other regions of the world. While the armored divisions made a small logistic miracle even making it to Kashgar in the first place, it is not enough to overcome the sting of defeat. The armored divisions are on their way home, and the pacifist factions in Tokio cheer.

i think you're ready to start writing royalroad litrpg reviews.

japan cant into proxy wars
negroes unite

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never heard of that before

looks like you're not one of the cool kids ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
better luck next life.

shaddap already

*glomps you*
no :3

some very deep episodes today
i would give up the goss but there's an anime fan running wild in here atm
mods?

anime fan run rampant ...
mods!!!!!

meet leland barton .. implied 'real dad' of the crane bros

in the other ep frasier meets dr phil and battles the temptation to sell himself to the devil for fame ...

(this will be my last /gsg/ post)

We've taken the South, I'm not seeing any more wargoals in our focus. I guess I should grab the focus to join the National Front along with the National Socialist Movement in Michigan and Patriot Front in New England. Wish I could start blobbing into Texas though.
If anyone more familiar with the mod knows what exactly I'm supposed to be doing next I'd love to hear it, since it's not immediately apparent to me. Sitting and turtling doesn't feel like the thematic move but I don't know when the other two groups go to war with Biden so I don't know how much time I have.

The Next Leader of the Free World
September 19, 2023

Some have begun calling Nippon the "leader of the free world," a title that harks back to the First Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The title has been used to imply a symbolic and moral leadership of liberal democracies against authoritarianism. The collapse of America has sent a ripple effect across the world. The multipolar world envisioned by Russia and Shina is closer than ever to reality. Europe has not stepped forward to don the mantle, but Nippon has in saving Taiwan from Shina encroachment.

The Pacific Defense Treaty Organization with its three members, Nippon, Taiwan, and Australia, needs to grow if it stands a chance against Shina in a real war, with boots on the ground in mainland Asia. The thought that this may have to occur reminds some of Nippon's tragic mistake of WWII. But others argue that the tragic mistake was fighting the leader of the free world, America, not invading Shina. Some argue that Nippon's conduct against Shina during the Second World War was a necessity to safeguard the security of Manchukuo Project. Regardless, Nippon officials have not refused the mantle of "leader of the free world." Instead, some have begun campaigning that it is Nippon's responsibility to the free world to shred Article 9 and shift production to a semi-wartime stance. And that argument is gaining ground within the LDP.

As a news agency, it is imperative to report to the reader some facts. Nippon has the only navy capable of defeating Shina. Nippon has the only industry in Asia that can be shifted to armament production that can pose a threat to Shina. Nippon and its people are the only force in Asia and the Pacific that has Bushido: bravery, discipline, and unwavering dedication to their duty, to that of the free world. In this light, Nippon has an obligation to the free world of Asia to protect it from the authoritarian powers seeking to shred the world order.

>>2063335
Given this, the PDTO must recruit allies for the security of the Asian and Pacific free world. There are several options, and each option currently holds a view of the PDTO compared to that of Shina's East Asian Defense Initiative (EADI):

>Vietnam: 30% EADI influence | 35% PDTO influence
>Laos: 70% EADI | 25% PDTO
>Cambodia: 65% EADI | 10% PDTO
>Thailand: 40% EADI | 25% PDTO
>Myanmar: In civil war
>India: Solidly pro-Nippon
>Malaysia: 25% EADI | 30% PDTO
>Singapore: 30% EADI | 25% PDTO
>Indonesia: 10% EADI | 40% PDTO
>Philippines: 10% EADI | 35% PDTO
>Papua New Guinea: Currently neutral

Asia and the Pacific have become a chessboard, and Nippon must secure the key pieces quickly to control the game.

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there are a few options
>join the National Front and wait for NSM to DOW UOA, or just DOW it yourself and bring in the rest of the factions
>reject the National Front and DOW the UOA
>turtle
rejecting the NF usually means they DOW you once they border you if not before. I wouldn't recommend joining the NF for the free factories only to intentionally ditch them immediately after, you get a significant malus for this that lasts a few years. because it's your first/one of your first games, I'd join the NF and DOW biden, blitzing to take as much land as you can

Wait, the continuation options are right here, damnit.
I wanted to focus on all my combat upgrades I can get, then the PP upgrades. I guess I'll take Texas and if I can't keep going West I'll just turtle and do the PP upgrades so I can unfuck some of my government laws like education.

Wait, no, I guess I have to join the faction to keep fighting?
This is mildly frustrating.

I believe you can reject the faction and proceed alone, but i could be wrong

>>2063363
I'm the one asking to join the faction

save and complete the focus and see, and reload if im wrong. IIRC, there's a way to reject joining the national front, despite what the focus indicates

Unless its hidden in a decision somewhere I'm not seeing anything. The focus says they can decline and not accept me into the faction, but they've accepted every time so far.

Fire in the Valley: The Kashmir Conflict Escalates
December 22, 2023

The Kashmir Conflict has erupted in war between India and Pakistan. Both nations now mobilize their militaries for full-scale engagement. The Indian Air Force sortied from air bases on multiple missions, with Dassault Rafales, among other aircraft, being sent into the fray. Meanwhile, Pakistan launched J-10 aircraft to respond, causing for the first time in recent years a clash between Europe-produced aircraft and Shinese-produced aircraft. Three Indian Rafales reportedly were shot down in the initial excurcion. Beijing's new government hopes that Pakistani successes will vindicate the Shina military industrial complex.

The ground forces of both nations have moved to engage each other. Fighting is expected to be at high-level intensity. This is no mere skirmish.

India, a traditionally nonaligned country that has shed its history of hesitance toward the West, has been buying billions of dollars in equipment from Nipponese and Western suppliers. At the same time, India has sharply reduced purchases of low-cost arms from Russia, its Cold War-era ally.

Pakistan, whose relevance to the United States and the West has waned since the end of the war in Afghanistan, is no longer buying Western equipment. Pakistan has instead turned to Shina for the vast majority of its military purchases.

The West and Nippon have cultivated India as a partner in countering Shina, while Beijing has deepened its investment in its advocacy and patronage of Pakistan as India has grown closer to the West and Nippon.

This combustible mix shows how complex and messy alliances have become as the post-World War II global order has fractured.

you might have to wait until they make you an offer then and refuse to join at that time, then take the focus to open up the option to attack texas. I agree that's frustrating

Yeah I guess turtling a bit is the play. I was at a huge manpower deficit at one point as I had conquered all the way to Oregon and brought the Western Militias into the fold, and while I was stuck fighting Zion in their fucking mountains Biden invaded me and I didn't get a single fucking event or notification.

The Death Throes of Pacifism
February 6, 2024

To don the mantle of "leader of the free world," Nippon would have to rid itself of pacifism, permanently. With the reigning political party, LDP, comprising 74% of the National Diet of Nippon, this would not be impossible. For weeks, LDP politicians negotiated, compromised, and struck back-room deals to ensure that the party had enough votes to amend the pacifism out of the Nippon constitution. The party whip kept the LDP disciplined and focused. And finally after of political maneuvering, the vote was held to alter the constitution. It easily passed.

The only groans in the room were from the minority of pacifists still left in the Diet. The majority of the room cheered at the historic moment. For the first time since the 1940s, Nippon had the ability to arm itself for security of the nation and the free world.

Within days of that vote, Nippon shifted from a civilian economy to a partially-mobilized economy. This would mean a greater increase in the construction of military factories, fewer civilian factories devoted to producing consumer goods and instead redirected to building more military factories, and more armaments produced with the higher number of military factories created in Nippon. Defense stocks soared like never before.

Shina has not taken the news well. Beijing is eerily quiet, even as the New Red Guards take to the streets in revolutionary fervor. The New Red Guards are a mass, student-led, paramilitary social movement reminiscent of the Red Guards from Mao's days that is forcibly ripping the private enterprise from the bowels of the nation. (Jack Ma has not been seen since the rise of the New Left and is feared dead.)

Pacifism finally is dead. The rise of Nippon militarism is at hand. And that's a good thing.

this shit is so retarded

i see shit everywhere, you're going to have to specify

goy4 raus

After 200 years the Medici's are finally back in control. Egypt raus, we wuz italian n sheeit

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6EFg5eWWlM
(OwO)

>using the entire US nuclear arsenal to glass India has made the servants somewhat unpopular globally
unrealisric

guitars remind me a bit of blackmetal
felt like it'd be blackmetal until the singing started

why don't you have an african vassal?

he is the african vassal

A River Divides: The Dam Crisis
May 9, 2024

Since 2011, Ethiopia has been building a dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, that Egypt thinks will reduce the water in the Nile and exacerbate desertification in the region. Egypt has gained the backing of local nations, including Sudan and South Sudan, in preventing this dam from completion.

Ethiopia refuses to stop building the dam.

Now Egypt is mobilizing its reserves with apparent intention of declaring war on Ethiopia and invading to stop the completion of the dam. They do so despite the lack of concrete science behind Egypt's assertions. Observers fail to see the point in this conflict, but political realities in Egypt have made the topic of Ethiopia's dam a boiling point in regional sentiment.

Ethiopia, meanwhile, continues its war against the Tigray Defense Force, and some analysts wonder whether Ethiopia has the resource to resist a second front opening against her.

rate my meme

shit wrong caption
*never forget what they took from you.
there, better

8/10 (9/10 with your "never forget what they took from you" caption implemented)
i would add a hypen infront of "lovers" to help deliver comprehension
the screenshot on the right is horizontally compressed, looks flawed, so try to correct that
other than that i don't know how i could improve on it

how about this one

it was originally "normalninjers" instead of the emoji but i don't want to get banned because it's now so annoying to start fresh, the 120 sec cooldown seems broken, it keeps reappearing randomly until you have successfully posted to a certain threshold

ten/it's okay although i'm not that emotionally invested in this place right now like i was a year ago,ten

you flatter me
for me, i'm like the people who lived in the 500s western roman empire, they didn't feel like the empire had fallen and yet it did, that's how i feel about /gsg/ i guess

>>2063838
I'm pretty sure that by the 500s you would have a pretty good idea that the empire had fallen
Hordes of barbarians had crossed your country, razed your crops, murdered your brothers, and stolen your women. There is no semblance of continuity of government as your new lord swears fealty to bearded Frank and only the nerds even remember how to speak latin let alone read or write it.
Anon, your empire has been gone for generations at this point and no amount of we wuzzing will change that fact.
It's JOEVER

>JOEVER
still don't know where this meme came from
is it originally a biden meme or what

it's from joe mama

joe momma so fat, not even the national stockpile can sustain her

yo momma so fat she gets sphere'd by multiple GPs

yo mama like an opm, 2 months in and her ass is mine

joe mana so dumb she taked humanist ideas

johan mana so good it's making its way to eu5

joe mana so slop no one in /gsg/ is hyped about it

... except at least 2 people, me included
i mean... don't get me wrong, i'm never going to spend a cent, but yea'...

you and your little imaginary friend, timmy, i presume.

I've personally given up gsg until eu5 is released. It's quite obvious that the new game will make all the old ones obsolete and I see no reason to waste my time wallowing in the filth of the past, but rather to cleanse myself to better prepare to enjoy the futures

joe mama so stupid she doomstacks in victoria 2

nah, i never bother arguing with anyone that eu5 is going to be good
but i've seen so much shilling for eu5 in here over the past 8 or so months that it's easily 1 hyped up gullible dumbass or maybe 1 or 2 hopefags and 1 gullible faggot
i'm always on the fence, i don't know whether johan is going to deliver on his promises but what they've shown us looks very tasty to me but my trust is very much zero with paradox, i will not be disappointed with them if their release of it is utter shit, the only thing i will feel is a bit hungry for gilded destiny

you will be greatly dissappointed because that memegame is not even imperator/ck3 tier if we're being brutally honest.

nah, in JOHAN we trust
and desu if you're not with us, you're my enemy and we WILL do what we must

Allies and Adversaries: Indonesia Joins Japan, Cambodia Aligns with China
May 12, 2024

The lines in Southeast Asia are being drawn. Indonesia formally has joined Nippon's Pacific Defense Treaty Organization (PDTO), while Cambodia entered Shina's East Asian Defense Initiative (EADI).

Indonesia is led by Prabowo Subianto, a right-wing populist. He has a background in the Indonesian military, eventually becoming a four-star army general before entering politics. Prabowo's political party, Gerindra, has been identified as a right-wing party with populist tendencies.

The Kingdom of Cambodia, meanwhile, is led by Norodom Sihamoni, the current king of Cambodia. In 2004, Sihamoni was chosen as monarch by the Royal Council of the Throne. He has been described by some as a humble monarch because of his philanthropic endeavors and is well-known for carrying out humanitarian activities. He also mostly has respected the policy of not interfering with the politics of Cambodia. Cambodia's decision to side with Shina comes as a surprise to many, given that Sihamoni personally saw firsthand the horrors of the Khmer Rouge.

These two nations have broken from neutrality and aligned with different alliances. In this initial tradeoff, some analysts consider Nippon to have "won" the engagement given Indonesia's economic might compared to Cambodia. But if Shina can align Laos as well to join her alliance, she will have a significant strategic position within Southeast Asia.

The Cold War is warming, and tensions have never been so fraught.

*buurps at the post above*
only grey eminence can save /gsg/

>we WILL do what we must
what, cry? post more questions alluding to eu5 discussion? oh no... not that...
>you will be greatly disappointed
no, impossible
i'm currently too distracted with shitlaris anyways lol, if eu5 released tomorrow i think i would stop playing just to monitor and laugh at the tears flowing in /vst/ and /vg/gsg/ in realtime
>that memegame is not even imperator/ck3 tier if we're being brutally honest.
i cannot realistically believe that johan's eu5 release would be as shitty as shittoria 3's release, no way
i don't even care about the guy, he never made a single game i enjoyed (fuck shittoria 2, and currently i haven't enjoyed eu4 yet, maybe when i finally learn how to play eu4 well when i come back to it), but i still don't see someone who is as praised as him failing that hard, but if he does, it would be very surprising for me

eu4baby or discord troon?
it will be better than eu4 and that is all that matters
for once it won't be a downgrade

>>2063899
It looks like an Imperator Rome mod to me. Which is a good thing.

We already know EU5 is the be all end all grandest gsg of all time. There's no need for debate or speculation. If you're curious just go watch one of the gameplay vids on yt.
It will feel somewhat 'dry' on release because it's a paradox game that will mature over time but the base gameplay experience is already clearly the best game ever designed in this genre and it's not close.
The only reason it would fail would be if it performs absolutely terrible like 80% of computers just crash trying to boot it or play for a few mins or if the entire genre just dies over night. Like there's no way this game won't be the only game we want to play for the next 5 years.

The Nile Ablaze: Eastern Africa at War
July 8, 2024

War breaks out in eastern Africa. Egypt, Sudan, South Sudan, Tigray, Eritrea, Somalia have united against Ethiopia and her allies of Djibouti, Somaliland, and the East African Federation.

The war comes down to Ethiopia's dam project and its refusal to halt it, causing consternation among its regional neighbors for fear of further desertification.

Nippon has no plans to intervene in this war.

it won't be better than eu4 you big oaf, eu4 is linear and arcadey, makes for a good wargame. meanwhile flop5 plays like ck3 tier slop

Look at this retard thinking development is better than pops

eu4 is many things (many bloated things) but it is not a wargame
most people think the mana mechanic is gamey and stupid. some 'people' do like "number go up" (((gameplay))) and click to win mission script railroad to FunTown but the thinking man likes roleplay, complex interactions between multiple systems, and manipulating these systems to generate the outcome desirable to him.
EU5 will be better because it creates dynamic systems out of benign mana points, introduces population and better trade mechanics, and hopefully reduces the click to win railroaded missions which change the game into a visual novel.
The thinking man enjoys playing games and making things happen, the mouth breathing consoomer enjoys watching things happen.
The thinking man will prefer EU5 and the mouth breather would be better off watching Master and Commander again

>eu4baby
that is i, yes
stellaris was my first gsg in december2017-january-2018
modded starsector was my second 'gsg-lite' in 2018-2022 (great game actually)
ck3 my third in 2022 (it's good)
memegame2 my 4th (too meme-y, too short)
terra invicta my 5th (too long, maybe too RGB, and fuck the grind)
distant worlds 1, my 6th (great game actually, would sink at least 200 hours more)
hoi3 my 7th (it's decent, at least for a wargame, if i get over my autistic frustrations of railroaded border decisions)
heartsofRGB4 my 8th (possibly never trying this shit again, at least without any mods or without vanilla nation settings that disable historical alliance-snowballing)
dlcBLOATversalis my 9th (probably try it later if eu5 release is too far away)

>eu5 gullible faggot shilling in full force
see, there he is right now

why dont you make a logical argument instead of resorting to ad hominem attacks
/gsg/ proved with FACTS and LOGIC that EU5 is the superior game long ago probably before you even found this thread so take a chill pill and let the thinking men discuss these matters which may (or may not) be over your head, my very young friend
Take a SEAT stallaris baby

wargame wise? yeah
what's the point of having pops when they are not even depicted correctly?
>hurr higher literacy = less birthrate
>hurr urbanization = less birthrate even tho cities don't even exist in the game unlike ck2
>2025 and an entire province can only shit out one good type
>hurr pops promote/demote even tho cannot possibly sustain an economy of higher value jobs since a province can only shit out one type of good
tiktok brainrot

Shina Invades Myanmar
August 16, 2024

Shina under the New Left has signaled that it has had enough with the Myanmar Civil War, which has lasted since 2020 and currently is in a stalemate. Shina has launched a ground invasion of all factions in the war and set up a vassal state titled the National Progressive Alliance of Myanmar Peoples, led by Peng Daxun. Presumably, Shina intends on this client state to capture Myanmar territory and occupy it, with Shina propping it up.

Laos joined the EADI a month prior. Now Shina invades Myanmar. Shina is quickly finding new allies, while Nippon has only thus far obtained Indonesia, along with Taiwan and Australia.

>calling me a stellaris baby
>complaining about 'ad hominem attacks'
you might be retarded
>/gsg/ proved with FACTS and LOGIC that EU5 is the superior game long ago probably before you even found this thread
eu5 discussion only began when tinto talks began, which was... about a year ago faggot
>/gsg/ proved with FACTS and LOGIC that EU5 is the superior game long ago probably before you even found this thread
again, i'm sitting on the fence while you're driving headfirst into the fog with the risk of colliding with disappointment
i'm going to be eating popcorn if eu5 turns into a shitshow, and i will be watching your blood gushing out of your car

vicky 3 killed any interest i have in new paradox games before the first few dlc are released. while everyone is raving about EU5 and it seems like it might do well, I've just been burned once too many times by paradox to have any faith that they'll make another really great game

Yugoslavia Reborn
August 25, 2024

One by one, Serbia under the socialist Aleksander Vulin defeated the former states of the Yugoslavic union. First, Bosnia-Herzegovina fell. Then Croatia. Now Slovenia.

The Balkan countries had left NATO out of disillusion that the defensive alliance would keep them safe. It would seem this proved a mistake, because it simply left them vulnerable to Serbia's ambitions.

In another world, NATO would launch an offensive against Serbia and halt its formation of Yugoslavia. But NATO without America and without a nation to step up and lead is toothless.

It is expected that Yugoslavia will align with Russia, who has been quiet in the past few years, building its military might and conserving its strength.

>>2063935
>ck3 my third in 2022 (it's good)
in 2020-2023***, my bad

>>2063935
EU5 is the last chance for Vic2 enjoyers. If this game won´t succeed, we will go into stasis and play Vic2 forever. CK3 sucks, EU4 sucks, Vic3 sucks and Imperator Rome had potential but is meh. We need EU5 to be good. Oh and Hoi4 is a visual novel not a real gsg.

retardfaggot, eu5 does not have politics like vic2, stop saying it does
all you'd get is just the same three rebel/famine/virus outbreak events
so no, your inputs will not translate to watching your pops doing their own things because they are just glorified mutes
the game is more like the søymen pacifier

eu5 will be good
vic3 will always stay ass and you could tell it would be shit when they hired the tnotranny to work on it

935
>eu4baby
>barely even plays eu4
???

The Lion Roars
September 8, 2024

India has come out on top in the Pakistani-Indian War, defeating Pakistani forces after months of intense warfare. Nippon sighs with relief at the news, especially that the subcontinent was not lit afire by nuclear arms.

India has established an Indus Valley Military Administration Zone, led by the Indian Armed Forces, that serves as a buffer zone between India and Pakistan.

Importantly, the new borders effectively cut off Pakistan from Shina. In a hypothetical future war in which Pakistan sides with Shina, it will be harder for Shina troops to reinforce Pakistan. Nippon military analysts are already drafting new hypothetical war plans to take this reality into consideration.

you can instantly tell eu5 will be bad solely off the fact that redditors are gushing over the black death disaster completely ruining any early game fun as a good thing and paradox taking their words as gospel
hurr durr i play games because testicular torsion isn't hardcore enough for my masochistic tendencies

>>2063985
I did not say that it will be good. I just know it will be better than EU4 because I can´t stand that game. If it still sucks so be it I am gonna reach 5k hours in Vic2 then who cares.

>Oh and Hoi4 is a visual novel not a real gsg.
i wanted it to be a map painter like ck3
ck3 is the only map painter i've played which i wasn't disappointed by
i can start as an overpowered 1-province independent viking (saying "viking" and 'overpowered' in the same sentence is redundant for ck3, i know, but i want to emphasize this even more)
and become a big blob by eating small 1-province little fish
and become a big blob
fuck, i don't even need to make alliances with anyone to help me get there
and can do this so carelessly that it allows me to prioritize entirely on map-painting
>do i need to conquer this province to help me have pretty borders in the end?
>no
>but do i NEED to own or subjugate it to help me reach my border goals?
>no
>so ignore it! move on!
and
>do i need to conquer this province to help me have pretty borders in the end?
>yes
>but will i have problems taking it to help me reach my border goals?
>yes
>okay, then i'll eat a smaller fish to strengthen me up enough to then finally take this province from the stronger nation who will then be a weak-enough nation after i'm done eating smaller fish
and
>is there a possibility everyone will rape me in the ass because they are all allied together when i am 200 years into the game and declare war on one of those fags for his province or duchy?
>only if i am brain-dead retarded
and
>you cannot own 'w' province because you cannot declare war on 'x' country because you are a 'y' country or your character is a 'y' character with 'y' attribute because our game has a 'z' factor scripted into the game
>this bullshit scenario does not exist
comfiest map painter, ck3

that is so stupid

it's bad because there is literally nothing new, yes i've done my own research and have directly asked the redditors, trooncorders and ultimately vstrooners and even in the youtube comment sections.. the best they could come up with was just to parrot this magic word "b-but it has pops"
i'm like
and? what about it nwordfword?
vic3 has it and it shat the bed beyond recovery
though i never asked our so-called "gullible retard" what's so star spangled awesome about eu5?

not the gullible eu5 shill you're arguing with, but
>vic3 has it
>vic3
>broken, ugly, and worst of all, gives you no direct military control (this last factor making the game dead on arrival for most strategy gamers)
memegame3 is not a good alternative to ANYTHING

hurr durr my favourite part of playing castille was the infante disaster destroying my manpower
hurr durr my favourite part of playing england was the rose disaster destroying my manpower
my favourite part about playing ming? why it's rushing the three dams to avoid having to deal with devastation followed closely by rushing the north to avoid the mongol disaster *cums*
you live and you learn(to play like a pussy) i hecking love roguelikes strike the earth then strike my wife with a wii u

i like your image :)

>>2064015
ck3 borders are so dumb in the funny way
>you can just freely walk to any parts of the world with no catch
>boats basicly don't exist

They/Them Goes to Tokio
November 8, 2024

They did not get much sleep on the plane ride over the Pacific. Honestly, they never have gotten sleep on planes. The hum and slight shake keeps them awake. But they had a mission, and they would carry out this mission to the best of their abilities.

They were used to the stares in America, even on the progressive West Coast there were stares. Even in San Francisco there were glances. People could not keep to themselves. But they did not mind. They had survived the military, but that was before... in a different life. Some were surprised to hear they won numerous medals during their military service. Why that surprised people, they never quite understood that.

Arriving at the Foreign Ministry office, they greeted Foreign Minister Hayashi in as respectable manner as they could muster. It seemed to suffice. They then went into it: The American People's Liberation Army had seized the Pacific Northwest, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, the Southwest. Now it was ready to invade Trump's American Constitutional Government. There was no secret about it. That was the plan. And the APLA wanted Japanese help.

F.M. Hayashi could not help but stare at the person in front of him. He noticed others stare as well. Nippon was a conservative society, and there just were not these types of people around, particularly not flaunting it or acting as emissaries. But, he kept his composure in front of them and respected their pronouns, as the dossier had forewarned. Alana McLaughlin, the Liberator of Silicon Valley; she had driven off a PMC in the Valley early in the Second American Civil War. General McLaughlin and their forces swiftly defeated them and seized San Jose. F.M. Hayashi thought that was commendable in a sense.

But Nippon could not assist the APLA, which received material and manpower from Shina. The APLA was firmly in Shina's pocket. So, F.M. Hayashi let them down firmly but politely., and ushered them out of his office.

What a strange day.

ayo chat, what's otterposter's official position on the eu5 situation?

>you can just freely walk to any parts of the world with no catch
are you talking about pilgrimages or what
i guess it is kind of dumb that you, as a ruler, can go to pilgrimage anywhere that's not connected to your land/your capital
but if you're talking about that travel thing on 'tours and tournaments', i won't comment on that because i only own pirated ck3 version 1.5.1 which is many versions before the version 1.9 stewardship nerf and i cannot find a pirated 1.8 version anywhere and all/most of the mods i use have already been updated to only work with current version anyways

of course it's this fucking retard lmao who else

>>2064046
but actually i guess being unable to travel to x-holy site located in y-foreign territory would gimp almost all rulers because they wouldn't be able to travel to the location before blobbing into it