A HOI4 What-If: What Would Have Happened if the Game Started in 1933?

[@gaboemi]

As a dev in the mod, i hope we can continue updating and fixing the mod, btw it shouldn't crash now when italy declares war on the allies and Germany should have been buffed slightly, we are working on it still though

[@udetegames2028]

The mod doesn't appear in the workshop

[@gaboemi]

@@udetegames2028 It will be back up in a few hours

[@udetegames2028]

@@gaboemi oh, thank you

[@germanempire8064]

@@gaboemi You better buff me!

[@user-xe2er4yw8i]

How much of Germany's weakness in this video is due to balance and how much is due to Alex's order choice of focuses.

[@randomperson7933]

*Has like 60k guys in his army* *Is able to disband the 2-million strong SA and arrest the Nazi leadership with no problems*

[@bearistotle2820]

60 K professional army vs 2,000,000 SA. *Perfectly balanced, as all things should be* Edit: My dudes, this was a joke. Why are people taking a comment where I threw in a meme so seriously?

[@tfw2997]

@@bearistotle2820 >professional

[@TheMaztercom]

@@bearistotle2820 say that to the soviets

[@TheMaztercom]

@@conradhansen6180 well, the army of the weimar was incorpored on the wehrmacht, and all of that training dont stop the soviets, so yeah, is very unrealistic that 60k soldiers could fight against 2m, and that without saying that the SA was very indoctrinate so i doubt that 60k soldiers would fight for weimar when they where in a big depression, and in a economic crisis, a fanatic soldier is a big weapon too.

[@lordpfeiffer8490]

@@bearistotle2820 most Sa where retired professional troops sooo....

[@queenelizabeth3654]

One is most disappointed that you didn’t decide to play as the United Kingdom

[@AlextheRambler]

I am sorry Majesty

[@Rymontp]

@@AlextheRambler That's just Spiffs alt account, don't worry

[@slicedberryjuice1027]

Indeed

[@leobehzad4021]

“I can’t believe you’ve done this”

[@gayie3501]

@@Rymontp he knows

[@mchickn3097]

You should do what if hoi4 started in 1936

[@acegamergoldie1008]

I can't even imagine that sounds too crazy

[@stephen9381]

That’s unthinkable, I’d love to see how that would turn out

[@mchickn3097]

Stephen yeah I’m sure it would be so weird

[@ApostateAbdul]

Uhh hoi4 starts in 1936 or 1939 if you chose in the base game

[@mchickn3097]

Italian Mapper bruh that’s the point of the joke?

[@AlextheRambler]

*Hindenburg has had enough. Edit: I tried linking the mod but I couldn't find it anywhere, I think it has been DMCA'd*

[@KyleF841]

Alex The Rambler! Indeed

[@ahmedel-mohammad6436]

Agreed

[@yeetman9309]

Yep

[@macarthur2863]

Yes

[@brandonarena5597]

Do India invading Pakistan and China

[@lkindustries7071]

Alex: "Sorry that you had to watch me clicking things for half an hour" me: "that's... why I'm here!"

[@kierannewell6253]

In the Hearts of Iron spin off “Darkest Hour” by Paradox, the game starts in 1933 and I’ve always preferred how it gives you more time to build up and it’s more politically interesting in terms of shaping your nation through events and decisions.

[@MartinZanichelli]

Yes, I was going to write that!

[@hellenicboi14]

The 1933 start honestly should've been in the base game.

[@pojuaurelius4077]

If you want a 5 year build up just play USA lol

[@magicduke8386]

All you do is build up I reckon that 1936, is fine.

[@ediodimacaroni]

@@pojuaurelius4077 Playing USA makes me fall asleep

[@rickpin_0612]

Yes

[@oskumogus68]

Yes, and every second year of the interwar too, I mean 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, and then 1936 and 1939. Who's with me?

[@lawyerfred3112]

I love how in the beginning of the game Germany's Production rate is so low that the nearest construction for navy would be in 2598.

[@surprisedchar2458]

Alex: “We’re going to keep the Weimar Republic alive and defeat the rabid militarism of the Nazi party.” Also Alex: “Why is Germany so nerfed?”

[@pastille2585]

Lol kinda true

[@Elyseon]

Well, it would be nice to see more non-totalitarian runs but unfortunately those tend to limit your options. This game only lends itself to map painters.

[@Darkout412]

Democratic Germany in Calm Before the Storm tends to actually be stronger than the totalitarian variants. Alex's first mistake was... well not forming a broad coalition.

[@Arcaryon]

@@Elyseon There is a pretty great cold war mod that begs to differ.

[@whitezombie10]

Answer to yourself

[@lordbruno47]

Loving the content Alex! Watching all ads!

[@stargun7235]

Why do u do this to yourself?

[@davidboi6609]

Simp

[@lordbruno47]

@@stargun7235 I'm modding at the moment, so I mute my phone and do my work

[@morisco56]

Woof woof woof arrrghrheg woof woof

[@Mooneron]

Weird Flex but ok

[@stephenwoodruff2363]

Alex: this whole treaty of Versailles thing is really just a drag you know every German who grew up in the 20's and 30's: Preach

[@real10002]

Alex sounds like Hitler every time he complains about how weak Germany is.

[@belladesa91]

Nein Nein Nein Nein

[@freddiemercury8625]

"The Treaty of Versailles is really just a drag." - Alex The Rambler

[@joe5632]

Last time i checked Hitler never said that. Dont create stuff for the sake of likes.

[@real10002]

@@joe5632 What? Hitler hated what the Entente did to Germany after WW1. Alex continues to say during the video about how annoyingly weak Germany is in this mod. Which I'm pretty sure is one of the many things that angered Hitler.

[@joe5632]

@@real10002 Hitler never said germany is weak.

[@MarcusBlueWolf]

An extra 3 years to prepare would be nice as Poland

[@Cheezymuffin.]

Or the Netherlands

[@thespiritphoenix3798]

Or Luxembourg

[@MarcusBlueWolf]

The spirit Phoenix 792 Luxembourg you can max out your forte and AA by the time Germany attacks in the 1936 start but you can’t really mobilise much manpower.

[@markjones952]

KZbin has told Alex he must wear a shirt. If he didn't, the young ladies couldn't handle it. Girl, you know it's true.

[@gufosufo337]

We men cant even handle it

[@supasf]

Lmao bruh tf

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

You’re wearing a shirt? Oh my this is revolutionary

[@Leo7s1822]

Supreme leader!

[@zahirsabra1971]

My leader we are honored in your magnificent presence

[@AlexFors99]

As a huge interwar buff, this is great fun to see all the nice details and interesting alt-history political routes!

[@vegetableman3911]

I don’t know about other people but my favourite thing to do in hoi4 is to become an economic god and have like 300 factories by 1941. Feels good man

[@okerudjo5684]

You should play victoria 2 then

[@sherwingonsalves8821]

How do you do it?

[@miracletortoise6224]

Alex: Starts singing the Dad's Army theme tune. Me: Do you think that's wise, sir?

[@davidboi6609]

Don't panic

[@alexb-b7971]

Hearing Dad's Army soundtrack after not hearing it for a couple of years, has made me a very happy little Dad's Army nerd

[@solomonholton1517]

I like that this video is longer. Nothing is better than even more Alex!

[@TechnicalHydra]

Reforms the German Empire and then successfully Schlieffen's France. Noice!

[@gerbenlangens3]

You are amazing! Keep up the good work, we appreciate this, thanks!

[@erykzak8724]

Keep up the good work, you got me into hoi4 and now i have over 1000 hours

[@chasehasch9415]

Finally my favorite youtuber is playing this mod

[@RandomYT05_01]

keep going on hoi4!!! its my entertainment lifeblood! I cant go without it!

[@gamingmoment1061]

Probably one of the best mods if not the best out there, I love the fact that it has the build up to ww2 and then also has ww2, obviously the balance is a little off and weird, but its still fun to play as each changed country and do each scenario. I have probably done every single possible german path, and most of the uk as well. I have really enjoyed playing this mod.

[@hugo57k91]

Alex: calls this his most boring video yet probably Me, who only finished a couple of his videos due to lenght whilst this kept me interested: Say what

[@jeffrycrap5185]

i gotta be honst. this mod is not even finished and it at least in my opinion it is allready the best non alt hist mod there is for hoi4. Its my absolute favorit. It adds so much depth and detail at least for what i have seen of it so far. it is ture that you need to get into it a bit sicne its way harder to manage the focuses and decision than in vanilla. but if you have gotten a hold of it its awesome

[@beaversforlife1298]

I'd love to know more about "the geography teacher that put a condom on a banana" story sound weird especially in school

[@mikegreen3485]

That's how sex ed gets taught in the uk. Very proper

[@contrivedresident5917]

Glad to be watching you again as I get into Hoi4 again!

[@andreig8962]

This is ones of my favorite videos of yours, please keep playing this mod.

[@hulcronzyron1621]

Nice that u finally play this mod. Love this mod.

[@handimanhd4197]

Hi Alex, Did pretty much the same run as you did and had the exact opposite happening to me. My germany was the strongest i've ever had. I didnt even have to call in any of my Allies or go around the maginot. Its really interesting to see the huge diffrence between our two games, eventhough they were so simmilar.

[@Etherlad]

I love how you can't prevent the German Empire to keep crumbling under internal pressure while threats from the outside are mounting and you just throw your hand up since there's no way of preventing the inevitable. There's a history lesson in here somewhere.

[@Eiweing]

I noticed Norway had a focus tree. I don't think you have ever given Norway a go before, so try this one :) Love your work as always.

[@Bomberboi398]

Never change rambler, u beautiful beast

[@PtrPr0]

Raise of Nations is one of the best if not the best mod right now in the workshop and its updated all the time to make a game from 1900 to modern days all with focus trees, economy, events etc

[@thescousecleaner]

Thanks for the upload Alex. 🥰

[@ciaran_telfer_18]

Alex. You’ve done well to upload this on my birthday.

[@dutch__]

Happy Birthday!

[@ciaran_telfer_18]

The Netherlands / Dutch Ball Thank you very much!

[@angushayes8373]

Honestly I haven't watched you in a few months and that beard scared the crap out of me.

[@Martoto94]

Tbh this was one of the best HOI4 videos of yours imo.

[@tremmy33]

Best part of Alex’s comment section is that their are no bots

[@toyguismailov4199]

*there

[@pollere4926]

"Oh that's the Treaty of Versailles, isn't it? How do I get rid of it?" Literally every German between 1918 and 1939 ever.

[@newyorkproductions247]

versailles was singned in 1919 though

[@unstoppableleaf]

@@newyorkproductions247 that’s the joke

[@Kroyer102]

There is a nice search function in the focus tree now. If you searched something like treaty or Versailles it would highlight the focus, which has the searched term in its text

[@lucasharvey8990]

Thanks for the video, Rambler!

[@tarantula_7u863]

"Say my name" "You're Alex the Rambler" "You're bloody right"

[@cakeinyoface6]

I was a bit iffy on the mod until I heard high quality graphics were involved. Now I'm sold

[@jgmcfc]

Superb content as always Lord Rambler

[@LoonyJack]

I helped contribute to the mod!

[@aquilla2.087]

Me too

[@theamazinghippopotomonstro9942]

Just got an ad from the US Air Force saying "be the calm and the storm" before this video

[@xTwixix]

Thank you Alex. Watching you play for 30 mins save me from playing bad/incomplete mods for hours. I thank thee for your sacrifice.

[@redjoker365]

Kalinin forever mistaken for Trotsky ;_;

[@allcbrosx5930]

legend says germany is still building a 1933 submarine to this day

[@SuperMClone]

I am leaving this comment to boost Alex the Rambler!'s statistics in the KZbin algorythm :-)

[@dextercritten6167]

8:35 What really made that lesson odd was the fact it was on rivers.

[@mpscrapz95]

I remember watching dads army whenever I’d sleep at my Nan and Grandads for the night

[@GAkos03]

As a hungarian living in Eger and seeing the Treaty of Eger just makes me really happy

[@Arcaryon]

That is a pretty neat little treaty.

[@chomer14]

And today we return to... Alex’s desktop!

[@mediocre-wettowel2007]

Bro please make this a series I swear I will bless you with subscribers

[@jaozin7122]

Your channel is very good, send a hug to Brazil please

[@TheScotsman843]

Thanks for another HOI4 video lad!

[@Novac_Alexandru]

Wow I really enjoy this type of scenarios bro! This is reallly interesting and advanced than 1930 mod! Wow this is interesting bro cool! Lmao lol big like xd.

[@NimonBePraised]

Cor blimey 31 bloody minutes? It’s long rambler time!

[@glorvalmacglorvas6082]

When I saw Bicycles and Motorcycles I INSTANTLY wanted to play and make motorcycle divisions to blitz everywhere.

[@mattdeman2839]

Plz make a 10 part series of this mod PLZ!!!

[@eduardtiunov7684]

Mr.Rambler, another shot of TNO maybe? Keep the great job

[@chavdardzhikov1312]

Youre the best i have watched you from 2018 every episode

[@emoji4397]

I dont know if you know this but it actually makes a difference in which order you have your production because ressources go into the top ones first and this effects your production overall

[@AvePonies]

Also I wouldn't call it boring, it honestly kinda interesting to see you struggle with the bad situation and trying to make the best out of it.

[@darthandrew19905]

FYI the mod developers have tried to take a realistic approach to nations. So idk if monarchist Germany is supposed to be nerfed or you didn't play optimally, but I know Nazi Germany is supposed to eventually collapse. Even if they somehow manage to defeat the USSR.

[@tonypalma9376]

A 30 minute video?! I’m in heaven!

[@egermajgaming6640]

I accidentally started watching this on 2 files and the same ad came up it was about etoro

[@AvePonies]

Ayyy, so glad this mod is finally released, even if it is beta and hope to see you play it more. Really interested what paths are possible for USSR there.

[@NotMurkan]

5:27 That submarine will be finished on my 111th birthday!

[@anch95]

19:49"ger_external:70b"🧐

[@parkersturtevant5621]

Love the longer videos!

[@thegamingdevil95]

This mod was very fun to watch more would be great pls

[@conroyale1]

Did Alex forget he forgot to remove the Treaty of Versailles debuff? That one was pretty bad.

[@ogerpinata1703]

Germany looses WW1 and has to sign the treaty of Versailles. Alex: This really is a hassle, how can I get rid of it 😂

[@mokinsen]

Under custom game rules you could activate kerfuffle goals justification allowed, that would allow you to justify any time you want

[@drhaggans3632]

Loving the shirt Alex!

[@LordeWaffleMaker]

Okay okay here’s another challenge for War if Equestria. Play as Stalliongrad and take all of Equestria!! Orrr- play asss the aquelian gridiron republic!

[@northofnashira2575]

23:40 Way ahead of you on that one, Alex.

[@aradicalkiwi806]

Part of the issue lies in that the devs are trying to be very historically accurate (like it is feasible that the DNVP would come to power, but not like, Strasser) and part of that leads to them making it basically impossible to win WW2 as Germany, or very very difficult, so they have to balance a Germany that gets really strong, and then collapses really fast.

[@haenselundgretel654]

Still a very good und fun to look playthrough!

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

Hindenburg in this mod has a portrait that says, "I'm being worked to death, they won't let me see my family."

[@anti-communstcrusader5153]

I see I click I still love your content And also I think I am first When you post your comment before Alex lol

[@googlehatesblackpeople8876]

I think Paradox missed a huge opportunity here, they should be looking to making expansions themed around these earlier start dates and provide different starting scenarios, compared to other Paradox games, Hoi4 is in need of some “love”.

[@Rasmusnilsenbie]

i'm a simple man, i see Hoi4, i like

[@reecehoeflich342]

Love the hoi,stuff as always alex

[@leopoldpferdmann6980]

"Come on Hindenburg, you can pull it out!" -Alex 2020

[@elibeikanal682]

And we are back to HOI4!

[@piecemakernoalias1018]

*when Alex pronounces the sharp s (ß) like it was a t*

[@lemoon7101]

Ah yes, rambler wearing a shirt, this is very unusual.

[@ivanvoronov3871]

This was very interesting actually

[@KaiserBob99]

this mod seems very interesting

[@rikvanechelpoel1839]

Loving the content!

[@Archadias]

Rambler for Prime Minister !

[@notsocrates5979]

The pronunciation of hurricane killed my vibe.