Crusader Kings 3 - THE ANTI-POPE EXPERIENCE

Crusader Kings 3 / Crusader Kings III - Living out my dream of creating a more ideal version of my religion based upon some ancient theological debacles. Enter the Anti-Pope Experience.
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[@ambiguousamphibian]

**Experience "Better Catholicism!" (It's my religion).** It's my personal ambition to start exploring more segments from here on out - what would you like to see next? Oblivion, Starsector, or Kenshi?

[@gabemobley3851]

Hello

[@mjvzs]

Star sector AND kenshi

[@_ExTitus]

Any game that allows you to commentate on current events and make deep decisions is something I'll enjoy tbh. Starsector might be hard to get footage for in a similar way to Kenshi, so Oblivion would be a cool change of pace if you wanted to play it.

[@Nobody-md5kt]

Holy snap, Starsector. Although Oblivion would be pretty funny.

[@asdfdsa59]

I do love Kenshi but honestly anything you enjoy playing would be just as good.

[@noahbaxley]

Imagine how successful Martin Luther could have been if he marketed it as "Better Catholicism" instead of "Protestantism"

[@SextaEDiaDeDorgas]

Catholicism II - Christ comes back

[@marti5420]

Better Catholicism. What better than Catholicism? Better Catholicism, its better than Catholicism or we'll give your sinful nature back.

[@Nick-qe4hu]

you’re not catholic if you don’t acknowledge the pope to be the spiritual and temporal leader of the church- wouldn’t have worked- catholics disavowed martin luther.

[@cryth2725]

@@Nick-qe4hu ya see. its a joke, you dont have to take it seriously lol

[@Freedmoon44]

@@Nick-qe4hu technically catholicism came AFTER the West started venerating the Pope as lieutenant of god on earth rather than the Emperor since the Chalcedonians were by definition ortodox and catholics by theirs ideas

[@doadm5077]

He looks so old despite being 25 years old because of all his wisdom

[@BuffyTheBuffaloSlayer]

And the drugs. Mainly the drugs

[@J0hnHenrySNEEDen]

Don't question it

[@CatDad63089]

To be fair he looks better than I did at 25

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

It's the stress from having to deal with that other pope! Made him old before his time...

[@cristianalbert6389]

Here is Romania we called a leader the old because of his wisdom

[@rhrgrt-1123]

I believed you when you said you were Catholic but when you said "Are we supposed to stand or kneel now? Please put the pews up" I really knew I could trust you

[@coreylemon]

Talk about anxiety nostalgia, lol

[@dancincoolkid]

Peace be with you 🤝

[@dstinnettmusic]

@@dancincoolkid and also with you

[@frankvalentich5410]

@@dstinnettmusic and with your spirit

[@iancarter4890]

Ask me why I have a working knowledge of Latin 😑

[@1337-Nathaniel]

Single follower: Me Many followers: Yes I am a Me, an Enhanced Catholic, and together with other Yes we spread the word of Better Catholicism.

[@Himmyjewett]

John seed anyone

[@willowwisp2981]

If you're going by what he typed there, you should be an *Enchanced* Catholic

[@AgapeForgotten]

Fun fact: Saint Peter asked to be crucified upside down as he felt unworthy to die as Jesus did, so the upside down cross could be seen as okay?

[@hazukichanx408]

"Man, having big nails driven through your wrists and feet and hanging there from a big piece of wood until you croak is such a cool and dignified way to die! Too good for me, but flip the wood upside down and we're golden." Religion, the endless well of great ideas and inspiring tales of wisdom.

[@DeosPraetorian]

@@northwestpassage6234 ?

[@Britishdarnlib]

@@DeosPraetorian reddit is anti-theist

[@Zodroo_Tint]

@@hazukichanx408 It was actually pretty badass thing to ask something like that but you probably unable to admit this. There is a reason christians became respected so much the citizens of Rome supported them against all odds.

[@mythomaniac-gremlin]

@@Zodroo_Tint the emperors converting to Christianity was incredibly unpopular and led to mass death, romans didn't like Christianity. The actual reasons for the conversion are interesting, but this is a youtube comment section so no intelligent conversation can be had

[@GrayGriffonKnight]

I do like the implication that his parents actually named him "I'mthepope notyou"

[@Fallout3AtWar]

I am the pope now.

[@Noname-gm5om]

Divine intervention better god told them to name him that

[@Shadowsearcher64]

"Please stop fighting with the others" is an amazing name for the holy roman babysitter.

[@hephsmith3738]

"Holy Roman Babysitter" Wow, that's accurate!

[@skylordthe1st]

It's never a video without a sponge bob reverence

[@ambiguousamphibian]

Ah yes - I genuflect in respect for such a reverence

[@ambiguousamphibian]

This has to be my favorite thing anyone has ever said. A heartfelt thank you.

[@skylordthe1st]

@@ambiguousamphibian thank you

[@user-vt7vf9nv8m]

The “are we supposed to stand or kneel now” resonates with me, but seriously tho, stand or kneel right now priest man?

[@shadow_b0itrash415]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3OQm31jo856eqs

[@AmbiguousEntity]

Just look for the oldest person and do what they do. Mass 101.

[@i.hate.swedish.ISRAELUBERALLES]

@@AmbiguousEntity this technique even works for Islam

[@FoxDren]

@@AmbiguousEntity so sleep

[@AmbiguousEntity]

@@i.hate.swedish.ISRAELUBERALLES we’re cousins after all so of course it should work.

[@anakinthemannequin69]

“We’ll call them Karens” That’s hilarious considering the fact that this game has an actual Karen dynasty in northeastern Iran that also has a fringe religion

[@beliallordoflies7121]

I hate their playthrough

[@thebusiness8212]

It's hilarious because most Karens are pseudo religious zealots to begin with that end up just being bigots using religion as a crutch for their behavior.

[@suborbitalprocess]

11:52 "Karens eagerly await the prophesied arrival of their Pope..." Of course they do, they want to speak to Better Catholicism's manager

[@arcticdino1650]

All I can think of is the Oversimplified scene with Henry the 8th as a child: "I'm the supreme head of the church, Screw the Pope!"

[@shadow_b0itrash415]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3OQm31jo856eqs

[@epicosity5588]

@@shadow_b0itrash415 bruh wut

[@draco5991rep]

@@shadow_b0itrash415 Dude, why?

[@reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757]

@@draco5991rep what was the video?

[@draco5991rep]

@@reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757 I don't remember but it wasn't worth it.

[@teifan6674]

19:59 The fact that you beat the pope in *Benevento* of all places makes me so, so proud of you

[@MsJubblyBubbly]

iykyk

[@alekid2086]

When you have super high piety and learning, demanding conversion of your vassals is probably the best way to spread a faith

[@HB-ej6iq]

i am catholic and i never heard that. For everything Catholicism has an answer. Usually those who say this are because they do not know about their own religion.

[@belland_dog8235]

@@HB-ej6iq are you joking?

[@reeeeeeeeeeeeeeman6757]

@@belland_dog8235 dont think so

[@matheusjahnke8643]

That was risky in CK2 - they could just fake a conversion then join a "secretely cult" so if you do that on the last guy in that follows Zoroastrianism in a few years all your empire is secretly Zoroastrian

[@BagelEnjoyer]

@@HB-ej6iq theyre talking about a video game.

[@Quenche]

This is the fastest I've ever gone to church

[@Telowin]

This is the hardest I've ever gone to church.

[@gourmetwaters6916]

You go to church? Weird. Usually the church comes for me. With pitchforks. One day they will realise that I don't have a pony - and that the hoofprints are mine.

[@kurgisempyrion6125]

I can only imagine what AA's neighbours think when they hear him chanting "Antipope, antipope" :D

[@Zebo12345678]

"Dad...? Why is my name 'Reminder: Disinherit later'?" "Ask me again when you turn 18."

[@sorellian2638]

AA, as a long time fan ever since some of your earliest Rimworld playthroughs, I love seeing you play a Paradox game, strive for more games you enjoy making content about, we'll be here to support you!

[@MerelyFlowers]

I almost started to question it, but then I remembered to not to.

[@griffenhansen3345]

8:21 casually obtains a claim to Rome. While building his own religion truly a tragic hero.

[@kibbleeater1]

Sounds like a movie from 2009. The Pope dies so they have to get his brother, Frank Pope, to take his spot. Played by Zach Galifianakis

[@dstinnettmusic]

Seth Rogan is the old pope, he has like five scenes alive where the whole joke is that he smokes weed and popes don’t normally do that. He visits Frank a few times in the film as a ghost using bad TV effects and sound effects and gives bad advice but Frank some how gets value from it and learns to meet the stuffy old cardinals halfway. He does his job but with his own spin. Oh and he meets a pretty lady at some point and that relationship is the icing in the cake.

[@Zelemetal]

I absolutely believe that those screen writers thought that the title of "Pope" is inherited through your surname, like a 10th century serf 😂

[@Commski]

That intro and the bgm at the start makes me think that I was at the wrong channel (especially the part where you go "we're going to create a new religion. Yes! A new religion!) and thought it was going to be a totally balanced gameplay of crusader kings

[@danielm.595]

What do you mean? This is how you should play the game! Totally balanced.

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

@@danielm.595 Personally I prefer to dump a bunch of custom rulers based on anime characters in Scandinavia and see who survives, but to each their own.

[@mlkvr]

You could've just used the name 'Jesus the Unorthodox'

[@Notmyname1593]

Orthodox means "right think" So unorthodox would have been contrary to his ambition.

[@mlkvr]

@@Notmyname1593Maybe, but the way I used unorthodox is "different one, alternative", what about 'catholicism 2.0'?

[@Notmyname1593]

@@mlkvr I was thinking more like "The orthodox Jesus"

[@hazukichanx408]

Or Jesus The Less Greasy (since the "christ" part seems to have referred to being anointed in oil, you see).

[@RickFoxChicken]

Really happy to see a creative CK3 run. I love this game, but most creators don't have very entertaining ways to play it. Kudos AA.

[@mirjanbouma]

It's all in the quality narration for CK videos.

[@genuinejustin6269]

You know he's actually a Catholic when his house motto is "Don't question it"

[@mirjanbouma]

I thought it was "sin as much as you like but don't forget to go to confession after". That might be too wordy for a motto 🤔

[@ceannaire]

@@mirjanbouma No.

[@ZaiketsuKumori]

@@ceannaire he's right though

[@ceannaire]

@@ZaiketsuKumori Maybe study Catholicism then say that.

[@legion999]

@@ceannaire Fuck studying it, this is what it says. Catholicism says any sin can be forgiven as long you confess it and are, like, really super sorry about it you guys. And say a prayer 50 times. Seriously, the fact that you can be forgiven for all your sins on your deathbed in essence means your conduct doesnt really matter up until then.

[@lemongrenade6135]

You should do a playthrough with all the negative traits.

[@ghostnoodles]

I just found your channel the other day. I was watching a Sims 1 video that you did, I think I'm going to have to subscribe.

[@leolsyng]

You are once again here to grace my ears with the poetry you call gameplay

[@bobdrooples]

Looks like Tom Hanks playing a role where he actually acts and doesn't just play Tom Hanks...again.

[@LevCallahan]

To be honest, most of us love Tom Hanks so much that we really don't mind what he does. As long as he's Tom Hanks.

[@nightfall1826]

@@LevCallahan Until you find out he visited Jeffery Epstein at his island.

[@LevCallahan]

@@nightfall1826 Where did you hear that. 🙄

[@Merlodica]

@@LevCallahan Tom Hanks is a hack

[@majorpwner241]

As valid as this generally is for his movies, keep in mind he did Forrest Gump which was a super risky role, and he knocked that out of the park. The man has his actor creds.

[@micha6207]

Jesus, John Paul II on the picture.. there is whole industry in Poland of making memes about that guy xD

[@koyotesss]

As an anti-pope he fits there perfectly

[@heynowyourearockstar6479]

@@koyotesss cringe sede moment

[@Haggysack2k8]

"He looks like Santa Claus" Me: "He looks like Gandalf with a dwarven nose..."

[@marius498]

"Single Follower: Me" "Many Followers: Yes" Love it :D

[@RaeLaBii]

“Please stop complaining- it’s very distracting to Jesus.” I’m gonna tattoo this onto my forehead 😂

[@AnomalyINC]

I think the Holy Site in Cologne is Kölner Dom, a massive cathedral housing the Dreikönigsschrein. The reliquary is a triple sarcophagus believed to house the bones of the Three Wise Men. It was originally located in Constantinople, but Emperor Constantine decided to house it in Milan. Almost one thousand years later, Kaiser Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire decided that it should be in Cologne. The timeline doesn't match very well, but I am not super familiar with the Holy Roman Empire, so this is the closest match I got. Now as far as I know, the Wise Men in question were never specified in number, but it might be part of Catholic doctrine, I cannot say.

[@tonymastro42]

“Please remember to put up the pews after mass” Holy smokes that got me good haha

[@kickinrocks6055]

"Please stop... complaining. It's very distracting... to Jesus."

[@SomePotato]

Cologne was called "holy" since the 800s. They collected reliquaries like crazy. Then they got the remains of the three wise men later and started building the largest church in the world.

[@drenth27]

I think your opening line of this video is why I been enjoying your videos so much. Although I find project zomboid to have less narrative game play elements, but the game you typically play allow you flourish with your interpretations and ate genially enjoyable.

[@Sn0wjunk1e]

technically speaking, the other pope became the Anti-Pope when you took Rome

[@crabbowiththestabbo]

You missed the opportunity to call it “Pre-alpha Protestantism.”

[@the1untitled]

Lol.

[@crossplays3019]

"It's like fidget spinners" is my favorite quote ever

[@KaySeeDnD]

If you set one of the skills to 69 in the character creator, the rank will change to "nice"

[@Bhethar]

"Trust me I'm a Catholic!" Hm... sounds theologically legit to me!

[@JMCLMA]

A game where you have fun, is a video where we have fun, games I have never watched before I have now because of this channel. Love the content!

[@DracXela]

Man, the Berard bit was by far the best! "Berard? More like, Belongs in the Trash. I'll just call him Squidward..."

[@Acrophobia2]

The music, the game choices, the commentary, you sir are the coffee drinking version of The Spiffing Brit!

[@12Prophet]

"I have gained weight recently. Time to start a new religion." Most modern quote ever.

[@lordhellstrande2763]

AmbiguousAmphibian: *wants a nice clean schism* Also AmbiguousAmphibian: *launches crusades against the papacy*

[@zinzios]

Thank god you're uploading another CK3 video. You've got to be my favorite youtuber, you play literally every game I do it's pretty badass.

[@herrikudo]

Hello. I represent the notification squad. And in the name of the notification squad....... I declare ancestral right to your lands and demand you concede them to us based on these *totally legitimate* historic documents

[@hazukichanx408]

Ah, the famous credo "Don't question it" - the motto of House Zedong, later adopted by House Jinping! And also, of course, a great many other houses around the world.

[@andrewcook4412]

This feels like a Mr. Streamer inspired fever dream and I love it

[@isaacz1998]

It's about time you got into Crusader Kings! Hope to see more of this game in the future

[@RandomComment-tr5ix]

I love how you sound like you're ready to burst out laughing throughout the entire video

[@adamfischer1131]

This is a blessing to find a ambiguoussamphibian video newly made. *preprare the popcorn*

[@gabeverk]

The "stand or kneels thing" is something I always wonder because it seems to always change

[@zozilin]

Amphibian: wants to create a new religion Also amphibian: chose zealous trait Me: Oh no

[@MirrorOfEmotions]

Spore?

[@rob9726]

The first minute of the video really got me in a Catholic mood! Don't question, just pray. Thanks Amphibian!

[@ianhammock4564]

"It's like affiliate marketing but for a new religion" is a line that shows that this is a channel you come to for the narration but you stay at for the humor.

[@mirjanbouma]

The title alone makes me consider popcorn for breakfast. 🍿

[@mrfisher1072]

Irl an Emperor of the HRE was declared the anti Christ obviously he wasn't but thanks to CK you can make that shit canon.

[@Himmyjewett]

So basically the Unholy unroman unempire

[@leloshi4754]

... you are allowed to *say anything my friend. That voice could never do wrong. Also crush the empire! Blood for the blood god! LET CHAOS RAIN!

[@justinmiller5318]

IRON WITHIN IRON WITHOUT

[@holykonchu7250]

WE WILL HOLD EVEN IF THE PLANT FALLS

[@joshuakrueger6657]

I love this game. One moment I'm conquering all the land, spreading my faith and culture, setting strategic alliances. Then my ruler dies and law of succession tears my realm apart and opposing rulers take advantage of the ensuing chaos to invade me. It's challenging and a lot of fun.

[@Todesnuss]

I feel like I took a wrong turn and landed on Spiff's channel. Those kinds of shenanigans with that music feels like a trademark at this point.

[@xpoohx105]

"he's been trying to avoid the working world as long as possible" you just summed up my 20's in a single sentence.

[@alexisasheep6554]

I can't believe it took me this long to realize that he sounds like kermit. I can't believe myself.

[@NickEvans579]

Ive been waiting for you to do crusader kings, I'd love it if you did more games from paradox, like Victoria or Hoi4

[@TheOriganalPoppit]

Beautiful. An inverse of this where you start as a backwater count with negative traits and become emperor would be a hard challenge. You would want to do tribal pagan or Islamic clan for casus belli. A KZbinr started as a eunuch in ck2 with the challenge to restore his manhood, for example. If you continue this challenge you really need to give away some of your personal holding - make new vassals or give to your sons. You get a severe penalty to income and levy size across all holdings when you are over the limit. IIRC it's 20% reduction per holding over.

[@micreper]

in my game,I started in sardinia and i got it united BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW (i probably do) I DON'T KNOW WHY,BUT PAPACY LITELARY CONTROLS HALF OF ITALY,BOSNIA AND BULGARIA

[@hevoo]

You basically made the God-Emperor if he was totally self-absorbed and just wanted to shitpost.

[@JoelRiter]

Yea, this was the comment I was looking for

[@hephsmith3738]

I love the fact that he always sounds like he has no idea what's happening, even though he's actively following his plan! XD

[@condescendedwow4546]

AA just made Gandalf and called him the Pope

[@tambrone]

Didn't expect an 11th-century domino effect to happen

[@risqiayuswanto2357]

You just made Grigory Rasputin

[@sgtproper]

The way you pronounce "schism" is the best, thanks

[@masontrupe9047]

“It’s very expensive to have a heretical religion” Mormonism would like to have a word

[@kwarra-an]

To be fair, it was very expensive for them at first

[@DiamondCalibre]

I very much enjoyed this, i'd love to see ya play it more as long as you continue to enjoy playing it!

[@taporpeen5652]

Thank you for blessing my night

[@Jacksonmoonstar1714]

“The better to smell you with” Jesus imagining that face saying that to you is straight up nightmare inducing 😂

[@Herimaka]

11:57 Don't you hate when you're announcing your new religion to the medieval world and you get a phone call?

[@Maizzy42]

Ideas! - make an empire called The Globalists and found a religion called the New World Order with the human sacrifice tenet and witch craft encouraged. Start with a character that's a cannibal and start innnnn denmark or somewhere that has an elective inheritance system. Then try and conquer tHe WeStErN wOrLdDdd - Ramayana challenge? play as the demon king of sri lanka. Play an intrigue character. The goal is to conquer india, but before you can declare war on a ruler you have to successfully kidnap their wife. - not really a "challenge" idea, but the most fun playthrough I've had thus far in ck3 was playing as Daura in Africa I'm 867. A whole dynasty of witchy queens taking over Africa. It was pretty great

[@topsy915]

Notification from KZbin! This video has now been banned from the Vatican 😎

[@FrankTheMonk]

A zero to hero run in this game could be pretty challenging. A handful of bad traits, no good ones and starting from the bottom.

[@bijtmntongaf]

aa conveniently cutting off when faced with the topic of same sex relationships and just keeping it shunned

[@Lucyzozos]

I saw that.. is he homophobic?

[@bijtmntongaf]

@@Lucyzozos he is catholic

[@Lupen69]

Absolute chad tbh

[@Jingoa]

@@Lucyzozos Wouldn't make more babies to spread the religion. Love must die so more can live.

[@subliminalgravy1549]

Love you doing CK content. Even if its just short form one shots like this video, its a welcome addition from my point of view 👍

[@afruitypunchy]

4 minutes long of deep philosophy just for character creation. Eventually look like a hermit worth of 20-30 years old of lushful beard and hair, while just 25 years old. This is the content i subscribed for.

[@davidbass6780]

There's a tenet that increases learning experience gain btw. Can gain more skill points overall that way. Quicker completion of learning lifestyle options so sooner you switch lifestyle choices.

[@th3w4ynetr4in9]

"I try to remember what is in cologne..." me as a german slightly offended

[@SFCgunny]

Nobody cares if you're offended

[@Zachirias]

Lots of fun to watch you play games with your own spin, I'd like to see more CK3

[@colececiliani8124]

I'mthepope, a truly ideal papal name.

[@ryanbillmeier369]

Congrats on 1 million views on just this video alone🎉🎉

[@mr.spleens7800]

Just get done with my first day of playing crusader kings to see AA made a crusader kings video

[@smalldumbfish3808]

You should try for the Mother Of Us All achivement, you have to convert all of Africa to your religion. Would be an entertaining challenge run

[@rollingkiesel6585]

Shit dood you're literally starting in my hometown that's awesome

[@Etherealizer]

Loving the CK3. As for ideas you could always pull off some Viking Shenanigans and country hop your way/Varangian adventure to Africa or something, lol. I hear Manding & Ghana have some juicy gold mines in them.

[@andrewchapman2039]

This is everything I have wanted.

[@cheesepuffguy]

Now, THIS is the quality content I've come to expect to be frabjously surprised by on t

[@Bimsham]

YESSSSSSS HE IS PLAYING ALL THE GAMES I PLAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@arandomfatbloke3352]

13:40 Love the Spiffing Brit reference there. Would love to see a Brit vs American CK3. The colonizer vs the colonies that got away.