The Invasion of Palau - Hoi4 MP In A Nutshell

[@Bokoen1]

Sorry about the lack of uploads!

[@GutsandBlackpowderSweat]

It’s fine! We can wait!

[@gifigi600]

Just uploading something is good!

[@ctggames320]

its alr we love the uploads great momments. we can wait.

[@cronk5268]

Don't be sorry babe

[@NotAnAlex_Guy]

_”the council shall decide your fate”_

[@provingmedusa5334]

My favourite historical moment was when King Michael took control over Romania, sat down on his throne and then got shot as he planted his ass down.

[@dragutintheslav-veliki790]

Bro that actually made me laugh, nicely written lmao

[@alect525]

Boris III "That's my seat!"

[@SanderDoesThings]

As soon as he sat down he starts hearing rocket artillery firing:

[@garlicxlr]

Otto Skorzeny replaced it with Michael Reeves' ejecting chair.

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

The Axis mined the throne as they left.

[@theshadowforce3438]

That was the best King Michael’s coup I’ve ever seen. Classic Golden play

[@Tytoalba777]

Amazing, Golden lost twice

[@ObadiahtheSlim]

Classic Golden Lost moment.

[@robosoldier11]

@@Tytoalba777 Golden Lost inception

[@xeraphyx7903]

@@robosoldier11 We can have a Golden lost within a Golden lost within a Golden lost, but it would be incredibly unstable.

[@alect525]

@@xeraphyx7903 Golden lost to Golden by doing a Golden moment

[@JadenLightvale]

Can’t believe the British Asian task force carried the entirety of the pacific front. Truly honorable.

[@bigcheese993]

They died in the Sulawesi Island

[@keirangray902]

Armored flight decks truly work wonders against Kamikzes

[@PrakatS09]

Gurkhas strong

[@CafeLiquerstreams]

Heart of Oak are are ships, jolly tars are our men, we always are ready, steady Bois steady, we'll fight and we'll conquer again and again

[@pspublic13]

That was a pretty bad USa, could never take Palau, 🤣

[@floridaball4896]

Funfact: Chat talked about Palau so much that Palau is a banned word in Bo's twitch chat

[@svenrio8521]

Literally 1984

[@drmaulana2600]

@@svenrio8521 the new P word

[@DarkLordFromTheSecondAge]

@@svenrio8521 This is just like George Orwell's book, 1984

[@DillsyYourDaddy67]

@@DarkLordFromTheSecondAge It reminds me a lot of the 1984 film released in 1984 starring John Hurt

[@goalabama2013]

*Golden switches sides* “Ah yes a easy W for me” *Bulgaria loads German MP40s with malicious intent*

[@HaartieeTRUE]

"Shame..."

[@AdmiralRamenNoodles]

“MY DOPAMINE!!!” - King Micheal after he got captured by the Bulgarian Army

[@heli0s101]

"I'm sorry I've been toxic, I've been drinking." Love it.

[@guardianof2fort964]

No wonder he's playing Canada.

[@acanadianchicken]

@@guardianof2fort964 As a Canadian, can confirm, we only get toxic if we've been drinking or someone insults our favourite hockey team

[@maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa]

@@acanadianchicken your favourite hockey team whatever it is sucks.

[@Conker117]

@@acanadianchicken not a canadian, but I want my blackhawks to be good this year

[@shotgunsideshow8958]

@@acanadianchicken pretty sure the other guy meant no one who was sober would willingfully play canada

[@whiterunguard4852]

This was one hell of a stream. Golden lost twice (again), super-fed Dankus Hungary and his Asia expedition lost, classic Bokoen UK communication cancer, and of course, Palau. Best part was when Dankus got his tanks sunk in the Indian Ocean, his chat screamed streamsniping, when it was actually a bunch of random Allied ships on convoy raiding that caught them, the Allies noticing this and sending an entire fleet after them.

[@buddyj5VCO]

Nice to see his chat is as whiny as him.

[@jaidengabriel1675]

Dankus try not to scream stream snipe challenge (impossible)

[@maxkennedy8075]

Dankcels on suicide watch

[@HDreamer]

@@buddyj5VCO Chat will always reflect the streamer once a channel has existed for a while.

[@knightlypoleaxe2501]

Seems like it. Whinny people sure are annoying.

[@TheGuyWhoIsNeverMad]

If only Dressel was in charge of taking Palau, he's the only man capable

[@memoria8732]

Don't worry, Bo has already gotten Papua New Guinea secured

[@chestercheetahisinyourwall4041]

@@memoria8732 iwo jima?

[@memoria8732]

IWO JIMA DUDE

[@ardnaxoy]

@@memoria8732 yo guys, we lost the whole europe, but. IWO JIIIIIMAAAA

[@duolingo0552]

Palden Norbu could have done it

[@MrGoofy-io4wv]

Ah, yes. I remember when the entire war effort of the Allies rested upon Palau.

[@emberfist8347]

They certainly thought it would rest on taking the airfield at Pelieu. If only they got to use it before they decided to introduce Japan to Fat Man.

[@psyduckpsy8726]

Dressel moment

[@VinceOliver04]

They already took back the Philippines but no the mere presence of Japanese troops on Palau is enough to demoralize the entire Allied war effort

[@polarvortex6496]

From the wiki page on island hopping: “The key idea is to bypass heavily fortified enemy islands instead of trying to capture every island in sequence en route to a final target.“ So, like… just go around?

[@svenrio8521]

Yup, go around and starve those heavily fortified islands out. I think McArthur called it 'withering on the vine'.

[@captaincapitalis1205]

Can’t that be dangerous in this game tho? Like if there is a level 10 airfield on Palau couldn’t that cut off allied supply past it?

[@the_tactician9858]

@@captaincapitalis1205 Yes, and that could happen IRL too, so the Allies took otherwise useless islands nearby and turned them into airfields to cover the supply ships in the area. You could easily do that in game as well. Edit: it was easier IRL because even the 2 km² islands could become an airfield, but those don't exist in HoI4.

[@sumomanify]

Damn golden is in the vid for like 20 seconds and loses that quick

[@keirangray902]

That's still longer than the time his girlfriend clocked him at

[@artos9406]

only golden can lose in first day of the war literally after switching sides xD

[@Ronald98]

@@artos9406 Golden moment...

[@lt3746]

The allies take palau and then they win. Coincendence?

[@redshirt5126]

"If anyone wants to purchase Romanian cruisers..." And just like that we have our first cursed statement of the video

[@minhducnguyen9276]

Hope it still has the rear mirrors.

[@gifigi600]

Palau is the new Iwo Jima

[@bigcheese993]

=^) what did he mean by this????

[@thehussarsnake9422]

Alternate title: Iwo Jima or D-day Sequel - HOI4 In a Nutshell

[@emberfist8347]

Palau is basically a more pointless version of Iwo Jima historically. Probably because the geniuses who planned it gave it the codename Operation: Stalemate.

[@Iridescent_Astraea]

At least they managed to do better. Spirit of Palau buff be busted

[@keirangray902]

What about Papua new guinea?

[@teddybearpaladin]

“Sir, we’re winning in Africa- oh wait, sorry sir, the Japanese made progress in the Pacific. This has an immediate an disastrous effect on our ability to fight the Germans in Africa and Europe.”

[@equilintogo5378]

I wonder why the mod doesn't use "attack bonus against country" modifier, vanilla uses it plenty

[@alect525]

@@equilintogo5378 the only possible reason I can think of is to basically railroad the player into island hopping to show how resources would be redistributed between theaters

[@prrrromotiongiven1075]

In gameplay terms this modifier is actually good because it means the Allies need to actually defend asia and the pacific islands, not just abandon them to easily win africa and do early d-days

[@MikeCGannon]

Yeah, it makes no sense from a historical-narrative standpoint, but it incentivizes fighting in both theaters and not just stacking the Burman line and then conceding the rest of Asia to Japan.

[@Bloxerbot]

It's been changed since this stream. Now the debuffs only kick in once the Germans go to war with the Soviet Union. This decentivises using the Axis using the Debuff to safari in Africa or clown car into Iran.

[@wolfmaster7746]

Wow Golden lost twice in the span of a minute, who could have seen this coming

[@bigcheese993]

I’m glad my Quick Invasions of the Islands caused much needed chaos. =^) Also Glad to give you a scare with your navy.

[@nickpalumbo8046]

Golden getting capitulated like 5 seconds after changing sides is the greatest bit of karma ever.

[@munk6576]

"Golden please dont cap" followed by a perfectly timed Vinethud of golden capping. MWAH... Chefs kiss*

[@BaronVonMott]

"It was a calculated risk, but man, am I bad at maths." - King Michael 'The Golden' of Bulgaria, 1944

[@jameswg13]

BO: Would this plan Involve us taking a bunch of marines and invading Palau again America: how could you know that Bo its top secret BO: it's the same plan you tried before and the 17 times before that. America: exactly they won't expect us to do something we've done 18 times before.

[@svenrio8521]

That series was so good.

[@mysticfire7675]

@@svenrio8521 What series?

[@captain_hammer]

@@mysticfire7675 Blackadder Goes Fourth

[@nxdiaz5916]

10:58 THE FUCKING VINE BOOM IS SO PERFECT LMAO

[@Igorilianu]

Can't believe we got another eepisode, thank you bokoen1 for all the uploads across the years i have been subscribed to you

[@gravitykat714]

Italy - 12 battles of isonzo New zealend - the billion battles of palau

[@liladoodle]

Golden: *Tries to do King Michael's Coup.* Also Golden: "Well, well, well. If it isn't the consequences of my own actions".

[@bellandzoey]

Guess only Bo's allowed to backstab in Hio4, everyone else dies immediately XD

[@gravitykat714]

Well when Bo did it the axis save for Bulgaria was completely useless and the Comintern were mowing them down

[@equilintogo5378]

Rat privilege

[@RJKilroy]

“My DOPAMINE!!” Is probably the most self aware gaming joke ever made

[@RubberToeYT]

I do love how every hoi4 game has some different way of just becoming very unique

[@super_i0rlol902]

Every unique way of golden losing.

[@christophkoch1205]

Ah yes the taking of Palau was, together with dressels heroic fight for iwo jima the most important battle of ww2

[@emberfist8347]

Iwo Jima and Peleliu were historically pretty important. The more airfields you got near the home islands the merrier.

[@christophkoch1205]

@@emberfist8347 u know the episode where drossel does nothing and wants to justify it by taking iwo jima?

[@andreamarino6010]

@@christophkoch1205 episode 66 or 69

[@TheLoraxshadenough]

Bo really went crazy writing the script for this one.

[@TravisBroski]

Golden: *plans Michael's coup and wants to join the allies through open negotiation* Also Golden: *never kept his troops on his cities and purely expected his soon-to-be-enemies to just leave*

[@fraserking4747]

“But what about the droid attacks on Palau?”

[@Jacob-qr8pl]

Golden losing and everyone laughing is some Charlie Brown levels of sadness 🤣

[@WilliamTehConqueror]

"I'm gonna ask your mom for a marine in a moment" broke me

[@toopidkea3681]

tbh the vine boom from the ingame event made golden loosing even funnier

[@Toxic_bnnuy]

"He fucking d̸̢̡̫̦͚̙͔̼̣̮͚̭̺̮̱̬̠͗̏̔̏͑͆͂͂͝͝e̸̢̧̧̛̱͎̥̬̗̱̗͈̝̤̪̝̯̫̻̠̥͎͙͗ͅĉ̸̡̢̬̠̮̘̫̮̹̗̘̘̱͖̉̄̇́͋̈̐r̸̡̡̳̤̭͚͓̮̲̫̼̙͖̟̘̟̝̭̣͔͖͍̓̅̍̅̂̎̀͌̉̽̍́̈́̒̕͜͜y̴̧̠͓̖͙̖̮̳̭͂̂̈́̿̈́́͛͑̒͜͜͠p̵̡̡̢̛̝̰̟̖͉̠̼͔͕̝̟̮̠̹̥͆̿̍̊ͅt̷̛̰̃̓̍̓̓̈́̆́̌̉̈́̉̂̊́͛̉̅͋̈́̃̾̒͛͘͠e̸̛͇̬͋̊͗̈́̂̂̄̚͠d̷̢̨̨̨̮̣̟͓̤͚̻̠̺̗̯͚͉̰̦͚̼̩͚̫͍̉̏̇̇̒̅̅̋̊̿͑̊̂̐̊̚͘͝͠ ̸̢̢͉̪͍̯̖̗͕͉̥͇̖̖̗̯̘̖͉̬̈́̋̍̋̀̎̒͐̒̇͌̒̋͋͘͜͝ṁ̸̢̢̭̪̙͖̣̪̻͉̞̥̣̝͌̃̀̀̈́̔̓̒̒̉͑͘͠ͅę̴̟̪̜͎̗͍͕̦̲̗͚̟̥͓̮͎̭͚̋̊̉͑̾͛̓́̾̈́͗̚̕̕" at 4:21 is just perfect

[@TheLordNovo]

Classic Golden moment securing the coup and then the coup immediately falls to the might of the Bulgarians

[@calebsmith662]

Honestly the best part of these videos is that you can immediately tell which nations Swimmy and golden are playing. Endlessly invading the same island for fun is definitely a Swimmy maneuver, and golden usually figures out how to lose no matter what

[@Eazy-A_2005]

King Michael: My first act as King is to pull Romania out of the war Bulgarian soldiers: How about no

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

1:23 I cant help but imagine glorious Bob Semples taking back pacific islands. xD

[@mingQWERTY]

King Michael: Time to abandon ship! Bulgaria: Oh I don't think so...

[@billwilson7841]

Imagine going for King michael Coup but the germans already told the Bulgarians to reverse King Micheal you

[@whatisalifeihavenone4708]

As King Micheal sits down in the throne, his men just couping the government, he receives a report. "The Bulgarian SS has taken control of every city your majesty!" as a Bulgarian unit kicks down the door and domes him in the head

[@JackOfSpades12345678]

Even when Golden switches sides to the winning team, he still loses. Classic Golden

[@potato88872]

Bulgaria: no Romania, you will not estate death this time

[@jagoggocraft3dtc20]

The Moment Golden Capt was Hillarius

[@bencurran3204]

damn, who could've seen that in his attempt at winning golden lost

[@lenisperfect709]

Who betting golden lost

[@mrkalaspuff_3866]

Me

[@lucianobattistoniromero4618]

Yep. Golden lost

[@crudecloud6483]

He lost twice

[@thedinoking1335]

"Have you heard of the Invasion of Palau" 'Which one?"

[@sweetnerevar214]

An idea for a drinking game: drink every time Bo says "taskforce" in the first 5 minutes of the video.

[@keirangray902]

Japan: "Why do I hear boss music?" *RUUULE BRITANIA!* *BRITANIA RULES THE WAVES!*

[@metasklol]

I never laughed so hard in my entire HOI4 life until the attempted King Michael's coup 😭

[@Peterhakansson]

Alternate timeline where Luigi Cadorna possesed MacArthur

[@joelmyers-burton741]

Would love to see an entire British island hopping campaign in the Pacific lol

[@generallime8357]

The new Iwo Jima, Palau. If Palau falls, the war is over.

[@Tlhague998]

Switches sides and immediately gets cap'ed... Golden Moment.

[@weeshooting0978]

the fucking vine boom when romania capped

[@happiestrain1926]

Hey Bo, when are you bringing back Palden Norbu? He was always a welcome sight, it’s a shame he’s been so absent lately

[@timels6609]

Ahh yes just what I needed another Golden lost moment, life is good now thanks Bo.

[@YourVintageStick]

And in the end, Golden still lost

[@albertkusnitzoff5797]

Damn, Bo really needs to step up his game and leave Palau alone smh my head.

[@deathtrooper9003]

This just reminds me of a small little piece of forgotten history- where for a couple months, Madagascar was the most important front of WW2. Look this shit up it’s amazing

[@williamerwin7094]

I just looked it up. The German plan was insane.

[@elbeto191291]

The Allies taking a page out of Cadorna's book and launching five invasions of Palau

[@Zapper4520]

That was probably the first time I've laughed at a vine sound boom since vine hahaha

[@PsYDaniel]

"The USA basically only focused on taking Palau" hmm... This sounds like IWO JIMA

[@VinceOliver04]

I love how despite them holding the Philippines they still suffer from a debuff just because they're not in control of some rocks in the Pacific.

[@thesandman9377]

At last, the long-awaited return of Palauden Norbu.

[@tatianachahine4374]

Classic Golden to switch mid way

[@lemonsisu686]

Bo: loses Singapore Proceeds to gas light allies

[@jankapuscinski8456]

That "shut up leonard" sounded like something else

[@aneggselentfellow5607]

"If you touch Romania you're out of the allies" *Bo clicks on Romania*

[@CaptainRhodor]

Poor Golden still found a way to take the biggest L despite being a side character XD

[@erikfrey582]

“Please don’t cap! Please don’t cap” *vine boom sound effect

[@maxkennedy8075]

Says “Palau” like “My Eye”

[@dgh6g33gf]

Golden loosing twice in the same game, Incredible

[@yourlocalt72]

So Dressel was right about whole Papue New Guinea thing

[@flayzuh6291]

Even when switching to the winning side, Golden still loses

[@pieceofschmidtgamer]

Bo: The doctors say my back is totally out of commission for fucking years... because I carried this entire fucking team!

[@grantforester1864]

Never underestimate the power of the kiwis.

[@helwrecht1637]

Finally Bo plays as UK, nice

[@Almirante1741]

Palau? More like the 12 Isonzo battles in a nutshell

[@cvetomirgeorgiev9106]

Why did the US player sound like he was talking exclusively through his teeth

[@jakemurray2635]

Bo discovers the British Pacific Fleet for the first time lmao "I literally have a task force in asia!"

[@m--e]

New Zealand and the Usa when the invasion of Palau fails: Do it again

[@polskamapping6116]

Even with Bo shilling for him, Golden still lost

[@chankles_kankles5735]

“MY DOPAMINE” relatable scream

[@RhelrahneTheIdiot]

The attempted invasions of Palao might as well have been this game's version of the Isonzo with how many invasions there were, as for the debuff though its kinda stupid that the mod would penalize you for losing which would only ensure that you lose again therefore repeating the problem until you lose the entire war in Europe because you or your AI's (This is a MP mod I presume though) were neglectful in Asia.

[@sturm9087]

Its to ensure the allies and japan have a reason to actually fight over the islands in the pacific since logistics isnt modeled well enough to actually make them do that. Also its to stop the western allies from essentially ignoring japan and dogpiling the european axis.

[@chaoticclonestudios]

Throughout all of this I was thinking "Palau by Christmas Bois"

[@woodthomas14]

Golden getting fucking Order 66'd.

[@commandertaco1762]

The fucking vine boom killed me

[@gibackup3568]

Poor Golden. I thought he was gonna get denied his deal but turns out he got capped by Exiled troops. F

[@buttahXD]

>Japan loses a raiding cruiser >Sends in a fucking main fleet in retaliation

[@unolimpico6451]

With just seeing the title, I knew this was going to be a good video haha

[@TrollOfReason]

I like the part when Bo said, "It's Plalau'n time." Then he shat all over the Axis.

[@randomperson1029]

Moment of silence for the fallen chad defenders of palau.

[@darthluka0794]

Damn golden you got the whole squad laughing

[@doxd1637]

great vid as always bo! Thanks for the entertainment you give us!

[@kaiserwilhelm810]

Hahahaha! Ahhh…….Classic Golden. Never protects against the meme.