How Krakow Almost Broke Me... Can I form Poland? Victoria 2 A to Z GFM

[@maddoxlacy9072]

Quick tip: to magnify force limit, build as much artillery brigades as you can mobilize infantry brigades, especially if you're fighting nations with slow mobilization, or who outnumber you significantly.

[@Micro-Lander]

You still need standing army stacks though, so a balance between what you just said is required and making full professional stacks before you can mo(r)bilize

[@maddoxlacy9072]

@@Micro-Lander Tbh, not really. Poland is extremely geographically small, and will mobilize quickly. Furthermore, if you attack first, you can preemptively mobilize, with only a small chance of a bad event hitting you for it.

[@SGT]

This is a good idea. Thanks for watching!

[@YagizBagdatli]

@@Micro-Lander morb

[@weetula1564]

@@maddoxlacy9072 Also the event isn't "that" bad

[@KingJupiter]

4:45 Krakow also starts with twice or maybe even thrice times the amount of pops than in GFM

[@SGT]

Yeah, that does make it much easier!

[@Super_Gman_Guy]

I don’t really play Vicky 2 I just watch people play it. Is GFM considered to be the “””best””” mod? Like better than HPM and HFM?

[@vuxonex7492]

@@Super_Gman_Guy maybe

[@KingJupiter]

@@Super_Gman_Guy Depends on what you want. HPM, HFM and GFM allmhave different purposes whilest doing the same. HPM is just better Vanilla HFM is a more rail roaded HPM And GFM is a more rail roaded, flavoursome and especially detailed version of HFM

[@Hiroakiarai88]

@@Super_Gman_Guy gfm is fun because of all the events and decisions. You can attack a lot of people with those things and get a good country to run. Gfm is my fav but those other 2 are pretty good too

[@LautaroArgentino]

This seems exactly like my Romania game, playing the three sorrounding gps against each other to get all your cores back until you ally the French. Just way more difficult.

[@SGT]

Moldavia is coming soon! Thanks for watching!

[@wallachia4797]

That's the way Romania did things IRL, so it makes sense.

[@seliev1124]

You could simply wait, when Poland was released during first run. When Poland is free (POL, not CPL), every other polish tag (Krakow, Galicia-Lodomeria, Silesia, Pomerelia) gets an event in which Poland annexes them and if you play as one of that tags, you change to Poland.

[@Rynewulf]

When I did that in vanilla it ended the game :(

[@Patryk128pl]

BTW. There's a mod called Concert of Europe on PDX forum which starts in 1821, so it's easier to play as Poland since the Congress one still exists. (Though the November Uprising from 1830 still occurs...)

[@SGT]

I’ve played that before! A mod short and potentially a video will come about that mod

[@seliev1124]

Also GFM devs are making 1830 scenario, when Congress Poland is here

[@tritojean7549]

next is luxemburg, isnt that the country that can form greater germany with all of france as accepted culture?

[@SGT]

Yes. I don’t know if I can do that though I’m not that good at the game

[@radradishradiator]

Luxemburg is OP, both french and german accepted. Wonder if they can form Germany with french accepted

[@SGT]

It is op but difficult. I’m playing it soon, thanks for watching!

[@Patryk128pl]

Kraków in Victoria 2 is pronounced as "pain".

[@SGT]

It was actually quite enjoyable. Thanks for watching!

[@Lp-army1]

@@SGT kurva means many things atleast i think you said that ot means poland forever

[@sachafueyo6527]

keep going, i love what you do

[@SGT]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@memazov6601]

So much fun I hope ISP joins in the fun

[@SGT]

Thanks for watching!

[@barzenoki7004]

2:18 you know it’s bad when you owe money to yourself

[@SVTDI]

I will never play Krakow, so as you can imagine i am glad you are and i can watch :)

[@SGT]

Thanks so much for watching! You should give it a try at least in vanilla it is not that hard

[@Super_Gman_Guy]

Hey SGT, this was a great video. Any successful Vicky 2 campaign just isn’t the same without a good mix of aesthetically pleasing and gorey borders, so good job on that final Poland. 😁 I have a question: out of all the upcoming A-Z countries, which are you most excited to play?

[@SGT]

Right now I am looking forward to Mexico and the Mughal empire a lot. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed

[@zacharymrosko8929]

Subscribed for Jan Mayan, Fun Fact: in Vanilla Jan Mayan gets unique decisions and events.

[@SGT]

Yeah, the devs added Jan Mayen flavor but forgot to give flavor to half the countries. Thanks for watching!

[@aaronblygh4719]

Don't worry Kurwa isn't a slur. It does mean fuck though!

[@vladislavdm4840]

1:00 Oh, I know about that strategy and honestly, it's not very fun. You are not missing anything by not doing it Also, sorry for the odd question, but what editing program are you using? I am trying a similar thing to you and my program is a pain to use. Thx

[@SGT]

I have filmora. It’s pretty good but sometimes it messes up my zooms, as showcased in the new Africa vid

[@keylessgaming]

JAN MAYEN, LETS GOOO

[@SGT]

Yes! That will be a lot of fun

[@keylessgaming]

@@SGT a hell of a lot, someone i know did a jan mayen campaign in vanilla, that was insane

[@losisansgaming2628]

Kurwa is a slur. And it can mean almost any English swear.

[@SGT]

It would appear that I was set up by both my friend and google… I will see if I can clip that part of the video out

[@izawa9211]

Kurwa can mean everything and be used everywhere

[@alter4565]

Impossible to Possible. That was a Great Game! You survive!

[@SGT]

I am glad that you enjoyed. Thanks for watching!

[@g_g1241]

Great video! Waiting for you to play Mexico! :)

[@SGT]

I am really looking forward to it. Thanks for watching!

[@cyaned1736]

Alt Title: K̶r̶a̶k̶o̶w̶ Poland's Rise of Grief Krakow's waiting game Krakow Great Success!

[@SGT]

Indeed. Thanks for watching!

[@cyaned1736]

@@SGT thanks :D

[@cyaned1736]

EVEN MORE ALT TITLES: Krakow allies everyone AI has a stroke because its Krakow Poland Redemption! Reformed

[@jonahmsl]

I love watching Strategy Games Timothy 2 years later

[@fgf-xu9oj]

thank for making this video. I never think it is a playable nation

[@SGT]

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching

[@SGT]

Thank you for watching this video! I really appreciate it

[@401craft6]

7:39 2nd venezuelan liberation of Guaviare what Venezuela AI declared for reform the Gran Colombia or what? bruh

[@Artur-qq1ef6zm1l]

I am Russian, so I have a difficult relationship with Poland and her dreams of lost greatness, but the video was very interesting :)

[@SGT]

Thanks so much for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed the video

[@filiprohn1643]

Fortuantely today we're mostly content where we are. We rather have identity issues more so than dreams of the past.

[@Artur-qq1ef6zm1l]

@@filiprohn1643 it's good, it just annoys me that talking about history, Poland is constantly portrayed as a 100% victim, although in fact this is a lie! I am very sorry for the civilians killed by the Nazis or the Bolsheviks, but after World War 1, it was Poland who, wanting to restore the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, started the war and it was stupid to think that the USSR would not want to return what it had lost in the future! just like Poland took part in the partition of Czechoslovakia :) I wish modern Poland and its inhabitants only the best, just stop pretending that only Germany and Russia wanted expansion.

[@filiprohn1643]

@@Artur-qq1ef6zm1l Those were troubled times. Looking at todays world it's ironic that Polish-Bolshevik war was started over Ukrain in 1919. Honestly I don't think there was even official declaration, just both sides meeting in the middle of Ukrain and it all went from there. Hope the conflict today will be resolved so eastern europe will finally be at peace .

[@ikerriveraperez]

@@Artur-qq1ef6zm1l exactly , even worse when you know that modern polish state was created by the expulsion of millions of germans from their homeland

[@AmpWatchesVideos]

Well first comment, good video by the way.

[@SGT]

Thanks so much, I’m glad that you enjoyed the video

[@someguy-qh4bt]

First time viewer, incredibly impressive. Will subscribe!

[@SGT]

Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed

[@izawa9211]

I tried too Play Krakow as my frist nation beacuse im Polish

[@SGT]

Good luck my friend!

[@izawa9211]

@@SGT no you dont understand It was the frist nation i played as whan i got vic 2 I suffered

[@damnimbored25]

I had flashbacks of kingdom come: deliverance with that magnificent "Kurwa" bit.

[@d3thkn1ghtmcgee74]

I would have made a cement factory. It's always being bought and you can use it to build forts and help maintain your factory lol

[@terriblehumanbeing8117]

Brother?

[@d3thkn1ghtmcgee74]

@@terriblehumanbeing8117 we are all brothers in this journey that is life. 😊

[@Anom.2]

1:31 annex everything?

[@SGT]

Yeah, I have a short about this. It’s a decision that allows you to annex all of the land in the world in GFM

[@jakubkuberski448]

GFM debug decision, lets you annex everything for mod testing purposes

[@tomasrex-km6jb]

Hey SGT, how do you Put 1% plus poblation birth in Krakow the second attemp? Do you go to the files and put it or what event did you used?

[@SGT]

In GFM I believe there is an event that is called "starting buffs" and that is one of the options. Krakow is technically not playable in GFM but I found a way to do it nonetheless

[@tomasrex-km6jb]

@@SGT Ok Bro, ty

[@dr.kluglich]

Kurwa is a verry common slur.

[@SGT]

It appears that I was set up by my friend and google… I will see if I can clip that pet from the video so it’s not offensive to anyone

[@Pigraider268]

@@SGT It means "whore"

[@LordSandwich27]

@@SGT It's not exactly an offensive word. The direct translation is just "f.uck" but in combination with others it can mean almost anything both positive and negative. You were probably asked to say it because of how common the word is in everyday life (it's a bit of a meme here)

[@SGT]

I see. It’s 100% profanity but is it offensive to say in the context I did? Just trying not to offend anyone

[@LordSandwich27]

@@SGT You butchered the pronunciation a little bit. That was the only offensive part. Unless you plan on being a child friendly channel were words like "f.uck" are forbidden then you should be fine

[@thephilosophyofhorror]

Tbf, you were only at the tip of the Russian spear.

[@thomasnguyen5197]

Isn't Dai Viet before Denmark in A-Z? I don't see it in the videos you released

[@SGT]

I have it in the list under Vietnam because that is the tag in GFM

[@thomasnguyen5197]

@@SGT huh, weird. welp, I'm glad you're going to play it then!

[@hebanczarny84]

9:19 your friend is 2137% polish

[@mirkostefani6327]

Why you didn't trucebreak russia? You should consider it especially if you enemy has no army and 100 prestige less is not really that sometimes is really good strategy to truce break

[@SGT]

At which point In the game are you referencing. For a while I needed to get GP in order to break free from the Germans to ally the French. There it makes more sense not to truce break, but later in the game I totally could have

[@mirkostefani6327]

@@SGT i say in general you should consider it more, you never di once also the militancy some time is nice to get health care and education reform, but here I'm referring before the campaign ended

[@KingJupiter]

Wait, if we reached K, Will we get the Kongo soon? Nvmd. Watched at the end. But play Oyo at least please

[@SGT]

I will probably add some more nation. Thanks for watching!

[@yubfer]

Wha'ts the mod? The map seems different from vanilla or HFM/HPM

[@SGT]

This is GFM. The link to download is in the description of my GFM Vids

[@honeysauce5244]

When you play Jan mayen you should edit the files so the game goes on long enough where you can conquest the world

[@SGT]

I don’t know about that one

[@SGT]

The other nations would get super powerful also

[@honeysauce5244]

@@SGT their would be some nations that wouldn't get too powerful like Haiti that you could slowly grab and plus you can always ally with the big powers until you have taken enough nations I'm sure Britian or Scandinavia would love to ally you

[@honeysauce5244]

@@SGT you could play Jan mayen the sea faring nation

[@honeysauce5244]

@@SGT like with Krakow the only way you could become powerful was as an ally to other big nations

[@ValenGcabj]

Its me Mario, but I am in Krakow

[@SGT]

Indeed. Thanks so much for watching!

[@bo1bo1bo1unlosode]

The best buff you can make would have been to edit the files to make so that Krakow resulted in the american continent

[@enderhauschen6340]

I love it when you suffer in this game

[@SGT]

Im glad that you enjoyed the suffering… Luxembourg is worse and I will probably suffer more there

[@enderhauschen6340]

@@SGT Hahaha, you are gonna play luxembourg, i didnt think you would, well that means you are gonna play lot worse nations too, goodluck!

[@siegfriedeisenkraut5285]

Play as the Mughals next!!

[@SGT]

I will play them in the next few months. Thanks for watching!

[@XClassicLegacyX]

quick question do you need all the dlc to play with the mods?

[@SGT]

I think so, the game without any DLC is really bad

[@totalwar1793]

Yes, although wait for the complete edition to be discounted

[@Jessetor]

You sound like the Arrested Development narrator

[@SGT]

I don’t know what that sounds like! I hope it’s a good thing, and thanks for watching!

[@Jessetor]

@@SGT It's a show lol

[@SmashingCapital]

Why are you not playing vanilla

[@SGT]

Because vanilla is just not that good. Thanks for watching!

[@taoerche]

Them making krakow a puppet really makes It a lot more difficult. How did nobody declare war on you after the uprising event?

[@SGT]

Nobody wanted me I guess. Later I allied the Russians and that helped

[@MrNonejm]

How did you justified war on Austrians? I can't justify any wargoal, what are the requirements?

[@SGT]

Well in HPM there are no requirements but in GFM you need a certain amount of military score

[@totalwar1793]

That bordergore...

[@SGT]

It was a little gross. Thanks for watching!

[@shaharstremovsky6485]

what mods are you using in your a to z videos? and where do I download them?

[@SGT]

Mostly I use GFM. The link to download it is in the description of my videos.

[@otterpilot1233]

Im gonna try Gfm

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

Can you be an opm great power?

[@SGT]

Totally. It’s possible to get those high stars and if you have one province like London it might be easy

[@diegolinares3654]

How do you go about declaring war with Krakow?

[@isaacshultz8128]

Luxembourg can form Germany with French as an accepted culture alongside North and South German

[@SGT]

I don’t think this is true. Generally when you form NGF it removes the French culture, at least in GfM

[@godlymoose9118]

@@SGT It removes French culture in HFM/HPM and any mod which is their derivative (HFMe aka GFM) included. However, if you have time, you can just conquer North Germany and France and just manual core it

[@jimmypetrock]

I made the commenwalth as dixie in the 1880s I had no cheats and no navy but you need help

[@SGT]

As Dixie? How did you do that! Anyways thanks for watching

[@jimmypetrock]

@@SGT I forget But I think I went to war with the Germans sent my whole army over there took most of Prussia with the goal to Liberate PLC

[@b-1battledroid674]

Ah yes, the time poland partitioned germany

[@jemalajemalai552]

Why caucasus countries are independent in your game?

[@SGT]

ITs GFM, so some changes have been made. Thanks for watching!

[@minoxiothethird]

Shoulda trucebroke for your cores in 1929!

[@jimmypetrock]

66 comments also POLAND STRONK!

[@SGT]

Thanks for watching!

[@Rannos22]

Mistake No 1 was playing this nation

[@SGT]

No, this nation was fun! The mistake was playing Luxembourg

[@modddy0025]

I don't think Poland is really that racist, but yeah, the homophobic part is true

[@LordSandwich27]

Poland is actually not very racist. We are a proud western democracy not some xenophobic balkan state. Every country has problems, homophobia is sadly pretty common here

[@SGT]

Thanks for watching! I hope that you enjoyed the video

[@LordSandwich27]

@@SGT As always!

[@huseyinemreeken3024]

Loooool

[@thefbi3350]

Idk if Luxembourg can form Germany but if you can do a meme and form Germany. I dare you.

[@SGT]

Luxembourg can form Germany, and I hope that I will be able to in the next video!

[@thefbi3350]

@@SGT :D yay my suggestion may come to fruition

[@juliancumbia6443]

As someone who played Krakow in HPM(fucking pain yet rewarding) kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqbTkKepfrimZtU this video helped me, there was also one AAR guide on reddit I found

[@juliancumbia6443]

Nvm I didn't realize GFM is different

[@CODELIRIOUS-sy8xz]

Hi

[@SGT]

Hello!

[@korb9664]

hate how he pronounces it krakaoł

[@korb9664]

and spear

[@SGT]

Well, I am an American and I do have trouble pronouncing things sometimes

[@hales2756]

🏳️‍⚧️

[@CaterevGood]

Kurwa mean f word inenglish

[@Captpolak]

Kurwa can mean alot of bad words but primarily it is used as the F word and sometimes the B word. Also not all of Poland is homophobic and Racist, at least where a majority of my family lives in Poland😁

[@cedricfiller9681]

Too much border gore

[@Pigraider268]

Jan Mayen you thought was jewish fascist xd

[@tomekszmuk3605]

its not krakau its Krakoow

[@lucabottazzi261]

Kurwa means sh*t

[@SGT]

Yeah that’s what I thought. Thanks for watching!

[@denfy6560]

Kurwa! Kurwa! XD