I BROKE EU4 by playing as Athens...

Athens. EU4 Athens. Have you ever played as Athens in EU4? No? Believe me, there are barely any EU4 guides or eu4 tutorials on how to beat the Ottomans... or even the Byzantines in EU4? Have I said EU4 too much? Anyway, in this video, watch me BREAK EU4 by the very simple act of playing as Athens - things get really strange, was genuinely tempted to post on r/eu4 (the EU4 subreddit).
In any case, remember, this is I BROKE EU4 by playing as Athens...
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God Ruler Tier:
Henriki
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Emperor Tier:
Aeris
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Of the Dragon
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King Tier:
MrShalltz
Kronik
Ignacio
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The DLC used in this series:
Eu4 1.31 Leviathan, Emperor DLC, Dharma, Rule Britannia, Cradle of Civilization, Third Rome, Mandate of Heaven, Rights of Man, Mare Nostrum, The Cossacks, Common Sense, El Dorado, Art of War, Res Publica, Wealth of Nations, and Conquest of Paradise.
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[@TheSocialStreamers]

For the first time... I actually did a part two! Check it out here! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/goPHZpuFebGNgdk

[@kingwo9992]

Athens conquers the ottomans, The Teutons destroy the Commonwealth, Luneburg inherits Burgundy, Granada beats Castile and Bosnia is reborn three times. Just an ordinary game of EU4 then.

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Standard.

[@KimJongChill]

Hmm I think I’ll play with lucky nations on historical This happens

[@miguel8698]

and you forget that portugal got siege by someone who i think is france

[@luisramirezvaltierra8214]

@@miguel8698 That´s normal, England always leave them alone in their war with france while tey just chill in the British isles

[@saintwumples4403]

I’d say as a Balkan country Granada has a 1/10 chance of beating Castile

[@user-ke1gt6xe8p]

This campaign is already legendary so you should definitely continue it

[@cactusstudio4488]

@@freedomgoddess His achievements were off..

[@TheSocialStreamers]

I may well consider it, for the first time in the channel’s history...

[@user-ke1gt6xe8p]

@@TheSocialStreamers this eu4 save is so cursed already I can only imagine how entertaining seeing it evolve will be

[@sean5350]

Sounds good

[@haydenleffler8616]

Im calling it now, revolution will spawn in the china region

[@marvin3930]

This feels exactly like non-historical hoi4 feels like

[@danubeisreallypeculiarrive7944]

I wanted to be normal USSR, but the French had to ally with the Italians against the German Empire and now I have to fight some Napoleon larper while Japan has communist revolution.

[@Sevastous]

Imperial Japan, Communist China, our allies Has called United States as our enemy to our war of "balkan conquest of Crete.German Empire, Tsardom of Russia, Fachist Britain. Yugoslavia SSR. Guanxi Clique has joined the war with them

[@samlund8543]

1:58 Athens starts as Catholic because the Duchy of Athens was actually a Crusader State left over from the Latin Empire and the entire shitshow of the Fourth Crusade

[@thaumargaming3646]

Interesting!

[@ThePuma1707]

@Nikitas Nehemia Nicholas Hutapea An Florentine Catholic state* to be precise

[@levilivengood4522]

byzantium should be catholic too because of the council of florence, but...

[@CraftsmanOfAwsomenes]

"We're gonna greekify this entire area" _playing disgusting Florentine-ruled crusader state_

[@TheSocialStreamers]

I think I fixed that with the culture and religion.

[@timtams_6]

@@TheSocialStreamers culture shifting doesn't change the ruler culture

[@danshakuimo]

@@timtams_6 The ruler is just a Grecoboo. Not a real Greek but pretends he is one.

[@GeorgeDenis.]

@@timtams_6 tbh Greece never had a Greek king since its independence.

[@noir1923]

@Nikitas Nehemia Nicholas Hutapea are you malaka ?

[@janhornberger617]

I have seen AI France take over Granada at the start of the game. Nothing can shock me anymore

[@TheSocialStreamers]

What do you MEAN

[@frederikbeck6464]

I would love to see this

[@jordinagel1184]

Depending on when “at the start of the game” is, I could imagine it going like this: France declares war on England, Portugal aids their ally; France wins the war, takes Ceuta in the peace deal. Before Castille gets a chance to attack Granada, France fabricates a claim from their new north African province and takes over the last remains of Al-Andalus.

[@kekero540]

Luneburg suddenly getting Burgundian inheritance was one of the biggest upsets in world history

[@TheSocialStreamers]

They’re the FOURTH great power!

[@irmaosmatos4026]

13:02 This bordergore in the Teutons is a war crime.

[@colinstorzbach6105]

At the same time it's definitely a "player controlled" move. Cutting AI countries in half and splitting them away from their subjects is a great strategy even though it does cause some pretty bad border gore in most cases.

[@saillok4923]

@@colinstorzbach6105 The AI is secretly learning from us

[@TheSocialStreamers]

I really hope this is reference to my other video - you’re a legend if so.

[@saillok4923]

@@TheSocialStreamers I have to disappoint you, which video?

[@akzy4532]

Well they are the teutons after all

[@kekero540]

Albania just DELETED an ottoman stack lmao. That was hilarious

[@TheSocialStreamers]

I want to take this opportunity to formally apologise to Albania.

[@SlimeJime]

skanderbeg be doing things. albania is actually quite easy so long as you get a decent ally, just because of how op he is

[@MFlari]

13:02 This... is a whole new anti-polish atrocity. The embodiment of bordergore... The hidden polish corridor... _The Teutonic snake._

[@TheSocialStreamers]

I fear him.

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

Ah Athens. Still remember how hard it was to get the "Own 50 universities as Athens" achievement. Was great fun though

[@addisonbaker8211]

Back in the olden days *cough* beforerulebritannia *cough* the game considered Byzantium strong enough to rival Ottomans so Athens was an easy game because Ottomans would always support your independence pretty easily.

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

@@addisonbaker8211 except back in those days, ottomans almost always got a mission which gave them a claim on constantinople, and would often invade byzantium b4 you could get them to support independence, and even if you got their support, they would quickly break the alliance cuz they would then want your land

[@maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa]

@@tromedlovdrolmai a mission that gives you a claim on Constantinople? I started playing a few days ago for the first time and I expected to get like an event to conquer Constantinople, but I didn't. Can you tell me more?

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

@@maikatideibaskapanaumrqlatupa back prior to version 1.25, missions worked kind of like the estate diet does now. You'd get 3 options for missions if you didn't have an active one, and you'd choose one via checkbox, and if it was a take a province mission, you'd get a free claim. The ottomans almost always had 1 at the start of the game to take constantinople. Nowadays, you actually have to work to take it

[@ivangaidukov4132]

7:58 I love how, when he conquers stuff while having an Italian primary cylture, the provinces get their greek names, but as soon as he switches the culture to greek, the same provinces get turkish names...

[@adonis1168]

You never played an ottoman campaign did you. none of those names are turkish except gumulcine and edirne

[@ivangaidukov4132]

@@adonis1168 I was talking exactly about those two

[@thaumargaming3646]

fiinnally someone did a video on Athens. My favorite start, just cause I like Greece, not to mention other factors

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Hopefully you enjoyed it mate! It was such a fun campaign

[@thaumargaming3646]

@@TheSocialStreamers I really did! Gotta say tho, you got really lucky with the ottomans and Byzantium. The most widely used strat to get independence is to have the ottomans support independence and then gain more power by conquering the little countries, and then use the mamluks (If their the ottomans rival) to fight the ottomans. Sorry about the wall of text!

[@franki1651]

"The Balkans is just a mess" -every leader of a country ever

[@philip8498]

Byzantium coming back from the dead: oh boy i cant wait to see what my old subject athens is up too. Athens: look at me, i am the overlord now...

[@dr0g_Oakblood]

This run looks like an EZ Alexander’s Empire, and a noice It’s All Greek To Me once you’ve made the most of the THICC crusader mission tree

[@lafilozadeljhonny1977]

Second part pls I want to see giga Luneberg... PLSSSSSSS keep that campaign there is like a 0.00000000000000001 chance of tht happening in a game....

[@TheSocialStreamers]

If there’s enough demand, I might actually do it!

[@pianoplayer2014]

@@TheSocialStreamers If not just the save file really, this alt history fuels me.

[@sickperfection6956]

I started a Byzantine run yesterday that’s been 70 years of pain, misery, loans, and more loans. I can’t comprehend how the Ottomans got totally BTFO’d so fast in your run.

[@aciarduce]

"..and become Catholic! .... wait am I CATHOLIC? huh.... okay then." This made me laugh.

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Glad I could make you laugh! ‘Twas quite the confusing moment for me

[@szymonnowacki2920]

I had my first Byzantium run today and it turned out pretty well. I felt even like one of good players and then I have seen this. This man is conquering Ottoman far quicker and far more efficient than me as my vassal...

[@irgendwassmiley4183]

Love this start and the progress, please continue this!

[@thaumargaming3646]

I'd like to see more on athens/greece

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Just in general or this campaign?

[@siniteanrazvan3298]

@@TheSocialStreamers for me both

[@lanebooth9958]

@@TheSocialStreamers definitely continue this campaign

[@thaumargaming3646]

@@TheSocialStreamers Both!

[@nstvrt9572]

Bro you gotta make another video on this campaign it's going extraordinarily well

[@fizzyvods235]

Next the Teutonic Order will form the Polish Lithuanian commonwealth. Scotland will form Britain. France will become the Holy Roman Emperor. And Tunis will form Western Rome.

[@fish7075]

France actually became the emperor in a game I had a few weeks ago...

[@fizzyvods235]

@@fish7075 He he heeee my GREAT predictions were correct!.......well......a little late......BUT STILL CORRECT!

[@TheSocialStreamers]

**praying furiously**

[@classiclife7204]

Heh, save this and just carry on with it as an edited Let's Play - hilarious game. I remember once I tried to succeed as Athens to get that university achievement ... beyond my skill in IronMan, evidently. Even when I somehow beat the Ottos, Venice decided it was sick of my sh!t and destroyed me. One of the tougher European starts ... or so I thought! I can't believe how easy this was for you!

[@maple2524]

13:10 Rhea when she presents Cronus with the fourth baby this week

[@BritishRepublicsn]

Omfg lol

[@gekkenhuisje]

Hoping to see more of this campaign! That was bonkers.

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Cheers man! And also cheers for being a long time viewer!

[@Kasaaz]

Great video, opened fast, had me hooked in the first 30 seconds and didn't take forever to get to the good stuff.

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Glad you enjoyed mate! Thank you for the feedback!

[@Kasaaz]

@@TheSocialStreamers Super invested in this Athens / Greece game now, after two episodes. I've played a thousand hours of EU4 and it's so rare to see something so wild.

[@matheusGMN]

Man continuing this campaign would result in a great video!

[@warlord95Sweden]

Pls play more of this campaign. this was sick

[@CaliRed1865]

please continue this campaign. Best video yet.

[@seanscranton8809]

Luneberg Burgundian succession😎

[@TheSocialStreamers]

I hate it.

[@timorsbs9971]

literally no one: Teutonic Order at 13:02 : I SAWED POLAND IN HALF!!

[@TheSocialStreamers]

They’re going in. And I don’t like it.

[@hillarytrump3157]

Teutonic Order: *slices Poland in half* Laith: THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS! Lüneburg: *starts sweating agressively*

[@dvdpro3726]

I NEED to see the rest of this campaign

[@joshuanuciola8070]

I've had campaigns where lunburg had the lowlands, Brunswick had the lowlands and I've had games were austria was the junior in a pu

[@Erythromycin-16]

This is the definition of “time traveler moves a chair” and “The timeline:”

[@avisdunrandom]

14:00 my typical burgundy succession so not strange but damn this Teutonic order he thic

[@TheSocialStreamers]

He’s not just thicc, he SNAKE thicc

[@cw732]

I had a game as GB where Castile got PU's over both Aragon and Portugal, and subsequently lost them, where Novgorod allied Kazan and Denmark and beat Muscovy, where the Ottomans instantly suicided themselves into Venice, Serbia and Byzantium via the Albanian guaranties and alliances, and where Cleves got Burgundy and the Emperorship. (They lost the emperor title to Austria later though.)

[@HBending1]

Just discovered your channel. Very nice content 👍

[@cromusician6153]

Recreate Alexanders empire in this campaign, but you must do it IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF YEARS AS HE DID :D (or just constantly be at war, whichever is more realistic)

[@punishedwhirligig3353]

I wonder if anything cursed happened in Asia in this game stuff like Tengri Korea conquering Beijing

[@TheSocialStreamers]

I’m scared to see what I find.

[@sorayawaller2041]

I hope you play more of this campaign on camera and share how this all develops! it was amazing. rise of the grey nations!

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Glad you liked it! There’s been a massive push for a second video so I might have to break my rule and oblige!

[@indonesiaops7276]

Part 2 please!

[@alexdreFalke]

Very beautiful thumbnail, Laith

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Thank you. Almost like you were watching whilst I was making it...

[@marvin3930]

Please episode 2

[@gioberis9302]

Give us the second part already!!!!

[@infedius7214]

The Pope is so proud of you for converting to orthodox Christianity.

[@georgiajaw]

Lmao what was that sound at 7:30? 🤣

[@Joshisepic2222]

Continue please I must see the rise of AI Grenada, and Athens I guess

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Yeah I’ve been relegated to a side character in my own show.

[@IronWolf123]

Part 2 plz

[@ex-ludo3013]

IM STILL WAITING FOR THE CONTINUATION

[@KahavaveCAPIPI]

>athens >inner alexander I can hear the macedonians screaming in rage from here.

[@novesspl5061]

please continue it XD

[@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025]

9:55 I Like The Sheer Confusion In His Voice When Realizing Wtf Is Going On. (I Have Died Of Laughter Respawned And Then Died Again)

[@Metal00m]

I broke EU4 by playing EU4. thx paradox, very cool

[@eniotanaka2229]

This was fun

[@hellodolly7989]

Sometimes you just get lucky and the AI collapses. My Athens game the Ottos were very much kicking and I had to give them Constantinople and move to Egypt to get the Academical Achievement.

[@Kylerm2608]

Play it more this is funny as hell

[@Tastingoman]

great run for Luneburg

[@A_Vicious_T-Rex]

To be fair, a random hre minor inheriting burgundy is completely normal for my campaigns. No matter what strategy I follow, if I attempt to interfere in the succession they survive half the game. If I ignore them, a random minor gets them..

[@j1r2000]

If your not emperor or French it and you try the go to you instead

[@A_Vicious_T-Rex]

@@j1r2000 I've tried it as austria, aragon, hungary, castile, provence, bohemia, milan, savoy, tuscany. None of them have given it to me. It's been 2 years at least since I successfully did it as austria and castile

[@A_Vicious_T-Rex]

@@j1r2000 it's never been a high priority to get, but a consistent string of bad luck for all my games

[@j1r2000]

@@A_Vicious_T-Rex you just need to ally them with a royal marrige and like I said don't be France or the emperor the only other options are you and them selves

[@A_Vicious_T-Rex]

@@j1r2000 oh I do, I mainly play as aragon or milan. I'll marry and ally, then leave a diplomat with them to keep relations high. RNG just absolutely hates me. Whenever I try to marry them they keep getting heirs, Whenever I ignore them, the random opm who married them inherits.

[@VindicatorAalun]

I want to see the end of this!!

[@JJmusic1915]

7:00 OK, here's a thing I discovered and I feel like no pro gamer mentioned it: go into your save games folder, save your current game and any then just copy your game in your save games folder so that you have a backup. I thought it might be to obvious to say but eventually it will help someone out... And i don't mean the actual autosaves, i'm talking about copys that you create yourself

[@magikarp.4612]

Why are you so underrated

[@TheSocialStreamers]

Clearly it’s a conspiracy. But thanks for the nice comment!

[@j1r2000]

TLDW: Teutons get funky

[@TheSocialStreamers]

They need to be stopped. No funk allowed.

[@kai89tracid]

13:11 particion of Poland 2.0 began

[@saulgallagher5668]

The ultimate campaign of retribution and revival. Beautiful

[@faxm9061]

I always accepted that steer trade offer :D

[@nick335online]

So many weird things happen in Social Streamers Games that it's just normal at this point

[@KingCrofty]

I just want to know why in my games the ottomans walk around with 50k stacks, but in literally everyone elses game, they walk around with 7k stacks that are easily wipable.

[@hipieliedie3798]

Continue this campaign please

[@ValidIsCool]

the best timeline

[@prussia6530]

Plz continue this campaign I can't wait to see Granadian New Granada in the New World or Bretonic Thirteen Colonies

[@Kasaaz]

Do you get favors for transferring trade power to Venice in that event? I've never even seen it...

[@barryfraser831]

The butterfly effect is stronk

[@tippyjdoggames7787]

I have accidentally transferred my trade power on accident when I was the smol dithmarschen to England. One my I was in a war getting shit on clicking ok on all bad events type of move but it happened.

[@alldaygamingofficial8494]

This seems like the game that would finally teach me where countries are

[@petzi3110]

I would love to have this savegame xD

[@alanmonteros6432]

Never I thought that some colors on a map would make me laugh so much

[@kajvajkaji6642]

He can't keep getting away with it! >:(

[@TheSocialStreamers]

IT’S MADNESS I TELL YOU

[@user-zg4bk6rv1q]

This is the best timeline

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

12:03 this is the first time I have seen (or rather noticed) a gold/coal province. Didnt know gold-provinces could have coal...

[@hendrikgreiner8449]

You just have to admire how wonderfully random EU IV can be. Truely, no game is ever the same. And in fairness, there is nothing so hilarious like one little german minor getting the Burgundian Inheritance and suddenly becoming one scary big boy on the map.

[@cromusician6153]

>be castille >marry and allie burgundy >conquer granda >burgundy is inherited by Brunswick >alt+F4

[@125discipline2]

More Good Events DLC incoming

[@krisrecke72]

Currently in my Ottoman game, Lüneberg has managed to take over the entirety of Denmark and most of Hanover. They are the next Ulm surely.

[@akapbhan]

AI really one upped you with Teutonic order there

[@angeloyo2842]

Now this is Eu4 without the Ottomans. Whenever I screw the ottos at the start of any campaign , the game is casually breaks like this i think.

[@S3Cs4uN8]

Yeah, knocking out the Ottomans free's up the AI in three regions (Eastern Europe, Russia and the Middle East) to just cut loose and do whatever the fuck it wants as it no longer has the proverbial sword of damocles that is the ottomans hanging over their heads.

[@Miros_Place]

2000 hours? So youre starting to get into it i see.

[@JohannHauptmann]

Ah yes famous 4th Athenian invasion of Sicili :D what this time? Commanding officer of expeditionary troops torn off noses of each statue in Athens?

[@alik.5990]

13:00 Snake Order

[@alexg3911]

This is the most cursed eu4 game i have ever witnessed

[@balkanharry1755]

Welcome to the EU4 Twilight zone.

[@kevinkabali7201]

in my last 5 campaigns, spain (castile) had a early PU over england in two games and Portugal had one in one game, so did denmark. cursed or bugged 🤔

[@ijok3r445]

Do you do any lets plays?

[@mdhall04]

Can you continue a game from ck3 to eu4 just like ck2?

[@vadim12178]

Luneburg luckily fell into Burgundian inheritance probably

[@vadim12178]

By "probably" I meant "obviously"

[@avsbes98]

12:53 Oh yes, the Partition of Poland. Literally.

[@flameofphoenix5998]

Holy shit. As a Lüneburgian myself, I am proud of the AI For those that don't know, Lüneburg was a Hanseatic city that produced a lot of salt and as such was pretty important back in the day. (Almost) all of the old buildings have survived the world wars and the truce that ended WWII was signed very close to it. Yeah, pretty cool city

[@theemperorofmankind7706]

Highest temperature in Europe Me a Greek Cypriot living with 45°C during July: I BEG TO DIFFER!!!