I Tried Saving A German 1944 Disaster Using Desperate Means

[@AlextheRambler]

*Can we get some love for Matt in the comments? He's been editing every single one of these, doing the real work!*

[@joegerhardusa9017]

How about some love for the great and powerful ALEX THE RAMBLER! A great man!

[@explodingwolfgaming8024]

Very based Matt

[@joegerhardusa9017]

Go forth and conquer!

[@AdmiralDevil]

Matt is a real legend for editing your chaoic videos

[@LoveSpuds]

And somehow still alive! Thanks for the love, bruv! :)

[@ALittleMessi]

They say don't invade Russia in winter, but they never said anything about nuclear winter

[@linuxares]

There is no snow... ONLY BURNING WASTELAND!

[@Aaron47916]

@@linuxares oh look actually there is some snow... Its just a bit, green, very bright green, and why do i have an arm on my back?

[@goodhumor9454]

The only winter I like

[@BlackoutGootraxian]

@@Aaron47916 uranium is not green but i get the joke

[@warlordofbritannia]

Patrolling the Urals really makes me wish for a nuclear winter...

[@J.M.deWitProd]

Alex: 'I want stalingrad, gimme Stalingrad' Also Alex: 'Oh Oh, take a few off and redirect their attacks to the South' Where have we seen this before?

[@akramgimmini8165]

Hmmm

[@mitmatgames604]

Akram Gimmini HMMMMMMMM

[@GrimNoire0]

Where?

[@muld3r5469]

@@GrimNoire0 In the history books.

[@quincylewis6839]

Right before Germany got invaded. lol

[@Pydgin]

Matt, I know how much work goes into editing these. You’re a champion for doing 7 in a week!

[@LoveSpuds]

Cheers Pydgin! Alex has promised to let me out of the basement if I get them all out on time :D

[@zyolid3083]

@@LoveSpuds hope he keeps his words!

[@LoveSpuds]

@@zyolid3083 fingers crossed! :D

[@kairuw6477]

@@LoveSpuds does he at least feed you mama bird style?

[@kairuw6477]

@@bigmoniesponge I guess your boss doesn’t feed you then huh

[@fem530]

*"Stop resisting"* *Furiously punches Stalin's face in*

[@makom2405]

That Kiev joke hits different these days don't it?

[@andrewmurray409]

I was looking for this comment 😅

[@warlordofbritannia]

Hey Alex, I've got a *fantastic* disaster save sitting in my folder for you--I'm playing as Byzantium in 1964, I'm at war with my former allies, the Axis, the fronts have been largely stagnant for at least fifteen years and I've inflicted over 100 million casaulties...actually, no one deserves to play that save, not even me lol

[@rcpwProductions]

sounds like a fantastic book tbh

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@rcpwProductions Playing the save rn, finally conquered the European Axis powers, now just to Sea Lion and I’m essentially the world’s foremost power Apparently the AI likes to build forts everywhere, given enough time lol Edit: It's over...it took until 1968, but Byzantium has finally returned, more powerful than ever before (and I got the Bad Romeance Achievement)! It only took 20+ hours altogether, too!

[@BarinadeCo]

@@warlordofbritannia I'm curious your manpower situation, has pop growth by then made it that you have a lot spare?

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@BarinadeCo I ended up with 7.5 million spare manpower, thanks in large part to careful management of what I had (hence the years of static fronts) plus the cores you get for reconquering parts of the Empire…overall, I think growth had a lot more to do with it for my enemies actually, as Germany and Italy could still levy millions late into the war, despite losses of tens of millions each! Of course, this is why I essentially remained on the strategic defensive for twenty years before finally launching a series of offensives led by my Cataphracti (re: medium tank divisions) through the Balkans and into central and Western Europe…by that time, the main Axis powers had less men than me in both the field and reserves

[@glauberglousger6643]

That sounds like a wonderful save... Mainly because I like the long stagnation of such a war

[@hydronpowers9014]

Italy: "Hey, can I joined? UWU" Alex: NOO! Italy: "Fine." Declare on Greece Alex: >:-0

[@rjskillz92]

Kicking Italy out of the Axis and then Italy delcaring on your puppet was pretty hilarious.

[@DisgruntledHippo]

Alex is riding the radiation to the top in this one.

[@ADobbin1]

I've had a game where england and soviet union went to war and the republicans won spain and joined comintern, so england sent their entire army to spain. I took england without a fight. Literally landed 5 divisions and waltzed through england like I was on holiday. Maybe that's how he beat england. This game is why I generally don't take allies as germany.

[@kaiserwilhelmii5393]

Take a shot everytime Alex says "Rommel„ or "Manstein„

[@johnpetersen1547]

That is a sure way to die

[@Soken50]

Pretty sure this is against KZbin ToS, reported for encouraging suicide. /s obviously

[@kaiserwilhelmii5393]

@@Soken50 ... of whiskey.

[@Soken50]

@@kaiserwilhelmii5393 that's a lethal dose of alcohol... was my point in the joke

[@kaiserwilhelmii5393]

@@Soken50 Ahhh I get it now

[@zaboomafool1911]

Is it just me or does Italy consistently snipe the Highlands and that one tile in UK that cuts it in half if you take the rest? It's like the AI is committed to a particular kind of border gore in the UK. I don't know if there is some unique strategic value to them or what.

[@BlackoutGootraxian]

If you enable debugging mode, there is a stat named "strategic value" for each state. This value is based off of victory points and resources, also the location of the state. The ai is probably trying to snipe the ones with higher value since its programmed to do so.

[@owenvestrum1445]

I think I heard once that the Italian ai was made to want some state more than others but the numbers got changed and Scotland's number was in Africa or something

[@andrearicciardi1743]

Matt, you're a real champ! The yt boys stan for you

[@LoveSpuds]

Cheers! All stans welcome lol

[@BORED514]

Matt, thank you for editing all of these videos!

[@LoveSpuds]

Thanks fella, plenty more to come :)

[@gdaddy3695]

This sort of tactical nuking is what we at first envisioned nukes to be. We thought of them as big bombs. That was before Hiroshima.

[@Atajew]

its not a war crime if you use it on the enemy soldiers

[@BlackoutGootraxian]

@@Atajew and win*

[@markc5728]

Who are we?

[@gdaddy3695]

@@markc5728 the Allies, but specifically the United States

[@Pydgin]

I heard this guy was also streaming right now on twitch!? Could that be possible?

[@definitelythatguyred]

yoo! love your short tutorials!

[@tsb390]

He is streaming right now

[@hawkerben1158]

Every time I see the ai over stacking like that only makes me more excited for no step back supply to stop that sh*t in its tracks

[@owenr-m4619]

I remember when I played US. It would be awhile before I could build up for D-Day so I decided to try and invade Morocco. Invasion goes off without a hitch, but then I see the great migration of Canadian, British, French and Indian divisions to the sandy beaches of the western Sahara, next thing I know my offensive has stalled because I'm out of supply my lovely 40 width Amtrack and Marine divisions are being swamped by 130 divisions killing the supply and dying in the desert. Fun times.

[@hatless_spider]

2:08 "mechagnized" Are you having a giraffe?

[@LoveSpuds]

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed, had to listen to that word MANY times while editing this lol

[@hatless_spider]

@@LoveSpuds sounds like instead of commenting appreciation, @alextherambler needs to just fix how he says mechanized for your sanity 😆

[@emiliomanuelguascamacho8939]

Alex: *Nukes soviets* Soviets: You dare to oppose me mortal?!

[@Lcgmatheus]

Alex ordering all the tanks to Stalingrad, then decides he should divert half of the tanks down to the Caucasus. So historical

[@jeffgraham9208]

Well, I was going to tell Alex how much I have enjoyed this week. Now, however, Matt is the man. Matt, you are doing a fantastic job, especially for the KZbin videos. The beautifully brutally honest depictions of Alex bring the package together. Truly. As always thanks, and this time to you both.

[@isaacimperium6321]

Luxembourg is sweating right now

[@cadengalbraith9743]

8:48 that aged like boxed wine: poorly

[@TheAdministratorRequiem]

Matt good job continue showing us all the rambler fails and successes

[@LoveSpuds]

I'm sure there will be plenty more to come :)

[@Jon_FM]

Love these videos Alex and Matt. Makes me want to play again which is always a good sign for a game I have no played in 2 years.

[@thecomradetrotsky]

Ayy! Didn't watch it full but already loved the start

[@johnpetersen1547]

"I think Stalinggrad is the next big one, right?" Wonder where I heard that before

[@drtoxic7627]

Its fine Rommel is use to being out of supply

[@laylamccahon7797]

I did manage to once mess up a combined paratrooper/nuke mix. Was playing KR as France and fired nukes/landed paratroopers on every major German city. It worked but a lot of paratroopers got there first.

[@TomBaldwin2483]

Doesn't nuking damage the shit out of the infrastructure, affecting supply once you push?

[@Atajew]

Better than your allies killing the supply instead, but le rambler forgot that he could just request expeditionary forces from spain, italy and all other allies and send them to chill in berlin.

Every week would be disaster-save week if it were up to me.

[@bosnjakball]

Matt your good at editing keep up the good work

[@LoveSpuds]

Thank you, hope you continue enjoying it :)

[@aguythatyoudontknow3594]

"For the first and hopefully last time, a bomb has been detonated in Kiev" This hasnt aged well

[@aceofspadesattorney]

“We have a deficit of 12k medium tanks!” Sounds like a classic Demilitarized Reich issue…🤔😂

[@TheDanDude17]

Nukes are so underpowered in this game! I remember once having to use them rapid fire against the US in order to force their armies back and capitulate them!

[@MrJaguarDesert]

yeah realistic nukes would ruin the game balance, nuking dover/minsk would probably make the allies/ussr capitulate immediately

[@TheDanDude17]

@@MrJaguarDesert That’s true, but maybe nukes should be harder to make but deal more damage to armies that are hit by the nukes?

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

@@TheDanDude17 Realistically it would just delete whatever divisions are in the tile, which given the AIs love of stacking as many divisions in a tile as possible, would basically end the game. The idea that a couple guys somehow don’t melt during the nuclear blast and just grab their rifles and keep fighting is hilarious given the fact that they’d start to suffer from severe radiation sickness almost immediately.

[@JackLeeTheFirst]

Matt, you are a true gigachad

[@LoveSpuds]

Cheers Jack!

[@alistairparkmusic]

I thought the title said “using desperate memes” lol

[@hitomisalazar4073]

I tend to find the British AI in... honestly every version of Hearts of Iron I've played, but 4 included, will throw their entire army into anywhere but the British Isles. 4 is slightly better as they'll leave at least a token garrison of something like 4-10 division in the home island. But it's not unusual at all for me to see something like a UK that has 300 Divisions... and 290 of them are in Greece allowing themselves to be utterly capitulated while their armies starve in Athens, over the supply limit. Probably what happened, if I was to guess. He basically had the UK throw everything it had into Egypt while he sent 5 Marine divisions and some infantry to utterly dominate the Home Island.

[@lachlanmurray9886]

I see you took the creeping barrage tactic to the extreme.

[@Thelegionare]

This video aged well

[@tfree215]

I'd rather invade beefed up soviets rather than beefed up United States. It took me like 7 years to invade up through Panama and a metric ton of nukes but Poland controlled the world

[@joegerhardusa9017]

This was fantastic. The panzers can not be stopped

[@JoeMother941]

Good job, Matt keep up the good work!

[@BetzeBert]

4/4 success! Alex on the roll

[@maeror1022]

I dread to think what the state of the planet would be like after that many nuclear bombs

[@cassu6]

Back in the day that strat really worked. Just basic 20w divisions and you could beat the game. Didn't need an airforce or tanks. At least I never did.

[@loopyguy7611]

Hell yeah. Epic Video!

[@christophero55]

Thank you for the entertainment Matt and Alex!

[@queru1ous]

World News: for the first and, hopefully, the last time in history bomb has been detonated in Kiev Alex: oh, it won’t be the last Me, watching this from Kiev: **nervous sweating**

[@grodeutschesreich9450]

Happy thermonuclear winter!!!!

[@Max-lf3tx]

Don't you love how the developers can release 5 paid DLC's but can't fix allied over stacking. You have to love that moment on d day when Brazil, France, Norway and China landed 200 divisions into a small pocket you created.

[@thepigofhappiness]

HA! 14:15 so close to taking Stalingrad you redirect your army South?! Have you learned nothing from History

[@Sicarius888]

And now Russian Empire should demand a corridor from you to that piece of land in the Baltic region and ah shit here we go again.

[@donmeisner4438]

Rommel and Manstein gets to lead tanks Gudarian looks baffled at Alex

[@SoCalChunkybutt]

Good stuff good edit job

[@mrpotatonutz9154]

We Love Ya Matt!

[@goodname67]

The all new German nuclear creeping barrage

[@sandervonhatzfeld7829]

Thank you for this great birthday present for my birthday Alex

[@definitelythatguyred]

god bless matt

[@tobinrose2330]

2:16 mechiGnised 😭

[@rochenmanta838]

We have massive supply issues. Also drops nukes left abd rigth

[@tristansoendergaard7867]

Well done Matt!

[@owainvaughan2448]

Great video

[@germanyballwork5301]

Nuking kiev in new year? Alex predicted the future (hopefully not)

[@germanyballwork5301]

Seems like I was off by 3 months

[@mohabmahmod3176]

Good luck matt

[@names1842]

watching alex on 1.5 speed is so fun

[@felixboess3796]

Me watching this right now... uff you are damm right its not the bomb in kiev

[@fineichangeditagain5675]

probably used paratroopers to take a British port whilst shipping German army off to the port

[@josh77577]

this is the prequel to Metro Exodus.

[@zorkman56]

Alex suffering is the best😂

[@stormolandervergard3777]

Take over the world as norway in hearts of Iron 4

[@manofmann8901]

Yes it's that time of day again!

[@nicureviews]

Oh Alex , how can I achieve too the power of the CHONK?

[@Mike91975]

I just noticed the Ben plushy!!

[@Vatra91]

I usually play Italy and I always see that you better defeat first the soviet and then the allies.... if you let the soviet build their army and industry the eastern front became a nightmare, you have to micro so hard and it became exhausting... After you defeat the soviet then you go to the uk and after that you go slowly to america

[@ronaldlennier86]

Remember kids, nukes solve all problems!

[@spartan11payne]

Ily Matt

[@londonsmith1990]

Isn't goudarian the best tank leader or am I wrong?

[@Markus68900]

Operation Typhoon v2

[@AtlasAugustus]

Imagine logistical issues on the eastern front

[@Hu55ar]

I am in school, but this is a priority

[@raed69420]

Pain

[@mbanana23456]

Turning Russia green, one nuke at a time

[@alessandraleonardi982]

that nuke reminds me of the uk disaster saved with a nuke

[@joegerhardusa9017]

How do you force player lead peace conferences?

[@benhennings4508]

It's a mod.

[@winddings351]

You need to get the addon from the workshop

[@tight_cicada]

You conquer the whole country

[@jiahturner]

Nice flannel

[@lurkingmando6405]

So you just recreated 40k's Krieg?

[@xbeamingx4391]

Love you

[@therenomoregoodnames]

You gotta make a video on #TeamSeas

[@linusekelund5555]

nice

[@Martoto94]

Alex, please, it’s not “nucular”. You’re better than this!

[@georgesweet1221]

minute 5 didn't age well ay....

[@thebizzle3096]

hey alex how do othe rpeople send their saves to u???

[@ril_ey]

Thanks lovespuds

[@00oKMo00]

Epic

[@ultimategamingtime1515]

LETS GOOOO

[@LeoMajor1]

I dunno why you didn't start making infrastructure in east russia, its super quick in 1944 and it would have won the game in itself without having to do anything else lol

[@yawa6191]

Hi good video

[@williamgleason5628]

For the algorithm