Breaking Europa Universalis IV with Vassals in Japan

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Paradox: Please exploit Stellaris for us. Spiff: All right, I'm going to break EUIV to its core. Paradox: Wait, no... but... uh... please, Spiff... Spiff: *I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.*

[@darkenergy3742]

Did you get that from Terrible Writing Advice?

[@theappleeaters6844]

This deal's getting worse all the time!

[@AsbestosMuffins]

How Paradox's sponsorship is perfectly balanced!

[@Freedom-js4th]

Yas.

[@stylesrj]

@@theappleeaters6844 Spiff: Now then, I'll be breaking Victoria 2 next... Paradox: But... Spiff: *I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.*

[@ijustsawthat]

Devs: Our game is perfectly balanced there's no system for Spiff to exploit. > Game has time period controls Spiff: hold my tea

[@lutyanoalves444]

this is misleading since it implies he would willingly give you his tea, which can't ever happen

[@ijustsawthat]

@@lutyanoalves444 Spiff is always one step ahead : you will hold a Spiff co. Mug with no tea left at all - so you will inevitably want to have both.

[@lutyanoalves444]

@@ijustsawthat incredible.

[@derekskelton4187]

Do the time period controls do anything funky in CK2? I don't want to spend $200 on EU4

[@michealreed9771]

Dragon’s Dogma?

[@crimsonharvest]

"How do we get rid of the Shogunate" asked every Daimyo simultaneously

[@Daoibhéar]

Ashikaga: "Could you imagine a world without the Shogunate?" Ashikaga: _People holding hands in peace and joy_

[@walnzell9328]

Daimyos: We're bummed that we didn't get to take more land, but at least you've freed us from that weak Shogunate. Tokugawa Shogunate: Oh I wouldn't say free. More like under new management.

[@tenchimuyo69]

@@walnzell9328 Sankin Kotai'd

[@CABRALFAN27]

If I didn't almost know "History of Japan" by heart, I'd assume that was a Bill Wurtz quote.

[@pieisfun]

17:00 Fun fact, the Ainu and Un'Kur lands are/ were Japan's native indigenous population. Even when Spiff doesn't know it, his British heritage is so strong his first goal is to conquer the natives!

[@ingold1470]

So like the Welsh in Britain?

[@Markfr0mCanada]

@@ingold1470 Or the Scots in Pictland?

[@loldiamond1017]

@@Markfr0mCanada Or the Same in Sapmi?

[@larsdelver385]

Eric Guier except they are almost none existent and the small trace of Ainu are only found in the gene pool of the modern Japanese population like me.

[@ggtroll1365]

@@ingold1470 more similar to the gauls in france

[@Gondorf5]

Spiff: *Messing around shamelessly with Japanese rule to take over the world with tea* Also Spiff: *marries the emperor to his historical wife, Aya Uesugi* Me, a historian: ALL THE HISTORY IS SOMEHOW STILL ACCURATE, WTF Spiff: *renames son to Supreme Overlord of Tea* Me: Ah, there we go. Universe is back in balance

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

That was.. actually interesting.

[@sqocks8254]

Historically accurate... WTF JAPAN

[@azurewrath84]

Isn't the historical wife Hino Tomiko?

[@Longshanks1690]

Babe: Come over. Spiffing Brit: Can’t. Babe: I’m playing a game about capitalising on the tea trade. SB: *Rushes over faster than someone from Luton rushes for the exit.*

[@paulian1888]

What about vicky 2

[@Clement-sq9up]

I am jealous of that pseudonym

[@seanmac1793]

Bat woman is perfectly logical show with no plot holes wouldn’t you agree longshanks

[@CottidaeSEA]

Perhaps this doesn't say a lot about Luton, but the trashiest person I've ever talked to was from there.

[@Longshanks1690]

@Sean Mac Your comment makes me as angry as Batwahmen is gay.

[@vortex_master]

20:30 everyone checks steam to see no one messaged them. "Hmm, must have imagined it." 20:35 "I get it now. It's in the video. I feel stupid"

[@METALFREAK03]

See I have no sound for steam messages but still looked at it. LOL

[@monobrow538]

*pulls out gun* WO DUN DUN IT?

[@ThehandleSigmawasstolenfromme]

Glad I wasn't just going insane there, thank you

[@JoshuaLTDS]

mine wasn't even open, yet I THOUGHT IT WAS MY STEAM.

[@soul-5]

yup. yuuuupp.

[@patrickbohn5235]

Id actually heard about the time glitch exploit before for getting wacky claims but had never really put 2 and 2 together to use it this way. Im impressed with your creativity. Edit: started looking at this myself and have come up with a way to make it even more spicy. In addition to annexing Ando, annex Uesugi so you can form Japan and nobody else. When given the option, keep your old Ashikaga ideas. This will give you access to the Japanese mission tree as well as that last Ashikaga idea which gives an additional 25% income from vassals and 100% force limit on top of everything else. Now I just have to hope they dont patch this madness

[@mrfreeman2911]

this "exploit" is many years old.

[@eaglegosuperskarmor]

Most "three mountains" guides involve taking over the Japanese vassal swarm

[@jkst4268]

If they were going to patch it they would have patched it years ago when it was discovered

[@cyqry]

@@jkst4268 I'm going to assume I either did this wrong or the exploit requires a particular DLC to use (though its Paradox, this doesn't come as a surprise at all). The exploit works, but for some reason it turns Ashikaga into another Daimyo who can't change as a result of being a Daimyo.

[@jkst4268]

@@cyqry did you set it to 1820 or later

[@nedaraid3372]

Spiff: Plays in Japan. Maries a 9-year-old boy to a 25-year-old woman. Has an heir 1 year later. So this is how Shotacon was invented.

[@Chocolatnave123]

ara ara~

[@taruthemenace]

He's big where it counts... I mean just look at the size of that vassal swarm.

[@spongmongler6760]

paedophilia was around long before japan decided to rename it. shame on you all.

[@pyrix]

@@spongmongler6760 Quit being a pussy. It's fiction.

[@vire559]

@@pyrix nope, he' right

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Japan is pretty op because they have the power of god and anime on their side

[@gamerboi9419]

no wonder you do not posess a mustache

[@polskipolak1129]

*AND TEA!*

[@adnansabanovic6488]

Jellal

[@corneliusmcmuffin3256]

The anime pope calls a crusade on the corona virus

[@KayakithLebita]

You forgot to mention about those onee-sans with their long-range ara-aratillery attacks

[@AtomicArtumas]

Ah, yes. Superior King Dude I, the Emperor of China. I forgot about him.

[@jabloko992]

May I introduce you to Emperor I Yolo Swaggins Aisin Gioro (the funniest thing is that Yolo is actually a legit name generated by Manchu culture)

[@trihermawan9553]

@@jabloko992 and aisin gioro was the last emperor from qing dynasty which is Manchurian

[@blulight5881]

@@trihermawan9553 no, aisingioro is the family/house/last name of the royalty of the qing dynasty.

[@imnormal7990]

THE LAW IS PERFECTLY BALANCED WITH NO EXPLOITS

[@josephbyers4947]

Me while commiting tax fraud

[@BrandonWilliams-wf6hg]

In Yellowstone National park "The Yellowstone Zone of Death is the name given to the 50 sq mi (129.50 km2) Idaho section of Yellowstone National Park in which, as a result of a purported loophole in the Constitution of the United States, a criminal could theoretically get away with any crime, up to and including murder." According to Wikipedia.

[@walnzell9328]

@@BrandonWilliams-wf6hg Cruise ships in international waters can be just as deadly.

[@AlexGrom]

The whole lawyer profession is about finding holes in laws and use then to get benefits...

[@roinymphornithorynque3282]

Prison is perfectly balanced

[@j.a.terlato2461]

Spiff: I hope this emperor has a kid soon so I can force him to abdicate, so I married him off Emperor: *is 9 years old*

[@DamnDaimen]

Said mini palpatine had a child when he was ten, so he obviously made the most of the marriage. That, or the wife is a whore.

[@azarlgor]

@@DamnDaimen One hell of an Ara Ara

[@FenixHere]

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: this exploit still works - but its wierd- ashikaga starts as a duchy and all of the rest of japan start as a duchy or an independent daimyo , but the weird thing is - they are daimyo vassals under a duchy...

[@TheDartFrog]

trying this rn, and they are attacking one another for some reason? :/

[@rey6708]

@@TheDartFrog they probably tried to fix it xD

[@strawbawrri249]

I’m sorry for sounding like an asshole, but I wanted to let you know it’s spelled “weird.”

[@francescoiori1669]

@@TheDartFrog are you in the standard game w/out dlcs? because i have no dlcs and I wanted to try it after my run with venice

[@TheDartFrog]

@@francescoiori1669 I'm playing with all the DLCs

[@alphamikeomega5728]

3:55 Extra diplomats are underrated: more diplomats means more claims fabricated (saving admin mana) and more relation improvement (meaning quicker vassalisation).

[@scorpionfiresome3834]

Not to mention it helps early game expansion as improving relations will prevent coalitions for a long time.

[@Edge_Boye]

Lol, diplo ideas France+ ally the strongest electors will basically let you ignore coalitions

[@realhawaii5o]

Best vassal swarm is Poland becoming HRE emperor, adding all the land, breaking the ottomans into tiny states that join the HRE because you released them, then pass the reform to vassalize all of the HRE.

[@Hydrophiidae]

But the HRE is only limited to Europe and Anatolia in EU4, while you can have unlimited daimyo vassals as a shogunate all over the world, just remember to separate your daimyo vassals with land controlled by yourself. So, as a Shogun, you can create the largest vassal swarm theoretically.

[@thomaszhang2002]

Chunwai Wong not the way spif is doing it tho

[@Jupiter__001_]

@@Hydrophiidae No, there is an exploit to add other nations into the HRE. It involves taking the target's most developed province (be it their capital or not), coring and stating it, then deliberately giving away your own capital in a war (making sure that the target province is your most developed province not counting your capital). This means that your capital will be moved to the province you just took, and since you are the Emperor, your capital cannot be moved outside the HRE, so the province gets added automatically to the HRE, despite the fact that it is not in Europe. You then take back your original capital and move your capital back. The target province will remain in the Empire, enabling you to sell it back to its original owner (or just return core, same deal). Take target country's current capital to force them to move it to the province in the HRE, and voilà. Target becomes a Prince in the HRE. Note that the target will not be retroactively vassalised, however, and will hence remain largely independent until the final "Renovatio Imperii" reform is passed, unifying the HRE as a big teal blob. This works best against Ming, who is always a problem to annex in WC runs due to truce times.

[@MaHaHzias]

@@Jupiter__001_ no cb trucebreaking is best cb

[@oc5058]

you spelled Austria wrong

[@drakevegas7073]

I recently studied Sengoku Jidai (the thing happening in Japan that turned it into a couple dozen fiefdoms in this game), and it's really, really funny to see you end it by deciding that people aren't allowed to fight anymore. The dense amount of cunning tricks, backstabbing, and Oda pretty much carrying the team never happened because one Englishman had an idea.

[@harz632]

This still works, and not mentioned here is that if you do this, when you go back to 1444 Venice is a prince of the HRE making it a breeze to avoid the shadow kingdom.

[@KrahyzHD]

Watching tea lord reenact the Japan-China war earlier in history is both hilarious and slightly disturbing lmao

[@TheBlownapart]

"We just married him off to a 25 year old woman in the hopes that he somehow has a child." King Ashikaga. Age: 9 The FBI would like to know your location

[@mistakurisu5115]

*The PSIA would like to know your location.*

[@firecracker739]

And he has his heir at the age of 10...

[@MechWarrior894]

Ara ara

[@Berstich]

Why you guys hose over King like that, was probbaly happy.

[@Jetmech1781]

I'm waiting for: "Solitaire is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits..."

[@default632]

Chess is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits

[@unfortunateimperial6019]

One card drawing, there you go.

[@retxrvhunjnhvr6794]

“An extra diplomat is useless in this game” oh spiff you’ll get trashed by a coalition one day

[@AURON2401]

Not if he has the vassal swarm behind him.

[@pryordevine3855]

I'm only now starting to notice the amount of Palpatine references in his work

[@MrDUneven]

Good, goood~

[@NuculearFallout1]

It’s 4:30am I’m drinking a 4 loco and watching this again. Spiffs voice shall soothe me to sleep

[@ryansomething815]

Please drink anything other than four Loko just threw up and got a headache thinking about them

[@Priyo866]

"No longer will your pet dog Charles be running away, as he had his liberty desire removed. Soon Charles will get back to paying taxes and fighting in your wars." Never change, Spiff.

[@hoyintse2454]

In fact, you don't even have to go to war, just get an alliance with the target and get to 190 relation, then you can ask your target to become your daimyo.

[@LeetleToady7]

For anyone wondering: THIS STILL WORKS. And it’s still halarious

[@brrrrrr]

hmmm... It's free on epic right now, maybe I'll try it.

[@GooseMoosen]

I’m a red blooded, coffee drinking American. And Spiff actually made tea sound so good to me that I now drink it everyday. This is the power of advertising. Cheers

[@clear7843]

EU4: Exists Spiff: I have the power of god and anime on my side!

[@keith3278]

Imagine a team up video between Arumba & Spiffing Brit

[@nicklovelight3304]

22:29 "He, who controls they Tea, controls the universe..." Unknown, 15th century nippon scholar

[@DominickGiuliano]

Spiff you are single-handedly getting me through this Quarantine tyfys

[@thewaraboo2824]

Turning your Shogunate into a feudal state where all of your vassals are forced to raise your armies for you and are permanently indebted to your to pay for said armies whilst also too afraid of each other to rebel because they know that you will just sick all you vassals on the a rebelling one and take their land? Congrats Spiff, you literally just made a near perfect replica of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The only difference is that you completely bypassed the Sengoku Jidai era; you actually *successfully* invaded Korea (sorry Toyotomi); and you combined all this with the Imperial aggression of the Late Meiji and early Shouwa eras (hence invading China). 10/10

[@sunderzilla]

GameDevs: are you playing within the parameters of the rules we've set? Glitterhoof the immortal pope of Jorvik: NEIGH!!!!

[@bob-hacking6027]

I’m literally watching everything on KZbin. And I have a whole cabinet of tea, so I’m looking forward to the videos

[@bob-hacking6027]

Casey Whitlow indeed, but it is a sacrifice I am willing to make. Plus the amount of spiffco I am about to consume will protect me from the unholy bean drinkers

[@bob-hacking6027]

Casey Whitlow shhhhhhh, I’ll get there one day. Just let it go on auto play

[@kaptainkrunch593]

500 hours of video are uploaded to KZbin every minute. Simple math, you can't watch all youtube in a lifetime. Maybe you can watch 35000 computers at a time with a different youtube video and you could just "see" all actual content posted and still can't watch old videos.

[@bob-hacking6027]

Kaptain Krunch I’ll get as far as I can until quarantine is done

[@kaptainkrunch593]

Lmao, i know that feel. Well in fact i must admit the quarantine doesn't change much for me ahaha

[@mathiasjrgensen9461]

An extra diplomplat in this game is useless "EU4 Expert 2020"

[@nicklarson6634]

So after following you for like 3 months I finally decided to try some RTS games... I can't believe I've gone 20 years without this amazing genre in my life... Thanks for inspiring me to try something new! (Other than Yorkshire Tea of course)

[@Yezpahr]

The Spiffmeister is back with an earth shattering strategy.

[@timzoikie8262]

Thanks Spiff, I've been beaming with happiness watching your videos in these trying times. Thanks for the content and much love

[@LordGeco]

I've been watching you quietly for a while. Love having your voice echo through the halls of my home. That being said I was getting annoyed by all your disrespect on coffee drinkers and the pedestal you place Yorkshire Gold Tea and all its tea related glory. So I decided to put your word to the test. I got myself a box of these delectable baggies of goodness and promptly went home and prepared myself a cup. Giveing it the full 4 minutes to steep and took a sip. I must say my good man that my whole world was placed on its head. As a coffee drinker I will never start my day without my bean juice, however, after that first cup I've burned all my coffee and coffee related products and now lined the walls of my home with Yorkshire gold. Nothing else will pass my lips and its all thanks to you my good man. I was originally planning on giving a scathing review of the back water you promote however it has cleaned my very soul and i have seen the light. Keep up the good work and i will enjoy your beautiful voice from the shadows with a steaming cup in my humbled hands.

[@Matikz007]

edgy

[@jonoscotto]

nice

[@500deathwing]

12:52 Wait, the king is nine and the queen is 25 that means "ara ara noises"

[@uiytresen346]

Welcome to Ankapistan. This young man is like a protagonist of a shota. Also, no Regency means it's just a lord of the flies situation.

[@TheRyoux]

it's his Mom lol

[@500deathwing]

@@TheRyoux *Ara Ara intensifying*

[@Dinodawson42]

The queen's a shotacon

[@hanselsihotang]

And they manage to have a kid in the end. "Superior King Dude", who would finally began the dismantlement of China. His shota dad would be proud. At least this series ended on happy note.

[@dukesnipes64]

I actually tried Yorkshire tea for the first time this week. I'm in Ottawa Canada and the only Yorkshire tea I could find was orange pekoe. But it's really good. Thanks for the addiction

[@Axolotls_out]

Our lord has finally come back to the masterpiece! Any timelapses coming up soon?

[@Drink4Exp]

Legend has it, that all of Japan's enemies are still receiving fax reports from each and every of her vassal states, 50 years after being conquered.

[@BeatsnRhymes2207]

You have no clue how long I've been waiting for an EU4 video. So happy! Hope for more!

[@P99s-s]

the 25 year old japanese queen be like: "ara ara emperor-kun"

[@ckhoneycombs6685]

God I love you Spiff, every time you talk about my ancestors throwing away perfectly good tea just tickles me too my core. Have a nice cup of tea today Sir.

[@Gormathius]

6:20 Nobody expects the Piffing Inquisition! Even the Spiffing Inquisition doesn't expect the Spiffing Inquisition!

[@dumpsterdaddy481]

I'm gonna be honest, i've never heard of any of the games you make videos on aside from the painfully popular ones like skyrim, but I really enjoy your content, I think it's your voice tbh. Either way, love your content!

[@NickTheGreatAndPowerful]

"Oh look, it's the 13 colonies! That's right, back when they were good and well-behaved, A N D D I D N ` T D U M P T E A I N T O T H E H A R B O R." My lungs hurt from the laughter dammit, Spiff.

[@rosaparks6479]

Harbour

[@Sora-tk1tv]

This is my first watching Spiff's content, and it's absolutely fun to watch!

[@OmegaGamingNetwork]

Everyone: Japan is terrible in Europa Spiff: Hold my tea.

[@legofski9]

ive been waiting for an EU4 balanced video - Love you Spiffy-baby

[@iamplay797]

the spiffing shogun!

[@vornamenachname4118]

Thanks for keeping me entertained while I'm bored out of mind at work!

[@freelancer1121]

SPIFFFFFF I NEED ANOTHER RIMWORLD STREAM MY LORD. THE QUEEN MUST ASCEND. If you stream again i will unleash my own corona virus on coffee

[@default632]

On his tea*

[@BigOugh]

Spiff, you are literally the reason I have a box of Yorkshire Tea in my kitchen, replacing my coffee, and curing me of my bean addiction.

[@twothreebravo]

Nobody: Spiff: Then we can have a Fully Weaponized Battle Japan Hawaii: A what now?

[@hyperion3145]

*HISTORICAL ACCURACY*

[@CottidaeSEA]

I had this on my watch list, and I figured that since I grabbed a cup of tea, this would be a splendid time to watch it.

[@theubiquitouspotato]

Funniest thing about this is napoleon getting a 3 in diplo the guy was at war with litteraly all of Europe and he gets a 3 leading me to ask just how bad was Henry the 6th to get a zero?

[@MrRobbo246]

The best thing about self isolation is I can watch a spiff video within 5 minutes of uploading!

[@TheFlameSlayer]

it seems since the update to china's emperor mechanics this one has kind of gotten fixxed. its still possible for you to do the exploit as normal and not take the shogun reform as well as them all becoming dukes/duchesses but now they will go after their claims as normal

[@utubefuku7132]

All you need to do to keep your Daymios from going to war with each other is to always keep them at wars with foreign nations. As long as they are at war, they wont start new wars, meaning that as long as they are at war with a foreigner, they wont attack each other. So, all you need to do is to always start a new war when the current one is about to end. You can also turn every conquered nation into vassal Daymios, which means expanding the swarm.

[@stuitergames7628]

@@utubefuku7132 if you dont have the shogun goverment type they will become regular vassals i believe

[@kevinrvh]

About time :D I have been waiting for you to take on this glorious game. A lot of EU IV videos to come, I hope!

[@turmuthoer]

"By paying off their debt, they feel _indebted_ to us."

[@HoiPolloiNtertains]

I have been waiting for this for so long. I might actually drink tea just for this occasion.

[@apostolispouliakis7401]

The game literally everyone expected

[@willowffbobux4827]

anybody gonna mention how Spiffing has random steam notification sounds playing randomly?

[@mateuszklimczewski1881]

Oh brooo, you made my day. I love keeping vassals and I always have them over the limit. This exploit is something I always dreamt about

[@krischambers6604]

I'm a yank, but all of The Brits UK Nationalism jokes are so funny 🤣

[@ultrabruce]

20:28 That steam notification got me, i was looking thru my discord and steam trying to find out what it was.

[@nakipa9220]

"There is currently a stack of 45 thousand peasants sieging down their capital"

[@alatamore]

I have been playing the EU series since the first one, and this has to be the best EU quote ever: "Considering most players don't finish a campaign, you will be well versed in the history of 1444." I spit out my heretical bean juice on that comment.

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

Japan: *Controls Tea Trade* The British would like to have a word with you.

[@hyperion3145]

Portuguese* fixed it

[@s0methiinng]

An amazing glitch but an older one. Great vid Spiff breaking my favorite game

[@squilzkrew7255]

I was expecting a multiplayer game with every daimyo played by an intern. IRL vassals make great in-game vassals.

[@StudioKDB]

Love the vids and the Yorkshire Tea. Keep up the good work

[@julsie3195]

"Oh look it's the thirteen colonies, back when they were good and well behaved" We're sorry! Take us back!

[@justiceforjoggers2897]

Filthy turncoat

[@thebailey__]

Disgusting

[@konnerwilley4844]

No step on snek

[@Kimichitsuzuku]

Given the choice between the two current world leaders... do you really want to switch sides right now?

[@thepeasantsofdithmarschen3507]

Nah anarchy is the way. With a tea based trading system

[@bearsflatisle3828]

Idea for an achievement in EU4. The Spiffing Brit: starting as England, have your capital in York and own every province in the world producing tea

[@EETDUK]

Britain was technically never an empire. The king of England was also the duke of Hanover and there couldn't be any emperors in the HRE other than the Emperor.

[@manguy01]

I really want to see more of this campaign you're playing!! It's super entertaining!

[@SolemnHeretic]

Come November: The United States Electoral College is a perfectly balanced system with no exploits.

[@Treegonaut]

"That's right ladies and gentlemen we are going to exploit the Electoral College to make all the votes go to the Queen. What this will do is effectively make the United States a British colony once more. Perfectly balanced."

[@johnballs1352]

@@Treegonaut *as all things should be*

[@GasPasserGaming]

1:02 “i will be reminding you to salute the queen” who salutes a dead buried body

[@brady1863]

What are you The Spiffing Eleven? Oh well I have my tea.

[@thecheatingtuga]

Spiff you are the best, thanks to you i found the power of yorkshire Tea and it inspired me to start a youtube channal my self

[@MrDazzlerdarren]

Rumour has it that Spiff can't find an exploit in 'Raid Shadow Legends' so is unable to upload a video about it.....

[@jkst4268]

or he just hasn't been sponsored by them and is salty

[@flamingrubys11]

@@jkst4268 or he doesnt want to sponser TRASH

[@jkst4268]

@@flamingrubys11 true

[@uberweeb2201]

you can't find exploits in a game that doesn't allow you to actually do anything

[@brycedrew3035]

The exploit is to not play...

[@Reekabo]

Oh boy, a new Spiffing Brit video! Time to get my cup of coffee :^)

[@Garathon]

This is actually used in Ryukyu achievement runs

[@desthexdesthex9163]

No, the ryukyu strategy is to make ryukyu get the daymio goverment type. This has nothing to do with the exploit in this video

[@Garathon]

@@desthexdesthex9163 I said this to see how many people like for no reason

[@desthexdesthex9163]

@@Garathon :)

[@Jkesler85]

Spiff, I know this is an old video, but I hope you see this. I noticed something very funny here. At about the 20:30 mark or so, there is a slight bump in engagement. It's because you got a couple Steam messages and you can hear the notification slightly in the background. It makes people think they got the message, but when they dont see any, they rewind the vid. Made me laugh pretty hard when I figured it out.

[@Fourleafclov]

@20:35 started searching for about 5 mins after i heard that Discord ping sound

[@walnzell9328]

0:09 Did I just see that fish was worth more than tea?

[@NoFeelings..]

20:30 Was I the only one who stopped the vid and checked Steam, thinking: "Who msged me on Steam *now* ?" :D

[@sineporfa9053]

Yes you were the only one. You are the only one in this world who is using steam and you are Gaben's best and only friend.

[@NoFeelings..]

Sine Porfa I see. Some ppl are trying really hard to be funny. You’re almost there, don’t you ever give up mate!

[@The_Viscount]

In real life, Imperial Japan managed to control Manchuria, Korea and begin invading china by 1920. You did it all 500 years EARLY! Well done spiffco. Well done.

[@ComeInToMadness]

"An extra diplomat in this game is useless" That's extremely far from the truth but okay. diplomats are less relevant in some playstyles I guess but always good for a lot of reasons

[@thestrongholdsociety]

Japan: changes from sogunate to kingdom Bill Wurtz: you could make a religion out of this

[@oliverwalker5692]

How many of these stock images have you bought knowing they'll probably never be used except for this one occasion.

[@billy65bob]

I think Spiff has a license to their entire library.

[@morlanius]

Watch more videos, he uses them lots of times. Not to mention the revenue from one video would cover many image licences.

[@zookkee1189]

God, it feels so nice to see spiff go back to paradox games, it makes me think of the old times when HOI4 hadn't yet been milked to death

[@asbestosfish_]

*GOOOOD SAVE OUR GRAAACIOUS QUEEEN*

[@REB-uy7kp]

Long live Princess Diana

[@rhyscallinan4402]

"Say hello to Emperor Charles the sixth" *Title reads as Emperor Charles VII* Me: yes, British.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

22:43 I wanted so badly for Spiff to accidentally select "An unnecessary distraction."

[@zacharycocalis882]

DUDE! EU4 is my jam, thanks for doing a video on it!

[@Mpleik]

with a mod that removes the in game time deadline you could conquer all of asian with this method xD

[@burgerking2783]

You are able to play paste the end date if you select that in the settings at the beginning of the game