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[@AlexChec]

Imagine the history books in this alternate universe trying to explain what happened. "Everything from the Iberian Peninsula to the Indus Valley, from Mali to Mongolia was under a single banner until a bunch of archers from East Anglia decided, 'Nah.'"

[@Bern_il_Cinq]

“Child Emperor marches a million men into meat grinder. Empire return to monke.”

[@nicholassingleton6488]

"Nah, imma do my own thing"

[@JohnShepherd117]

@@nicholassingleton6488it would be the most badass world history lesson ever

[@DarkDruid1012]

@@Bern_il_Cinq😊

[@DarkDruid1012]

@@Bern_il_Cinq😊😊

[@Nerazmus]

The real question is how fast the empire would fall apart on its own under AI managment.

[@colt1903]

70 years, tops. That's being generous, and assuming the AI has A+ Rank Luck.

[@subhamanand5416]

​@@colt1903this empire? Probably never cause it has primogeniture succession law.and no AI can do something like this to an empire with 500k troops

[@colt1903]

@@subhamanand5416 You underestimate the evil power that governs the crusader kings ai.

[@qhu3878]

​@@subhamanand5416500k troops means nothing when the ai exclusively uses 1 rally point at the capital, also in a global rebellion the ai would hard focus one area which risks some other vassal sieging the capital and kidnapping the emperor

[@Savaris96]

Depends, how many lords that are big enough want to get rid of it? You´d need to wait for at least 1 generation, i guess, to get rid of the content, nice people, and make sure that they are all the ambitious, sadistic, pissed off sort

[@kittydaddy2023]

Zieley: "it's too bad my son won't get a good martial education" Son inherits the kingdom: *is King Arthur*

[@ChangeNameEdits]

@@DummyThicccit’s like a sledgehammer, with sharpness

[@colt1903]

​@@ChangeNameEditsit hits someone, and the hammer actually sinks into the body like a knife instead of bludgeoning it😂

[@truslew8089]

@@ChangeNameEdits Bloodborne Kirkhammer CK3 Edition

[@buttnuttz6119]

Imagine you’re one of Zieley’s soldiers and you just heard him say after 2 decisive defeats “These are the types of losses I think we can handle” lmao

[@SK-nw4ig]

Spoken like a true emperor.

[@iceringer5117]

Some of you may die but that is a sacrifice I am willing to make

[@LibertyMonk]

Its the inverse of King Phyrrus declaring "another such victory, and we are undone!"

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

You know shits about to go down when a knight is hiding behind a column in an ancient painting.

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

He's always hiding behind something. I'm starting to think he's an assassin and not a knight.

[@a.a677]

with Mozart playing

[@StudlySoldier]

The worst part of watching a zieley video is restarting the wait for the next zieley video

[@stelionitis5859]

Also trying to play and watch him at the same time

[@emilianohermosilla3996]

Exactly 😢😂

[@wastelander89]

So true lol I wish he made more videos . He is one of the best ck3 players and his videos are always awesome.

[@AlvinAnakMudaGameandfun]

The same with Ottowa “John” Welshman😂

[@giorgikoridze8608]

I feel the same, but the amount of time to research possibilities, then plan the game, record tens of hours of gameplay, edit them… I understand why it takes so much time. He’s probably not making a lot of income out from KZbin too.

[@Some_0n3]

So, everyone will ignore the fact that an 6 years old child already had 29 prowess???

[@dustyrussell6939]

He lifted in the womb

[@PuddingXXL]

If you go the eugenics route you'll have babies with 36 prowess at birth. I've had some toddlers who could powerlift entire castles lol

[@anti-spiral159]

My baby can lift your mother! My baby can lift your entire bloodline! My baby can lift a mountain! *Continues on*

[@IronWolf123]

He eats his veggies

[@SwampGreen14]

Weakest Haestin dynasty member

[@krayjd3449]

he enslaved the world and watched one vinland saga edit and changed his mind

[@npcknuckles5887]

"Only a sith deals in absolutes", he says, as he himself mutters an absolute.

[@EinFelsbrocken]

Wouldve been so easy to just say "Dealing in absolutes? Like a.. sith?😢" or something else that isnt a...well, an absolute 😅

[@npcknuckles5887]

@@EinFelsbrocken It's kind of unavoidable tbh.

[@EinFelsbrocken]

@@npcknuckles5887 I get what you mean. "Memorable oneliner > overthinking" may be better for sales 😄

[@npcknuckles5887]

@@jeansanchez2805 Or it's just George Lucas trying to sound smart (but failing).

[@alphanoodle1877]

​@@jeansanchez2805I think it was just a bit of goofy dialogue

[@RogueHippie13]

I don’t know if they changed it, or if you figured it would be too easy, but I believe your Acclaimed Knights can get a Crossbow title, making your Crossbowmen get a boost from both it and the Archer Knight

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

How much would that boost it by? I think it's clearly overkill, haha.

[@kueapel911]

Please tell me you've made a back up of this save file before the destruction... as impressive as this feat is, destroying such a massive empire always make me sad

[@AlyssMa7rin]

All things must end, and everything dies.

[@kueapel911]

@@AlyssMa7rin you too, me too. Shall we? Right now? Together. Hold my hand.

[@sethhenty6128]

@@kueapel911 woah woah woah

[@-.-...---7]

@@kueapel911can i join too? add a lil kiss too

[@MausOfTheHouse]

Please play Georgia tall and obliterate the Abbasids and the Byzantines in the 867 start

[@piprolling7303]

I think he did

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@piprolling7303 Biggus Linkus to me

[@Zieley]

played as Armenia instead, but i did take down both the Abbasids and Byzantines: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZrNm2yrgpaMhK8

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@Zieley Haven't seen it, close enough for me :D Thanks

[@pedrotbird5426]

@@Zieley Thanks man ive wanted to do something like this for a while

[@jonathanblake831]

"The world has returned to its natural state" meanwhile Northumbrian Delhi exists

[@datathing4595]

I feel like at the end it would of been morefun to see you become a powerful diarch by being an entrenched regent and maybe even staging a coup to take full control of the empire. I havent seen that many people fully explore the regent playstyle.

[@Zieley]

the bigger they are, the harder they fall 🥵🥵🥵

[@sealboi9666]

what

[@Shadow-bk1im]

Don’t know if you have done it but I tried getting a purebred line and making them breed with each other. If both parents have the pure blooded trait then inbreeding is impossible and you get to a point where all of your children are super genetic gods with all the positive traits. In a multiplayer game I think it would be interesting if you could essentially breed these children and then sell them off to other players as basically breeding stock. It feels kind of fucked up talking about breeding humans but that’s basically what it is.

[@kyffinduke4219]

Not if you made the capital Grenada with over 44 fort level, 9500 garrison size, 39 defender advantage, and no supply. (Yes I did the math)

[@Ludovicus1769]

Amen 💪

[@NDTE]

@@kyffinduke4219☝️🤓

[@Comrade_Blanc]

Holy shit this was insane. Im impressed every time when you do something like this. But this is really impressive

[@simoncodrington]

It's my mate Zieley! Good to see you again mate ❤

[@Zieley]

Always good to see you Simon!

[@AntoniThePiano]

*your intros are just so good, the lacrimosa the paintings with you in it that make you feel like the character is talking gorgeous* edit: big numbers go _BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR_ edit: ya computer is beefy thicc

[@ROYAL-ob6kf]

please take this into a mega campaign that would be really cool ngl

[@datmufn]

What’s funny is the sentence “ only a sith deals in absolutes” is, in itself, an absolute

[@ryokiritani4187]

Oh, man, finally I catch you early! Been binging your videos for a bit and the quality blew my mind. Keep up the amazing work!!

[@wazz9000]

Oh, hell yeah, you actually went and did it. Awesome video Zieley, thanks for always bringing us such awesome content!!

[@bobsquaredme]

bro, i've been so hyped for a new zieley video. i discovered you recently, and i think i've watched every single one of your videos, even the vicky 3 stuff

[@Dogo317]

It feels strange being this early

[@erikjohannes3752]

I completely agree

[@jacobwilliams9097]

i have been on youtube across many accounts for maybe 15 years and it never fails, someone must always comment that they were the first ones to watch the video or that they were early, i wonder what that’s about

[@SaladonVera]

it's so.. empty?

[@dakotastrain338]

Want a kiss or something for being early?

[@marcus4046]

Idk man 😂

[@PauperJ]

Challenge- Have the best Empire; highest development, most troops, most religious sites, best royal court, et cetera. Stipulations: 1) Start with one unpretentious barony. 2) No more than one barony per county. 3) All baronies must be in multi-barony counties. 4) No barony (in different counties) may be geographically adjacent. I think you can do it.

[@FairyRat]

A damn good job. It's always satisfying to watch you crusadin' them kings.

[@pedromendes5022]

Love your videos man. How about having a go at forming the rarest kingdoms in the game?

[@wastelander89]

Ur such a pro at this game.i love ur content. Please keep up thr great content. Thank u for ur time and effort and patience making the videos.

[@kevinrogers8847]

Great Video! I'd love to see more multiplayer content!

[@Germancamel]

You just earned yourself a subscriber. I love your content

[@richardburke7232]

So this is what they meant by "You're your own worst enemy" great video Zieley I can't wait for the next one!

[@DarthVantos]

Surprisingly fun video. Don't think ive ever seen anyone do this. There is even a battle vs the final boss.

[@thomastheeternaltormentor287]

Oh yes, the famous East Anglo-Greek Kingdom toppling the World Government in mid 1300s

[@Bedak666]

Just watched creation of The Empire yesterday. Holy moly what a timing, this will be a good one 🤞

[@apollothegreatt]

I don't know if you are gonna see this but could you share the savefile for the aftermath. I'd personally love to play this timeline

[@Syraxes]

This was a great video. Prime content. New Zieland never saw it coming.

[@JakezZzu]

How about skirmisher only challenge? I'd love to see how powerful you can make them

[@sg_kerb]

a fitting end to a fantastic series!!

[@harmondaniels5108]

Love these videos, good work, Zieley.. Do you ever have late game lag though? Especially once you have a worldwide empire?

[@Zieley]

had some brutal lag this game. was taking forever on 5x speed

[@liviuursegr]

AI: "crap I'm playing against Zieley. I need to cheat" 😂

[@gastonhitw720]

I love how replayable this game is

[@dome2919]

I'm interested to see a "Pacifist Run" of sorts. I've found that despite being way more character and RP focused than some other games (E.G. Stellaris or EU), I struggle to have fun playing the game in diplomatic runs. There's fun to be had in playing a military superpower, but even with some of the new releases I struggle to have fun in the late game without being a brute.

[@BigBoyMan01]

Zieley in an alternate universe be like: "Why and how is this one vassal obliterating the army used to conquer the world??!!"

[@TheMartianReport]

Obiwan: I will do what I must Anakin: You will try Me: Obiwan soundin' REAL sith like.

[@adrianharris1592]

The excitement you have for maps is worth the price of admission 👍

[@Kropolis]

Bro was holding the county of Nice like it was Thermopylae 😎

[@ThatGuyFromJamesBond]

can you just imagine the aftermath of these battles; 35000 corpses littering the floor of a valley porcupined by 100's of 1000's of arrows and bolts.

[@huseyinklc5924]

entire forest would be needed to supply that little many bowmen of his

[@LordRicherd]

Ex-squeeze me! Can we talk about the fact; that Darfur have lands along the channel in northern France? 🤣

[@kenkaufman9048]

once again, who ever edits these is so on point 😆

[@warlordltx8039]

This is insane, only thing similar to this is what I imagine is trying to build tall steppe

[@kobusvandenbrink1679]

It’s a shame that the balance is so off, i have created equally strong dynasties in just one kingdom, honestly expected more from a global empire but alas

[@nikolayoro]

I love watching your vids even tho I don't even play the game that much! I hope you continue doing content like this!

[@RafaelSCalsaverini]

That final map with a Delhi kingdom holding lands in Yorkshire is pretty funny.

[@catka304]

The Where’s Waldo Knight game never gets old.

[@vindex7309]

Jesus, the whole map, and here I am struggling to consistently take the Kanem-Bornu empire in Africa in the recommended start… every time I’m close I either get murdered or get set upon by three wars at once…

[@johnnyboygriffin5764]

Go the diplomatic route and homie up with some of the bigger tribes and kingdoms to prevent a three front war. I even ally with the shitters sometimes just for the extra manpower. Sometimes it saved me and sometimes I still get crushed lol but you could work.

[@gladr9272]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS

[@77Okki77]

Great video as always, I have one question what are your PC specs? Usually this late to a game Iam lagging so much

[@unknowuser9821]

NASA supercomputer.

[@dimitarghelev8102]

Love the content man, when I heard DOOMSTACK I thought to myself, does my guy play TWWarhammer ?

[@KingArcher141]

Wake up babe, new Zieley vid just dropped❤️

[@MrBulldog855]

Would love to see what empires would be created out of the ashes of the Great New zealand empire.

[@onepair-down5424]

let’s go east anglia mentioned for its first time in its life

[@blackfalcon1324]

Despite the fact that he has primogeniture, assassinations to break alliances. Additionally, they remove long reign bonuses and increase discontent and faction chances amongst your vassals. You can literally destroy an empire just by spamming assassinations on the emperor.

[@ThePacifist1012]

you need hooks for your fellow vassals to join dissolution faction, thats the only way currently to have them in

[@ThePacifist1012]

which to be honest, would only set you back and lose war score as your allies would feed it to the emperor

[@bjornapelt2518]

Insane. Just insane. Couldn't believe my eyes.

[@SanoZero]

I know it gets memed on but RotS had such a good lead in scene to Obi vs Vader. Nice choice.

[@fightingthefaith]

this was amazing

[@danilooliveira6580]

shoutout for the crossbowman carrying more than 1000 bolts with them to every battle.

[@super_splinter7709]

Love the edits + the video! Love from me and my friend owen❤

[@TheCaesarion]

Always amazing videos

[@countbenjamin1442]

Think of the mass chaos that happened when the global empire broke out.

[@mordamen]

Is there a link to the previous video in which he made the giant empire? i'd love to watch it so I can get some more knowledge on what's going to happen here?

[@iswearimblack]

Absolutely nuts

[@2Carmissing]

great video idea 👍

[@mikavituhandle]

those are some Hannibal level victory details at the end of the video.

[@TheAurgelmir]

Question: Would the bonus you get to the Hunting Grounds building chain from the Nile Archers (or whatever it's called) Cultural Trait also stack with Longbowmen?

[@martinaustin6230]

They should. You'll be able to see the boost on the Nile Archers if it does work.

[@beregoth85]

i'm a simple man... i see a Zieley video, i SMASH the LIKE BUTTON!

[@cf3000]

Man they really should nerf dissolution cbs, they're so unrealistic At least make it so that you can't fire them if the liege is at crown authority lvl 4 or smth Great video btw can't wait to see where you'll take your next tall shenanigans

[@MCYonazz]

So you can just "catch" a fleeing army with a regular one and send everyone straight back into the fight? That's huge if not only true for the AI.

[@benjaminrobertson2990]

Kinda want to see you reconquer this world from a third position

[@st4rpt_603]

Oh the border gore after the dissolution.

[@thehussar9399]

It will be interesting to see you play Bulgaria.

[@unnameduser5647]

Hey, I would love to see what the most damage is a man-at-arms unit can have. When i played tall india my elephants got to around 1200dmg and I am curious to what heights this number can get

[@friendlytalbot4050]

Looking at that Finland in Denmark at the end hurt my eyes.

[@Critical_Cabbage]

Oh my god. This was EPIC! Late game CK3 is just silly town lol

[@leoleandro2605]

Love the Mourinho reference

[@a.a677]

Another Zieley banger

[@AWisetree]

Would’ve been better to change scutage to march in your vassal contract along side with decreasing tax for higher levy. Scutage increases your tax obligation while march decreases it in exchange for greater levy contribution; additionally, having march contract lowers your army maintenance cost, saving you even more on expense.

[@wuxiagamescentral]

You can dissolve the realm as a regent if you get powerful enough

[@DrTheRich]

Damn, just casually masacared a quarter of a million man in 3 battles

[@mitchellbratton6617]

Yo I loved the whole rise of fall of your empire vids, and it showed how important it is to have a better understanding of the core game mechanics. Do you have a tutorial on CK3 or recommend anyone specific to watch ? I can understand the game but some things fly over my head

[@ragnarx88]

Not bad. But to destroy an Empire this Big from the Inside, is easy. But to go Head to Head with an eaqualy strong Empire - that´s where the real fun starts. In total there are around 2,564 Counties. One has to do a little Charakter switcheru here and there (obvious no Iron Man Mode, otherwise this isn´t possible) and made 2 Empires with 1282 Counties each. Then we went to War. It was beautiful.

[@DrGrabAss.]

Amazing!!!

[@ScoopityWoop89]

Every time I watch a Zieley video I feel like I am playing where’s Waldo

[@Rumpelbaer]

Oh, you're approaching me... Just call your heir Jotaro already!

[@Huckleberry42]

Honestly i really hope that they give a full update just on ai improvement. Silly that you can win a war like that.

[@matheusGMN]

you sure came like a wrecking ball x)

[@keithstevens5614]

France Bavaria and Arabia are the only ones resurrected at their original locations. Everyone else migrated looking for greener pastures.

[@steven_003]

Battles in Ancient China be like: 200 000 casualties 300 000 civilians dead Minor Han Victory

[@xJoshyBear]

Beautiful

[@XYNTEN]

When you negotiated contract at game start you could have also swap scutage for march special to save few more gold per month.

[@Kyryyn_Lyyh]

Classic move is to offer increased taxes so they accept you changing to a March. AI is so dumb I feel bad.

[@XYNTEN]

@@Kyryyn_Lyyh Why, you don't need to offer anything, weirdly enough changing your special feudal contract is free. So you can get march and offer levies for council/title revocation/religious protection at once in single character.