Breaking Europa Universalis IV with Vassals in Japan

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  • čas přidán 16. 03. 2020
  • EU4 or Europa Universalis 4 is a fantastic historical grand strategy game which puts the player in charge of any country in the world between the year 1444 AD and 1821 AD. Today the spiffing brit will be playing this classic paradox interactive strategy game to see if the Vassal Only challenge is perfectly balanced and fair. I mean we need spiff to discover if EU4 IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED GAME WITH NO EXPLOITS!!! Or if Japans Vassal Only Challenge is broken and a far too overpowered glitch. So Is the vassal only challenge perfectly balanced lets find out.
    What you have seen here today is part of a fantastic perfectly balanced series on youtube where I go from game to game and break them with wacky exploits to gain things like unlimited gold. If you enjoyed this then be sure to check out more. The style is similar to RT game and callmekevin in parts. A large influence on this series has come from Valefisk and The Killian Experience.
    So sit back relax and enjoy this EU4 Vassal Only challenge ;) !
    Magestic Merch: freshmerch.fm/collections/spi...
    Patreon: / spiffing
    Twitter: @thespiffingbrit
    Discord: / discord
    Title: EU4 IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED GAME WITH NO EXPLOITS - Japans Vassal Only Challenge ( Japan IS OP!! )
    Last Video Game Exploit Title: STELLARIS FEDERATIONS IS A PERFECTLY BALANCED GAME WITH NO EXPLOITS - Federations Are OP (To Break)
    #funny #montage #exploit
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  • @crimsonharvest
    @crimsonharvest Před 4 lety +1732

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

    • @luapslev5826
      @luapslev5826 Před 4 lety +130

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

    • @walnzell9328
      @walnzell9328 Před 4 lety +151

      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
      @tenchimuyo69 Před 4 lety +3

      @@walnzell9328 Sankin Kotai'd

    • @CABRALFAN27
      @CABRALFAN27 Před 3 lety +14

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

  • @ijustsawthat
    @ijustsawthat Před 4 lety +2607

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

    • @lutyanoalves444
      @lutyanoalves444 Před 4 lety +102

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

    • @ijustsawthat
      @ijustsawthat Před 4 lety +62

      @@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
      @lutyanoalves444 Před 4 lety +3

      @@ijustsawthat
      incredible.

    • @derekskelton4187
      @derekskelton4187 Před 4 lety +7

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

    • @michealreed9771
      @michealreed9771 Před 4 lety +2

      Dragon’s Dogma?

  • @trygveplaustrum4634
    @trygveplaustrum4634 Před 4 lety +4150

    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
      @darkenergy3742 Před 4 lety +39

      Did you get that from Terrible Writing Advice?

    • @theappleeaters6844
      @theappleeaters6844 Před 4 lety +74

      This deal's getting worse all the time!

    • @AsbestosMuffins
      @AsbestosMuffins Před 4 lety +61

      How Paradox's sponsorship is perfectly balanced!

    • @Freedom-js4th
      @Freedom-js4th Před 4 lety +3

      Yas.

    • @stylesrj
      @stylesrj Před 4 lety +57

      @@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.*

  • @pieisfun
    @pieisfun Před 4 lety +1459

    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
      @ingold1470 Před 4 lety +97

      So like the Welsh in Britain?

    • @Markfr0mCanada
      @Markfr0mCanada Před 4 lety +66

      @@ingold1470 Or the Scots in Pictland?

    • @loldiamond1017
      @loldiamond1017 Před 4 lety +51

      @@Markfr0mCanada Or the Same in Sapmi?

    • @larsdelver385
      @larsdelver385 Před 4 lety +37

      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
      @ggtroll1365 Před 4 lety +21

      @@ingold1470 more similar to the gauls in france

  • @Longshanks1690
    @Longshanks1690 Před 4 lety +1422

    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
      @paulian1888 Před 4 lety +3

      What about vicky 2

    • @Clement-sq9up
      @Clement-sq9up Před 4 lety +6

      I am jealous of that pseudonym

    • @seanmac1793
      @seanmac1793 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @CottidaeSEA
      @CottidaeSEA Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @Longshanks1690
      @Longshanks1690 Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @Gondorf5
    @Gondorf5 Před 4 lety +365

    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
      @ChaoticNeutralMatt Před 4 lety +11

      That was.. actually interesting.

    • @sqocks8254
      @sqocks8254 Před 4 lety +27

      Historically accurate... WTF JAPAN

    • @azurewrath84
      @azurewrath84 Před 4 lety +6

      Isn't the historical wife Hino Tomiko?

    • @CTSimp260
      @CTSimp260 Před 2 lety +5

      @@azurewrath84 Yes Aya Uesugi was Uesugi Kenshin's older half-sister who married within the clan.

  • @vortex_master
    @vortex_master Před 4 lety +721

    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
      @METALFREAK03 Před 4 lety +25

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

    • @monobrow538
      @monobrow538 Před 4 lety +6

      *pulls out gun* WO DUN DUN IT?

    • @Sigma-gb9yd
      @Sigma-gb9yd Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @JoshuaLTDS
      @JoshuaLTDS Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @soul-5
      @soul-5 Před 4 lety +1

      yup. yuuuupp.

  • @patrickbohn5235
    @patrickbohn5235 Před 4 lety +728

    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
      @mrfreeman2911 Před 4 lety +60

      this "exploit" is many years old.

    • @eaglegosuperskarmor
      @eaglegosuperskarmor Před 4 lety +45

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

    • @jkst4268
      @jkst4268 Před 4 lety +16

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

    • @cyqry
      @cyqry Před 4 lety +14

      @@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
      @jkst4268 Před 4 lety +5

      @@cyqry did you set it to 1820 or later

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 4 lety +2496

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

  • @nedaraid3372
    @nedaraid3372 Před 4 lety +966

    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
      @Chocolatnave123 Před 4 lety +173

      ara ara~

    • @taruthemenace
      @taruthemenace Před 4 lety +122

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

    • @spongmongler6760
      @spongmongler6760 Před 4 lety +37

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

    • @pyrix
      @pyrix Před 4 lety +38

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

    • @vire559
      @vire559 Před 4 lety +21

      @@pyrix
      nope, he' right

  • @AtomicArtumas
    @AtomicArtumas Před 4 lety +240

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

    • @jabloko992
      @jabloko992 Před 4 lety +21

      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
      @trihermawan9553 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @blulight5881
      @blulight5881 Před 4 lety +7

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

  • @imnormal7990
    @imnormal7990 Před 4 lety +487

    THE LAW IS PERFECTLY BALANCED WITH NO EXPLOITS

    • @josephbyers4947
      @josephbyers4947 Před 4 lety +31

      Me while commiting tax fraud

    • @BrandonWilliams-wf6hg
      @BrandonWilliams-wf6hg Před 4 lety +29

      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
      @walnzell9328 Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @AlexGrom
      @AlexGrom Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @roinymphornithorynque3282
      @roinymphornithorynque3282 Před 3 lety +2

      Prison is perfectly balanced

  • @j.a.terlato2461
    @j.a.terlato2461 Před 4 lety +242

    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
      @DamnDaimen Před 4 lety +24

      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
      @azarlgor Před 4 lety +27

      @@DamnDaimen One hell of an Ara Ara

  • @FenixHere
    @FenixHere Před 2 lety +189

    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
      @TheDartFrog Před rokem +4

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

    • @rey6708
      @rey6708 Před rokem +6

      @@TheDartFrog they probably tried to fix it xD

    • @strawbawrri249
      @strawbawrri249 Před rokem +6

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

    • @francescoiori1669
      @francescoiori1669 Před rokem

      @@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
      @TheDartFrog Před rokem

      @@francescoiori1669 I'm playing with all the DLCs

  • @alphamikeomega5728
    @alphamikeomega5728 Před 2 lety +154

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

    • @scorpionfiresome3834
      @scorpionfiresome3834 Před 2 lety +19

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

    • @Edge_Boye
      @Edge_Boye Před rokem

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

  • @realhawaii5o
    @realhawaii5o Před 4 lety +110

    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
      @Hydrophiidae Před 4 lety +10

      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
      @thomaszhang2002 Před 4 lety +1

      Chunwai Wong not the way spif is doing it tho

    • @Jupiter__001_
      @Jupiter__001_ Před 4 lety +4

      @@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
      @MaHaHzias Před 3 lety

      @@Jupiter__001_ no cb trucebreaking is best cb

    • @oc5058
      @oc5058 Před rokem

      you spelled Austria wrong

  • @drakevegas7073
    @drakevegas7073 Před 3 lety +9

    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.

  • @TheBlownapart
    @TheBlownapart Před 4 lety +148

    "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

  • @KrahyzHD
    @KrahyzHD Před 2 lety +108

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

  • @Jetmech1781
    @Jetmech1781 Před 4 lety +165

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

  • @harz632
    @harz632 Před rokem +22

    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.

  • @retxrvhunjnhvr6794
    @retxrvhunjnhvr6794 Před 4 lety +33

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

    • @AURON2401
      @AURON2401 Před 3 lety +3

      Not if he has the vassal swarm behind him.

  • @pryordevine3855
    @pryordevine3855 Před 4 lety +32

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

  • @Priyo866
    @Priyo866 Před 4 lety +33

    "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.

  • @mathiasjrgensen9461
    @mathiasjrgensen9461 Před 4 lety +58

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

  • @LeetleToady7
    @LeetleToady7 Před rokem +19

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

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @timzoikie8262
    @timzoikie8262 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @nicklovelight3304
    @nicklovelight3304 Před 4 lety +14

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

  • @hoyintse2454
    @hoyintse2454 Před 4 lety +22

    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.

  • @DominickGiuliano
    @DominickGiuliano Před 4 lety +7

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

  • @NuculearFallout1
    @NuculearFallout1 Před 2 lety +17

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

    • @ryansomething815
      @ryansomething815 Před 2 lety

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

  • @BeatsnRhymes2207
    @BeatsnRhymes2207 Před 4 lety

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

  • @sunderzilla
    @sunderzilla Před 4 lety +16

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

  • @clear7843
    @clear7843 Před 4 lety +51

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

    • @keith3278
      @keith3278 Před 4 lety +2

      Imagine a team up video between Arumba & Spiffing Brit

  • @Sora-tk1tv
    @Sora-tk1tv Před 4 lety

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

  • @nicklarson6634
    @nicklarson6634 Před 4 lety +1

    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)

  • @Axolotls_out
    @Axolotls_out Před 4 lety +20

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

  • @bob-hacking6027
    @bob-hacking6027 Před 4 lety +51

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

    • @bob-hacking6027
      @bob-hacking6027 Před 4 lety +3

      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
      @bob-hacking6027 Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @kaptainkrunch593
      @kaptainkrunch593 Před 4 lety

      500 hours of video are uploaded to CZcams 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
      @bob-hacking6027 Před 4 lety +2

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

    • @kaptainkrunch593
      @kaptainkrunch593 Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @kevinrvh
    @kevinrvh Před 4 lety

    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!

  • @vornamenachname4118
    @vornamenachname4118 Před 4 lety

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

  • @dukesnipes64
    @dukesnipes64 Před 4 lety +8

    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

  • @GooseMoosen
    @GooseMoosen Před 4 lety +4

    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

  • @manguy01
    @manguy01 Před 4 lety

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

  • @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

  • @Yezpahr
    @Yezpahr Před 2 lety +14

    The Spiffmeister is back with an earth shattering strategy.

  • @P99s-s
    @P99s-s Před 4 lety +24

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

  • @dumpsterdaddy481
    @dumpsterdaddy481 Před 4 lety

    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!

  • @legofski1
    @legofski1 Před 4 lety

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

  • @500deathwing
    @500deathwing Před 4 lety +64

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

    • @uiytresen346
      @uiytresen346 Před 4 lety +10

      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
      @TheRyoux Před 4 lety +1

      it's his Mom lol

    • @500deathwing
      @500deathwing Před 4 lety +6

      @@TheRyoux *Ara Ara intensifying*

    • @Dinodawson42
      @Dinodawson42 Před 4 lety +9

      The queen's a shotacon

    • @hanselsihotang
      @hanselsihotang Před 4 lety +9

      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.

  • @NickTheGreatAndPowerful
    @NickTheGreatAndPowerful Před 4 lety +5

    "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.

  • @zacharycocalis882
    @zacharycocalis882 Před 4 lety

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

  • @KDBryson
    @KDBryson Před 4 lety

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

  • @LordGeco
    @LordGeco Před 4 lety +31

    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.

  • @Drink4Exp
    @Drink4Exp Před 4 lety +18

    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.

  • @wetwillyis_1881
    @wetwillyis_1881 Před 4 lety

    Thanks Spiff for continuing to make great content during this crazy time in our reality.

  • @s0methiinng
    @s0methiinng Před 4 lety

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

  • @OmegaGamingNetwork
    @OmegaGamingNetwork Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @Gormathius
    @Gormathius Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @cloudsora
    @cloudsora Před 4 lety

    I was hoping you'd do EU4 eventually and was actually going to ask for it in a video or something because I'd been playing it recently and I saw you started out on it and it was the only big paradox game I think you haven't exploited.
    Good stuff.

  • @HoiPolloiNtertains
    @HoiPolloiNtertains Před 4 lety

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

  • @iamplay797
    @iamplay797 Před 4 lety +9

    the spiffing shogun!

  • @freelancer1121
    @freelancer1121 Před 4 lety +35

    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

  • @CottidaeSEA
    @CottidaeSEA Před 4 lety

    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.

  • @bilskirnir_
    @bilskirnir_ Před 4 lety +1

    I've been waiting for this.

  • @theubiquitouspotato
    @theubiquitouspotato Před rokem +9

    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?

  • @apostolispouliakis7401
    @apostolispouliakis7401 Před 4 lety +7

    The game literally everyone expected

  • @thewaraboo2824
    @thewaraboo2824 Před 3 lety +1

    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

  • @ckhoneycombs6685
    @ckhoneycombs6685 Před 4 lety

    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.

  • @twothreebravo
    @twothreebravo Před 4 lety +4

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

  • @willowffbobux4827
    @willowffbobux4827 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @MichaelBlanchardII
    @MichaelBlanchardII Před rokem +1

    @The Spiffing Brit, Of all the EU IV videos I have watched and rewatched this is still the most British method of running a country I have seen you do lol

  • @TheDJjohnnieD
    @TheDJjohnnieD Před 4 lety

    I would genuinely love to see more of this

  • @brady1863
    @brady1863 Před 4 lety +6

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

  • @TheFlameSlayer
    @TheFlameSlayer Před 2 lety +13

    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
      @utubefuku7132 Před rokem +1

      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
      @stuitergames7628 Před 9 měsíci

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

  • @thecheatingtuga
    @thecheatingtuga Před 4 lety +1

    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

  • @yodathinker7233
    @yodathinker7233 Před 4 lety

    I love the way u go about breaking the game

  • @turmuthoer
    @turmuthoer Před 3 lety +3

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

  • @julsie3195
    @julsie3195 Před 4 lety +28

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

  • @johnname7163
    @johnname7163 Před 4 lety +2

    Damn, didn't know you play Paradox games. That's pretty cool.

  • @johnjameson3962
    @johnjameson3962 Před 4 lety

    So this is first time I watched Spiffing Brit`s video till the very end. Cool.

  • @krischambers6604
    @krischambers6604 Před rokem +3

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

  • @squilzkrew7255
    @squilzkrew7255 Před rokem +4

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

  • @Reekabo
    @Reekabo Před 4 lety

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

  • @MrRobbo246
    @MrRobbo246 Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @Fourleafclov
    @Fourleafclov Před 4 lety +3

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

  • @AbrahamLincoln4
    @AbrahamLincoln4 Před 4 lety +8

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

  • @ultrabruce
    @ultrabruce Před 4 lety +2

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

  • @mergen3125
    @mergen3125 Před 3 lety

    Much love from the land in which tea is essential for almost everything... ❤️☕

  • @nakipa9220
    @nakipa9220 Před 4 lety +5

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

  • @MrDazzlerdarren
    @MrDazzlerdarren Před 4 lety +53

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

    • @jkst4268
      @jkst4268 Před 4 lety +6

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

    • @flamingrubys11
      @flamingrubys11 Před 4 lety +6

      @@jkst4268 or he doesnt want to sponser TRASH

    • @jkst4268
      @jkst4268 Před 4 lety

      @@flamingrubys11 true

    • @uberweeb2201
      @uberweeb2201 Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @brycedrew3035
      @brycedrew3035 Před 4 lety +2

      The exploit is to not play...

  • @colinpapendick5628
    @colinpapendick5628 Před rokem +1

    I love your content. But I'd throw that tea into the harbor again in a heartbeat.

  • @user-om3wn4yb8q
    @user-om3wn4yb8q Před 4 lety

    Heyy, Mr. Spiff your "Country Cheese" has actually made me quite interested. I have an idea now!
    A couple of patches before Mr. REMAN made a nation spotlight for an absolute MONSTER - the "Minghal nation", in which you basically jump from MING empire into MUGHAL SULTANATE, which can spawn a "THREATENING BLOB" TM waaay too early in the game. But the devs "fixed" it with a patch in which you can't form MUGHAL SULTANATE if you are "Celestial Empire"...
    But with theese thingies you've shown us we can probably make Ming into an "INDEPENDENT NATION" then make it whatever, BUT the Celestial empire, do NOT loose mandate aaand - Have a FIRE NATION (like in Avatar) in EU 4!

  • @Garathon
    @Garathon Před 4 lety +21

    This is actually used in Ryukyu achievement runs

    • @desthexdesthex9163
      @desthexdesthex9163 Před 4 lety +1

      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
      @Garathon Před 4 lety +1

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

    • @desthexdesthex9163
      @desthexdesthex9163 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Garathon :)

  • @asbestosfish_
    @asbestosfish_ Před 4 lety +9

    *GOOOOD SAVE OUR GRAAACIOUS QUEEEN*

    • @REB-uy7kp
      @REB-uy7kp Před 4 lety +2

      Long live Princess Diana

  • @sherth6397
    @sherth6397 Před 4 lety

    I didn't expect to see this, but I want more eu4!

  • @Katkaddajjen
    @Katkaddajjen Před 4 lety

    I'd love watching you play Satisfactory!!! ♥

  • @Mpleik
    @Mpleik Před 2 lety +6

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

    • @burgerking2783
      @burgerking2783 Před rokem

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

  • @SolemnHeretic
    @SolemnHeretic Před 4 lety +83

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

    • @Treegonaut
      @Treegonaut Před 4 lety +42

      "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
      @johnballs1352 Před 4 lety +11

      @@Treegonaut *as all things should be*

  • @usulordo
    @usulordo Před 4 lety +1

    Nice exploit, potentially also useful for the Cherrypicking achievement, where you have to conscript a 3-star-general from one of your vassals.

  • @Aloimos
    @Aloimos Před 4 lety

    That was a amazing experience.
    Perfect to enjoy my tea !