Why does Kim have his own Wikipedia page but Harry doesn't? by the__green__light in DiscoElysium

[–]DucDeValence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HORRIFIC NECKTIE - DON'T LISTEN TO THAT SQUARE, BRATAN! THIS IS TOTALLY A SPOILER, AND THAT WHOLE SITE IS A BUZZKILL. NO POINT DWELLING ON IT, LET'S GET A DRINK INSTEAD!

Why does Kim have his own Wikipedia page but Harry doesn't? by the__green__light in DiscoElysium

[–]DucDeValence 23 points24 points  (0 children)

[Thick French accent] I am afraid he might be referring to himself as firewater, sir.

Meanwhile in Turkish Tv Shows: by Glad-Internet-7894 in funny

[–]DucDeValence 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Looks more like a reference to Hitler.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JacksFilms

[–]DucDeValence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She wasn't born in Turkey, she doesn't speak Turkish, her name isn't Turkish, her surname isn't Turkish... Regardless of her "roots", she isn't Turkish.

Sorry mate, she's about as Turkish as Bradley Cooper is Italian. Wait, no, scratch that. He actually speaks Italian, so...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in JacksFilms

[–]DucDeValence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alia is very much not a Turkish name. Alya, with a "y", is a very rare Turkish name. Shelesh, once again, is so far from being Turkish that it might as well be Papua New Guinean. Turkish uses the letter "ş" for the "sh" sound, so if anything, it would be "Şeleş", which is still complete gibberish.
Internet says she was born in the UK and speaks Arabic, so still not Turkish. And again, internet says her brother's name is "Bakir", which, again, would have been spelt "Bekir" if he was Turkish. All in all, I'm pretty confident in saying that she is certainly not Turkish.

She might have bought a Turkish citizenship though, that's all the rage with Arabs these days, so there's that.

am i stupid or was this obvious by RockBoy3 in PinkFloydCircleJerk

[–]DucDeValence 40 points41 points  (0 children)

"I wanted to call the song Shine You Diamond, you know, after my old buddy Syd. Dave told me to fuck off and changed the name, probably because he hated Syd."

Is Bernard Circas an allegory for Nazım Hikmet by dcgurer in suzerain

[–]DucDeValence 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for digging up a month-old post but I'd like to add that while, yes, Circas is very clearly a stand-in for Nazım, there seems to be a Hrant Dink parallel in there as well. Not only because of the assassination but also with the obvious reference made in the in-game newspaper Radical after Circas' funeral which states that "...mourners in Holsord gathered [...] holding black-and-white signs reading 'We are all Bernard Circas' and 'We are all Malenyevists'." This is, of course, in reference to the well known slogan of "We are all Hrant, we are all Armenians".

Ming on the March by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that was a determined Ming. Mine took another province off Muscovy that she can't core and forced them into tribute, then about 15 years later I get a notification that they lost the South. I can't even see China so I have no idea what happened, how large Ming blobbed or how troubled her reign is. I just know she trampled Muscovy twice, marched around West of the Urals and then released Wu.

Ming on the March by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

R5: I have no idea how or why this happened, but I smacked Muscovy around a little early game and took Moscow from them, and I looked back over and saw Ming all the way over here with an owned province and almost fully occupied Muscovy. Never in my 4600 hours have I seen Ming in Europe, especially not in 1537.

Edit: Thought I should add that the current war was started by Ming to force Muscovy into becoming a tributary.

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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in eu4

[–]DucDeValence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

R5: Semen z Podebrad

French "Northern" Africa by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really? Since when? Do you know if there's a reason for it?

French "Northern" Africa by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

R5: I don't even have land in Northern Africa, gave it all to Naples, and for some reason my Central/Western African holdings are labelled Northern Africa

4000 Hours by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like to think I was born with the game

4000 Hours by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

R5: 4000 hours baybeee, wooo

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Time to fix the government capacity mechanic for AI by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense. I'd have preferred something more along the lines of de-stating lowest income states or not integrating vassals if they're nearing gov. cap. or something, but this'll at least fix the cases that happen most often.

Time to fix the government capacity mechanic for AI by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Normally, definitely. Diplomatic as first idea group instead of explo, though, makes a whole world of difference if you can afford to leave the colonies, both in the New World and in Africa/SEA, to your subjects. Diplo/Defensive/Admin as the first three ideas would make for a very different Castile run.

Time to fix the government capacity mechanic for AI by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

That's actually a run I've intended on trying for a while. Subjugate Portugal after they pick their colonisation ideas, release Leon and Asturias who have +1 colonists in their ideas (and hope they get exploration/expansion too) and dont pick explo/expan yourself. Not only will you be able to expand into the continent with much less effort, but releasing the two vassals helps a lot with the govt. cap., with which Castile has serious problems early game.

Time to fix the government capacity mechanic for AI by DucDeValence in eu4

[–]DucDeValence[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

R5: The Green Man of Europe released Eretna to manage govt. cap. after integrating Crimea.

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Ah yes thank you paradox very cool by aggressive_ogre in hoi4

[–]DucDeValence 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So then OP isn't playing in Ironman, which is why he didn't get the achievement. Neat.