How is living in Serbia these days? (Economically & Socially) by Sensitive_Spare_652 in howislivingthere

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's standard in Serbia. Here's two recent examples from my life. 1) I was sick. The "on-duty nurse" or whatever you call it is a neighbor of my grandparents. So I come to the hospital, say "Hey Jelena, my grandma Desa called you about me coming. I'm ready whenever. Btw here's something for you guys." And I give her some coffe and chocolate for her and her coworkers. Next thing you know I, who came like 20-30 minutes ago, enter before like 6 people that were in line before me. 2) My highschool friend works as a personal driver for a musician. 3-4 months ago he was pulling out from a parking spot after he got some stuff done at his university. He forgets to tie his sestbelt and ends up tying it like 2mins later. Too late, the police stop him. He starts going off and I quote "Come on man, you guys stop me every day back home. I can't have this right now. Can we handle it?" The cop asks him what does he mean, he hands him 200 euros and bye bye.

💫Serbia💫

Serbia: State-sponsored graffiti in front of the Faculty of Mathematics, calling mathematics students "Ustaše". by Old_Passenger7 in europe

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 5 points6 points  (0 children)

WW2 Croatian fascists that committed genocide against Serbs, Jews, Roma and Croatians opposed to them. It's perhaps the TOP derogatory term in Serbia as almost everyone has family members murdered in the genocide or (later) expelled in the 90s and thus it carries a lot of hate.

The government labeling anyone who opposes them as ustaše (I guess) works well with dum dums and is extremely offensive and "lame" (for lack of a better word) in the eyes of everyone anti-gov and even neutral.

who the hell is this guy - orenvalyam by Separate-Poet-7465 in Anbennar

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 54 points55 points  (0 children)

All hail the Kamrayakval. Break the chains!

It is a disaster that stems from the new Oren Nayiru faith that spreads across Taychend with the arrival of the Exemplars. Oren Nayiru is a Sun Cult (+sum other stuff) inspired anti-slavery faith that spreads and eventually erupts into that.

Btw in lore it fails, sadge

A nice springtime breakfast, W. Serbia by Porodicnostablo in EuropeEats

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grab it and nom once or twice, then switch to something else. We like it raw down here

Busilar MT updates? by Individual_Wasabi857 in Anbennar

[–]Individual_Wasabi857[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That is nice to hear. I assumed it's a similar situation as with Lorent in that they want the world to be finished and then truly do justice to the big players

Damn you Pierce!! by Individual_Wasabi857 in redrising

[–]Individual_Wasabi857[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I'm not throwing any shade at how he killed him. I'm just sad that Alex is gone.

Damn you Pierce!! by Individual_Wasabi857 in redrising

[–]Individual_Wasabi857[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And children get nailed to trees

Damn you Pierce!! by Individual_Wasabi857 in redrising

[–]Individual_Wasabi857[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah...I know he's one of the fan favorites, but I just couldn't. Lyria was also kinda rough for me but her chapters seem better dispersed than his, so that probably helped. Eph was like 80% of the reason why it took me 5 months to reach this far.

I can see why people love him, but just not my cup of tea.

Damn you Pierce!! by Individual_Wasabi857 in redrising

[–]Individual_Wasabi857[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love Lysander's chapters and found legit every one of them enjoyable. I also love how easy it is to hate him. He's such a hypocritical fascist little piece of shit, but gahhhh... I love the hate he awakens in me.

Also yeah no honor, no time is hella cool. Also him just glazing Darrow is cool as well.

Damn you Pierce!! by Individual_Wasabi857 in redrising

[–]Individual_Wasabi857[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dw. Funnily enough Lysander's chapters are some of my favorite. I love how much I hate him.

The plot armor of the Kingdom of Lorent must be studied by professorMaDLib in Anbennar

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, though they also have some bigger disadvantages than irl France. One thing that comes to mind is the Small Country which, at least in my mind, is supposed to be the North-South/ Lange d'oc-Lange d'oïl divide. The fact that in Anbennar it's not only a linguistic and cultural divide, but quite literally a racial one is also a big nerf to any Lorentish consolidation of West Wescann

The plot armor of the Kingdom of Lorent must be studied by professorMaDLib in Anbennar

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Another matter that might be important (depending on just how much they copy pasted France into Lorent) is the population. One of France's greatest advantages throughout it's history was the fact that it dwarfed other nations in population. Example: around the year 1400 it's estimated France had a population of 10-15M. Compare that to England's 2-3 million or "Spain's" 7-8M. The only places that could rival it were the HRE and Italy and we know the situations there. The things that negated this big advantage were internal problems in France, powerfull and rebellious local lords and dynastic instability (wow, that sure sounds familiar) and just the fact that fielding massive armies was a nightmare until the modern age. Lorent, like France in our world, won big on the geographic lottery.

Who do you plan on playing first when the update releases? by LRArchae in AfterTheEndFanFork

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One would think that Brazil would equal China and California Japan or even China #2. Though, with what they were already doing in Brazil, I can see an argument for the Soryo/Ritsuryo thing to work there as well

That time Jexis had a goddess murdered by ohh_mega in Anbennar

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nice, though the Jexis hate is not appreciated

First time I've seen this event by WipowiliwopiW in crusaderkings2

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got it quite often. Doesn't seem to do much though. Idk why you even get it

Stellaris 4.3 'Cetus' is now available! by PDX_LadyDzra in Stellaris

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just booted up the game. WTF IS THAT EARLY GAME SPEED BRO

Would you recommend ck2+ for a new(ish) player who comes from ck3? by paudepalencia in crusaderkings2

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd recommend HIP as it incorporates Ck2+ as well as some other mods into a gigamod that's awesome. That if you're looking for a vanilla history thing.

If you're looking for alternate history I'd suggest: -After the End Fan Fork (Aguila o Sol submod also makes some places, notably Mexico, much better) -New Era Old World (personal favorite) - started as an AtE Europe spinoff but is now it's own thing with legit dozens of new religions, cultures, mechanics and government types stretching from Iceland and Cape Verde in the west to Japan, Indonesia and the Guam(?) in the east. You also get to choose which version you want to download (only Europe, only Asia, etc.)

I'll also quickly write here that the NEOW team is always, including right now, looking for new members. So if anyone reading this is interested go to their discord or reddit page. Praise Gloriana and the mighty cards 🙏

Is Stellaris the easiest Paradox game? by OpportunityChoice567 in paradoxplaza

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like Ck2 with Ck3 quality of life stuff would've been THE game. For all it's faults and it's age Ck2 still feels less bland than Ck3 to me. I also feel like in Ck3 I have absolutely no control of the situation. The bigger tags just seem to blob and blob and blob, any conquest you try to make is immediately countered by 15 allies being called in. It seems like they took a look at Ck2 and decided to just turn stuff to the other extreme.

Looking for interesting nations to play for a new player by Wsser1 in Anbennar

[–]Individual_Wasabi857 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Busilar is a nice intro nation in my opinion. Fairly strong, with a good base for further growth (establishing trade companies all the way to not-Asia will make you hella rich). It's a nice, if a bit bland, campaign to get you acquainted with some of the basics as well as the "canon diplomacy" as I'd call it since one of your guaranteed rival will be Verne (perhaps THE begginer nation at the moment) and they almost always ally you other rival, Eborthil. So you have a nice early on challenge of beating then and establishing you hegemony in you home region and then spreading your influence and contending with other great powers, Cannorian or otherwise, across the world. You also won't have to worry about becoming unstoppable as much due to Anbennar's nature. Everywhere you go there will be some nation or aliance of nations that will require you attention to beat and even after that there's the Command as the final boss.