A HFY Story : Mathematics as a Weapon | Best of r/HFY | 2085~ Deathworld, War, Terran & Humans

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  • @dalemorgan8263
    @dalemorgan8263 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    As a species, we understand the phrase "peace was never an option" more than we understand when it actually is.

  • @thedevilsworkshop7720
    @thedevilsworkshop7720 ปีที่แล้ว +153

    Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake . 😂

  • @SoMuchFacepalm
    @SoMuchFacepalm ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Algo looks about half the age I imagined. Less librarian whose secretly a wizard, and more modern Skald.

  • @maxissixam6049
    @maxissixam6049 ปีที่แล้ว +308

    its bizarre how you are so great at diferent voice ranges but Bethesda uses the same 6 people for every schmuck in skyrim

    • @julesmasseffectmusic
      @julesmasseffectmusic ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Garrus has a random line in fallout 4. Hearing that turian was every imerai9n breaking I had to hunt him down in diamond city

    • @TheyCalledMeT
      @TheyCalledMeT ปีที่แล้ว +6

      cool idea, he should become a vocie actor for AAA games

    • @rikospostmodernlife
      @rikospostmodernlife ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You should listen to what Zren can do

    • @Wastelandman7000
      @Wastelandman7000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or any of the Bethesda Fallout games.

    • @artyd42
      @artyd42 ปีที่แล้ว

      Statement: You are reading this in HK-47's voice output you meatbag.

  • @topcat2015
    @topcat2015 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The cold, bloody calculus of war. as much as we try to humanize it war is a question of numbers. every war begins and ends with numbers.The xenos thought that the numbers were on their side, they thought wrong and payed the ultimate price. Sun Tzu would be proud of humanity's tactics.

    • @colincampbell767
      @colincampbell767 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's not just numbers. It's the raw numbers and the combat multipliers. Force A can have 10,000 soldiers each with a combat value of 1. Force B can have 20,000 soldiers each with the same combat value. However, Force A has logistics that multiply the effectiveness of each soldier by 2 and artillery which multiply their effectiveness by 2 again. Which gives force A an effectiveness of 40,000. Force B has logistics that do not multiply the effectiveness of their soldiers and artillery that multiply by 1.5. So instead of Force B outnumbering force A 2 to 1, force A outnumbers force B by 1.3 to 1.

  • @MidnightSmoke
    @MidnightSmoke ปีที่แล้ว +72

    thank you for another great story. Here is a like and comment to help your channel grow and get you the recognition you deserve.

  • @hammerspace8866
    @hammerspace8866 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I am getting more used to the new style of your video's.
    It's impressive how much simple things like facial expressions and simple handgestures add to a story being told.
    Keep up the good work.

  • @TechnoMageB5
    @TechnoMageB5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    NUCLEAR mines.
    Reminds me of "Earth Force Lexington Vs Minbari Black Star" (Babylon 5 series, I think there's a video clip still on TH-cam) when humans were aware that Minbari hunted down their ships and destroyed them even when sending distress calls due to being disabled, so first they mined the asteroid field around them with nukes, then sent the distress signal...

  • @bluefalconssuck5881
    @bluefalconssuck5881 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Every sniper, designated marksman, and sharpshooter knows... _"Guns don't kill people. Math kills people."_

  • @lupaswolfshead9971
    @lupaswolfshead9971 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    hehe i liked that bit at the end when you appear to be surprised it was the stories end

  • @flakbait5771
    @flakbait5771 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Asimov's psychohistory, weaponized x D
    Neat

  • @jevichrono
    @jevichrono ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was shocked to find out you were also doing visual narration now and I had to check out what I had missed since I last visited and of your break. Keep up the good work!

  • @zobososhizion6478
    @zobososhizion6478 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    This isn't math it is history.

    • @finnjones625
      @finnjones625 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      The combination of math & history put together... to gain victory.

    • @USS_Grey_Ghost
      @USS_Grey_Ghost ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Math history sucks

    • @elmodelo101
      @elmodelo101 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Math and History makes; probabilities, stadistics.

    • @USS_Grey_Ghost
      @USS_Grey_Ghost ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@elmodelo101 not to mention causalities

    • @narutohuntmendemon6354
      @narutohuntmendemon6354 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Both are weapons

  • @ghostwriter5685
    @ghostwriter5685 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    For the first time. FOR THE FUCKING FIRST TIME!!! The narrator/creator that I’m listening to actually fucking looks like how I imagined him based off his voice.
    My life is complete I can now die happy.

  • @mikkelnpetersen
    @mikkelnpetersen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "How, how can you win like that"
    "I use the 4 most powerful principles there is, addition, subtraction, dividing and multiplication, I use *MATH"*

  • @lugi895
    @lugi895 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i always kinda wondered what you looked like its nice to finally be able to put the face to my all time fav narrator😀

  • @ARC1701A
    @ARC1701A ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was expecting a posh British gentleman with a cup of tea and a top hat. That is a viking. A motorcycle road warrior. ZZ Top. And that guy from myth busters. Agro, you Sir, have bamboozled me with that voice!

  • @jukkiivi4282
    @jukkiivi4282 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Humans curbstomping xeno scum? Perfect way to start one's day. Thanks for finding and narrating another gem. For the Algorithm! For the Narrator!

  • @UsernotFound2018
    @UsernotFound2018 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    At the end of the story, now i get the Thumbnail

  • @noahnaugler7611
    @noahnaugler7611 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First video I've seen with the cam. I'm surprised by how much you look like your own voice in a badass kind of way. Keep up the good art!

  • @OddlyIncredible
    @OddlyIncredible ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I once saw a statement that was basically "the galaxy wouldn't know how to deal with a sapience that descended from hyper-specialized pursuit predators if there was ever a reason for that sapience to be hostile." Anyone picking a fight with humans would find out real darn fast that humans can weaponize _almost anything._ Including math.

  • @AMan-tj6vq
    @AMan-tj6vq ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I’ve been hooked on your content since I discovered it a month ago. Rock on!

    • @BrazenBard
      @BrazenBard ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Such a backlog you must still have...

    • @nuru666
      @nuru666 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BrazenBard I came here to say this

  • @spearshaker7974
    @spearshaker7974 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is there some kind or professional reader award we can give this guy. Wait a second here 🏆 🥇 congratulations 🎉 and take this 🎈

  • @allenmorgan1007
    @allenmorgan1007 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!

    • @allenmorgan1007
      @allenmorgan1007 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nad Senoj We can neither confirm nor deny any involvement in supplying the Voice with Holographic Technology at this time.

  • @kennetth1389
    @kennetth1389 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Nice one,
    I am curious if you will be picking back up any of the series you were covering before your medical treatment.
    They were incredibly entertaining.

    • @darrylmarbut47
      @darrylmarbut47 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The litrpgs?That lone survivor one was good!

  • @immortaldreams5868
    @immortaldreams5868 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loving the new form of content, and looking forward to more of it
    Keep up the great work and great narration!

  • @kevincaruthers5412
    @kevincaruthers5412 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    For humans EVERYTHING is a weapon.

  • @victortahlor4038
    @victortahlor4038 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for the reading

  • @koolaidjammer7108
    @koolaidjammer7108 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never thought Agro would match his voice so perfectly

  • @zaphodthenth
    @zaphodthenth ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm an unpublished amateur writer and, this has inspired me to do this with my own stories.

  • @Ryvaken
    @Ryvaken 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is not mathematics. This is the hubris of a people that have decided they cannot have made a mistake. I spit on this vile representation of my profession.

  • @GyorBox
    @GyorBox ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For the record....
    7,234,812 simulations. And that number also ran on 357 different computer systems. That is 2,582,827,884 total simulations.
    There was no error. They all concluded the same thing. That they would have tried to enslave, torture, and kill Humanity.
    When it's the Species on the line, NOTHING is excessive. I completely agree with the outcome.

    • @jazermano
      @jazermano ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, this is assuming the modeling is flawless. And modeling always has flaws and simplifications (or lack thereof) that are(n't) present in reality.
      It was the safe bet, the smart move... but it doesn't make it a "good" thing to do.

    • @GyorBox
      @GyorBox ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jazermano -- Future sci-fi. Just assume it was flawless.

    • @GyorBox
      @GyorBox ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jazermano -- Besides, just because there isn't currently "a math" (to my knowledge anyway) that accurately predicts things, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist at all. To be so arrogant about it is a mind set that shouldn't be entertained.

  • @martianhunter7168
    @martianhunter7168 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It is surreal to associate the voice with a face. Surreal, but appreciated.

  • @sirpubert8728
    @sirpubert8728 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay... so your face is deff not what I was picturing... love you work man... your voice is a well known and welcomed thing in my house.

  • @IRMentat
    @IRMentat ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those were sone cold calculations they had to make.

  • @Hamburger2005
    @Hamburger2005 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Sorry kid from where you're kneeling it must seem like a 18 karot run of bad luck, the truth is, the game was rigged from the start." The human

  • @firestorm165
    @firestorm165 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If I ever need a voice actor for an intelligent, charismatic, immaculately groomed, and aristocratic character you're the first one I'm contacting

  • @noppornwongrassamee8941
    @noppornwongrassamee8941 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I feel like total extermination was excessive. Take apart their empire? Sure. Obliterate all their ships and shipyard to deprive them of interstellar travel. Okay. But total extermination?
    I'd like to think genocide would still be considered a bad thing in this math based future. So instead of total extermination, these aliens should have been say... bombed back to the Stone Age (at least on worlds where they were the only inhabitants), quarantine the survivors, and then hope in the distant future when their descendants have clawed their way back to space faring status that they've learned to play nice with their neighbors.

    • @zachsmith1676
      @zachsmith1676 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Total extermination *WAS* the only option, every single simulation they did showed as such, they did want to do it but when faced with a hostile entity as they found in the imperium… Extermination was the only way

    • @giarnovanzeijl399
      @giarnovanzeijl399 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think they could have indoctrinated the race. They can't be so inflexible and have reached space.

    • @liwojenkins
      @liwojenkins ปีที่แล้ว

      The math showed hope was stupid and would lead to extermination. Your feelings would lead us to crimes our worst tyrants would outlaw, which is why they used AIs to make the decision and not soft, papered, middle class low imagination people such as yourself.

    • @GyorBox
      @GyorBox ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Nah. 7,234,812 simulations. And that number also ran on 357 different computer systems. That is 2,582,827,884 total simulations.
      There was no error. They all concluded the same thing. That they would have tried to enslave, torture, and kill Humanity.
      When it's the Species on the line, NOTHING is excessive. I completely agree with the outcome.

    • @zachsmith1676
      @zachsmith1676 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GyorBox Kill the Xenos!
      Burn the Heretic!
      Purge the Mutant!

  • @kurtismiller9544
    @kurtismiller9544 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Skwerl is BACK! Woohoo!

  • @johns9652
    @johns9652 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Considering how some of these stories make pop culture references, was half expecting that number of probabilities to be the same as Doctor Strange. Looked it up to check, in Avengers Infinity War, Doc says 14.000.605. So roughly double the number of simulations from this story.

    • @KumkumBeats
      @KumkumBeats 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fermi estimations

  • @lazrustosadow5880
    @lazrustosadow5880 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Amazing content as usual

  • @johnthenationalist648
    @johnthenationalist648 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man, you look exactly like i imagined, like a space war general who spends his free time in a mars bar

  • @thomas.wd.starnes
    @thomas.wd.starnes ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your Vocals.

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  ปีที่แล้ว

      Glad you are enjoying the content , thank you for the dono it is very much appreciated.

  • @RealArcalian
    @RealArcalian ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Greetings Mentlegent
    For the Rhyhtm that is Algo
    I was going to make some kind of math joke here, but in spite of everything, I still felt sorry for the Raddians. Or at least the last of them, anyway.

  • @BazilRat
    @BazilRat ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All hail the algorithm! Commenting to boost you

  • @oglecj
    @oglecj ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am happy to see that you also look cool and do not have a face made for a radio host.

  • @hollyferay8131
    @hollyferay8131 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow you have magic voice skills or some great voice filters.

  • @snidecommenter7117
    @snidecommenter7117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This one was dark. I liked it.

  • @Bannedchan
    @Bannedchan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So no relocation to a primitive world for a few survivors this time. Just a bullet in a blank cold cell

  • @wrenchpony9735
    @wrenchpony9735 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Funny how the victor is somehow always 'right'.

  • @RWorley3sl
    @RWorley3sl ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great job

  • @dropian
    @dropian ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My god I didn't imagine you looked like the wise warrior monk on top of ye olde mountain. Darnit you look so badass.

  • @Dmansvids2
    @Dmansvids2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ok I have to admit this style is kinda cool.

  • @carlfranz6805
    @carlfranz6805 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ballistics = Angry Maths

  • @jamesvivian2855
    @jamesvivian2855 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn you have the most epic beard!

  • @brentmartin6833
    @brentmartin6833 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Weaponized Maths, so that's why my GPA was cut down after every engagement with algebra.

  • @darrylmarbut47
    @darrylmarbut47 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think this proves there still are highly intelligent life forms scurrying around on this little planet,on the edge of space..All hail the Algorithm!!!

  • @GeremiasVi
    @GeremiasVi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    +1 comment
    Glad everything went well

  • @ruv8341
    @ruv8341 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Am I the only one who sees humanity as the empire?

    • @Wolf-oc6tx
      @Wolf-oc6tx ปีที่แล้ว

      Humanity in this story did pull something similar(but far more extreme then) what the Romans did to Carthage and on similar reasoning.

  • @equinsuocha8905
    @equinsuocha8905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool story. A bit fanciful. Except galaxies don’t revolve around the universe‘s center of origin. They’re actually moving away from each other since the beginning due to dark energy. Essentially, every point in the universe, even your person and the space you currently inhabit, is the point, the epicenter of the Big Bang.

  • @paulqueripel3493
    @paulqueripel3493 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Spurred on , not spurned on.

  • @GiRR007
    @GiRR007 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You dont seem to understand, the universe isnt yours to conquer.

  • @John-100
    @John-100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Even if you win the war, the war must continue until all who are responsible are dealt with. In this case, the ending of this story was justified.

  • @eze316wow
    @eze316wow ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's Kool to see your face! Nice beard man !

  • @storkyfallout6516
    @storkyfallout6516 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dude you look fackin great.

  • @SirPlocks
    @SirPlocks ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im imagining the fleet warping in and the nuclear mines are tomskas mine turtles saying hello and than boom

  • @kennethhummel4409
    @kennethhummel4409 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The answer to the equation is…42!

  • @justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456
    @justsomeguywithahandlebarm2456 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    For the algorithm

  • @djaydeved
    @djaydeved ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im just wondering what i found
    this man has such a good voice ngl

  • @hughgordon6435
    @hughgordon6435 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Are the fish ok?

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They are

    • @hughgordon6435
      @hughgordon6435 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AgroSquerril we gonna see them again?

    • @valtiel2589
      @valtiel2589 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hughgordon6435 they have retired i believe

    • @AgroSquerril
      @AgroSquerril  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@valtiel2589 Yup , retired and living a life of luxury

  • @beingsneaky
    @beingsneaky ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i suppose indoctrine of their beliefs started at a young age.

  • @devinmanderson
    @devinmanderson ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Humans: what can we strap a nuke on.....
    Everyone else: wut 😳

  • @larrythompson8630
    @larrythompson8630 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SUN TZU. Know your enemy, and yourself. Why you would not learn the bare basics first.

  • @merlinathrawes746
    @merlinathrawes746 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's a shame to cause the extinction of any species. But when dealing with a species that literally has no concept of peace and coexistence, you do what you must.

  • @antrazitaj5209
    @antrazitaj5209 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was not the face I expected to this voice

  • @dantreadwell7421
    @dantreadwell7421 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ooof, Xenocide. . .

  • @brummbear7085
    @brummbear7085 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He realy gives me the red alert cutsceen vipes. Maybe because he looks a littel bit like tim curry in red alert 3.

  • @Lumberjack_king
    @Lumberjack_king 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They were doomed from the the start they never stood a chance

  • @malkeus6487
    @malkeus6487 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish hfy didn't rely so much on aliens being dumb. You don't have an interstellar empire AND be subpar at navigation.

  • @Y_Llew_Tew
    @Y_Llew_Tew ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait. Asteroids orbit planets?

  • @cosmiccornflake4
    @cosmiccornflake4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So is that gonna be a no on the facial video staggering

    • @silvadelshaladin
      @silvadelshaladin ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I figure it is done that way to hide segment reshoots/edits. There is no way he gets the entire story down in one go every time. By having the staggers, it isn't noticeable if he took a break between paragraphs for any reason. It also seems futuristic.

  • @JeffersonCountyMilitia
    @JeffersonCountyMilitia ปีที่แล้ว +1

    brutal

  • @Heidao623
    @Heidao623 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cultural, social and spiritual beliefs heavily engrained on their "Divine Right" to do as they please to the universe, means you can never hope to 'start over' after defeating such a civilization. Unless you're willing to wipe out everyone but the babies, from the children to the adults, the eventual seed of revenge and the seeking of lost glory, would simply grow and cause trouble again.

  • @amirlee3344
    @amirlee3344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok, it's been a bit but... SINCE WHEN ARE WE ALLOWED TO SEE THE NARRATOR

  • @Maddog3060
    @Maddog3060 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So this is what happens to the Goose people.

  • @t.p.3456
    @t.p.3456 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For the algorithm 👽👾🤖🌌🛰🚀🛸🌠

  • @fabulousimcatbulous690
    @fabulousimcatbulous690 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    yey math

  • @pulverize3
    @pulverize3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Manamana doo doo doo doo doo *gunshot*

  • @TB-fb1sq
    @TB-fb1sq ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW!!

  • @grizzerker
    @grizzerker ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How about this for a title TANKS FOR THE MAMMARY S HUMANS ARE SPACE ORKS

  • @magmadude35
    @magmadude35 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Morally object to having math dictate genocide but still a good story

    • @swimm8329
      @swimm8329 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i don't.

    • @OddlyIncredible
      @OddlyIncredible ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not when millions of sims across hundreds of machines all reach the same conclusion. Sometimes the only real solution is scorched-alien-homeworld.

    • @magmadude35
      @magmadude35 ปีที่แล้ว

      @OddlyIncredible nah that's BS, you can't have a perfect equation for something like that. It's impossible, the only way they could is if they gave it a tiny resource allocation for reform. Heck even in first contact they have the 1% line where they push a civilization back to their home world and force them to develop again. I refuse to believe in an absolute no hope genocide. There's no society without the diversity or adaptability to change for the better.
      I'll make acceptions for more evenly matched situations where it's us or them, or if they're irrational bio weapon style single minded weapons of mass destruction. This was an entire society though with whole populations

  • @anathardayaldar
    @anathardayaldar ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So Harry Seldon was finaly given fuill control of humanity in this Universe.
    The Foundation story before hollywood ruined it.

  • @gmradio2436
    @gmradio2436 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So where are the humans in this one?

    • @loukasmaki
      @loukasmaki ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The nerds that took calculous way to seriously

    • @gmradio2436
      @gmradio2436 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@loukasmaki The AI hive mind or the race that put 2 admirals on 3 ships?

  • @genericuser984
    @genericuser984 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    neat

  • @Vulture-1066
    @Vulture-1066 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dark

  • @marcsummerlott3965
    @marcsummerlott3965 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like that species is used and not race.

  • @tabithachastain6999
    @tabithachastain6999 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🐾

  • @elfeater1760
    @elfeater1760 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For the Algorithm11!

  • @vzig2348
    @vzig2348 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sounds like this story is the history of Russia.

  • @yellow9028
    @yellow9028 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Did they just justify genocide?