The "Happy Frogs" thing is a reference to the clip of Alex Jones saying that the US government is putting chemicals into the water supply to turn frogs gay. It's a play on words, seen as gay used to mean happy before it became commonly used to refer to homosexuality.
Sad fact, his comment actually has a bit of truth to it. While not making them gay per se, the chemical atrazine commonly used as a pesticed inhibits hormones in male frogs, resulting in sexual abnormalities like hermaphroditism. Really funny reference in game though.
Greenland in Plague Mode: I am a bastion of utter sterilization. The frozen wastelands bury contagion upon endless layers of snow and leaves them to fate. We are the ancient wonder of the permafrost and no pathogen may defy the bitter cold. Greenland in Cure Mode: Oh noes! I just got infected! Step-Cure,could you come here and help~?
I wish they ad a "versus" mode now in which one player plays as the disease and another as the cure. I mean, its just my opinion, but I think it will be 1000 times more fun that the actual versus mode of Plague Inc were you are a disease and your friend is another disease.
Dunno if you've noticed it yet, but you can actually tell when you've found the origin country when you pop the red bubble for it. It'll release a sickly green gas.
Or you can just go to the "Control" page and at the bottom left portion of the screen, it will tell you the origin country (as long as it's been investigated).
Fungus works differently compared to virus and bacteria. After some time passes (or when the news say about spores blooming) the infection rate will start to grow rapidly. That's when you buy fungal sprays. They reset the infection rate back down and disable the rapid growth for some time.
@@ToxicSoul03 Yeah, but I'm talking about certain events that just suddenly increases non-compliance for no good reason. Such as _people_ ditching their masks.
I would have thought that the fungus wouldn't have any vaccine option (No fungal vaccines have been released), and that the challenge would be only being able to eradicate the fungus by lockdowns and quarantines.
That would make sense if this was a completely new game. But it's still plague inc, so all diseases have a vaccine available. The vaccine might just be a really powerful fungicide which somehow doesn't kill humans when it's injected directly into there brain's, but apparently it exists.
ya i had a lot of trouble with this one. Once i saw how fast it spread in mega brutal i used the creator and made it as powerful as it could possibly be and lost within a minute lol. Nice job man
The fungal infection bonus is at least from what I heard directly increases global infectivity and is very noticable on the purple infectino rate bar. If the purple infection rate bar is ungoldy huge, you need to use the anti-fungals.
People think field research operatives putting chemicals in the water to make the frogs gay lmao, it's an Alex Jones reference, they paraphrased gay into happy.
neurax would the hardest one for sure. the necroa would be just fucking cool as hell, being the Zcom and developing bases and weapons because you already know that a cure will not work. maybe instead of authority you need to keep a certain porcentage of people alive so that humanity isnt doomed.
16:18 “I dont know what it is, maybe its fake news” I know its different in this context but that line is so accurate to all those conspiracies who dont underatand science therefore fake news
When I played it, almost 1 billion people were dead, and I survived on 4 authority. You might be wondering, wow, you beated fungus on mega brutal? That's awesome. But guys, it is a bit funny, I played it on casual mode, yes I said CASUAL MODE, :( And it was 1 billion people dead, :(
I tried this the first time and got trounced on Normal. And yes, it was the Caribbean that murdered me... and got murdered by the fungus, ironically enough. I'd been trying to control things via infection control up until that point, so having my favourite toys wrenched away and being forced to use the lockdown system I didn't really understand was a rude awakening. Good game design though in that it forces you to learn a different mechanic.
16:24 I think in any other mode but the bio weapon it caps out at 100 cause there’s no point tracking moar than that (unless ur in the bio weapon and use “Declare Armageddon”)
If anyone doesn't know what the bonus is, The fungus builds infection overtime and antifungals reset that bonus and these can be very useful to control infection and timing for using the antifungals is critical as you only have 3
Thank you so much vor the video. Before, I've struggled numerous times with this scenario. After watching it, I was even able to eradicate the fungus (on normal) without fake news and censorship ;), so my moral spine was improved. I didn't realize the importance of contact tracing, full lockdown and compliance support in this scenario.
Really enjoying your plague inc series! Would be nice if the cure mode had a Playlist like the other plague inc campaigns. Love your stuff tho keep up the good work and I'll keep watching!
Great video as always Pravus, also nice to see you again before your break is over. I could be very wrong, haven't played the game mode yet myself. I think the factor that got you 2 stars is the "Fatality" rate. It was 47.3%, hope that helps.
I can't wait to see what strategy you have for the Parasite! EDIT: Now I've seen your strategy for beating the Parasite on Mega Brutal, and it seems pretty effective.
Unironically when I play against Fungus it always sweeps the arid countries better than my humid countries, even if I take heavy quarantine and even take other initiatives, such as hand washing etc.
Pravus curing a virus: 10,339,613 infected, 1,601,606 dead in 450 days Pravus curing a fungus: 160,161 infected, 75,756 dead in 352 days Also Pravus: The fungus is harder to beat
Yeah, I tried recreating your steps but this shit is impossible even on Normal, my authority plummets once people start dying and there isn't jack I can do about it. The anti-fungal things don't do squat either. I can't be arsed to try it a million times until I'm blessed by the rng. I already have the plat for the game, so I'll just move on from it and never touch anything made by those devs again. Edit: and by the magic of "bitching about it online" I got the RNG miracle I needed. I had no idea what I was doing, just got lucky with the vaccine being ahead of schedule. This is not a strategy game, it's a roulette.
The fungal infection bonus is a thing that over time increases and basically its just some extra infection rate and it can get really high so the Antifungals might help
LIIIIIIIIIIKE!!! MY GOD!!! YOUR VIDEO LITERALLY TEACHED ME HOW TO PLAY THIS GAMEMODE!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I WON FROM PARASITE (the next disease) IN THE FIRST TRY!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Hey, Pravus just because you mentioned it. The points you gain from Authority is capped at 100 so if you finish with more as you did here it gives you the cap of 100
Mate what the fuck. The difficulty spike for the cure mode is absolutely insane. I physically cannot beat fungus on normal and this man can beat it on mega brutal without knowing half the abilities
Probably no one will see this, neither Pravus. I'm from Bolivia, things got nasty here, more for political issues than the actual bat soup. Not as bad as in the video. I just wanna point out that the picture depicting Bolivia is from the city I live, La Paz, and the mountain seen there is the Illimani, pretty impressive thing of you ask me.
Antu-fungle resets the impact of a fungal spore infection bonest, as if a spore pops, insead of say 800 people getting infected instantly, it would be close to 10 people infected instantly, I use anti-fungal spores sparingly when more than one country is being completely infected to buy my field operatives some time, so that other countries that are not in such a high risk all of a sudden become another hot spot.
The carribean is the fungus greenland it seems. Or is it greenland after all? As for that frog thing at the end, I guess it is a reference to alex jones "chemicals that turn the frogs gay" (in reality the chemicals trigger the frogs natural ability to change gender).
"Watch out for Greenland, that could be an issue"
This applies to the base game and the cure mode
i was gonna say it's just a plague inc. thing, why is do we need reminding
Greenland screws alot.
@@KL53986 Yeah, greenland can screw you over no matter what you do.
unless you're playing as a goDDAMN NEURAX WORM-
Freaking Greenland
@@KL53986 what else can they do in an icy hellscape again?
"Happy Frogs" is a reference to the famous Info Wars quote "They're turning the fricken frogs gay"
Do you understand that??
Funfact: This fact isn't so fun and the background behind that joke has to do with uhh... Let's say, chemicals and scummy business.
@Dennis Maron th-cam.com/video/i5uSbp0YDhc/w-d-xo.html
It was actually friggin
@@Flamme-Sanabi still fun
*:)*
The "Happy Frogs" thing is a reference to the clip of Alex Jones saying that the US government is putting chemicals into the water supply to turn frogs gay. It's a play on words, seen as gay used to mean happy before it became commonly used to refer to homosexuality.
Sad fact, his comment actually has a bit of truth to it. While not making them gay per se, the chemical atrazine commonly used as a pesticed inhibits hormones in male frogs, resulting in sexual abnormalities like hermaphroditism.
Really funny reference in game though.
THEY'RE TURNING THE FRICKIN' FROGS GAY
@@Oskanwhitchfather DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?!?!?!
@@Felix_1099 *PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH*
ITS NOT FUNNY!!!!
Fungus on Normal Plague Inc.: “Halp, I need spowe buwst evolved.
Fungus on Plague Inc. Cure Mode: *_STRONK._*
Cure in regular Plague inc : _I am speed_
Cure in Cure mode : help me i can't fight the disease please !!! :(
People in disease mode: Let's listen to the government, they probably know what they're doing
People in cure mode: But I want to use the plane NOW!
Classic Character when you fight them vs Character when you play as them.
i can’t even beat it on casual and i have it beat on mega brutal on normal plague 😭
Greenland in Plague Mode: I am a bastion of utter sterilization. The frozen wastelands bury contagion upon endless layers of snow and leaves them to fate. We are the ancient wonder of the permafrost and no pathogen may defy the bitter cold.
Greenland in Cure Mode: Oh noes! I just got infected! Step-Cure,could you come here and help~?
If anyone could beat the Fungus on Mega Brutal, it would be Pravus.
Very true
Ngl I really struggled with fungus but
I used pravus tips not only in the infection mode but I will also use it in cure mode
I beaten it only after I found some tactics on internet. The hardest one so far
@@AniViRus I know but I haven't unlocked virus I'm taking it slow I bcoz I want to know how the cure mode works
I did it on mobile
Yep
I wish they ad a "versus" mode now in which one player plays as the disease and another as the cure. I mean, its just my opinion, but I think it will be 1000 times more fun that the actual versus mode of Plague Inc were you are a disease and your friend is another disease.
Yeah, I agree.
they said they are working on it
It needs some rebalancing first. The cure seems to have an advantage.
@@trollgemomo3823 Good.
@@omdeep9183 Really? Thanks for the information!
Dunno if you've noticed it yet, but you can actually tell when you've found the origin country when you pop the red bubble for it. It'll release a sickly green gas.
Oh, that's what that is. Not Pravus, but thanks for the tip nonetheless!
oh, that's what the green gas means
You also get a little more resources
Or you can just go to the "Control" page and at the bottom left portion of the screen, it will tell you the origin country (as long as it's been investigated).
@@TheSpiderComix , yeah but before it being investigated you can find out by the bubble.
Fungus works differently compared to virus and bacteria. After some time passes (or when the news say about spores blooming) the infection rate will start to grow rapidly. That's when you buy fungal sprays. They reset the infection rate back down and disable the rapid growth for some time.
Ohhhh
Will the infection rate reset if I buy the anti fungus and then sell it and buy it again?
Oh wait turns out I can't sell it lmao
@@abeke5523 you can't sell
World usually: Tries to stop disease
World here:Lets hug everyone sick
Cure Mode's mega brutal is disease's casual and vice versa
@@rumekfuria6037 yea
It's not ultra-brutal since Karen events seemingly don't exist.
@@muffinman2546 it’s called non-compliance
@@ToxicSoul03 Yeah, but I'm talking about certain events that just suddenly increases non-compliance for no good reason. Such as _people_ ditching their masks.
Gotta love Alex Jones take on the "Happy Frogs"
Gotta make em' gey' and happy.
I'm enjoying this series so far, can't wait to see the others.
I didn't know they were adding a cure mode til I seen your bacteria video
How? Do you not read the comments section?
@@Santisima_Trinidad Nope. Not usually. Also haven't been watching many of his videos recently.
@@zach_smith ahh, that explains it. Thanks.
@@Santisima_Trinidad no problem
actually the cure mode was released months ago in the smarphones
I would have thought that the fungus wouldn't have any vaccine option (No fungal vaccines have been released), and that the challenge would be only being able to eradicate the fungus by lockdowns and quarantines.
That would make sense if this was a completely new game. But it's still plague inc, so all diseases have a vaccine available. The vaccine might just be a really powerful fungicide which somehow doesn't kill humans when it's injected directly into there brain's, but apparently it exists.
THE VIRUS CAN'T SPREAD IF THE VICTIM IS DEAD
@@snaukball8764 It can with necrosis.
Particularly fungi might thrive in a dead body.
@@christopherg2347 .-.
it was a joke.
it actually helps to use drugs for an fungus
ya i had a lot of trouble with this one. Once i saw how fast it spread in mega brutal i used the creator and made it as powerful as it could possibly be and lost within a minute lol. Nice job man
The fungal infection bonus is at least from what I heard directly increases global infectivity and is very noticable on the purple infectino rate bar. If the purple infection rate bar is ungoldy huge, you need to use the anti-fungals.
I think it is the pink bar on the left, the one on the right is actually purple
@@mrtotaldrama13 What am I? Pink=Purple Colourblind?
@@maltardraco9555 Infection rate is pink. Lethality is yellow. Non-compliance Risk is purple.
People think field research operatives putting chemicals in the water to make the frogs gay lmao, it's an Alex Jones reference, they paraphrased gay into happy.
Me: wins Casual Fungus with 843,000,000 deaths
Him: wins Mega Brutal Fungus with 75,000 deaths
Thank you so much for your guides! This one was seriously screwing with my attempts and I just couldn't figure out how to get past it on normal.
16:12 that’s a reference to the Alex Jones quote: “I don’t want ‘em puttin chemicals in the rivers that are turning the friggin’ frogs gay!”
The highlight is helpful
I always find it quite odd where the fungus doesn't revolve around getting other stuff but mostly revolves around perma lock downs
that time when this pops up straight after I rewatch the spiral custom scenario :)
Oh hell, that scenario was TERRIFYING
I'm especially curious to see The Cure mode, of Necroa and Neurax.
The sad thing is that they might not even come to cure mode
@@yarlodek5842 We'll see. Since they're fundamentally different from other diseases, they most likely will arrive later, but I'm certain they will
neurax would the hardest one for sure. the necroa would be just fucking cool as hell, being the Zcom and developing bases and weapons because you already know that a cure will not work. maybe instead of authority you need to keep a certain porcentage of people alive so that humanity isnt doomed.
@@clairelili873 maybe just like you can still win with 100% cure in main game you can win it with 0 authority and it would probably happen
Considering the message for getting 0 authority is a soldier with a gas mask, that could be the case
Wow this was literally right when I woke up
16:18 “I dont know what it is, maybe its fake news” I know its different in this context but that line is so accurate to all those conspiracies who dont underatand science therefore fake news
and also the fake news scenario lol i just beat that lol
Fungus in Regular Mode: "hard to spread"
Fungus in Cure Mode: "spreads rapidly"
checks out
Well this is the equivalent of Fungus in regular mode: Easy
well its not that it spreads rapidly, its just it can pop up in random unpredictable locations
@@darknexxenby it spreads FAST
How fungus in cure works is that the infectiosity increase exponentially but the spécial upgrades Can reset it
Welcome back Pravus! I hope you are doing better! We missed you!!!
When I played it, almost 1 billion people were dead, and I survived on 4 authority. You might be wondering, wow, you beated fungus on mega brutal? That's awesome. But guys, it is a bit funny, I played it on casual mode, yes I said CASUAL MODE, :(
And it was 1 billion people dead, :(
When i played it, i got EXTRA EXTRA EXTRA LUCKY because the fungus spawned with ZERO infectivity and died before i could analyze it. Im not kidding.
@@im1indonesian This happened with me twice in bioweapon and got 5 stars on BRUTAL. :D
Video: exists
Comment section: HAPPY FROGS IS A REFERENCE!!!
I tried this the first time and got trounced on Normal. And yes, it was the Caribbean that murdered me... and got murdered by the fungus, ironically enough. I'd been trying to control things via infection control up until that point, so having my favourite toys wrenched away and being forced to use the lockdown system I didn't really understand was a rude awakening. Good game design though in that it forces you to learn a different mechanic.
16:24 I think in any other mode but the bio weapon it caps out at 100 cause there’s no point tracking moar than that (unless ur in the bio weapon and use “Declare Armageddon”)
If anyone doesn't know what the bonus is, The fungus builds infection overtime and antifungals reset that bonus and these can be very useful to control infection and timing for using the antifungals is critical as you only have 3
Me: Ha, I quarantened you! What will you do?
Fungus: *Spore burst*
Me: *_Fuck._*
Thanks, after a dozen plus tries on my own I finally got it after watching this video.
I like how the infected particles in cure mode is more realistic than the other one in plague mode
World: There is an massive Fungus outbreak
Pravus: THe cArebEAneAS!
Thank you so much vor the video. Before, I've struggled numerous times with this scenario. After watching it, I was even able to eradicate the fungus (on normal) without fake news and censorship ;), so my moral spine was improved. I didn't realize the importance of contact tracing, full lockdown and compliance support in this scenario.
this update hits just as I get back into the game. the timing. so awesome. btw I can't explain how happy that outro music makes me lmfao.
i'm just imagining the mods for cure mode where you are the SCP foundation trying to contain some new monster or anomaly
Yes please
I hope custom scenarios for cure mode are happening, alongside the special plagues.
Niiice. You crushed that fungus Pravus, well done.
Really enjoying your plague inc series! Would be nice if the cure mode had a Playlist like the other plague inc campaigns. Love your stuff tho keep up the good work and I'll keep watching!
I love that you are back!
Great video as always Pravus, also nice to see you again before your break is over. I could be very wrong, haven't played the game mode yet myself. I think the factor that got you 2 stars is the "Fatality" rate. It was 47.3%, hope that helps.
Now seeing the prion video, I feel like I am very wrong on that account. Maybe it was the speed. But fungus isn't easy to cure in RL...
I can't wait to see what strategy you have for the Parasite!
EDIT: Now I've seen your strategy for beating the Parasite on Mega Brutal, and it seems pretty effective.
The Prion's a real doozy...combining different plague types.
Pravus is a strategical genius.
I think the Frog advent is a referee to Alex John's about turning the frogs gay.
Watching your videos really shows how much I suck at this game.
Keep it up!
Pravus has realeased a chemical that turned the freaking frogs happy!
love you pravus thanks for making these videos
Unironically when I play against Fungus it always sweeps the arid countries better than my humid countries, even if I take heavy quarantine and even take other initiatives, such as hand washing etc.
All Pravus, All the time! For he is the Pravus, and he is GOOD.
Pravus curing a virus: 10,339,613 infected, 1,601,606 dead in 450 days
Pravus curing a fungus: 160,161 infected, 75,756 dead in 352 days
Also Pravus: The fungus is harder to beat
I don't even know how he did it, I can't beat fungus on normal.
HOW?
to be fair most of the game is just paused
@@KepleroGT same like 5 of the countries got thier whole population infected and half of them died
YAY more pravus, i’ve missed ya man hope everything’s al good
Thanks for covering this update
My thoughts goes out to you pravus take care of you self. Take time to recover brother we will be be there!
Before 1k, hell yeah
Great video again!!,
Thank you so much for uploading this
dang I traveled four years through these videos and didn't even notice. Nice consistiency
Welcome back. Hope the time off worked wonders for you.
Number 15. Burgerking foot lettuce. The last thing you want in your Burgerking burger is someone else's foot fungus. But that's what you might gæt.
It would be awesome to do a 1v1 mode one trying to kill everyone one trying to cure
If only authorities on the real world were as keen on eradicatting the disease as pravus is....
This was so useful! Thanks for the great video. 👍🏻👍🏻
when i complete bacteria on casual mode: 16:02
Welcome back :)
Wait what?! Holy- you are so active! I never see that before!
You're back! I love you
So, you’ve beaten the Cordycep...ahem, the fungus without sacrificing Ellie’s life. You’ve created a time paradox!
Yeah, I tried recreating your steps but this shit is impossible even on Normal, my authority plummets once people start dying and there isn't jack I can do about it. The anti-fungal things don't do squat either. I can't be arsed to try it a million times until I'm blessed by the rng. I already have the plat for the game, so I'll just move on from it and never touch anything made by those devs again.
Edit: and by the magic of "bitching about it online" I got the RNG miracle I needed. I had no idea what I was doing, just got lucky with the vaccine being ahead of schedule. This is not a strategy game, it's a roulette.
The fungal infection bonus is a thing that over time increases and basically its just some extra infection rate and it can get really high so the Antifungals might help
I died so many times just trying to beat this in normal. All bow down to pravus
Me too.
LIIIIIIIIIIKE!!! MY GOD!!! YOUR VIDEO LITERALLY TEACHED ME HOW TO PLAY THIS GAMEMODE!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I WON FROM PARASITE (the next disease) IN THE FIRST TRY!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Hey, Pravus just because you mentioned it. The points you gain from Authority is capped at 100 so if you finish with more as you did here it gives you the cap of 100
Greenland: I GIVE FEAR INTO EVRY PLAGUE INC PLAYER
caribean to parvus:amatures
Pravus not understanding the Alex Jones reference with the "happy frogs" event... oh my sweet child how innocent you must be
So pravus is taking a break from his break, I broke my leg so now I am broken.
I wonder what's going to happen next...
Lord pravus, gg
I cant wait to see what things like the simian flue are like
your plague inc videos are literally one of my favorite... things that exist? idk, either way, I'm really happy you're doing them again :)
Parvus is the lord of plague inc
Mate what the fuck. The difficulty spike for the cure mode is absolutely insane. I physically cannot beat fungus on normal and this man can beat it on mega brutal without knowing half the abilities
National Outbreak Analysis is also great
“They turned the frickin’ frogs gay. Don’t you understand that?” - Alex Jones
Probably no one will see this, neither Pravus. I'm from Bolivia, things got nasty here, more for political issues than the actual bat soup. Not as bad as in the video. I just wanna point out that the picture depicting Bolivia is from the city I live, La Paz, and the mountain seen there is the Illimani, pretty impressive thing of you ask me.
Wow this popped up as soon as it got home
The infection bonus is found as a percentage bonus under the states at the bottom panel's top right in Control
"the philippines are an issue, lets lock down all of asia"
that line was weirdly comical and i cant explain why
the 1 dislike was the fungus that failed
Hey, early gang for the first time
Hello i am finally early B)
"Happy Frog". That killed me. 🤣
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Hah! Happy frogs is a "turning the frickin' frogs gay!" Joke from Info Wars' Alex Jones infamous quote
I dont know if you noticed, but i just noticed that after you pop an infection bubble, if the smoke is green, that is the origin country
16:14 - Damn it, Alex Jones!
Antu-fungle resets the impact of a fungal spore infection bonest, as if a spore pops, insead of say 800 people getting infected instantly, it would be close to 10 people infected instantly, I use anti-fungal spores sparingly when more than one country is being completely infected to buy my field operatives some time, so that other countries that are not in such a high risk all of a sudden become another hot spot.
It’s gonna be pretty interesting when he deals with the shadow plague
The carribean is the fungus greenland it seems. Or is it greenland after all?
As for that frog thing at the end, I guess it is a reference to alex jones "chemicals that turn the frogs gay" (in reality the chemicals trigger the frogs natural ability to change gender).
15:13 it's bcs bolivia overwhelmed. If a country become overwhelmed, another country will fear that will happen there and become following lockdown
The Dislike probably came from the Fungus.
but... ,it has 0 dislikes
@@yandereharem979 now there's 12..
It still saddens me that we don't have this on the app version.
They do
Pravus when the green comes up when you click the bubble it means its the origin country