THANK you for your nice words, this was amazing to put together. Also, fun fact, my mom doesn’t watch my videos but she does watch your videos watching my videos.
Then I am absolutely so sorry for how much I swear. 😅 Joking aside. You did an amazing job on this. And at least from the writing perspective, which is the only thing I have a professional take on, this really was well done. 😁👍 Also, and this is mostly just an obligatory comment but one that I definitely need (and want) to say, thank you for making this.
A meeting of titans. Also taking this opportunity to appeal to the Lord Alfabus to expect an actually wholesome letter from Detroit at... Some point. Anyway, happy new year you magnificent bastards, including those reading this. K bye!
@@Airier 31:30 the creature that boy was playing was from the cute update or expansion pack it's pretty much just exterminate and there are terrifying everybody haven't played against that faction quite yet but I know once they do I'm going to regret it
Note to everyone who says Kitten is playing Tau, he's NOT. What Kitten is playing is the United Federation of Planets. While everyone else was basically recreating their actual reality in the game, Kitten was playing Star Trek.
So can halo to survive in 40k like think about it some humans join tau unc would be best faction on 40k to join they are a lot worse in psionic side but i say unc is better than tau and tau is still alive
Hi, VA for Boy here. Since I've poked around here a few times, and since someone's asked me directly once before, let me clear up for you: Boy is a 100% a young boy. I voice him because it's easier for an adult woman to sound like a convincing young boy than it is for an adult male. Puzzle no more!
Explantion for War of Unrequitted Love In Stellaris Canon the Blorg (which are a species made by the devs) are a species of repulsive mushroom-like blobs that picked up transmissions from Earth and fell in love with the art, music, and culture. More specifically they fell in love with the idea of 'Friendships' and set out on a quest to 'befriend' (especially the humans that made the broadcasts they heard). Yes that does sound sinister because it is. The Blorg are willing to befriend people by any means necessary to the point they refer to orbital bombardment as 'light shows'. So basically an entire species of weeaboo mushroom yanderes.
wait a minute, i have been playing Stellaris for a long time (pretty much starting around when the Leviathan DLC was released) and i have never come across that. is that a new thing in Necroids, because if so that explains why i haven't encountered that?
You are wrong that was clearly The Trustworthy, or the Reliable or the Undeceiving or if u really must the Really Nice Creature That Wants To Trade With U. I don't understand how u could get that one wrong.
Also for anyone confused on his empire he’s playing as a necroid empire build are which basically means there just space necromancers and become more powerful threw massive casualties from war Becouse more causalities of others mean more manpower for them amongst other things tbh necroid builds are really OP
Let that sink in. The Emperor cause the Age of Strife, the arrival of the Tyranids Hive Fleets, and the Eye of Terror all in the span of one game second. And Kitten still survived it.
There are 4 main play styles: Purge the Xeno Scum (bot, hive, or bio works) Hive Eats Everything Everyone is my Friend (bot or biological, either works) Weyland-Yutani Thanks You For Your Offering
Is worth mentioning the Jeff is a Stellaris meme and the deceiver is playing necroids which is a stellaris race pack that gave undead armies hence all the necromancer jokes he makes.
It's the narrator (not sure if this is the right term here) from the Podcast series. You know, the one who goes "This Podcast is designated.." and so on.
Oh I actually talked to alfa. Emps faction is litterally him falling to all the same pitfalls as his actual empire, as in his mind. He can do no wrong. So he makes no mistakes, as hes always right. So yeah. And "every stellaris run in a nutshell" is based on canon 40k
Stellaris is a 4x game in space until midgame, when it turns into a grand-strategy game ala CK2. It's fantastic and I love every bit of it. All of the not-obviously-TTS-styled things are from Stellaris. All of the 3d models, almost all of the backgrounds, etc. Also PDX/Paradox does this stuff all the time. Spiffing Brit, Aspec, Door Monster, I think Yogscast? just to name a few. Also kitten is the interex
Fun fact: the 3 grim dark fates eldad is talking about are the end game crises, which are as follows The preythoryean scourge (default) (a combination of the tyranids and flood and other bio horror) The contingency (the robotic crisis, which is spawned through creating too much synthetics or researching synthetics, or by being an ai empire) And finally, the unbidden, (the most likely crisis to spawn, because the player has to research jump drives, and players tend to try and get that tech so they can jump across the galaxy without hyperdrives, or they can spawn in if you do psionics, aka: space magic. While the unbidden are the most likely, they do spawn other variants of these interdimensional invaders) Though there is a 4th crisis, its not like the four major crises. The end of cycle. Eldad was referring to the major 3 end game crises, because the 3 can effectively destroy the galaxy. But a unique thing about them is that if one spawns, the others do not, its kinda in the name. If the unbidden spawn, the contingency would not activate probably because, the unbidden will do most of their intended purpose(the contingency is basically the reapers from mass effect) while the preythoryean scourge will just avoid your galaxy, mostly due to the fact their name translates into being something akin to refugees while eating life. If the contingency occurs, before you research jump drives, then the unbidden don't spawn in due to mechanic reasons. But for the preythoryean scourge, they still avoid your galaxy, because its going to go through a cleansing. If the preythoryean scourge occurs, it means that you haven't researched either synthetics or jump drives, and if the contingency or unbidden do not occur, then the preythoryean scourge will come to your galaxy to eat everything. Compared to the other 2 crises, the preythoryean scourge have reasons for avoiding galaxies that randomly get unbidden or the contingency, because they are running away from something and they travel between galaxies through eating life in one galaxy then using the energy consumed to go to the next. The end of cycle does not count because it can occur at the same time a major end game crisis is occurring, most of the time it will mostly occur right next to the unbidden, who will spawn whenever one goes too far in the shroud. Tldr: there are 3 major crises while there's one babes one. Edit: the part where they all spawn is because emps was the admin of the game
Researching synthetics or Jump Drives don't ensure the Contingency or Unbidden show up, actually. Synthetics increase the odds, but there's a hidden point counter for the 2 crises. Having Machine Gestalts, unlocked synthetics, and ESPECIALLY the Custodian fallen empire heavily favors Contingency. Using Psi Jump Drives, screwing around with the final policy in Unchained Knowledge (where you literally burn Zro to study the weird effects it has on other dimensions), and certain events favor the Unbidden. Normal Jump Drives don't seem to have much of a weight anymore, so you can use them guilt free. If you don't have enough "score" for one of those crises by a certain time, you get the Scourge.
Crusader kings isnt a mobile game, it's another Paradox grand strategy game set in medieval europe with a focus on intrigue and maintaining your dynasty.
Its also the source of the 'Crusader Kings out of context' memes. Such as 'how hard is it to strangle an infant?' and random references to incest and, yes, cuckolding.
@@tanall5959 ah crusader Kings watched a playthrough where a guys heir was sleeping with BOTH of twin sisters at the same time...and I think got both pregnant
So "Super Hell" is All three endgame crisis events,At once, which normally does not happen (Only one can spawn) And each is very powerful (Scourage starts off as weakest ,than unbiddened and finally The Contengency is strongest at start ,other two gain strength and con can only lose strength or stay the same) ,So depending on Crisis strengt h they can be "Very nice" up to "WELCOME TO 40K AND THE EMPEROR IS BACK AND ON A CRUSADE!"
Everyone makes fun of Kitten 'playing Tau' when it's actually him just being the same Captain General he's been the entire series? Establishing a solid and ridiculously well defended base of operations, keeping a heavy emphasis on military and scientific progress, bettering the well-being of his people, making allies(without forcing them to give up their culture as long as certain requirements are met) and picking exactly what battles to fight and how.
The trustworthy one is actually Deceiver. His ranting about End Times is pretty big indicator. Also Kitten was basically playing as Tau so that one IS cannon.
I mean, "The Trustworthy" is the exact opposite of "The Deceiver". And the voice actor here and in TTS for Deceiver is the same. It was pretty clear to me.
1st. Saint Helena reference was to Napoleon's 2nd exile after Waterloo. 2nd. Boy was a Star Fish portrait species from the game they where playing. 3rd. slight spoiler. The Elf first communication with Kitten is him telling Kitten how the game was going to end that he would be the only surviving empire in the galaxy. 4th. Crusader Kings is also a game made by Paradox who sponsored the video. 5th. Jeff is a Paradox Meme 6th The Blorg race are also a Paradox Meme
20:47 that last one is the tech priest who was made an inquisitor by emps and co (Also, his VA has is own channel that does 40k theories. Actually, I think that's the channel's name. I can't remember. It's been too long). Also, 21::14 me too! I play agrarian anglers in Stellaris. It is an off-meta build that focuses on food, consumer goods and trade value. It's actually pretty good if you want long-term stability, but pretty shit otherwise. Unless you rush to get 3rd civic via the galactic administration technology (in such a case, when playing agri-anglers, always pick the "catalytic processing" civic, to turn your food into alloys), play with the "here be dragons" origin (which basically means you start with a dragon in your capital that is an "allied" fleet (not directly under your control, but will aid you if any enemies enter the system - you can control the dragon with non-reanimator empires by simply completing 4 tradition trees one of which is an ascension path tree, 6 without ascension path, and by unlocking the tier 3 sensor technology), or have someone who is a megacorp working with you by placing branch offices on your planets and using them to produce goods you lack, like minerals and alloys.
@@Airier To be honest this part is also really meta... Everyone reaction to kitten playstyle... Is exaclly how everyone reacted that Tau are the good guys... Alfabusa and a team REALLY like doing those real life jokes that hit so hard.
@@Elmithian no they dont, the one nd only time something like that was stated was in a non canon game from the unreliable POV of an imperial narator. Heck according to the lore the Tau give some of their planets to their allied species so they can further reproduce and bolster their numbers
It is FASCINATING how looking at one's gameplay can offer such insight into said person's true self. No surprise that Big E is THAT Guy that just likes to curbstomp everyone and brag about how epic and cool he is. Also, if he is not self-aware enough to notice the Horus Humbug Reenactment he inadvertedly put into play in the game...the Gold Fetishist Deserves loses the last vestige of my respect for him. P.S.: That part about "making Worst Empire to prove you can actually control it as a power fantasy"...that Concept INFURIATES me for some reason. the very idea of purposefully f*cking up just to "prove yourself"....that is Hero Syndrome with Ork Levels of Overkill.
@@bitesizedhero8030 Nope, that's just the Emperor's human voice. You've heard it in a few episodes, such as when he collected Magnus's soul, or immediately before the Star Child possessed Karamazov.
The one you thought was Tzeentch was actually The Deciver, hence "The Undeceiving", ranting about the End Times(as he does in "Just Eldary Things", him being a "Necroid", and raising undead armies
You Fool! Now that you have successfully invoked the true name, we are doomed to blissfully wander that amazing site of random facts and tibbits for eternity!!!
Paradox interactive are cool people mostly. They are not only involved in video games, but they are the current owners of vampire the masqurade, which is something I've advised you to play in the past. Edit: oh yes, they also have a free supplement for vampire the masqurade v5 on their world of darkness website right now. Edit 2: it's on GOG, I don't know about in america, but in the UK it's 70%off.
The lunatic dude doesn't have a name. According to the Wiki, this guy is just a Chronicler the Emperor abducted to read a Dark Eldar Rules book and ever since, he just lives in the Sanctum. Also, Waffle-Maker guy? I think it's just the tech-priest from the first Episode. The one constantly asking Kitten where the toasters he was promised are.
For the record, the video's description has credits for all the named characters. 20:50 Yes, it's a Techpriest voiced by Remleiz. Remember the whole thing about them wanting toasters? 24:05 Nope. The Deceiver. 28:58 It's called "Dragon Ascendant", actually.
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words about us here at Paradox - super appreciate it! If you want a copy of Stellaris feel free to contact me via Twitter or Discord (if you join the official Stellaris Discord in the description of the TTS video i'm at the top of the member list as part of the Stellaris CM team). Glad you enjoyed the video, it's been a labour of love getting it out :D
Awesome thing about them going to find the Emperor, is that if you defeat one of the Fallen Empires (think Vorlons and such from Babylon 5, super advanced but stagnated empires you can have in your galaxy) specifically the Xenophobe one, you can scan some planets that are behind an energy shield, and one of the options you can get is to find a leader from their height that was imprisoned for war crimes and exiled to a planet sized house arrest.
Thanks for this reaction. They really did a great job ... and you caught more references than me. I too assumed Crusader Kings was medieval hack&slash simulator, then someone showed me update notes. Tzeentch's realm. "The Pope can no longer publicly accept cannibalism," "Two players having a child together will no longer have a screaming competition about the name," "If married, women now fool their husbands about the parentage of children born from the bastard birth event" "Tweaked deathdate of Mubashir, Duke of Mallorca, and made him eunuch" "Fixed error in polygamy event" "Characters no longer gain Stress when they execute someone if they also have a faith with the Human Sacrifice tenet." "It’s now easier to divorce openly incestuous spouses" "The Cucumber King is no longer unintentionally a kinslayer, due to a wrongly assigned father."
@@PurpleHeartE54 pay to win is when you give money to get an advantage in game that somebody who didn’t pay extra wouldn’t be able to get without a ton of grinding however with Stellaris even if you don’t own the DLC’s it doesn’t matter because when playing multiplayer the game activates any DLC’s the host has for everyone regardless of if the other players have them or not so nobody has an advantage from owning DLC that somebody else doesn’t.
@@craftergamer9058 I'm not saying I don't agree with you, I'm just bringing up what people *could* think. And you're saying this to a person who owns everything but Astral Planes, and about 1,200 hours on the game. If we're done here, I won't be continuing this pointless conversation further.
One of my favourite games ever in a crossover with one of my favourite YT creators? Yes please! Also, the community around Stellaris, constant xenos-purging aside, is actually pretty decent.
Yes, this Special is canon in TTS and yes, it's some of the TTS characters playing Stellaris in-universe, probably via the Emperor's SpaceBook channel or something. The "Trustworthy aka the Undeceiving" is the C'Tan named the Deceiver, hence them calling him Necroid & him laughing about "raising" armies from corpses. It's not Tzeentch (diff VA). As for the timeline: You can briefly see the final Win screen on Kitten's monitor in the Grav-Carrier in Episode 30 Part 2, so it's set during the time the Custodes are on Mars traveling to the Noctis Labyrinth. That's why Santodes is there, too.
I think the way kitten played the game is supposed to be how kitten would run the imperium, as in not conquering and attacking everyone and everything, just enough for him to handle.
Paradox is as close as you will ever find to Chaos incarnate. Like they are utter madness personified. Also, the joke of kitten having such a good run is that he's shockingly good at games
To get the Crusader Kings joke at then end watch Crusader Kings 2 review by SsethTzeentach. He tells what really happens in CK2 multiplayer. Also I think the ending is trying to get Paradox for fund a CK3 video since that just came out and its the other game they are paying people on TH-cam to make videos on like DoorMonster's is still my favorite.
Crusader Kings is another game series that Paradox makes. You play as a medieval dynasty, controlling one ruler at a time and trying to expand your nation, engage in diplomacy with other leaders, develop your character for better stats, and not have your realm get horribly split apart in succession crises. And yeah you also either get cuckolded or are the cuckolder.
I've also talked to DJTruthsayer before, he's a great guy and Community Ambassador at Paradox. Also hosts the official livestreams about the game on most Mondays.
Probably far too late. But some of the references from Stellaris itself. The Blorg are a race of ugly repulsive space fungi who happen to be super-friendly and love everybody else and just looking for friends. And no repulsive isn't an insult, it's a negative trait their race has. It's one of the pre-made races from the base game. Jeff is kind of a Stellaris meme in itself. And Mr. Totally Trustworthy is a Necrophage, a race that basically transforms other races into itself in order to procreate, plus with the Reanimator Civic which allows it to create undead armies. Vulcan is a joke about the Prikitiki-ti a race of murder geckos you can encounter and set loose upon the galaxy via an event. They have the Fanatical Purifier civic which basically means they want to wipe everybody else out. The events old Emps unleashed upon the world were all the three possible end-game-crisis types of which you normally only get one. Them being: The Unbidden: Extradimensional invaders which drain the life from all planets they can conquer. The Galactic Power-Surge is the first sign of the event triggering. The Prethoryn Swarm, basically Stellaris Tyranids reference. Heralded by Sub-Space Echoes. The Contingency, a race of infiltrating robots that are trying to hack into and corrupt any and all synthetic life-forms to do their bidding and purge life from the galaxy. Heralded by the Ghost Signal event. Oh yeah, and the blue space drug powder Emps is snorting is Zro, a dust that boosts psionic abilities. Also has.. an interesting backstory...
Alright explanation time GO: Both games are the greatest map painting simulators around alongside other Paradox titles. Both are available on Steam and frequently go on sale (Crusader Kings 2 is free and Crusader Kings 3 is still a bit too new for big discounts atm). All Paradox games have achievements but to get them you need to be playing on Iron man mode (Autosaves only). Stellaris is a grand strategy game in the 4X category of games and is on Steam. In Stellaris you (attempt to) build a galactic empire while competing with (purging) other empires. You customize your race, starting world and the "origin" of your empire before starting a game. You focus on empire management, resource management and not getting wiped by the first purifier you meet management. Research is key to having an upper hand on the others in the galaxy as they will attack you if they think they can win or will get something out of it. Stellaris has a very forgiving learning curve with the obscene amount of difficulties to choose from but is still by no means easy thanks to RNGesus. Crusader Kings is also a grand strategy game and is also on Steam. In CK1&2&3 you play as one of the many feudal/tribal/nomadic lords that existed in Medieval Europe/Africa/East Asia circa 897-1453. On the political side you focus on your main character, whoever that may be, and work to establish alliances through marriage and if all else fails, a dagger to the back. You are playing the dynasty of your character and transfer to your heir when your current character dies. The game ends either at the end date, if your lineage dies out or if you forget about that particular save. The main goal of the game is whatever you want within the confines of what is possible in the game. Anything you can do they AI can do to (and they tend to be better at it). I can't do justice to explaining either games in their full glory so go watch some other youtubers for some more context. I recommend Long Game Short for Crusader Kings (they make montages and archives of other Paradox TH-camrs among other things) and Aspec for Stellaris (He is very informative and makes good content).
42:28 is a reference to Napoleon, Saint Helena was the island he was exiled to after his second stint as emperor of France, apparently the Not-God-King Supreme is a fan.
23:14 I just realized... the Emperor's "I just do not trust you" to Boy here is not merely re-enacting his Horus Heresy mistakes with Horus and Magnus. The Throne-Emperor also said _the exact same sentence_ to _Kitten(!)_ of all people, in a blink-and-you'll miss it scene during the episode where Magnus flips out and goes full on daemon form in the throne room and Kitten subsequently loses his Caretaker position to the Fabulous Three. Thankfully Kitten didnt seem to have heard him, at least Kitten didnt react to it in all the chaos. I always found that line so weird, esp at that point.
Oh, you think tropes are your ally? But you merely adopted the tropes. I was born in them, molded by them. I didn't see a truly new idea until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!
2:30 yeah, that's paradox's advertising strategy: pick someone making stuff that fits what they want, and then. Just paying them to do their thing. It's pretty cool! They keep sponsoring Door Monster and I greatly appreciate them for doing that, I love Door Monster's skits.
31:02 No the moment your thinking of is when the emperor ask boy his name and boy mummels to much/ takes to long to reply so the emperor just says he's boy from now on
38:00 you weren't there for the times before age of sigmar. people lost armies like the bretonnians and the tomb kings forever in functionality. we watched as chaos (mostly the skaven) swept the map of the civilizations, some of which players had hoped to one day play completely off the map, possibly forever. character interactions and plausible story threads that would never happen, or were hastily resolved that go back over potential decades ended. I love the Skaven and watching as them and random orcs and ogres basically laid waste to the far east of the map left me hollow. and then they said "heres this instead, with these new golden models" that many saw to be essentially the marines of their setting due to their billing at the time. the more grounded nature of the setting, gone for modern day flash that i saw compared to planar warfare, after decades of existence. fans of the old story didn't win, nor old mechanics at the time either because of the at the time simplifications they had done. For just about everyone i knew, it felt like a harsh blow. they scrambled in various directions just to find a new game to keep playing due to players and fantasy groups having discontent with AoS just from what i could see. They took what came before Sigmar and literally destroyed it- the last moments of the old world were as chaos engulfed the world, and they basically threw the old players a bone by bringing back some of the named characters and weaving them back in- assuming your army even properly came back. most were heavily reimagined if they even did. especially if you were with it for many years, you might keep a grudge. it depends of course, but for me? it was one of the biggest reasons I take GW warily. I can theorize why they did it. it can make sense. it doesn't mean i like what they did at all. AoS in and of itself isn't a problem persay. it's what happened to get there.
@Airier: The small island of St. Helena in the Atlantic was the place the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was banished to by the British after their victory and his loss at the battle of Waterloo.
Paradox seems to know just which content creators to give money to for sponsored content and is good about respecting them. The two big picks I saw them make from my subs were Alfa and Door Monster, which... I mean... were just objectively good choices. It's not shocking Alfa wanted to go work with their stuff when GW kicked the TTS crew out.
The trick to escaping TV tropes is to only skim the first paragraph until you get the basic idea, he usually won't end up with more than three tropes in a run
In the game "Crusader Kings" you literally can get cuckold by other players and the ai. It's often their primary mission and in CK3 in particular, the newest entry, it was a particularly frequent phenomenon. I think there have been at least 2 specific adjustments related to reducing the frequency in which your spouse is disloyal.
A good rule of thumb for Stellaris is "If it happened in science fiction, it can happen in this game." Wanna have Megacorporations take over the government? They can happen Skynet-style Machine Uprisings? We got those. Wanna purge xenos by turning them into food _Soylent Green_ - style? Be my guest. The galaxy being invaded by what are totally-not-Tyranids? Watch out. Anything from _Star Wars_ to _Mass Effect_ to _Warhammer 40K_ is possible.
Have you watched Baldermorts video on landraiders yet? If not would you make a video of it? And didn't you want to watch StarWars vs. 40k by a fan with too much time?
The Blorg are a randomly generated Stellaris species. They're the only empire with the "Fanatic Befriender" ethos, and the War of Unrequired Love was most likely caused by them trying to make friends in a hostile galaxy.
To clarify, In Stellaris, you assign scientists to research various areas of technology. That's "Mister Science's" Job. And for the record, the Cat People's microphone being a ball of yarn is a joke that wins all the internetz. The "Fastest" Thing is stelaris' game speed controller, to denote the passing of lots of time. 47:00 Who else thought they were going to do a Hellsing Ultimate Abridged here, and have the necron answer "The Aristocrats" to all this.
@AirierGames Stellaris is on Steam. Crusader Kings is another game by Paradox. It's a Grand Strategy Game where you play a dynasty over centuries and try to rise to prominence. It has more roleplaying elements than Stellaris which is more focused on playing as an Empire.
THANK you for your nice words, this was amazing to put together.
Also, fun fact, my mom doesn’t watch my videos but she does watch your videos watching my videos.
Then I am absolutely so sorry for how much I swear. 😅
Joking aside. You did an amazing job on this. And at least from the writing perspective, which is the only thing I have a professional take on, this really was well done. 😁👍
Also, and this is mostly just an obligatory comment but one that I definitely need (and want) to say, thank you for making this.
A meeting of titans.
Also taking this opportunity to appeal to the Lord Alfabus to expect an actually wholesome letter from Detroit at... Some point.
Anyway, happy new year you magnificent bastards, including those reading this.
K bye!
@@Airier 31:30 the creature that boy was playing was from the cute update or expansion pack it's pretty much just exterminate and there are terrifying everybody haven't played against that faction quite yet but I know once they do I'm going to regret it
The favored child
best special ever bruva
Note to everyone who says Kitten is playing Tau, he's NOT. What Kitten is playing is the United Federation of Planets. While everyone else was basically recreating their actual reality in the game, Kitten was playing Star Trek.
So can halo to survive in 40k like think about it some humans join tau unc would be best faction on 40k to join they are a lot worse in psionic side but i say unc is better than tau and tau is still alive
yeah he's playing what the tau wish they were and pretend to be on occasion
Hi, VA for Boy here. Since I've poked around here a few times, and since someone's asked me directly once before, let me clear up for you: Boy is a 100% a young boy. I voice him because it's easier for an adult woman to sound like a convincing young boy than it is for an adult male. Puzzle no more!
Thanks for the clarification. Not sure why I got that in my head.
😁👍
Beresey!
Bostalgia
Exactly
Beresy, also boys voice remind me about Venti's English voice
Explantion for War of Unrequitted Love
In Stellaris Canon the Blorg (which are a species made by the devs) are a species of repulsive mushroom-like blobs that picked up transmissions from Earth and fell in love with the art, music, and culture. More specifically they fell in love with the idea of 'Friendships' and set out on a quest to 'befriend' (especially the humans that made the broadcasts they heard). Yes that does sound sinister because it is. The Blorg are willing to befriend people by any means necessary to the point they refer to orbital bombardment as 'light shows'.
So basically an entire species of weeaboo mushroom yanderes.
... That actually makes me love the game even more. 🤣
wait a minute, i have been playing Stellaris for a long time (pretty much starting around when the Leviathan DLC was released) and i have never come across that. is that a new thing in Necroids, because if so that explains why i haven't encountered that?
@@jeremybk54 No, the Blorg have been around for longer than that
I was sitting in 2.6 and they were already there soooo
@@anonguy772 then i guess i am so unlucky to have gotten everything except the Blorg to spawn for me
@@anonguy772 Im pretty sure they one of the vanilla races since release, along side with CoM and UEF
That wasn’t Tzeentch, that was The Deceiver.
Easy mistake to make for those not familiar enough with them.
It was that Elder Clown God well one of them
GLORY TO THE HOLY UNDEAD GOD EMPEROR OF MAN!
You are wrong that was clearly The Trustworthy, or the Reliable or the Undeceiving or if u really must the Really Nice Creature That Wants To Trade With U.
I don't understand how u could get that one wrong.
Also for anyone confused on his empire he’s playing as a necroid empire build are which basically means there just space necromancers and become more powerful threw massive casualties from war Becouse more causalities of others mean more manpower for them amongst other things tbh necroid builds are really OP
He gave me some BDSM space drug dealer vibes, I expected him to ask for a 'cultural exchange' any moment.
Let that sink in. The Emperor cause the Age of Strife, the arrival of the Tyranids Hive Fleets, and the Eye of Terror all in the span of one game second. And Kitten still survived it.
Eye of Terror is actually the End of the Cycle. Unbidden is much worse. Let THAT sink in.
Well what do you expect from the guy who outsmarted Big E and Tzeentch in a children's card game? 🤣
Don't forget the Contingency
Kitten EMPIRE did. :p
*calls himself the undeceiving*
Airier: oh it's tzeentch!
i couldn't writen it better.
It's most probably The Deciever. Especially considering the necroid portait.
@@sambasedsamurai9338 Thank you Rogal.
His head was huge and horrible.
@@sambasedsamurai9338 to be fair, Airier said himself that he knows nothing of Stellaris, so not recognizing such things was inevitable.
There are 4 main play styles:
Purge the Xeno Scum (bot, hive, or bio works)
Hive Eats Everything
Everyone is my Friend (bot or biological, either works)
Weyland-Yutani Thanks You For Your Offering
Well, there's also the Blorg style, "Everyone is my Friend or else!"
Or the one I once played which was "GET AS MANY ALLYS AS PHYSICAL POSIBBLE AND THEN KILL ALL THE EVILS*
I prefer Your Destruction Is The Will of the Gods.
@@kabob0077 and we are their instrument
@@Alex-ok9iu Did you just quote Halo 😇 3 ?
Poor Corvus... even being a literal raven-man everyone forgets who he is...
Is worth mentioning the Jeff is a Stellaris meme and the deceiver is playing necroids which is a stellaris race pack that gave undead armies hence all the necromancer jokes he makes.
Kitten’s computer has to be Magnus. He says “Suck it Dad!” about finding a use for some underwater basket weaving level degree.
That is probably Guilliman...Magnus doesnt know jack shit about socio-economics or administration...
It's the narrator (not sure if this is the right term here) from the Podcast series.
You know, the one who goes "This Podcast is designated.." and so on.
"Every stellaris game in a nutshell" Likely inspired this whole thing.
For one faction at least. x)
Ahhhhhh yeees.....XD
Oh I actually talked to alfa. Emps faction is litterally him falling to all the same pitfalls as his actual empire, as in his mind. He can do no wrong. So he makes no mistakes, as hes always right. So yeah. And "every stellaris run in a nutshell" is based on canon 40k
ehm...
*_LEST BE XENOPHOBIC! IT'S REALLY IN THIS YEAR._*
@@edim108 *LETS FIND A NASTY SLIMY UGLY ALIEN TO FEAR*
Stellaris is a 4x game in space until midgame, when it turns into a grand-strategy game ala CK2. It's fantastic and I love every bit of it. All of the not-obviously-TTS-styled things are from Stellaris. All of the 3d models, almost all of the backgrounds, etc.
Also PDX/Paradox does this stuff all the time. Spiffing Brit, Aspec, Door Monster, I think Yogscast? just to name a few.
Also kitten is the interex
Damn. I can't believe I missed the fact he was the Interex. Good call
And the late game is a seal-clubbing simulator.
@@nickkurzy2246Depends on whos doing the clubbing
Fun fact: the 3 grim dark fates eldad is talking about are the end game crises, which are as follows
The preythoryean scourge (default) (a combination of the tyranids and flood and other bio horror)
The contingency (the robotic crisis, which is spawned through creating too much synthetics or researching synthetics, or by being an ai empire)
And finally, the unbidden, (the most likely crisis to spawn, because the player has to research jump drives, and players tend to try and get that tech so they can jump across the galaxy without hyperdrives, or they can spawn in if you do psionics, aka: space magic. While the unbidden are the most likely, they do spawn other variants of these interdimensional invaders)
Though there is a 4th crisis, its not like the four major crises.
The end of cycle.
Eldad was referring to the major 3 end game crises, because the 3 can effectively destroy the galaxy. But a unique thing about them is that if one spawns, the others do not, its kinda in the name.
If the unbidden spawn, the contingency would not activate probably because, the unbidden will do most of their intended purpose(the contingency is basically the reapers from mass effect) while the preythoryean scourge will just avoid your galaxy, mostly due to the fact their name translates into being something akin to refugees while eating life.
If the contingency occurs, before you research jump drives, then the unbidden don't spawn in due to mechanic reasons. But for the preythoryean scourge, they still avoid your galaxy, because its going to go through a cleansing.
If the preythoryean scourge occurs, it means that you haven't researched either synthetics or jump drives, and if the contingency or unbidden do not occur, then the preythoryean scourge will come to your galaxy to eat everything.
Compared to the other 2 crises, the preythoryean scourge have reasons for avoiding galaxies that randomly get unbidden or the contingency, because they are running away from something and they travel between galaxies through eating life in one galaxy then using the energy consumed to go to the next.
The end of cycle does not count because it can occur at the same time a major end game crisis is occurring, most of the time it will mostly occur right next to the unbidden, who will spawn whenever one goes too far in the shroud.
Tldr: there are 3 major crises while there's one babes one.
Edit: the part where they all spawn is because emps was the admin of the game
I won't lie, the 3 crisis together really add a 40k feeling to Stellaris! xD
Researching synthetics or Jump Drives don't ensure the Contingency or Unbidden show up, actually. Synthetics increase the odds, but there's a hidden point counter for the 2 crises. Having Machine Gestalts, unlocked synthetics, and ESPECIALLY the Custodian fallen empire heavily favors Contingency. Using Psi Jump Drives, screwing around with the final policy in Unchained Knowledge (where you literally burn Zro to study the weird effects it has on other dimensions), and certain events favor the Unbidden. Normal Jump Drives don't seem to have much of a weight anymore, so you can use them guilt free. If you don't have enough "score" for one of those crises by a certain time, you get the Scourge.
NIDS MIXED WITH FLOOD!?
@@John-Stark That's the Pretoryn Scourge for you. x)
the scurg isthe tranyds
Crusader kings isnt a mobile game, it's another Paradox grand strategy game set in medieval europe with a focus on intrigue and maintaining your dynasty.
Its also the source of the 'Crusader Kings out of context' memes. Such as 'how hard is it to strangle an infant?' and random references to incest and, yes, cuckolding.
@@tanall5959 ah crusader Kings watched a playthrough where a guys heir was sleeping with BOTH of twin sisters at the same time...and I think got both pregnant
@@jacthing1 crusader kings is the ultimate incest simulator
@@jacthing1 whos playthrough
And cucking your neighbors.
So "Super Hell" is All three endgame crisis events,At once, which normally does not happen (Only one can spawn) And each is very powerful (Scourage starts off as weakest ,than unbiddened and finally The Contengency is strongest at start ,other two gain strength and con can only lose strength or stay the same) ,So depending on Crisis strengt h they can be "Very nice" up to "WELCOME TO 40K AND THE EMPEROR IS BACK AND ON A CRUSADE!"
Everyone makes fun of Kitten 'playing Tau' when it's actually him just being the same Captain General he's been the entire series?
Establishing a solid and ridiculously well defended base of operations, keeping a heavy emphasis on military and scientific progress, bettering the well-being of his people, making allies(without forcing them to give up their culture as long as certain requirements are met) and picking exactly what battles to fight and how.
Thank you!
Not tau. Tau are expansionists and they are slaves to the Ethereals. Kitten broke free of their masters and did not conquer
He's playing the United Federation of Planets.
perfeclly kittened as it should be
@@Barret9559 If the UFP was sane, yes.
The trustworthy one is actually Deceiver. His ranting about End Times is pretty big indicator. Also Kitten was basically playing as Tau so that one IS cannon.
I mean, "The Trustworthy" is the exact opposite of "The Deceiver". And the voice actor here and in TTS for Deceiver is the same. It was pretty clear to me.
@@Matihood1 I meant for Arier. He didn't know exactly who that is.
Kitten playing as the Tau......It's now cannon.
Kitten: "No it isn't!"
Not tau. Tau are expansionists and they are slaves to the Ethereals. Kitten broke free of their masters and did not conquer
Deceiver is also playing a Necroid race, hence the raise dead jokes.
1st. Saint Helena reference was to Napoleon's 2nd exile after Waterloo.
2nd. Boy was a Star Fish portrait species from the game they where playing.
3rd. slight spoiler. The Elf first communication with Kitten is him telling Kitten how the game was going to end that he would be the only surviving empire in the galaxy.
4th. Crusader Kings is also a game made by Paradox who sponsored the video.
5th. Jeff is a Paradox Meme
6th The Blorg race are also a Paradox Meme
HIs name is jeff *meme voice*
30:41 no, what they said was basically
"What is your name, boy?"
"Uhhhhhh, uhhhmm"
"You took too long, your name is Boy now."
Paraphrasing a bit here.
guess that's my mistake then. thanks for the correction.
20:47 that last one is the tech priest who was made an inquisitor by emps and co (Also, his VA has is own channel that does 40k theories. Actually, I think that's the channel's name. I can't remember. It's been too long). Also, 21::14 me too! I play agrarian anglers in Stellaris. It is an off-meta build that focuses on food, consumer goods and trade value. It's actually pretty good if you want long-term stability, but pretty shit otherwise. Unless you rush to get 3rd civic via the galactic administration technology (in such a case, when playing agri-anglers, always pick the "catalytic processing" civic, to turn your food into alloys), play with the "here be dragons" origin (which basically means you start with a dragon in your capital that is an "allied" fleet (not directly under your control, but will aid you if any enemies enter the system - you can control the dragon with non-reanimator empires by simply completing 4 tradition trees one of which is an ascension path tree, 6 without ascension path, and by unlocking the tier 3 sensor technology), or have someone who is a megacorp working with you by placing branch offices on your planets and using them to produce goods you lack, like minerals and alloys.
Jeff is a stellaris meme that started as a dev joke and spilled into the community
And yes jeff is a portait in game but not in those clothes
I love the fact that Captain General that HATE T'au, plays like T'au BEFORE they got changed in to space China
New Head Cannon, that's what brok Kitten and Shadowsun up.
@@Airier To be honest this part is also really meta... Everyone reaction to kitten playstyle... Is exaclly how everyone reacted that Tau are the good guys...
Alfabusa and a team REALLY like doing those real life jokes that hit so hard.
There is also a lot of irony in Kitten playing like the Tau. Meta level is also off the charts too.
Or like himself. Its add even more irony
Tau ain't this nice though. Nor sterilise the allied species.
@@Elmithian no they dont, the one nd only time something like that was stated was in a non canon game from the unreliable POV of an imperial narator. Heck according to the lore the Tau give some of their planets to their allied species so they can further reproduce and bolster their numbers
Well. He's playing what the Tau pretend to be. While everyone else is re-creating their realities, Kitten is playing Star Trek
It is FASCINATING how looking at one's gameplay can offer such insight into said person's true self. No surprise that Big E is THAT Guy that just likes to curbstomp everyone and brag about how epic and cool he is. Also, if he is not self-aware enough to notice the Horus Humbug Reenactment he inadvertedly put into play in the game...the Gold Fetishist Deserves loses the last vestige of my respect for him.
P.S.: That part about "making Worst Empire to prove you can actually control it as a power fantasy"...that Concept INFURIATES me for some reason.
the very idea of purposefully f*cking up just to "prove yourself"....that is Hero Syndrome with Ork Levels of Overkill.
@@bitesizedhero8030 Nope, that's just the Emperor's human voice. You've heard it in a few episodes, such as when he collected Magnus's soul, or immediately before the Star Child possessed Karamazov.
@@bitesizedhero8030 ...how do you figure ?
Well the emperor did get high on ork to see Sanguinius.... so...? :p
P R O L O N G E D W A R C R Y Y Y Y Y Y
The one you thought was Tzeentch was actually The Deciver, hence "The Undeceiving", ranting about the End Times(as he does in "Just Eldary Things", him being a "Necroid", and raising undead armies
Third comment: I have indeed spent enough time on TV Tropes, enough even to know that the full trope name is 'Dragon Ascendant'.
You Fool! Now that you have successfully invoked the true name, we are doomed to blissfully wander that amazing site of random facts and tibbits for eternity!!!
Most excellent. Then now everything is proceeding exactly according to plan. For the Greater Good.
@@FonVegen to quote Simon Pegg "SHUT UP!!!!"
@@FonVegen dont you mean according to cake?
@@FonVegen FARSIGHT ENCLAVE FOREVER ♾!!!!!!!!!!!! Cue the Gundam music!
Pretty sure the Undeceiving One is actually The Deceiver, here.
Considering that's Necrophage civ? Yes.
NAAAAAAAaaaaahh coulldn't be.. Could he?
19:45 That's actually Corvus Corax
At 41:31 he realizes that
Paradox interactive are cool people mostly. They are not only involved in video games, but they are the current owners of vampire the masqurade, which is something I've advised you to play in the past.
Edit: oh yes, they also have a free supplement for vampire the masqurade v5 on their world of darkness website right now.
Edit 2: it's on GOG, I don't know about in america, but in the UK it's 70%off.
I'll be enough, I knew about vampire the masquerade and world of darkness before I even started TH-cam. I don't know much about it though.
The lunatic dude doesn't have a name. According to the Wiki, this guy is just a Chronicler the Emperor abducted to read a Dark Eldar Rules book and ever since, he just lives in the Sanctum.
Also, Waffle-Maker guy? I think it's just the tech-priest from the first Episode. The one constantly asking Kitten where the toasters he was promised are.
For the record, the video's description has credits for all the named characters.
20:50 Yes, it's a Techpriest voiced by Remleiz. Remember the whole thing about them wanting toasters?
24:05 Nope. The Deceiver.
28:58 It's called "Dragon Ascendant", actually.
Hi there! Thanks for the kind words about us here at Paradox - super appreciate it! If you want a copy of Stellaris feel free to contact me via Twitter or Discord (if you join the official Stellaris Discord in the description of the TTS video i'm at the top of the member list as part of the Stellaris CM team).
Glad you enjoyed the video, it's been a labour of love getting it out :D
You made a great investment. This episode of TTS made me buy Stellaris, and I keep enjoying it a lot
Eldad: "Your creating the worst Empire."
Me: "Where's your Empire? I don't see it around here."
Awesome thing about them going to find the Emperor, is that if you defeat one of the Fallen Empires (think Vorlons and such from Babylon 5, super advanced but stagnated empires you can have in your galaxy) specifically the Xenophobe one, you can scan some planets that are behind an energy shield, and one of the options you can get is to find a leader from their height that was imprisoned for war crimes and exiled to a planet sized house arrest.
i think the robot is that first random mechanicus guy we saw in the pilot.
Their head is a waffle iron
Who's also accompanying Kitten and the Custodes on Mars.
Toastus is his name
I found a LIQUID NITROGEN.
Advertising done right. Bought Stelaris after watching the Special.
Too slow got it from launch and being playing it since
@@magnusthered4946 Brother help me I'm trapped in the early 3rd millennium, everything is fucked, HELP!
Welcome to the club
@@eleventhprimarch5303 tell me bout it the 40rd millennium suuucks
@@magnusthered4946 We don't even have psykers! I haven't been on Spacebook in like two and a half millennia!
Thanks for this reaction.
They really did a great job ... and you caught more references than me.
I too assumed Crusader Kings was medieval hack&slash simulator, then someone showed me update notes. Tzeentch's realm.
"The Pope can no longer publicly accept cannibalism,"
"Two players having a child together will no longer have a screaming competition about the name,"
"If married, women now fool their husbands about the parentage of children born from the bastard birth event"
"Tweaked deathdate of Mubashir, Duke of Mallorca, and made him eunuch"
"Fixed error in polygamy event"
"Characters no longer gain Stress when they execute someone if they also have a faith with the Human Sacrifice tenet."
"It’s now easier to divorce openly incestuous spouses"
"The Cucumber King is no longer unintentionally a kinslayer, due to a wrongly assigned father."
"you can no longer confide in friends you don't have"
🅱️mperor of 🅱️oy's 🅱️ulbous 🅱️mpire
It hurts to hear him talk about stellaris like its a pay to win mobile game.
Some would think so with how many expansions it has. (Bought almost all of them, only missing out Humanoids.) But even so, they add to the fun!
@@PurpleHeartE54that’s not pay to win.
@@craftergamer9058 You're replying to a 2 year old comment, and who says people wouldn't think that way?
@@PurpleHeartE54 pay to win is when you give money to get an advantage in game that somebody who didn’t pay extra wouldn’t be able to get without a ton of grinding however with Stellaris even if you don’t own the DLC’s it doesn’t matter because when playing multiplayer the game activates any DLC’s the host has for everyone regardless of if the other players have them or not so nobody has an advantage from owning DLC that somebody else doesn’t.
@@craftergamer9058 I'm not saying I don't agree with you, I'm just bringing up what people *could* think.
And you're saying this to a person who owns everything but Astral Planes, and about 1,200 hours on the game. If we're done here, I won't be continuing this pointless conversation further.
It wasn't about winning. it was about sending a message.
the message: KITTEN IS A SCRUB
Kitten is a Tau lover. That's canon.
@@AzraelSoulHunter YOU F***ING WANT TO GO MATE!
@@AzraelSoulHunter 𝕯𝕺 𝖄𝕺𝖀 𝖂𝕺𝕹𝕹𝕬 𝕱𝕺𝕴𝕿!?
@@kanevivi he’s paying tau
@@ApatheticNonbuynary by The fething THROOOOOOOOONE... ThatFont!
...Boy is an INTENSE gamer...so that's a thing.
I’m surprised you didn’t noticed that kitten was playing like the tau.
I thought that was "not cannon?"
😁
this just wanted me to see someone mention that then watch Kitten descend into denial and hate of himself
@@Airier The “not canon” part is kitten dating Shadowsun.
@@Airier "canon", not "cannon". Unless you're going to be shooting cannonballs at people with your storyline.
Well, it sounds like actual *Heresy* ... x)
I think the space travel drugs quote was a dune reference
Paradox are absolute madlads, they really know how to interact with their fanbase
One of my favourite games ever in a crossover with one of my favourite YT creators? Yes please!
Also, the community around Stellaris, constant xenos-purging aside, is actually pretty decent.
Funny thing about karstodis as a peacock his anime counterpart had turned into a bird like being.
What anime counterpart ?
Trust me it’s an amazing game I play it a lot on my spare time
I also agree with the recommendation, This special got me back into it and I'm having a blast.
Ironic, seeing as you're the one not in this episode.
@@jacobsmith4428 true 😭
the only downside to the game i have is that by around midgame it may start feeling a little stale/dull. other then that i would highly recommend this
@@magnusthered4946 Out of curiosity, hows the cookie that you found? Looked like MnM, very well made too.
33:59 Santodes slipping into Alucard (Hellsing Abridged) really hard right there.
Yes, this Special is canon in TTS and yes, it's some of the TTS characters playing Stellaris in-universe, probably via the Emperor's SpaceBook channel or something. The "Trustworthy aka the Undeceiving" is the C'Tan named the Deceiver, hence them calling him Necroid & him laughing about "raising" armies from corpses. It's not Tzeentch (diff VA). As for the timeline: You can briefly see the final Win screen on Kitten's monitor in the Grav-Carrier in Episode 30 Part 2, so it's set during the time the Custodes are on Mars traveling to the Noctis Labyrinth. That's why Santodes is there, too.
Jeff is just the latest species to gain meme status in Stellaris community. The Blorg were the first to get such status.
That wasn’t Tzeentch, rather it was The Deciever
Hell they are a Necroid, which makes sense considering they’re a C’tan
The Crusader Kings thing is likely a reference to 'Crusader Kings out of context' memes.
Sounds like something I need to check out. P.S. you have an awesome profile picture. Where did you get it?
@@williamburnett3660 You'll find re-uploads of Simo's videos, they're actually hilarious.
“We are the good guys”-lathirx of the armies of khorn
He's Khornate? I thought he was Undivided...
I think the way kitten played the game is supposed to be how kitten would run the imperium, as in not conquering and attacking everyone and everything, just enough for him to handle.
Paradox is as close as you will ever find to Chaos incarnate. Like they are utter madness personified. Also, the joke of kitten having such a good run is that he's shockingly good at games
To get the Crusader Kings joke at then end watch Crusader Kings 2 review by SsethTzeentach. He tells what really happens in CK2 multiplayer. Also I think the ending is trying to get Paradox for fund a CK3 video since that just came out and its the other game they are paying people on TH-cam to make videos on like DoorMonster's is still my favorite.
Crusader Kings is another game series that Paradox makes. You play as a medieval dynasty, controlling one ruler at a time and trying to expand your nation, engage in diplomacy with other leaders, develop your character for better stats, and not have your realm get horribly split apart in succession crises.
And yeah you also either get cuckolded or are the cuckolder.
I've also talked to DJTruthsayer before, he's a great guy and Community Ambassador at Paradox. Also hosts the official livestreams about the game on most Mondays.
Vulk-Gon Lives!
*STOMP STOMP*
Out of Context Crusader Kings Quotes is fantastic and gives you a brief overview of how the game functions
Probably far too late. But some of the references from Stellaris itself.
The Blorg are a race of ugly repulsive space fungi who happen to be super-friendly and love everybody else and just looking for friends. And no repulsive isn't an insult, it's a negative trait their race has. It's one of the pre-made races from the base game.
Jeff is kind of a Stellaris meme in itself. And Mr. Totally Trustworthy is a Necrophage, a race that basically transforms other races into itself in order to procreate, plus with the Reanimator Civic which allows it to create undead armies.
Vulcan is a joke about the Prikitiki-ti a race of murder geckos you can encounter and set loose upon the galaxy via an event. They have the Fanatical Purifier civic which basically means they want to wipe everybody else out.
The events old Emps unleashed upon the world were all the three possible end-game-crisis types of which you normally only get one.
Them being:
The Unbidden: Extradimensional invaders which drain the life from all planets they can conquer. The Galactic Power-Surge is the first sign of the event triggering.
The Prethoryn Swarm, basically Stellaris Tyranids reference. Heralded by Sub-Space Echoes.
The Contingency, a race of infiltrating robots that are trying to hack into and corrupt any and all synthetic life-forms to do their bidding and purge life from the galaxy. Heralded by the Ghost Signal event.
Oh yeah, and the blue space drug powder Emps is snorting is Zro, a dust that boosts psionic abilities. Also has.. an interesting backstory...
"Lads... It is done"
11 minutes left in the video.
2:50, that's StringStorm speaking, author of most of the marvelous music to accompany us in TTS
You should react to some of videos from Rimmy, his arma 3 with mods is a first person power fantasy about 40k
Alright explanation time GO:
Both games are the greatest map painting simulators around alongside other Paradox titles. Both are available on Steam and frequently go on sale (Crusader Kings 2 is free and Crusader Kings 3 is still a bit too new for big discounts atm). All Paradox games have achievements but to get them you need to be playing on Iron man mode (Autosaves only).
Stellaris is a grand strategy game in the 4X category of games and is on Steam. In Stellaris you (attempt to) build a galactic empire while competing with (purging) other empires. You customize your race, starting world and the "origin" of your empire before starting a game. You focus on empire management, resource management and not getting wiped by the first purifier you meet management. Research is key to having an upper hand on the others in the galaxy as they will attack you if they think they can win or will get something out of it. Stellaris has a very forgiving learning curve with the obscene amount of difficulties to choose from but is still by no means easy thanks to RNGesus.
Crusader Kings is also a grand strategy game and is also on Steam. In CK1&2&3 you play as one of the many feudal/tribal/nomadic lords that existed in Medieval Europe/Africa/East Asia circa 897-1453. On the political side you focus on your main character, whoever that may be, and work to establish alliances through marriage and if all else fails, a dagger to the back. You are playing the dynasty of your character and transfer to your heir when your current character dies. The game ends either at the end date, if your lineage dies out or if you forget about that particular save. The main goal of the game is whatever you want within the confines of what is possible in the game. Anything you can do they AI can do to (and they tend to be better at it).
I can't do justice to explaining either games in their full glory so go watch some other youtubers for some more context. I recommend Long Game Short for Crusader Kings (they make montages and archives of other Paradox TH-camrs among other things) and Aspec for Stellaris (He is very informative and makes good content).
42:28 is a reference to Napoleon, Saint Helena was the island he was exiled to after his second stint as emperor of France, apparently the Not-God-King Supreme is a fan.
23:14 I just realized... the Emperor's "I just do not trust you" to Boy here is not merely re-enacting his Horus Heresy mistakes with Horus and Magnus. The Throne-Emperor also said _the exact same sentence_ to _Kitten(!)_ of all people, in a blink-and-you'll miss it scene during the episode where Magnus flips out and goes full on daemon form in the throne room and Kitten subsequently loses his Caretaker position to the Fabulous Three. Thankfully Kitten didnt seem to have heard him, at least Kitten didnt react to it in all the chaos. I always found that line so weird, esp at that point.
Eldad is plakyed by Fredrick Knudsen who does the voice for TTS Eldrad Ulthan. He also has an amazing series called Down the Rabbit Hole
Stellaris is on steam. cursader kings is an other peradox game part of the meta game is to breed better kings though adulty
Here's the best part.
Kitten... is basically playing the Tau in this game. Not getting involved in larger wars, making a coalition of races, etc
The Next on the List of TTS is a Podcast if i recall corectly.
I personally can't wait for it and you have a awesome profile picture.
Oh, you think tropes are your ally? But you merely adopted the tropes. I was born in them, molded by them. I didn't see a truly new idea until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING!
The Emperor having a Pompadore is perfect because in the spinoff WarHams one of the characters has that.
2:30 yeah, that's paradox's advertising strategy: pick someone making stuff that fits what they want, and then. Just paying them to do their thing. It's pretty cool!
They keep sponsoring Door Monster and I greatly appreciate them for doing that, I love Door Monster's skits.
Bird Boy is Corvus Corax (Black Text, same VA)
Also the Blue guy isn't Tzeentch. It's the Deciever. ("The Trustworthy" and Necromancy jokes)
Time to watch Arier while playing Stellaris. Wait...
You really should take a look at Stellaris Invicta by the templin institute, it's a big narrative made in this game and I think you'll like it.
50:25 He is still a kid and this how kids act online.
31:02 No the moment your thinking of is when the emperor ask boy his name and boy mummels to much/ takes to long to reply so the emperor just says he's boy from now on
38:00 you weren't there for the times before age of sigmar. people lost armies like the bretonnians and the tomb kings forever in functionality. we watched as chaos (mostly the skaven) swept the map of the civilizations, some of which players had hoped to one day play completely off the map, possibly forever. character interactions and plausible story threads that would never happen, or were hastily resolved that go back over potential decades ended. I love the Skaven and watching as them and random orcs and ogres basically laid waste to the far east of the map left me hollow.
and then they said "heres this instead, with these new golden models" that many saw to be essentially the marines of their setting due to their billing at the time. the more grounded nature of the setting, gone for modern day flash that i saw compared to planar warfare, after decades of existence. fans of the old story didn't win, nor old mechanics at the time either because of the at the time simplifications they had done.
For just about everyone i knew, it felt like a harsh blow. they scrambled in various directions just to find a new game to keep playing due to players and fantasy groups having discontent with AoS just from what i could see.
They took what came before Sigmar and literally destroyed it- the last moments of the old world were as chaos engulfed the world, and they basically threw the old players a bone by bringing back some of the named characters and weaving them back in- assuming your army even properly came back. most were heavily reimagined if they even did. especially if you were with it for many years, you might keep a grudge. it depends of course, but for me? it was one of the biggest reasons I take GW warily. I can theorize why they did it. it can make sense. it doesn't mean i like what they did at all.
AoS in and of itself isn't a problem persay. it's what happened to get there.
@Airier: The small island of St. Helena in the Atlantic was the place the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was banished to by the British after their victory and his loss at the battle of Waterloo.
The Trustworthy one is the C'tan, The Deceiver. The toaster is one of the tech priests that got bikes i believe.
The thing about the Deceiver raising soldiers and such was a reference to the fact he would have made an army of undead. That was obvious.
... uh, yeah, obvious [nervous chuckle].
But, putting that aside, because I definitely knew that, is an undead army an option in the game?
@@Airier Yes, actually. As a Necroid, you can raise an army of undead.
to anyone who doesnt know the toast guy whos a living toaster is literaly the tech priest in tts that asks the main cast for toasters
Paradox seems to know just which content creators to give money to for sponsored content and is good about respecting them. The two big picks I saw them make from my subs were Alfa and Door Monster, which... I mean... were just objectively good choices.
It's not shocking Alfa wanted to go work with their stuff when GW kicked the TTS crew out.
The trick to escaping TV tropes is to only skim the first paragraph until you get the basic idea, he usually won't end up with more than three tropes in a run
In the game "Crusader Kings" you literally can get cuckold by other players and the ai. It's often their primary mission and in CK3 in particular, the newest entry, it was a particularly frequent phenomenon. I think there have been at least 2 specific adjustments related to reducing the frequency in which your spouse is disloyal.
This is as good of a time as any to suggest ssethtzeentach. His crusader kings video might be a good start considering boy and his comment at the end.
what I find most intriguing is emps admitting he made the worst empire and no longer controls it.
Steam has it.
Lots of DLCs but the core mechanics won't change.
Highly recommend it.
Also, as far as I can tell: Age of Sigmar itself is not the issue. Its the road getting there, thats the problem.
Yeah Age of Sigmar is pretty cool and fun but the End Times of WH Fantasy sucked mega dick.
A good rule of thumb for Stellaris is "If it happened in science fiction, it can happen in this game."
Wanna have Megacorporations take over the government? They can happen
Skynet-style Machine Uprisings? We got those.
Wanna purge xenos by turning them into food _Soylent Green_ - style? Be my guest.
The galaxy being invaded by what are totally-not-Tyranids? Watch out.
Anything from _Star Wars_ to _Mass Effect_ to _Warhammer 40K_ is possible.
Have you watched Baldermorts video on landraiders yet?
If not would you make a video of it?
And didn't you want to watch StarWars vs. 40k by a fan with too much time?
The Blorg are a randomly generated Stellaris species. They're the only empire with the "Fanatic Befriender" ethos, and the War of Unrequired Love was most likely caused by them trying to make friends in a hostile galaxy.
To clarify, In Stellaris, you assign scientists to research various areas of technology. That's "Mister Science's" Job. And for the record, the Cat People's microphone being a ball of yarn is a joke that wins all the internetz.
The "Fastest" Thing is stelaris' game speed controller, to denote the passing of lots of time.
47:00 Who else thought they were going to do a Hellsing Ultimate Abridged here, and have the necron answer "The Aristocrats" to all this.
@AirierGames Stellaris is on Steam. Crusader Kings is another game by Paradox. It's a Grand Strategy Game where you play a dynasty over centuries and try to rise to prominence. It has more roleplaying elements than Stellaris which is more focused on playing as an Empire.
Ah, Jeff. As of current (or then necroid DLC was floating around) meme for PDX platforms and their socials
Paradox is wonderful when it comes to supporting creators