*Thanks to Cara for sending in this save! EDIT: Already seeing some gross comments about Cara, please, please get a life and stop trying to put down women in an effort to make yourselves feel better*

@UserStillLoading

Жыл бұрын

Now you need to send her a disaster save too.

@andreasottohansen7338

Жыл бұрын

@@UserStillLoading That would just be mean.

@jimthedinoman5765

Жыл бұрын

Women play hoi4?

@ivorycxxxx

Жыл бұрын

@@UserStillLoading I’d pay to see Alex’s reaction to the aftermath of it LOL.

@mrmixtape3336

Жыл бұрын

Send her one

I'm just happy it's not my steaming mess

@EyeForgorMyName

Жыл бұрын

Bitter boy stream when??!?!?!??!

@whitezombie10

Жыл бұрын

Wow you're here too?

@EnteresanJEA

4 ай бұрын

​@@whitezombie10He nearly always is

Cara: [Just chilling and generally having a good time on hoi 4 no matter whats happening.] Alex: [PANIC!!!!]

@dani__-zz8tl

Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in Alex brain: error 404 progamm nont found

@theinfinium3247

Жыл бұрын

Cara: [Realises she made some mistakes] Alex: [calm] Cara: [refuses to fix the problems and instead decides war is the answer] Alex: [PANIC!!!!!]

Man, just watching Alex reacting to Cara's playing was absolutely amazing.

@oneballimann6425

Жыл бұрын

Yeah !!! and i also feel like screeming at my screen "DONT DO THATTT!!!" xD

@jasmadams

Жыл бұрын

My favourite was when she realized there was a problem with her front and considered fixing it, but then decided to ignore it again. He got so hopeful and then... "NO!!!"

@kingjo-jo2463

Жыл бұрын

Maybe she should have picked Germany for the first game and not the Soviet Union

@matt_the_croat9521

Жыл бұрын

It made me cry 😭 not Alex he’s good but her 😢😢😢

@jamaluddinkhalifa8371

Жыл бұрын

@@kingjo-jo2463 you probably know this by now, but this was her second game. for the first one, *she picked FRANCE!!!*

Alex long ago: “It’s me, your diddly-daddly-doodler, Alex the Rambler” Alex not so long ago: “It’s me, your boi, Alex the Rambler” Alex now: “It’s me, Alex” What’s next?! “What’s going on everyone? Alex.” ????

@zukzbigniew4802

Жыл бұрын

Hello. A.

@friendly_ricefarmer6526

Жыл бұрын

Hello it’s me

@mosleypilled376

Жыл бұрын

Hello.

@bigcat100and2

Жыл бұрын

He is depressed now 😞

@queru1ous

Жыл бұрын

@@bigcat100and2 I probably would be depressed too after playing so many disaster saves…

Watching this really reflects how complicated this game is and what the learning curve is like. I forget how much stuff I've just internalized about this game over the years.

@Swagmaster07

Жыл бұрын

Same, i started playing when i was like 9 now im 13, lets just say im doing alot better, i even kicked the soviets A as baltic auxilary states or smt ( i was facist.) I remember that i used to do tanks only.

@aoki6332

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and the fact that she went into pretty much soviet civil war when she still beginning the game its easy when you understand the mechanic but yeah its gonna be wild

@owenr-m4619

Жыл бұрын

I literally watched 3 hours of tutorials in order to wrap my head around it. I remember when paradox's idea of tutorials was just pointing at the wiki and saying "have fun".

I could feel Alex’s pain when she neglected to pause the game.

Man this really highlights how much knowledge the typical hoi4 gamer takes for granted. Even just stuff like "do your industry research first".

@josthobic9860

Жыл бұрын

Yep...her play reminded me of me 5 years ago.... despite playing Hoi3 quite a lot...I was clueless 😂

HOI4 isn't really my cup of tea (not sure why KZread recommended this) but it was still interesting. Being willing to fail, and fail, and fail again is the prerequisite to learning. Many people will never even try in the first place for fear of failure, so props to Cara and hopefully she doesn't get discouraged, especially since their save apparently wasn't in as bad shape as either of you thought.

@sued_

Жыл бұрын

I actually play smaller nations now after 1400 hours, just to see how far my sanity will last. Now I got the ethiopia achivement but i havent done all the paths sooooo... Back I go I guess

@31337ification

Жыл бұрын

@@sued_ teach me senpai! I have been playing for ages and progressively getting worse and worse at the game.

@sued_

Жыл бұрын

@@31337ification With each dlc, you loose a bit a familiarity with the game, if you are playing by blood alone, I can't really help with that. However if you wish to be better I suggest looking up division template designs and getting good at setting up your economy. Or you don't even need to look up designs just experiment and have fun

@sld1776

Жыл бұрын

There are a bunch of interlocking systems in the game. It just takes time to learn.

@megafatuunna3467

Жыл бұрын

@@sld1776 yeah

Cara sends disaster saves to Alex, Alex sends disaster saves to Bittersteel. Good, we have a pecking order. Bittersteel and Feedback Gaming are definitely titans of HOI4 while Alex is the very popular one.

@CTM162

Жыл бұрын

Where is ISP?

@ErikaWeiss633

Жыл бұрын

@@CTM162 Eh...he sort of jumps around. He's sort of recently gotten back to HOI4, but for a while he abandoned that game for other kinds of content. Whereas Alex, Bittersteel, and Feedback Gaming primarily focus on HOI4 majority of the time with some deviation via sponsorships and taking a wee break from HOI4 itself.

@therealgaben5527

Жыл бұрын

Shame people like dankus/grisha don’t do these as they would definitely be at the top

@Matthias-bt2kx

Жыл бұрын

@@ErikaWeiss633 there's also taureor

@jaxkommish

Жыл бұрын

If you send me your disaster saves, i can make them worse for you!

The Chad Cara: What do you mean I don't have a boarder? I have an army. The Virgin Rambler: NooOOo you cAn't do that!

Putin could really use Alex right now. He's got one nasty disaster save

@OnionIlan

Жыл бұрын

💀

@redshirt5126

Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure anyone could save THAT disaster.

@jaxkommish

Жыл бұрын

Well I have heard from very reliable sources that the operation is going just fine, and we are all underestimating how well the Ruskies are doing *cough cough*

@olsiontoska9520

Жыл бұрын

Don't watch to much western propaganda boys if you want a real information on Ukraine war you can watch here on KZread history legend channel for neutral and real news and defence politics asia channel

@olsiontoska9520

Жыл бұрын

You don't now that in Ukraine war for one russian soldiers killed there are 7 Ukrainian solider killed

Unfortunately for Cara, BBA introduced a couple of bugs to the Soviet Opposition, which is why she was getting so much paranoia (no reduction from purging generals) and those "anti-soviet thinking" debuffs aren't supposed to be there post civil war. Not a great introduction to the game when it's just accidentally harder than it's supposed to be. Still, made for good content I suppose. Thanks to both of you!

Why tf Latvia in the thumbnail looks like Austria?!?!

@xi.na_

Жыл бұрын

Always has been

@42carlos

2 ай бұрын

my reaction exactly lol

I feel bad for her, this feels like my first game...

@tlpineapple1

Жыл бұрын

This feels like every game ive played

As both a woman and someone who could not win the germal civil war event on her first try, this video is relatable in so many levels.

@hamzaalikhan9932

Жыл бұрын

L

@7XQO

Жыл бұрын

I feel that

@Dovahleaf

6 ай бұрын

It took me a good many attempts to win that war too

@helcioforoni1453

5 ай бұрын

that war lowkey demands a bit of previous knowledge that you *need* to cut off bavaria with tanks else its just landsturm regiments mindlessly charging the enemy

Ramblers face just dropping as Cara picks techs and equipment was gold. Edit: Cara seems cool! I'm gonna go sub!

1:00 - 8:00 - Zhukov reacting to Voroshilovs Finland campaign, 1940, colorized. The first eight minutes were PAINFUL to watch. I was suffering on stream.

me, a noob, seeing her mistakes aswell : "groans in pain yet is happy im not this bad"

@whitezombie10

Жыл бұрын

Same

Sorry but seeing Alex having literal panic attacks over her messing things up is just the funniest thing ever.

This reminds me of when I first tried HOI4 on Game Pass, except she's smart enough not to try to research nuclear technology as the first tech for no reason and she isn't failing miserably to defeat Yugoslavia as Germany.

@ertrick3693

Жыл бұрын

Check out that sick encirclement at 6:18 😎😎😎

My compliments Rambler, you actually won for once!

The introduction is a masterpiece. Alex has a panic attack if this makes a best bits.

Btw, I’d like to take this moment to bring up how inadequate the current in-game tutorial for hoi4 (and most other pdx/any grand strategy game ever) is. It should not be the community’s job to teach itself how the game works. I know we just sort of live with it because “that’s how it’s always been” and we just assume that these games are too complex for a truly comprehensive in-game tutorial, justifying the youtube tutorial approach, but truthfully it does not need to be that way. So what’s wrong with the current tutorial, and how can we fix it? Well, the main problems it has are that 1. It is out of date and not representative of the current game. 2. It only covers some of the more basic mechanics, like troop movement and building things, without talking about any of the intricacies surrounding them, like consumer goods, construction speed, how production efficiency works, how supply works and how it affects units, combat width, division designers, xp gain, etc. 3. The tutorial can hardly be considered a dedicated one, as it’s just an italy game that holds your hand for a year at the start. So how do we fix it? Well, to start off there should be a segmented number of tutorials, not one big one, that each covers a specific topic in-depth, and maybe each topic has subtopics. For instance, an economy tutorial that covers the balance between mils and civs, infrastructure, equipment production and trade. A battle tutorial that has many subsections not just instructing how to move units, but what stats mean and how they affect a battle, terrain, effects from pack of supply, generals and field marshals, division templates, veterancy etc. And this covers my next point, but having segmented tutorials on new mechanics added, like tank, naval, and air designs, spies, high command spirits, dealing with resistance, managing a puppet, production licenses. I’m cutting myself off here because I’ve already written an essay, but I hope the one person who reads this gets my point.

This is so funny cuz alex just talks in this really condescending tone and is taking this vid so serious while CARRA is just chillin and playing all goofy like

5:30 … no … No … NO … Wilhelm, you cant go through neutral nations!!!

@whitezombie10

Жыл бұрын

Actually you should have made Wilhelm tell it to his generals, with that answering they already did

@seemotte7065

Жыл бұрын

@@whitezombie10 So much potential …

@whitezombie10

Жыл бұрын

@@seemotte7065 what I mean is that in real life Wilhelm didn’t want to invade Belgium but the generals have the order without his authorisation and they weren’t quick enough to stop it

@seemotte7065

Жыл бұрын

@@whitezombie10 Schon Klar (deutsche Geschichte is mir recht gut bekannt), meine Antwort war drauf bezogen, dass ich das auch auf deine Art hätt umsetzen können.

The escalation from 6:11 is gold! ❤

Ah watching cara remind me of my first hoi4 game

Would love to see more disaster saves. Also, I think some basic tutorials would be a good idea since the game has changed so much

Please do more of this, its amazing! the reaction before the saving was perfect

I think that intro video explains how most disaster saves happen.

This is one of my favorite disaster save videos. Would love to have more with Alex's reactions!

Alex is basically in pain from what he's watching here lmao 2:12

There is one man who could do this, and that man is Alex. I love you mate!

After 3 minutes you know this is going to be a frustrating disaster😆 Good on her for trying though.

Already subbed to her, I've been waiting for this video and it did not disappoint!

Alex's reaction Cara's playthrough was exactly the same as my reaction

Your humor is very good in every part of any video you make!

This was really fun! I liked this a lot. I like you collaborating with with other steamers is great! You really are the nice guy of HOI4

Good on Cara for trying. I was really bad when I started.

Smashed the bell, flicked the like button, there was fire, I was scared. Hope it helped, Alex.

this is how I feel watching Alex

I'm happy that Cara actually exists. About time we have females genuinely interested in PDX games.

@sued_

Жыл бұрын

This has been staged, we all know there are no girl paradox players

@iwishuponafish1274

Жыл бұрын

Femal fascists

@Tom-oj7si

Жыл бұрын

Would have been nice to have a lady interested in PDX who also has a nice voice This girl has a grating rasp

@therealgaben5527

Жыл бұрын

Ngl she is the second female I have actually seen play hoi4, the only other one was in a nonhist game

@whitezombie10

Жыл бұрын

@@sued_ true

Excited to see how this plays out.

Have a game where you just play regular single player as any country but at the end of the episode you have to give up the save to another youtuber and this can go on for maybe 10 times where the leader is just constantly switching and they're free to do whatever they want

Not the most disastery disaster save ever, but still plenty enjoyable. Also I love your mountie duck

Think Cara or anyone for that matter that plays HoI4 for the very first time, should play the 1.0 version without any DLC to get used to the basics, the game was much simpler then.

Learning this game took forever!

I have played paradox games since I was 13 and I am. Now 21. I still play like cara.

Honestly, as a noob really like these videos, because I learn a bit from them. Hopefully eventually I actually manage to complete a game without relying on the alias.

As someone who streamed a pretty bad naval invasion as Germany, and had a pretty great segment of the HOI4 community show up, I'm honestly pretty proud that Cara seems to be fairly chill about the learning curve! I was... much less chill. HOI4 is/was very intimidating to jump into as someone brand new, but generally the community has seemed pretty supportive, as it should be if you want new players to jump in! Grand Strategy is probably my weakest genre, so still pretty trash at HOI, but at least I can watch stuff like this to feel reassured a bit.

Atleast Cara tried their best, they seem so wholesome

I watched the first half of this, and was wondering if you were going to do the other side in a video!

That intro takes me back to my first few HOI attempts. Good times. Also what's going on in Siberia at the end of the video? It looks like the Japanese broke through.

Good upload Matt

22:19 faction leader capitulating. Nationalist Spain "Clearly now is the best time to join this faction" ಠ_ಠ

Rambler on top! 🔥🔥🔥

Fun video, really enjoyed this one.

Another great save... Incredible... I'm speechless...

I just like caras vibe she's just a mood 😁

alex i want you to know this is how i feel every time i watch your videos

Alex had a straight Hodor moment watching her try to invade Latvia.

this woman just proved if you dont use youtube to learn hoi4 you will cry yourself to sleep

I remember my first game of hoi4 where I was playing the soviets and I accidentally incircled the Germans in stalingrad. But I still held Leningrad and Moscow.

@justyes1234

9 ай бұрын

Based

This video is worth a watch just for alex's reactions to the video

Rip Alex’s sanity watching Cara do all the incorrect stuffs lmao 😂

More content with cara please. Hi Alex hope you're doing well

this must be the greatest video so far!

I honestly think paradox should flip the order of the research tabs. When I started playing I did the same thing and got all the military tech first because it’s the first tab on the research menu, and I thought it would be most important.

The thing is she is actually pretty good at Crusader Kings but that requires different things than HOI4. That is the thing about Paradox games. They are all similar in a lot of ways, but also have vast differences between them as well. I have played every Paradox game that there is, and going from Crusader Kings to HOI4 seems like that would be the hardest leap to make as far as commonalities between games. Give her some time and she will become decent at it. After this video I checked out her channel because I was unfamiliar with her but she seemed like a nice person. Her Crusader Kings videos are pretty good.

@redholm

Жыл бұрын

Yea. The way you play in HoI, CK, Stellaris or Surviving Mars is extremely different. Edit! Can't forget Surviving the Aftermath. Came out not to long ago.

nice win Alex! :)

just a great video .. Alex reaction was the same as mine xD 😂😂

I've been looking forward to this since her video dropped.

Didilly danm ram he's back

5:30 it's like watching german ww1 army highcommand.

Honestly, managing to have a 2-1 kd with Germany with like no equipment and supply is pretty good for a new player.

He makes it look so easy...

AHHHH it hurts so much I cant handle it

Reminds me if showing this game to my friend who then does absolutely everything wrong :)

The fact that u added cavalry recon infuriates me to an indescribable amount lmao

Honestly a lot of us probably started playing hearts of iron before all these extra Add-on mechanics were here. I know for Eu4 it was incredibly complex for my first time and I absolutely did not get the hang of it till hundreds of hours into the game. A lot of these things are not incredibly obvious and you need experience first hand to know what is needed and not. I hope she at least had fun in the end!

Oh hey, I lost to Latvia in my first game as well. Except it was just against Latvia. Somehow

Bro this person (the person Alex is saving) is hilarious

I'm finally early to watch one of my favorite hoi4 KZreadrs

I can feel Alex' pain on this.

While some of the mistakes are pretty bad, we all had to start somewhere when we first started learning

I could feel the soul leaving Rambldoos body

This is how I was playing hoi4 when I started playing

I had flashbacks of my first HOI4 game xD

Every New Player: GUNS FIRST! Everyone else: Radio!!!!!

Watching this high asf was so damn awarding

Reminds me the first time I played and got smacked

To the gulf stream and the forgotten password is the temperature

Nice save

People acting like hoi is a straightforward game

Cara is the equivalent of my friend Chacra-boy

Learned by accidently making a mistake is the best way to learn something, even everything.

Alex's reaction said a lot 😂

I feel ur pain watching that vid. It hurts.

Alex watching an HOI4 horror movie 😂