Me: Okay spiff, repeat after me. Me: catholic Spiff: catholic Me: mission Spiff: mission Me: catholic mission Spiff: *capitalism*

@beepmoo8771

3 жыл бұрын

Catholictipism.

@thewonkysauces2002

3 жыл бұрын

this made my day, I'm laughing soo hard thank you

@HanSolo__

3 жыл бұрын

"We are 1800 years in the business!"

@jtqthetieman

3 жыл бұрын

My mouth brain fubbed and said Caffitibibibolism. I'm done here. I win. I have accidentally created an ism based on caffeine, Catholicism, and a speech impedediment. Good luck to all of you who aren't me.

@OldJerzyDevil

3 жыл бұрын

@@jtqthetieman Deify Star*ucks for that sweet tax exempt status!!!

"Which church do you want to go to to worship, love?" "Hmm, I've heard good things about the third one to the right on the second row... or is that the second one to the right on the third row?"

@sandychen1381

3 жыл бұрын

Yes lol

@SymbioteMullet

3 жыл бұрын

Let's go on a church crawl, the communion wine will do the job!

@Wqube

3 жыл бұрын

They can go by their favorite bible verse... If you like "Romans 8:38", you simply go to row 8, church 38

@clausroquefort9545

3 жыл бұрын

eh, the worship infrastructure on this island sucks. let's have a cup of tea instead

@derpedlerp1237

3 жыл бұрын

@@clausroquefort9545 Yorkshire tea?

The real reason they built trenches in World War 1 is so the soldiers had somewhere to hide when Spiff's church bells sent out massive shockwaves from when they all rang at once.

@doughboywhine

Жыл бұрын

This is like actual tropico logic, would not sound out of place as an objective in game

"Welcome to our wonderful Tropical City...... oh, shit did I say city again? I meant to say Welcome to our wonderful Tropical Catholic military outpost"

@notyourfriendlyneighbor2733

3 жыл бұрын

100 likes over no replies one hour ago heart by spiffing Brit I Dont think so

@derpedlerp1237

3 жыл бұрын

@@notyourfriendlyneighbor2733 you confuse me

@notyourfriendlyneighbor2733

3 жыл бұрын

@@derpedlerp1237 my job here is done

@derpedlerp1237

3 жыл бұрын

@@notyourfriendlyneighbor2733 Yorkshire tea

@pedrolmlkzk

3 жыл бұрын

Based

Spiff, this isn't a new exploit. The Catholic Church has been doing this for hundreds of years!

@pauloa.7609

3 жыл бұрын

You both forgot to tip the fedora.

@HanSolo__

3 жыл бұрын

As a person from an authoritarian catholic country, I approve! What Tropico 5 is missing is the *Concordat* a law rooted deeply in State Constitution. It says the Catholic church should gain subsidies, is 100% free of taxes, this law can't be changed in any shape, form, or time. All schools, hospitals, funeral institutions, and all burial places, and crematoria should pay appropriate financial subvention to the church if not hiring a priest. The constitution can be changed or even erased, but Concordat is independent of these weaknesses - therefore infinite. Chinese and US wealth combined are laughable when compared to the treasury of the Catholic Holy See of the Vatican.

@jamiemerritt3533

3 жыл бұрын

this is just the malta strategy lmao

@BurningFyre

3 жыл бұрын

@@HanSolo__ *laughs in revolution*

@Pocket_Crab

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit I mean if Spain has taught us anything is to export your religion because gold only last for so long.

"Sir we have no income!" 300 churches and one unexpected inquisition later: "We can now officially buy the world."

Developers never expect The Spanish Inquisition!

@hunterrhoades1813

3 жыл бұрын

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!!!

@ahuman9519

3 жыл бұрын

Oh btw the link is for the sound effect

@acraftyhuragok7586

3 жыл бұрын

The inquisition demands to know if you are a coffee heretic or a Tea Patriot.

@EDLEXUS

3 жыл бұрын

@@hunterrhoades1813 Our main weapon is surprise!

@dotEX3

3 жыл бұрын

@@acraftyhuragok7586 I only drink Yorkshire Gold from a corgi-shaped teacup. This is how I plan to become immortal.

"Someone who is not Penultimo" Spiff - immediately chooses Penultimo God: You were warned *destroys inquisition*

@jasonscarborough94

2 жыл бұрын

Peter, God. IS, PISSED.

@doughboywhine

Жыл бұрын

penultimo my beloved

I'm starting to get the feeling that when this guy talks about a game being perfectly balanced with no exploits that he may in fact not be telling the truth

@avak2101

3 жыл бұрын

what? why?

@exosproudmamabear558

3 жыл бұрын

Where did you even get that? Spiffing Brit always speaks the truth.

@danyael777

3 жыл бұрын

utter nonsense! physically impossible. nature has some laws it obeys, mind you.

@cooperton4949

3 жыл бұрын

You're hallucinating from not drinking enough tea

@Sumirevins

3 жыл бұрын

That's the Idea lmao Perfectly balanced in any way Brit always tells The truth now go back u french

I wonder how many developers are subscribed to the Spiffing Brit just to check when their game comes up and patch whatever The Spiffing Brit does?

@PeterTeal77

2 жыл бұрын

This is the bummer of watching Spiff's back catalog, so many fun(ny) exploits have been patched.

@ezonplays2260

2 жыл бұрын

ALL OF THEM

@tractorjunkco9431

2 жыл бұрын

Skyrim is still going strong

@grumbazor

Жыл бұрын

and if i want to have fun and try it by myself these bastards have patched it away.

@matthewkelly1263

Жыл бұрын

Firaxis definitely does

Martin Luther isn’t rolling in his grave, he’s spinning like a beyblade

@sarmin8008

Жыл бұрын

One more church and he is coming back as a zombie, together with Jan Hus, to finish the church themselves

@FlashHawk4

Жыл бұрын

And knowing Spiff he would harness that for infinite electricity

"so, what was it the island exports again?" "Churches" "you mean missionaries?" " NO, it exports churches, entire churches."

See-saws are a perfectly balanced piece of playground equipment.

@doomslayer2290

3 жыл бұрын

With no painful experiences whatsoever

@notasimpwtf6012

3 жыл бұрын

You see and now he we just do it on his own.

@Krieger1907

3 жыл бұрын

*Spiff puts a friend 2 times your weight on the opposite site*

@nobodyimportant5417

3 жыл бұрын

@@Krieger1907 pfft. Spiff would drop a car from orbit on the other side of the thing and call it balanced.

@Jack_S21

3 жыл бұрын

Who are you so wise in the ways of science?

"We're here to save you!" "Oh yay the Catholic Church!" *"From yourself!"* _"Oh no the Catholic Church."_

@Yuki_Ika7

Жыл бұрын

I see you like Hellsing ultimate abridged too!!!

@RatRatRattyRatRat

Жыл бұрын

@@Yuki_Ika7 hell yeah brother!

@SportyMabamba

Жыл бұрын

“What in the blood-soaked Protestant Hell is this?”

@HeIsAnAli

Жыл бұрын

@@SportyMabamba Fuck this, that’s what.

"Jesus Brit" sounds like what the game devs exclaim when they see that you're playing their game.

I like to think there is a native population watching from the bushes and just saying "what the actual fuck" ever 2 missions or so

"Coffee is the spawn of the devil." The Spiffing Brit, 2021.(paraphrased.)

@derpedlerp1237

3 жыл бұрын

It is.

@andreasottohansen7338

3 жыл бұрын

You don't need to add that notation there, either he has said it word for word, or will if prompted.

@totallynothatguy1698

3 жыл бұрын

REVOLUTION AGAINST THE TEA-DRINKING RULES SPIFF IMPOSES! ALL HAIL COFFEE! EVISCERATE THE TEAPOTS!

@notyourfriendlyneighbor2733

3 жыл бұрын

@@totallynothatguy1698 well look at this free crumpets with a human taste

@Gulyus

3 жыл бұрын

@@andreasottohansen7338 He did. Spiff literally said "Or COFFEE...the spawn of the devil itself!" a little before 3 minutes in.

I'd love to think that this island is actually a volcano and will eventually get covered in ash like pompej and hundreds of years later some archeologists will find it and start excavating and just see like 8 houses with living-chambers and 8000 churches and have no idea what the hell was going on here.

Spiff: with an exploit nobody expects. Me reading the title: Church-tax.

@Scouarn

3 жыл бұрын

nobody expects the spanish inquisition

@prunabluepepper

3 жыл бұрын

You can get of church tax, you only have to fill out form A38.

"Religious street", the Tropico version of Wall Street xD

"Hear ye, hear ye! Court is now in session." Judge: "What are the charges against the defendant?" Prosecutor: "Your Honor, we plan today to prove that the defendant has been a little bit of a cheeky sausage." Audience: GASPS!!!

Finally early for one of these perfectly balanced gameplay.

@HanSolo__

3 жыл бұрын

Please, knee my son, and let's pray.

@gen169

3 жыл бұрын

@@HanSolo__ you don't need to knee just drink yorshire tea and salute the queen

@shaunleslie4143

3 жыл бұрын

@@HanSolo__ How old of a son? I've got rules against kneeing toddlers and the elderly.

@HanSolo__

3 жыл бұрын

@@shaunleslie4143 Im sure no priest would call you daddy or uncle. You can be twice the age and he still will call you "son" and ask to knee... If you ask me... I watched Star Wars on theater at premiere. I mean the movie of the original trilogy. The one in which "Han shoots first." I was a small kid of course.

@shaunleslie4143

3 жыл бұрын

@@HanSolo__ Word you are looking for is kneel.

My favorite part is throughout the video you can see his treasury just building up without him pointing it out lol All the time I've played this and never noticed this loophole

You have accurately recreated how mega-church pastors in the US avoid taxes.

Lots of Catholic Churches everywhere? On an Island? So you basically made Ireland?

@Alizudo

3 жыл бұрын

There's so many focking churches..

@Aeropunk08

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! And built a wall of gun towers around it!

@Sumirevins

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I was Going to make That Comment lmao

@SportyMabamba

Жыл бұрын

Except in Tropico the weather isn’t 80% wind & rain

@rosiecooper8030

Жыл бұрын

It's just warm Ireland

This must be how Vatican City was made

Churces irl is a perfectly balanced game with absolutely no exploits

@dr.mastermind2264

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah! I am dead meat!! Lol😂🤣

@ehojabe

3 жыл бұрын

?

@johnmcshane4463

3 жыл бұрын

speedrun to heaven, any %

@ehojabe

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmcshane4463 no

@zodiacthriller6094

3 жыл бұрын

@@ehojabe yes

3:15 Nobody expected the *British inquisition*

The guy shooting at the tank with a good ol' musket killed me... Amazing Job!

I don't think the Tropico devs expected the Spainish Inquisition.

@HeIsAnAli

Жыл бұрын

To be fair, _nobody_ does.

game: exists. game: has any kind of economy spiff: M O N E Y

@WildBluntHickok

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the game doesn't allow tea plantations so that's plan A out of the way...

@soulsearcher9620

2 жыл бұрын

@@WildBluntHickok Too close to the ocean. Can't risk another wastage of tea in any harbours.

Between this and all the Faith exploits conjuring up value in Civ, I think we've now found Spiff's official theme song: "There can be miracles~ if you believe..."

*_"Nobody expect the _**_-Spanish-_**_ Spiff Inquisition"_*

"Oh no! The Communists are upset!" Must be a day ending in "y"...

@ChiefArug

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, they will be happy tomorrow!

Nobodey ever expects the Spanish Inquisition😂 Best reference man!!

"We might live on a hellscape where most of the population is starving and living in shacks..." sounds like the start of a 40K planetary tourism ad

Making the Queen of England very proud with another fantastic exploit!

@EEEEEEEE

3 жыл бұрын

E

@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477

3 жыл бұрын

Who needs India with colony’s like these

@megaming371

3 жыл бұрын

*England

@Ayylex

3 жыл бұрын

@@megaming371 thank you lol

@METALFREAK03

3 жыл бұрын

@@megaming371 Technically Great Britain, Austrailia, Antgiua, Barbados, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamacia, NZ, Papua New Guinea, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and..., Solomon Islands, Tuvalu... Should be 16. There are 49 in the commonwelath which we can (if we wanted) exume control over again.

"Hello there my smoothskins!" -President Britt's daughter to the general assembly

So spiff literally turned the island into a Warhammer 40k monastery planet. Good job, spiff, the God-emperor shall praise you.

@HeIsAnAli

Жыл бұрын

You mean “Man-Emperor,” of course.

You know what the worst part of every video is, that it has to end. :( I absolutly love every one of these videos and i have (way to many times) just binge watched the playlist, such satisfying videos.

The approach is so British that after I saluted to the Queen, Spiff just turn my glass of water into Yorkshire tea gold

@glenmcgillivray4707

3 жыл бұрын

So. The Vatican would give you money to build Catholic Churches upon your Island Governor. Yes Me'liege Catholic Churches. In a Colony of the Grand realm of the British Empire, Ruled by a Protestant King? Indeed Me'liege, Thus my suggestion. 300 Unpopulated Catholic churches, to fund the construction and operation of 10 Protestant ones? Yes Me'Liege I Hereby declare as Ruler of the British Empire, And as the Head of the Church of England you are ruler of the realm of Tropico so long and you continue to accomplish the task as you have seen fit. Thank you Me'Liege And thus Sir Spiffing Brit became a Landed Noble. Shame his Island is filled with rebellious twits who cannot even work out how to grow tea.

“Looks like a ghoul from fallout “ had me in stitches immediately XD

This channel is slowing but surely giving me random tea cravings and considering putting up a picture of the Queen. I live in Brazil.

Lets go was just watching some of your videos then BOOM new episode!

I feel like someone born on your island could probably attend a different church each week, and die of old age long before attending mass at the last one. Also, I love how making Penultimo the Grand Inquisitor angers God so much that He doesn't even give you the chance to reflect on his wrath. Just, bam, immediate earthquake. I had to pause to finish laughing at that one.

*73% of the population is actually homeless* The mayors of LA and San Francisco want to know how you got the number that low

Love it as always thanks for being part of the discord, slapped a like on that for ya, Cheers!

well done sir! I believe this is the first time I have laughed at the first frame of a video. That portrait is glorious.

they probably needed to add a "UNIQUE" to the description of the inquisition's function. So it only counts each type of church once

Lads, a new grocery store just opened up in my area in lil ol Tennessee and they sell the wonderfully brilliant Yorkshire Tea. Now I can finally relax and enjoy these videos in the proper way.

Yes I've been waiting on you to do one so I can consider buying it I bought Tropico for even just doing a couple random downloads of it it's pretty damn fine. I lost a lot in the beginning a lot.

The inquisition was destroyed by an earthquake? Sounds like an act of God to me.

This was fun to watch

Love your channel man

The commitment to the Imperial British persona is great. For God, Queen, and Country; old chap.

Imagine the bells, every hour...this will be louder than the shot heard round the world

On April fools day spiff’s gonna play a game the way the devs DID intend it

Everytime .... Spiff uploads a new Episode of Tropico 5 .... "Oh god what did he discover now ?"

For the unaware, selling indulgences is literally reserving a place in heaven. It's still practiced today, but usually its not bought with money but instead with a great deed

I'm trying to imagine what it would be like to visit this island and how creepy it must be. Nearly every building is a church _and they're all completely empty._

@A-Ravens-Call

3 жыл бұрын

Very good setting for a RE game or outlast

@WildBluntHickok

3 жыл бұрын

And the few people you do see don't find anything odd about the setup.

@firockfinion3326

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildBluntHickok Jeez that just makes it worse. XD

This just seems like a normal day in a Catholic life, where's the exploit.

I did not expect the inquisition and was pleasantly surprised. Especially because they brought me this comfy chair and soft cushions

You had me at the thumb nail. I never expected the Spaninsh Inquisition!

Spiff: an exploit that no one can ever expect Me who read the title

@corslyn

3 жыл бұрын

Nobody expects the Spanish inquisition!

The inquisition!? I did not expect that

Interesting, i've seen you play tropico 6 but i believe this is the very first tropico 5 video you've ever made.

Always love a tropico video, there are so many developer approved ways to play!

I mean listen the catholic church did become pretty wealthy. it was common practice for noblemen to send their second sons off to monasteries and to gift the monastery land in order to ensure their sons were taken care of (and their souls too) some monasteries grew so wealthy some monks actually ate better than kings!

And here I am playing T6 instead and wondering if the same algorithm that autobuilds shacks can be used to make citizens build other "private" buildings to satisfy their own needs... at expense of lowered happiness and loyalty of visitors, inability to demolish or move them without paying full cost of the building beforehand and so on. Devs talked about mod support and it was apparently just marketing lie:(

Just as I was looking for this a few days ago thanks spiff

*Sips Coffee Defiantly* Great vid, just as balanced as Tropico 6. I would have commented when it dropped, but I was passed out due to being sick.

"Starting money, we'll crank that down to 2000." *Spiff selects 20,000* Man, the exchange rate is weird...

This is perfectly balanced video

@acraftyhuragok7586

3 жыл бұрын

So he can go on a crusade to exterminate the coffee.

Damnit!! I can only hit the sub and notify bell once. I want to double sub for the Monty Python reference.

i'm still amazed by all the exploits you can show in games, even some not real bugs but just clever use of mechanics!

I'm amazed that empty churches don't count towards housing.

How did on earth did you manage to have little to no rebels and deal with lack of food?

@earthen105

2 жыл бұрын

You can import food, and he had the money. You can also see he spent quite a bit on military to keep repressing the rebels

@_Muzolf

Жыл бұрын

Colonial era runs on easy mode, you don't get rebellions, only pirate attacks.

@zohirhasn7657

9 ай бұрын

@@earthen105 how can I get my military to like me ?

@zohirhasn7657

9 ай бұрын

​@@_MuzolfHow can I make the rebels at 0 after the colonial era ?

@_Muzolf

9 ай бұрын

@@zohirhasn7657 Good question, with a certain constitution setup you essentially get no rebellions, but the options needed are not available right away if i remember correctly, some techs need to be unlocked that might not be available in world wars. In general, make sure the constitution allows as many people to vote as possible (If it does not, the approval rating you have will be deceptive and not tell you the whole story.) and keep a high approval. Even then, you probably need to appease some factions (Just do their missions even if they are stupid, like when they demand some building you do not want, build one anyway, and you can later demolish it. Luckily the game does not track things like that.) or they will create rebels even if your island is a paradise.

Me watching Spiff: FOR TEA, FOR GLORY, QUEEN AND COUNTRY! Me in reality: Sipping coffee on a Lay-Z-Boy while watching Buckingham Palace burn

I love this channel already

Imagine a tourist visiting Spiff's island...

So just like medival times. The church is rich and the king is rich from it too.

Huh. I just started playing this game again yesterday. What a nice coincidence 😊

Nobody expects the Spiffing Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: Indulgences, churches, an almost fanatical devotion to tea and nice catholic missions - Oh damn!

Surely Spiff you should side with the revolutionaries, seeing as the monarch in this game is heavily implied to be Spain

this video explain why we should be happy that Poland never colonised Caribic :D

@nazgulcelestial9129

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt poland could have been more Catholic than the Catholic Hammer itself Spain

Reminds me pretty much to my home, Argentina, thanks Spiffin Brit

On holiday in Yorkshire and have a cup of Yorkshire tea right now. Perfection

Beautiful, our immortal queen the goddess approves

@EEEEEEEE

3 жыл бұрын

E

@METALFREAK03

3 жыл бұрын

@@EEEEEEEE F

So THATS how the Imperium of 40k funds its armies, seams legit

@TwistedTeaRex

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, brother! Glory to the Inquisition! FOR THE EMPEROR!

Yay new video I too love Yorkshire tea!

Spiff: Inquisition Me: Don't say it Spiff: Nobody actually expects it Me: Goddamn it

That DLC building is almost as balanced as a Nissan Leaf Charging Station.

6:03 Is it a coincidence that the inquisition is being run by a Spaniard?

This reminds me of that time when I compeltely surrounded a bunch of Town Halls with schools in Anno 1800 to make my Islands a tourist magnet, because you know, it just works

Inquisition, Religion, Fortresses... Spiff has invented the Tropico 40K universe

My little secret has been revealed! 😭 I thought that the game had already lost its popularity and no one would guess before. I can only add that I usually prohibit priests from joining Catholic missions with a right click of the mouse. At the same time, they do not require money for maintenance, but indulgences remain.

"One must KNOW the land, if they are to build seven thousand catholic missions ON the land..." -Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

Absolutely beautiful my friend.

Those opening few seconds was a LIFE LONG COFFEE DRINKER and the effects of the cursed bean!!!