You guys rock! Thanks for the shout out! - Matt Stagmer

@louthegiantcookie

5 жыл бұрын

Three days ago? But the video's just been uploaded?

@athytrbl3725

5 жыл бұрын

That Works the fuck

@romeo7974

5 жыл бұрын

Wtf

@ThatWorks

5 жыл бұрын

Don’t you know that a blacksmith is sneakier than a ninja!

@red_crow_studios3176

5 жыл бұрын

Ok. what in the fuck

My first thought of elephants dying in the Alps was honestly 'boy the paleontologists who discover those bones after history has been lost are gonna be hella confused'.

@jimmygarza8896

Жыл бұрын

Tbf, if evidence of humans are around paleontologists might just realize that we were just that crazy.

@thatkidwiththehoodie

Жыл бұрын

“That’s one weird-ass mammoth…”

@aragornweaver160

2 ай бұрын

😂 what I wouldn't give to hear their theories

Also, Michelangelo was so annoyed with a archbishop that bugged him during his work on the sistine chapel, he drew the bastard in a moral of the hell part. Naked. With Eden's snake eating his junk. When the archbishop came to the pope, fuming with anger, and begging to fix the issue, the pope gave the best excuse I ever heard: "As pope, I have power over earth and heaven. However, Michelangelo drew you in hell, which I have no power over." Long story short, not his department

@tezla6332

4 жыл бұрын

What a lad

@BookWyrmOnAString

4 жыл бұрын

specifically, the archbishop complained about the nudity, thus why Michelangelo drew the (in his opinion) suitably karmic punishment of having his genitals bitten off.

@MultiNaruto900

4 жыл бұрын

*What an absolute power move*

@robertdicke7249

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like this bishop annoyed everyone including his boss.

@achanwahn

4 жыл бұрын

That's a true bro. Shades on and mic dropped.

I am now forever using, “not the sharpest knife in the Caesar.”

@kevinboyle3104

4 жыл бұрын

Ireland Kirkpatrick wonderful

@nordicfalcon

4 жыл бұрын

So glad I’m not the only one

@randomsandwichian

4 жыл бұрын

Still a knife, still in Caesar.

@kevinboyle3104

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Tan this mind set needs more people participating

@nordicfalcon

4 жыл бұрын

If I ever eat a Caesar salad or Little Caesar’s Pizza, I will now use a knife. Waiter: How would you like your food? Me: Stabbed.

"SMOKE tea. EVERYDAY"

@The_Republic_of_Ireland

4 жыл бұрын

Best laugh I've had in years

@jeanetten.s.8557

3 жыл бұрын

I did not expect him to just go *"TEA"* in the middle of that and I spewed my tea out of nose

@SamraeDuke

3 жыл бұрын

This part killed me xD

@lordoftheducks332

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeanetten.s.8557 you know, people tend to snort drugs, so I guess more than one trend was reversed

@OCTBOI

3 жыл бұрын

weed: im done im just done i just cant

*"Basic Arithmetic: It's not that hard, I'm just stupid."* Blue. You just described my school life.

@rachelbrenner4092

5 жыл бұрын

Math was just not taught well to me, I just couldn't understand it until Uniersity, when I actually saw practical applications like for sewing and using geometry as an example. My professor helped me understand that Math was everywhere in the natural and artificial. I'm practical and Math to me just was taught theoretically and not practically.

@heidiwebster3867

5 жыл бұрын

@@rachelbrenner4092 When I had questions no one answered me.

@agungpriambodo1674

5 жыл бұрын

I bet you were a cool kid who don't care about math right

@communistpowerranger9629

4 жыл бұрын

@@rachelbrenner4092 1000th like

@rachelbrenner4092

4 жыл бұрын

@@communistpowerranger9629 Cool O get to be 1000th like.

The Empty Fort is literally a DM telling you "it's an ordinary door", and after the party has exhausted half their abilities trying to analyze it, they decide not to risk it and take a different way.

@VanNessy97

8 ай бұрын

Nice accidental Critical Role reference

"so there is this thing called the south sea company" Oh God it's extra credit all over again

@nateharris9375

4 жыл бұрын

@Aditya vk Ye

@darthrevan4933

3 жыл бұрын

As we all know it was Walpole but don’t worry Bismarck has a plan

@JohnZ117

3 жыл бұрын

@@darthrevan4933 And that plan is not be alive yet.

@kyle_mk17

3 жыл бұрын

@Aditya vk yes!

@Rainears129

3 жыл бұрын

Not enough Walpole

The reaction of people who saw an Actual Unicorn: 9 Year Old Girl: Oh, it so beautiful, can I pet it. 17-year-old school nerd: What in the actual fu- Australian man: now this is something you don't see every day. European in the Renaissance Age: *SPEAr IT, SPEAR IT TO DEATH*

@nothingunderthemask

4 жыл бұрын

Brony: Ohhhhh..... you from Equestria? What does your cutie mark mean? Etc.

@firstcooommment3675

4 жыл бұрын

"17-year-old nerd" Wait isn't that who I think it is. A robot chicken reference

@italucenaz

3 жыл бұрын

A horse with a horn is not so strange, I wouldn't be so surprised if a saw that if it's not magic, man, the animal kingdom have some crazy design, put a horn on a horse is so basic

@nr5076

3 жыл бұрын

Especially reniance unicorns are very goatie

@alecchristiaen4856

3 жыл бұрын

Scotland: mine

"The sharpest knife in the Caesar" I freaking laughed out loud!

@sarahleonard7309

5 жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard I had to stop the video until I could compose myself!

@AncientHoplite

5 жыл бұрын

r/boneappletea

@mircea_ciobanu

5 жыл бұрын

Ancient Hoplite Do you know what that even means? Or am i missing something?

@Udontkno7

5 жыл бұрын

I cackled

@sarahleonard7309

5 жыл бұрын

Caesar was stabbed to death by multiple assailants.

That General must have thought “This smells like a trap to me. Remember how things ended up that time when the fort was empty and the doors wide open”

@Cora.T

4 жыл бұрын

It's a good rule of thumb to go by, if someone isn't scared when they should be, they're insane, really capable ( could be strong, smart, etc ) or a combination and there is a chance they could be bluffing. But you know what if I saw someone like Vlad the Impaler laughing by himself when he knew I was coming with an army I'd piss of too

@kedabro1957

4 жыл бұрын

The reason this story is probably fake is because generals back then didn't value human life enough not to just send in a small battalion to trigger the ambush.

@Cora.T

4 жыл бұрын

@@kedabro1957 you can't just assume every general was the same, they're people and there are as many personalities as there are people. Also maybe it wasn't about whether he cared or not, it could have been about statistics maybe he'd come a long way and he couldn't afford to lose any men. Furthermore if it where an ambush like the other story I would not respond to a small battalion that is obviously there to try things out. Remember, these are humans, the same species as you so their range of intelligence is roughly the same as it is now

@kairemeriniit

3 жыл бұрын

@@kedabro1957 A: Scouting parties were really rare in these times (probably because in close combat positions were usually less important than in battle with ranged weapons, so possibility of losing men usually outweighed the gained information). B: If men go in and do not come back it really gives you nothing. You just have less men. There were several types of ambushes with different responses. C: sending in bigger force when city is loaded with oil and main force is outside was the quickest way to total destruction. Fakeness is suspected mostly because the defending general had no reason to be in a town without troops.

@jasonblalock4429

3 жыл бұрын

In the story (regardless of authenticity) the person behind the zither-playing trap was Zhuge Liang, a master strategist who was well-known for his cunning plans, as well as his tendency to avoid taking risks. So, yeah, his own reputation was part of the bluff. Sima Yi had fought Zhuge Liang repeatedly, and had good reason to fear a trap, so he got psyched out. But if Zhuge Liang had been fighting someone who'd never heard of him, the tactic probably wouldn't have worked.

"Okay so the front gate of the fort is wide open, and you don't see any soldiers inside." "I go in." "You go in?" "Yes." "Okay... What's your passive perception?"

@freakymoejoe2

3 жыл бұрын

"I don't go in."

@AnimeSunglasses

3 жыл бұрын

...uh, I rolled a 3, is that bad? "Roll for initiative!" Ohhhhhhhhh noooooooo!

@Revoltine

3 жыл бұрын

@@AnimeSunglasses Being pedantic here. If DM asks you for the passive perception stat, that forfeits you from rolling for active perception because that's metagaming. Hence no rolling. You either just pass the check or not.

@AnimeSunglasses

3 жыл бұрын

@@Revoltine would initiative not still be a separate step?

@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human

2 жыл бұрын

I've only DM'd twice, but I asked my players for their passive perception stats before we started, and kept it pinned to my board. If players would notice something without rolling, I then tell them. I also pre-wrote several messages as draft texts, for certain planned encounters. "You notice that x is out of place, you look around and spot y" or "you spot dust moving on the floor. There's no breeze, there must be something invisible moving around in the room" stuff like that. If only 1 or 2 players would notice something, then I send them that message at the time. Prevents the other players from metagaming, and IMO it helps the narrative and mystery. It also surprises the players who didn't notice, when the one player who noticed the enemy sneaking up on them suddenly goes "I spin and fire an arrow behind me!"

army: (walks into seemingly empty fort) huh thats- dm: okay roll for initiative army: why would i-- army: oh no

@speedypichu6833

2 жыл бұрын

Proceeds to roll a 1

@libitouwen926

2 жыл бұрын

They probably rolled a 1 on perception

"This last one is the tale of the South Sea Company." Anyone who's watched Extra History: Oh, that economic clusterf***k.

@pablorepetto2759

4 жыл бұрын

Spoilers: Walpole did it

@erikjohnson5549

4 жыл бұрын

I did, it was a good series.

@PeterGregoryKelly

4 жыл бұрын

Groundhog Day. Redux 21st century.

@luisventura7956

4 жыл бұрын

It was Walpole.

@Rainbowthewindsage

4 жыл бұрын

I watched this first then chanced upon the tale on Extra Credit and went "oh that's what blue was talking about". Also one of my favorite moments in history because I love crafty tricksters/conmen stories (Not that I think Conmen are morally correct in what they do, I just find them interesting)

- The gate is open, there are no soldiers in sight. This is obviously an ambush! - But you know that guy, he's a military genius. If he sets up an ambush it wouldn't be that obvious. He's faking it. Let's attack. - But that guy is so smart, he must know that we wouldn't believe that he would set up such an obvious ambush. The real trap must be something else. ... - Screw this! Let's just leave.

@MagusMarquillin

5 жыл бұрын

But you would have known I'm not a great fool - you would have counted on it! So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

@davidswaim8778

5 жыл бұрын

You truly have a dizying intellect

@phnexOice

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s the empty fort strategy (not invented by Zhuge Liang irl, there’s no evidence of him every using it btw) it’s an amazing example of mind games used in warfare, seriously go read about the 3 kingdoms it’s fascinating

@LostOneOmega

5 жыл бұрын

Inconceivable!

@olgierdvoneverec4135

5 жыл бұрын

When i hear that story i never think about the guy as a genius, just as some lucky man who had accepted his fate and hoped the enemy to do as little damage as possible.

Blue: The south sea company Extra History viewers: Ah shit, here we go again

@thechickenman3713

3 жыл бұрын

We all know... it was walpole

@pierreemad2220

3 жыл бұрын

@@thechickenman3713 can I be given a source so I could understand what the heck is up with that name?

@thechickenman3713

3 жыл бұрын

@@pierreemad2220 watch the whole series if you want the full context but the Walpole thing is in this kne

@pierreemad2220

3 жыл бұрын

@@thechickenman3713series huh? Guess I missed that one. I'll check it out later then

“This is what we call a Grande Oof” I freaking C A N T. **Wheezing**

Zhuge Liang playing his guitar on an empty fort Sima Yi: What are you doing? Zhuge Liang: Dance off bro, you and me! Sima Yi: ...I'm outta here

@vordjoncus

4 жыл бұрын

He had to bail before Wonderwall.

@natalkumar6132

4 жыл бұрын

If Sima Yi hadn't left , he would have lost his job.

@natalkumar6132

4 жыл бұрын

Not cause he would loose but because he would win.

@mastertofu

4 жыл бұрын

It's not a guitar... it's a zither/guzheng. They are completely different.

@charlottemyates629

4 жыл бұрын

The bard has rolled a natural 20 on his intimidation check.

7:27 So . . . I heard you were talking about the South Sea Company. ;)

@werewolf4358

5 жыл бұрын

WALPOOOOOOOOLE!!!

@jordanloux3883

5 жыл бұрын

Oh god, now he can travel through time and between dimensions!

@AFreakingAxeCH

5 жыл бұрын

God damn it

@embasorangiratina36

5 жыл бұрын

@History Legends Don't worry I'm sure Bismark has a plan to save us.

@allievandervelde8355

5 жыл бұрын

Bismarck always has a plan

I heard a story once about an orc rogue - not exactly a common combination. And this orc didn't invest in dexterity at all, so he was *not* very stealthy. Instead, he *highly* invested in charisma for the purposes of intimidation, and if he was seen while infiltrating a building, he would just shout "YOU DO NOT SEE GROG". This nearly always worked.

"I may not be the sharpest knife in the ceasear" Wait why ceas- ohhhhh

@lavengale

4 жыл бұрын

Simon Science Fun fact! Dull knives are actually much more painful than sharp ones. Because they don’t cut. They’d rip, and they’d tear your skin. You would basically need an immediate blood fusion to have a living chance. Sure, they are harder to use, but if you’re in that kind of rage, you’ll likely have the strength and stubbornness to do it. In conclusion, that actually means you’ve got more weapon smarts than the others.

@reyonXIII

4 жыл бұрын

@@lavengale Cue the expected Sheriff Alan Rickman of Nottingham spoon quote

@neighborhoodsunbear9838

3 жыл бұрын

SHIZZZAAAA!!!!

I think my favorite little oddity is Henry Morgan leaving England in one ship, and then arriving in Bermuda in a totally different ship. No one knows what happened to the first ship in the intervening time.

@timothymclean

5 жыл бұрын

And I don't blame Morgan for not wanting to explain how he lost an entire ship.

@thelinedrive

5 жыл бұрын

Cue Jack Sparrow clip: Where’s the ship?

@dcbanacek2

5 жыл бұрын

@@thelinedrive Where's the RUM?

@foxdraws8200

5 жыл бұрын

thelinedrive your ship must be hidden behind the Black Pearl

@MsPageMistress

5 жыл бұрын

So, not only do we not know what happened to his original ship, but I'm going to assume we don't know where or how he acquired the ship he actually came in?

Blue’s -clues-

@shybluehope894

5 жыл бұрын

I kept thinking that ever time I looked at the title.

Imagine in 10k years when we've been through a bunch of apocalypses, re-discovered history, and some archeologist digs up elephants in where he/she knows was a mountain range, and be like 'aliens must have placed them there'

" in conclusion, always max out your charisma stats and thank you for coming to my TED Talk." Laughing so hard I can't breathe... I should press charges for assault with a deadly joke. ;)

"the one guy I remember the name of" You don't remember Zhuge "invented the wheelbarrow, repeating crossbow, steamed buns, and probably a time machine" Liang? For shame!

@ariavachier-lagravech.6910

4 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah, i am more concerned how he could remember Sima Yi but not the swag lord Zhuge Liang. Like Zhuge Liang is much more popular by miles. Sure Sima Yi is awesome and his descendant create Jin Dynasty but still...

@corradofigura8136

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, why do you say probably, that man was a certified time lord

@francescolombardi3438

4 жыл бұрын

Liu Bei: Well, Liang, I made it. Despite the war going on. Zhuge Liang: Ah! My lord Liu Bei! Welcome. I hope you're ready for an unforgettable lunchin!

@LiveErrors

4 жыл бұрын

@@corradofigura8136 yet he didnt forsee all his shenanigans pissing his allies off

@kalebb1226

3 жыл бұрын

Steamed hams

Me, sipping lapsang souchong tea: I wonder what Blue's gonna post about today. Blue: No. 5...

@edsidfug207

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@HaydenLau.

5 жыл бұрын

正山小種茶

@joonavuoristo4659

5 жыл бұрын

I just had it for the first time earlier this week.

@rateeightx

5 жыл бұрын

Hey! I Wasn't The Only One!

@dynamicworlds1

5 жыл бұрын

Someone had to be

*South Sea bubble pops* South Sea Company: "Does anyone else hear boss battle music?"

I sat in a castle with open gates and playing a war drum in Ark Survival Evolved with way to much confidence... the enemies didn’t read that story... they thought I had set up an ambush and turned and ran away, I ended up packing up and moving base halfway across the map before they even realized what I had done, 😂

@fantasyshadows3207

4 жыл бұрын

You sure you’re not Zhu Ge Liang?

@jahajesper

4 жыл бұрын

@@fantasyshadows3207 reincarnated

@jessewillason2064

4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@winsonzhu4427

4 жыл бұрын

In that exact same story (or set of stories) the open front gate also happened earlier, which led to an ambush that took out a force with over ten times the manpower as the troops stationed at the fort. The person who turned away from Zhuge Liang's open fort gate while playing an instrument knew his side was already winning and that the only way the opposing side could win was via a bunch of ambushes like that. Zhuge Liang also had a reputation for 1: Incredibly well hidden ambushes and 2: basically never bluffing, so not going into that fort seemed like the safest decision by far.

@silvertheelf

4 жыл бұрын

Winson Zhu, see, I don’t play the same tricks twice, at least, not on the same targets, unless the trick is a trick that is simply part of combat with them so much that it’s used in all combat. So similar type of person.

I like to imagine that the look on the poor Roman guard's face when he saw an army of elephants approaching was the same look the rebels had when they realized they were being attacked by AT-AT on Hoth. There is something universally frighting about a gigantic, grey, 4 legged monster slowly approaching with the intent of killing you and all your friends.

@rayanderson5797

5 жыл бұрын

Wait... you weren't there.

@Obi-Wan_Kenobi

5 жыл бұрын

@@rayanderson5797 I was standing on the side lines as a Force Ghost.

@pablorepetto2759

4 жыл бұрын

Wait, grey hulking monstrosities, lumbering out from a frozen expanse... are AT-ATs _just_ elephants?

@brieanajones4421

4 жыл бұрын

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi aQ

@firstnamelastname7124

4 жыл бұрын

Hello there

Ah, yes, the classical musician Snoopus of Doggus, he truly was ahead of his time

@Somedokin

5 жыл бұрын

Yet the sound clip they played wasn't of Snoop Dogg, it was Nate Dogg.

@fathead-zd6zs

5 жыл бұрын

And it was actually a Dr. Dre song that featured snoop, nate dogg and kurupt.

@apatheticAstronaut

5 жыл бұрын

Smokus tobacco every fortnight

@agungpriambodo1674

5 жыл бұрын

I bet he's Greek or Roman

"Always max out your Charisma," Me, who has a character with maxed charisma and finess weapons. "Yesh-"

"I don't trust like that" -Hannibal 's elephants

highly recommend "Extra History" for more information on the South Sea Company, they spend several episodes on it and it is gloriously hilarious.

@gershsgaming8673

5 жыл бұрын

...it was Walpole.

@Crazael

5 жыл бұрын

@@gershsgaming8673 It's always Walpole.

@styrax7280

5 жыл бұрын

Here's the link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWWf0MaEh62xcps.html

@Rocketboy1313

5 жыл бұрын

+

@shikatsu

5 жыл бұрын

Walpole!!!!!!

*smoke tea every day*

Some day people are going to think of memes as historical artifacts

@LiveErrors

4 жыл бұрын

thats a pretty elevated opinion you have there

@aanrrat1354

3 жыл бұрын

SMOKE tea EVERYDAY

@fictionfan0

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiveErrors Is that code for high?

@LiveErrors

2 жыл бұрын

@@fictionfan0 no but it could be in this context

@kyrab7914

10 ай бұрын

Idk how to tell you this, but that's technically what they are already

“Our next story is the south sea company” IT WAS WALPOLE

Regarding #4; most elephants actually died of tuberculosis. It's chilly in the alps (especially during winter) and there's a lot of bare skin with no fur getting wet in the snow.

@krankarvolund7771

4 жыл бұрын

I thouht it was due to the swamps in Italy... anyway the fact is, they died from diseases ^^' But, as we see in Zama, elephants don't make a big difference against Romans XD

@natalkumar6132

4 жыл бұрын

@@krankarvolund7771 it's psychological

@natalkumar6132

4 жыл бұрын

@@krankarvolund7771 plus they didn't because of Scipio

@krankarvolund7771

4 жыл бұрын

@@natalkumar6132 Do I have to cite all the battles where Romans fought elephants? Caesar defeat elephants at Thapsus, Scipio defeat them at Zama. In fact, the only time where Romans had problems with elephants where Heracleus, the first time they encountered them ^^

@TheRogueCommand

4 жыл бұрын

Antidragon 4185 Long story short: taking animals out of their native habitats over several, vastly different biomes is not wise.

Technically, the South Sea Company _did_ have the right to trade in the South Sea; they were allowed to send one ship to each major port every year. There are two problems with this. One, this is a friggin' _puny_ amount of trade. Two, the people running the trade end of the SSC had no idea what they were doing. They sold _wool._ In _the tropics!_

@luigibro2424

5 жыл бұрын

Who doesn't love good old English Wool

@merrittanimation7721

5 жыл бұрын

@@luigibro2424 Latin Americans apparently

@agihammerthief8953

5 жыл бұрын

They were also granted a contract for slave trade by the Spanish crown, on a much larger scale. That portion of the company was the most successful of them all, outliving the SSC proper by two decades and trading in almost a hundred ships of people in total. Unsurprising - misery is profit, after all. Also, apparently, the one ship a year did turn a nice profit. Not through the goods they openly traded - those were, indeed, useless. Instead, they carried contraband - products on which Spain held a monopoly in its colonies, mostly mundane refined goods that were heavily taxed - and sold them in secret. The profits were kept away from official eyes, of course.

@jasondoe2596

5 жыл бұрын

That makes the story even more hilarious... xD

@alexanderticonuwu7591

5 жыл бұрын

@@agihammerthief8953 Guard: What's in the crate? Sailor: Wool, sir. Guard: In the tropics? Sailor: Yes sir, Wool for those cold tropical winter nights and just Wool definitely not illegal contraband. Guard : Seems legit carry on. Guy : Hey, you got the stuff? Sailor : Yeah, here's your scissors. Guy : *cuts paper* these are some good scissors. Sailors : Yeah now pay up.

Thing to remember about number 2 is that Sima Yi was super smart. He studied the other warlords he was up against and the guy in that empty city was known for ambushing people. It was like his signature move. So when Sima Yi got there and saw his rival sitting on top of the gates drinking tea and chilling he KNEW there was a huge problem and that his rival had a HUGE ambush planed. He promptly retreated because it was the smartest move he had in his mind. Love that story.

I like to imagine it was this guy's first day, he's put up on this guard tower like "yeah, this should be pretty easy for you, no ones gonna come over the Alps, so just stare at it and I'll come get you when it's time to switch off." Then almost immediately, a giant army drives elephants over the mountains.

I'm not certain if it was the army of Denmark or Lichtenstein, but they went to war with 80 people in their army and came back with 81.

@stellaw3620

5 жыл бұрын

Lichtenstein I think.

@TornaitSuperBird

5 жыл бұрын

GrimSister yes, they made a friend!

@jasondoe2596

5 жыл бұрын

No idea if it's true, but it has to be Lichtenstein - Denmark is orders of magnitude larger!

@pp26026

5 жыл бұрын

Was Lichtenstein in the great war i think

@thatoneguynextdoor8794

5 жыл бұрын

It was Liechtenstein. The new dude was an Austrian General who decided to leave his country because his parents wanted him to marry a woman he didn't love. His parents wanted a political marriage. But during the Austrian-Prussian War, he was appointed to command over the allied Liechtenstein Force consisting of 80 Soldiers. He found good friends there, and they never saw battle. After the war he sent a messenger telling his superior officer that he fell off a mountain and died. He then went to Liechtenstein with his new friends, where he lived a happy life ever after. I am Austrian, and this is a story my Grandmother told me when I was younger. It's kinda funny seeing people in the internet talking about it XD

*Sees South Sea Company* Ahah! I knew Walpole was behind making this video!

@KP-cb4sy

5 жыл бұрын

Shame Extra History touched on this beforehand... Great tales othewise!

@gekkenhuisje

5 жыл бұрын

The more people that learn about the South Sea Bubble, the better. This way, maybe some more people will find Extra Credits series.

@dullahaut329

5 жыл бұрын

Walpole. It was Walpole.

@joesoef1233

5 жыл бұрын

IT WAS WALPOLE

@nimsindarinstudios5079

5 жыл бұрын

There is always a connection to Walpole!

So, fun fact about Zhugeliang, the guy who played the famous "Empty City" trick as Blue had shown. Essentially, he was betting on that Sima Yi would think that he had something setup for him, because he seriously doesn't have the manpower needed to beat him back, as Sima Yi is essentially his rival/arch enemy.

@anna-flora999

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't part of the trick that it was so obviously a trap that it had to be a bluff, but just before committing to the attack, the nemesis thought "wait, he'd know that it looks like a bluff"

@coltonwilliams4153

Жыл бұрын

@@anna-flora999 And Kongming never bluffed until then. Plus, one of his allies fell for the exact same trick earlier in that war. And, it’s Kongming. Wouldn’t be surprised if he had rigged the city to explode if Sima Yi did call his bluff. He obviously didn’t, or wouldn’t, but when you develop a reputation for extremely effective traps, people tend to start thinking of all the horrible ways they might die in your traps, real or imagined.

“Drink [tea] every day” killed me.

@Ajehy

4 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, “tea” used to be one of the street names for marijuana.

@riyak.7393

2 жыл бұрын

Correction: *smoke tea everyday ;)

Umm actually, the chill tea drinking dude (I forgot his name), was actually famous for his trickery and cunning. So, the opponent had reason to be cautious.

@weldonwin

5 жыл бұрын

So, kinda like Archimedes at the siege of Seracus, where he invented a whole load of weapons to defend the city, to the point that all it would take was one roman sailor on a ship, thinking he's seen an old man on the walls and they'd start screaming "Look out, Archimedes is aiming one of his inventions at us" and they start leaping overboard or trying to run away

@strategicarchitect869

5 жыл бұрын

His name was Zhuge Liang who served as Liu Bei's tactician. During the war he was considered the greatest tactician, and he did play on his opponent's weaknesses while using weather and other variables that can affect a battle to his advantage. The guy was no slouch he was VERY intelligent enough to play on his opponent's thinking patterns. And these guys were very much real.

@Sinyao

5 жыл бұрын

Zhuge was definitely cunning, but the stories definitely make him appear smarter than he likely was. It was in reality more likely luck and rumor than anything. Can't help but love the legend though.

So, the other guy in #2 was Zhuge Liang. The reason that Sima Yi retreated was that Zhuge Liang was *also* a very well-known and accomplished general and military strategist. So, Sima Yi based his assumption that the setup was a trap on the fact that Zhuge Liang *had set traps like that before*. It probably wouldn't have worked for anyone else. It was a game of "I know that you know who I am and what I do", and Zhuge Liang's bluff was believable because he had the history of out-thinking all of his opponents. Were it any two other generals, it probably wouldn't have worked. (Or at least, that's how I've heard the story)

@cyberstormalpha789

5 жыл бұрын

That's the way I've heard it, too. Had anyone but Zhuge Liang been playing, Sima Yi would have crushed the fort. EDIT: And, with what Sima Yi was supposed to have known, it's viewed as the correct decision at the time, too. He couldn't find the ambush, because it wasn't there this time, and Zhuge Liang was known for masterful ambushes.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

5 жыл бұрын

It's worth pointing out specifically, FOR THAT TIME AND PLACE... Liang and Yi had a history between them, and in other parts of the world and history, other generals have built similarly contentious relationships, probably including a few good bluffs to one side or other... The fact is, Liang only pulled this one off to such degree for having built his stalwart reputation ON TOP of whatever history he'd contended with Yi... AND yes, that made accepting defeat and withdrawing was the "correct" decision at the time. It's been the "correct" decision in other times as well, and lends to the contentious debates we even see in military and strategy schools today, as to whether there's an effective and academically sound prescription for "smoking out" dubious behavior for bluffing... BUT that, too, is part of the lesson's intent. ;o)

@brandontjy

5 жыл бұрын

gnarth d'arkanen As a Chinese, you’re absolutely right! Sima Yi considered Zhu Ge Liang to be his arch-nemesis (word is still out on whether Liang thought the same); so much so that his frustration over being bested by Zhu Ge Liang eventually caused him to quite literally die of stress [note this is abbreviated. The actual story behind his death is longer and more complicated.] Anyway, so Sima Yi, upon seeing what he thought was a blatantly obvious trap on Liang’s part, was so bowled over and intent on [not losing] that he withdrew immediately. Zhu Ge Liang basically won using game theory and psychology that would be applicable to a poker game.

@gnarthdarkanen7464

5 жыл бұрын

@@brandontjy, thanks... THAT seemed a bit more like the version I'd learned, but I don't exactly have my copy of ROTK sitting right here-abouts (I'm honestly sorry to say)... AND for what it's worth, the point of the story being that once a pattern and relationship can be built, some of that history (even very short term) can also be exploited with the right particular nuance and effort. As you say, "...that would be applicable in a poker game." ;o)

@illusmeta631

5 жыл бұрын

PiscesintheRain yep, that’s the one I’ve heard too! Thank you for posting about it :)

"the sharpest knife in the caeser" i'm definitely stealing that

#2 has an equally/maybe more credible counterpart from the Sengoku Jidai in Japan. It's basically the same story. They've got 15 men to defend a fort, so they start playing the shit out of some big ass drums and they throw the main gate open. The invading army is so scared of the confidence of the defenders that they think there must be a crap ton of people in the fort so they bounce.

Zhuge Liang banking on his reputation... managed to roll 20 natural 20s on intimidation checks ... on the day he didn't bring any dice ... !

@eliad6543

5 жыл бұрын

Fire ships are the best ships!

@johnnythreetimes3600

4 жыл бұрын

If the story is true it's also possible that sima yi had always intended to revolt and in order to do that he needed time and control of the army. The Cao family took him off the front lines whenever kongming wasnt around so destroying him wasnt a great idea and the stratagem just gave sima yi the excuse to not attack. Food for thought

@phuongNguyen-lj1dr

4 жыл бұрын

Johnny Three times In the Chinese web drama series" Growling Tiger, Roaring Dragon", this scene played out similarly to your explanation. Sima Yi wanted to kill Kongming but Kongming said that if he's dead, Sima family will be next in the chopping block since the emperor doesn't need Sima Yi anymore. So Sima Yi lets Kongming lives.

for my favorite dumb history fact was the one of slogans for the 'battle of the grain' in Fascist Italy It was that Mussolini promised italians freedom from 'the slavery of foreign bread'

@Belodri

5 жыл бұрын

They'd have done so much better if he instead told them about american pizza.

@merrittanimation7721

5 жыл бұрын

@@Belodri Italian Populace: "Why do we need to fight against foreign bread? What's so bad about it?" Mussolini: *Shows them American pizza* Italian Populace: *screams for eternity*

@davidegaribaldi1503

5 жыл бұрын

that idea of autachy also spawned some funky surrogates, for example """coffee""" made from chicory and barley.

@neutronalchemist3241

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidegaribaldi1503 Some more durable, as the karkadè (hibiscus tea) in place of tea.

@davidegaribaldi1503

5 жыл бұрын

@@neutronalchemist3241 to be honest you can still find the barley coffee,it's not popular but still exists

2:37 "Hello, I would like to buy one of your fine automobiles!" "No, I don't trust like that."

“It’s not that hard I’m just stupid” -Blue Cleo sitting in corner : yes , yes you are

7:24 It was *_WALPOLE_*

@jinjunliu2401

5 жыл бұрын

ahaha all these extra history people in here 👀

@epiendless1128

5 жыл бұрын

The odd thing is, Extra History did that 4 years ago, but I only watched it last week. So to me it kinda looked like Blue was jumping on the bandwagon. :-)

@robertwalpole360

5 жыл бұрын

It was I, Walpole!

@orgluzman561Peace_IL_PS

5 жыл бұрын

sure it was

@orgluzman561Peace_IL_PS

5 жыл бұрын

@@jinjunliu2401 yes yes we are

You could not have posted this video at a better time. My theory of knowledge class is doing an ‘truth or hoax’ activity where we have to present an event and the class guesses whether or not it really happened. Im gonna use one of these an stump my classmates. Thank you!!!

6:38 lmao that guy is literally a bard.

"It's not that hard, I'm just stupid." same

my new life motto : it's not that hard, im just stupid.

@sinnerthesinful552

4 жыл бұрын

Too real, man... too real

One of my favorites is the guy from ancient Rome who published a book of just cool names for dogs and put in a shout-out to his own pupper so that a part of his dog's memory could live on in history.

"The moral of the story is that your in for a bad time if regulatory bodies stand to profit from corporate trickery." That's a good lesson. I hope we learn it some day.

I'm forever imagining Zhuge Liang as a D&D player and surviving because Sima Yi decided not to roll investigate

@Sinyao

5 жыл бұрын

Or rolled terribly all the time. "What does a 7 tell me?" "You be no idea where you're going, but ooooh, the stars are pretty."

@willowarkan2263

4 жыл бұрын

Or roll insight.

“So I may not be the sharpest knife in the Caesar” I’m definitely saving that one for later use

"Always max out your charisma stats" is a fantastic moral.

I don't feel bad saying this cuz I know you guys and the EC crew get along: Extra Credits has a whole series on the South Sea Bubble that is just FASCINATING to watch and basically spawned a meme all its own (It Was Walpole, everyone) Highly recommend

@advxnture_

2 жыл бұрын

Wait why don't they get along?

@andyaquitaine4225

2 жыл бұрын

@@advxnture_ they do, he said they do

How about when Sweden almost declared war on Russia becasue of the clolour of a bridge.

@afcreative22

5 жыл бұрын

Okay I want to hear more about it!

@user-ve3rf8eh6b

5 жыл бұрын

@@afcreative22 count me in, I love me some good historical drama.

@yonatanbeer3475

5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, that's gold.

@Object-Impermanence-Official

5 жыл бұрын

I need more information, please, my life depends on this

@Bluecho4

5 жыл бұрын

How about that time America declared war on Russia for a hot minute, because the US was angry Russia had stepped out of WWI. There were no battles of note, the small US force sent to Russia just parked themselves in a provincial town and proceeded to spend time drinking and whoring until the "war" was called off.

"The sharpest knife in the Caesar" SWEET MOTHER OF MESOPOTAMIA BLUE

for story #2, if I remember correctly, there was an important piece of context missing. it doesn't ruin the story or anything but, the person sitting at the top playing music was at the time very well known for being the smartest/best general in china which probably played a role in the enemy retreating. I may be wrong tho because I'm *ahem* "not the sharpest knife in the caesar" (I'm saying that like all the time now btw and there's nothing u can do to stop me)

Burned Tea *Exists* That Dutch Guy: "I'll take your entire stock"

Bandit burning the tea: bRO…… DUDe we gotta…… sELL IT... like *NOW*

@eliad6543

5 жыл бұрын

xD

@skull9982

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@MrWiscow

5 жыл бұрын

"tea"

... Can you nudge Red to do an episode on "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? I feel like it's something y'all can both work on... ... Thank you and goodnight.

@VietTran-po3hd

5 жыл бұрын

Have you seen the progress of The Journey to the West? If Red also takes on ROTK, it would be forever until a new video comes out

@dropdead234

5 жыл бұрын

No, we NEED her to finish Journey to The West FIRST.

@alexanderticonuwu7591

5 жыл бұрын

As much as I want this it's too long! They'd probably need several years to finish it.

@Mr.LaughingDuck

5 жыл бұрын

Likely b/c of the upcoming release of "Total War: Three Kingdoms", suddenly within 2 months other history channels have been covering the Three Kingdoms era: Oversimplified, Invicta, Extra Credits, and Kings and Generals

@agungpriambodo1674

5 жыл бұрын

So she'll draw and Blue will narrate or Red will narrate and Blue will fill in pictures

0:52 - I can't help but hear "lewding" instead of "looting" even though I'm sure it's supposed to be the latter, and the implications of that - because they're bandits - is not ok. ...or was it supposed to be the latter and not just Blue intentionally wanting me to think it was and he's just trolling me like that. Idk. I'm probably thinking too much on this now.

@j3011

3 жыл бұрын

The general group of people he's referring to is very much known for looting, so I think that's the intention. But who knows.

Could you imagine the roman gods laughing their ass off with that whole unicorn horn debacle

“Because why should history ever be the same?” Ha! Take that 6th grade history teacher! I was right! Napoleon DID found America in 132 AD!

@edselcervantes6229

5 жыл бұрын

it wasnt on 132 ad, it was on 131 ad, get your fact right

@merrittanimation7721

5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Robert Walpole

@37robinb

5 жыл бұрын

Remember kids: you should never listen to people with anime picture in prof. Pic.

@festethephule7553

5 жыл бұрын

@@merrittanimation7721 It's always Walpole.

@lerinn2783

5 жыл бұрын

Never not Walpole.

This new Blue's clue's reboot looks great!

@justaamateur6533

5 жыл бұрын

Go away

@jaimebibelot4398

5 жыл бұрын

Cool, here at 18 likes! Hey Justin Y. are you aware of how many people are coping you? There are factions now, that's how popular you are.

@sovietlamar1294

5 жыл бұрын

YEE T

@miam6214

5 жыл бұрын

Wow i found this very early Hi

@thelordz33

5 жыл бұрын

You just now found OSP?

I'm inclined to give Cosimo the benefit of the doubt. At that time, there's still a lot of unknown land out there with a lot of room for fantastic creatures--and a species of horned horse isn't that implausible. And let's face it, 90% of mythological beasts are still less weird than the duck-billed platypus!

@phastinemoon

Жыл бұрын

Medieval Doof: A unicorn? Unicorn: *puts on a hat* Medieval Doof: Perry the Unicorn?!?!

@coltonwilliams4153

Жыл бұрын

Didn’t a European ruler accuse the first person to bring them a platypus of sewing random animal parts together?

Blue with the eric andre quotes 😂 “I don’t trust like that!” I hear you buddy

Blue and Red should start an investigation/education show in this channel where Blue and Red solve the most unsolvable of mysteries in the world: Blue is the handsome detective who is the smartest person in the world but a total ditz with women, while Red voices a devilish red feline who is like Blue's sidekick, however instead of being a kissass, she just roasts Blue every time he has a dumbass moment. it'll be hilarious and if it has to be funded by patreon, of course i'll donate. Just an idea.

@cobraglatiator

5 жыл бұрын

omg yes.

@matthewegan5281

5 жыл бұрын

I don't agree with the dynamic, they both seem a little too nerdy to make those ideas work, but I do agree with the concept. EDIT: meant to say nerdy, autocorrect is mean.

@aaronpomerantz8542

5 жыл бұрын

Or... and I'm just making a small suggestion, what if Blue was a blue dog?

@dropdead234

5 жыл бұрын

...Are you in a safe place? You have claimed the Dark One (yeah, like that demon form she uses isn't REAL) to be a SIDEKICK!? Ouch....

Blue deserves as much love as red- come on guys

@ChocoboKid216

5 жыл бұрын

He has Cyan for that.

@jvtagle

5 жыл бұрын

ChocoboKid and the city of Venice

@FireflyJuu

5 жыл бұрын

I love them both, I'm just not into history as much as I'm into mythology, despite how much they're related to each other

Ah, lapsang souchong. I remember getting hooked on it back when I read James Michener's 'Centennial' back in the mid-70's. One of the french fur trappers liked it, as I recall. I haven't had any in years.

To be fair, the Chinese general who sat on the gate and scared off an army by sipping tea and playing his music was LEGENDARY for his brilliant and unexpected strategies that could at a moment turn what seemed like a crushing defeat into a total victory. The attacking general basically saw who was commanding the defense and immediately assumed something was up... Not realizing the unexpected strategy this time was that there was nothing unexpected to fear. It was a masterful use of psychology and reputation.

7:25 "The Tale of the South Sea Company" It was Walpole.

@robertwalpole360

5 жыл бұрын

You know me too well. ;)

@nobodyimportant130

4 жыл бұрын

Damn you walpole

@koramagna

4 жыл бұрын

And it was what, 400 years? He's like Darth Maul, he keeps coming back.

@Cdre_Satori

4 жыл бұрын

Also, remember how British paid the Dutch to keep the last CEO of South Sea company :D sinking even more money into the bubble that already popped

"Some elephants didn't trust like that" But I just want to purchase a fine pachyderm. A friendly elephant, one that talks.

I love how Blue in this particular instance seems to use "renaissance man" in the same way you'd use "Florida man"

"No one matches my practical tactical brilliance!" ~China [Lafayette]

@reyonXIII

3 жыл бұрын

And that is why Zhuge Liang is the guy people think of among the Three Kingdoms cast when it comes to being the smart guy

Walpole. He strikes when you least expect him!

@andrewvarney5687

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Bismarck. He always has a plan!!!

@robertwalpole360

5 жыл бұрын

Speak my name and I shall appear. ;)

@johnblunt6693

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertwalpole360 hey Walpole, leave this comment section to me I got u fam

@Borderose

5 жыл бұрын

Why let high financial fraud get in the way of a good crusade?

@walpol3

5 жыл бұрын

John Blunt how about... no?

*Sees the South Sea Company* Here comes the Extra Credits fans. I know I'm here.

The guy playing the zither was Zhuge Liang, who was well-known to Sima Yi as they were rivals, and Sima Yi knew Zhuge Liang excelled in crafty strategies, so he didn’t even want to try and test Zhuge Liang’s bluff.

3:57 this ages well

When the sharpest knife in the south sea company is named John BLUNT!!!

@timothymclean

5 жыл бұрын

Though sadly for him, there was someone sharper around. It was Walpole.

@luigibro2424

5 жыл бұрын

To be fair Blunt did end up making money off the scheme

@weldonwin

5 жыл бұрын

Director of the Hollow Blade Sword Company

@robertwalpole360

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, Blunt. *Pulls out Mjollnir* Come out, come out wherever you are.

"I may not be the sharpest knife in the ceasar" Love that

#2 I heard a similar story about Ieyasu Tokugawa during the Sengoku Jidai. His was slightly different, as he had ninjas begin a revolt in the enemy generals' army as the general was thinking about attacking anyways. Barely survived, but proved his intelligence. Dunno if that's true either. Extra History did a bit on the Sengoku Jidai and had that in there, so talking to them might be a good idea.

That last one sounded like an exploit run by TheSpiffingBrit.

Roman Legionnaire: Hey Claudius, What are those? Roman Legionnaire: Oh my god! What is that?!

@timothymclean

5 жыл бұрын

Elephant: "Oh, Ganesh, what are _those?"_

@Bluecho4

5 жыл бұрын

DM: Roll initiative.

@davidegaribaldi1503

5 жыл бұрын

@@timothymclean * a bunch of guys with wolf skins start chucking javelins*

@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec

5 жыл бұрын

Hannibal: I roll for intimidation. *critical success* Roman Legionnaire: Our attack miss! Those monster are coming at us! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

@maximsavage

5 жыл бұрын

Roman Centurion: Oooooh, SHIT.

No one: Blue: *inserts some history no one knew about* (Edit) oH cRaP tHiS iS tHe MoSt lIkEs I’vE eVeR haD ...thanks

@timothymclean

5 жыл бұрын

I knew about _some_ of it. (Extra History did a great series on the South Sea Company.)

@countrybluegrass

5 жыл бұрын

If you only knew about the flood of Walpole comments this video is going to get...

@FenrirEX

5 жыл бұрын

@Sungindra Setiawan I'm amazed we don't hear about him more in the west. He's crazy good at strategy.

@LordRavensong

5 жыл бұрын

@@countrybluegrass Walpole? Where?

@deamon6681

5 жыл бұрын

I'm confused about that comment format, what is that " No one: " supposed to mean? Usually the format is used to describe a reaction to something: (" A: does something / says something " " B: does somehting /says something " ) But with the " No one: _blank_ " that doesn't work.

South sea company? GameStop be like: hold my beer 🍺

“Sharpest knife in the Ceaser”

There was that one time when louix XIV decided to invaded holland. But when he got to holland, they broke the dams and flooded their entire country since it was all below sea levels. So louis, not deterred, doubled back, trekked accross france, and invaded spain instead, because gotta invade SOMETHING .

Ah yes, I love myself a good puff of TEA.

Blue, you don’t give enough credit to the leeches. They can be very medically efficient in specific situations! Of course, they’re probably nothing compared to unicorn horns :^)

@Nethan2000

5 жыл бұрын

Ambroise Paré once got in argument over unicorn horns. His opponent was a huge believer in their medicinal properties and rightfully pointed out that pretty much the whole scientific world firmly asserts their usefulness. According to him, denying scientific authority was a folly. Paré, on the other hand, responded that he doesn't give a damn because those scientists are wrong. Remember this the next time you hear about "99% scientists agreeing with something".

History tales with Assassin's Creed music in the background. Love it!