Okay, some people have missed the point here (even though I said it in the intro, you impatient bastards) - I wanted to be the first person to get the *event*, there are MUCH easier ways of flipping to Norse. I really REALLY would NOT recommend doing this. Ever. I regret it and I got a video out of it. I've aged, lads. I'll never be the same again.

@overlord3083

Жыл бұрын

dw, at least we got the laugh out of it, so continue doing even worse stuff. laith self-torture series must continue

@guestofearth

Жыл бұрын

My condolences and congratulations. You really took one for the team here.

@NR2GOODTV

Жыл бұрын

have you ever done the re-reconquista? its a tough challenge in its own right but to add to the pain you can add the conditions of not being kicked off iberia and staying sunni.

@DonutOfNinja

Жыл бұрын

I've seen someone who got it as Norway in ironman

@SqurrielEMT

Жыл бұрын

It kinda hard to see the “miss point” when your title and what you trying to say is 2 different things. However, you definitely are the first person to do this as Norway from my pov as Florry did it as Sweden (had nothing to do with animist) and Ludi did flip in a video via Greenland mission from the Norway mission tree. Thank you for your suffering to make this video

Dad: Are you winning son? *laith in tears laughing maniacally* Laith: Yes dad, I have won

I'm starting to think Leith is a masochist........

@tellurius4951

Жыл бұрын

He is

@joundii3100

Жыл бұрын

He's literally a Paradox games player.

@TheSocialStreamers

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel.

@marcus4046

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSocialStreamers hey remember that MONTFERRAT game?

@blue291

Жыл бұрын

@@marcus4046 Or Lotharingia!

Most youtubers look at their achievement lists to find content but Laith looks at the full list of events. Top tier.

I don’t understand why they made this event so difficult to get. To form the mongol horde as the teutons you need to basically reconquer Ghenghis’s empire but at least that is actually FUN

@Wandererkai

Жыл бұрын

Facts😂

@shaddaboop7998

Жыл бұрын

It's just an easter egg. You're not really supposed to be able to switch to Norse in the game.

@kabobawsome

Жыл бұрын

It's not actually that hard. Being Iceland is what made it hard. Doing religious ideas reduces it to 50 years, and it's super easy as Sweden or Norway.

@TheGriftcast

Жыл бұрын

Probably assmad about people being interested in indo European religions or something.

@Hadar1991

Жыл бұрын

Because calling a country a Mongol Empire is way easier than resurrecting dead religion that nobody believed for centuries. :P

Imagine the misery of this being an achievement

@jonathanbreasantiago4442

9 ай бұрын

It would be very worse than 3 mountains achievement

Laith, I'd love to see a Manchu run after you get all the new update stuff out of your system!

Sorry I couldn't help more

@TheSocialStreamers

Жыл бұрын

You were a gem

psychological torture, broadcast straight to my office. I saw a man die today.

@TheSocialStreamers

Жыл бұрын

Oh, I died on the inside a long time ago.

Thanks Laith, glad you toughed it out - looking forward to seeing more of this run

i love this best video you have done, the editing is really on point. Cant wait for Ulm :)

So.....i got the rarest event on my first playthrough....as monatchy gotland.....im proud

I respect the grind and the fact that he put a 40 min video out showing his misery. Completly based and very relatable..i rememeber going trough similar pain going for surfing usa run

respect for having the patience to do this Leith, would love to see how the new Norse of Iceland fair!

There's the other, less painful way to get norse via the Norwegian mission tree and the Greenland mission, which has a >10% chance of spawning two norse provinces

@jacobmacaree3063

Жыл бұрын

The point of the video was to get a specific event that made you Norse. Not just "how to become Norse".

@maxvanderland

Жыл бұрын

That event is broken right now :) Ludi cheated again unfortunatly.

@eafesaf6934

Жыл бұрын

@@maxvanderland really? What he do this time?

@PLTakeMe

Жыл бұрын

@@maxvanderland what?

@RV1AND

Жыл бұрын

@@eafesaf6934 he used console commands in "ironman" to get the event option he wanted (the code for the norse option is written but it is commented out in the release version of the game, so it can't actually occur in ironman mode).

No joke, you are such an entertaining EU4 tuber, one of my favorites! I love the passion and the enjoyment you showing and doing this angsty RP choices.

Definitely keep playing! You've worked too hard for it to be put aside....Hats off to you determination!

I've never clicked like so fast in my life: not because the video was any better than it usually is (which is stellar) but out of a sense of humanity for this tortured soul! Laith, you are putting in the work so we don't have to, cheers!

Great video man! You stuck thru some torturous hours but it was worth every second of it! This was hilarious and impressive, really well done lol!

He is a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will! Thank you kind Sir for providing us this content after such a painful way of getting it!

I just want to take a moment to appreciate the dedication that this man has to this game. Please keep making amazing content :)

Here to help the algorithm! Good luck on runs similar to this!

the amount of suffering you went through in this video finally made me subscribe :)

I like that you collaborate with the boys now! Keep it up

Congrats! I do want to see where you take this run now that you are free of the event hell. Want to see if there's any more neat Norse stuff added in the lion of the north as well

now that's some commitment that Laith put in this Content. That's why i Subscribed!

Laith, you are a hero, haven't laughed like this in too long, brilliant video

My only issue with the requirements is the age. I believe being excommunicated meanwhile having completed religious ideas is logical for this event due to a religious monarch who is denied by the church being able to seek a solution in other means of finding god, but declining faith in the reformation period makes much more sense rather than an era of colonization

@wesselstolze9555

Жыл бұрын

it might be because of dwindling norse populations? still silly i dont believe there where any left but hey, i dont see paradox going for an he was exploring his faith

@hatimzeineddine8723

Жыл бұрын

In the reformation age they would just change to protestant

@dumpster-kun7132

Жыл бұрын

@@hatimzeineddine8723 that checks out, but maybe it should be before the Protestant reformation fires then.

@teathesilkwing7616

Жыл бұрын

@@dumpster-kun7132 that would give you even less time than currently

@Old_Harry7

Жыл бұрын

Religion becomes historically less important after the age of reformation therefore it checks out you have to do it earlier but I would have put the event up before the age of absolutism.

Thanks for showing us the event chain, I don't think I will bother myself with this method

The majoras mask next day transition was just the icing on the cake a great video into an epic one lol

The amount of effort on the vid is insane, just want to push it for the algorithm

Bro you are insane! I love it ❤️

The absolute madlad did it, congrats Laith. Take a few days of break, you deserved it.

What an absolute mad lad… I was losing the will to live just thinking about all those reloads

It would be cool to see this game continue, maybe get into Scandinavia or go colonial if you aren't too late.

I love how we can see the pain in his eyes growing every attempt

If you can rival (or otherwise significantly piss off) the Papal Controller, then you can get excommunicated and that's another 0.5x mean years to happen modifier. That's a total of 25 years mean time to happen, and that's pretty easy as Sweden if you're really trying.

I like that they even added the possibility of becoming norse in the game although I wished it wasn't this ridiculously hard to get. Hoping they continue fixing this dlc and fleshing out more features that were lacking. Romuva and Lithuania definitely is an area that is in dire need of flavor and content

@Jamiiemac

Жыл бұрын

It’s much easier to get as Norway colonising Greenland, still RNG, but takes sooooo much less time. Ludi done a video on it the other day

@dabestestgoblin8495

Жыл бұрын

You can just get an animist province in Scandinavia, a event will turn it Norse pretty quickly, allowing you to convert via rebells

@Jamiiemac

Жыл бұрын

@Mike ?? Is that supposed to be a dig because I watch more than 1 paradox content creator

MOAR!!! And thank you for your patience

Laith : I want become first guy get this event Also Laith : ITS NOT FUN AT ALL, WHY I DO THIS

Paradox needs to make an achievement out of that,not just an event.

@Nolaris3

Жыл бұрын

Please don't, Laith has already paid for our sins

@HumanPerson_final

Жыл бұрын

I disagree. While it's an accomplishment, it's apparently such absurd levels of grind and RNG. Achievements should be enjoyable and/or challenging, not just random BS that takes blind luck mixed with cryptic requirements.

I'm really proud of being able to get this event a couple days ago, it was the first thing I did with the new dlc. It really synergizes with a pirate Gotland run, since everyone will hate you anyway (you'll be raiding so the relations penalty from being a different religion doesn't matter, plus the gov reform that doesn't allow allies is unironically the best one). The pirate republic allows you to spam reelections to get the scholar/sinner personality trait (or to reelect a young guy to be a 6/5/5). When you do flip norse, the elections allow you to easily switch between the norse diety bonuses (basically as flexible as protestantism). The naval forcelimit is seriously helpful in being able to handle your island empire. Plus, the flavour is unbeatable (literally raiding norse vikings). I seriously recommend playing as pirate gotland if you are trying to flip norse. If you're finding it difficult, look at how florryworry started his run on his twitch (his day 1/2 vods both have succesful starts). His strats work on normal difficulty just fine. In the initial war against denmark, take bergslagen and you're good!

@MegaDigie

Жыл бұрын

Also, I'm not sure if Laith will see this, but you want to check what effectiveness your raids are by hovering over the button before you raid. Laith got 0 ducats from the english channel, but he should have gotten a few hundred. If the effectiveness is at 1%, it means someone is hunting pirates in that node. Send light ships to privateer in that node to increase the effectivess of the raid (pirates get increased privateering efficiency, so even this synergizes with Gotland

florry did get this event on stream as sweden, by having johan vasa a sinner like 3 days ago :)

Congrats now :) So much patience for this :)

Now I know what red hawk should do for his a-z with norway

I know your pain, I play opms all the time and try to go big. The only thing keeping you safe is the hre, scoring strong Allies, or having no borders with great powers. I end up birding a lot to get alliances, bankrupting myself to raise above force limit with mercs to get allies. getting good siege progress for wars- going hard and fast on a more powerful country for a decent white peace. It’s also crippling to even lose a battle when your force limit is ~15k.

Laith, what a man you are. Thank you for sacrifing yourself for our enjoyment. I did like that you did this as Iceland, don't worry about it.

I started laughing somewhere early on, then it just kept getting better and better. And, before I knew it, I was giggling and snorting like a kid 😂😂 Cheers Laith!

Guys, if we want him to suffer the most, we need to NOT vote for this to continue. If he does all this work just to not have the fans want him to continue, then that will crush his soul harder than continuing. (note, I don't actually want Laith to suffer more, just wanna do funny meme. Video was great and has convinced me to do this insanity as Sweden... while trying to get the Poland PU and Burgundian inheritance. wish me luck)

The slow, clawing descent into madness.

Nice to know that Leaf doesn't change his shirt from day to day. That's a fun find

I thought Bergslagen only increased the chance of it happening like a moddifier.

@villus9384

Жыл бұрын

No it’s required, you can check the EU4 wiki Norse events page to see the requirements. I’m pretty sure you just need to have picked religious ideas, not complete them, even though Laith keeps saying that he needs to complete them.

@tienos5397

Жыл бұрын

@@villus9384 I mean that when you look in the event folder of eu4 -> Norse -> the event A Wave of Curiosity norse.event.2 does not mention bergslagen as a requirement anywhere. And the events following that (norse.event.3/4/etc) only have it as a modifier. Therefore I was curious if the wiki might be wrong. I know the wiki does not mention it. But the wiki has been wrong before.

@gadrill4285

Жыл бұрын

@@tienos5397 Looking at the file right now, one of the requirements for norse_events.2 (the start of the norse nostalgia event chain) is "owns = 4", meaning you need to own the province with id 4, which is Bergslagen.

@tienos5397

Жыл бұрын

@@gadrill4285 Ah thank you. I didnt notice that because later in the code they use it as a name.

7:46 that should be your new Twitch "Pog" emote

you deserve a like just for willing to put yourself through this pain, here have a like

I hate to break it to you, but Florry got this event first try as Sweden 3 days ago, and at 1465 too

@Diyel

Жыл бұрын

No, what Laith is trying to do is get it as Iceland. Ludi also did this, but with the Norwegians.

@ori1721

Жыл бұрын

@@Diyel Fair, but he kept saying how he is the first to get this event while not mentioning Iceland being a part of it

It took me nearly 20 hours to revoke the privilegia as Scandinavia after the reformation hit hard... Darn this game - luv it 😂

According to the wiki, your ruler also has to have "Withdrawn from Public Life."

Now we need a part 2 and on where Rome, Jerusalem, and Mecca are converted to the true pantheon.

9 to 5 playing in the background really sells the PAIN laith is experiencing

Would love to see more of this campaign, as much as it pains you lol

I want to see this continued man

Laith! Do a Madyas run as a pirate republic, burn Ming to the ground by raiding, blockading and embargo and have the 'Sunset Invasion' achievement as well as creating Malaya next!

27:37 That roast made me crack up 😂😂

Welcome to TheSocialStreamers, where Laith makes his life absolute hell for our amusement.

props to the editor for montage 2

Keep it going, Ironman Norse Iceland into Scandinavia

This is the Kobiyashi Maru of EU4 content

I wanna see more of this!

Would honestly love to see more colabs between you two. Chewy and Laith, that's enough to make a grown man gay. Cry. To make a grown man cry.

Man literally did the poggers face 💀7:45

Now this is advanced map painting

Valhalla! Keep this series up!

You can also get it from greenland in the norwegian mission tree

Light ship combat abilities is very OP. In my Scotland game my light ships would sink all the enemies combat ships in the Caribbean. I had quality ideas and Navy super power so my ships were unstoppable cause all the flanking. I had 200 lights in the Caribbean 300 in Lubbock and 200 in novogrord.

Love the Dolly Parton montage music

Love it, but just make it an event chain that you can do if you wish

That look at 5:09 is the EU4 feeling you get when you know you fucked up.

This is truly your magnum opus.

15:10 Alright we lost a galley... and GAVE IT TO HIM! THAT'S SO COOOL!

I feel like we are dark eldar sitting around feeding on Laiths suffering 🤔

Give this man a like for the sheer dedication.

Can't be the first person to do it when Ludi put out a video of him doing this a few days ago already lol

For the pain in this video you deserve 10k likes

You, good sir, are mental. But hey, definitely impressive. To sit here like less than a week since the DLC has come out (unsure how long you've had access to it but still) for the vastt majority of a day to get the event. It's just a shame you were tabbed out when the first event actually fired lmao.

Suffering with Laith

and i thought that i was in pain doing this as norway... gg man

The fact that you can become the MONGOL EMPIRE reborn as the Tuetonic Order relatively easily is already absurd. Generally, something entirely dependent on RNG to a degree that someone can waste entire DAYS IRL to get it to occur is absurd. So yes, this should be easier. I personally think that the base MTTH should at the very least be 50 years (I'd prefer 40 or 30 or even 20), with completed religious ideas halving that, and the ruler requirement only needed 5 in admin (the way its worded implies its academic curiosity that kicks it off, so admin should be the skill required for it). I also think they should have added a way to revive Lithuanian paganism (Romuva, IIRC, which actual historical records strongly suggest was still being practiced to some degree locally in certain villages in the early 1400s), but that’s a different topic.

I save scummed this event during the last 2 years of the age of discovery to try a Norse (ideas) Prussia game - it took 5 hours lol Then I did a Gotland game and got it within 2 years of meeting the requirements I think Gotland is actually in a prime position to get the requirements too, as their Reforming Denmark path gives them strong allies, a lot of cash from the HRE coffers, and on top of that, their ruler is both heirless and old enough to make the Talented daughter fire more frequently.

The absolute pain, and determination. I'd love to see Norse Iceland take over the north, destroy the HRE, and dismantle the papacy. Conquer or destroy anyone who declared war on you... And keep a friendship with Poland. They at least allied you in your darkest time.

Ludi made a video about it using an event from a mission tree as norway

7:50 Laith just became a cartoon LMAO

I couldn't finish this video. It was too painful!

Honestly I usually don't comment much but just for laith and the pain he went through, I will, well done laith

The Nintendo 64 version of 9-5 makes this *chef's kiss*

no copyright 9 to 5 was a good song choice

I have never seen Laith so broken since the West Rome campaign

laith: who fires event at 2AM? game: 2AM? time to fire the event!

Pls, make the second part, where you play as the Norse Iceland.

There should be a marker on how many people have completed this thing

My face when they restart instead of using the "Sell Province" diplomatic interaction :stare: Seriously though, well done mate. You deserve this win.