R.I.P Bittersteel's sanity. His mental sanity was also purged by Stalin

@thewafflegamer6152

Ай бұрын

He saw the same things that Stalin saw

@user-sf5jq7tt8y

21 күн бұрын

The last victim of stalinism

We tried an intervention and it didn't work, alright. Stay where you are. We'll be sending the loony bin mobile shortly.

@iMajoraGaming

Ай бұрын

peepoNod

@azalon2752

Ай бұрын

Bubbles you need to do a new guide on qinq china plz

Ah, yes. Truly, Stalin's mustache was the most dangerous thing in the Soviet Union in 1936.

@playergasman37

Ай бұрын

My district manager has a mustache like that 😅

@jebbroham1776

Ай бұрын

To just SEE Stalin in 1936 was dangerous.

A few tips: 1) Stability is necessary - it gives -5% of consumer goods factories (as opposed to +5% with zero stability), which is a lot. To keep stability, you can appoint Stalin as an advisor (+0.20% weekly), lower taxes (+0.20% for each lowering; better appoint Andreev as an advisor before that), or change foreign policy to “cooperative” (USSR is a warmonger, lol) to get a “promise peace” decision. 2) Everything needs PP, so it will be constantly lacking in the beginning. You have to start with focuses that give PP and do everything you can to get it: military parade, radio and TV research, infiltrating spies into another country's government (usually gives +25 PP). 3) A huge source of resources is selling weapons, primarily small arms. So invest in the League of Nations (decision) and sell everything you don't need. 4) One of the challenges in terms of avoiding military disaster in 41 is to gain army experience. The best source of it is skirmishes with the Japanese. There is a trick that allows you to gain experience indefinitely: you need to put six full-blooded divisions at the planned point of attack and arm them with tanks and other things that increase armor and breakthrough. Then while the first three are fighting and losing organization, the other three can recover. It's an almost endless source of experience. 5) It is important to win the war in Spain. This will give another portion of experience and bonuses to research. It is also important to study the command doctrine at least before the attack on Finland, to increase the maximum amount of experience and to be able to accelerate the study of doctrines for army experience. By the way, the debuff in the case of continuing the war with the Finns can be endured, and it will end after the victory. So it is better to capture Finland completely, thus closing one of the fronts. 6) It is better not to leave western Belorussia empty in 41. Putting up a line of cavalry (mobile) divisions will slow down the Germans a lot at the cost of some losses.

@DuplexWeevil337

Ай бұрын

Yes

@FireDragon16180

Ай бұрын

Superb 👍

@guest1470

Ай бұрын

I don't want to know the pain this man went to know all this...

@vallergergo737

Ай бұрын

A bit of extra I would add to this, is to let go of "vanilla" division-design influences. Support companies, particularly, HQ, Signal, and Supply, can be fucking lifesavers

BitterSteel: "I will starve every peasent in this country" Stalin: "Sounds about right"

@hragpalandjian3970

Ай бұрын

😂😂

@rogerr.8507

Ай бұрын

we call them liberated workers

@yaboikindabored9831

Ай бұрын

But Bittersteel actually succeeded the five year plan. Bittersteel better dictator than Stalin confirmed?

@rogerr.8507

Ай бұрын

@@yaboikindabored9831 no, cuz Stalin played on until 1953, Ironman mode before there were any strategy guides. He was truly a pioneer.

@alexzandrsokolov3184

Ай бұрын

Bittersteel taking the Stalin role play a little too seriously

This is like decrypting the Enigma, but if you had the same amount of brain matter Stalin had in 1953

@FairyRat

Ай бұрын

lmao

@emberfist8347

Ай бұрын

No the Enigma was easier than this. The trick was to bait the Germans into using a message you already know what it says such as that mines being in a certain area. Also it is easy to decrypt any message that is transmitted on April 20th.

@bachtruongson9408

Ай бұрын

@@emberfist8347 this was a joke lol

@StudyOne-tl4ww

15 күн бұрын

You could change the date to 1941 (or even 1932) and the statement would still hold true

@emberfist8347

15 күн бұрын

@@StudyOne-tl4ww He died of a tumor in 1953 though.

23:26 "These armies are effectively useless! I can't even beat Finland!" - historically accurate soviet union

@deeznoots6241

Ай бұрын

But the Soviets did win the winter war, sure it took throwing absolutely massive numbers at a much smaller Finnish army until they managed to break through a gap in the Mannerheim line but still…

@melvinw123

24 күн бұрын

@@deeznoots6241 Which is just what happened in the vid😁

@battledroid8010

21 күн бұрын

@@deeznoots6241 I don't know if calling nearly 400,000 casualties that great of a victory

@deeznoots6241

21 күн бұрын

@@battledroid8010 never said it was great but it was definitionally a victory, victory is not decided by k/d like a video game.

@remixgameyt1172

21 күн бұрын

​@@battledroid8010 it was a victory. A Phyrric victory

Funnily enough, in earlier episodes Bob the Builder used to hang outside of the cab on all of his machinery (which included a caterpillar tracked dump truck with a bulldozer blade attachment). After a while OHS regulators made him drive inside the cabs which lead to the demise of the show.

@therealtony2009

Ай бұрын

how did it lead to the demise of the show

@KaizerKlash111

Ай бұрын

According to the famous youtube historian DocuDubery he was intrumental is building T34 factories and he even made the berlin wall

@Boothinator247

Ай бұрын

@@therealtony2009 when people stopped seeing him hanging out of the cab people thought he fell off

@furioussherman7265

Ай бұрын

Are you serious?

This is how BitterSteel's wife punish him when he forgot to buy milk from the grocery...

@iMajoraGaming

Ай бұрын

it's true i was the milk, he walked right by me and said a milkish slur

@Frenzyv2

Ай бұрын

@@iMajoraGaming what slur did he express

@fredtheted3530

Ай бұрын

Udderpiss.

@Cheesburger1009

Ай бұрын

​@@Frenzyv2 milk

@tfayushmc2947

Ай бұрын

​@@iMajoraGamingCan I drink you ?😋

And I thought Road to 56 was complicated….

@Bitt3rSteel

Ай бұрын

Oh God, this is so much worse

@zalotskykarpov1884

Ай бұрын

​@@Bitt3rSteel do the German part

@simmy2208

Ай бұрын

Rt56 is child's play compared to black ice

@burger7499

Ай бұрын

RT56 is supposed to be complicated?

@vasiliymedvedev1532

Ай бұрын

​@@Bitt3rSteelbetter

I love (?) how you can tell your sanity is already fraught and on the brink within the first 5 minutes

Objectively speaking, the 2nd Five Year Plan was a success across the board. It led to a vast improvement in industry, agriculture, production, development, quality of life etc. It is just that the goals were set so absurdly high that formally speaking the plan was considered a failiure despite all the successes.

@Tjurenful

Ай бұрын

Quality of life ?

@dwarow2508

Ай бұрын

@@Tjurenful Yes

@McHobotheBobo

Ай бұрын

Indeed, sadly anti-communism is so rife and normalized that people can't even acknowledge reality in regards to the Soviet Union. Makes many people, even the Black Ice team, to make caricatures of reality rather than portray a single good thing around the USSR. It does look better than when I first tried Black Ice 4 several years ago

@tfayushmc2947

Ай бұрын

​@@Tjurenfulyeah by a lot

@Tjurenful

Ай бұрын

@@dwarow2508 so the starving that people endured due to Stalin selling foodstuffs for cash that he could invest into producing steel and coal and other heavy industry was really an increase in quality of life

Bitter summering black ice, "oh man oh god oh man oh god". Sounds like fun :)

Black ICE Spain world conquest?

@DuplexWeevil337

Ай бұрын

No thanks, I want the video this decade

@kraigisboss

Ай бұрын

Basically with all the new stuff added playing a minor country is just not possible just look at the BICE germany video for example

People Be Like: Why was the soviets so bad during WWII BitterSteel: Stalin.

Bittersteel: "I will starve every peasant in this country if that means succeeding." After 30 million die, "A job well done"

0:00 your tone of voice just sells it all... you know how much suffering you're going to go through

Ill do -3 pushups for every like this gets! What if bittersteel had an evil twin called sweetiron, or saltyaluminum?

@Golden-lc6oi

Ай бұрын

How the hell do you do negative pushups? do you lose muscle when you do them? what does it look like? is it relaxing?

@Cheesburger1009

Ай бұрын

​@@Golden-lc6oievery like he gets means he will watch 3 bittersteel videos.

@viligerm6592

Ай бұрын

​@@Golden-lc6oi3 bags of Doritos

@myththegoatlover

Ай бұрын

​@@Cheesburger1009 even better

@TamiGeorge-vs1ug

Ай бұрын

@@Golden-lc6oi he has do 351 spu-hsup

"A little heavy artillery never hurt anyone." 🙂

love the mod its a pain. and i found you can change nato symbols by changing the icon in the division template.

Whole video in one pharese: "Oh no, oh God..."

Every time i see a BIce mod playthrough, I get overwhelmed by the amount of decisions that need to be juggled. It's insane

@TheHuffmanator

28 күн бұрын

Almost like you have to think...is that complicated for you?

This mod is closer to the historic events than other versions of the game. Finland bleeding the Soviets during the winter war and the Soviets trading manpower for time during Barbarossa happened.

That looked like absolute hell, thank you for suffering *for* us. Bc I'd never subject myself to that, but I LOVED how historical that was, from getting pushed all the way back to Moscow to the massive pockets army group by army group that the Soviets pulled off in 43-45. Only thing which didn't fit to the timeline was that it took an extra 2 or so years to get to the push-back. But then again, had the Allies done fuck-all, a war 2 or so years later with a total Soviet victory 5x as bloody is probably exactly what we'd see. Black Ice is art. It's a piece of artwork and it's beautiful. But it's definitely more of a thing to just behold, and less of an actually-playable game lmao. Thank you for your sacrifice 😅🫡

@TheHuffmanator

28 күн бұрын

Doesn't take a genius to play a game bub. Just think and breath at the same time and you'll be just fine.

@KCmasterpiece2

28 күн бұрын

@TheHuffmanator never said it took a genius. Said it's unplayable. As in, so overly-hyper-realistic that an enjoyable game is turned into never-ending redundancies and tedium, with a ridiculously steep learning curve due both to aforementioned redundancy as well as needless features that bloat the game to the max. At least for me. I mean hey there's a market for everything and if you enjoy BI mod more power to you. But it's not fun for the majority of players.

@TheHuffmanator

28 күн бұрын

@KCmasterpiece2 Need to learn what English is bub. Though if a video game is too complex for you, I can understand you have issue with using words you don't know the meaning of. If being a vegetable is the only way you have fun, more power to you. I pity you. You shall go nowhere in life if simple logistics bring you to a stupor. Good luck.

“Cauldron, kestle, whatever the fuck you wanna call it” you can tell how done he is lol

I love how Bittersteels accidentally played winter war historically.

21:21 Yeah, sure the game "kept crashing" so you "had to start over again." We believe you, Bitter ;D

@TheHuffmanator

28 күн бұрын

Yeah, mod has never crashed on me. Lying to cover up his inadequacy at playing a video game...

A new video! I have been wanting to try HoI4, but it looks so dang complicated, and then you play a mod that is even more in depth! And to be honest, it was good to see you struggle for a bit. Would love to see some play on insane difficulty as well.

its very historically accurate lol

This mod was the first game ever to make me break down and cry mid game

46:35 "I think my wife is mad at me that she hasn't seen me in days" Then why is the Chad man there?

That's a funny one because it actually +- historical with some little changes (like Leningrad wasn't surrounded, but Karelia was just given away, and all stuff with date because of BICE)

@WALTUH...PUTYACOCKAWAYWALTUH

Ай бұрын

I know, was surprisingly historical. Initial "oh shit" moment followed by massive retreats, before german army gets repeatedly encircled and eventually collapses

Thanks for playing my favorite mod. I can't believe you're doing all these videos just for me!

Watching bittersteel play black ice is like watching a computer glitch. Because it’s such a travesty That he must play a game that he has no knowledge of

thank you very much for that amazing video bitt3rsteel! als always top quality, interseting gameplay and fun commentary! Really appreciate all the work you put in, even in things which we viewers dont see, have a nice day!

The first time I tried this mod, I took one look at the production screen, didn’t understand it, and quit. Now I know that was a good idea.

These are fun to watch. Black Ice seems to make the game a lot more challenging, and a lot more realistic (for HoI4).

I appreciate your hard work. I really enjoy watching your videos on hoi4. You are literally my fav hoi4 KZreadr. Thank you 👍🏼✨

*Beginning of the video* Bitt3rsteel: “Black guys”

Cool, now play black ice as Italy.

It absolutely costed him his sanity 😬

Btw to challenge your sanity: if you do nothing during the prep of the civil war as the nationalist (no state clicking and no focuses), you start only with the colonies, 8 divisións against 81, your capital is in equatorial guinea and you are forced to be carlist. Idk that sounds like a challenge hand a half

Watching Bit3rsteel play modded HOI4 Is like watching Alex the rambler play vanilla

Watching BIC Soviet Runs is the same as watching Live Leak Videos. I see what you did there at 5:39 Great Video Mr.Bittersteel :P

0:19 I like how the major nations are all ordered in terms of difficulty. USA and UK are the easiest and furthest to the left (no direct borders with major enemies), France and China are the hardest and furthest to the right (major early game threats as a very weak nation).

love the videp bitt3rsteel. Have you ever played World Ablaze? It is a super hard mod that has Expert AI integrated into it so the AI is extremely competent to fight against. It is pretty damn polished too. It is way less new mechanics that you have to micro manage and a bit simpler research and production

Bro has a passion for melting everybody's braincells

33:59 Yes totally pounding and pounding

This feels much more accurate to real life, whether or not it is!

So glad these guys are modders and not developers.

@TheHuffmanator

28 күн бұрын

So we won't have to deal with people like you complaining over thinking and breathing at the same time. It's a blessing at times...

great video! haha, when bitt3rsteel starts to swear you know things are really bad

Waiting for your World Ablaze run 🙏🏻

1:35 That is a proper Soviet mentality, comrade! :D

hope you do a China and Japan playthrough as well

'We need to get rid of these purged officers' I think you already got rid of them

ok that was cool... now play Italy

You know its bad when Bitt3rsteel is even saying curse words while playing HOI4

I just love how depressed bittersteel is at the intro.

Anyone else want to see Bittersteel lose his mind even more and have him try historical templates in this mod

It would be an amazing video for bitter steel to slowly lose a war kind of like what he often does to an overwhelming enemy

Bittersteel: why is playing as Soviet Union so hard? Stalin: Thats what i said!

Equestria at War, when?

Black ice always gives me a warning that Ironman mode increases the chances of your game crashing when I select it

Congrats my man

Next Italy after them we never will ever hear of you xD

was very enjoyable so much hart work and you did a good job

Play as Nationalist China in Black Ice next, it's absolutely impossible.

@TheHuffmanator

28 күн бұрын

Not complex to defend from Japan.

Truly a interesting way to play.

Soviets having WW1 not researched is a bit too harsh of a nerf to them, ahistorical too. Historically, Deep Battle doctrine is much more modern doctrine compared to the 19th century German Bewegungskrieg.

Great, now start 1936 as France in Black Ice, good luck comrade.

"Playing as the Soviets is punishment by mechanic . . ." sounds realistic!

would like to see japan or britain be played naval island hopping in this evil mod

Its a good day when bittersteel posts

Bitt3r : "My wife probably is mad at me because i haven't seen her for a few days" A few moments later Bitt3r : " I will not touch HOI4 for a few days because of THIS STUPIDITY"

Wonder if they’ll ever release a single mod for the kakoda campaign

"Whats the hardest nation to play in black ice?" "Depends" "On what?" "On who you play"

Bittersteel, i remember you commented on another blackice video that it is not worth it..... the balls on this man, man

This is truly an historical game

Before starting the video, I'll do a pushup for every thousand soviet soldier K.I.A. (After seeing the video) For gods sake...

Thank you for this, without this i woulda went 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 trying this

Oof just cracked KR Sardinia on my fourth attempt and thought _I_was a hero - way to put me in my place, buddy!

The first time bittersteel play soviet historically, look how close germans to Moscow

Its like people are getting tired of how urbanístico vasilha hoi 4 is and going to black ice, after playing it i fell in love with hoi 4 again

First time in a while that we hear Bittersteel swear And of course it's black ice

"If you don't purge people who ask questions , then you ain't communist" - Joseph Stalin, probably

Bitt3rsteel, I would hope to See a road to 56 video at some point, as a Belgium run would be fun, because Belgium has its own focus tree in that mod.

Blessed is the soul of the HOI4 player, for the mods are made by the forever enemy himself

Now you just need to do it white denemark next and your done man lol❤❤❤

I also went for the Soviet Union on this mod, and I needed 4 tries before I finally managed to win. Same thing, the game crashed on peace deal, so I lost my sanity.

At this point you might as well play every major nation with BICE

when you're going to play black ice Poland, with a fun two front war?

The man with a steel heart. And Stalin

I would love to see you play the Japanese in this mod should be fun. Goal should be to take out China and control all of the following for a challenge: Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand. Bonus props if you can take out India as well.

@TheHuffmanator

28 күн бұрын

Not hard too do, can be completed by 1942-43 just casually playing.

1:00 Its not the biggest but it gets bigger *snickering ensues*

now black ice japan but you have to restart if you lose the yamato.

I do wonder how Navy is handled the in the mod. So Japan would be interesting

such a real one

Stalin the Wario of the Rodina 😂

Can you play Japan in black ice? Thanks for the funny videos i love your videos ❤❤

My fellow compatriot, try Italy next, good luck!