You know you've been playing too much Victoria II when...

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*You think that the Prussian army could invade Siam at any time

*You aren't aware of the existence of Denmark

*You demand that Austria-Hungary be put back on the map

 

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*You randomly sing the Austro-Hungarian Anthem

 

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You wonder why the North Germans ever freed Mexico!

 

calvinhobbeslik

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lol887 said:

* When you know the world map of 1836 by heart, and most people barely know the world map in 2012.

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Technically, the Vic II map is not completely historically accurate...

 

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When you can answer a friend's AP European History questions based solely off your memory of the starting situations at 1836 (applies to EU3 as well, but at 1399)

 

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StLeibowitz said:

When you can answer a friend's AP European History questions based solely off your memory of the starting situations at 1836 (applies to EU3 as well, but at 1399)

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Example?

 

unmerged(418334)

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calvinhobbeslik said:

Example?

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I just got 800's on two practice SAT subject tests for world history and I owe it all to paradox and wikipedia.

 

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cavebear3000 said:

I just got 800's on two practice SAT subject tests for world history and I owe it all to paradox and wikipedia.

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lol, I meant an example of questions you were able to answer.

 

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calvinhobbeslik said:

lol, I meant an example of questions you were able to answer.

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hmm.... I can't think of any really good ones off the top of my head... V2 is more of a jumping off point for me I guess.

 

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cavebear3000 said:

hmm.... I can't think of any really good ones off the top of my head... V2 is more of a jumping off point for me I guess.

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Oh, I understand. It's like what another poster said: I spend lots of time on Wikipedia as a result, and that has helped me(I actually took AP Euro and World last year, before I discovered Victoria II).


You care that your people be educated but do not care if you send them to die in a large war.

 

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You meet a guy from China and you ask if he is Nanfaren or Beifaren.

You meet a guy from some strange area in Africa and you assume he is of African Minor descent.

You meet a guy from Africa and you want to know if he is from a rubber producing province or if he is a soldier. Otherwise, you have no interest in him.

 

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You wonder why South America has been so peaceful lately.

 

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lol887 said:

Some of this is also a good combination of Victoria 2 and Wikipedia, wich leads me to the last point:
*You spend the the same amount of time on Wikipedia researching the stuff you played through in Victoria 2, as you spent on Victoria 2 in the first place.

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This.

 

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You are convinced that the US Civil War was won by Robert E Lee during the Battle of Atlanta.

 

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• Apr 6, 2012

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calvinhobbeslik said:

Example?

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I knew every component nation of the Austro-Hungarian empire as a direct result of starting a game as them. Austria and Hungary were obvious, but I hadn't known about Bohemia or Croatia being part of it before.
Also, I knew which family ruled France in 1399, and of the existence of various minor states in Medieval Europe. And that Switzerland has evidently been a republic for a while, which was surprising.

Other things were less useful, such as the fact that evidently the British assassinated every member of the Continental Congress a year into the Revolutionary War, Tibet and Northern China are evidently part of India according to Victorian geographers, and Miskatonic University is real, but only if New England declares independence. So yeah, kind of hit or miss

 

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StLeibowitz said:

the British assassinated every member of the Continental Congress a year into the Revolutionary War)

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Wait, where did this come from? Are you talking about the mod that starts in the early 1700s?

 

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Each time I see someone write ADD or ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, respectively) I first assume that they misspelt AHD (A House Divided) and that their problems stems from playing too much V2.

 

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You wonder why Belgium isn't a GP anymore.

 

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Anjwalker said:

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- When you begin explaining Victoria 2 game mechanics to your family.

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I do this, with friends too. They don't believe me, or, rather, the look on their face that such a game is possible is one of disbelief!

Ahem... when you're building your grocery list and instead of itemizing you just write "canned food."

 

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You've heard of Serbia, Wallachia, and Moldavia, but would like somebody to explain to you exactly what Croatia, Bosnia, or Yugoslavia are. When somebody does, you say, "Oh, well, I remember now, Yugoslavia is the name of the big Serbian empire."

What happens next really depends on the ethnicity of the people you said that in front of...