EU4 is bad for me as a person

[tenketsu]

It does a lot of damage to my self concept as someone who can accept defeats and setbacks with dignity and restraint. Also I'm worried it might cause me a stroke or aneurysm.

PDX pls fix in 1.31 thx

 

[tenketsu]

If you can't accept any failure in life without feeling this frustrated, I don't think the problem is coming from the game...

No I did a gut check and my gut told me that it's definitely the game's fault. The only other possibility is that it's somehow a personal flaw and my gut told me that's impossible and ridiculous. You should check with my gut before speaking so you don't make a fool of yourself in public like this, it's embarrassing.

 

[threetypesofcorn]

Use s/ next time please.

This was incredibly obvious sarcasm though.

 

[Canute VII]

it's definitely the game's fault

The game knows it's never the game's fault.

 

[tenketsu]

In hindsight, the sarcasm is obvious to me now. but in my defense:
-I'm not used to seeing these types of threads on the Paradox forums (unless the title warns it), I'll be more cautious next time.
-I'm pretty sure I could have seen people using similar statements as tenketsu unironically (maybe not on the forums though, rather on reddit).

It's okay not to get the joke sometimes, or at least I hope it is because I seem to do it constantly. I believe there are much worse mistakes to make in life, like when I foolishly declared on Morroco in my latest campaign even though the Mamluks were Defender of the Faith, thinking I could still win. Spoiler: I could not.

 

[EarlKonrad]

It's okay not to get the joke sometimes, or at least I hope it is because I seem to do it constantly. I believe there are much worse mistakes to make in life, like when I foolishly declared on Morroco in my latest campaign even though the Mamluks were Defender of the Faith, thinking I could still win. Spoiler: I could not.

Not your fault for believing in yourself! Next time, try and restarting as Serbia and day 1 declare on the Ottomans. I'm sure the result will be better than your Morocco game.

 

[Titanius Puffin]

It's okay not to get the joke sometimes, or at least I hope it is because I seem to do it constantly. I believe there are much worse mistakes to make in life, like when I foolishly declared on Morroco in my latest campaign even though the Mamluks were Defender of the Faith, thinking I could still win. Spoiler: I could not.

 

[viale]

Not your fault for believing in yourself! Next time, try and restarting as Serbia and day 1 declare on the Ottomans. I'm sure the result will be better than your Morocco game.

Dont forget to royal marriage Burgundy first!!!

 

[svalan_i_dalen]

It does a lot of damage to my self concept as someone who can accept defeats and setbacks with dignity and restraint. Also I'm worried it might cause me a stroke or aneurysm.

PDX pls fix in 1.31 thx

You may have a case.

From the EULA:

"Nothing in this EULA limits our liability to you in the event of death or personal injury resulting from gross negligence, fraud, or knowing misrepresentation on our part."

 

[sekelsenmat]

It does a lot of damage to my self concept as someone who can accept defeats and setbacks with dignity and restraint. Also I'm worried it might cause me a stroke or aneurysm.

PDX pls fix in 1.31 thx

Just save scum, you will never lose again!

 

[Meglok]

It does a lot of damage to my self concept as someone who can accept defeats and setbacks with dignity and restraint. Also I'm worried it might cause me a stroke or aneurysm.

PDX pls fix in 1.31 thx

Also, don't forget that EU4 is notorious for breaking up relationships and causing players to sit in nothing but their underwear at their computers for days on end drinking energy drinks and eating doritos. The game should really have a warning label saying it will destroy your life and leave you frothing at the mouth cursing your faithless allies for abandoning you to the Ottoman hordes.

 

[tenketsu]

Also, don't forget that EU4 is notorious for breaking up relationships and causing players to sit in nothing but their underwear at their computers for days on end drinking energy drinks and eating doritos. The game should really have a warning label saying it will destroy your life and leave you frothing at the mouth cursing your faithless allies for abandoning you to the Ottoman hordes.

Yeah actually EU3 sucked me in so badly when I first discovered the franchise that it nearly cost me both of my live-in girlfriends at the time. But we ended up breaking up for other reasons later and now I don't have any live-in partners who can feel neglected and tell me to stop playing EU all the time, so who's laughing now??? ...I made myself sad.

 

[ImAdrian]

I honestly only enjoy games in which I can easily fail if I'm not planning or at least paying attention. I used to like it easy when I was a kid, but the enojyment is no longer there as an adult, unless it poses a nice challenge.

 

[Methuen of Melnibone]

Also, don't forget that EU4 is notorious for breaking up relationships and causing players to sit in nothing but their underwear at their computers for days on end drinking energy drinks and eating doritos. The game should really have a warning label saying it will destroy your life and leave you frothing at the mouth cursing your faithless allies for abandoning you to the Ottoman hordes.

My wife has actually been urging me to play something less utterly life sapping, like Kerbal Space Program, or KOTOR, or anything that doesn't require me to spend six hours gently nudging the Dutch into Alsace in the name of making 2 extra ducats...

She won't win - It's AD 1760 in Byzantine campaign, no stopping now !