EU4 A to Z - I SHOULD BE BANNED For What I Did as Byzantium 

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Byzantium reconquering it's heartlands just to lose most of it to a turkish revolt that is then eaten alive by it's neighbors is not cursed, it's the most byzantine thing you could have done and about 1000 times more plausible than it restoring Rome

Funfact: You ended the run as the Ottomans with the very same lands they were established on in the year 1300

When Hawk gets to the Ottomans, they need to form the Roman Empire. The cycle must be completed.

>goes to play ottomans >misses and clicks on Byzantium >is frustrated >decides on a plan to conquer all of the ottomans then release and play as ottomans >this video lol

Candar can be rewritten as "and car" so they have ground transportation locked down. But also, they get traditions that support their navy. So that means the only thing they're missing is air transportation. Go conquer Air as Candar. And anyone who is going to invest in such crazy futuristic technologies like flight is certainly gonna hit some financial roadblocks in their investments... perhaps even a bankruptcy. EDIT: so proud of 24:15; it's been far too long. :')

You: les make Byzantium into ottomans Me a Greek: *unsubscribes instantly*

*Sounds of millions of Greeks yelling in the distance, followed by millions of Turks 25 minutes later*

give this save to Zlewikk for a Saving Your Ruined Campaigns episode. See if he can't wipe out Byzantium as the Ottomans who were released by Byzantium after getting destroyed and then reform Byzantium as the Ottomans.

Byzantium is not endgame tag. So you can form Rúm with them. But Rum doesn't want Byzantium exists so you have to switch to Bulgarian, form Bulgaria. Then convert to Sunni and Turkish to form Rúm. Endgame tags should be in options before starting the game. It should be named as Limited Country Forming as I remember. Forming Byzantium as Ottomans should be easier. People were forming Georgia then Byzantium as Ottomans before end game tags introduced.

You should try to get the "Turkish Delight" achievement that Candar has, and then form Brazil as Candar

Nice, just refreshed the subscriptions and a new A-Z. Also i did the humble deal last time you mentioned it. Thanks for that huge deal!

I was wondering what you were gonna do and I was like: "Surely he's just exaggerating". Then I heard what you planned to do and I can only agree with the video title 100 %. I have never heard of such a cursed playthrough.

> Dismantling Ottomans as Byzantium just to re-form Ottomans "You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Love everything you do Red Hawk, I was hooked the first time I saw a video of yours a few weeks ago, and your guides and A-Z series have gotten me back into playing EU4 myself. Thanks for all your time and effort!

The game punished you for selecting such a cursed goal. Congratulations on finishing the Bs, on to the Cs. Maybe form Rum as Candar if that's possible.

"Alliance breaking with the Knights? Listen, I literally couldn't care less." Correct usage of that phrase. I love you.

Absolute madlad behaviour by Red Hawk this time.

Thank you hawk for playing this cursed a-z campaign...appreciate it👍👍

im so happy that you are getting sponsorships now!

I am so proud of Byzantium for fighting back against the Turkish Revolt that destroyed their newfound growth.

Did the humble bundle deal yesterday and now i watch eu4 on youtube. I'm happy.

Hawk: So here's my secret plan, okay... Byzantium: Not this time, buster! Commonwealth, halp! Commonwealth: We'll fight anyone named Otto, be he German or Turk! Mamluks: [shyly] Can I play too? Byz, Commonwealth: Sure!

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the provinces Hawk ended up with are the original lands of the ottomans so it's quite fitting

you strengthened noble privileges twice and the game turned on you

I like how you managed to get outcursed by the RNG of getting the Habsburgs on the throne

Never hoped for a failure until this run. Win as Byz, flip, then fail = best result.

Needed a few dlcs so just bought the bundle and donated it all to you. Thanks for the great content.

Great video Hawk. Mamluks guide soon I hope.

Hello red hawk I have been using the subscription service to play the game but now I finally don’t have to thanks to humble! Enjoy the $5 lol

Damn, so sad I missed out on the EU4 bundle, that's fucking crazy

The thumnail actually looks amazing!

As Candar: Form Rum and destroy every other turkic successor state. Side goal, as their achievement is called turkish delight why not try and conquer the province of Kandy on Sri Lanka.

Hawk, thanks for showing the humble bundle, just bought it and I'm so happy dude

I found interestingly enough - I’ve almost always been able to ally Hungary with Byzantium via improve and scornfully insult a rival. (Even if they don’t rival Hungary which makes it easier). This makes the Ottomans less likely to attack immediately so I just wait for them to do an Anatolian war - then declare on the Ottomans with Albania and the Knights. Doing that I’ve been able to use troops in Constantinople, naval barrage Gelibolu, and storm the fort. Rushing that you basically get the Balkans secured without micro management. (The only way this strategy fails is if the Ottomans ally Tunis - Crimea can also make it tougher but I managed.) This certainly made it take a bit longer but it makes it more manageable for those of us who aren’t quite as good. I can’t claim it works 100% but thought I’d drop this here for those who are struggling with the general strategy.

Absolute madlad does absolutely cursed playthrough. Now about turning off end game tags, in choose country menu there are buttons to the bottom left corner, the options one is what you need.

Dude...excellent video ever 😅 We are waiting for Circassia guide 🙏

Oh how the great Roman hero’s of old would have wept

Candar: Conquer the Great Horde, defeat the Ottomans, vassalize Castille and establish a colony to the New World

As a Greek I have to agree, you good Sir should be banned! Haha

I always love this game but can't buy all the dlcs and you are the first were I heard about the bundle. I took two birds with a rock! 😉👍🏻 great video as always can't wait to see next A to Z challenge!

Hawk using his own guide is like my uni prof who always quotes his own publications.

Me doing Ultra Chad move and giving all money to Hawk

0:20 could've saved a lot of savings there!

I heard about this Humble Bundle from reddit a few days ago but really enjoy your videos so using your link is best option.

I've suggested this in discord before, but for Candar you could form Rum and get Armagnac, Bar, Bourbonnais, Burgundy, and Champagne as subjects for all the booze.

This is the most cursed A to Z challenge you have thought of. I don't think any challenge after this can top it.

I find it interesting that you start and end the run as a crumbling empire with only a few provinces. Only this time, there might not be any recovering?

Candar is like Kandahar, take just invented achievement of to "Can" get it? aka conquer western Afghanistan as them

Can't wait to see season 3

Could be an awesome achievement (if it already isn't) to play as Byz, destroy Ottos and then reconquer all the Byz land as Otto

Byzantium and Candar are out of order in the playlist.

Mad Man Red Hawk mode.

I didn’t even watch the video yet but the answer is probably yes, you should be banned.

I hear Hawk say strengthen noble privileges in my nightmares

Insane bundle and even better eu4 series

This was so much fun, man! I suggested converting to sunni, i feel responsible for these unfortunate events xd

Such a good offer, got all dlcs today

Hey hawk your videos are so good i even turn off adblock to support you.

The Red Hawk can you make walkthrough, were you will capture only coastline provinces? For Castile, for example

Thanks for the humble bumble link, I've been watching your videos for a year now, tried the game for free at Xmas, but have just bought the bundle now. There goes the rest of my life 😂

Never Been Early To A Red Hawk Video, Now I Can Join The Early Gang. Something Cursed Is Up

When I was just thinking "Well, if they delayed Ottoman rise by 100 years, Poland should be super strong by now", the Commonwealth declared war.

How to use the humble bundle if you already have the subscription

Hey, can you please tell me how you changed the look of the game

What a great video to get off work and find

As Candar, have a second chance to form Otto. Basically the same as you did now, but then successful.

No Joke, I just skipped this ad with my third leg.

I know it’s still really early, but after this do you plan on doing a vic2 A to Z?

You really broke my heart when you said you were gonna form the Ottomans rather than Rûm.

Can u do a Granada guide I fail everytime trying to make it all work and fighting Castile it would be greatly appreciated

No! Do not do this to my beloved Byzantium :((((( xD

Thanks for telling about this great trade deal I must oblige

Turkish Delight seems interesting enough for the Candar video. Alternatively, Candar Canadia?

Totally not boring to see typical Byz stuff. Seeing it from a different player, with their own spin, as they try to optimize it on the current patch? Always a joy to watch. Anyway

super entertaining!

I JUST GOT EU4 and my fav civ is Byzantines in CK2! This video feels like it was made for me

You are saving me with this humble bunble offer. Thank you for this.

Great video! Just wanted to let you know the B in Basilios is pronounced as V :)

19:08 that is a good Anatolian border, I must say

Just waiting for World Conquest as Ryukyu :D

can EU4 be playable in a HUAWEI Laptop-SBFGOELD, KLVL-WXX9 model?

Hawk one ques, why is neither here nor in the steambundles the Origins DLC included? It really annoyes me bc the Origins DLC is the only missing in my collection sadly:(

couldnt have a better finale for B. glad the 2nd letter in the name is Y lol

I recently did a byz run and had the most fun in eu4 in a long time. Ofc ive done regular byz to rome many times but this time it was byz to great britain. Pretty much no cb the irish, sell your provinces from back home, conquer all of the british isles with the help of france and as ideas pick exploration expansion. Get carribean first then run deficit to field armies for mexico, canada, and thirteen colonies to scale with crown colonies. I also culture convereted all the british isles to greek. Got a france pu because they requested heir but it obv backfired for them. Also randomly got cossacks because i took over steppes in america. Goals at the end was remake the british commonwealth with client states plus take back home from the ottos who scaled massively because they allied muscovy from gamestart almost. To avoid diplo relations i tag switched to france with cheating to make them do client states aswell so when i go to war i get like 15+ countries with me. Honestly guys i highly recommend a campaign like this. The start is hard enough plus at the end you are just painting the map mainly because vassal swarm. lategame wars feel like a chore sometimes

It was really insane move, bravo!

Send Zlewikk the end Ottoman save. Would love to see this play out.

I've wanted to play EU4 since I was a kid in middle school watching shenyyr in 2014. But of course I didn't have $300 for DLC. Humble bundle is awesome

Nice Vibrato at 11:32

Question, so the buddle is 20$ for dlc that together is 200$ o.o That's all the dlc right?

As candar conquer the next c tag (i think it s castille) and then as secundary goal form castille

This video is why I'm such a staunch Hellenoturkist. Greek bros if we only stopped killing each other, we'd literally rule the world lol.

It was a worthy season finale.

thanks to humblebundle my friend finally bought eu4 and we can play together

Virgin Byzantium into Roman Empire WC One Tag One Culture One Faith run vs chad reforming Byzantium to collapse it and then reform it

Candar: Bring Turkish delights to the English to get them to join your ice, covering, plan.

My current game with Sweden is ridiculous... Their armies are like Supercharged Prussian space marines.

That ending was so fucking deserving. As a half-Greek, I was cheering for your demise

You should have formed Rum! That was so disappointing

I'm going to buy the DLC bundle tomorrow morning when it only has 20 hours left idk why I feel scared it will run out too quick

Why don’t you vassalize all of Epirus? It’s a bit more expensive but it costs just as much dip to annex Epirus and you get a free mountain capital you can use to fight the ottomans. You’ll also get less war exhaustion from occupation