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Should this thread continue?

Wait for Soviet Storm Rising to be released.
- 16 (47.1%)
Don't bother continuing the let's play, but document anything modding related.
- 4 (11.8%)
Just lock it, it has had its day.
- 1 (2.9%)
Wait for a new scenario, or create one yourself.
- 5 (14.7%)
Please keep playing the same stuff over and over! I like repetition!
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Author Topic: Let's modify Shadow President! - Soviet Storm Rising re-enters production!  (Read 228562 times)

Angel Of Death

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« Reply #795 on: January 28, 2012, 06:29:44 am »

Quick question: Anyone know what will happen if I declare war on an enemy alliance member without nukes? Mexico is looking mighty yummy with 150K men at 8K funding for each...
The Soviet Union may nuke you, it has happened to me before. I'd suggest saving before invading them.
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« Reply #796 on: January 28, 2012, 07:52:11 am »

Game Update

March 3, 1991: United States forces in Greece attacks Bulgaria, the only Soviet WTA member left in Eastern Europe.
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March 4, 1991: The Soviet Army is in full retreat as the United States and its allies advance deep into the heart of the Soviet Union. By this time, the US had full control of the Ural Mountains and much of the Soviet Far East. Mass desertions occur and many soldiers are captured or killed by advancing American forces. The Soviet carrier Kiev is destroyed by US fighter-bombers. The Soviet capital of Moscow is nearly surrounded, but despite this, the Soviet leader simply refuses to capitulate and vows to the people to destroy the imperialist invaders.
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March 6, 1991: Bulgaria surrenders to the United States upon demand. The Soviet Union is in utter chaos. Most of the Red Army had been killed, captured, or deserted. Many soldiers refused to fight, despite death threats from KGB officers. Many field commanders even summarily executed their KGB officers. Most major Soviet cities had fallen including Moscow, forcing the Soviet leader to retreat to a safe house outside the city.
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March 7, 1991: The Soviet Union surrenders to the United States upon demand. All Soviet troops are disarmed and the surviving North Korean soldiers return home.
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March 9, 1991: The United States launches several surgical strikes on North Korea. A few hours later, South Korea and the United States launch a full scale invasion of North Korea. Due to the heavy losses North Korea already suffered, they had less then 70,000 troops left.
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March 17, 1991:
World War Three: North Korea surrenders to the United States and South Korea upon demand. Since South Korea had the larger number of troops in the conflict, they officially take charge of North Korea. North and South Korea are now reunited after 40 years.
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Middle East: Iraq invades Jordan despite US Protests and Appeals to the UN. Jordan is defeated the very same day.
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March 17, 1991: Current Events
The United States and their allies have succeeded where Napoleon had failed. The Soviet Union is out of the picture and North Korea is now under South Korean control. However the Third World War may not be over yet as a new possible crisis appears to be brewing as China prepares covert actions against Japan. The United States will likely start deploying troops in countries bordering China. In the meantime, the United States will likely end their neutral stance in the Middle East.

Post-Conflict Budget:
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Post-Conflict QofL:
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Seems the US Occupation of the Soviet Union and Bulgaria is taking a strain on US Quality of Life.
« Last Edit: January 28, 2012, 08:18:13 am by Experiment632 »
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« Reply #797 on: January 28, 2012, 07:56:25 am »

Holy crap, you are now an Uber-power. And that economy is CRAZY. I mean, HOLY CRAP.

The only thing left standing in your way for the United States of Earth now is your approval and China.
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« Reply #798 on: January 28, 2012, 08:00:14 am »

China will be easy.  The American public?  Not so much. 


You'd best put on your best "Charming President" hat if you want your polls to go back up.  If you actually manage to get that, which I'm thinking you'll do, please, conquer the rest of the world that is unallied to you, piecemeal, raise opinion and polls, launch another war, repair damage done to polls, rinse, repeat. 
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« Reply #799 on: January 28, 2012, 08:07:09 am »

Holy crap, you are now an Uber-power. And that economy is CRAZY. I mean, HOLY CRAP.

The only thing left standing in your way for the United States of Earth now is your approval and China.
Yeah, 64% does sound a bit low despite being majority. However I know by experience that invading Iraq and hitting them with surgical strikes tends to earn me more popularity and defeating them really sends my approval ratings through the roof. And I think there might be a bonus for liberating a single country under Iraqi control. Also defeating China this year should be easy provided Iran, Turkey, and Japan keep their troops in place.
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« Reply #800 on: January 28, 2012, 11:25:49 am »

All events listed in this update have been retconned since my popularity was starting to plummet due to my extremely low QofL. I am resuming the game from the point right after I defeated the USSR and the two Koreas were reunited
« Last Edit: January 31, 2012, 06:08:55 pm by Experiment632 »
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« Reply #801 on: January 28, 2012, 11:27:52 am »

I'm curious as to what your filters look like right now. Ideology, alliances, etc?
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« Reply #802 on: January 28, 2012, 01:15:41 pm »

First playthrough of this today. After Iraq invaded Kuwait in early 1991 not a lot happened for a long while. In late 1992 I had gathered enough troops in and around the middle east (Mainly in Saudi Arabia) to take Kuwait back in under a week. The Iraq/Kuwait Neutral Zone assasinated its leader and became a capitalist state, willing to house many of my troops - using this as a base to push on into Iraq worked less well, despite the assistance of Turkey. Seems like Bush Senior might have been right. My popularity shot up initially, but after many months of attrition warfare (despite 2 to 1 ratios in troop numbers and deaths in favour of the US/Turkish alliance) it plummeted and I was impeached. Opening trade with the USSR probably didnt help much, nor did the infighting between South Korea, Japan and India (all of which I pretty much ignored), who were all engaged in a nice round robin of surgical strikes, condemnations and so on.

Might play things a lot less safe in my next game, assuming the AI is a little less reserved.

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« Reply #803 on: January 28, 2012, 11:42:30 pm »

Current Events: April 6, 1991--Revised Edition

Middle East: I am increasing the number of troops stationed in the Middle East in case Saddam Hussein decides to have a go at Israel. Iraq still has its nuclear program going and their ambition is at an all-time high. American participation in the conflict is seeming more and more likely everyday. May deploy a US military contingent in Israel. Should Iraq attack Israel, the United States will be prepared to retaliate in kind.

World War Three: The Soviet Union and Bulgaria are under US control while South Korea has taken charge of North Korea. The United States has granted MSN Status to the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, and North Korea, causing US Quality of Life to go up from 60 to 70. So far my attempts at bringing peace have been less then successful. Due to my earlier surgical strikes on North Korea, my polls went up from 64% to 75%. Building my troop levels in Thailand in preparation for a possible attack on the Soviet WTA members of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. I have begun a military buildup in countries adjacent to China. India, despite being Nationalist, has temporarily joined the United States World Team Alliance to face up against the Chinese.

Current US Budget
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Global Status
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War Levels
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Ideology
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Quality of Life
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World Powers
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Ethic Behavior
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Ambition Levels
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Economic Sizes
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World Team Alliances--Note: Soviet Union is out of the picture. Starting next year, China will assume leadership over the former Soviet WTA members that remain Communist
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Iraq and its land holdings
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« Last Edit: January 29, 2012, 12:04:44 am by Experiment632 »
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« Reply #804 on: January 28, 2012, 11:45:34 pm »

EDIT: Oh, nevermind, you reloaded.

So what do the World Team Alliances look like right now?
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« Reply #805 on: January 29, 2012, 12:58:26 am »

Alright, a couple of things have happened since my last showing of my game. So it's time for a new set of pictures. I won't say much since the pictures more than explain the situation.

United States of Earth, Febuary 1st 2004.

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« Last Edit: January 29, 2012, 01:06:06 am by Tarran »
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« Reply #806 on: January 29, 2012, 01:14:28 am »

Let me get this straight: The United States goes on a neocolonial rampage in Africa and builds up the NATO-Warsaw Pact tensions so far that fucking Switzerland decides to join the Soviet faction even though Communism doesn't exist anymore, and you are headed towards a Stable Peace. Which is something that never happens in this game.
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« Reply #807 on: January 29, 2012, 01:16:30 am »

Well, they are nationalist. Which I guess could be a valid reason.

Also note that Switzerland joined sometime... I think before I went on a rampage.
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Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
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Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.

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« Reply #808 on: January 29, 2012, 01:19:37 am »

You think the omnineutral nation of Switzerland decided to join the Soviets, while surrounded by your allies, before you went on your neocolonial, completely insane, paradox peace causing rampage?

How exactly did you convince anyone to like you during all of this?
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« Reply #809 on: January 29, 2012, 01:23:58 am »

You think the omnineutral Switzerland decided to join the Soviets, while surrounded by your allies, before you went on your neocolonial, completely insane, paradox peace causing rampage?
They joined the moment the SU went Nationalist.

I went on rampage... some time from when the SU was Imperialist, to after they became Nationalist. Take your pick

How exactly did you convince anyone to like you during all of this?
I apparently did a really good job at managing the economy, and I made sure to stay high in approvals when elections come. I also made sure all the wars were quick. Trust me, it wasn't easy. I've had massive drops of approval, down to 32% from... either 60 something to 70 something approval. Something around there. But, so far, I never reloaded due to losing.
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Unknown to most but the insane and the mystics, Tarran is actually Earth itself, as Earth is sentient like that planet in Avatar. Originally Earth used names such as Terra on the internet, but to protect it's identity it changed letters, now becoming the Tarran you know today.
Quote from: Ze Spy
Tarran has the "Tarran Bug", a bug which causes the affected character to repeatedly hit teammates while dual-wielding instead of whatever the hell he is shooting at.
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