Hoivengers Games Archives

This page is purposed to archive details to all previously-hosted Hoivenger multiplayer games.

## Europa Universalis IV

Although the Hoivengers - Discord Sect is well-acquainted to Hearts of Iron IV, the community also intermittently plays other Paradox titles, such as Europa Universalis IV.

### Unnamed Game (Indeterminate Date)

Players
 Xi | Ming
 ???

The first Hoivengers Europa Universalis IV multiplayer game was initiated by Pyro, sometime during the period of the Hoivengers Steam Group. However, it was quickly aborted due to internet concerns.

### Australian Game (2021.06.29)

Players
 Xi

On the 29th of June, 2021, the second Hoivengers Europa Universalis game was announced by Pyro. This game would be played solely in Australia. The game notwithstanding would prove too unstable to continue and was abandoned after repeated desynchronizations.

## Hearts of Iron IV

The foundations of the Hoivengers were built upon their desire to play Hearts of Iron IV (hoi4) with each other. The group hosts Hoi4 games on a semi-regular basis.

### Mark v. Coalition Game (Indeterminate Date)

Players
 Ian | ???
 Mark | Germany
 Pyro
 Xi

The Mark v. Coalition Game was a historic game in Hoivengers history. A Hoi4 lobby was created by Pyro sometime in early 2021 with the main objective being to halt Mark from expanding as Germany. Only Pyro, Ian, Mark, Xi, and Corn were present. Ian exited the game after experiencing connection malfunctions, but the game lasted until 1940. It remains one of the longest-lasting games ever played by the 'Hoivengers - Discord Sect'.

### Kaiserreich Game (2021.04.02)

Players
 Pyro
 Xi

Pyro hosted a Kaiserreich game on the 2nd of April, 2021, to commemorate the newly-opened 'Hoivengers - Discord Sect' Group. However, the game was cancelled by Pyro after a few in-game months.

### Water Closet/Xi Europe Game (2021.05.23)

Players
 Xi

A multiplayer lobby was intermittently opened by Water Closet on the 23rd of May, 2021. With the State Transfer Tool and Player-led Peace Conferences mods on, Xi joined as Poland while Water Closet played as Czechoslovakia. Water Closet eventually restored Austria-Hungary. Xi also chose to go Communist and helped invade Germany with Water Closet's Association of Free States. The game was mostly a success.

### Central Powers Game 1 (2021.08.08)

Players
 Pyro
 Xi

Pyro and Corn planned another multiplayer session on the 8th of August, 2021. Notwithstanding technical difficulties, Corn was eventually able to set up a lobby. Xi also joined the game as Germany. This game's main derivative was to restore the Central Powers faction. The team built up their respective nations until their efforts were vitiated by Pyro.

Instead of selecting the usual path towards Austro-Hungarian unification, Pyro decided to manually justify a war goal against the Hungarians. This resulted in the United Kingdom guaranteeing Hungary. Pyro was undeterred by this guarantee, and soon declared war on Hungary.

Initially, the war against Hungary was a monotonous struggle. Pyro attempted to break the Hungarian armies stationed against Austria, but was repelled. Xi joined the war late, offering 8 40-width infantry divisions to aid the ongoing struggle. By this point, the United Kingdom had gained military access through Yugoslavia and were siphoning reserve units into Hungary.

The war was decisively won after Xi annexed all of Czechoslovakia after completing "Fate of Czechoslovakia". The Hungarian forces were caught in battles against the Austrian border, and could not withdraw to the Slovakian front. Hungary capitulated to Austria, leaving the United Kingdom to fend for themselves. The United Kingdom could not retreat fast enough to halt the advances of the German-Austrian armies however, which dealt around 80 thousand British casualties.

### Japan, Soviet, and Italian Game (2021.08.09)

Players
 Pyro
 Xi

Although expressing some desire to replay the preceding save, Pyro elected to begin a new save on the 9th of August, 2021. Although Masih and Private Pizza planned to join as well, they both failed to connect due to equipment woes. There existed no focal point to this game. In the first few weeks, Xi attempted to defeat Abyssinia but was halted by Japanese light tanks. After Corn invited Xi to the Comintern however, Pyro withdrew his support.

After winning the war against Ethiopia, Xi released all Italian African colonies, much to Pyro's dismay. This trend of unnecessarily releasing small puppet governments was coined "Self-determination" by Corn, who also released Tajikistan. Shortly thereafter, Xi pledged Italian allegiances to Corn. Pyro temporarily joined the Comintern faction but later left.

Later in 1936, Pyro planned to invade Shanxi, but his computer crashed before he was able to. Pyro planned to use a separate save file to restart the playthrough, but left shortly after creating the new lobby. Returning to the original save file, Corn and Xi continued their campaign. They both aided Republican Spain in the Spanish Civil War and intervened in Chinese conflicts, such as the Dunganistan-Xinjiang War.

In 1937, Corn declared war on Poland through the Free City of Danzig and annexed the two polities.

### Japan/China Test Game (Indeterminate Date)

Players
 Warcrimes

In this test game, Corn and Water Closet tested to gauge how difficult it was to defeat Japan as China with a human player. This test did not go accordingly: According to Water Closet, Corn ignited a communist civil war but lost rapidly, capitulating in just two days.

### Tunganistan Game (2021.11.21)

Players
 Warcrimes
 Xi

While awaiting Pyro's return, Corn, Water Closet, and Xi decided to play a multiplayer session. In their first game, they played as Tunganistan with the Road to 56 RP (RT56RP) and FPS map (FPS) mods enabled. Nothing notable happened however, as Water Closet quickly returned all of Tunganistan's territory to Nationalist China before Corn unpaused the game.

### "Nations Released Game 2" (2021.11.21)

Players
 Warcrimes
 Xi

Immediately following the failed Tunganistan game, Corn decided to host another multiplayer game, this time with the RT56RP, FPS, and Releasables Revived mods enabled. Corn initially chose to play as the Muscovite SSR, but later switched countries to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). Water Closet attempted to unite the United Kingdom as Mercia, while Xi chose to contest Corn's monopolization of Russia by playing as the Astrakhan SSR.

Corn and Xi butted heads throughout the game while War Crimes successfully conquered the United Kingdom as Mercia. During his initial conquests, Corn lost a war against AI Moscow, and War Crimes and Xi ridiculed him for this embarrassment. While Corn continued to annex swathes of Central Russia, Xi invaded regions towards Astrakhan's South and Northeast. Corn attempted to turn several of Xi's target countries to Communist, which partially succeeded.

While attempting to invade Kumukh, Kumukh joined a large coalition against Xi. This coalition did not border Xi and he was safe from invasion until Corn also joined against Xi.

While things seemed initially dire for Xi, Corn's faction leader quickly lost to Japan, who fought on Xi's behalf. Due to Hearts of Iron IV's peace deal mechanics, Corn was forced to sign a peace deal and suffered major territorial losses to Xi. Corn was puppeted by Xi however and remained inconsequential for the rest of the game.

## Crusader Kings III

While the leader of the Hoivengers has never hosted a Crusader Kings III game, other members, such as Xi and Water Closet, sometimes host multiplayer sessions of this title.

## External Links

* *"The Munich Disagreement"*, a retrospective Aminoapps blog authored by Water Closet.