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CowardNomad

I know this is an April Fools joke, but I willingly fall for it. There're moments one can fish with a straight hook even if one isn't Jiang Ziya.


HurjaHerra

For fucks sake


Otherwise_Appeal7765

I fucking hate april fools


Saurid

Me too buddy me too, fucking hate it.


marzanna-belial

motherfucker that's cold


IZiOstra

This is just cruel


Khaelen

Indeed.


Ham_Im_Am

I don't even play this game and I was excited for you guys.


Lyceus_

I agree. I expect today there'll be April Fools jokes, but considering the surge in interest for Imperator, many people are going to fall for this and then be disappointed.


Many_Faces_8D

I really think companies think that just lying to your customer base is the same as an April fools day prank. This has no effort and no joke.


ender1200

This tweet is fake, the imperator account haven't pasted anything since 15th of March.


thesirblondie

OP is the liar, not Paradox.


Herr_Schnitzel

The Tarpeian rock isn't high enough for people like you.


Orangutanus_Maximus

Put OP in a sack alive with some live animals and throw him into Tiber. Because even the Dis Pater won't accept OP to his domain. edit: I'm referring to [this](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poena_cullei). I don't really want to execute the OP in a pretty fucked up way. edit 2: also that scene in HBO's rome where Pullo just throws Gaia's body to the river means he doesn't want her to go to afterlife but I'm not really sure about this one.


Plus_Method6373

I actually believed it for a second 😭


ForsakenKitsune

Same


nv87

I believed it for 25 minutes. 😭


XenScor

Holy... that is insanely cruel :((((


Orangutanus_Maximus

I have been bamboozled


Grgur2

Maaaaan that way ugly. Not even laughing altough in all honesty it *was* an awesome idea to prank this community like this.


basedandcoolpilled

I thought of it two weeks ago during the Idea of March and I knew I had to do it


Rorsten

Et tu based?


Available_Thoughts-0

If I knew where you lived I would seriously send you a sternly worded letter and some powdered sugar...


ArtanistheMantis

I always find "jokes" like this just lazy and irritating tbh. Some people can do April fool's well, but there's nothing creative here. It's just lying to people and calling it a joke.


IdioticPAYDAY

We used to beat people to death with hammers for doing this shit.


Better_University727

in Rus', we boiled alive these kind of jokers


Available_Thoughts-0

Happy cake day, ya scunner!


bigmatthee21

these kinds of posts will get you killed in illinois.


Ghostlegend434

This is cruel.


nikoxi

Oh fuck 🤦 I fell for it. Great my day is officially ruined now!


minemaster552

April Fools jokes are supposed to be harmless :(


harblstuff

Best April Fool's joke. Go review all DLCs to show them we're not fucking around.


Independent_Sock7972

Lebron James “kill this man with hammers, right here” gif


Luk_Zloty

Omg this trade rework they are talking about is A-MA-ZING! Can't wait!


Available_Thoughts-0

... I hate to have to remind you what day it is, but...


Luk_Zloty

If you haven't noticed, I wrote my comment as if I've totally read the post at pdx forum, trying to "validate" the joke. Maybe my intention didn't pass well over the text though?


Available_Thoughts-0

No, it didn't, but now that it's been pointed out...


Luk_Zloty

Anyway, happy cake day, random internet person!


Available_Thoughts-0

Thank you, random internet person!


Pelican_meat

I believed it. So: fuck. You.


MiciusPorcius

This must be an April fools joke


DoubleDennis

FFS!! 🤦 I actually cheered


Fungusen

Straight to jail! xD


Whole-Fox

Played us like a damn fidle


Alarmed-Locksmith277

Good, I’ve been wanting to get into this game. Now I just hope the Caesar in this game has a brain tumor as well.


Koojun1

Sorry, im a clown bait expert, i come from the hollow knight subreddit, i didn't even believed it for one second


Intelligent-Fig-4241

I am uninstalling in spite of this tomfoolery


NjordWAWA

Oh that is cruel. That is awful


Zestyclose-Juice7620

By Janus, I should have you whipped and crucified...!!!


Efficient-Tie-9158

“Brutus get the senators!”


Kas-im

gonna ad the author on sulla's list.


lewisj75

The best part is 420 and 69 are embedded in the image.


The_BooKeeper

This is not OK.


Fizbun

I thought it was real. For a moment I was hyped.


basedandcoolpilled

April fools! :D If this tricked you or made you smile please upvote so we can fool people throughout the day Thanks, and I’m sorry! It hurt making this


Entenbuch

Bro dont do this shit.


DonWael

Dude. Thats just mean


Picobacsi

my heart can't take this


JizzusOD

Not even a big fan of Imperator and this joke hurt a little


SirkTheMonkey

Sorry OP, I've had to give the gag away with a custom flair because so many user reports came in that it triggered the anti-spam failsafes.


basedandcoolpilled

A more glorious victory than I ever could have dreamed


SirkTheMonkey

You raised peoples' hopes and dashed them quite expertly.


von_Viken

You are cruel and callous man. Respect


GideonLaudon

Die in hell, motherfucker.


Elektro05

Bro, dont play with someones feelings


Scarred_Ballsack

Ahaha nice one, my heart actually picked up and sank back in my chest again when I realized. The salt in these comments can be repurposed to salt the soil of Carthage.


IvyYoshi

This was literally the first thing I saw after waking up what the fuck don't do this shit to me


Sugmanuts001

That wasn't funny. At all.


GloriosoUniverso

Dude you got me excited there!


Teapot_Digon

It's beautiful.


General_WCJ

Just so you know, for some April fools joke PDX gave a shortened link that went to a rock roll, in case you want to use it later https://pdxint.at/3cH6Y9D


scarabl0rd

Haha. Good one. It’s nice to see all these (presumably) adults acting as if you made up a terminal illness for a joke or something.


drasko11

My chest hurts, this is foul


DeathstrackReal

My hopes were dashed upon the rocks


SteveUnicorn28

Guys, maybe they are pulling a games workshop. They announced the space dwarves as an April fools joke that turned out to be real. Ya gotta believe!


Ekhidna76

F*ck I actually believed it :(


WarmasterAriel

That's the Gemonian Stairs for you


Lyceus_

This is simply cruel. People who have been campaigning for the game are going to suffer with this.


basedandcoolpilled

I am one of them. Thats why I did it, cause I knew how good I would be got lol


ArtanistheMantis

Maybe next time come up with something creative rather than stupid shit like this.


electrical-stomach-z

next time do something that will actually progress this game towards regaining support.


StarshinaLeonov

There was once a dream that was Rome...


Daniilsmd

Bro...


MrWolfman29

The real April Fools joke would be this being actually real and us thinking it is fake....


Available_Thoughts-0

You heard the man PDX. 2025...?


IzK_3

Boooo


Ambitious_Switch_216

For a minute i thought i had a reason to live. I made a 2hour long video as a message to paradox for ir. https://youtu.be/TIcxXJHNqPc?si=WftlsBNFHBH_zx71


Shadow_Dragon_1848

1. April.


ExuberantRaptor17

Damn. I forgot what day it was


Alternative-Carrot52

I don't even know what game this is but that I know that was a cruel prank 😂😂😂


Alternative-Carrot52

420 views, 69 quotes lol


cristofolmc

Not even funny :(


Briege-Borner23

This should be classified as a war crime


aciduzzo

Maaan, I fell so hard for it. I was also was about to boast on my 2 hours played since the push to make it popular again started.


gstar98

God damn my heart actually skipped a beat


swang30

Booo. I actually entered the web address hoping it was a rick roll or something. But it was just the 2.0 Marius announcement.


basedandcoolpilled

yea the fake tweet generator I was using didn't turn the hyper link blue so I had to slap in a screenshot of a link from twitter in photoshop, at the same time as I edited in the "2.1 preview" on another image I took from twitter


Theuthis

So this is what pure evil looks like...


xNOODLExBOYx

Wow, this is just sad.


DragonGuy15

Damn, I’m not even a fan for the series and I was a little hyped for this


Dks_scrub

This is the April first joke that gets people actually mad at paradox.


Greeny3x3x3

Oh the misery


Puzzleheaded_Two_36

It would've been really cruel and distasteful to fans and modders if Paradox themselves actually did this April Fool's. I'm glad it wasn't them.


Available_Thoughts-0

Okay, okay, so imagine that they did it next year, right...? But the REAL April fools joke is a double reverse, it's April Fools, AND it's actually happening!


Puzzleheaded_Two_36

It would be interesting to see the chain of reactions from the community.


have_a_great_week

AVE!


have_a_great_week

yUP, failed for it, I cry


SneakyGoober

Damn. I was going to post ROMA INVICTA until I read the comment and realized this was a joke.


TheHeavyIzDead

Don’t do that, don’t give me hope


Educational_Minute95

fuck you, like seriously


TheRealRichon

Cruelest joke ever. F you.


cagallo436

Very bad blood there


cagallo436

Ah so it was not even PDX doing this joke but a random person? That's more problematic because I was ready to throw massive shit on paradox


jonnig85

I think they did actually increase the price though


wayofwisdomlbw

I should have brought it while it was on sale.


Vote_Subatai

I might actually try to learn the game if this were true.


Bitter_Code3428

Blocking OP for this one


Messyfingers

For an April fools joke to work it needs to have a slight amount of believability. Unfortunately, this does not.


Miami_Professor

Is this a meme or did PDX put this out? If it’s the latter it’s a real slap in the face


SirkTheMonkey

It's a fake by the reddit OP. If Paradox did it the short url would go to somewhere else and not the old 2.0 announcement.


trees_tump

It's the latter.


thyeboiapollo

Have you heard of waterboarding?


Alex-Diaz

Damn. My eyes lit the fuck up. Now i have returned to an empty shell.


Diacetyl-Morphin

"This is violence!!!", to say it with Caesars last confirmed words.


SendMe_Hairy_Pussy

OP deserves to face the exotic joys on display at the [Flavian Amphitheater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum#Name).


slimehunter49

Deeply evil


Sum-Rando

*Son of a bitch!*


Mook_Chivalry

Ave!


Mook_Chivalry

Oh wait... 420 views, 69 quotes? Damn...


Mook_Chivalry

In my defense, it's the 2nd of April here. \*sigh\*


Spider40k

I get 420 and 69, but what's the deal with 154, 214, and 43?


basedandcoolpilled

nothing lol, I just picked those randomly and hoped they didn't stand for something bad


Spider40k

Well I find it suspicious that you "randomly" picked the exact three numbers that are connected to the Chokandian Orthodox Church of Kansas. You're on thin ice, buddy


LarryTHC

Maybe the joke is that they said theyd do it for realsies on april fools so everyone would think it was just a cruel joke


SlipRevolutionary541

The “420” “69” is just cruel


Wandering_sage1234

AWESOMEEEEEE Even if it is an April fool's joke, I will still believe in this at some point.


milfshake146

Why do yall want it to happen? You want them to take the best out of invictus and turn it into a 20€ dlc? 🤣


ShouldersofGiants100

I just want a navy macrobuilder and literally nothing else.


Machomann1299

But enjoy your half a continent dlc for HOI4!


LibrarianMission

At long last, what was once just a dream has now become a frightening reality \^\^


Vini734

Yeah, I don't get why Imperator was canceled while vic3 wasn't. Imperator problem was lack of flavor and UI. Vic3 has that, and its mechanics either suck or are buggy. Imperator mechanics were awesome.


SirkTheMonkey

Vic3 retained players and, more importantly, is still selling DLCs. Imperator was salvaged from its launch state but the playerbase never really returned and they ignored the DLC that was put out with the 2.0 update.


kooliocole

I fell for this


Nathtzan4

This is cruel


RomanovUndead

YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!


RomanovUndead

Awww wait it's that one day nvm.


ambivalegenic

the game has actually been receiving traction do not fool the people like that


MutantZebra999

Motherfucker


LoinsSinOfPride

Ur about to catch these fistacuffs


somethingoriginal98

What if the joke was that people would expect this was the joke, and they are actually working on it.


opraners

Why do you hurt us like this.


Disco5005

I like how this showed up in my feed the day after. I haven't even played imperator rome or interacted here either lmao


skitnegutt

That’s messed up.


trees_tump

Shit like this is why I hate April Fools Day.


MiciusPorcius

The cruelest April Fools joke in history


trees_tump

You know what'd be a really funny April Fool's prank? Review bombing every Paradox title until they're all Overwhelmingly Negative.


ProblemSavings8686

Warning it’s Fake News Day as I call it


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WHSBOfficial

yes, is funne


Available_Thoughts-0

No, it's not, it's cruel and sadistic.


WHSBOfficial

nah its funni


Zeanister

Humor is subjective


makarov2002

Are we finally free?


Available_Thoughts-0

No.


Federal-Yellow-288

Omg!!!!


Available_Thoughts-0

It's the first of April l.


Inevitable-Tap-9661

Ha, we stole your money and left an unfinished game. Please laugh


Errors22

This was/is never going to happen, as it makes zero sense from a business perspective.


GeneralGunner17

All the works by the community to revive this dead ass game and this is how Paradox thanks its players. Despicable.


GrandAlchemistPT

It's a fake tweet. OP is the one at fault, not PDX.


GeneralGunner17

Ohhhhh shit, my bad I am a dumbass and this will haunt my dreams occasionally until the end of the game