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iSorrow returns to Victoria 2 with China's empire to salvage

The HPM campaign mixes education reforms, rebellion and a costly intervention by France in the channel's only new upload.

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0:53China's route to normal technology research requires westernisation, with political and economic reforms to choose.
2:06iSorrow funds administration and education while selecting land and education reforms.
3:24The Taiping Rebellion breaks out, adding an internal military crisis to the campaign.
6:15France intervenes in the Vietnam conflict, forcing a costly territorial compromise.
12:07China launches a war against Britain and British India to reclaim treaty ports.
14:10The war's outcome arrives, followed by the campaign's final Great Power standing.

France joins the war, and iSorrow finds a way to protect China's core territory: surrender Korea instead. Keeping the Qing Empire together in Victoria 2 is not turning out to be a tidy exercise.

His only upload this week, "I Ended The Century Of Humiliation In Victoria 2 (By Getting Addicted)", returns to the grand strategy game's Heart of Darkness expansion with the HPM mod. Before the territorial bargaining comes the administrative work: funding education, choosing reforms and trying to afford an army without sinking the budget. His correction says plenty: "Sorry, I said I don't need a navy, I can't afford a navy!"

The campaign eventually moves from survival towards industrialisation and a war to reclaim treaty ports. It drew roughly 36,000 views in its first ten hours, making it the busiest of the channel's highlighted uploads right now. The comments bring their own nostalgia: one viewer recalls watching since Europa Universalis III, while another has just completed a first full Victoria 2 campaign after years of interest. Others are already asking for more.

The broader week was modest, with about 124,000 views added and subscribers unchanged. Nearby strategy channels UrbanLoon and The Comeback Kids had substantially larger weekly audiences, while Volound had a quieter week than iSorrow.

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What viewers say

I’ve been interested in Victoria 2 for like six years now and I just finished my first full game yesterday. I love it dude
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ISP I've been watching you since eu3. This is one of the best videos you've ever made. Thank you
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A victoria II video? In THIS economy?!
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what a good memories playing vic 2 again
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iSorrow vicky 2, nature is healing
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Finally some Vic 2 ❤
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The facts

Channel: iSorrow
Subscribers: 114,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 124,104
Videos published this week: 1
Video published: November 12, 2026
Video views so far: 35,784

The numbers

Here is iSorrow's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

1,056,595

768,332

408,939

325,397

168,664

145,913

124,104

19,552

8,721

subscribers

114,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

12,588,841

views per day

9,520

typical day: 36,077

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

143,000

134,000

129,000

119,000

117,000

115,000

114,000

110,000

109,000

As of November 13, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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