Also note that DDRjake started his own Ryukyu WC AAr [forum.paradoxplaza.com] one week later. Whats funny is that he said he would do it the manly way - with some exploit! I actually didnt use any exploit and i had to wait till the 1700's just for the Japanese AI to unify (could not invade Japan and thus conquer the world before the shogun unified the country, a known bug back at 5.0).

LINK [forum.paradoxplaza.com] to the forum post that showed when i finished the first legitimate Ryukyu WC. Posted on January 30 of 2012. It was definetely the first legitimate Ryukyu WC because the other 3 or so players that had done it before me had all other achievements unlocked, even those you could not get because they were bugged.

beautiful map paint

Here is another link to the screenshot.