Post making contest 5.0

strictly speaking I guess that is the shortest path insofar as it's the one that kills the unit quickest

Isn't the point of Civ just to kill all your units as quick as possible? From what I've read about your Civ updates, that seems like it's the case.

The lesser known Submission Victory is a hard one to achieve in a game like this because it requires another player to actually be dominant.

(disclaimer: that was a joke there is no victory for literally giving up )

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This is episode #4.

• fifty seconds in, Lewis remembers what his unique building is
  
• Ben: "I thought you were saying that your unique buildings were mud, pyramids and mosques."
  
• wait is Lewis going to get to settle Kailash what the fuck Rythian you were meant to be on that shit
  
• Duncan you cannot influence cultural border expansion by willpower alone
  
• (you can scarcely influence it normally because it always opts for the cheapest tiles - consequently, the only thing you can do is chop forest/jungle on tiles that you want your borders to expand to so as to lower their cost)
  
• Aarhus should really have been on the river you know
  
• OH PYRION YOU JAMMY SOD FORWARD SETTLING RYTHIAN LIKE THAT AND THEN BUYING THE TILES
  
• Lewis: "The Fairly Average Library"
  
• Duncan is ecstatic about building the Hanging Gardens before Rythian, despite the fact that Rythian, having gone Liberty, cannot build it.
  
• also Duncan why settle Villainous so close to your cap don't be scared of the desert it's all lovely floodplains on your nearest edge
  
• Lewis has three cities sure but also one worker and zero happiness. That's a suboptimal foundation upon which to build an empire...
  
• wait Sjin was sending Duncan a trade route already?
  
• turn 48: Duncan finally realises his direct Petra beeline was a bit unwise
  
• eight minutes in Lewis discovers his unique ability
  
• guys the Songhai are not frogs
  
• NOBODY BUILDS ENOUGH ARCHERS TO DEAL WITH THE BARBS
  
• Ben: "Barbs seem a bit more aggressive than usual" Duncan: "no we always say that" COMPLETELY TRUE
  
• Sjin: "Duncan, your coastal city's so far away, how am I able to trade with that?" YOUR FREE HARBOUR REMEMBER
  
• Lewis: "Denmark and Songhai have taken the first step towards a great and fruitful (full of fruit) relationship." Rythian: *immediately asks Lewis for money*
  
• EVERYBODY'S REMEMBERED THAT THEY CAN MAKE DEALS WITH EACH OTHER
  
• Rythian built the Pyramids is this the point at which everyone realises he's taken Liberty 'cause between them I reckon they can just about scrape together the fact that it is the Liberty-only wonder right?
  
• (answer: nope)
  
• Sjin is bluffing on his inability to spell avocado
  
• Ben: "Oh man, Dido's just given me crabs. Totally worth it though." URGH PLEASE
  
• nobody knows how to settle blocker cities they're just leaving these huge tracts of land between each other that they're too scared to settle
  
• well except for Pyrion but still
  
• Duncan, dejectedly: "I got the Petra, but it's not hugely useful because most of my things are floodplains" THEN WHY DID YOU SHIFT-CLICK CURRENCY AT THE START OF THE GAME "I didn't realise that at the time" AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH "I beelined for that from the very start" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
  
• Sjin that settler has been sat in your capital for a few turns have you forgotten about it
  
• Ben finally becomes the first person to realise that you can actually settle in deserts and not regret it
  
• Lewis, counting: "four, five, twelve, elevety" THAT'S NUMBERWANG
  
• Duncan: "Some of (the natural wonders) count as a mountain, I don't think El Dorado does though" Lewis: "Your mum counts as a mountain"
  
• (Duncan is correct)
  
• Sjin: "I think I'm having a good game, but I can't quite tell" AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
  
• Pyrion's basically getting his pick of Sjin's land right now
  
• aw bless look Lewis is farming a barb camp

tl;dr - wonders should not be valued over cities

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