A Truely Awful Start with no good tiles or room to expand - Kongo Ep.1

[@mr.tapman8685]

6:13 "I don't feel boxed in at all" 7:58 "I'm feeling very very boxed in" That escalated quickly

[@wizzlet6821]

Lolol

[@bremeteam9189]

Can I re comment this?

[@thatoneguyinthecomments2737]

@@bremeteam9189 why?

[@bremeteam9189]

Idk I like the comment

[@alijahrudy7016]

you all probably dont give a shit but does anyone know of a way to get back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot the password. I love any tips you can give me.

[@mrjblacc85]

oh, you've got a really good spot for the panama canal! This will go really nicely with your venetian arsenal! ;)

[@HBaes456]

Ya, Plz build the Panama canal!

[@rivaldealer__]

build the Panama Arsenal

[@jan-lukas]

And the venetian Canal... Wait, that makes sense, that's bad

[@mohandasjung]

@@jan-lukas I like your words magic man

[@Basketball_is_Life66]

😐

[@chainsisinapickle2014]

So early my dad hasn't started drinking yet

[@MarkVicarage]

Dark burn!

[@joshuasmith2664]

Ooo self burn does are rare!

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

wtf dude

[@wingmanbarkerhere1696]

Dude that’s crazy! My dad once emptied my bank account and left 🤣

[@bloop2911]

@@wingmanbarkerhere1696 mine just emptied my mom of her blood XD

[@blank5298]

This style is the perfect blend between enjoyment and analytical. I reaaaaaally like this kind of style. Also comment to flex on algorithms.

[@KingOskar4]

8:42 well this is just bad RNG, "legendary" start and you are surrounded by 3 neighbours that get irritated easily, like Ethiopia's "LEAVE THE HILLS 4 US!!!"

[@andrewplehn4805]

I was today years old when I learned that the boost for Early Empire could be triggered by the combined population of your empire, and not just a single city. I have 1000+ hours sunk into this game.

[@cacs2201]

What? It is one of the clearer boosts, and you get it all the time at the start...

[@emiratii2464]

ikr me too

[@JoeKnaggs]

I'm pretty sure it was changed from just the capital to your whole empire many months ago

[@RandomTomatoSoup]

@@JoeKnaggs No, it's always been like this.

[@RandomTomatoSoup]

How? Do you just not pay attention to what the inspirations are?

[@sami4508]

I LOVE this "semi over explained" thing, it helps me to get better, thanks !

[@lucasclarke9252]

Kongo are a lot slower to win culture in the late game because they can't build holy sites. No holy sites means very little faith, so you can't buy very many naturalists or rock bands

[@maartenswartenbroekx7395]

You can actually get some good faith late-game from excess great person points

[@robertposaric6419]

Relics provide faith if you can get them i guess

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Strap yourself in bucko for a sub 250 win, I'm calling it now

[@commandojoe123]

@@robertposaric6419 also if you can find a way to store them without holy sites or old god obelisks.

[@kristianmartinez2182]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey Can you do that while still prioritizing the Venetian Arsenal?

[@raffloresjr]

Love the zooming in edit you’ve been making these past couple of vids. Makes it easier to read

[@Eric-sy1xu]

I like watching a game where you're seemingly half-stressed about the decisions you have to make. I'm shit at Civ and haven't played it in Yonks cause I'm at uni rn, so having you explain nuances in these specific and seemingly minute details is really useful. The game as a whole kind of links into my degree as well cause you can take analogies from the game mechanics and translate them into Real World Shit like "oh right, Venice did well in the renaissance cause its shipyards were Tight and so its trade routes were exceedingly profitable as a result of innovative shipbuilding designs enabling more cargo space", & shit like that

[@Fenrir6543]

Cree word of the day "Expand" "ᑲ ᒪᐦᑭ ᓭᐦᒋᑫᕁ" / "ka mahki sehcikehk"

[@sauronsmundwinkel]

Why is """ first hk then hc?

[@Fenrir6543]

@@sauronsmundwinkel Apologies, that's my additional " quotation marks

[@sauronsmundwinkel]

@@Fenrir6543 damn they fit in there so well

[@Fenrir6543]

@@sauronsmundwinkel Yeah apologies, I've not noticed that until now. Thank you for pointing it out to me!

[@joshuasmith2664]

Fitting

[@TheJackOfFools]

I'm enjoying the slightly compressed format. I also liked the old way, too, but you are doing good either way. If a compressed YT format is better for your engagement or what have you, you still doing good. 😃

[@Panchiwiris]

Playing a game without secret societies now seems weird. They were a great addition to the game

[@sauronsmundwinkel]

For me Same but also apocalypse sind except for the meteors its more realistic

[@robertposaric6419]

Secret societies makes Deity gameplay an Emperor gameplay in my opinion... its fun but so is playing civ on lower difficulty

[@herrofriend2030]

@@robertposaric6419 But sometimes it makes it more difficult as the AI also get a lot of governor titles early, which can make there early game lead even bigger

[@auphe7980]

@@robertposaric6419 some IA turn 100 200 science is not making it more easy x)

[@pauldavis1001]

@@robertposaric6419 I completely agree. Secret societies gives you stupid bonusus which the AI can't utilise. Even on deity

[@misterbleedinggums]

I thought it was a perfect amount of explanation, plot harvesting was one aspect I didn't really have a full grasp on and this really helped me out in understanding how to better analyze when/if I should chop. Keep up the awesome videos!

[@maxparker4808]

“The more they like you the less likely they are to declare war on you.” - PotatoMcWhiskey, Master Diplomat.

[@Frankiefailure]

I like all the zoomed in screen shots. It's much easier to read. Im sure that take a lot more time in editing tho.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

its worth it though

[@redhidinghood9337]

Love these kind of playthroughs. They don't have the super detailed or unnecessary parts but still retain the most important and entertaining ones

[@andredie45]

I hate water maps, got a spawn once with two tiles surrounded by two mountain ranges, a lake, and the ocean, that was the quickest restart I’ve ever done lol

[@koensmit8955]

Great start. Never seem to win with Kongo so I am really looking forward to this series

[@Spacerips1984]

Just waitin’ for everyone to spam “pLaY rElIgIoUs KoNgO” in the comments

[@brandonzzz9924]

So if you get a religion from someone else, then kill them, then spread to the whole world: do you win?

[@joshuaward2271]

@@brandonzzz9924 you do not, unfortunately.

[@Spacerips1984]

The strat has *f a i l e d*

[@MrFish-kg1cn]

@@brandonzzz9924 You have to found the religion to get the religious victory

[@iRewer]

@@joshuaward2271 f**k! :)

[@maxjahns9063]

Very nice to have such a series again. I recently wasn‘t really effective anymore. I was a Bit upset about it because I know that I‘m better than this. This series reminds me how to be more efficient and concentrate on my goals.

[@ultdarrspdr6583]

A spelling mistake from Potato? Finally, after that one time you got a sponsor, I can confirm it's you

[@robertposaric6419]

6 gold per turn for open borders LMAO

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

The Art of the Deal

[@redhidinghood9337]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey The best trade deal in the history of trade deals, if I may say so

[@blackwind2992]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey like the time you pay 250 per turn for a piece of great art ?

[@KaizerKlash111]

@@blackwind2992 like when Eleanor (uk) had no military strength, 2 cities left and 8 bombards at her door she be like : Nu, you pay me 300 gpt for peace !

[@samuelhakansson6680]

There is currently a bug at play after the last update, where the AI will sometimes accept ridiculous trade proposals. Dunno if that happened here, but it happened to several people. In my last BM Teddy game on Deity, the AI refused my initial offer of 4 iron for a great work of art, but when I clicked "what would it take?" the deal switched to green and I was able to clean Peter out for 4 great works for nearly no cost until he refused to trade further with me. The same works for city deals afaik once the bug is triggered, even though it is unclear atm what triggers it.

[@aidanabregov1412]

Me, whenever I choose a Civ and a Map in CIV VI

[@AussieAnnihilation]

I like how much detail you put into explaining the pros and cons of your decisions, it's helping me to be a more conscious player, thank you.

[@OddityDK]

Please do “over explain”. That’s the main reason I watch your videos. To learn. Otherwise I might as well spend the time playing the game instead. A request though. Could you make a habit of scrolling down to the game seed whenever possible?

[@IphigeneiaAthysiaste]

Thank you for posting this! I get a LOT of starts like this, with a lot of mediocre tiles and nothing super great nearby, so seeing your thought process on how/where to settle and how to go from there is very helpful to me

[@auphe7980]

same, i find myself spamming the restart button x)

[@vojtechzahradnik7830]

New Civ series, excited to watch it all

[@glaucousgrey990]

I absolutely love Civ V, and I've played it quite a bit. Up until I found this video I hadn't wanted to get Civ VI just because of the price of it with all DLCs, and later because I forgot it existed. You reminded me to check on the store page, entire thing DLCs and all was on sale for 50 dollars. I'm gonna have a lot of fun once it finishes installing, and hopefully start with some good strategy knowledge to boot! I owe ya for both, thanks!

[@AliRadicali]

0:27 "This is a very nice starting location" 1:55 "This is a really really tough starting location"

[@ninao1147]

I'm loving your tutorials. Thanks so much! I almost never have tried anything except a diplomatic win until I got to king level, then I needed more. Watching your nice, and unranting, strategy has made a lot of difference!

[@elimayerson8206]

That was the greatest intro I've ever seen, I have to say

[@alantremonti1381]

Just needed a star wipe.

[@shackledheart]

Seeing a potato vid notification brings joy to my life ❤️

[@adz3141592654]

Potato.. I think I speak for us all when I say we like it when you are in adversity, its way a better watch than when you are smashing it. The way you think yourself outta these grim situations is genuinely a quality watch with cards etc and clever play. keep it coming man these vids are getting me through mass furloughage xx

[@dave4290]

The editing improvement potato is making is something else, i love it

[@dongxuanzhang344]

I absolutely love the detailed explanation you are giving, civ 6 is such a complicated game

[@TheArkannon]

"I'm not feeling too boxed in at the moment" Me, reading the title: Oh no

[@shawncalderon4950]

Greetings from Chicago. This over-explained play is absolutely brilliant for the new-comer like me. Great video editing and superb narrative. I am now officially addicted to your channel!

[@leparis57]

This is a great to watch... as a new civ player I need the explanations on why you are doing things... so I appreciate the time you put in explaining the things you do.... cant wait for the next episode

[@aslake3341]

Your let's play are always such a pleasure to watch, I truely love them. I really enjoy the way you explain every single move and point out the little details. Keep going, love your work !

[@kevinjackson745]

I'm listening to this while I work, and it's enough explanation that I can follow without watching closely, but not so much that I get bored waiting for you to do something. If this is a new format for you, keep it up, it's great!

[@kidlatdakila2]

Also started as Congo yesterday! I'm also having a terrible start because the switch version of Civ6 keeps crashing.

[@Stymfalide]

A nice, long, relaxing hic sunt dracones will sort you right out, PMcW!

[@jtscott4275]

This is the good solid-gameplay and thoughtful-planning content that you're great at, Potato. Glad you're back in this mode again!

[@alisaldogan3872]

I was really happy to see you playing tall without doing a one city challenge then you saw those endless deserts. I am disappointed to be honest. I like you and I will watch the series no matter what but in my opinion you are playing so optimized that it prevents some of the fun. I'm %100 sure that you can win this game with that 6 cities but there will be 12 cities with unpronouncible names in unrelevant positions. I don't know if I'm the only one but small empires make me emotional. Seeing my builders making farms like a county, thinking about villagers who are so happy with the new road that their trader just made, watching my spearmen defending their homes on a mountain pass till their last drop of blood puts me in atmosphere. I don't know why am I writing these little stories lol. You are my favourite Civ6 channel, keep going!!

[@dDeckon]

If the Eleanor Game has taught us Anything: Just Settle a City Next to Ankara{Ottoman City} & Flip it :)

[@luiginmario]

I love this format bro! The arabia play was a bit too long so it became kinda boring but this one had my focus the entire time and i learned a lot from your explanation. Please hive us more of this format if u can please. Thank you for keeping the community alive bro

[@Elitexemnas]

Hey Potato. I was watching another video of yours where someone mentions that we get a free sub on twitch with amazon prime so I just went over and coughed up some bezos bucks for you. I like the semi-overexplained content as I try to get better with Civ 6. Appreciate you buddy

[@xhmaah]

For feedback: I watch your videos because you explain. Your content is both entertaining and educational.

[@yaziyo]

Yay continents and islands map! I love that map type because you find yourself exploring and settling for the entire game as you always seem to find little bits of land forgotten by the AI, while not having to focus your entire game on the naval side of things.

[@twistedfatesf]

Star position: legedary For potatoMcWhiskey: someshithole

[@holdenrolfs]

I love this series already. Each minute of this episode was golden.

[@NostalGaming]

keep up the good work bro you are my favourite civ 6 youtuber,greetings from indonesia

[@nathanadler4024]

Hi Potato, I know you probably won't see this comment, but I want you to know I think your vids are great and they've helped me improve a lot at civ6. Keep up the great content!

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

thx

[@pippifpv]

A newb like myself, loves your "over explained" game play. I learn so much

[@ShaqPlaque]

This is the type of start that I abruptly pound "Restart" on around turn 40. It'll be interesting to watch it play out.

[@chippie9223]

Im in the midgame of a Kongo game so this is perfect timing to learn

[@Percevalois]

Your explanations are perfect, I learned a lot !

[@stingypotato6893]

Really liked the amount of explanation

[@pitohui9430]

I would have settled on the silk.Would that have been a bad play? +1 Culture from the getgo +fresh water+1 amenity

[@waltermoran9344]

Loving the gameplays!

[@veketal]

"This guy really overthinks the starting location" -My dumb brain trying to make me feel better for not being 999IQ

[@bernardonegri5416]

23:36 Potato spends a minute and a half explaining his decision to chop a rainforest tile. Never change, Potato.

[@albertgranell7335]

I'm loving this gameplay format!

[@bigfudge2031]

You should play a game as Victoria and rush harbours in every city (with the pantheon that gives extra production toward the first district) when you combine that with the policy card, governor and free enquiry dedication you can generate insane amounts of science and gold in every city.

[@adammorley9233]

Very much enjoy the semi over-explain style, thanks potato!!! 🥔

[@cathiddenonabush]

Man pls keep it up, i aint loosing one single video.

[@cenvor2684]

The two tile island would make for an interesting "isle de mausoleum "

[@schattenfreund8116]

We have good a food. We have five luxus. We have not nice idustrial zones.

[@Destromath2]

Man I would've ragequit this one after seeing the Ottomans and Ethiopians forward settling me like that. You have so much knowledge on this game its incredible to see how you salvage something I would've deemed impossibly hard.

[@eduardo3652]

Fantastic explanation for how to run a tall civ! I don't ever seem to play tall anymore.

[@asaevans3629]

Man, the Ethiopian guy’s stare is the stuff of nightmares

[@michaelbiondi2142]

I've been having a bit of trouble against the deity AI lately, and I usually have to start my games over a few times before I get anywhere. These playthroughs are SO helpful to me, though! Keep up the great work sensei!

[@nickjeffery536]

I started a new game today and had a great start - Playing a standard Pangaea map size as Basil, I spawned right between Yosemite to the west and the coast to the east - this meant that settling in place got me the sailing boost (and all 6 coast tiles in range of the capital had either crabs or fish), and a really decent first tile to work. It also gave me the boost for Astrology (allowing me to rush for it, as I was in Shuffle mode) and I found the Hermetic Order, allowing me to install Pingala on Turn 1... All of this allowed me to get really early swordsmen (plus a vampire) and eliminate my neighbour Alexander before he could really get started...

[@andrewboardman2654]

Think they tweaked the AI recently, just got completely wrecked on diety last couple times, they seem to be a lot smarter now, last night started game, and had two AIs show up with massive armies and declared war almost at the same time, had just popped out a slinger, so woulda been screwed with just one of them declaring war. and next game, only one declared war shortly after getting my slinger out, but showed up with all his guys again, before they only threw like 2 or 3 at a time. Even put it down to immortal, and got wrecked yet again! Yesterday was not fun :(

[@peeledapples4176]

I played a game today where I was a good way towards a science win then got *devastated* by a bunch of disasters. A previously friendly Kongo suddenly rolled in with modern armour armies and kicked my ass. Was really impressed with how the AI chose the perfect moment to attack.

[@firrat]

The more I watch these Deity gameplays the more I realise it all comes down to planning

[@actualturtle2421]

DUDE! That theater square/entertainment complex diamond is brilliant. I just knocked out a culture game as Teddy in under 200 turns using that. Absolutely diabolical.

[@DSMTyralion]

I like the overexplained gameplay. It gives me the opportunity to learn more!

[@paploox5404]

I totally understand why but I hate it when you chop rainforest/first in luxury tile

[@magickshamrock13]

pretty sure you could make a +5 industrial zone in Mbanza Mbata if you put an aqueduct on the hill tile between the mountains, and shifted both the industrial zone and dam in Kinchassa down to the right so the Mbanza industrial zone gets the dam adjacency. You'd lose that other production from the hill tile though.

[@BlutoLongneck]

I think this video shows that restartitis is a thing of the past! I would've started over on this map, no doubt, but from now on I will look more carefully what the map actually offer you. I'm surprised, when I saw this start: Oh no!.. and Potato turns it over to almost OP start. :) I would get Liang and spam fisheries wherever i can. Food is win.

[@kylenetherwood8734]

Menelik II looks terrifying when he's not moving.

[@griffinbliss7362]

I love u this channel is very good bro, never change

[@eduardo3652]

19:26 That's what I haven't properly appreciated, facepalm.

[@EchoingHorror]

Plays on high sea level -> no room to expand

[@EchoingHorror]

@Potato I'm going to spam you to play as Norway and only pillage your own cities in Dramatic Ages until you do it

[@pdraggy]

Kongo is great because any unit that takes a city either becomes a corp or army depending on which you'd discovered, plus they get these abilities a few civics earlier.

[@enterthegungeoneer7226]

OOOOH YEAH BABY THAT’S WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR

[@Thefrostedslime]

That staring location is actually much better than one I just had as france. I had literally 1 Food 1 production tiles as far as I could see in my capital. The AI were leagues ahead of me, and I could never catch up so I restarted.

[@malleyosiris]

I like the "overly explained" approach. Yes you say stuff we know but there are a few things I didn't. Great tutoring

[@LAZERAK47V2]

This spawn is why I hate Civ VI’s spawning system. Every time you try for a water map, the game seems to spawn other empires right next to you.

[@Sazime]

11:42 Yes, yes I do really love a nice looking tile!

[@czitrom42]

Potato: I hope you guys are really enjoying this sort of semi-overexplained gameplay... Me: Yes, I did. Thank you!

[@bernardonegri5416]

The ideal theater square formation looks suspiciously like the ideal industrial zone formation.

[@juicertron]

Love your vidz man! Always super helpful and entertaining (:

[@TheOsterhase0]

These gameplays are very nice!

[@eyebotsubject-x8270]

I always struggle with maps that you start so close with to the AIs these are some good ideas to do

[@Cavedogpdx]

I only play vanilla Civ 6 I haven't downloaded any expansion content yet but I'm confused... how did the tile Northwest of Mbanza Kongo go from grassland before the 9:50 mark but suddenly (when you switched your civics to Colonization) it had horses on it starting at 10:08?

[@salsalvador3354]

As a new player I actually found out of the units protecting city areas thing on my own, and in my current Brazil game it was the only thing that saved me from potentially lacking a coast (hehe I might have amassed wonders)

[@Crizzly122]

Me getting this start after 3 rerolls: "Finally, something good!" Potato 'don't tell me I have KZbinr luck' McWhiskey getting this start on first roll: "This may be the worst start in the history of starts maybe ever"

[@maxkuozc]

What AI gives 6 gold per turn for open borders? What have you done to them!

[@TheJamsplat]

He had a friendship with them and as the Ottoman's are an aggressive expansionist civ and Potato was blocking their access to expand they were willing to pay a lot more for open borders. A civ like Rome on the other hand would ignore the Western part of the map and just expand south

[@maxkuozc]

@@TheJamsplat how does the AI make the judgement that they're boxed in? I thought AI don't really think about stuff that's too complicated

[@TheJamsplat]

@@maxkuozc I think it is less about being boxed in and more about pathing. The ottomans want to declare war on people and Potato was essentially stopping them from attacking anyone as he had a friendship and the other civs are to the west. If the Ottamans could move troops over the water tiles he likely would have got less gold for open borders