Civ 6 | England Vs Portugal - An Endless, Bloody War (#2 Deity England Civilization VI)

[@58209]

i really admire how you manage to be chill while being absolutely wrecked by the unfair ai and are adapting in the moment with strategies that might not be ideal in the long term, but are necessary to your current survival. i'm such a perfectionist when playing that i have a lot of moments where i just quit the game and walk away. i gotta get better at adapting and accepting good-enough solutions.

[@UrsaRyan]

You know I'm a fan of improv games!! It's the best way to learn - and makes the games that go well all the more satisfying!

[@Michelle_Wellbeck]

Love this close game where you're barely surviving and manage to claw it back!

[@Artie_Fufkin]

99.9 percent of civ players: rage quit Ursa: "LOL. I guess Scotland's my Capital now"

[@bigfudge2031]

I didn't even know what happens after you lose your original capital, I never knew that it permanently moves the Palace.

[@entropiated9020]

Even though this was not meant as a tutorial, I think it's one of your most educational Civ videos because unlike most other games you're actually encountering adversity and not just stomping from turn 1. I don't know how it's going to turn out, but I really think seeing this is valuable. I feel like at your darkest hour Winston Churchill gave a speech that gave you the resolve to keep going.

[@UrsaRyan]

Imagine if I did have spitfires! That would be even better at defending Blighty!

[@hueanao]

33:21 "Portugal has effectively paid to expand my navy" Oh, just like IRL.

[@Ottocide]

Building the Mausoleum on that island as a tribute to all those brave English sailors that lost their lives defending against Portuguese aggression is so fitting and very awesome! I love it!

[@NanoGalactic42]

I love how Portugal was a great meet first turn. Then it all went downhill from there xD

[@czitrom42]

Even if you can't win this game, staying alive is a huge achievement in itself! Fantastic gameplay.

[@chrizzie1]

I recon Portugal was also having a tough time with war weariness by the end of that military emergency, and that may have something to do with why they were willing to pay so much for peace.

[@UrsaRyan]

war weariness is a mechanic you don't see the ai suffer from but they really do! especially if you play Ghandi, it can be funny!

[@haybuhayko]

I love to watch the struggle

[@DocNo27]

PotatoMcWhisky just launched a potato plushie - we need an Ursa Ryan bear in a coffee cup too!

[@kwblack7]

This is epic entertainment. Epic commentary. Epic humor. Love you, Ursa

[@SweenyMarc]

Battling against such overwhelming odds is very impressive but I can never be on board with picking Hermetic Order! Looking forward to seeing what that does for you.

[@UrsaRyan]

You know the university improvments are really underused - they're very good, honestly!

[@SweenyMarc]

@@UrsaRyan A better university is better for sure. Still not convinced 2 production, a merchant and an engineer point and gold per adjacency is enough to justify H.O. Also, to be clear I'm not knocking you, I'm knocking H.O! It feels so bad to have a secret society you need to save scum before picking because they are the worst SS choice most of the time and at best they are okay and 1 in a million games they are good.

[@arslannaveed685]

Late for this but H.O is great if you're going for Russia with Dance of the Auroras+Work Ethic.

[@thyandyr7369]

The very definition of clawing yourself back up

[@PH2168]

You know what's funny? The alliance between the British and the Portugese is one of (if not THE) oldest alliances in western culture IRL, hahaha.

[@holdensnyder637]

Rejoicing at finding tea, culture bombing northern france, and a falklands joke. If i hear the grenadiers song in the next episode, that would be crazy.

[@JohnnoBogan]

Loving the sneaky Kofi cups appearing randomly.

[@UrsaRyan]

what? me, being sneaky? nah... XD

[@jorgenjones2925]

Best defense play I have ever seen :) Magical how science goes from 15 til over 100 there in the end and you are now ahead of many. Portugal who had an amazing game made a strategical mistake going after you and settled Ireland and Iceland instead of taking Rome and settle Tunisia and Norway, that would have been easier for them around turn 50-60 by levying Brussels and Wolin.

[@MFD8724]

After the start you had, I think you would have deserved a treat of a unsettled north America. Surviving the emergency, getting your science out of the dumpster, and breaking free of Europe, only to find North America with no land to claim is a bummer.

[@gustavinus]

1:52 LOL ... Portugal has so many city states so early in the game. Insane!

[@bluebambue]

If you settle in North America, you can build dams to drive the Aztecs to thirst. Will bee especially effective on the west coast

[@guahlg2834]

Once again your video was way beyond great!

[@UrsaRyan]

thank you = )

[@aidanabregov1412]

Joao’s Irish commercial hub is on the English Isle, you should pillage!

[@UrsaRyan]

What a shame it's just next to my units huh

[@Bezlonirslair]

Man, that's an incredibly tough start to the game!

[@Michelle_Wellbeck]

So from predicting based on where England has historically expanded to, we'll see England invade, Ireland, America, and South Africa in the next episode!

[@Jusdro]

I don't know if this is winnable but I really admire your perseverance! Would love to see a naval conquest game somehow come to fruition

[@UrsaRyan]

Cheers Justin = )

[@portland573]

Waiting to discover an isolated Korea launching earth sat in 10 turns

[@hotdogguy273]

This is such a pleasure watch

[@dinataleluca7062]

What's special about the royal navy dockyard? and I love that there are Whales where Wales should be

[@UrsaRyan]

Faster to build, gives gold and loyalty on non-capital continents, all boats heal in 1 turn in a city with a dockyard

[@battsonbikes1919]

Good to see I am not the only one that gets my ass kicked but i usually give up and restart.😁

[@UrsaRyan]

never restart! grind the victory!! XD

[@TheLonelyBrit]

I honestly thought you were done for when the privateers started showing up. For some reason Portugal just gave up on the war even though they could have won with a little more pushing.

[@lawlussmusic]

Way to claw back into this one. Portugal didn't want u to be great

[@paulgaofei]

Ironman levels of tenacity here to stick with this game.

[@captainloaf4767]

Interesting fact England and Portugal are the oldest military alliance in history.

[@UrsaRyan]

still a close friend of the UK to this day!

[@scott88008]

The queen would have been proud of you!

[@SourceOfBeing]

£139 - Portugal just wanted to try and stop you before you could University of Sankore.

[@damienkeane6048]

Cool game... What is the mod that gives u the list of 10 best cities in the world?

[@UrsaRyan]

Come to discord...!! XD I keep a full list

[@carrandgillfamily8901]

With Macedon and France getting 0 culture and science per turn, you know they had no room to settle in place and are roaming out there. Easy 2 settlers, as long as you can defeat a few warriors at most. At some point in this game, I hope you found them. I suppose the other ai don't consider them a target since they have no cities so they haven't declared war, and they were lucky to survive any barbarians.

[@UrsaRyan]

Every now and then the AI will survive even without settlers as well. it's a bug normally caused on turn one - odd but it happens!

[@carrandgillfamily8901]

@@UrsaRyan ah! yes a potential bug. I've not seen full civs do that, but I have seen city-states 'remain' even if they were conquered or razed

[@minmean3016]

pain

[@waynehughes1901]

Mali doing a one city challenge?

[@UrsaRyan]

Haha - wait till you see their empire

[@eduardo3652]

Daily comment.

[@konplayz]

please rename coimbra to iceland

[@Dawsonsincedawsonstaken]

Day 77 of commenting to beat the algorithm

[@gumbycat5226]

I am impressed by your ability to play unbearable games. And there I was thinking Macedon was tough...

[@UrsaRyan]

That one was tough to be fair!