Civilization 6 is a "perfectly balanced game" - Religious Mali is BROKEN - Deity Religion Challenge

Hey Spuddies, PotatoMcWhiskey here and we're going to be doing something a little bit different today. The Spiffing Brit as you may know did some videos on Civ 6 and I thought I'd have a bit of fun lampooning him and his style for this video. I hope you guys enjoy this Deity Religion Only Challenge as the Mali Empire.
If the reception of this vide is good there may well be more to come!
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[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Just want to be clear since some of the comments missed the point of this video - I am simply taking the michael out of Spiff. His videos are great. This is tongue in cheek.

[@andymion]

The people who are missing the point are also people who are gonna have no idea what "taking the michael" means ;)

[@Raider0075]

@PotatoMcWhiskey If you mean me it's cool, but I think it would be a great match b/t you and The Spiffing Britt.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

@@Raider0075 There were a few spicy comments that were being quite mean in a not fun way to spiff that I removed. Theres a line, keep it on the side of light banter.

[@JasonFilippi]

I didn't understand why you changed your format until I watched the Brit. @PotatoMcWhiskey, you did an amazing job! It was hilarious watching the Brit afterwards (but couldn't watch more than 5 mins worth) - I prefer your formats and play, let alone coffee.

[@hrishitelcontar]

You should do a religious victory on a huge pangaea with religion expanded (so that everyone gets a religion) and historical religions.

[@swoogity]

The religion should've been called "Coffee is slightly better"

[@ATinyWaffle]

Especially Irish coffee😍

[@bobbygronert5841]

What about my "Irish Breakfast" Tea?

[@Daniel_C_Griffin]

And like all religion it would be factually inaccurate ;)

[@amybickett7949]

You are evil

[@aukustivalli9344]

You are w r o n g.

[@thomaschambaz7946]

The Spiffing Brit's next vid: PotatoMcWhiskey is a Perfectly Balanced KZbinr

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Please no

[@chrisvids184]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey yep he goes to rimworld or prison architecture renames a character as you to work on his tea prisons lol

[@atocanboi409]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey KZbin is a perfectly balanced algorithm

[@bodie6783]

Yeah he is going to duplicate kidney stones

[@elifire4147]

Your moms balanced.

[@Raider0075]

I think the gauntlet has been thrown down. We must see a multi-player match pitting The Spiffing Brit vs. our favorite potato!

[@PaulEIvory]

Yes

[@shriramprasadvenkatesan5459]

YESSS!!!!

[@calencrawford2195]

I second this movement. Judge, please make the final decision!

[@finnlajos4280]

Potato would win it within the first 20 turns probably, since Spiffy has no real clue about what he's doing in this game

[@groinBlaster31]

Spiff isn't very good at all. You can tell based on some decisions he makes while showing us exploits. Simple things like setting a district down over a forest tile instead of chopping the forest first. Those add up fast.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

"You don't need to build an entire personality, and entire brand around the idea that you love tea" Put this potato in a pot, cause he's calling the tea kettle black.

[@hiraldosternflyer7112]

@Celtic Phoenix: *you're

[@elifire4147]

ROFLMAO GOTTEM!

[@mkmasterthreesixfive]

Are mashed potatoes a really thick potato tea

[@Dracosian4802]

sorry for necroposting massively but fYI potato tea can and will kill you and possibly used as a method of suicide in japan (less sure on this bit)

[@beepoasa]

They say you are what you eat.

[@ccubed7119]

Wouldn't mind seeing more edited videos like this.

[@LawrenciuM709]

I find it hilarious that Jadwiga basically stole your city, refused to liberate it, then complained that your army was too close to her newly conquered territory! The cheek!

[@tobinator980]

"Tea is only slightly ok" Me:it's treason then

[@dheerajsp]

Teason?

[@peepeetrain8755]

he's irish, treason against the brits is part of his blood. ;)

[@ericmiller6218]

You just blew any chance you had for a Yorkshire Tea sponsorship.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

They can stick it where the tea doesn't shine

[@Sirkris09]

10:40 starting spreading the religion of Tea is only just ok on a tile with tea for bonus disrespect points!

[@SportyGalaxy]

😂😂😂😂

[@TFalconwing]

All of that silver is basically cheating :P EDIT: Wow... that wasn't even the worst of the cheating

[@ProtonCannon]

That was pretty much the Mali dream.

[@jaeusa160]

Your plan worked, I thought this was actually a Spiffing Brit video.

[@goodolarchie]

My uncle?

[@lisagavigan193]

same

[@bernardonegri5416]

In a note, the exploit is because he gifted all his cities (except the capital) to Russia, as all his cities were converted to his religion, when he gave the cities, Russia got some cities, and as religions do not change when owner changes, more than half of his cities were following "Tea is only just ok".

[@tophergonzales6778]

I was wondering was happened there---thank you.

[@PaulEIvory]

Actually really like this short video format.

[@keirkeirkeir1]

really enjoyed this style of video! Dont stop your full playthroughs but one of these every now and then would be cool!

[@bazilrybkin1631]

You - Polish havy cav came to aid... My head - WHEN THE WINGED HUSSARS ARRIVED!!!!!!1111oneone

[@sirwafflecakes6648]

Coming down the mountain side!

[@jordanwalker416]

IMO the best way to play Mali is to make a triangle of three tightly packed desert cities early on. You take desert folklore and make a little cluster of 3 sugubas/holy sites and you've basically already won the game if you don't get an early war dec.

[@GewalfofWivia]

Imagine a government plaza and three sugubas and three holy sites alternating around it.

[@HenSt-gz7qj]

hey, why not slap in an extra petra to it too.

[@spyrochrisgaming]

Man, these videos are absolutely phenomenal! I'm having so much fun watching them. You should definitely explore all victory types and turn this into a series!

[@TamAviv]

"Promotion seller, I need your strongest promotions" lmao

[@cptKamina]

Made me actually laugh out loud

[@ahmadbenkiran9005]

is this video sponsored by Yorkshire tea?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

No, Barry's tea.

[@andrewjuby6339]

It's only just OK

[@jackcullen5085]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey thank God you didn't say Lyons. I would have had to stop watching you in case my gran heard that

[@elifire4147]

Frankly I am torn because I am quarter Irish and quarter English.

[@utubenoobie01]

Perfect! The trolling in this vid was strong... like builders tea!

[@venceljuricevic1539]

i was confused on whos video this was until the heeeeeeeey :D. awesome stuff man lol

[@Jauqee1]

I would start drinking tea if a multiplayer game happened between these two.

[@TheLonelyBrit]

I wonder how long you can make the hey at the beginning for?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

A very, very long time.

[@maxkuozc]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey you can make one like the "ceeeeb!" In Dota lol, the more patreon donation the longer the hey hahahah

Spectacularly fun video. I love it. Thanks for making and sharing!

[@josjawillems3708]

I looked the guy up, and apparently, Mansa Musa died in the year 1337... even the year he died says he's OP

[@jovindsouza3407]

It's also the year the Hundred Years War started. Small world.

[@BeaTrixAreForKids]

Uploaded in 1440p - You had my curiosity, but now you have my attention.

[@Sam-lr9oi]

just did a Mali Religion game recently and it was tons of fun and very quick for me

[@Matsie36]

I saw the video from TheSpiffingBrit, and you've nailed his style in this one. Good stuff.

[@TheMindofRa]

only thing missing were the stock photos

[@lucidnova4299]

"Tea is Only Just OK" uncle Iroh would be dissapointed

[@tobotw2988]

nice

[@cdnarmymedic]

"Clearly only a Spiffing Brit who wants to LARP as Queen Victoria would want to play as England"... ROFLMAO!

[@dankurach5340]

The hyper edited was great! Better than tea, so long as it doesn’t replace the usual videos.....

[@uzernamefail]

Some more "annoying" religion civs you forgot: - Brazil (Batshit insane faith gen if they spam holy sites) - Indonesia (also dumb faith) - Australia (Only a +6 adjacency? PFFT) - Japan (rushes Holy sites) Honorable Mentions: Khmer, Spain, Maori, China

[@atocanboi409]

there are so many religious civs and then there's like, 7 who are good for science, 4 of which are behind DLC.

[@steadyzz2371]

Russia???????

[@atocanboi409]

@@steadyzz2371 Da, comrade!

[@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896]

Even though I'm american I always chose victoria for science, domination and culture.

[@idkimjustdarkfudgelol6896]

@Bryce Plummer sometimes I want to kick in spain the face so hard

[@IgorPCabral]

That was a pretty fun video, I like this new style Potato, Keep up with the good work :3

[@markimhof3520]

This is such a great spoof of the Spiffing Brit and I can tell you are doing this in fun. Pulling out of Jenne was a great comment!

[@azimuthclark462]

This Civ is amazing. I watched your video and followed some of your tips. I took desert folklore when choosing My Religion, you were absolutely right about that. To make up for the loss of production I took work ethic. Because of the desert adjacency Faith bonuses most of my holy sites have double digits, basically making them and Industrial site as well. I added in Tithe for the extra gold, and scripture for extra pressure. I am CRUSHING. thanks for the tips. I have been playing civilization since it came out, but over the years, kids, life, took me till recently getting a Nintendo switch to start playing again. But from watching your videos you open my eyes to ideas I never would have tried. Like desert folklore for instance.

[@azimuthclark462]

Owls of Minerva secret society will give you and insane boost in gold and culture

[@PainFireFist]

And here I was hoping for a religion based upon potatoes and whiskey. :)

[@peterkropotkin6806]

This is one of the best PotatoMcwhiskey videos. I always rewatch it haha

[@alexandercooke9206]

Haha. Love the alternative video this time. Would love to see some more videos like this!

[@gematrios8403]

Hahaha the burns on the quickness. I watched the spiffing brits and was like "wrong"

[@davidbuchanan4086]

Love the shade. Been sick lately and this was the first video I saw when I got on.

[@entire9694]

This is the first video i saw from you and 10 minutes in i must say, i am really enjoying it. Hope i can find some more awesome videos here :)

[@eduardo3652]

Excellent video! Very entertaining!

[@thebigboss1035]

An KZbin battle is finally brewing.

[@TheDaftySage]

OMG!!! THE END WAS AWESOME!! I didn't know you could do that.

[@8xMorladumx8]

29:08 Yes Potato, be careful about phrasing xD

[@shannonblack3513]

2 of my fave youtubers having a laugh. Well done gents. 🤣🤣

[@yifenifen5709]

I was playing as Russia and by turn 15 had a + 8 holy site from Dance of the Aurora with snow mountains and Crater lake

[@drewpamon]

I was playing as Russia and by turn 15 I had a +300 faith.

[@niallreid7664]

I was playing as Russia and by turn ten my girlfriend was pregnant.

[@jiricirtek8160]

When I played Russia, I invaded Ukraine just to get my ass kicked.... Whoops, wrong game, gg

[@wdaniel891]

@@jiricirtek8160 🇺🇦

[@UnitRico]

I gotta say I love how you adopted bits of Spiff's narration style while still sticking to your own style as well. Hats off, that was really well done! (also _really_? The "Polish heavy cavalry" arrived? As a Sabaton fan that _absolutely_ kills me, man)

[@Jam-ps3tg]

Great vid, Potato. I enjoy the friendly competition between the Iris & British.

[@godman6397]

This might have been your best video

[@jayjayscot3738]

Another 👍 great episode potato. Pleasure to watch. Keep the good work

[@JacksonOwex]

29:08 LOL! These are the things that make me LOVE Potato, it's better knowing that he doesn't realize it until JUST after it came out of his mouth!

[@aris3462]

I like this new Potato. Another!

[@budderboy494]

As a spiffing brit fan i enjoyed the video and i have learnt that civilization is perfectly balanced

[@willowdove6703]

I love how you’re even spoofing his catchphrases 😂

[@knightwolf9553]

Philip when all the other religious Civs get invited but he doesn't: Sad Spanish noises.

[@paulhujsak1310]

You are making me laugh. Nice send up of the spiffy britt!

[@dontnormally]

This is an hilarious concept for a video. kudos

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Stolen wholesale!

[@dontnormally]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey That's what makes it great! The fun zing on mr Spiff :)

[@TheMarcHicks]

LOL. Your mangling of city-state names is hilarious 😃.

[@TheWastelander86]

Potato ... you're the best. The spiffing best.

[@Sbeve55]

Nobody mentioned it but I appreciated the potion seller joke. what a classic

[@f6oekqu]

Wow! That twist at the end!

[@nickschulz3076]

Loved this omg

[@bgold1214]

caught literally every jab towards the spiff and i laughed EVERY time. Awesome video, keep it up good sir!

[@My.Darkling]

You're killing me every time you meet Palenque. Pal-enn-kay!

[@Retbullgivesyouwings]

Very nice!

[@danabarker84]

I was drinking tea while watching this video. By the end, I was thoroughly convinced that it was only just ok. Lol!

[@tankredcaza]

As someone who was watching spiff before your content I LOVED this video!

[@klarsen1042]

I like the pisstakes going on. Good craig or whatever you say over there.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Craic

[@anubiswaechter24]

I can smell tea already

[@tobak952]

"I dont have a sponsor, this is way too many barbarians" That almost had me falling off my chair laughing for some reason XD

[@Voicelet]

I had been thinking about how you would react the whole time I watched Spiff's vid lol

[@madmartigan1498]

As Mansa Musa, this is a superb start location.

[@DonSeldum]

Amazing video. You are so crazy good at the game. 😄😄😄

[@idcgaming518]

Oh god. I've been playing mali recently (no exploits tho). Still ended up getting pretty much all the great people tho. Mansa Musa is richboi. Also, try work ethic and the policy that give 100% extra holy site adjacency. Bonus points if you can get a scientist who makes the Holy site give science as well. (Ended up with a 14 faith, 14 science, 14 production holy site - so basically like 4/5 campuses, 4/5 industrial zones and 4/5 holy sites rolled into one)

[@inkyerekess3326]

I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time! 😂

[@LewisEWatts]

Interesting style for this video.

[@Jenna_Talia]

Taking multiple tiny trades rather than the one big trade isn't an unorthodox exploit, it's just how subscription services work.

[@user-jg9rp5qf4g]

So much shade being thrown around, lmao

[@MCSchuscha]

Love this Vid!! More edit gameplay

[@tbrown2699]

Well played, sir!

[@jamesinasyay3065]

PotatoMcWhiskey: Names religion tea is only ok Me: *Spits out SpiffCo tea

[@CAIODAVIOFC]

Mali is one of the best early game civs... Greatings from Brazil :)

[@sythanh14]

lol the iron trade is just awesome dude

[@villekorpi714]

It's been a while since I last laughed this much.

[@mottzilla2]

You need more tea!

[@seanwayne4603]

Cool video. Enjoyed it a lot. But a little critic: I would've mentioned how broken Reyna with the contractor promotion is with mali. When you get her and Moksha up to the point wehere you can buy districts with faith or gold there is like no need for production at all.

[@mrwho995]

Can't say I get the references, but fun video!

[@adrianok4266]

Won a religious victory with Gandhi last Sunday, a total breeze. will try religious Mali soon!

[@excancerpoik]

The selling he entire empire strat is kinda good i didnt know of it

[@KonstanziaKenway]

"Who wants to play as England?" *4 years later* *Victoria (Age of Steam) gets revealed*

[@dakwanscruggs4378]

I like how the first converted city also had two tea resources, almost like divine intervention 😂

[@matthewdolan3925]

YESSSSS!!! I just saw the Spiffingbrit video. Let’s go Irish!! ☘️ max potatoes!!

[@steakmonday8380]

Somebody needs his cuppa

[@49ersawesomeness]

Peters hand flicking intensifies. Nobody is safe. Run

[@danielgwiltsoftware]

It's so good. "Tea is only just OK."

[@schumaster8437]

Britain: *exist* PMW: TEA IS ONLY JUST OK!!!!11eleven P.S. This video demands an Oscar :)

[@StevenFox80]

On a nearby island a monocle falls into a cup of tea. The challenge has been accepted...

[@JessieTurnip]

As an American, I am terribly offended by the heretical religion "Tea is Only Just OK." Convert to my religion, "Tea Belongs in the Harbor"