NO CITY WIN ONLY CHALLENGE - CIV 6 Is A Perfectly Balanced game WITH NO EXPLOITS Except Maori

Civilization 6 is back with a brand new update on the frontier pass! Of course Spiff is going to be ignoring all of these updates and new secret societies game mode and instead playing the strangest and most challenging game of Civ 6 yet. The Spiffing Brit will be trying to win the Game without settling a city! Thats right a No City Win Only Challenge! Is it even possible to win a game without placing down your settler and getting one city. Well it turns out Spiff has found a way! So is Civ 6 a perfectly balanced game WITH NO EXPLOITS, Except for the maori and the no city challenge. So is spiff going for a conquest victory, science victory, tourism or perhaps a diplomatic victory! Who knows what he can even do HE DOESNT HAVE A CITY!!!! He cant research and he cant make any money so what can he do! I guess he has found a way to break the game so lets find out. Surely Civilization vi is a perfectly balanced game ;)
So sit back and watch as the spiffing brit tests to see if Civilization 6 is a perfectly balanced game with no exploits or if the No City Only Challenge is broken!! How can you even win a game of civ without settling a city! This is almost 100X better than the civ 6 one city challenge videos ;)
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Title: NO CITY WIN ONLY CHALLENGE - CIV 6 Is A Perfectly Balanced game WITH NO EXPLOITS Except Maori
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[@metalhev3989]

Random guy with a donkey fast-talks his way into becoming chairman of the UN

[@lufei3867]

Who's to say it wasn't the donkey that becomes the chairman?

[@VideosGalacticos]

Kaaduu is my father

[@michaeljhonmariano6462]

Wait a minute. Jesus ride to Israel with a donkey........

[@grandtheftautoexpert2040]

Aku ni Musta Yeet its all canon now

[@penyu1913]

@@michaeljhonmariano6462 they predict this civ 6 update i cant belive it

[@caltheuntitled8021]

The AI: “We need to stop kupe from winning a diplomatic victory” Kupe: “I agree” *Kupe wins AI: “wait what?”

[@SorowFame]

@@Lesatur you could make another account

[@bfufhryrrhtjhxbdgkjgutitjh7877]

@@SorowFame or three

[@Optimusj1975]

"I did not make the rules, I just follow them."

[@playmsbk]

That's how I won my first diplomatic victory too, once I realized that the AI would vote for that no matter what.

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

I mean when you can trade some grapes for 500 gold this doesn’t seem that far fetched

[@CoderedLegacy]

"I'ma go park my units in Jerusalem, a very safe and stable place to chill out for the next few hundred years" said no one ever

[@ronniechua01]

Underrated comment lol

[@peytongonavy]

Sad truth: "Jerusalem" = City of Peace

[@robertjones9574]

@@peytongonavy be by mi B B I’ll B too be

[@nevets2371]

Well to be fair, Jerusalem only started getting a bit rough about 100 years ago, before that it was a stable part of the Ottoman empire for a few hundred years.

[@Joot_Doctor]

@@nevets2371 Are we forgetting the crusades?

[@omegaRST]

It's insane that you can win a diplomatic point by voting for yourself to lose diplomatic points

[@kanealkoraghooli1682]

I can explain: that's when you fake being humble so some people in the congress pity you and not take two VPs

[@abebuckingham8198]

I imagine this meeting going something like this. "Well, we've all agreed we don't want you to lead the world." "That's fine I don't want to lead the world." "Well, now that we know you're humble we're going to promote you anyway." "What?"

[@kaelcoates2396]

@@abebuckingham8198 Exactly

[@HighwaytoHoserville]

It actually works though, people love the line 'true leaders don't look for power, that have power thrust upon them' and tend to do exactly that to people who say they dont want the leader role.

[@sixjhontongalamar979]

It kinda make sense tho. It's indeed better if you agreed about the points others pointed out and probably even agreeing about ways to work it out instead of being denial and/or aggressive about it. It's like getting less sentence in court by pleading guilty or getting out of jail by having a great conduct.

[@dane1382]

imagine losing your job because of covid and the local homeless man gives you 10 million dollars, then gets elected president of the world

[@michaela4143]

1 dollar

[@gjin4551]

Can someone explain to me what gathering stormz is

[@alwaysmeepin9609]

@@gjin4551 civ 6 dlc

[@gjin4551]

@@alwaysmeepin9609 should i buy rise and fall or this

[@alwaysmeepin9609]

@@gjin4551 my opinion gathering storm. Although you should look into it before taking a strangers opinion on it.

[@jornoel7034]

When you vote for yourself to lose diplomatic points and thus win diplomatic points: *task failed successfully*

[@youdontneedtoknowwhoiam9612]

"Mission failed! We've got them this time."

[@winxwest2964]

So you are going to lose 2 diplomatic points? Maori: Well yes, but actually no.

[@Reishadowen]

*Task failed successfully*

[@BloodfelX]

Scenario basically played out like: "Man, you're so agreeable. Everyone likes you and it's hard to compete. Can you turn it down a notch?" "Sure! Anything for a friend." "Aw, thanks man. You always have the right opinion - I like you. ...Wait, doesn't this mean-" *D I P L O M A T I C V I C T O R Y*

[@jabendeacon]

@@winxwest2964 the definition of that meme haha

[@Wertsir]

He ruled over an era of peace that lasted for thousands of years, he built one of the worlds strongest economies from nothing using his own two hands and a single employee, he donated generously to the impoverished as they suffered from natural disasters, he was always willing to let anybody who wanted to hang out on his party yacht regardless of what they were able or willing to pay, he even supported the laws that would restrict his own power. Diplomatic victory makes perfect sense. I would vote for him.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Not only that: He was the first to circumnavigate the globe and was the first discovered political philosophy.

[@POKENAR]

Yeah I was thinking about this, doesn't it make sense to vote the guy with no actual bias to a given country, who has donated and helped various people in need, and who has shown what rags to riches looks like, all while not living lavishly. That sounds like PRIME world leader material.

[@johnnybonnenuit5606]

This is the single most brilliant KZbin comment I've ever read. Well done. Well done.

[@alastairmacbeath5488]

very good! lol

[@bfufhryrrhtjhxbdgkjgutitjh7877]

You have voted for him.

[@Piratewaffle43]

Tomyris: *Gives Matthias gold* Kupe: *Gives Matthias more gold* Tomyris: Where this Hell is Kupe getting all this gold from? Matthias: I... gave it to him.

[@PanduPoluan]

OMGLOL

[@jonborn5498]

When you vote for yourself to lose diplomatic points and thus win diplomatic points: task failed successfully

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Tomyris: WHY! Matthias: He said I could move through his lands whenever I wanted. Tomyris: You do realize he has no actual land to pass through right. Matthias: Well he may settle down one day in which case I need to be able to move across his lands. Besides I wasn’t the only one to give him money, Jerusalem is also giving him money because he is there suzerain.

[@carlbennett2417]

So funny! This comment nails how this game is so hilarious!!

[@Sproutrabbit]

The Money is in Returning LMAO

[@benfed4873]

“Hey dude, I got a kickass boat, four dudes, and a donkey. Can I be leader?” All the other civs: Yeah sure

[@Jiamil]

I am sure they said 'awesome' donkey. Otherwise it would have been just silly to vote them.

[@bionmccool]

*7 Those warrior bois sure are tough

[@androconiachangeling6535]

two kickass boats. And honestly, when the other civilizations agreed, they weren't much bigger so it seemed like a lot. 1000 years later, they realised their mistake

[@NWolfsson]

Other civs: As long as none of these suckers get the throne, why not?! (Spiff is basically Tyrion Lannister here)

[@Skizobar]

Worked for the US President in some way... :D

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Suddenly, all the nations in real life hear a call from on high: *The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, an undiscovered tribe in the Amazon, HAVE WON THE GAME!*

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

That's a real tribe, by the way.

[@kingpanguan]

I just hope this could happen some day

[@insaincaldo]

GG everybody

[@pedrolmlkzk]

@@kingpanguan me too

[@Red4score]

@@thespiffingbrit Guess what i found your other yt account you cant hide your xcom progress from me HAHAHAHA

[@samnom22]

Spiff: "Australia probably just sent out an envoy to drown while trying to find our settler" Me: *sudden realisation of what happened to Harold Holt*

[@chrisVNZ]

Mystery Solved!

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Lol

[@josephanderson6311]

I mean let’s be real if there was a gathering of humans that traveled the earth and introduced every society to one another and traded with everyone gathering resources on their travels and selling them and then uniting them in a world Congress and constantly emptying their coffers to save the lives of those in need….I’d vote for them too 😂

[@bensoncheung2801]

Joyboy

[@DanksterPaws]

Civilizational robin hood

[@matthewzeller5026]

@@bensoncheung2801 Bro now I really need an Ancient Kingdom mod so I can play as Joyboy.

[@Illiaschwarz]

@@DanksterPaws Be B y. Y

[@jout738]

No wonder nobody got any hostility towards them. But I dont think this experiment is going to work online, when some 10 year old kid playing this game will attack anyway the setlef in the sea, if he wants to.

[@Sraye]

Next time someone asks me why I am living in the streets, and have no home... I'd respond with "I'm going for a diplomatic victory"

[@thomasfplm]

Have you visited every country before that?

[@robertnett9793]

@@thomasfplm More important - does he have a boat? Or a donkey for that matter? It seems this are essentials to have if you want to lead the world.

[@ataulfoagapito8378]

@@robertnett9793 and 2 more homeless along the donkey, dont lose detail now-

[@robertnett9793]

@@ataulfoagapito8378 Right. Right. You mustn't half-ass your attempt to diplomatically control the world...

[@yunikage]

@@robertnett9793 More importantly still - did he invent political philosophy?

[@-Miasimon]

This just in, homeless man dressed in rags with a pet donkey has just been elected President of Earth.

[@matthewcoyle4131]

I mean when you put it that way the description isn't a farcry from that of Jesus. Guess that explains the title "King of Kings."

[@TarsonTalon]

Well, when everyone is enemies with everyone except you, it's quite obvious who they gonna vote for!

[@aguimathi]

A few years ago I d have been shocked but... I mean Donald Trump is at the head of the USA...

[@karelkootjes4019]

wel.. the doctor has been called raggedy man and president of earth before.. but it's not nice to call his present companion a donkey.. while she is clearly an equatorian bureacrat from the planet ZXTY, and no ofcourse the fact her manure transmits atmospheric dispersable nerotransmitters has nothing to do with the world suddenly becoming peacefull... nor has it why she is hunted by the Judoon for genocide of the daleks, while she clearly only went along with the doctor to pay devros a visit..

[@nflippo6201]

Vermin Supreme 2020

[@lekhakaananta5864]

This must be how medieval aristocrats feel when they see merchants getting wealthy. "How are you making gold without owning any land?!"

[@TarsonTalon]

It's that Sigma Maori grindset.

[@mysterymastermind175]

Because he basically traded favors for cash

[@crossup13]

*and then the war started

[@52flyingbicycles]

World superpowers are impressed by the unending generosity and humility of a small anarcho-primitivist tribe that they give it legitimacy on the world stage, ultimately deciding that this tiny nomadic nation’s ideals are the key to ending world conflict and strife and electing their tribal leaders ruler of the world

[@alexthealexbot37]

makes sense. If only love worked like that

[@Maniacman2030]

Anarcho? They had a Tribal Leader, It would simply be a Nomadic-Tribal civilization.

[@mewmew8932]

Honestly the settler icon probably wasn't accurate, Kupe probably had a yacht or smth, they probably weren't cavemen

[@Ryan-tz7sx]

7:37 "We know Hungary is roughly on this continent with Australia" AUSTRALIA-HUNGARY

[@popepiusxv]

cursed

[@steelydan3263]

Austro-Austalia-Hungary

[@RecklessInternetting]

Only if Hungary has to recognise Lizzie Two as head of state like we do.

[@Sir_Steven]

I'm hungarian and I can confirm that we are indeed on the same continent as Australia.

[@Gibby34340]

Everything I learned in high school geography was lie!

[@testtestesttest2746]

"We've lost two Diplomatic Victory points, but because we voted on ourselves to lose Diplomatic Victory points, we only lose one point" Now, THIS is how diplomacy works!

[@FloatingOer]

I love domocracy

[@ItsSansom]

Everyone: You suck! Mauri: Yeah we kinda do Everyone: Hey those Mauri aren't SO bad..

[@desbowman9497]

Being Gracious in defeat makes people like you more

[@blomman1719]

I LOVE IT. It's like if the entire office/school hated you so as a show of comradery you started kicking your own ass.

[@picrosspixel211]

Congratulations you played yourself

[@notalive5479]

Winning that first aid request for Poundmaker was basically just "Can I offer you a nice coin in this trying time?"

[@Vexy93]

Spiff: "I see your entire city got burned down by a volcano eruption. I can offer you one shiny gold coin" Poundmkaer: "What?! Just a single coin? What am I supposed to do with this?" Spiff: "Well, that's more than anyone else has going to offer you. And no wonders why, you silly ungrateful douchebag"

[@tigerwarrior1787]

Poundmaker: "I require aid! A volcano erupted all over my nation!" Other AI: *Laughs hilariously at how it was delivered* Kupe: *Pulls out a lute* Toss a coin to your Cree, oh ocean of plenty...

[@magicpyroninja]

Little did spiff know that by granting land access rights to all people he gave them all the ability to walk on water

[@sixjhontongalamar979]

Specially those from Jerusalem. I'm sure they are the best when it comes to walking on water.

[@user-rr5ce1wb2j]

@@sixjhontongalamar979 Jesus was from Nazareth, not Jerusalem.

[@nicolasnod7359]

@@user-rr5ce1wb2j And he was also called Yeshua you heathen. I mean, if we're gonna get super technical about it and rain on somebody else's joke...

[@Cybetrexs]

@@user-rr5ce1wb2j nah, jesus was from detroit.

[@baodinhnguyen2476]

@@Cybetrexs I knew it!

[@darrellwillis4871]

Maori tribe wins by fixing everyone's problems Maori: "WhAt CaN I SaY ExcEpt You'RE WeLCOme!"

[@veggiedragon1000]

Darrell Willis Underrated comment

[@roberteospeedwagon3526]

That moment when you realize Maui is a Maori man

[@bubermarcus8607]

@@roberteospeedwagon3526 He's tongan, I think.

[@Delta-lb1ck]

@@bubermarcus8607 Maui is from Maori mythology

[@Taylor-io4hc]

Maui features in all Polynesian myths and legends as a demigod. His roots are in Hawaii where all other Polynesians trace ancestry from. So he is Hawaiian, Maori, Tongan, Samoan, Tokelauan, etc

[@sriramramesh5318]

You're playing an insurance company during a world that's constantly going through apocalypses. I love it.

[@Tn5421Me]

Incorrect, as he actually pays out. And we all know insurance companies don't if they can help it.

[@runakovacs4759]

@@Tn5421Me Tbh, he only paid as much as he could get away with. Poor Poundhome or whatever got 1 gold.

[@blackmetalcumbia]

more like a private estate for hire

[@Skyfall8865]

He is like jews.. No city challenge..

[@arawn1061]

@@Skyfall8865 what about Israel?

[@mr.husbandoeu7254]

I'd like to imagine the maori travelling in disguise as sea merchants and giving vague clues and rumors about the supposed location of their ocean kingdom then just scamming the hell outta them. I mean, it did happen a lot, especially during the age of exploration

[@rainbowsnek]

hot take: this is how the legend of atlantis originated

[@Ghosty618]

This isn't the history of my people in the slightest, but I really want it to be 😂

[@A-strange-visitor]

@rainbowsnek that's not a hot take thats facts. That's how the legend of atlantis came to be

[@colfer4life]

every single time i watch one of your videos you're like "you can win this STUPID game with NO EFFORT it is SO EASY" while devoting incredible effort to meticulous skillful strategy in pursuit of the most difficult victory conditions possible in a very complex game. give yourself some credit man.

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

Seriously. He's astonishingly good at a ton of the things he plays!

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

"The senate will decide your fate." Kupe: "I AM THE SENATE."

[@Diego-zz1df]

Kupe: "Oh, most definitely. As soon as we find a suitable location for our capital, we can get on with establishing a Senate and settling this fate business."

[@feelinglucky9770]

@@Diego-zz1df " I love democracy"

[@ginsbene808]

Yessss!

[@bigspook6398]

Not yet

[@conradsmight2220]

No capital = above the law

[@y33t23]

"Hey, where did you get all that money from?" "Uh... the ocean?"

[@nova5303]

"Idk man I just kinda found it"

[@thestigsdutchcousin]

"It was just floating there, and had the British stamp of 'You Take This, You Keep This' on it. And yeah, who am I to refuse the British?"

[@Ocelopillitl]

"err... internet."

[@mikemartin9833]

@@Ocelopillitl, so, bitcoin?

[@Ocelopillitl]

@@mikemartin9833 don't tell me that you never watched Fairly oddparents :o

[@rylexander1]

I think this is amazing. Winning by being excessively nice to everyone for thousands of years. Truly fantastic. I would irl vote for people who did that

[@mango4554]

Global insurance company

[@BlackRoseImmortal75]

actually there's a population who did those exact same things in real world history.

[@buttybizinsky9572]

Never gonna happen tho lol

[@healthyandrew5294]

@@BlackRoseImmortal75 who

[@ifiguredouthowtochangemyna3945]

@@BlackRoseImmortal75 who?

[@darkSorceror]

"John Curtin sends his delegation to drown in the ocean, with the hopes of eventually finding out settler" So THAT'S what happened to Harold Holt

[@darkSorceror]

Shinto religion "very aggressively owned by Hungary" 🤔

[@idiotadebilbezmozg]

I'm off to a very important meeting to do with maoris! *drowns*

[@dwightd.eisenhower2031]

Copied comment

[@darkSorceror]

@@dwightd.eisenhower2031 Duplicated reply

[@Bluesabara]

"the Maori needs to lose points." Maori: yesn't

[@tanith117]

Maori:I agree The world: Good choice, here have a victory point.

[@jamesfunnymorrison8305]

well yes, but actually no

[@Erkle64]

Clearly it should be "Yeah, nah" ;)

[@LaterMeansBrick]

Yes, I don't

[@charlesbasile2038]

"Look how reasonable the Maori are! That's the sort of leader I could really get behind"

[@TheArklyte]

"We have done nothing to earn it." Explored the whole world and made connections between all cultures, sold resources to people that wanted them, never closed your doors to other people, never waged war, sinked more effort in helping people in need then economies of whole countries, was a beacon of world cooperation being able to path needed decision and always being aware of what would be supported by majority. Yeah...

[@ballom29]

but he still scammed the hell out of every nation. How many gold did he gained by opening his imaginary borders with others country?

[@TheArklyte]

@@ballom29 had he ever lied to them though? Had he broken any laws? Had he not provided what was agreed upon?

[@aznperson8]

@@ballom29 I imagine myself that somewhere along the way in their early visits to civilizations of the ENTIRE WORLD centuries before the other civilizations, maybe global (land-)society had somehow gotten it into their heads that the Maori were "hyper-futuristic spacegod-beings that could sail the deeper oceans!". That would imply to me that somehow they convinced everybody else that the greater ocean was their territory.

[@LordDarkhelm]

You know, fair point.

[@johnsexton4352]

This sounds like every Civs cool uncle

[@ZNEO3NZ]

I like to think of this victory as the mauri just boating close to other civilizations and then swimming in and the other civs assuming they were from atlantis.

[@isaacstocking7746]

What's a mauri

[@aweirdo.5184]

@@isaacstocking7746 Bro that's what I'm thinking.

[@nikoramuriwai-ihimaera2518]

@@isaacstocking7746 i think he meant Māori

[@PeterOak]

This is the greatest civilization campaign I have ever had the pleasure of watching. This is no exploit. Kupe and his followers, who've been a small nomadic group for thousands of years, and his crusade of helping people by taking money from where it's not needed to where it is, even from the same nation, probably by taking it from corrupt government officials, is the most diplomatic thing to ever happen on any civilization game. He was for his entire life a chill dude who just wanted to hangout and help people in need. He managed to outnice Mr Rogers. Material possessions? Creator of Philosophy? He puts Diogenes to shame. That's world leader material. Thousands upon thousands of years from now people, as people colonize the galaxy, they will still be talking about what a cool dude he was. He deserved every single one of those points and votes.

[@remlok5556]

Cree people: Suffer a volcanic eruption. Maori: Can I offer you a coin in these trying times?

[@Vectorbro]

nice shot

[@MrEvan312]

A single, solitary coin :D

[@IndigoGollum]

@@MrEvan312 Like a single chocolate chip in a granola bar

[@MrEvan312]

@@IndigoGollum Naw that'd be too generous. More like one strand of orange pulp in a orange juice jug just full of water.

[@PhantomSavage]

Only Spiff and his gents could find a way to turn Civ 6 into the East India Trading Company.

[@erddun]

I like thy videos...

[@samsonguy10k]

That's very appropriate as the EITC was a world power for a time. I'd love if Megacorps were introduced to Civ VI or perhaps a spinoff.

[@Petemossfunguy]

Someone on reddit did this a week ago. He just took that guys seed and played the same game and monetized it.

[@hazelcalderbank1556]

@@Petemossfunguy He said this at the start of the video

[@AlexandraElizabethh]

@@thespiffingbrit Up late on a Sunday night? You cheeky sausage, you.

[@DMGamer_PC]

Honestly, as exploitable as this is, I do genuinely like this style of diplomatic victory. It's not about cooperation; it's about being able to work with everyone's best interests. It's a cool way to make it work in-universe, while also making it possible to win despite being an adverse system.

[@rileygoddard7181]

If you think about it, it makes perfect sense that a cityless group would be very diplomatic, and would be better than most at leading the world, as they don't have roots to defend.

[@ifiguredouthowtochangemyna3945]

More like would be attacked on all sides by everyone, BECAUSE they have no roots.

[@ifiguredouthowtochangemyna3945]

And would have 0 political power, as they have no economic power, and no military to defend it with. Basically would never progress past hunter gatherers, so would be wiped out first.

[@mr.husbandoeu7254]

The hell are they gonna do? Invade their city? The ocean is their only city XDDD

[@TarsonTalon]

@@ifiguredouthowtochangemyna3945 Yes, send your entire navy to chase a few sailboats. You could totally justify the cost of going after pacifists with absolutely nothing to gain whatsoever. (Sarcasm) But, unfortunately, people like you DO exist, and would simply go after people for being too happy with their existence, like some sort of vile Eldritch abomination whose only purpose in life is to spread despair everywhere; whose only way they get their rocks off is by targeting the innocent. One day though, you're gonna run out of peaceful people to target, and be left with the beasts who used to be soothed by their music. They will rip you limb from limb. It's funny how tyrants literally destroy the only things standing between them and annihilation, and are shocked when they meet their end being put down like a rabid dog.

[@mewmew8932]

@@ifiguredouthowtochangemyna3945 how tf you invade a party yacht, they can just move the yacht out of reach

[@Psil33t]

"it's very difficult to generate grievances against someone who doesn't own any land that you want to take" ne'er has a more british statement been spoken.

[@fieldy409]

Didn't really work for landless peoples in real life though.

[@andrewmoore7022]

@@fieldy409 that's because they had something else that was wanted or they're actively negating the supply of a wanted resource

[@Jiamil]

@@fieldy409 It is called "british" statement for a reason.

[@Maddinhpws]

Many people go with "A dude with a donkey becomes world leader" but looking at it. He is essentially just some insanely wealthy dude who got on the good side of a lot of governments and then did a ton of philantrophic work.

[@bunnyben5607]

Bill Gates...

[@erikthompson3274]

@@bunnyben5607 Bono

[@Enigmashoot]

Aah yes the infamous philanthropist draining stranger's economy by selling favors

[@VikingMuayThai]

Epst3in?

[@inseerlink3511]

I totally agree! XD

[@BunzJackson]

Kupe the legend, sailing around the world scamming governments out of their money and using it as disaster relief. Not out of kindness, but just the sheer need to be given the Best Person on Earth Award.

[@lefterismplanas4977]

Yes

[@aweirdo.5184]

Being a Maori myself. It's rare to see content creators talking about Maori or anything to do with New Zealand. So I really enjoyed this. Ka Pai Te Mahi! (also like your spore vids.)

[@elduquecaradura1468]

A year ago a mod of Age of Empires 3 (Wars of Liberty) had added Maori, between many issues still show bugs, but are fun and in some aspects interesting and midly op

[@pernelladams448]

Trajan: Where is Your capital? Kupe: What’s a capital?

[@robertnett9793]

Someone: Where's your capital? Kupe: *shuffling in his purse: I have this 1500 gold coins.

[@ghostfenrir1892]

Matthias: "So, where's your capital city located? Kupe: You're looking at him.

[@tommylanger7686]

Ghost Fenrir1 I am the state!

[@andromedastormcrow3288]

You basically made a civilization of seafaring uncle Irohs who just wander around giving people tea advice and money. Who wouldn't want those guys in charge?

[@jacobp.2024]

He totally gave those Cree people a white lotus tile.

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

*Ozai and Azula screaming in the background as tea shops spring up in every city*

[@Vectorbro]

T_T brave little soldier boy comes marching home

[@Snowfireblues]

For some reason I imagined that shot from the intro, where there's a fire nation boat full of masked soldiers, but instead of the soldiers it was just a bunch of copy-pasted Uncle Irohs holding a tea cup 🤣

[@TheRealRMG]

The main thing I learned from this is that you can actually send people gold during an emergency, instead of having to do the Send Aid project.

[@konradb.3010]

For a super extra easy diplomatic win, save before each world congress so you can always vote on the winning proposals with minimum votes, letting yourself save all of your diplomatic favor to outvote everyone in the endgame. Or just be Spiff and already know what the AI will pick every time.

[@ttrep4957]

Don't give any aid when the aid request starts. Wait until the there are "0" turns remaining, then give 1 more gold then the highest bid to win. I've never had an AI beat that late aid amount and you save a lot of gold.

[@askalon4558]

I was wondering if it worked as well.

[@robertcaldwell6267]

Big brain

[@danpowell806]

Why spend more than you need to?

[@Lankpants]

It's best to do this because the AI actively tries to outbid you. If you drop 100 gold more than them and they can they will increase their bid. If they feel like they've safely won the contest they won't. Their total bids will usually end up lower if you don't bid till the last turn.

[@Serahpin]

@@danpowell806 3rd Rule of Acquisition: Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.

[@Admiralkirk95]

Everyone- We can't let this homeless sailor be the chairman of the UN Kupe- I agree......+1 diplomatic point Everyone- *visible confusion* (Thanks for all the likes I didn't expect this to be that funny)

[@jeffevio]

This is pure gold

[@gpapenburg1737]

@@jeffevio Yep. Literally worth pure gold :'D

[@oceanbytez847]

@@jeffevio his purity only solidifies his case. The irony.

[@FelipeLiraSantanaSilva]

That's exactly how politics works actually.

[@mor4y]

Well I mean we have a Dr of History in charge of the World Health Organisation, so it doesn't seem that mad! 🤷‍♂️

[@loverofjesusMKII]

Sid Meier and Firaxis: "So this game is about establishing a nation and expanding your borders" Players: "Can you see any borders from up here? What has borders given us?"

[@theholypeanut8193]

"That's what the V2 is for" *SPANISH MUSIC INTENSIFIES*

[@gemapamungkas7296]

i am sure this is ac0 reference.

[@Hugo-xr4rg]

Maori: does nothing *Everyone liked that*

[@difrractsliver1031]

Yes because Maori can’t ever harm them (at least physically) and there’s no promises to be broken since Maori did literally nothing

[@CallMeMenti]

The diplomatic victory here actually makes perfect sense to me. Regardless of what the rest of your civilization was like, you successfully negotiated dozens if not hundreds of diplomatic agreements with every single empire in the world. Time and time again, you brought issues to the peace table and resolved them. You supported the right people at the right time and put money in the right places when it needed to be there. That sounds EXACTLY like how a politician gets elected to be the leader of their government. It just so happens this government is in command of the entire world.

[@cozycowboy]

Truth be told, a borderless government that fixes everyone else’s problems sounds pretty damn good

[@starmangalaxy2001]

@Arkryder 52 Unfortunately. But that's why it's a neat concept in fiction.

[@heheheha1997]

Except you got all that money from selling open borders to your none existent civilization and from resources spawned from thin air.

[@sumez4369]

Yeah, a few mechanics used in this playthrough are slightly nonsensical, but all the exploits make logical sense. People in another comment thread going on about "why don't they patch this". Like, what aspect of this victory actually needs to be patched? It's playing the game as it was designed.

[@Zack-et9wj]

@@cozycowboy well,isn it united nation...kinda

[@barrybend7189]

This entire run: "What can I Say except Your welcome!"

[@theencolony5595]

I like how this run is essentially just becoming an insurance agency, taking gold from people and giving it back when something happens

[@yunikage]

"We've done nothing!" Uh, you discovered every civilization on Earth and then made zero attempt at colonialism or imperialism. You invented political philosophy before going on to live a selfless, nomadic existence, devoting all your resources to acquiring funds for the express purpose of disbursing them to people in need. If this culture actually existed, I would 100% vote to put them in charge of everything. Are you kidding? You'd have to be crazy not to.

[@ethanbottomley-mason8447]

We just don't ask how 3 men and a donkey survived for thousands of years.

[@RedRocket4000]

With the key being no one stomps their settler unit the whole game. I would never have that luck.

[@zacdredge3859]

I mean except for the part where he's salivating over countries being hit by natural disasters...

[@slaphand9578]

@@RedRocket4000 no one stomped the settler because he couldn't have war declared on him because he didn't have a city

[@ArgentumEmperio]

Honestly... this would probably be the most interesting cultural hypothetical theory to study in the entire world because theoretically speaking, it is possible to exist... not feasible but, it actually is possible. Wow... the political scientist geek in me got really interested in this as a philosophical study and theory!

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

Funnily enough, this is the most diplomatic victory of diplomatic victories.

[@Arrakiz666]

Right? Full pacifist, no land, no conflict, just a generous amount of friendly foreign intervention. This man literally just scammed all the nations into world peace.

[@BloodfelX]

@@Arrakiz666 Haha, I like "scammed all the nations into world peace"! Like once he won Diplomatic Victory everyone was like "Damn it - I wanted to go commit genocide on my neighbours! ...Ah well, I guess not being a warmonger is fine. Stop building the nukes lads - we don't need them any more."

[@bachpham6862]

@@Arrakiz666 If any of those conspiracies about a shadowy government manipulating foreign nations is true, I would expect them to be Maori

[@jacobp.2024]

Maori shadow council: "What can I say except 'you're welcome?'"

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

@@jacobp.2024 "For taking nukes out of your skies."

[@dominikbeitat4450]

"So now that we've discovered Hungary, which is on the same continent as Australia..." And this is why I love Civilization games.

[@KerbalHub]

Australia-Hungary lol

[@AtAtaylor]

All we need is an over-bearing dad who kicked Kupe out of their village, beginning Kupe’s journey to prove himself and we have ourselves a Disney movie

[@McLainCraft]

Spiff: "you guys are right, I do have too many diplomatic victory points, silly me. Here take them away." Eleanor of Aquitaine: "Wow, thanks for being so agreeable, here, have a diplomatic victory point!"

[@lostbutfreesoul]

I have seen someone lose a game of Civilization 6 on turn two: They where relocating one square over to gain bonuses from a river... which then flooded and killed the settler.

[@josgretf2800]

I've played standard games with only 7 players becasue the Maori died turn one from a hurricane.

[@ninjabaiano6092]

Hahahahha

[@kelvinyonger8885]

I once killed another civ's settler on turn 1.

[@shadaras]

@@kelvinyonger8885 Yeah, glad I'm not the only one to have gotten a free turn 1 settler.

[@mewmew8932]

@@josgretf2800 they forgot to level up their dodge stat

[@profblack]

I guess the real cities were the diplomatic points we made along the way.

[@austinphinney8711]

I want to see a developer reaction to this

[@moonverine]

I'd imagine it would tickle them. It's playing the game within the rules established. Though they'll probably need to nerf Kupe if they haven't already.

[@MissFeatherstone]

I mean they changed the diplomat’s ability to granting your capital a copy of the luxury resource from the city state they’re established in so they’re at least aware of it in some capacity

[@thisriffsavedmylife]

@@MissFeatherstone so it's not possible now?

[@DesolatorMagic]

The world: let's find an exoplanet! Some guy in a boat: aww yis

[@mr.cleanarchonoflight8120]

Lmao it des, antithesis of the netdeckers

[@binnacle3842]

Lmao

[@KaosFireMaker]

Gotta send aid money to those mindworms

[@dreadpenguinlord340]

"A strange game. The only winning move is not to play."

[@tohon]

Dread Penguinlord Greetings Professor Falken.

[@groundloss]

Thats what some AI thought after playing Tetris for the first time.

[@gorkkh]

Especially with Gandhi in the game.

[@moguldamongrel3054]

Well in terms of actual society and economics if everyone stops playing the whole machine grinds to a halt. Then your overlords have 2 choices, capitulate to your requests, or convince their hired goons from various branches to force the populaces back to work.

[@llatew7126]

Is this an xkcd reference I spot?

[@Kaiserboo1871]

I always come back to this video almost religiously. This to me is what this series is all about. Not glitches or exploits, but alternative ways of playing. Such as Prison Architect without building a Prison, playing Spore without evolving, or civilization 6 without settling a city.

[@MiroMaitland-Thoresen]

i love it when NZ is put in games or referenced in popular media because most people couldn't point and say "hey look, its that tiny set of islands thats infested with sheep!". I find things like this really gratifying.

[@bigscaryguy13]

I feel like "Maori" was actually just a con being run by a dude out of his apartment next to the UN building. Kupe's just been walking in and out of different royal courts and embassies talking about how great his country is, and everyone just kinda agreed. Meanwhile, three dudes and a mule in the middle of nowhere keep having to pretend to be important local dignitaries anytime some foreign delegation arrived.

[@lufei3867]

This is the kind of meme lore that I live for

[@mridontexist5489]

Lu Fei same

[@RomanianJ96]

Foreign delegation: "....Why is there a donkey here?" Kupe: It's......Have you seen Shrek?

[@kaduVIII]

Well... Works for the dude who sell the Eifel Tower.

[@kos2919]

@@RomanianJ96 So in that world before movie was a thing there's already play about the romantic comedy of Shrek?

[@gungir2295]

The game is so balanced that even the slightly niche "No City Strategy" wasn't overlooked by the devs!

[@jabloko992]

I'm pretty sure this is not a deliberate design by the devs lol.

[@jabloko992]

@Pedro Albino No they didn't, this is a straight up exploit, it completely breaks the game, you don't even need to play the game to win, I can guarantee you this will be patched.

[@remiblaise]

@@jabloko992 Probably not as it doesn't work against players

[@typig5650]

@@jabloko992 This has existed since at least civ 5. I remember playing a germany no city game.

[@macesboy]

@@jabloko992 I wouldn't say it breaks the game, as this win would be excruciatingly hard to achieve if he didn't have the game settings on apocalypse mode, not to mention it was a much easier game to abuse on pangea as well. As far as in-game though, yeah it fucking abuses the mechanics lmao. That open borders shit killed me, that was literally broke.

[@colinfinkel7587]

Literally all of the AI: I spent the remainder of my life searching for the fire nation's greatest threat, the last airbender . . .

[@curtistemaari5721]

I didn't know there was a game that had Māori culture in it... I'm Māori and I find it very funny. Kupe is a respected chief from our legends and to see him in a game, let alone a The Spiffing Brit video is just next level funny XD

[@SephirothRyu]

That time Spiffing Brit breaks the game by just sailing around and HELPING EVERYONE THE BEST HE CAN. ...Is this some new colonisation strategy?

[@nova5303]

Unironically yeah, kind of. It's not all that uncommon for 1st world countries to offer "aid" as an excuse to establish themselves as an essential element of the aid recipients economy

[@NimhLabs]

It worked for Sun Wukong and the other lesser not as noteworthy companions in The Journey West

[@NimhLabs]

@Viktor Magnusson A Water Dragon pretending to be a Horse is kind of like a boat... if you squint a little bit while drunk

[@humonculeverotostre6804]

That's called neo-colonialism and it's a bitch.

[@NimhLabs]

@Viktor Magnusson Have you gotten a glimpse at how Reanu Keeves has been looking lately? He is getting kind of Immortal Monkey God King looking... and he is at least half as immortal as Sun Wukong these days That is the connection... as per why I would be talking about Reanu Keeves in a Civilisation game... well, some questions you don't want answers for

[@Force2reckonVods]

"Meaning our settler is nice and safe" Lands the settler.

[@cr4zyj4ck]

After a certain tech level the barbarians begin to spawn in boats. Taking Suzerainity of Jerusalem let him sit inside a friendly cities territory and never worry about being killed by barbarians, since barbarians encampments can only spawn in land tiles not currently in visual range of any player. There were 3 city states on that tiny island meaning no barbarians would ever spawn there, and since he has no cities to conquer, the AI won't ever declare war on him and levy those city states to kill him, and city states never declare war unless their Suzerain declares war.

[@FolgoreCZ]

@@cr4zyj4ck I'm pretty sure Force2Reckon ment the time he landed the settler while exploring to take the goodiehut.

[@Force2reckonVods]

@@FolgoreCZ This, I have almost 800 hours in Civ 6 and almost twice that in Civ 5, I can't even count the hours I've put into Civ 4 and earlier titles when I was young. Trust me I know my Civ :P

[@samsonguy10k]

@@cr4zyj4ck There is a chance for a barbarian camp to spawn within visual range. It's happened for me, but not commonly.

[@Sun_Tzu1]

@@samsonguy10k nope

[@karlmanchur9906]

And the best part of the early victory with diplomacy is that you prevented the other Civs into destroying the world triggering cataclysmic disasters! This guy has the smallest carbon footprint out of every player here, no wonder he won the game!

[@jellojoe00]

I can't imagine how many months people put into this game to figure it out. It takes me days to play 1 game and lose

[@Ramona122003]

Diplomatic Victory is so cheese. I was going for a Science Victory with Korea and got a Diplomatic Victory because France settled a city too far for them and kept losing control of it. So with my superior technology, I kept liberating the city and giving it back to them along with giving aide. Got me a Diplomatic Victory two turns before my Science Victory on Turn 330.

[@danieljames1868]

"F* it, I don't want to live on this planet anymore" "Wait, stop, we want you to be our king" "Eeeeeeehhhh?"

[@Alexandar358]

So you won a Diplomatic Victory, by repeatedly giving France back a city that wanted nothing to do with them, over and over again??? That's how Diplomacy Works

[@Vexy93]

I remember my first game on Civ was on Civ 5, as someone who loves science and technology, I was trying to win with the Science Victory. Yet, Science gave me so much power that I had to stop myself from destroying everyone else, and I did yet eventually got the cultural victory

[@Three4OneDP]

@@Alexandar358 *looks at Hong Kong*

[@valtadir4368]

Just imagine that this actually happened in history, that there was a group of people roaming around helping all other societies in their time of need, instead of assaulting them and conquering them. Little by little they build frienships and conections, selling the best sea trained horses, until they become the most influetial and respected civilization in the whole world, cited in texts all over as the great saviors, being revered as gods of mercy, prosperity and "sea-horses", from the minoans to the sumerias, shaping history, creating the world one step at a time by horse dealing.

[@aguimathi]

It's almost the history of Switzerland. We never had lot of resources and we don't have many cities, but we managed to buy the world and are the n01 diplomatic city in the world tanks to our gold

[@noxtrin1878]

Mathias yeah and those “sea-horses” is Mercenaries

[@carsonm7292]

@@aguimathi Switzerland is exactly what I was thinking of watching this video. Their main global exports are managing other peoples' money and hosting other peoples' diplomats.

[@WWLinkMasterX]

Just imagine that this actually happened in history, that there was a group of people roaming around living in other societies and selling them stuff, instead of assaulting them and conquering them. Little by little they build friendships and connections, selling the best jewelry, until they become the most influential tribe in the whole world, cited in texts all over, being revered as masters of trade, diplomacy and "art", from the middle east to the Americas, shaping history, creating the world one step at a time by gold dealing.

[@inseerlink3511]

They way you said it makes me feel like it actually happened.

[@infragrayscale]

He tries to make it seem like it is so easy, but he knows sooooo much about how the AI will vote on literally everything. That's no easy task to learn all that.

[@drewramey5095]

Not that hard, AI is pretty dumb in voting. Could learn it in like 2 games.

[@kierkegaardrulez]

He probably reloaded after finding out what they voted for.

[@goryanadazaghal1206]

@@kierkegaardrulez no it's quite Easy to figure it out the Ai will always vote for Science or Gold

[@beauthestdane]

@@goryanadazaghal1206 No, the AI won't, I just played this and the AI most definitely did not vote that way. Voted Production more than Gold.

[@sethkunert6234]

They should add nomad civilizations. It could be in the pre game settings

[@tskmaster3837]

Civilization 6: Exists. Spiff: "I can't do anything about the number, it's the sixth in the series. But I can take out the "Civilization" part." End result: RANDOM SQUATTER ELECTED WORLD LEADER! Spiff: "Perfectly balanced."

[@spiderglitch22]

The game is now called "6". Just 6.

[@PizzaRatJC]

"Those wayer dudes are uncultured and haven't discovered the wheel, but they are really nice people"

[@jxslayz6663]

...nice people, they should rule the world. lol

[@kos2919]

To be fair I can imagine that to have diplomatic holding they lied about having a kingdom but they keeping it secret with excuses like "it's holy/sacred" so no foreigner can know the location. They became the Atlantis of that world

[@PizzaRatJC]

@@kos2919 3 dudes in a boat show up with a donkey "aye fam wanna come over? Our capital is like, the size of your entire country" World leader: sure, why not? Boat dudes: well sucks for you, because you can't. Our capital.. goes to a different school.. she's from canada.. you can't meet her. But she exists. Trust us.

[@Indy509]

@@kos2919 kinda like wakanda?

[@kos2919]

@@Indy509 But Wakanda actually have land and when neighbouring countries were in trouble like war and colonized they never help. Wakanda is like Japan's isolationism wet dream.

[@luxsings6871]

That's the first time I've seen a victory through Aggressively donating to Charity

[@sumez4369]

Player wins Civ game by learning the workings of all the mecanics, analyzing the AI and observing his opponents, and uses his knowledge to make informed decisions and tactical choices to win the game. "The game is brooooookeeeeeeeeen"

[@moonverine]

Yeah, I'd wager the devs love people being this imaginative with the gameplay.

[@xCoNa14]

Winning a diplomatic victory with gold, i see you've taken inspiration from real life

[@Kaiserboo1871]

I mean when you consider the fact that Qatar was able to host the world cub despite their… controversial labor laws (aka slave labor).

[@mate8599]

"We managed to convince the world that we, a civilization that has never settled a city, who never grew a population, should lead the world" Spiff has created the illuminati in civ 6

[@rjwhaley7382]

Illumanti is just three buff dudes and a donkey who would have known

[@Ritualist89]

Illumaoriati

[@weterinar13]

@@rjwhaley7382 with a bunch of gold made from nothing to give away

[@umbradens6129]

ha that's what I thought too

[@Nukepositive]

He is basically the shadow government of several city-states.

[@hallway_revenant7919]

I remember my first civ play through I accidentally got a diplomatic victory before 1300 bc simply because I was acting as a pushover and cementing good alliances with all of the other leaders.

[@MrCendrb]

You've convinced me to buy Civ VI. And I got it for 7 euros. Feels in spirit of the channel :D

[@moonverine]

You'd also need to sell it back to Firaxis for 14 to make it a Real Kupe Tactic.

[@paradoxequinox4104]

@@moonverine And then convince them to eventually hire you as the CEO of the company.

[@IgKravenchenko]

Next video: "Civ 6: Winning without leaving the main menu"

[@basicallyarobloxian4533]

The video after that: "Civ 6: Winning without downloading the game"

[@famouscryp4130]

Well technically you've won by not even playing it. You've won in real life.

[@KerbalHub]

*sperm wins civ 6*

[@thecheesen]

The video after after that: "Civ 6: Winnig without buying an computer"

[@TechSupport900]

@@thecheesen play on switch or console

[@BloodfelX]

(38:30) Funny how you ended the game with more military power score than Australia. I can understand how you ended the game with the 2nd most Gold and wasn't last in Diplomatic Favour - but Australia apparently is just so unprepared for conflict in that reality that three men with sharp sticks and a donkey are considered more powerful than their entire civilisation.

[@bernardonegri5416]

Spiff probably made Australia bankrupt and with no money to sustain an army.

[@elwayfan01]

They lost their military in The Great Emu War.

[@AntonSuprun]

Australia was a prison colony. And prisoners can't have weapons you know.

[@mizuiwai1837]

To be fair have you seen a donkey in combat? They are formidable when they want to be...

[@ricks8127]

He won because the world realized his two dudes and their donkey were immortals. "How can we contest such power?"

[@andrewdodd3408]

I know this video is over a year old but I've only very recently started playing Civ 6, I saw this video and thought I would give this a try under it's new restrictions with Kupe because they have changed drastically, unfortunately I fell just 2 points short of winning because I ran out of turns 500/500, but I know that it's a really fun challenge and a Diplomatic No Settlement victory is still well within grasp.

[@LairdWackyla]

"Sea Nomads bring about world peace." *start building huts* "nuclear war threatened."

[@thebaronlouis8619]

Anthony Hopkins "Kupe isn't a place. It never was."

[@basselwehbe8412]

7:39 australia hungary confirmed

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Kupe no city challenge, also known as "The Invincible, Terrific, Tribal Yes-man."

[@salinevaleni7180]

Imagine pulling this off in a multiplayer game then an hour or two in someone realizing you don't even have a city down.

[@googiegress7459]

Pretty sure they would just load a few military units into boats and come kill your settler.

[@locococo8961]

No, this wouldn't work. It only works with ai, on multiplayer, people are actually smart, and they would make sure he doesn't win a Diplo victory, also, there is a pretty large chance they would have won at that point, because most games take less than 250 turns to win.

[@thatdude3466]

Would be fun to see a crusade between players who defend the sole settler trying to unite the entire world and the heathens who attempt to kill it before he reachs a diplomatic victory.

[@some_meme6707]

I wish players were dumb enough for this to work.

[@Khajmer]

Aside from being easy to kill the strat also relies heavily on the AI just handing you gold and being incredibly predictable in WC.

[@LordKnt]

"Kupe and the Maori aren't exactly at the top of my tierlist" Meanwhile in high-level play: autobanned despite already being nerfed lmao

[@clayxros576]

Turns out broken bonuses on the surface don't mean much when smart folks know the ins and outs of abusing their favs.

[@lordstumpy2945]

*Being invited to the Maori empire for liking the video* Me, a Maori: I am 4 Parallel Universes ahead of you.

[@hydrodudes5135]

I’ve been eyeing this game for two months now. I fell in love with the franchise after playing civ revolution. I can’t afford it thanks to being jobless, but watching these videos holds me over. Thnx🙏🏿

[@Electric_Bagpipes]

Nah, you don’t own land tiles, you just own *THE ENTIRE OCEAN*

[@itsyaboitavino3273]

Everyone in the comments: “haha just 3 dudes and a donkey”. The 4 Warriors standing with them so they don’t get attacked: “Am I a joke to you?”

[@vyldim3401]

Spiff: taking Cupe is going to make taking a diplomatic victory easy Also Spiff a few seconds later: So guess how we will win.

[@TheGanjologist]

"The water is safe in the early game" Then there's me who gets my first warrior murdered by a random barbarian quadrireme coming off the coast