Oh, A Civ 5 One Tile Cursed Start!

[@maxfactrr8949]

Imagine sailing towards an island so small and insignificant it's barely worth traveling to, just to see the largest and greatest lighthouse in the known Universe shining into the heavens

[@obviousbear1289]

@@maxfactrr8949 also their city is so big that it covers the entire island by now. They crave coffee without ever having seen it, and don't know what construction or wheels are.

[@aiodensghost8645]

Ah yes... its a wonder called The Tower of Bable.

[@ДмитрийМаринин-ф3ь]

That's some warhammer 40k shit

[@KarmaSangheili]

And we shall call it... Rapture.

[@JoshuOfficial]

Bro made Numenor from Lord of the Rings

[@ghjong001]

Every time I see it, I have to stop to appreciate the art direction in Civ 5. The Art Deco inspired iconography and fonts are just perfection for a Civ game.

[@josdelijster4505]

Agreed🎉

[@candycorn6268]

From art-style perspective, civ5 beats 6 at any time of the day

[@Rynewulf]

Its such a shame that after initial release each expansion downplayed the art deco more and more. The new main menus were just ingame art backgrounds instead of art deco statues of things like Atlas holding up the world. And as much as the leader/civ music got better and better, the main themes got so much worse. It became a frankenstein renaissance art deco mess by the end, and not even in a cool intentional way either

[@deeznoots6241]

Definitely the best art of any civ game

[@feckusmaximus3234]

@@RynewulfThe main themes got worse? Wdym? Maybe I’m biased because of nostalgia from listening to it for 9 years but BNW’s theme is beautiful imo.

[@TeddyElT]

Potato was so preoccupied With whether or not he could, He didn't stop to think If he should

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

I'm glad he did, this is a fun challenge start

[@ZachariahWiedeman]

PotatoMcWhiskey: "I'm thinking about doing A. Here's why A is good. Here's another reason to do A. A would be good for this and for that. I'm definitely going to do A. Yeah, A is the play here. Actually, I'll just do B."

[@samdherring]

Subvert expectations.

[@arzentvm]

average potato

[@OmikronTitan]

5:30 How the heck do they even know what coffee is?! Did a can of Folgers wash up on shore? EDIT: 7:34 A storm must have blown some plants from just across the water and they were like.... We need this. Build a great lighthouse to find it!

[@Cx10110100]

Birds. Ate plants and...deposited seed on the island?

[@Indian0Lore]

Ahh yes, bird poop coffee.

[@Palitato]

You should look up the process to make chocolate from cocoa beans. Like... who figured that out? Who came up with that process?! It's so convoluted and utterly insane.

[@czeslav19]

Coming from a Pole, Your pronounciation of Łódź is dead on. Congrats!

[@purple_purpur7379]

well it was in the first half lol

[@jdraymon]

had a good effort on Wrocław as well - hampered by civ 5 not showing diacritics

[@TheZakhai]

Turning from nearly spot on "Vrot-suave" on the beginning to literally "Rock-claw" in the middle of the video. Sadge

[@Blackwing2345635]

Mean time Wroclaw - "Raw claw" xD I believe considering English phonetics it would be like Vrotz-wav, the first syllable is stressed

[@NotAProducer888]

​@@TheZakhai I mean, some languages do pronounce it like that. I don't blame them. I am a Pole that lives in the Netherlands, and the Dutchies also say "Rock-claw". They're Germanics trying to pronounce a Slavic language, of course they will struggle. On the other hand, a lot of Poles are very lacking in their pronounciations of the Dutch language. Let's not even start on how we sound when we speak English.

[@C1azed]

I feel like this entire video was made solely for the Boat Mormonisum joke. And let me just say, WORTH IT

[@beeinablanket]

Shameful that Potato turned his back on the one true faith, Denouncing Venice.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

But have you heard of Yoloism? We have Pagodas.

[@StonerWaifu]

Do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior... of Boats?

[@matthewpopow6647]

@@beeinablanket i denounce Venice

[@russellcostain1682]

SOAK AND ROCK

[@BoliceOccifer]

When Civ 8 releases, you'll have to go back to playing Civ 4

[@franciscloutier5387]

@@BoliceOccifer good luck getting it to run lol, I cannot for the life of me get civ4 to work on modern hardware (Civ3 runs perfectly fine tho)

[@Laurathespookygal]

made me chuckle seeing the massive army amassing around Wroclaw yet potato not acknowledging it

[@neilu7132]

You mean, the city state troops ? actually a great buffer unless their ally declares war on you, then the city state will hammer you lol.

[@sheepwshotguns42]

5:30 how the heck do they even know what coffee is? it would be like me demanding unicorn meat!

[@ethanfrench9111]

I've imagined it makes good surf and turf with some mermaid fillets. Throw in some frites on the side with an Immortal Peach sorbet for dessert and it's golden. Of course, I have yet to locate a Dragon for the starter soup but it's a work in progress.

[@NotAProducer888]

Travelling adventurers from unknown, far away civilizations would have swam over to the island and shown coffee to the inhabitants. That's how I pictured it lmao

[@IrDaNoobKing]

By that logic..because coffee did actually exist despite them not knowing about it…. Where the unicorns at?

[@Pyxis10]

@@sheepwshotguns42 I demand Unicorn meat!

[@themerchant9711]

I appreciate the variety of buildings in civ 5, even if the fact that every city can build them makes it feel a bit repetitive. Might have been cool in civ 6 to have given districts building options that push you one say or another. Kind of like the museums

[@Rynewulf]

Wizardry: Master of the Arcane did that a decade ago around Civ V's time, but unfortunately unlike today with Humankind and Old World gamers just werent interested in 4x civ style games outside official aaa 'sid meier' releases back then

[@mikokos12]

Love the civ 5 content Potato, keep the good stuff flowing!

[@rhystaylor851]

RIP the hundreds (if not thousands) of gold that was lost because Potato refused to build harbours. Also Boat Mormanism pog

[@iambicpentakill971]

I appreciate the city pronunciations. They might not be perfect, but they are a lot closer than most English speaking people would say

[@dhk117rp]

Me when potato doesn't take 15% wonder production :/

[@matthewloser7567]

@@dhk117rp I thought that too, but unless he had at least 10 production, then he would be getting less than 1 additional production a turn. I'd need to check but I'm not sure whether that would even shave a turn off the timer.

[@cmdrwilmot2696]

I think he should have built a worker boat right before he started pumping workers. Using it to make fishing boats would give him one extra food and production. The food would make it easier to put workers as unemployed for production, and adding even one production would be a 33% boost.

[@superguy911]

@@cmdrwilmot2696 work boats don't exist in this mod, workers improve sea resourses

[@TheCodaCrew]

Honestly, this is the god spot for if this was Civ 6 with the zombies turned on

[@ethanfrench9111]

Yeah, I had something similar to that happen to me just yesterday except it was Shaka and not Polynesia and he spawned right next to me so I didn't even have time to build stuff like you did with the galleys and frigates. The harder difficulties of Civ 5 are basically "Hope I didn't spawn next to an aggressive early game Civ" which is arguably the same thing across most of the games but it goes hard in 4 & 5.

[@pacocheung1864]

Next episode could be an hour of pure suffering and copium, or it could all end in 5 minutes

[@Mathmachine]

Sometimes I think the games know when they're being played by a streamer and intentionally create these kind of starts.

[@evanknopp4441]

Having not finished this video, I tuned out when you started to lose, I started your rewind and had humongous dejavu, I'll watch the whole thing now ^.^

[@seansloan7015]

"Save 15% or more when you switch to Aristocracy." -Some sort of Lizard maybe

[@fredblues7175]

I have a lot more hours in Civ5 than 6. The modded civs were amazing and diverse. 2 of my favorites were New Vegas Mr. House one city and Little House on the Prairie.

[@realah3001]

The yuri civ was peak

[@Jerrycourtney]

*_Maybe the real Polish One-Tile Island is the friends we made along the way._* -Sacagawea

[@josdelijster4505]

I loved civ 5 with all addons it was great.. never thought i would love ut more than 4 next war.. but i did.. and this is a fun vid on what was possible with it

[@MrAM-ny1nk]

I honestly thought this was one of those one tile challenge maps that every civ player was spamming out in civ 6 like four years ago. Good to see its an actual game!

[@archranger80753]

glad to see people are still playing civ 5, great vid!

[@dlearn863]

Haven't discovered horses yet. The enemy is entering the era with spies. Imagine that in FFA.

[@KorutsiHiro]

The most cursed Spawn in civilization history.

[@Vimes1982]

That fishing worker made me smile :) You´ve played a lot of Civ VI!

[@lesnicus]

mate, your prenounciation is spot on. well done! edit: spoke to early I guess...

[@lesnicus]

polish is confusing but we have only one K :) rest was spot on

[@Blackwing2345635]

@@lesnicus pretty much one letter - one sound mostly, but also W = V confuses people sometimes.

[@lesnicus]

@@Blackwing2345635 Yeah, Potato got it right though. I like to describe it as Ł=W and W=V and we have no V

[@kortzite5204]

Potato is an absolute demon for calling it "Vrotswav" 50% of the time and "Rawww claww" the other 50%

[@jessefoutz597]

I like that you pronounce Lodz as "woodge," like it's supposed to be.

[@Luzitanium]

I have this song The Source Of Life (Tom Strandberg) as Main theme of my Civ V, for me is the best song i ever found that fits perfectly a CIV game.

[@colonelgraff9198]

Bro gets the Saint Helena starting point

[@Makem12]

Potato, why didn't you spawn on a snow tile? You're making it too easy for yourself

[@dontnormally]

it's awesome that you went ahead and rolled with the cursed start - makes for a really interesting game!

[@MrElectronicfallout]

that crabs joke got me pretty hard, thank you for that

[@SergeySklonin]

You can use "Fog-busting" with civilian units to see barbs in the fog of war. In essence, you hold right-click with a worker/settler and scroll all over the map. If the circle is red, there's a barb. Doesn't work for Terra Incognita though, fog of war only.

[@BucknerSJ]

10:50 New Patreon tier unlocked: Potato's home address

[@kylarking]

Always love some fresh Civ challenge content!

[@CainXVII]

Apparently the Swedish king is supposed to be Gustav II Adolf. But he looks more like Erik XIV. Doesn't matter, they both fought Poland :)

[@SkyPixelin]

I haven't heard of Boat Mormonism for a while now. Thanks for the reminder

[@Sp4rt4nSl4ya]

Such a cool start! Glad you decided to roll with it and make a video on this.

[@farenellvideos]

The epdisodes where you struggle are the most entertaining. But super interesting at the same time.

[@Silentpoppy]

I like to think this city has a absolutely insanely deep mine underneath it, like if you fall into it you will die from screaming before you hit the ground levels of deep.

[@DerZocker2000000]

11:42 potato discovers what renting property is like

[@Pengi-kun]

Watching this made me realize I have no idea how to play Civ despite playing all of them since Civ 3.

[@juniusluriuscatalus6606]

Potato: "Sorry not sure how to pronounce this." Half of Poles: Shaking heads in disbelief. Second half: "No one knows."

[@CDL_Gaming]

NGL, watching this at 6 AM having been up all night and it took me restarting the video 3 times to realize why Civ 6 looked so strange... it's not Civ 6. lol. I'm going to bed, now.

[@Sworddeath727]

I remember Polynesia being the most painful person in any game of random civs always comes as friends then tries to attack every time my #1 backstabber of all my games.

[@emilydioptase]

In one tile civilization, nobody jumps for the tile improvements.

[@ladsvideos]

Back to watching Potatoes videos because 1) They're great and 2) Civ 5 refuses to launch on my PC 😢

[@backyardcreeper]

@@ladsvideos try deleting the start-up movie files.

[@diakoneiross]

Pronunciation of Łódź is amazing, Wrocław is basically vrotsuav, we don't do weird stuff with c. C is always ts. ;)

[@Laura-eq6uv]

Unless it a part of "ch". Or "cz". Digraphs my beloved :3

[@Volpeusz]

im surprised how smooth and well that ,,Łódź'' was

[@ClnlBogey]

Ah yes the Halloween video. Scary shit, no joke.

[@kaan-kaant]

I never moved on to civ 6, but civ 5 wasn't quite enough either. Highly recommend the civ 5 vox populi community mod is so good despite some problems with running it. Would make a great video watching someone have a go at VP for the first time around tbh.

[@2centschange]

10:55 Potato basically explaining how social media works.

[@mikemcgillivry506]

got to give you crazy props for trying to pull that start out from oblivion. Didnt think it was even possible at first

[@Metallex]

The world enters the Medieval period in 920BC. Potato invents the wheel in 260AD.

[@superguy911]

when your land is incredibly shit, there's actually a strong case for liberty. what use would growing the capital even be when all you have is 2 food tiles. Could have invested those cargo ship in exponentially better cities

[@andrewcollins2060]

4:53 bro is basically making O'Hara from one piece.

[@nickojustin]

I had a similar start once. It was big enough for three cities and when I wanted to settle more, I couldn't due to ocean surrounding me.

[@wolfsruhm]

one thing i have to say: during your settler production in your cap, you could have just put your ppl back onto food, because, iirc, in Civ 5 half your food production is used into producing settler, with the counter to that that you will not get growth, though it might be change in the mods you were running

[@princeinferno426]

Polish person here, you pronounce Wroclaw pretty well. In Polish the ł in Wrocław makes the same sound as w does in water. The rest of the pronunciation is correct.

[@Tsumii610]

"The Polish One Tile Island" sounds like something i read on urban dictionary

[@JesseAnderson]

You'd think after 100 hours, I would've at least tried to improve a water tile with a worker. I've been using workboats exclusively this entire time

[@garethleahy412]

He's playing with LEKMOD which removes workboats and gives their job to workers. It's a major overhaul of vanilla civ 5.

[@st.videoss]

@@JesseAnderson It isn't a real thing, potato is playing with several mods that you and I both are very unfamiliar with

[@SergeySklonin]

Also, try rushing for workshops ASAP, before or right after libraries - this might help vs. deity. Loving your videos :)

[@KarltheBarl]

lol you had the same idea of playing 5 to refresh your memory for 7 civ 5 is so much fun I forgot how good it is

[@SkeIIum]

Oh hey, finally forced to go tradition. Lets go!

[@Elias.Barney]

as a saint the boat mormons make me happy lol 😂

[@kiraalira]

Łódź perfectly fits your start since it means "boat" in polish

[@esinohio]

I can't wait to see @PotatoMcWhiskey demolish Civ VII diety mode when it comes out or whatever the hardest mode will be!

[@MichalKaczorowski]

Great pronunciation of "Łódź" ;)

[@KargoolElvalie]

Your proununciation of Nicosia made me cry.

[@Formal-DeHyde]

Me: rolls 1 tile island, eyeroll and reroll. Also me: sees Potato rolled 1 tile island, grabs popcorn

[@JamesWilliams-1901]

Instead of squeaking out 1 GPT with open borders, you can ask for it when mutually trading accept embassy (just saves you making an extra trade)

[@PainFireFist]

Gold for crabs is such a legit trade 🤣

[@polinco737]

Discovers the wheel in 260 AD?? This civilization can't possibly fail!

[@NineEyeRon]

I’m falling asleep to this tonight!

[@JMACCSArmiesOfMiddleEarth]

God I miss civ5 leader screens

[@konstantinnovozhilov1715]

I remember when Civilization VI was announced people also hated the new leader styles

[@VGM00021]

We're spending most our lives on an Easter Island Paradise. - The early game.

[@maxd4826]

Respect for pronouncing “Łódź” correctly

[@too_s0ber910]

I wold have laughed so hard if the great lighthouse got ninja'd out from under you with 1 turn left.

[@WilliamTehConqueror]

Man, i must have got knocked back 10 years with the boat mormon religion name

[@xanukraine]

You actually pronouncing Łódź correctly! Mindblown,jpg

[@TheSuperappelflap]

A lighthouse...and a library...built right by the seashore...seems weirdly familiar.

[@hatchhermit77]

Wow, that cliffhanger, tho.

[@iqh2]

wow, you're saying the polish names in the (mostly) correct way😮

[@paulenus2098]

Wow ...Notre Dame built on turn 66.....AI is on another level this game :)

[@TheSonneillon]

Finally realistic simulator of life in Poland!

[@Nokturnal89]

Keep the civ5 content coming! Civ5 is the superior civ game!

[@rratactual]

This is such a Poland start I swear "hmmm yes wow I cannot wait to play one of the most powerful civs in the game, hopefully my start has at least some pastures" The start:

[@pascallaforge375]

What a cliffhanger, hopefully you make it out of that war

[@Ajgor_Wygoda]

Verry nice Łódź : )

[@ogcipher4967]

I was like "wait why does the game look so weird but so familiar in the same time" and boom it's good ol' Civ V not VI

[@psyboyo]

I miss "Call to Power"...

[@DerFreiegedanke]

Civ 5 was peak Civ. Change my mind.

[@benoithudson7235]

Civ 2, and then it was all downhill from there.

[@Milone335]

Hi potato, I wanted to ask if you could play Hungary in Civ 6. Because I think it is possible to win a domination victory in under 100 turns on a tiny terra map

[@ahmadashraf9448]

Hmm.. I definitely like workers in Civ5 more than 6, in the fact that they don't die from usage. But the slow build is definitely a drawback, but the instabuild civ 6 is also absurd. I think worker should be like civ5, but much more powerful, and they cost 1 citizen. Maybe they can also stack up to 3 to work on a single tile.

[@atabreh]

I remember Civ2 having the stack settlers/engineers on single tile to process faster option