Civ 6 Nubia Livestream (A-Z Challenge)

[@ItsAeroga]

Potato: no one's gonna click on a 7 hour long video Me: *clicked on that 7 hour long video*

[@inusmiku]

Randy Reso me too! 😁

[@portland573]

Same here, could only watch a bit of the stream.

[@selfbiased1860]

same. I skipped around a bunch though.

[@computerentity]

same

[@whynotsa6866]

me too

[@mochithepooh5368]

Map making at 3:45 Game starts at 8:45

[@oakdragon8756]

No wonder it's seven hours long, eh?

[@DunkTasticMan]

@@oakdragon8756 I mean, he played a whole entire game.

[@markmeorigins]

Potato needs more recognition. This guy has been absolutely fantastic to watch and he does such a good job of talking to the stream explaining the thought processes. Really, thanks bro.

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[@maxtonaugustine3648]

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[@kalebarthur4574]

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[@TuckerTheKobold]

Potato: "This guy just uploaded an 8 hour video, I'm not watching that." Me, having literally never watched civ 6 before but curious what it's like, seeing a 7-hour video of it in my recommended: *sweating nervously*

[@DunkTasticMan]

May I ask, did you continue watching civ 6 and start playing it?

[@rosso4001]

Noone's gonna watch a 7 hr video. Potato has never written school reports and wants something on in the background while they write them.

[@MrAms1204]

Ross Tuddin holy shit am i you?

[@christopherzarlenga3344]

Ross Tuddin literally true. Haha finishing the semester with this on this weekend

[@shooting6lasers]

I’m surprised you can actually write those school reports. I can barely do work myself with videos like this in the background. If KZbin was a thing when I was in school, I would have probably flunked.

[@patrickvanwye4042]

Really enjoyed watching the entire VoD, in chunks over the last few days.

[@hansbitterbal1346]

"No one's gonna click on a 7 hour video"... well this is awkward

[@katibaldwin5504]

Took me three days to finish watching the whole A-Z Nubia game but wanted to let you know I truly enjoyed it! I pass the time at work listening and sort of watching your games so I appreciate the 7-8 hour vids! :) Also, I cracked up at the Hamburger McBudLight joke you made.

[@Jonathan-el2gk]

wait this isn't behind a pay wall?

[@frenzalitis]

I know it's just a meme, but it's sometimes really tough for me to resist explaining the difference between Boomers and GenX when I see it.

[@IceFire9yt]

ok boomer ;)

[@RobertReital]

Its funny listening to this VOD 4 years later and how accurate he was about Civ 7 at 4:05:29 saying it wouldnt come out for 5+ years and then they announced it this year (2024) to release next year (2025)

[@iCamp4theWin]

love your videos. i like how you explain what youre doing. also i prefer the long streams over video episodes.

[@stewartgames6697]

I've noticed that one thing you tend to miss in almost any game where it is relevant is placing your capitol to take advantage of a civilization's unique tile improvements or other "prefers to build in a specific region" advantages. It was absolutely worth taking two turns to build your capitol next to that desert - Nubian pyramid next to a city center means +40% production for ALL districts, a boost that would have easily made up for the few extra turns wasted moving your first settler. You've made similar errors in the past - Hungary gets faster build speeds for any districts and buildings across a river from a City Center (and you actually moved your settler away from an ideal position in the recent Hungary game, meaning much slower campus and science buildings for no advantage). Same thing with Cleopatra - basically ignored the fact that with Iteru boosting the build speed for Holy Sites and the powerful synergy between Sphinxes and Earth Mother pantheon you could have had an easy go at a Religious victory even on Deity. Might be worth actually spending the start of these streams reading about the leader and their civilization's unique boosts and discussing how you plan to use them to your advantage - you tend to get a bit more distracted during live streams and doing this would help you have a clear plan and not mess up key city placements so often.

[@andreariva623]

I think he doesn't like doing religious victories, for the rest I agree

[@blakefixsen4311]

While I do agree with you the 2food 2 pro tiles are essential in the early game and moving would only granted growth and faith tiles. Also woulda trapped him next to the wonder and wasted those nice coast tiles

[@michaelbacchiocchi8111]

Agreed I think I had around 4-5 cities with Nub pyramids adjacent to the city center and it was pretty much a cakewalk. But I think he doesn’t care about that level of detail. What really matters is he’s become a celebrity - you did hear him mention how much he likes $$$... His reaction of “What was that noise” @6:56:20 was priceless. I suspect either the platform or mods he runs allows him to make crucial mistakes and still compete. My games would likely be over by Turn 55...

[@RobSteel117]

My Challenge to myself is to rewatch all of the A to Z Challenge, every waking hour, until it's done and play Civ 6 while doing so.

[@bradmeyer6273]

PotatoMcWhiskey Bastard is a rather uninspired insult towards an Irishman, but cheers to you for taking it an running with it on that guy.

[@jesusthemezziuggh]

Damn Son! U blew up! I'm happy u are successful and happy u went back to youtube...still your day one supporter brother

[@matjaz8919]

So can we expect some guideline videos for specific victories? As you said before you wanted to show how to win diplomacy vicrory.

[@pulchritudinoushog]

For diplomatic, just become Suzerain of most/all city states (pump out civics towards envoys and influence points), and try to get high tier governments early on. Since you cant easily predict Congress events, you'll usually just want to pump out Culture (since pretty much everything gets Great People, and you would already be doing so) and Science (Carbon Recapture, plus it allows you to get better units for Military Events). On top of this, play as someone that you can easily make allies with, like Wilfred Laurier. Alliances are very good for generating diplomatic favor. But if push comes to shove, you can always save-scum world Congress to vote in agreement with everyone else (but if you have to cheat for a diplomatic victory, not only is that cheating, but it's the second easiest victory behind Religious)

[@dustinlamarr4506]

I wish I loved anything as much as Civ players love arguing with other Civ players about how they play the game

[@polpo8342]

Dustin LaMarr “You play religious civs? Who even are you?”

[@christiansmith804]

Potato : no one's going to click on a 7 hour long video, The Video : has 116,710 views

[@Halberder84]

I never realised you could put any policy card in the wildcard slot until I started watching your videos. I thought you could only put wildcard policies in there. Totally blew my mind.

[@RobertR19]

I missed the last 4 hours so I'm jumping in. This made work more tolerable.

[@Nyitemare]

I realise this is an older vid, but holy shit, did Potato speed this footage up in editing? The actual speed he is speaking at

[@belas.1231]

I would love to get teached by you!! :D Pls do such a format, where you do a coaching for us plebs

[@chrissistarski]

Dear Mr McWhiskey, Thanks for the video and great content. I really appreciate your time in making this available for my perusal. 2:15:44 - I really love the idea of the North Atlantic Archipelago, it's a great term, good job.

[@itaishufman8951]

Challange idea: Choose your techs and civics using the shift key queuing in turn 1 for the entire game. No changing the entire game Similar suggestion- click future tech and for the civics choose a second tier gov, third tier gov, fourth tier gov and then to future civic

[@traceytheelf08]

Haha I swear I heard Scythia say ‘DUDE!’ when you you declared a second surprise war

[@Pietro9173]

Why don't put magnus in spaceport' city while running space projects? Maybe don't change much but still

[@tomjones2056]

How do u get that banner that shows other players key stats (military strength, sci, culture, etc)

[@johnhawkins5314]

Settings inteface, show advanced details I think Was a mod they introduced into the main game because it was so good, so don't worry about not knowing, it's a common question :)

[@Etaripamai47]

He says it just past 1:15:00

[@tomjones2056]

Thanks!

[@SourceOfBeing]

When I read "A-Z Challenge", I thought it meant that at each choice you could make, you'd go whichever is the first alphabetically.

[@jaydenliberty9536]

SourceOfBeing oh god, swarms of Great Artists everywhere

[@SourceOfBeing]

@@jaydenliberty9536 Are you sure? Campus, Encampment and Holy Site are all before Theatre Square.

[@johnathanchu8544]

Were are the first 4 hours?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

its processing

[@BIKarus]

On using exploits. Occasionally using the change government exploit isn't the difference between winning and losing. It's a small optimization, often used after mistakenly not changing policies when they become available. Something like production preserving is a game-changing exploit that almost entirely changes the way you play the game. If you're going for purism, then sure, don't use either exploit, maybe don't use even UI mods, otherwise, depending on your objective, especially in a single-player game, do what you want.

[@hansmuster4299]

Will Switzerland overtake USA today? New numbers are still outstanding, was between 11 and 12 UTC past few days...

[@christoffernordblom890]

Thank you for not blocking full video behind paid subscription anymore.

[@crystalsaturn7503]

I always build walls in cities on the coast because water barbs are a pain.

[@aidanyeoh5097]

The vod never got edited down did it

[@sk00pidis]

Man, honest question: does youtube has macros that could show the challenge explanation, type of victory/game you are going for?

[@isaachilburn5515]

Hi - I am a US subscriber to your channel. I’d like to become a member, but I don’t see a join button to click. Is there something I am missing.

[@curiousbench]

Are you on desktop

[@isaachilburn5515]

No - iOS

[@johndolleslager1270]

Have you completed the A-Z Challenge? I have seen through Catherine.

[@johndolleslager1270]

Actually India (Changdadupta) I can't spell either.

[@nikolaast]

How do I see the yields thougfh?

[@Iavasechui]

Accidentally defeated my longtime ally when all her cities joined my empire when they rebelled from her

[@blackdesertonlinesbadinter9039]

What is the a-z challenge

[@demonicrebellion6903]

A golden cookie, would that be a shortbread, or more of a gingersnap?

[@davidstufflebean3285]

I dont know how people stream this game this guy clearly knows what he is doing yet all the civ pros in his chat telling him what to do /rollseyes

[@sk00pidis]

nab he needs to have a rule about back seat gaming!

[@talosisoursavior4015]

what is the a to z challenge?

[@amandab1228]

The American equivalent of Potato McWhiskey would be Bacon McBourbon, obviously.

[@shubhamtripathi2683]

Hey Potato, will you ever play Frostpunk?

[@andrewwahba5006]

What setting are you using so that you see what your workers are doing when you hover over your city title card?

[@AdmiralA]

Sukritract’s UI mod

[@hevoinen88]

Love your vids but arguing with chat for 10 minutes about rules just hurts my ears... :(

[@BenvolioZF]

So toxic

[@Terrorcooky1]

but that is pretty much the case if you have a live stream :D

[@Ashwill57]

The best thing about Nubia is you don‘t need to build encampment and build a huge range army with great promotions

[@CalantheCintra]

"No one will click on a 7 hrs long video" Me, clinking on a 5 yrs OLD 7 hours long video. And I know full well I'll finish it.

[@Mindraakki]

A great video! I don't think it was discussed in the video, but what is the A to Z challenge exactly? Oo Thanks for the series though, makes working from home much more enjoyable!

[@jaceivanova5248]

Please continue the series potato!

[@Revalstarcraft]

On exploits: Since you're not competing as part of any speedrun = who cares Theres always a tradeoff between speed and entertainment value. The government exploit is super minor compared to say RE2 remake where you can glitch through huge chunks of the game hence why speedrunners don't do it - because its boring It also depends on the game. I know some bosses in WoW and FFXIV have been downed using exploits for World firsts and often the community doesn't care Keep doing what you're doing. I've learned a lot from watching your videos and you're a nice and reasonable guy

[@OursAreTheSix]

I don’t know what’s so hard to understand about the exploit. As an example, in mortal kombat the original you could sweep multiple times if your timing was good and the opponent couldn’t do anything about it. It was considered an exploit and unfair but if you were playing someone and you swept them, why would you NOT sweep them again? Similarly, why would you not exploit a minor glitch against a computer on deity which already cheats?

[@jobchristianseancawilan6653]

i am doing this challenge im just having a hard time with nubia

[@gunzakimbo]

Taking cities is also recipe for making the game unbearable with an empire of 30 cities. Can tend to be a lot funner without taking enemy cities!

[@Throwaway-dd4ux]

anyone know how i become a channel member i can't seen to find the join button

[@kylecurtright4589]

It should be next to the subscription button.

[@TumblesYT]

Nubia always appears in my civ 6 games.

[@e2driver99]

Only Potato could fail a challenge before turn 1. A to Z without Alexander

[@davidhuston495]

Georgia is in the Arctic? Wow! You know what is frustrating with the war in CIV, Civ VI. Oh, let me attack this axeman with this modern armour. Modern Armor loses. Now I have to replace my monitor after trying to punch the axeman. No wonder he beat the modern armour. ffs!

[@jhskeen]

I missed the end of the livestream, so thanks for posting!

[@ryantate4893]

the guy saying vibe check in chat got vibe checked himself

[@rooryan]

Wow! That’s a neat canal city!

[@PaulDickson7]

What’s the Name of Leader HUD overlay mod? 1:14:00 thanks spud

[@briancallison]

Not a mod just a setting

[@GettinSadda]

Hmm, inspired by this I tried to play a game with similar settings - and either you are the God of Streamer RNG, or the AI has got a lot better! You finished the Pyramids on about turn 85, having given Scythia a good beating a couple of times... I was almost wiped out by Dido while I was still trying to rush researching archery, and by about turn 50 the AIs had grabbed pretty much all thy good stuff, INCLUDING the Pyramids! Of course as well as Dido I was crushed in between Korea and the Zulus!

[@benabaxter]

Other challenge ideas: Win a victory using no Civ or Leader advantages. Win a culture victory using a different route than seaside-resorts/ski-resorts/wonders.

[@chungisfungus3925]

For the civ with no advantages, would you use a modded civ with no bonuses or just play as a specific civ and not use their unique stuff? I'm wondering who you can do that on without messing up the game. Maybe if you play as French Eleanor and never build wonders or the UU/Chateau?

[@benabaxter]

@@chungisfungus3925 Or if you play as Mapuche (?) but never use Trade Routes. That kind of thing.

[@HS-wn7km]

Call me crazy but I'm enjoying your 7-hour long video xD. Every time I learn something new! e.g. Didn't know about the culture trick to change gov policies for free before this one!

[@mat3714]

I know huge is just too long but could you go for large maps more often? Civ is just better with more competition.

[@MasterPoulpe]

no subtitles :(

[@JL-uq6dq]

Is his accent that bad?

[@MrAms1204]

J L no its because some people can’t fucking hear JL

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

7 hours of subtitles is hard, I'll try get some software for it

[@bernardo-x5n]

You gave us a preview of your next video

[@dasgnampf4156]

Hey you skipped Alexander in this series 😅

[@galacsinhajto]

I've watched the 10 hour long Jerma seaman vod. 7 hours of civ six is nothing .

[@Bonobogiraffe]

Hm, do i waste over 7 hours of my life, or do i just waste about 3.5 at the cost of Potatos voice turning nigh-incomprehensible?

[@malco84]

I've trained my ear to listen to potato at double speed his normal quick chat now sounds slow to me :)

[@fancyorange]

@@Bonobogiraffe the key is to work it up, don't just start playing at 2x start with 1.25x and one you get used to it then go to 1.5x and so on

[@levnekrasov2616]

1.25 is the best i can do as a non-native, any higher and the chat messages he reads become a total gibberish to me :(

[@Mytelefe]

Did you know that we skipped Alexander by mistake ?

[@jesusthemezziuggh]

Can't wait to catch your next live stream...with love your resident channel troll Jesus

[@penknaja6587]

Welcome to blblbl 0:10

[@palmerryan9886]

The desc shows the outer worlds

[@giannimaggio474]

7 hours... ok, i don't have a social life, so what's the problem?

[@S4NoctiS]

4:58:50 Your wish is my command! xD

[@Whatsuppbuddies]

Lmao tomyris’ revenge

[@pick6and129]

Potato will eventually learn how to manage live chat. Learn not to engage the trolls too much.

[@Kisamaism]

Had a negative comment, but you know what? It doesn't matter. Enjoy your day sir. Just know that I am in camp "anti-exploit if you want to show achievement".

[@dezenaamvergeetiknie]

Hehe, I feel you. My stance is literally a 180 of his but I've never seen good come from a youtube discussion. I'll leave it to the stream watchers to argue. Have a nice day.

[@BroganCoovert34]

I didn't know that's how you got that name

[@mattygoodtimes8347]

52:12

[@Cevandri]

noone watches an 7 hour long vods? Ehm.... I keep watching your A-Z Vods.... I hope my YT Prem gives you something :D

[@rcss4517]

Texas would obviously be CowboysMcLonestar. Also Whales rofl.

[@LukeCuddy]

Potato Vrs Spiff, you say?

[@yqking2497]

4:14:50 4:57:56 5:37:00

[@aryamanpratiraj6074]

So so wrong about the 7 hour video wrong thingy lol

[@gawdat3859]

How do you go ten minutes arguing and trying to explain yourself instead of observing the very simple contradiction people are pointing out (perhaps with a chuckle)? "I don't war because it makes it too easy for me to win" - said at least 5 times "I use exploits because this is educational" 1:27:20 "The reason I use exploits is because its the most efficient way to win" If you're trying to show the most efficient way to win... then taking over cities is part of that. Maybe what you're actually doing... is playing how you like to play. Nothing wrong with that either. "There's a certain point where optimizing for efficiency destroys the fun of the game" Those points are different for different people.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Theres no contradiction. I don't find war an enjoyable way to win.

[@gawdat3859]

​@@PotatoMcWhiskey Yep. That's what they tried to tell you. You were defending with logic about education and ease of winning, when really all it came down to was PERSONAL PREFERENCE. I'm glad to hear that you've come around.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

@@gawdat3859 I explained this in great detail iirc. There is a difference between using a strategy that is too powerful to win the game, and using a game mechanic or exploit to win the game. I do not find the going to war strategy fun, because it makes the game too easy. I use the exploit to show it off to people and show an efficient way to play, becuase it doesn't make the game too easy.

[@gawdat3859]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey Yeah you did explain the same thing over and over, but you never *listened*: "Why do you use government swap exploit?" YOUR ANSWER: "Because this is educational, I have to show the most effective strategies to win" "Why don't you defeat Scythia?" YOUR ANSWER: Defeating other civs makes the game too easy, it's just not fun for me. most effective strategy = easiest way to win Thus... CONTRADICTION According to your first answer, YOU HAVE TO show the most effective strategies to win. According to your second answer, you are trying to avoid winning too easily. If I had to take a guess: the real reason you're having so much trouble with this? Made clear by your follow-up answers to myself and others? You're uncomfortable answering the first question honestly. You claim you have to use exploits to spread awareness for an even playing field (in a 1-player game) and claim you have to demonstrate (educationally) the most effective strategies for winning in your videos. But when it comes to other facets of the game? You don't abide by those rules. So clearly those "rules" aren't governing your play. You're going with personal preference. There's nothing wrong with that, it's just flabbergasting that you can't see it

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

@@gawdat3859 There is no contradiction. You have invented one. One of these things makes the game too easy and I do not enjoy it. The other thing is an efficient way to play that does not make the game too easy. I will not be responding further.

[@Etaripamai47]

I said it in char before. I'll watch a 7 hour video

[@evruthon]

im so happy whales happened, thank you! i was at work but i came back to check XD

[@andrewc.8777]

i think I'm insane cause I clicked on the 7 hours vid😁

[@michaelsivertsev8222]

Maybe u will try multiplayer? I think it would be more interesting than playing with AI as for u, as for viewers

[@pulchritudinoushog]

U is a letter, not a word you worthless troglodyte.

[@Magziesfuntime]

Players like PotatoMcWhiskey use exploit only to enhance the fun when playing the game. Spiff uses exploits to completely break games. Players like Potato wouldn't use an exploit that broke the game.

[@yuwish6320]

Wait, Test Religion Please Ignore? That's my alliance in Eve Online; Test Alliance Please Ignore. How funny is that?

[@emiliohontucan4877]

McWhiskeyPotato has a xiaomi phone

[@brightlights365]

F for Sedeinga

[@Hellparadiseneutralmage0proof]

1:08:17 hiur love it its my trick stop

[@MasterofJenaster]

6:43:17 nicht schlecht :)