Eleanor (France) A-Z Challenge

[@lireo5]

Love watching 3 years later and seeing how much our potato has grown. Also, minute 23, "baaaaarbs in the north!!!"

[@Matttsplattt777]

Just wanted to say thanks for essentially teaching me how to play

[@garfeldi8466]

Same lol

[@vincentrolle2605]

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[@camhopper2252]

Same. Thanks tato

[@thomasmartin2248]

Occasionally I will try to drag the map while watching.

[@drakeisbak18]

I have been waiting for Eleanor! She is a beast. Although I prefer playing as England, France is just as good!

[@riz3310]

ShadowOfGaia she really is my favorite civ. I’ve been trying off and on to do a domination victory without ever going to war. I played a game were I completely absorbed two other civs while staying friends with them.

[@drakeisbak18]

@@riz3310 Yeah that's usually what I end up doing as well. Nothing more satisfying than watching a Capital city flip to my empire and then watching the rest absorb into my empire.

[@nikitashaitan9984]

I just flipped 3 civs which were my allies. On diety. It’s not even 1500 a.d. She’s a monster

[@darthjarjar6756]

"You realisticly need only 6 cities to ein a Game" Laughs in homeless Maori

[@theblazingbandit4616]

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[@ljsparks261]

Aà

[@joeburnett1701]

58:50 Generally when I have the freedom to "sim city" everything, like when I start on my own island, I make a large farm triangle "district" which is composed of 3 farm triangles arranged into a large triangle with a farm in the center (10 farms total, +28 food), which can essentially be worked by 3 cities that surround it. Later in the game you can convert the edges into neighborhoods, which is fun because that's essentially what happened irl as people moved out of urban areas.

[@gunzakimbo]

"Barbarian camps aren't scary, they're just annoying." Meanwhile in my game turn 150 have 3 barbarian helicopters and 2 at crew outside my doorstep......... Love the content! You've taught me so much on Science and Culture victories and just general gameplay overall!

[@pieterpieter4837]

I wish there was a reason to exist but watching a guy drawing a cat in paint makes me forget about it for a while

[@Zarastro54]

Really weird that in the game where they don't use Napoleon as leader, they implement a unit specifically tied to him as the UU. You'd think THIS would be the game where Musketeers are an appropriate UU for France.

[@joelfarley9305]

Is Napoleon a great general?

[@peerman04]

@@joelfarley9305 I think so.

[@ellie8674]

@@joelfarley9305 yes, turns a land unit into an army. Pretty good

[@maestroclassico5801]

I play as him all the time in Civ 4 with the Musketeer units. I dont always understand the developer's logic.

[@PrimarchRoboleonFrenchyman]

Changing leader is fun, as a French myself I would gladly have Louis XIV, Charlemagne or Charles de Gaulle as leader next time

[@joeburnett1701]

3:00:00 For "prosthelytizer" the emphasis is on the first syllable, just like in "prosthelytize". It's one of those weird words that is very long, yet has emphasis on the first syllable.

[@Brandonhayhew]

Aquitaine her first husband was the king of France. She eventually divorced him and married King Henry second king of England. She became queen of England and mother of king Richard and king John.

[@BoonesRevenge]

My favorite Civ to play at the moment!!!

[@glenmcgillivray4707]

Game i wish to see Science rush between Potato and SpiffingBrit in Civ-6 Whoever wins? Joins the other in Stellaris. Forced Hegemon start, the 'Loser' Gets ownership of one of the pet empires. Both work together against Aspec on the other side of the Galaxy. Good luck You'll need it.

[@hemlockwaterdropwortchanne3896]

Starts playing at 8:32

[@groinBlaster31]

How did no AI pick up Temple of Artemis by turn 50??? Happens in like every single game I'm in

[@douglasgoh1768]

Your gameplay videos are excellent mate! Taught me how to play this game properly.

[@presidenttogekiss635]

That's why phoenicia is great. It can pump out cities like no other.

[@crystalsaturn7503]

I, myself, would have put a canal in the are between the lake city and the ocean. Or at least not built the harbor in that city. In all of my past games, whenever I build a harbor in a lake and then get a Great Admiral, the Great Admiral then shows up in that lake city. Same for if I get a free ship. This results in my having to just delete the unit since keeping it (when it can't do anything) just wastes money.

[@maestroclassico5801]

I'm intrigued by how Eleanor can be England OR France......She divorced King Louis and Married Henry II of England......she was the mother of Richard the Lionheart.....Never would have thought she would be a Civ leader!

[@sld1776]

It was disputes over her inheritance that launched the 100 years wars. She was at least consequential.

[@maestroclassico5801]

@@sld1776 Sure but when it comes to France....you could have so many different leaders....Napoleon , Louis XIV, or Charles de Gaulle (like Civ IV), Joan of Arc (like Civ III), you HAVE another fascinating option in Civ VI in Queen Mother Catherine de Medici...I'm fascinated by Eleanor but one of the only Queens in history to successfully leave one king (who she had children with I believe...girls) for another....who she also had children with.....and she didn't get excommunicated.

[@alwy781]

@@maestroclassico5801 Probably because the official reason of the annulment was "Consanguinity" (though let's be real, there are multiple other factor which led to the annulment) which is tame and definitely not worthy of excommunication. But if the reason is something along the line of "Incestuous Infidelity" which did fly around due to Eleanor's relationship with her uncle, the excommunication could actually happen. Probably the funniest part is when Eleanor and Louis stayed in Italy after the disastrous 2nd Crusade. Eleanor sought an annulment with the Pope but got firmly rejected to the point where Pope Eugene III told them to sleep together. Like "Yeah your relationship is deteriorating, now sleep together and fix it"

[@Wasyliyjef]

3:40:47 I am actually painting right now, while listening to the stream :)

[@harishsundararaman8495]

Love your content man. You might wanna add what A-Z challenge means in the description for more views

[@matthewburke3013]

What is the a-z challenge

[@TryhardEh]

@@matthewburke3013 if you'd have watched the video, he says what is it before 1:10.

[@kirbylariviere969]

Thank you for showing me some stuff that i use i enjoy your videos

[@Kazihirom]

I was just one turn away from winning a domination victory and won a diplomatic victory.

[@gregoryessertel6123]

Love how you butcher the city names! (Reims is misspelled btw) Love your videos as well!

[@Talamare2]

I mean, You absolutely can and should do Farm Diangles if you have the space and need for food. As the name implies, Diangles are just 2 Triangles

[@alans2975]

RIP the lone Spearman 3:01:00 been with us for so long

[@TheJackOfFools]

Do you do any conquest/military victories on deity? I'd love to see how you handle it as a win condition.

[@TheLodfeltBrothers]

Missing that st basils... Made me cry

[@_Gnome.]

Did you really cry or are you just saying that?

[@nishantsingh7453]

@@_Gnome. I bet he is saying that figuratively, don't know why you would think he actually cried

[@dimitrifyodorovickaramazov]

beautiful playing

[@kevinc62]

3:24:24 come on tato! You trade things for like 2 coins a turn 😂

[@cartman19892]

The only thing i hears was "boil'em, mash'em stick'em in a stew" like 3million times, otherwise cool content

[@peterhardie4151]

Yep. Its annoying.

[@rungus24]

How far do you typically get into a game before you decide what your victory type will be? And what's the latest you could leave it before having to decide? Am I right in thinking that the very start of the game is played without thought to the final game strategy?

[@adamfraser1809]

anyone else realize there's a typo on the main page of the civilopedia. it says "Sid Meier's Civilization VII" instead of Sid Meier's Civilization VI. at 1:13:20

[@ed1659]

Yeah, lol! ! ! !

[@ed1659]

Oh wait if you watch from phone or tablet you may really think it is VII, but it's just exclamation mark. Civ VI !

[@blakea3976]

It looks like II, but you're right Ed.

[@KidCharlema9ne]

Can anyone explain how he always gets away with selling all his luxury goods and I never seen the damn amenity penalty? This is before Temple of Artemis. And how the hell is he keeping up with science by turn 98 with no campus? He's got twice as much science as that one broad and only has pingala for plus 5. I feel like diety difficulty must have two difficulties.

[@joeburnett1701]

I wonder if there is a mod for a "blank" civ: A civ with no special abilities or units or building, who can just do the things common to all civs. Then, turn it into a real civ by giving them an additional settler at the beginning of every game lol.

[@blackdesertonlinesbadinter9039]

I always see people do a-z challenge, but I've never heard them say what it is.

[@Handice]

It's just playing all the leaders in alphabetical order.

[@ACDCgunslinger]

Playing the French Elenore and end up starting on the British Island 😅

[@jendrekk]

HOW it's possible, that citi of Queshqer is only 3 tiles away from Rouen?

[@ArthurAnderaos]

different landmasses

[@topdown4705]

he really put poggers in the chat

[@Theuomr]

Your game loads so fast. Mine takes forever to begin!

[@maestroclassico5801]

FOREVER ....I'm wondering if it's my laptop

[@laggaking]

Get an ssd man

[@alans2975]

His home continent kind of has the shape of Great Britain, and the continent to the east of him with the city states looks like Greece, and the island south of that is Crete lol

[@chriscampbell2670]

@28:00 ish you said Civ5 was good from get go which simply isn't true it had a very rough start with strategic resource changes it was really rough seeing you needed Iron to make catapults and yet had no access to Iron in your civ which happened 99 times of 100

[@zach2011w]

I lol'ed at the Buddhism vote around turn 90. The AI don't want to win, they want you to lose.

[@foilfencer3]

Did this map remind anyone else of Westeros?

[@Niberugi]

50:48 Norway's Military school halved in one turn, wonder what happened!

[@Komrad_Yuri]

I see barbarians as somewhat of a good thing to have near your borders early because of the unit experience and cash bonus

[@RandomJess419]

I liked this video just for the cat drawing

[@mtv6671]

Any chance to get the game and map seed on this? Would love to play "along" and try to use what I learn from the video. You just see the map differently/better than I do. No surprise

[@SeemsLogical]

Missed opportunity not playing Eleanor on the Terra map.

[@drewpamon]

A private island is a terrible Eleanor start

[@davidfinch7407]

Out of all the Kings and heroes they could have used to represent France, they chose Eleanor!? Not Napoleon, not De Gaulle, not the Sun King Louis XIV? Eleanor is somewhat historically significant based on whose bed she was sleeping in at the time, but half the time she was more associated with England then France. I don't believe she was ever the sole ruler of France, and should therefore be ineligible on that fact alone. It's like having the U.S. represented by Hillary Clinton, or England represented by Catherine of Aragon.

[@taylormccoy7492]

Did they get rid of government plazas?

[@carlpeterson8279]

Can you remove the map tack for Petra?

[@jesse_4516]

Why did he wait for suizranity of Kandy before he began exploring? And why was he going to miss out on a relic?

[@gabombled8809]

Kandy offers one relic every time you encouter a world wonder if you are the suzerain

[@jesse_4516]

@@gabombled8809 that's crazy I didnt know city states do that stuff. I kill them all because previously they've betrayed me during war.

[@joeburnett1701]

3:04:30 I was totally convinced you were Swedish until you mentioned you are Irish.

[@il.nathan9437]

Any playlist of all the a to z challenges?

[@karriu4769]

How do you chop out pyramids? Does that mean destroying tiles?

[@YineMiBen]

has he said "shan't" omg

[@audi_a3_itdpnds]

You said that the DLCs will go on sale soon. Are you talking about the Steam sale? Cause I really wanna get them at a good price.

[@crissycrossgaming]

I'm sure you could win religious from here if you wanted but you do you I know you like culture best :)

[@joeburnett1701]

1:53:18 One of the only things I dislike about civ 6 is the fact that there's essentially nothing that prevents or disincentivizes you from building as many cities as possible. In civ 5, it makes you discover shit slower and the local-global happiness is a big limitation. Here, amenities mean nothing until the late game and every single civ benefits from building a ton of cities, which I think takes out an aspect of the game that I liked from civ 5, that a civ controlling not that much land can compete with civs controlling a ton of land.

[@Talamare2]

Wait is this before Gathering Storm? Why are your religious choices outdated effects?

[@michaelplourde8352]

Snake jazz is the more op religion dont you know that?

[@kalnely668]

Do you play qith some DLC ? because in my game i don't the same option that you have. If yes, how many dlc there is ?

[@kalnely668]

@PersianMafiaThug OK, thank you very much for the recommandation and the information.

[@adamboyle3331]

For me, the government “exploit” feels a bit more like a glitch than exploit

[@adamboyle3331]

When I think of an exploit I think of stuff like the Magnus Limes overflow chop exploit.

[@zealot9262]

By definition its a glitch that you are exploiting, so kinda both. But arguing about whether its 'morally' right or whatever is pretty pointless. In matchmaking you should probably take every advantage you can get, because as Potato said, they will be doing the same. It should probably have been fixed by now though, as should all glitches, they're literately unintended.

[@Joker-no1fz]

hi

[@drewsutton1888]

If you had moved the Petra 2 tiles North of the Pyramids you could have placed double-adjacency Theatre Squares for Amboise and Marseille. Not ideal since you use up 2 hills AND reduce Marseille's Petra benefit.

[@joeburnett1701]

49:50 I mean, sure exploits will be used against you in multiplayer, but then multiplayer just isn't as fun. Tbh unregulated multiplayer civ is cringe af, may as well just play AOE because it's essentially an RTS. Playing multiplayer in an environment where people can't cheat or exploit multiplayer-specific features is when civ is the most fun.

[@felixthecat4]

how is there only 99 comments(other than me)

[@panchoverde5078]

What is this government change "exploit?" I feel duped.

[@wnchstrman]

Terrible initial settle decision, then a double scout open which should NEVER be attempted, all to find out you are alone on a small island. As French Eleanor! Hard fail.

[@aaronmusick5709]

What is the point of playing on Deity difficulty if you are just going to cheat with exploits?

[@garyshawcross]

😊

[@a.m.hofmeister725]

Proslatizer

[@G33K177]

Btw eleanor is a nobody in french history

[@gambucino1260]

Wasn't she like a prisoner for most of her life?

[@DrageDragonfly]

it would be so easy to remove those pins, but instead lets pointlessly annoy some folks and make it less enjoyable. I dont get it. Besides that good first Day.

[@Tyralash]

Government reset exploit? How do you justify that?

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Showing people it, it would have cost me 35 gold which is neglible

[@baddoboss9075]

@@PotatoMcWhiskey you didnt even explain it though lol fake excuse

[@philippvoid1800]

teaching people exploits bad

[@hitomisalazar4073]

Funny thing when Potato is talking about Cryptographically secured passwords. There's a lot of odd misconceptions most people have about it. What makes a password secure is, frankly, just sheer length. So for example this password: "iamtheveryvisionofamodernmajorgeneral" Is magnitudes more secure than: "Xd1Q4p_y". Even though most sites will claim the latter is more secure due to more variation in characters used. Just random trivia from the land of Information Technology and kind of the silly misconceptions most people have about it.

[@RAWxxx07]

Hey Potato. Why so many Harbours? Aren’t Commercial hubs better? They get easier adjacency bonus from rivers and other disctrics and great merchant points are much better than great admiral points? Or am I missing something ?

[@FrodotheSniper1212]

Both are good, but harbors are usually preferable because they can add production later instead of just gold, provide better yields on the ocean tiles with improvements, preserve some of the land for other things to build, and in a pinch, double up as a way to produce a navy should he suddenly find himself in a war. I generally like great merchants as well, more so than the admirals, and sometimes the gold yield on commercial hubs ends up being way better but the harbor has too many other benefits imo

[@RAWxxx07]

@@FrodotheSniper1212 Thx. Yes I forgot the production and housing it provides... plus using an otherwise unusable tile is also a strong argument for harbours.. thx