Saudi Arabia stole my Cities Skyline City. Let's steal it back

[@RTGame]

I hope more architects take inspiration from my nightmare cities in future

[@knockknock8371]

Oh KZbin

[@Siennarchist]

Big youtube moment

[@josephcooper8500]

I have a friend who is a civil engineering student, careful what you wish for!

[@Agilku117]

The Spagetti Junction will be such a KZbin moment!

[@rainedans8684]

THE KZbin moment

[@outdoorcats]

I like how this turned into a weirdly accurate simulator for how the construction of The Line will definitely pan out, right down to the engineering disasters, urban planning failures and extreme human rights abuses.

[@LeCheckmate]

Shout-out to the slums created in the shadow of the line

[@nicestpancake]

@@LeCheckmate worst (funniest?) part is, that might actually end up being where the Line Slums are because, well. Sunlight sucks, bro.

[@boppertron4929]

Quite a KZbin of a KZbin moment

[@Marc83Aus]

Extreme human rights abuses already going on.

[@Marc83Aus]

@@nicestpancake Oh it'll be the opposite, the glass walls will be a freaking death ray out in the sun.

[@homunculi0408]

Not gonna lie, The Line looks fantastic for a futuristic dystopian setting for a young adult novel written in the wake of The Hunger Game's boom in popularity back in early 2010s.

[@FlorianXXV]

And it's happening in real life! we don't even have to imagine the dystopia anymore!

[@bigbeast103]

What a time to be alive

[@Wolfbarr01]

The Line is a Young Adult Dystopian Sci-Fi novel written by Madison E Wallaker which details the life of Stephanie Watson who lives in a city that is a straight line where the levels are sorted by class and runs on a system of government run by 8 factions where each faction contributes a different job to sustain the mega-city. On Stephanie's 18th birthday she meets Josh Lake a devilishly handsome rogue from a rival faction who opens Stephanies eyes to the truth about... The Line: coming August 16 2013

[@nerdgirl7363]

@@Wolfbarr01 14 year old me would've read the KZbin out of that

[@the_honey_rat]

I mean... ✨new generation/decade, new popular dystopian YA novel series✨

[@TheQuark6789]

I love how RT _could_ have paused time while building this, but instead he just lets time keep running so all the Dubliners have no water or ocean for two months.

[@kimberlynichole5572]

Not only that but while he's building his city of tomorrow we just completely ignore the city of yesterday being wiped by a tornado lmao who needs them

[@dazcarrr]

​@@kimberlynichole5572just like real life

[@brandonwelsh5090]

The Line is such a KZbin idea

[@cheese4870]

The name is so original and KZbin as well

[@The-vj6of]

Damn, you beat me to it

[@dazcarrr]

there's no need to bunger the term

[@AnOwlfie]

You're a KZbin for commenting this before me

[@rileysipher673]

But what context? (Screams in confusion)

[@JimmyJonJillakers]

"We have the city of the future, why do we need to worry about the city of yesterday?" Dan in one sentence summarizes the biggest problem with modern urbanization

[@kiiwikiori7542]

i like how this video addresses actual issues with The Line idea on accident, like garbage disposal and emergency services

[@majorBearsky]

Well he did say it was going to be better in the beginning

[@rymcclure8056]

yeah, if the goal is to make a pedestrian only city, a line isn’t the way to do it… it maximizes the distance anyone has to go to get anywhere. there’s a reason why cities that predate cars are built with a dense center and with both housing and businesses spreading out together from the center. that way, you don’t have to go miles to get to work or get home

[@cornblaster7003]

@@rymcclure8056 it's saudi araba, do you expect anything else from those dumbasses?

[@arboxen]

@@rymcclure8056 The Line will have a high speed railway system tho

[@giantWario]

@@rymcclure8056 Exactly, a circle with all of the important services and commerces densely packed at the center of the circle is the way that you make a pedestrian city. As RT proved last time, the only way a city in a line works is with cars and large roads. I mean it's not like I expected better from Saudi Arabia but they are doing the opposite of what they should do to achieve their goal.

[@morleythegabe]

you know it's gonna be a good video when it starts with Rt saying "I've got a bone to pick with Saudi Arabia"

[@Volejr]

cant believe they did that. this is definitely a youtube moment.

[@arcaderdude]

You can't just go around slinging the youtube word, I seriously hope your using the modern version of the word 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@MossyMoht]

@@arcaderdude back in my day, you didn’t hear people complaining about this, but I guess these youths can grab anything and just take the KZbin out of it huh

[@bakeymykakey]

youtube youtube youtube yourself

[@Tonini08]

@@arcaderdude NO WAY CAPITÁN 3

[@maxalienwalther1869]

You're a KZbin

[@lemonlefleur6236]

I remember seeing The Line a while back and instantly saying “Oh wow this is going to be a dystopian hellscape where they’ll exile people into the desert and melt them to death with the giant glass mirrors that they use as walls”

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

That would be interesting, but don’t give them ideas.

[@dazcarrr]

"i can excuse human rights violations but i draw the line at plagiarism"

[@ally939]

“You can excuse human rights violations?”

[@Sinclairemil]

True English major moment.

[@minebrandon95264]

Companies when they see Chinese knock offs:

[@simonschnedl]

True KZbin moment.

[@full_medal_gamer9001]

Yeah I know right such a KZbin

[@ceanist_]

"We're just gonna cut the Education. They're not gonna know what they're missing" Absolute gold

[@bare_bear_hands]

"Yeah- I- I- Look, I know people are dying from the water shortage, right. But, just, keep in mind the positives!" Spoken like a true politician.

[@3-of-Crows]

Spoken like a true KZbin if you ask me

[@pizzalock1760]

Yup like a true Madison KZbin

[@SaraRankins.]

Flint Michigan

[@dr.archaeopteryx5512]

Great video! Sadly, you neglected to: 1. Place the line in the middle of nowhere. There is meant to be desert everywhere, ocean if you're lucky, not a second city. Your line residents could escape any time! 2. Place giant mirrors at the sides of the lines. Those flocks of birds aren't gonna mass decease on their own! 3. Uh why aren't you using slave labour to build this? Hello???

[@thanatoast]

This city (the Saudi one) looks like it's from a YA dystopian novel a la Divergent or Hunger Games. It would probably be called just The City where you live with The Family and go to The School to take The Test to be accepted into The Society while the poor live outside the walls on a destroyed earth.

[@quantumblauthor7300]

The KZbin

[@mittarikinz]

For some reason this made me think of Hadestown

[@voltscreamratty]

Makes about as much sense as a YA dystopia setting, too

[@captaincaspian42]

Ah yes, the Chicago in the Divergent series

[@andrewdiaz3529]

@Captain Caspian "you are special" "Why?" "Because you're a normal person who's personality has more than one trait even though none of the 5 traits our society is separated into are at all at odds with each other"

[@JLDREAMS]

As someone who did some geography in middle school, the first thing that came to mind when I saw the real "line" is how it's gonna be a nightmare to live in it ventilation wise

[@noodlelynoodle.]

I feel like if anything it's going to have way too much ventilation cause they have the end open pointing at the sea which is just going to channel the wind and intensify it like in places like sf where there're grids of skyscrapers, if they don't figure out how to manage it there's just going to be constantly strong wind blowing

[@OrdinaryPenguin4499]

This is actually great RT is giving inspiration to other cities

[@exp2745]

Let's just hope the cities don't end in a youtube.

[@minimappering]

lmao yes

[@loubob0511]

@@exp2745 a new definition of KZbin is now a human rights violation

[@gas9360]

@@loubob0511 always has been

[@qibbs8934]

Let’s help nobody takes inspiration from the poop volcano

[@sshuggi]

To be fair, he's pretty spot on with the untold human horrors.

[@margo3558]

I see, they’ve felled the Spire and made a city out of it

[@silversonome5360]

you could even say they slayed the spire

[@ICantEven2It]

@@silversonome5360 *laugh track plays*

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@silversonome5360 Bruh they mean that Ziggurat thing they made in Dubai. The World's literally tallest Building. It premiered in a Hitman III mission. Dayum you denser than Katchin. I have encountered a wild slowbro.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Me: Rolls die, lands a 3. You: Taking max damage (psychic) as your opponent casts Vicious Mockery on you.

[@arboxen]

@@BlackMoonHowls I'm pretty sure the Spire is a 100m tall building in Dublin. The building you're referring to is the Burj Khalifa

[@taylorjones1641]

Seeing Dan get back into City Skylines is such a KZbin moment. Just binged the KZbin content that was on the channel a few days ago. While he maybe have KZbin moments throughout the years while building, it makes the cities have real charm.

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

I love how Daniel not only took away ALL of the water in the world, but then started a forest fire via meteor. Like is he trying to make Dublin the new California?

[@Solutad]

"Most of that population died from the floods, which was inevitable!" - RTGame (2023)

[@simonschnedl]

No, he wants to build a country road.

[@chuckled125]

he's a fan of groudon

[@archusrtm6325]

No thats Australia. We get droughts and frequent bushfires

[@gandalf_thegrey]

@@archusrtm6325 You think you are the only ones? California is jsut as known as Austrialia to be regularly on fire and having literally no water whatsoever once April hits.

[@theprivatedoggo7980]

i cant stop laughing about how in the intro where dans video is looked up on youtube the search bar says "raniel taniel games"

[@BoulderWraith]

RT proves that The Line is an incredibly youtube idea

[@sourdrop]

The absolute whiplash I got from "I've got a bone to pick with Saudi Arabia, and I don't mean the human rights violations." Has put me in a neck brace. Thanks, Dan.

[@happyhatebot]

I can't tell which Dan's more mad at here - Saudi Arabia for stealing his idea, or Dublin for existing given what he's done to it at the start.

[@frank1371]

Actual footage of planners designing the line.

[@randomscb-40charger78]

Thank you, RT for becoming an urban planner, your efforts during Persona 5 really helped the cause.

[@fiverfrank]

rt’s new year’s resolution is calling out everyone who’s wronged him and i’m here for it

[@mitochondria6247]

Dear lord, now RTGame's god complex is going to be unstoppable. They've started to make his ideas into reality.

[@iasomnium919]

Please don't let them watch his coaster videos, for the love of all that is good.

[@snes90]

11:27 "He's such an architect." Having watched Real Civil Engineer, I can't tell if that's a compliment or an insult. Sounds like a KZbin moment!

[@markwright3161]

Unlike calling someone a Y*****e, Architect is always negative :)

[@G-Cole-01]

saudi arabia's thing is being scaled down in length by 98.6% so i guess you won

[@the_linguist_ll]

So they’re making a small apartment building in the middle of the desert filled with fecal matter essentially

[@Jaime606.]

Thank you rt for being such a KZbin to us all.

[@Potato1234_x]

What does this mean is this another waffle house host situation

[@inconspicuousboi3251]

@@Potato1234_x Wow you are such a KZbin what a KZbin moment 😂

[@Ryann9]

@@inconspicuousboi3251 Can’t believe they did such a KZbin moment

[@wy477x]

@@Potato1234_x what a youtube you are.

[@adrawingprotogen2994]

@@Potato1234_x bruh the youtube has found its new KZbin, really this time, they're a REAL youtube

[@incognitodude1380]

hey RT, I'm going thru a really tough time in my life rn, I just wanted to thank u for continually making me smile and make me feel better with ur videos. much love to u RT. 🖤

[@Dullahan00]

They definitely KZbind it up when they took your idea, but you did a real KZbin moment by coming back making it even better.

[@atoucangirl]

"but my lord to collect the garbage we will need more garbage trucks, thousands!" "tens of thousands..." "but my lord there is no such force-" 12:08

[@wrongteous]

I'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS FOR AGES, HOW HAVE I NEVER DRAWN A COMPARISON BETWEEN THESE TWO BEFORE!

[@AuStistic_Lemurr]

Such a KZbin moment

[@markwright3161]

@@idunrlywantoneofthese There's absolutely no need to be that rude.

[@animationcity8178]

Saudi Arabia doesn’t want you to know, that’s why

[@Furluge]

4:45 "Why did we do to deserve these meteors, tornadoes, and floods?!" "Dan read the wrong Bible on Steam yesterday."

[@doctorstaples4947]

I’m very excited to see City Skylines back! Thanks RT!

[@christianreinard8285]

The fact that Saudi Arabia is making cities in the style of KZbin video game challenges is gold. I can see the title right now “Can we design a metropolitan area with ZERO cars?!?”

[@BJGvideos]

I dare them to do a better job at it than Mackinac Island

[@chronoflect]

It's nice to see RT play Skylines again. Kinda nostalgic.

[@TheyCallMeDio]

Yeah. It's almost heaven

[@Dilandau3000]

The only thing that's missing is Country Roads.

[@LukeFial]

it just doesn't seem the same though

[@peskypigeonx]

Pretty youtube-like

[@sharksuperiority9736]

2:11 yes, Toronto has cablecars. But they don’t do anything. They just generate even more traffic, nobody owns a car in toronto because parking costs your first born child and cars on the road never move

[@StickMaster500]

RT managing to survive the destruction of New Ireland with the construction of a Attack on Titan wall and the Rapture occurring shows that RT is an immortal god. Such a KZbin move RT made there.

[@caloxya4139]

tbh that whole thing about building 'the line' city irl or whatever is such a spire eta: also, when you said "oh, most of our revenue came from down there" after you killed everyone will likely happen to a lot of places, likely ones that make things like 'the irl rt line' lol

[@deusexmachina8984]

man, can't believe saudi arabia would be run by so many youtubes? infuriating how they'd steal dan's idea like that. absolute youtube moment.

[@lunarpinetree]

“What happened to the North?” “We don’t talk about the North” -Irish history summarized

[@AnisDomini]

RT is just ahead of our time

[@sans_69_420]

He truly is a KZbin

[@callmefox630]

You could almost say he's 'Ahead of our Line'! Hohohoho

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@callmefox630 Ba dum tsh.

[@AnisDomini]

@@callmefox630 Dam, you outdid me there

[@egnelectro5587]

"I've got a bone to pick with Saudi Arabia, and I don't just mean the human rights violations." A great start already! I know I'm gonna love this xD

[@cjaoun23240]

I wonder when West Virginia will actually build the poop volcano

[@pengil3]

That is such a KZbin idea, they should definitely do that.

[@thewizard1]

March 14 2026

[@hexagonPie]

They will build it tomorrow

[@ethantinklenberg6607]

This is literally every dystopian cyberpunk movie where the rich kill the poor then realize they have no workers now

[@cheese4870]

you know youve made it big when a city is nearly the same as a city you made on a funny videogame

[@jarvistoasty]

C:S on switch: NOOO YOU CANT PLACE A STORE THERE THE SLOPE IS TOO STEEP C:S on pc: haha landscaping and disasters go brrrrr

[@goose7529]

Bringing back city skylines is such a KZbin idea.

[@renzesparza6281]

The sheer difference in execution between RT and Real Civil Engineer is incredible. RTs chaos is unmatched

[@Dragsflame]

RIP Dublin, a worthy sacrifice for the world of tomorrow

[@highjumpstudios2384]

You're being a real KZbin today RTGame! Thanks for the wonderful content!

[@maxgoldpower]

Nothing like removing the entire ocean to build the city of tomorrow. Can't wait for Australia to take this idea next!

[@WackoMcGoose]

I think the Netherlands has dibs, actually.

[@janbosch5951]

@@WackoMcGoose The only time I get a bit proud of being Dutch. "Here, the tide is ruled by the moon, the wind, and us." (Even then, 99% of all that 'new' land is not for housing purposes; It's farmland.)

[@kakao-katze]

The fact that, out of all places, you picked Australia has me quakin’ in me Aussie boots. I’ll be waking up tomorrow to see whatever politician is feeling it that day PERSONALLY draining the Great Barrier reef just to make a singular coke line of garbage disposal dumps. What would be do without a sea surrounding us! Our national anthem says “Our home is girt by sea”! What will we do without the sea?! Will we have to change the anthem? Oh darn. I think we have to change the anthem. That is definitely a bummer and not a massive plus given how it is a very boring song that sounds more colonial British than Australia since it seems to have racist undertones. I think I just soured this comment by adding that. I had to get it out of my chest at some point, but I don’t want ya’ll to see me as a KZbin for going on a tangent like that.

[@prestonjones1653]

@@kakao-katze Just make it G-d Save the King like a normal country.

[@johnroach9026]

@@kakao-katze Scott Morris has personally approved 10 new coal power plants on the Barrier Reef Reclamation Zone

[@dogwithsunglasses4051]

Still more ethical then anything Saudi Arabia would do. Up your game Dan

[@Romanticoutlaw]

I remember hearing about this project, I hope they actually do it and it's a huge failure lol. It seems just incomprehensible if you ever need to visit the far end of the strip for any reason

[@quantumblauthor7300]

They'll find their way onto an engineering disaster podcast, with slides.

[@eliaspanayi3465]

The stuff Dan said in this video is almost scarily close to my prediction for what a tyrannical dystopian government in charge of this city would say

[@paulcruz168]

@@eliaspanayi3465 "will say" if the House of Saud ever actually gets it built

[@noodlelynoodle.]

They're already doing construction on it which is insane to me, I figured it would stay as a concept design forever like the Peugeot moville I used to want lol. I feel like they kinda forgot that Saudi Arabia occasionally gets flash floods in their design tho cause it seems like the entire city will just be a massive drainage ditch if that happens especially having all the transport and utilities underground, just seems like a bad plan

[@ryllharu]

RT ran face-first into many of the real-world critiques from architects and city planners on why The Line is a bad idea.

[@sirhugg]

Cities Skylines! That's some real KZbin content right there.

[@neilerator]

Finally some more Cities Skylines. This game got me introduced to RT and I always love watching him play it again He's truly such a KZbin

[@justinromero8859]

What a KZbin move from Saudi Arabia. Nice to see you KZbin Saudi Arabia back. What a KZbin you are, RT.

[@kevingluys3063]

@Kendrick Crawford Jr KZbin

[@AllegedlyHuman]

Hey, don't call him a youtube! RT is a youtube, not a youtube!

[@justinromero8859]

@@AllegedlyHuman Why don't you KZbin that comment of yours to KZbin, bc if you read carefully, I never said RT was a KZbin. RT is most definitely the most KZbin of KZbins. But you know what, I can KZbin with what you're saying. I'll KZbin next time. Have a KZbin day!

[@chandra_creator]

@kendrickcrawfordjr6165 check rt's video KZbin for context

[@Cotif11]

Shoutout to Saudi Arabia for being abso-fackin-lutely A GIANT STEAMING HOT PILE OF KZbin

[@psychosis1767]

KZbin you! Go eat youtube you youtubing youtubehole!

[@Dandygirl_94]

🔥👏 this should be a pinned comment.

[@colt-_-jonson1743]

@@Dandygirl_94 you should be pinned onto a spike

[@SHcacti]

dare i say, a Spire

[@galaxycat9966]

@@SHcacti Honestly a Rowling at this point

[@Brione30]

Daniel: Murders countless people in video games Saudi Arabia: Write that down, write that down!

[@tankofish937]

I swear that is the best entry to a video Ive ever seen

[@matthewmitchell9491]

Bro video came out 3 min ago how have you seen it

[@tankofish937]

@@matthewmitchell9491 I have notifications on and was already looking for something to watch

[@Flipdagoose]

@@matthewmitchell9491 he just watches faster like a true youtube

[@IronDino]

11:28 "He's such an architect." What's bad is that I also watch RCE and now to me, architect has the same connotations as KZbin.

[@seaglassinc]

This line inspired me to make my own dystopian supercity

[@Dragonpsychologist]

Man, I feel like RT has really been on the warpath lately and I am here for it

[@maxalienwalther1869]

RT is now the foremost specialist on experimental city design

[@austinmoore1405]

"A tsunami has struck the city!" "How do I make more money?"

[@droidcommanderthespinosaur689]

Breaking news: Local Irishman sues Saudi Arabia

[@overloader7900]

RT is just like 5 pebbles, evaporated an ocean to fuel his ambition 8:30 shaded citadel

[@MagrokAlpha]

Every time I see RTGame playing Cities Skylines, it tempts me to play Cities Skylines so I can be kind and benevolent to the little virtual populace instead. Paradox Interactive was correct in recognizing these vids are free advertisements for their game, is what I'm saying.

[@gamerforlife7903]

*Country roads didn't play* My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@papercranes9500]

“I made my own version of The Line” “And what did it cost?” “Dublin”

[@rocwolfe2674]

RT managed to change Dublin into Atlantis for a moment

[@nathanj2439]

Might I suggest an alternate story line for this city? First the water dried out in Dublin causing everyone to leave and causing massive banishment of followed by a meteor strike just outside the city limits causing a tsunami to flood and destroy what was left of the abandoned city. As a result Dublin built a line City in the ocean to save the population and to promote more people moving. The end

[@salmanmd102]

As the Saudi who’ve been watching you for a long time how the fuck did I not see this this video idea coming 😂

[@fumioshiraki679]

I like the idea that the country of Saudi Arabia stole a mega project idea from a gaming youtuber

[@Harweldecagon]

they were really toeing the line with this one

[@DvH_2]

bone apple tea

[@AtomicMeatballGuitar]

I'm pretty sure it is "toe the line," not "tow the line"

[@BlackMoonHowls]

@@AtomicMeatballGuitar Bone Apple Pizza, mate.

[@boodle399]

*builds super structure claiming it will sace or solve humanity* *immediately drains the Ocean* *entire city abandoned* *nukes forest* *unforseen flooding cause by messing with nature* RT just made a cyberpunk dystopia within like an hour of gameplay

[@_arkalis_5573]

Rt keeps catching me more and more off guard with the first sentence of his vids

[@Trident_Gaming03]

"I've got a bone to pick with Saudi Arabia" Alright, good start, strong opening

[@hauntedsunsets]

RT is a verified youtube man with youtube ideas

[@NotYourUser134]

Popular KZbinr RT Game accidentally massacres the entire population of Dublin in a completely unrelated project

[@w00dyexist46]

Nah “I got a bone to pick with Saudi Arabia” 💀

[@clayel1]

You’ve turned a city management game into a terraforming simulator, and I love it

[@gutsgattsu5541]

This whole idea is somehow both meanings of KZbin at once.

[@emberswords]

Unfortunately, the Line has been in the works as an idea for decades

[@yuki97kira]

The other day, RTgame pick a fight with youtube..today its saudi arabia...this man is such a youtube

[@silvariotheiv.6287]

The funny part about it is that not only did they steal his Idea they also forgot about human rights gives me RimWorld vibes tbh

[@crypted9757]

when i opened this video and was greeted with “i’ve got a bone to pick with saudi arabia” i knew i was in for a good time

[@Oli.V]

The road is spiking because the spire is inevitable

[@okaminokitsune]

Saudi Arabia taking this idea and making it real makes Dan a real KZbin kind of guy!

[@apaullo1387]

2:10 as someone from Toronto I found this hilarious. We have way too many streetcars

[@rilmar2137]

The one road city was such a youtube idea, I certainly wasn't expecting a sequel

[@nightwolfMKT]

It's only a matter of time until someone builds a sewage volcano.

[@insert_gnome_here8621]

I did actually try making the "NEOM" area using terrain dot party once. The city did not go well it was too mountainous.

[@danieljensen2626]

It would take a real KZbin to design a city like this

[@JDonaldBin]

genuinely so happy to see city skylines back on the channel. lots of 2018 vibes in this one :))