This start was approved by Sid Meier himself (allegedly) - Civ 6 Khmer

[@sagov9]

I would prefer working the 5 food tile from the beginning; it delays the scout by 2 turns but you would get to 2 population 5 turns earlier.

[@conanthecribber]

My thoughts exactly and even something Potato has said countless times.

[@marciusnhasty]

It's a judgment call on this map. Food is abundant, and growth isn't a problem. He didn't take god king which he always does. When you make a mistake to prioritize production in turn one, you can sometimes fix it by doubling down on it like that.

[@theorixlux]

Potato saved 1 production over 8 turns. Comapre working the 2-2 tile 1st instead of the 5-0 tile: After 8 turns: 1 pop + 16 prod VS after 3 turns: 1 pop + 0 prod other 5 turns: 0 pop + 15 prod (by working the woods and tea tile after getting a pop to maximize production)

[@sagov9]

@@theorixlux yeah I would probably continue working the 5 food tile after those 3 turns too, so to do the same calculation after eight turns I would have 24 food more for 6 production less. Actually within those eight turns we would reach 3 pop already so the reduced amount of production is even less.

[@theorixlux]

@sagov9 yeah, but what good is more pops if you can't build anything to support that?

[@hellcy7237]

Potato having a +5 Science campus just WAITING to get screwed by Iron placement is going to give me a brain hemorrhage (I play with Monopolies/Corporations usually so that with the Tea corp and Mausoleum would be INSANE)

[@Jack_Gibby]

That start location is perfect for a Golden Gate Bridge

[@andreidanilov9925]

Greatest wonder of all time

[@mitchrapp2267]

Play on a small continents map and there are spots all over the map. Unfortunately, you’re locked in to a harbor in every city to get the snowball rolling down hill

[@Jack_Gibby]

@@mitchrapp2267 He literally has a big moutain range next to his capitol - perfect for national parks!

[@zerx9926]

Wait! It's not Beyond Earth! On the other hand, I can understand that Potato would need a therapeutic session on Khmer Empire after all he's been through...

[@Wannes_ds]

Potato, if you see this, at 7:10 u are wondering if the mountain range is connected. You can very easily check this without going there. connected mountain ranges always share the same name. so if the mountains on both sides have the same name they are connected. if not than there is a passage

[@yurisoares2596]

You can also use look for Appeal, since mountain gives +1, so that grassland would have +4 for not connected and +5 for connected.

[@balk0867]

@@yurisoares2596 Forests also give +1 making this method unreliable.

[@Jack_Gibby]

Potato I've been watching so many of your old playthroughs as I get excited for Civ 7

[@merric4754]

I cannot comprehend how that river you founded on is supposed to work realistically lmao

[@ryszardmaciek4240]

Could have origin on mountain south of the capital and flow both ways

[@Jarnsmidr]

It's just a narrow channel, not a river

[@anabee8310]

It's the River Of Questionable Physics, also found in certain Tolkien film adaptations

[@gamer1X12]

could originate from the mountain and erosion or earthquake broke the land strip between it and the sea, creating a channel.

[@beepbop6542]

I guess if the mountain it comes from has THAT MUCH water it could be a massive delta.

[@timwhitman3207]

Toddler's asleep, got my mug of hot cocoa, and sitting down to watch some PotatoMcWhiskey, life is good...

[@ash3ee460]

I literally just visited Angkor Wat today and this is the first video on my recommended feed - the timing is exquisite

[@MrGhosta5]

Two more important notes about Nihangs. They scale much earlier than melee units. The techs that unlock your encampment buildings are researched before the techs that unlock stronger units. For example the barracks is unlocked with bronze working but swordsmen are unlocked with iron working and men at arms with apprenticeship. They also don't cost strategic resources to produce or upkeep. So you aren't screwed if you don't have iron or niter.

[@pgplay82]

Do share the seed please :)

[@jinxblaze]

I too want potato's seed, yes daddy

[@diecicatorce6259]

@@jinxblaze what the actual fuck

[@jamesflynn6827]

Oh yes potato put your seed all over the comment section, so that we can spread it over all of our maps.

[@Eteriaa]

Oh fuck you're gonna make me come... back to this comment section

[@simoncooke2293]

Map seed please I love that start

[@goldennugget2562]

Im convinced potato is gonna win this game by literally stacking his people on each other to reach the stars

[@jreiland91]

“Guess who’s here?” “Khmer” “Where?” “Here”

[@JeffreyGoddin]

*pronounced k'mai, not k'meer

[@TKNinja37]

And Pagan is there

[@laika6340]

love from Cuba, el Papas McWhisky

[@acesneeks]

goated youtuber, goated start, a lot of goats around here it seems

[@samurai_panda]

[@timr7349]

Always love seeing you get Kymer, they're your favorite and I think it shows, you just have so much fun playing them and are even more fun to watch because of it.

[@venisontron]

Even with no rivers to be seen in the west, this is an insta-win for Khmer as long as Alex doesn't rush him.

[@infinitedonuts]

Just wondering why didn’t you settle your capital on the sugar to the left (or even the one top left) of the settler start? Could have started out the game with the city getting 10 food (5 from the city and 5 from the citizen and still would’ve been able to keep the same district locations. Also, what is the seed to this goated start?

[@RageDG391]

That Temple of Artemis pre-chop drives me nuts. You are just one turn a way to have Autocracy and wonder building policy both in place.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

Im not going autocracy

[@daveschrumpf8261]

Absolutely insane Civ, it's so strong. It might not be as strong in absolute terms as Babylon or Byzantium, but it's so much more flexible and, well, FUN.

[@1977Futre]

Harald got stiffed in that game. A highland map you say? Very little water you say? Ok, im in!

[@fanthonyfictions]

One thing I miss from Civ Rev, when you fortify a unit, it they make a barricade of spikes or walls.

[@peterream6508]

The Tater's favorite civ to play is one that excels at food growth. How did I not guess this?

[@secretagentt3]

Aaawww, I was hoping for more Beyond Earth😢 that ok, keep the content coming potatoe

[@jonathangrinfeld]

if you worked the 5 food you would have gotten 25 more food then the 6 more production you got from working the 2/2

[@JeffreyGoddin]

I think he decided food was going to soon enough be surplus (suffer housing penalties?) or at least not the limiting factor of his growth, rather looking around at only a single 2 production tile he could see that for a long time to come production would be the bottleneck, so he chose to harvest according to long term strengths and weaknesses of the tiles.

[@lavoc775]

This looks good for the Maya as well! Please do share ❤

[@MrCyberGal]

Khmer are my favourite civ tbh

[@TaranAlvein]

~13:50 - Interesting. I didn't know that luxuries were divided by continent. That's good to know!

[@Jusdro]

Well Khmer is going to absolutely feast on this start

[@JoshuaSanville]

My FAVORITE Civ ever!! Got my first win with them and still my only multiplayer win with them

[@richardharrison903]

Haha, you have tea, you have sugar and you have milk (cattle). ..lots of cuppas in your capital 😂

[@WoWisdeadtome]

The biggest problem I've always had with warlike civs like Alexander being in my game is that he won't like me if I don't go to war but if I do... Alexander is denouncing you: "YOU BASTARD, how DARE you go to war with your neighbors" (you have inflicted grievances on others). Aggressive civs should be programmed to care less about grievances than peaceful ones. Ghandi should take it very personally (like 150% grievance impact on his relationship with you), Alexander should get a 99% reduction to the relationship penalty you take with him for inflicting grievances on others.

[@mediabruh3110]

25:17 isn’t it a mistake to go for mosque first? You don’t benefit from them until you build them unlike cross cultural dialogue which immediately pays out. Meaning you miss out on at least 50~ turns of science gain. Plus if mosques are taken pagodas are available while there isn’t a replacement science belief.

[@PotatoMcWhiskey]

I wanted to secure mosques

[@Zandezz.]

I literally just started a Khmer religious victory game yesterday lol

[@IvanVasheka]

Having 3+ holy sites makes me want to take production bonus everytime :)

[@ryomaanime4563]

The Civ that became one of my favorite recently is the incas. Their unique farm is incredible in early and reserve in the mountain range feels like cheating it's SO good I don't remember you trying it so maybe that's an idea ? I'm saying this because this start would have been insane for the Incas too

[@s.betan28guitarra]

Civ VI has such a fun early game gameplay

[@griffinhunter3206]

holy sights vs the unholy blinds, built into the foundation of the wall of souls

[@theminecraftadventurer6393]

Watching your video made me want to play Civ 6, like normal, so I launched up a game with proper settings and I shit you not I rolled Khmer empire, Potato is influencing my desire to play and who I get rolled.

[@dagamerzz23]

11:03 I believe the first impression thing is based on what unit of yours they meet. Military units, including scouts, give that -8.

[@NursingPetrichor]

As a Khmer person, we love you too😂

[@Leyrann]

Potato, the first impression is _absolutely_ random.

[@Vietcongster]

Potato is eating well this game LOL Also, I'd have settled the Sugar at the left, to have a bigger Harbor and Mausoleum

[@Deshiba]

@22:04 getting both a settler and builder card when already building a wonder. Wouldn't Corvee be the play here?

[@UristMcHero]

A God-tier start? In my God-tier Civ?

[@lewisnicolls7933]

Looking forward to another great series

[@Hale_parker]

Just finished a Kmher game with an accidental diplo win on a lakes map. Kupe on a lakes map is also quite fun. Currently poking at a Hammurabi game.

[@ArcLight369]

I was searching for No Gods, Only Monsters. This showed up. 😂

[@primepersephony]

potato, I BEG OF YOU, dont burn down my home town! (Saint John)

[@Lootsweeper]

Looking at that start I would have moved one tile to the left and settled the sugar, any reason that would not have worked for this?

[@George2001k]

Wouldn’t it be better if you hold on to your good, focus on food and then buy a settler with the extra gold and food you got?

[@Rackalackberto]

We love a broken Khmer start on this channel

[@JOE_ROGAN420]

i just started playing a couple days ago, man i dont know shit about fuck. this is an undertaking....

[@TheCube2424]

welcome to the community- it takes a while to get the hang of. It’s a tremendous game with seemingly endless depth at times, but very rewarding once you start figuring it out. McWhiskey is a great guy to watch to help get the hang of things and get tips here and there to speed up the learning process

[@cinnanyan]

Why didn't you settle on the rice, seemed perfect for your plan

[@MFgr8]

I was hoping you picked Work Ethic. Those high faith adjacency numbers will make up for lack of production in your capital.

[@MAGJ86]

I'd like to see a collab with Spiff on this seed, just to see how he could exploit this map

[@Wu1f]

With so much food available I would have at least placed that +5 campus in the capital (and researched science)

[@ignaciogonzalez1675]

nice civ vi videos mr potato!! thanks!!

[@mortuos557]

First impression isn't random? what's it depending upon?

[@kayleekayt3306]

Nooooooooo I need another beyond earth Apollo attempt

[@AbeFroman-s7k]

Any Chance we can get the seed for this? Would love to see a god start like this

[@derlich9957]

Why does my CIV looks different? Can someone explain fr… i just started…

[@Chakeis]

This is one hell of a start

[@timmiaushamburg]

After seeing what they are gonna do to civ 7 I'm ready for another eight years of civ 6 so keep the vids coming

[@JamesMandolare]

Thanks to you as my Civ VI mentor, I have been playing this excellent game while watching your entertaining and informative videos. I even figured out how to record my games on my own KZbin channel-I’m like a “Bob Ross” Civ VI player, mellow and soft. I also did a playthrough of my favorite retro game: Caesar IV. You are my inspiration!

[@Terrible_Pirate]

If I don't get Feed the World with the Khmer, I'm rerolling or reloading xD

[@AinunNazieb]

always love your faith game, but let’s face it, this will turn into another military campaign when Alexander constantly declaring war on you 😅

[@Level1Fisherman]

Very nice , I need more civ

[@DrownedInExile]

That's a hell of a sweet start!

[@Eastmaniac]

Real question. How in the world does he avoid being attacked early on? I can send delegations and they just wanna kill me immediately lol.

[@esracaglayan5495]

Can someone list what mods he's using or which vid he shows them/talks about them in?

[@polariss3028]

there's a pack on steam workshop that's called potato mcwhiskey's mods or something

[@ethribin4188]

I suspect its hard coded that the AI will puck feed the world and choral music first. Because they are by far the best ones. Not saying other beliefs are not good. But they are all either weaker or more situational.

[@snowgods2195]

I'm just hanging out for Feb 11th

[@sp4cedr4g0n]

civ 6 be like 'i gotchu homie'

[@Darkry]

Isn't this a reupload? I feel like I'm having de já vu.

[@peacefulwarrior9518]

I always feel so in a rush to get my first district that I skip the builder to clear the forest to place it. But that's so dumb. I need to do Settler -> builder -> district

[@fanthonyfictions]

I've rarely played on any difficulty higher than King. Is Deity fun? One thing that appals me in games is where they supplement difficulty with bullsh*t. I know AI start off with extra warriors on higher levels. Probably more damage too. And people have said "Well how else would they make it harder?" My answer is, better and strategically aggressive AI. Consider this, when you play Chess on Beginner level. Does the board look different if you go expert against AI? Dose that Master AI suddenly have Rooks that can go diagonally and pawns become queens 3 spaces sooner? It CAN be done. But it seems like for some strategy games, battling AI with numbers are bigger than yours is universally recognised as lazy level scaling that just makes a 3 minute battle last 12 minutes, but for other games it's like "What else could they do?"

[@piotrwalczak8090]

I will never not cracked by the LaHore. My fav city state :D

[@EricEggburn]

Pantheon - culture from plantations would've been better I think. :)

[@DannyIO]

i would have prefered to settle on the truffles, however thats probably why i dont make the youtube stuff, am probably wrong hehe

[@beepbop6542]

very promising, will follow!

[@bitsa94]

Would you consider doing a zombie modded game?

[@Catman_CM]

He did a Qin The Unifier, No City challenge with zombies. It's a great video, I highly recommend it. Potato has so much fun* in that video!

[@jedfromyourlocallibrary]

Random into favorite civ ☺️☺️☺️

[@hfdopamine]

okay i'm sorry i dont know much civ but im unsure why you do mining before astrology there :/ edit: i mean with the rest of the game yeah that was the right call, but i would've made the mistake :c

[@briannaherrington949]

Alexander is so annoying for me as an AI player, I don't do wars often (Prince difficulty) so he's just mad all the time

[@theCynecologist]

Chopping the woods on the fur tile this early is not worth it.

[@JeffreyGoddin]

Why do you feel the need to offer such an opinion?

[@theCynecologist]

@JeffreyGoddin I got triggered and had to vent. Thanks for your interest.

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

Very poggers, as the kids are saying.

[@nekowaferr]

wow great start! please give me your seed

[@glmjr2199]

Oh boy Potato Khmer game this is gonna be disgusting

[@venranava949]

what mods is potato suggest these days?

[@AgainWhoops]

Alex is going to be a problem,

[@GodzillasaurusJr]

My favourite thing about Khmer is how English speakers tend to pronounce it like ”c’mere”. You ruined it! 😛

[@briancanyon7228]

What’s the seed? I wanna run it

[@fanthonyfictions]

Meet my girlfriend. You're not her first. She's Lahore.

[@oleksandrshymanskyi1129]

No seed? :(

[@zuccgivethsucc646]

Whats the seed>

[@ՀովսեփԽաշունի]

WE NEED THE SEED

[@awesome9444]

Has anyone did a no builder challenge?

[@shibobofutbola]

I owuldve played Corvee after selecting your goverment

[@andrewszerbiak7330]

Not going to lie it bothers my soul you ignored science so much with all those mountains lol

[@Catman_CM]

I think he's aiming for a culture victory with this run. Unless the AIs force him into a domination game. I know Potatoe dislikes religious victories, and science victory gains nothing from a large Faith income unless you pick Jesuit Education (which he didn't). That leaves domination with Nihangs and Grand Master's Chapel, or culture

[@andrewszerbiak7330]

@Catman_CM oh I get that but he could be so much farther along with all the tech he wanted if he bothered to focus even a little on it regardless of what victory he wants