Why Canada is Competitive Civ 6's Most Infamous Civ | BBG Civ Spotlight

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[@themekahippie991]

I think it's funny Canada gets so many tundra resource bonuses, while the actual population of Canada is crowded around the warm southern border, almost entirely avoiding any real tundra regions. They basically have culture bonuses for unworked tundra irl lol

[@JollyOldCanuck]

The Canadian tundra in real life is just one massive resource tile, no one actually wants to live in an ice desert. The warmth of the southern border regions is a bit overstated, the winter months are still miserable outside of the lower mainland of BC. The snow pile in my backyard gets so tall that if I fall into it I might suffocate.

[@haslamabad_]

@@JollyOldCanuckbingo, we all cling to the border and its still -40c in the winter😂

[@znk0r]

You do know inuit are Canadian? We also have massive mines in the north.

[@themekahippie991]

@@znk0r So 70 thousand people out of a 39 million population live up there and there is work being done underground. Yes, that's about what I expected.

[@znk0r]

@themekahippie991 and that's why Canada has an expertise with tundra that few nations have, because they have zero tundra and never had to deal with it.

[@randomaccount1289]

I don’t know why I watched this. I played 45 minutes of base Civ 6, didn’t understand it, then went back to Civ 5 four years ago. But not only did I understand this one, I got the appeal of the game to people. Think I’m gonna binge watch the rest. Thanks for ruining my sleep schedule.

[@mysteryman9488]

I've never even played Civ and know nothing about it and I still watched it

[@randomguy9084]

I played Civ V when I was like 15 and got civ VI like at 16 and switched to it been playing Civ VI off and on until now I am 23. Recently tried Civ V again after playing Civ VI for years and I couldn't believe how different V was from VI I remembered it being more similar but I guess I warped my memory. Civ VI has so many more systems going on than V it felt like they were made from different companies. I quickly got bored of V because of how little was going on compared to VI. IDK what I am trying to say by this comment but I already typed it out so here you go

[@azrealducain3123]

When I tried playing civ 6 compared to vanilla civ 5 I didn't understand it. I just got the rest of the civ 5 dlc for like 95% off for some reason (why is the steam summer sale like this sometimes?) and I've been told full dlc civ 5 is kind of like civ 6 so I'm going to play civ 5 for a while. This video has inspired me to play Canada in civ 6 a little later. Patriotism ho! Tundra rats unite! We will drown you in maple syrup, hockey, speed metal, country music, and trees you are allergic to!

[@toomuchtimeonourhands2891]

I stopped at civ2 and I watched anyway

[@sovietcanuckistanian]

As a Canadian I would like to thank you for this accurate summary of our culture, and assure you we are not planning a mountie rush. Yet.

[@aralornwolf3140]

We need more horses...

[@TheTimeGnome]

We aren't? I'll inform Dudly to come back.

[@kylemackinnon5696]

Still working on getting the geese to cooperate

[@philipdowns3506]

SSSSSHHH!!!!! Fer god sake shut up!! Them's national secrets yer spillin'!

[@MrBrock314]

We already had our mountie rush - that's how we got the Plains provinces and kicked those American bootleggers back to the States.

[@WillyShankspeare]

I live in Brantford. It is so weird seeing my shithole town in Civ games. Iroquois had it in Civ V as well.

[@IJustNukedMcDonalds]

Mike on a Bike is cool though. Everything else? Not so much.

[@daDuke42]

I feel for you

[@WillyShankspeare]

@@daDuke42 I'm the most left wing person I know and having to walk down homeless alley... I mean Market Street every day is hurting my heart.

[@mattbernacki9282]

​@@WillyShankspeareI wonder who we have to thank for that.

[@WillyShankspeare]

@@mattbernacki9282 Capitalists

[@sethpillay6453]

Canada being a modern military civ kind of makes sense. we are responsible for a solid third of the Geneva conventions.

[@Brent-jj6qi]

The fact in this vid they were bullying Germans makes it better, all it needed was a soup can joke to be perfect

[@LinkSkywalker42]

"Geneva convention? More like Geneva suggestion" -Canada

[@alaeus2310]

Geneva convention? You mean the canadian WW1 checklist?

[@marcussinclaire4890]

If it's not in it it's not illegal. 😂

[@Simon-Jester]

you mean Geneva suggestions?

[@freyamiles3718]

I thought that the four faces of peace was a bit of a mockery of Canada's past. But seeing you circumvent that with a colonial war really makes me understand it makes sense

[@wombat4191]

At first I was like "is this just MP players hating on a civ for having a build order that differs drastically from the norm, that's stupid", but by the end I understood what was the issue.

[@zoeygeorge2403]

Always been insane to me that 1 DLC after they added the Cree with a leader who famously resisted Canadian expansion into alot of what is (to this day) un-ceded indigenous land, they added Canada with their ability being Just Too Heckin' Nice and Peaceful. Reddit civ I'm afraid.

[@lowpolyzoe]

I always feel a little weird when I roll Canada for this reason. I like playing them tho >>

[@dieucondorimperial2509]

There’s the ability to buy tiles for cheaper that mimics colonial expansion a little, but it’s tundra which no other player ( except Russia ) cares about, so doesn’t really work in this aspect

[@zoeygeorge2403]

@@dieucondorimperial2509 Lol reminds me of America's ability in Civ V making land cheaper to purchase being called "Manifest Destiny". Like a get the devs and primary audience are American but come on.

[@ryankasch5561]

​@@zoeygeorge2403What is wrong with it? No matter your opinion of America, it does represent what happened. On the civ map unclaimed tiles aren't uninhabited and never have been, so expanding on them is in practical terms the Civilization absorbing or conquering tribes deemed too insignificant to represent.

[@JaKingScomez]

@@zoeygeorge2403they did buy the land so

[@some1sday889]

I like the idea of the Mounties riding into enemy lines kind of skinny and weak just to huddle in a circle and start talking about how great the land looks and how it should be a national park and they all of a sudden become super jacked

[@giantpanda5454]

This was hands down the best civ 6 video I’ve ever watched

[@aaronl19]

Tundra Rat? Sorry I live in Alberta, rats are very illegal

[@kenhill5214]

2:16 You caught me as I was running to the fridge. All of my Deer Tiles? I thought you said all of my Beer tiles!

[@therudecanadian8068]

Nah. That's coming in the Doug Ford update

[@wombat4191]

There definitely should be a beer tile. The whole history of mankind is heavily affected by beer and other intoxicating beverages, yet Civ ignores them completely.

[@Biditchoun]

There's wine, technically

[@ethanstanis5829]

You grabbed my attention with the kupe video. This is very good stuff, subscribed!

[@Cecilia-ky3uw]

My first guess is that canada's ability means that you get what amounts to free turns due to the ability, pure raw production you do not have to spend on units since the ability stops all surprise wars and thus always giving you a warning sign if war is about to come, the rest is just that hockey gives a heck ton of culture for a single tile and that you benefit from land other people would be less incentivised to contest.

[@gurjani9544]

I love this short videos that show all the progress with great commentary

[@UTubeIanK]

I would love to see Kristina Sweden guide please :D Thanks for the vids Herson!

[@derpymcderpell]

I dunno if Herson even plays Kristina

[@HersonCiv]

I appreciate the feedback! I'll be sure to play Kristina if I get the chance. The multiplayer Civ community I play in uses a bot to draft civs for players to choose from, so I'll warn you that it might take a week or two for me to get an opportunity to showcase her. Be sure to stick around until then!

[@therudecanadian8068]

@0:24 We're not peaceful or lazy, we're apathetic. Just ask WW1 Germany what happens when Canadians actually try.😂

[@Aughtel]

Do you think we should tell him about Geneva's Checklist?

[@MrBrock314]

@@Aughtel Keep in mind, that stormtroopers were named after Canadian military troops. Canada has a very good military record - we've won every war we've been in. It's a short list for a reason because even the US failed to win against us and the rest of the world gave up after WW2.

[@nickmyers3065]

​​@@MrBrock314 i mean i mostly agree. But if you count 1812 as a win for us... then we lost against the usa during their rebellion.. since in both times we were part of the commonwealth.

[@wile123456]

meanwhjile irl canada has the least developed parts of their country be the tundra

[@aralornwolf3140]

Its like... the people who designed it went with the stereotypes and not how Canada really is.

[@william4996]

​@@aralornwolf3140To be fair, there is indeed stuff up there, which is more than can be said for 99% of the world. You gotta make civs unique and other than Russia what's a country with loads of tundra?

[@MrBrock314]

@@aralornwolf3140 Quite true, civ does mostly fall to stereotypes.

[@MrBrock314]

But if you go by per capita income, the tundra is the wealthiest.

[@derpymcderpell]

hehehe the cpl discord screenshots as your thumbnail

[@chrissun9068]

Just found your Chanel a day ago and have been binging your videos

[@jonnygillan]

Beauty content. Actually laughing out loud

[@bakadayoH]

After trying to practice Canada a few times against the AI, Ive encountered the same issues in every game: my spawn barely having any tundra, and my expands being forced into being coastal, which results in cities with very few tiles and a very slow game. Any tips to this lame spawns? On my last game I even had some very narrow land squeezed by mountains, which made things even worse

[@ralphshinn3029]

Try lakes and set the temperature to cold, you'll have more tundra than you know what to do with

[@bakadayoH]

@@ralphshinn3029 That works for single player, but in multiplayer theres no such option i think

[@HersonCiv]

The standard settings for multiplayer Free-for-all Civ 6 games in CPL are as follows: 10 players, large map. (more tundra than smaller map sizes) Map type is Pangea, Rich Highlands, 7 Seas, or Lakes, depending on the game. World age is set to "new" (this results in more hills) Resources and strategic resources are both set to abundant (this is done to reduce variance and speed up games so they can be completed in one sitting easier) Ridges definition is set to "classic" (this adds more gaps to mountain ranges, making it far less likely that they box you in) If you're spawning with barely any tundra, odds are your map size is too small or you're not playing one of the four aforementioned map types. If you're squeezed by mountains really hard, odds are you're playing with "standard" ridges definition instead of "classic." The mod "Better Balanced Starts" is also typically used, which guarantees you'll have some tiles with decent yields around your starting location. Try changing your settings to match these to better simulate the average multiplayer Civ lobby, you should have better luck.

[@VerityFraser]

0:41 They didn't make Canada as it is today, they made it as it will be soon...

[@dunethewanderer8944]

I find it hilarious that this is showing up in my recommendations NOW, considering I haven't played Civ 6 since... According to Steam, 2018. I might have to take a look if people have taken balance into their own hands with mods.

[@derpymcderpell]

6:33 = midnight teddy?

[@HersonCiv]

Midnight is the type of player to pick Teddy Bull-Moose and quit the game on turn 10 because his capital's multiple 3-2 banana tiles are reducing his land's appeal too much

[@derpymcderpell]

@@HersonCiv lololol

[@limegrd]

As a Canadian thanks for including that note about the genocide of indiginous people, it gets overlooked because of our friendly reputation. Fun fact, the legal framework for apartheid was based off of Canada's "Indian Act"!

[@JollyOldCanuck]

One of the British colonial bureaucrats that helped Canada form its prototype government was relocated to South Africa by the British to solidify British control over the colony.

[@limegrd]

@@JollyOldCanuck I had no idea! Thanks for the info!

[@MrBrock314]

I wouldn't say it's a FUN fact.... more of a wildly depressing fact.

[@FailedBard]

That does help explain why in '89 they were still teaching in Canadian schools that Apartheid was justified for the hilarious reason of "the Dutch were there first". Since there was no national native government the Canadian government probably felt that they were in Canada first as well.

[@limegrd]

@FailedBard wow I did not know they taught that, I went to school in the early 2000s

[@paulsmith5752]

Distaste for the Canadian civ - also their flapping heads, buddy. That's what it's all aboot. Also, faith buying Rock Bands is somewhat of a Rush...

[@justincronkright5025]

I always understood Moscovia... sorry Russia, as being the terror from the Ice-fields. We want you to come to the ice fields, not invade from them.

[@TheMorninGlory23]

Ohhhh Canada, true north strong and free!

[@J-Obot]

If I had my nickel back for every time you say “faith buy rock bands”

[@EricChoiniere]

Cuz we all just wanna be faith rock stars, live in tundra houses, driving faith-bought cars

[@MrBrock314]

This feels like a Nickelback reference - a Canadian band.

[@markstuckless5039]

Best pantheon is Aurora for tundra tiles. With this and the addition of production bonus to holy sites you can have holy sites that produce 15 faith and 15 prod in a holy site.

[@kcenobait6480]

Prod bonus to holy sites is heavily nerfed in bbg, it is not affected by adjacency bonus anymore

[@Ludzig]

Genuine lol at the Canada opening

[@crokey5295]

Would I be correct in assuming that if the conditions are not right for religious Canada play then you would default to commercial hubs magnus internals or no?

[@arkine11]

This had me laughing like a madman, exactly as a Canadian should be.

[@90VYD]

haha actually funny stuff! subscribed

[@vicentemonsanto2234]

I am confused, where do you get your science from? D:

[@UnknownProdigy92]

I’ve yet to get into multiplayer, but as someone with a particular affinity for tundra bias civs like Canada and Russia, I find Tundra Rat to be a fitting badge of honor lol

[@MrBrock314]

Tundra bear (polar bear) sounds more fitting.

[@ericcook4171]

Based on the intro you haven't read about the geneva checklist have you?

[@rainbowcrash6990]

As a Canadian i want to be called a tundra rat all the time

[@snickle1980]

"But do they call me a tundra rat or a bridge builder? No..."

[@MartyrPandaGaming]

What people don't understand is, once war is on, Canada breaks out the Geneva Checklist. We're not about to let anyone take our High Score. We may not have the military equipment, but we have Syrup Starved Canucks with cans of Tactical Beans. Don't worry, the concussive wave and shrapnel are normal.

[@JesusAlvarado-oq8bj]

Can you please make a video for Australia

[@nickmyers3065]

What are you on about? A lot of the geneva convention was updated because of canadians

[@PogodaPanda0118]

Mounties being used for colonial wars? Where have I heard that before… OH NO LOUIS RIEL NO!

[@SacredGumby]

Canada, the country that created the Geneva checklist.

[@justyourfriendlyneighborho903]

How do you have such high science by turn 70? I have about half of that in the standard speed equivalent of that in my singleplayer games, what is the strategy for such a strong early game?

[@nerolykk]

He's using BBG mods

[@fajaradi1223]

And online speed

[@snickle1980]

And black magic.

[@daigoroxyojimbo8615]

How does moksha gives more coulture? Am i reading his abilities wrong?

[@HersonCiv]

Multiplayer civ is typically played with the Better Balanced Game mod (I mention this at the start of the video), which changes the governors quite significantly.

[@daigoroxyojimbo8615]

@@HersonCiv Oooh I see, im gonna try the mod. I thought it only affected the starting location. Nice content btw

[@MisterAssasine]

first video I watched from you, very cool! But would be great if you could filter out the background noise and stop the mic from overloading

[@HersonCiv]

You'll be pleased to know that my audio quality is substantially higher in my more recent content.

[@Derlaid]

Sid Meir is Canadian so this tracks.

[@kylemackinnon5696]

Am canadian Am summoned Its the law

[@Mackinstyle]

Pitch perfect description of Canada, especially with the comment about our very recent ancestors' atrocities against the indigenous.

[@MrBrock314]

Not even ancestors - the last residential school wasn't closed until 1992 or so. And there's been more problems since then.

[@angun703]

Xqc is Canadian?

[@MrBrock314]

yes - google confirms.

[@iExploder]

Remember: there are no rats in Alberta.

[@user-wm7lk2sn1z]

Bully :D

[@siaaaaan]

I am laughing

[@prettyokandy230]

why dont you take dance of the aurora and make amazing production holy sites???

[@HersonCiv]

The Better Balanced Game mod reworks the Work Ethic religious belief. Now, it merely causes shrines and temples to grant production equal to their innate faith yields, rather than causing holy sites to grant production equal to their adjacency. On top of that, the golden age dedication for Pen Brush & Voice was buffed while Monumentality was nerfed. As a result, leaning into religious play as Canada is pretty situational w/ the mod (and consequently in competitive multiplayer) compared to in the base game.

[@nerolykk]

​@@HersonCivso it's like choral music?

[@thecanadiankiwibirb4512]

"Canada is all about culture" Meanwhile IRL we are basically just American ripoffs... I mean we are totally different I swear, please don't annex us

[@MrBrock314]

Having lived in the States for 4.5 years, there is a significant difference. A lot of it is intangible but there is a large difference. I remember an American saying Canada and America were basically alike and I was like "No, no they're not." It's like suggesting England and Ireland are alike. Speaking a similar dialect and watching a lot of the same tv does not make you alike.

[@eelyy212]

wow civ multiplayer looks terrible lol

[@raw1175]

It’s funny that Canada is a gigga culture civ when they are basically an American cultural clone

[@aralornwolf3140]

*ROFL* We're not a clone... our culture isn't like USA's... despite how much the Conservatives ape Republicans.

[@MrBrock314]

Only Americans would say that. Canadians know better.

[@grandsome1]

If you watch or play any bloc buster game or movie, chances are that you'll see a Canadian tax exemption stamp in the credits.

[@HenriqueRJchiki]

eco-fascist empire LMAO

[@Sp00kyGuy127]

Fascist Canada invades Germany with Mounties. What kind of 2AM History Channel ass video am i watching?

[@MrBrock314]

It's not that far off if you eliminate the fascist and mounties. Canada did storm German strongholds. That's how our military got the nickname Stormtroopers which George Lucas would steal about 40 years later for his pet project. :)

[@sparaaaa]

hahaha

[@ColonelMetus]

Actually, Vietnam is the strongest

[@ULTRAINFINITEJUSTICE]

canada is boring, except for the genocide. and the war crimes. and the white collar crime. and the biker gangs. the triads in the west and mafia in the east.

[@MrBrock314]

Yep, almost like we're a real country. :)

[@WoWisdeadtome]

Hurting other people to make oneself feel bigger, huh? Are you sure Civ 6 Canada is nothing like real Canada?

[@melovepeas]

Wow where is your science coming from???

[@HersonCiv]

By turn 70, I had met three scientific city states and dumped 3 envoys in each. This causes all of my libraries to grant 5 science per turn and all of my universities to grant 10 per turn. I simply built universities in most of my large cities and ran policy cards that increase science, such as Rationalism and Natural Philosophy.

[@XanaTv1980]

Hello im a new civ player and i play @ thjis time single player too lear the game thx for your video but you too fast :p

[@ertert4tetert]

"Competitive Civ 6" lol what

[@ghaithking8891]

2nd

[@paulmaartin]

I don't know why but Canadians outside Quebec are getting really weird.

[@MrBrock314]

I think you mean Alberta and they've always been weird. ;) In Canada, Alberta is known as the Texas of Canada. There are several similarities: -both have liberal strongholds in the larger cities -both have large amounts of oil -both are bastions of Christian conservatism -they're also both pretty flat (especially, Southern Alberta) -ranching is a dominant industry in both locations -it's one of the few places you'll find cowboy hats unironically throughout the province. However, frankly, Quebec doesn't have much of a leg to stand on in the "not weird" category as they are pretty weird too. -French language laws -Religious iconography laws -electing separatists as the official opposition -trying twice to actually separate even though they don't have legal standing to do it and it would be an economic catastrophe for them.

[@paulmaartin]

@@MrBrock314 Quebecer understand that anyone supporting trump after January 6 is a moron or a some sort of fascist.

[@aflyingtoilet6926]

1st

[@xXscreamingkoalaXx]

Getting real tired of every time IRL Canada is referenced as polite some galaxy brain feels the need to add, "but what about the crimes against Indigenous people?!" Firstly, the actions of our government in the 19th century don't have ANY bearing on the culture of today. It's literally irrelevant. Secondly, our government is currently so embroiled in this colonial guilt they're about to become the first ever government to actually hand over terriortory, power, and the treasury just because they feel bad. Literally we're being guilt-tripped into dissolving the state with no obligation to do so. Absurd. Thirdly, even our supreme court ruled that no treaty obligation has been violated. Their judgements appeal to the spirit of the Robinson treaty because the letter of the law has been followed. And the Indigenous signed it. End of story. The court has to appeal to the assumed spirit of the treaty to say something should be changed, since we haven't technically violated anything. Our "crimes" are nothing more than showing up, drawing up some favourable contracts, then following them. Our "criminal" colonization was just about the nicest geopolicial move in the history of the world.

[@realkekz]

Absolutely cringe disclaimer at 0:25, disliked on general principle

[@realkekz]

And an obligatory ywnbaw just for good measure

[@HersonCiv]

Do you not know what the word "engendered" means?

[@realkekz]

@@HersonCiv I don't care about your agender liberal

[@stantoncree95]

Truly, you are a linguistic titan and intellectual. "Engendered" comes from the latin root word "generāre", or in modern English, "generate". It literally just means created or born.

[@realkekz]

@@HersonCiv The disclaimer on the top right, dunce

[@nacho1595]

liberal