“And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer”

@jameswarner5878

3 жыл бұрын

It took 2 years, but on 1/19/21 I gave this comment its 200th like. Empires take time.

@pardonless

3 жыл бұрын

Lei it weep...

@Luks9106

2 жыл бұрын

Profile picture checks out

@Na11y

2 жыл бұрын

- Hans Gruber

@A_Black_Sheep94

2 жыл бұрын

And then he died.

Alexander kinda, ya know, Alexandered his way across the entire map. 10/10 historically correct.

@djtechzz

6 жыл бұрын

he destroyed persia lol

@XenophonSoulis

4 жыл бұрын

Alexandered should be a legit word.

@pop5678eye

2 жыл бұрын

To be called 'the great' more often than not really just means you killed/subjugated a lot of people. (and usually having many of your own people killed in the process as well)

@monkeman5578

2 жыл бұрын

@@pop5678eye biden the great

@valensaisrep854

2 жыл бұрын

@@djtechzz Persians destroyed them twice before alexander was born.

42 other civs : exist Greece : it's free real estate

@dennischan1349

6 жыл бұрын

LOL

Poland getting invaded by Austria and Russia. They can just never seem to find a break

Can you imagine the amount of "[insert civ here] has denounced you" would occur just by existing

Your Troops are too close to our borders!

@bobbyferg9173

6 жыл бұрын

*No U*

Well, he wasn't Alexander the Peaceful

And when Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.

As soon as I saw Greece with Riflemen I knew everyone else was fucked.

2 lessons from this video : -those which control the corners have better chance (but it's logical and all those who already played Risk know it) -those which sign a pact with another nation have better chance : Greeks were clearly allied with Egyptians there : Egyptians could survive longer thanks to it and Greeks got some support (4:30)

As soon as I saw Greece in the corner with three cities, I knew how it would play out.

that sweep when greece discovered how to make cannons....

Realized that the civilizations placed at the corners of the map gets the upperhand in expansion as they have lesser enemies to deal with.

@profblack

2 жыл бұрын

A donut map would probably be more fair. Put an ocean in the middle for navy would make things more interesting too.

@A_Black_Sheep94

2 жыл бұрын

@@profblack I doubt the AI would have bothered.

The starts in the corners had the advantage of only being able to be attacked from three sides instead of six.

-Shaka gets impis "Yeah I'll just sit on these."

I kept waiting for Gandhi's surprise return where he nukes the entire freakin' map.

@nunouno001

2 жыл бұрын

That's why his civ was one of the first to be conquered.

Greece had 3 advantages. 1st corner of the map(less enemy), 2nd powerful hoplites, 3rd warhawk A.I. leader

@burprobrox9134

2 жыл бұрын

4 corners

i like how babylon built a settler

@Shaho0

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the one you get from policies

And then soon after Alexander died without an heir so the madness for a ruler began all over again! Isn't history fun?

Kinda surprised by the Zulu's lack of expansion, but not shocked by Alexander being Alexander.

@Cancoillotteman

6 жыл бұрын

Zulus were ill positionned, right in the middle of things, no safe flank

Some say those settlers are still looking for new land

Civs starting in the corner have huge advantage

@FallaciousRamblings

6 жыл бұрын

When I saw the greeks were in one of the corner, I immediately knew they would be among the last to stand still, if not winners. I was not expecting morocco to do so well though.

The year is 2033 and sadly, our Crossbowmen are no match for the Greek army

starting at corners really get some advantages

In the end, the empires that made the final four were the ones that originated in the four corners with no enemy on two sides. Even if attempting this on a round world map to level the playing field, the civs that start on the top and bottom would still have the advantage of one protected side. Interesting, though. I bet this could be done a thousand times and get a thousand different results.

@alexandercummins

6 жыл бұрын

the Ottomans didn't start in the furthest corner though, Indonesia, the Celts, and the Mongols were to its east, however I think your point still stands.

@swishswish3611

6 жыл бұрын

Alexander Cummins The Ottoman AI tends to focus more on military soo that's another advantage i guess...

By the end it just looked like a game of Plague Inc and Greece was the virus.

Surprised the Great Wall is so mobile

A battle of the 4 corners essentially. Anyone which was stuck in more than 2 front war got demolished.

@sporksto4372

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! This explains well why all the last remaining civilizations were or near at the corners. Because they have two of their fronts absolutely secured from any invasion. This is such a priceless advantage!!

That ending when Greece finishes off ever other civ feels like Plague Inc. Evolved.

that was an intense six and a half minutes. shows you what a big difference cannons make

Naval warfaring vikings ...stuck on the middle of the island :(

I feel like the corners had an advantage.

@Dman-kp3rw

6 жыл бұрын

Seeing as how the last 3 Civs started at, or near corners/edges, I would agree with you.

@icecream6256

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, the area of contact of your civilisation is lesser than the one in centre(they're surrounded by like 6 civ and has to deal with them all, whereas you only hqve to face 3, or half of what they face)

@sirgreedy88

2 жыл бұрын

@@icecream6256 They can avoid conflict longer, not wasting resources on units. and instead build infrastructure while others waste turns. It's civ 101.

It's amazing that the Huns were almost gonna be the second nation to get conquered, but went on to be the second-to-last nation in the game.

@pa0mafeurtadott777

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Key to winning is be surrounded by the least amount of civilizations and have strong early game units.

I was half expecting Gandhi to survive till the end with 1 city before nuking everyone.

Corners win ; that should be tried on a circular map, and nobody in the center.

@Momohhhhhh

6 жыл бұрын

DumBubble My thoughts exactly... the Civs with fewer neighbors start with an advantage. Still fun to watch, but not a “fair” demonstration.

@DumBubble

6 жыл бұрын

Well, I don't think there would be a "fair" demonstration ; some civs may gain advantage from being close at the beginning given their policy or those of their neighbours ; some may benefit of long distance, narrow space, or non aggression delay.

Corner civs had advantage.

@bobbyferg9173

6 жыл бұрын

Although Morocco and the Zulu did last quite awhile.

@Sensiav703

6 жыл бұрын

Bobby Ferg To be fair, Zulu only lasted so long because Morocco surrounded most of their borders. The big players only had a small window to invade their borders without going through Morocco first.

Istanbul and Constantinople on the same map *thinking*

@Kernel15

6 жыл бұрын

At least Byzantium isn't on there too!

4:20 Alexander unlocks Riflemen. No over civ researched that tech for some reason. Horde of Riflemen sweeps through ranks of muskets, crossbows, and horses for the easy victory. Never ignore military technologies.

I like how they re-build the Great Wall

Shout out to the Polynesians, lasted for a good while.

Yeah, this only made me want to play the witcher again...

This is why you don't fuck with Alexander's city states

Alexander did it, again. The ABSOLUTE MADMAN!!

" I weep... for there are no more worlds to conquer." ~Alexander the Great

Who would have guessed that the countries in the corners would survive the longest

@Monochromicornicopia

6 жыл бұрын

*nerd voice* _Ahh but actually that's exactly what you'd expect because you see..._

@MrAlittleofeverythin

6 жыл бұрын

Never fuck with a guy trapped in a corner

@CrashperM

6 жыл бұрын

GDI only 2 sides to be attacked from instead of 4 or 6 (Just making it clear)

The Orthodox Church silently claimed the victory.

6:02 Babylon getting snatched by Atilla while being sandwiched between Greece and Assyria

@_Malachite_

2 жыл бұрын

Бабилон

Starting in corner is OP, not balanced

@Cancoillotteman

6 жыл бұрын

We all shall remember the Zulu resistance in the middle

Греция, которая смогла.

It wasn't too surprising that the civs on the edges of the map would do well, its much easier land to defend. But what was surprising is that I thought the first civ to get a major advantage would win against the rest, but this kept me guessing until the tidal wave at the very end.

You should make the map loop, the corner cities have a big advantage because there's only one front line to defend.

Considering the ones starting from the corners will have less enemies around, this was inevitable.

@CurseOrGame

6 жыл бұрын

well each corner had a 1/4 chance to win, would be interesting to run this again in same potions and see what one wins.

@TheLastLineLive

6 жыл бұрын

Jaska Mäkynen yeah their spawns certainly had a factor.

This seems to demonstrate that starting on the edge of the map- with fewer neighbors- or preferably in a corner, is ideal. Perhaps the reason Greece won is their starting location, and it also looks like they had gunpowder units earlier than the other major players.

@DaveSauuu

6 жыл бұрын

Yes the starting position is one reason, but the important one is that the greece had the most diplomatic luck, that means, no one has fallen in their back, during the hole game...

@BeardRightBack

6 жыл бұрын

Also they managed to get cannons earlier than anyone. as soon as they got those, they had won. they went on a rampage.

@michaelmartin9022

6 жыл бұрын

In real life China started in a corner and had gunpowder first.

Poor Poland. Even in simulation.

@Deathmastertx

6 жыл бұрын

At least with human players Poland is one of the strongest civs to play.

+AIBattle *Hears Witcher music* “Ahh I see you’re a man of culture”

I love how I still play the shit out of this game after so many years

@connyberg5665

2 жыл бұрын

I have Civ 6 but went back to Civ 5.. It´s just a more enjoyable game overall

@landeny65

2 жыл бұрын

@@connyberg5665 they really just got it right with V, and that was before I found out about mods lol

@Mechagodzilla128

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I found some people that also prefer civ 5. Huzzah!

@asgerrbergkristensen7410

2 жыл бұрын

@@connyberg5665 i just cant go back from districts man, i just love the way you plan cities in 6

@trythis2006

2 жыл бұрын

@@landeny65 you gotta try the mass effect mod, its amazing and try a challenge game and beat the reaper!

Constantinople went through like 4-5 civs, wait that sounds familiar.

As soon as I saw that Greece was the first to get trebuchets, I knew they were going to win.

@GoldenArcher823

6 жыл бұрын

carto0ndude when you can launch a 90 kg projectile over 300 meters using a counterweight, well, there's just no competition.

@heavyduty2280

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah they looked like tech leader all the way also Alexander is an asshole too

“Everything was at peace until everyone attacked”

Came to watch something cool about civ. Music made me wanna go play witcher.

countruies in corners have better chance to win

@joaopedro1322

5 жыл бұрын

was going to say that

Saw Athens in the top-left corner and knew that they'd win.

Civs on the edge have some advantage of not being surrounded.

@fahdkhan3536

5 жыл бұрын

Rival Xero And that’s exactly why Greece won

Its interesting to see the ones in the corners are the ones who have early advantage and then they can snowball medium late game

in 2018 every game has Battle Royale now

@hekirb3382

5 жыл бұрын

Athenes got the #1 victory royale

@henryautumn37

5 жыл бұрын

Solitaire now including battle royale

Crossbows vs Cannons!? Jesus. Shoutouts to the Huns for the attempt.

Soon as you saw Greeks with modern equipment it was over.

@CaptainSpycrab

6 жыл бұрын

Spartans With Rifles. That is all.

@MsWatismyname

6 жыл бұрын

CaptainSpycrab You know that game, halo? I think that is what it would look like

Basically who ever has the most land after a certain point will win simply due to resources and space to house units.

I blinked and Greece took everything. I'm surprised. I actually would've placed money on Assyria because of their overpowered siege towers.

Greece is still in debt by the end

@epicnesscheeseD

6 жыл бұрын

D. Va There is no debt to pay if no other nation is alive to take the debt *insert that one black thinking guy meme here*

@choichoi2923

6 жыл бұрын

Only the rebels are left. ):< -27

Who'd have thought that the nations that survived were the ones with the Early Game advantage? Not me, that's for sure.

@xanderwusky3001

6 жыл бұрын

Doctor Doubt i expected that the ones with extra tiles would win. And they did

@DarkThunderism

6 жыл бұрын

YT Games The extra tiles really don't make a difference, since, if you look closely, they're desert. Which means that no improvement can be built in them until the discovery of guilds and invention of trading posts. They also provide no resources when worked. The nations that were winning and surviving the longest were the Greeks, the Assyrians, Moroccans, Huns... All of these nations have early game units, like Hoplites.

@DarkThunderism

6 жыл бұрын

YT Games If you look closely, India, who has 3 extra tiles, gets fucking stomped in the first 100 turns.

Corner position is also a big advantage

@ipad9713

7 ай бұрын

For sure

F* i want to play Witcher 3 again now.

and Alexander wept for he had no more lands left to conquer

The edge civs have an edge it seems. Maybe the most fair map would be a ring where everyone has 2 neighbors.

And when he saw the breadth of his domain, Alexander wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer.

I love how the AI try's to build settlers. AI Logic too funny.

Man, Egypt held on for a really long time!

When i saw greece, "lol with no state cities they cant do anything"

Holy shit, that was amazing to watch. Athens just started popping fucking cannons and riflemen out of nowhere so damn fast, it just swarmed the entire map. Meanwhile everyone else is still on horsemen and archers.

That feeling when Alexander's Cannon army pivots towards your borders.

And just like that...... *EVERYBODY WAS AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN*

@Bendetoma

5 жыл бұрын

Schism has been mended!

Ah Witcher 3 music, a man of culture.

@dejanantic3494

2 жыл бұрын

Had too scroll way too far to see this comment

@stamford96

2 жыл бұрын

@@dejanantic3494 same lmao

0.00 the moment Venice lost the game

@conormoscella6099

6 жыл бұрын

yes

@janek1031

6 жыл бұрын

but trade, guys?

The countries surrounded by 6 enemies didn't have a chance where the ones lasting to the end were only dealing with 3.

I welcome our Greek overlords

The moment Greece gained gunpowder they went guns blazing.

Im surprised by how aggressive Korea was

Clearly starting on a corner is the best way to go here

@thomasstevning-roe3567

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was cool to see the four corner nations duking it out near the end.

O cmon, why is Poland always next to Russia, Austria or Germany or all of them?

@daniilsadomia

4 жыл бұрын

Well, if you argue ethnically, then both the Poles and the Russians are Slavs. It is logical that they are nearby. Well, Germany and Poland, for political reasons, is a classic. There is a purely historical situation ...

@LieutenantSteel

4 жыл бұрын

Each race has a bias towards the type of tiles in their starting area (Grass, Coastal, Tundra, Desert, etc.) based loosely on history, so it's very likely that they have either the same start bias or ones which commonly start next to each other (Plains/ Hills; Tundra/ Hills, Plains bordering Tundra etc.) From what I can see on civilization.fandom.com/wiki/Starting_bias_(Civ5), Polish star bias is Plains Austria: Hills Russia: Tundra Germany: None (they have equal chance to spawn anywhere)

@daniilsadomia

4 жыл бұрын

@@LieutenantSteel From the point of view of the developers of the game and its mechanics, you are right

Countries that are in the corner have an advantage over someone in the middle because they can defend more easily.

@StanislawOstrovsky

6 жыл бұрын

Didn't help any of them but Greece tho

@wesleyjansen5217

6 жыл бұрын

Stanislav Veliky they stayed longer in the game and alive tho

@KreatureFeature

6 жыл бұрын

A was impressed with Greece's ability to cut the map in half and fight two fronts at the end

Warsaw changed hands _18_ times.

@ppoop6838

6 жыл бұрын

its just like real life. how realistic !

@dmitriish.350

6 жыл бұрын

whore city XD

Can we just appreciate how the Ottoman AI snatched Jakarta off of the Celts immediately after it was captured, then used the new advantage to 2v1 Edinburgh

Spent so much time focusing on the center that I didn't notice Greece until they owned half the map

Nice, though the Civ's on the edge seem to have the advantage of less neighbours and expansion into the mountains. Even more so the Civ's in the corners. To have a more fair fight, each should have the same enivronment and amount of neighbors. Maybe a ring around the world.

Can we appreciate how Mecca somehow survived all on its own from turn 267 to 386?

@blakerich5804

5 жыл бұрын

thats crazy haha

Polynesian Mecca held out for way longer than it should have.

If the water gives 1 food like any coastal tiles, it gives significant advantage to every civilization at the corner. If you wanted it more balanced, you should have made exterior tiles ice or mountains

@bajabog

6 жыл бұрын

And also by not having the same number of neighbours

@breduardoinfrench8736

6 жыл бұрын

The mountain boost is if they are adjacent, if observatories are what you are talking about.

@davidschlichting5203

6 жыл бұрын

How the fuck would you build a wonder on a mountain.

2048 and still using cannons.