Well now that was exhausting...
I decided that since I am on the path of peace, I would not bribe any civ to war at all this game. (hence I just let Harald go after whoever he wants... otherwise I would've sent him into the cultural runaway (who was at just below 80k culture at the end) around midgame and probably won sooner... still) Also did not sign any RAs (saved gold for CS) until modern era where gold started flowing. Worst thing is my first lvl3 spy died on his first coup attempt (as opposed to the China game where he managed several before retiring) so no CS coups at all.
Still I'd take a deity CV any day over SV. And this is probably the first deity game where I did not bribe anyone or steal any workers or DoW/be Dow'd in general. I think one of the conditions of the Peace Prize achievement should also involve no war bribing whatsoever.
To pick up where we left off last time, where I had hidden myself behind my great wall of Maya... who, stupidly decided to DoW the Vikings despite his army being nowhere near.
Finally his army arrived... however I doubt CBs are going to cut it, especially in AIs hands. I ordered my troops to make way for them however...
Of course Pacal's pathetic attack force was annihilated and I had to block to help him...
In the meantime I got my 2nd world wonder. PT was taken by Lizzy (and I didn't really want it as I did not sign any RAs with my gold); Uffizi much better serves my purposes.
I mediated on Pacal's behalf, lest the war play itself out and Harry should get crucial cities in a peace deal and I find my borders invaded by Vikings. Because we were such good friends (and we continued to be until the end of the game) the price was quite cheap. This lead to a happy age for my empire where I built Eiffel, SoL and Cristo (Kame got Louvre), and my archaeologists acted as ambassadors of peace.
Years later however, after ideologies, the second Viking-Mayan war started... and this time it was out of my hands... Harald has no desire to go to peace with him. Kamehameha's empire fell to the Vikings in the meantime. Rammy and Lizzy are fighting like an old married couple.
So I had to surround Pacal with my units and camp them there, preventing the city from being captured. Against artillery (and PLANES), Pacal's troops didn't really stand a chance.
Winning WF because AIs don't really even try... look at Harald's pathetic effort despite having the most cities...
The awkward moment when Harry finally realizes he can also attack Frankfurt and not just Hamburg... I had speed-built some knights and sent my workers there as a precaution already.
Hally finally got one of Pacal's cities in a peace deal (Vikings (auto), Egypt(auto), Ethiopia(auto) and even one-city Kame (free) DoW'd him (Ord)... I wonder why...), which was fine by me since he's also a good friend and is quite loyal.
So decided to turn the Mayan wall into the Ethiopian wall. I abandoned Pacal as any good ex-friend would when the other partner refused to renew the DoF (he had been getting close with Lizzy (ord) (who is a culture gimp so I don't care about being on good terms with), who the world hates, and I fear they would invite each other to DoW me, so I opened up a little hole for Ethiopia to capture the city) I was actually quite happy to see the carpet of units as I now know I will never have to fear the Vikings again. Sure enough, Hally and Harry denounced each other right afterwards and fireworks flew between them as my low-tech brutes and archers stood by watching the wonders of modern warfare. No bribes were necessary. Lizzy got eaten up and nuked in the meantime.
And you wonder why my win time was so bad, well look at this. Ethiopia captured Palenque and added the hoard of wonders on top of his own hoard of wonders in Addis Ababa, with culture heritage sites, he was a huge mountain to climb. 77k, which made wondermonger #3 Rammy's 40k look really pitiful. Even Lizzy was at 30k or so...
Eventual victory. Spaceship boosters were going up here and there but I was never really worried as I had calculated that my CV was faster. Rarely enough Ethiopia (~500+ tpt) was also threatening a CV, being at "rising" with everyone. However once I built Great Firewall I had nothing to fear.
Well that was fun kinda... (although I was on edge at times because I promised myself I would not use any bribes... and wondered if my friends were going to backstab me)