Ok someone explain to me how you jokers are getting that GL on Deity.
Just tried it twice just to see. Egypt, settle on a hill with nearby hills and forest. Marble both times (do they have a luxury bias?), but of course no time to improve it. First game I found a Mining ruin which helped a lot, second game I got culture and +citizen which is immensely strong/lucky.
Monument -> Worker (CS don't spawn workers until like turn 25, and with no scout it is just dumb luck if you find another civ, how else but to hard build?) -> Great Library (worker usually pops at the same time as Writing)
Pottery -> Writing -> Mining (if not from hut)
Tradition -> Aristocracy
Have worker chop 2 nearby forests, switch all citizens to production (game 2 I was starving my city, had to switch one off hills at the end or I would have lost a citizen). Still missed the GL by 5 turns on game 1 and 3 turns on game 2.
What kind of magic start are you guys pulling to get that thing even 20% of the time as non-Egypt? The only way I can see this working is if you find Writing in a ruin AND you find a super close civ that you can steal a worker from. Might as well play Spain and reroll until I spawn next to King Solomon's mines...