I still have to test it, but I think you can get Lib earlier (and more certainly) on more suitable map like many times mentioned Great_Plains, with an average start there (plains cows as only food with many brown tiles). Especially for cultural victory since you don't want to whip cottages without food surplus, and there usually aren't any forests around.
Brennus' strategy doesn't fit most of the maps and victory conditions, but that was never stated. And how many people here knew if you skip BW, you can make Lib so much closer until this thread.
I didn't.
It is a shame this thread didn't evolve into tweaking this strategy to its max, so it could be judged accordingly. Brennus did show some inexperience with the game by some statements, but there should be more experienced people here to moderate ideas to its max. Not to mock and dismiss without consideration. Like everybody knew everything about the game when they started playing it. If we react like this to any new idea, there will not be any more ideas and this forum will get boring and die.
If we renamed this strategy into: Benefits from delayed BW on food and forest poor maps, this argument wouldn't be as ugly because you could read more from a title. That is because most people here read only title (like I did first time I reacted to this strategy (not nice)).
And here is an actual conclusion from an article:
6. CONCLUSION
Bronze Working with its chopping, whipping, and (possible) Axemen is often times great early, just not all the time. If you want to get to any mid-tier technology that doesn't require it as soon as possible, you might be best off skipping it for a short or long while, depending on the specific situation. This can be true if you are going a peaceful science route (Constitution), a peaceful cultural route (Liberalism and Nationalism), or even a warmonger route (Military Tradition and/or Gunpowder). The overall point is that it is sometimes best to layoff the Bronze Working for awhile. Not only can it be good strategy, but your populations and forests will also be appreciative! Good times.
What is wrong with this?