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Pretty much same here, though it's more that there is a history of alcoholism in my family so I'll be careful when I'm older.
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Pretty much same here, though it's more that there is a history of alcoholism in my family so I'll be careful when I'm older.
TheNoob
Dank Memes
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
I was hoping he would do Brazil, that was the only one I was hoping to find but didn't.
He has done a great job depicting Brazil, congratulations to him 
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Interesting points to note:
- There is an extra detail about the flag that is quite interesting that he missed about. The (sad
) fact that the display of the constellation on the blue circle tries to copy the view that one would have staring at the sky in Rio de Janeiro on the morning of the day that they carried the Republican Coup d'Etat, at exactly 08:30 AM, the moment that started the most epic day of our history, sadly with the wrong outcome IMO. But it was epic nonetheless, it deserves a movie 
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- His pronounciation of Rio de Janeiro is definetly not accurate, and certainly not accurate in any different accent of any part of our country (and mind we are big, so it's probably like the US). This djê (that's the best phonetic word I could come to try to sound how he says) is phonetically bizarre to our ears. 'de' is actually spoken like simply dj or dji, a strange sound indeed, that is the way we from Rio say the word 'de'. But more strangely, the way he says is the incorrect way of saying 'de', is actually correct for most of the other accents I know from the country. So well, they are actually correct, only funny to hear in Rio. But even more strangely, he seems so worried to pronounce the 'de' correct, that he completely forgot to even try to do Rio and Janeiro. A French 'R' on that Rio could have been a good attempt
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- His division of regions is quite funny, somewhat accurate, and incredibly awkward compared to the 5 regions perspective we have always been taught to: North, Northeast, Southeast, South and Central-Western. I can't even conceive an Eastern Region
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- And yeah, Biscoito! (OBS: I believe no brazilian says Bolacha the way he does, I've only heard the 'ch' with a sound more resembling 'sh').
.Interesting points to note:
- There is an extra detail about the flag that is quite interesting that he missed about. The (sad
) fact that the display of the constellation on the blue circle tries to copy the view that one would have staring at the sky in Rio de Janeiro on the morning of the day that they carried the Republican Coup d'Etat, at exactly 08:30 AM, the moment that started the most epic day of our history, sadly with the wrong outcome IMO. But it was epic nonetheless, it deserves a movie .- His pronounciation of Rio de Janeiro is definetly not accurate, and certainly not accurate in any different accent of any part of our country (and mind we are big, so it's probably like the US). This djê (that's the best phonetic word I could come to try to sound how he says) is phonetically bizarre to our ears. 'de' is actually spoken like simply dj or dji, a strange sound indeed, that is the way we from Rio say the word 'de'. But more strangely, the way he says is the incorrect way of saying 'de', is actually correct for most of the other accents I know from the country. So well, they are actually correct, only funny to hear in Rio. But even more strangely, he seems so worried to pronounce the 'de' correct, that he completely forgot to even try to do Rio and Janeiro. A French 'R' on that Rio could have been a good attempt
.- His division of regions is quite funny, somewhat accurate, and incredibly awkward compared to the 5 regions perspective we have always been taught to: North, Northeast, Southeast, South and Central-Western. I can't even conceive an Eastern Region
.- And yeah, Biscoito!
(OBS: I believe no brazilian says Bolacha the way he does, I've only heard the 'ch' with a sound more resembling 'sh').
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CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
- His pronounciation of Rio de Janeiro is definetly not accurate, and certainly not accurate in any different accent of any part of our country (and mind we are big, so it's probably like the US). This djê (that's the best phonetic word I could come to try to sound how he says) is phonetically bizarre to our ears. 'de' is actually spoken like simply dj or dji, a strange sound indeed, that is the way we from Rio say the word 'de'. But more strangely, the way he says is the incorrect way of saying 'de', is actually correct for most of the other accents I know from the country. So well, they are actually correct, only funny to hear in Rio. But even more strangely, he seems so worried to pronounce the 'de' correct, that he completely forgot to even try to do Rio and Janeiro. A French 'R' on that Rio could have been a good attempt
I imagine his pronunciation comes from him speaking Spanish as a first or second or whatever language. Also, Brazil would actually be bigger than America, just barely, if Alaska wasn't part of the US, except that Brazil has a lot of "uninhabitable" (I say uninhabitable because, technically, people can and do live there, but they have little to do with Brazil, like Inuits in Alaska) land in the Amazon.
jackelgull
An aberration of nature
Brazil is a colony of Portugal, not Spain and speaks Portuguese, otherwise you would be correct.
I think he means that the guy is so used to spanish because its one of his mastered languages, that he naturally tends to have a spanish pronounciation of portuguese words.
Well CK you're right about several other parts on the video that he speaks our words, but definetly not when he tries Rio de Janeiro. 'Rio' sounds exactly like any american-english speaker does, and Janeiro has our 'Janei' but your 'r' so it's a mix. There is 0 spanish in his attempt of saying Rio de Janeiro.
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
TheNoob
Dank Memes
The forums have certainly been slow as of late.
I agree, and it feels weird IMO, although we have been getting a good flow of guests anyway.
Today is Round 2 of the epic battle between Noyyau and the Clogged Pipe Monster!
After about 1kg of sodium hydroxide and 2.5 liters of sulphuric acid, both soundly defeated by the monster residing in the Pipe, the time has come for physical violence: a 10m long steel spring, turned at high speeds with a drill.
Who will win this round?
(If and when I finally clear this pipe, I'll work on an update!)
After about 1kg of sodium hydroxide and 2.5 liters of sulphuric acid, both soundly defeated by the monster residing in the Pipe, the time has come for physical violence: a 10m long steel spring, turned at high speeds with a drill.
Who will win this round?
(If and when I finally clear this pipe, I'll work on an update!)
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
Sounds terrible
VGL
Deity
So anyway I'm back. The reason that I didn't do my IAAR was that I realized something. That I'm a terrible civ player because it was like 6-7 months since I last played it. Anyway I'm having second thoughts about it. Is there any good guide on playing as USA on DOC in this forum?
CaterpillarKing
Conqueror of Cacoons
America: Write Your Own History 
There should be tons on the DoC forum.
Also, this video is so amazing. Everyone should watch it.
Link to video.
There should be tons on the DoC forum.
Also, this video is so amazing. Everyone should watch it.
Link to video.
Try 'ubering'. On easy settings is completely doable. I couldn't tell you a great way to do this with the USA on DoC because I'm not used to the mod itself. The Caliphate is where I have been learning DoC, but I mostly use my civ knowledge to think about stuff, rather then any knowledge that came from DoC itself.
But ubering should work somehow in any mod. Especially with the civilization meant to be stable, prosper and big in DoC. By ubering I mean: Snatch most wonders you can, avoid domestic wars to keep the countryside intact, acquire a stable and marvelous amount of economic power (Shrines and especially loads of Towns) and you should be ok for everything else.
As you guys have been showing some interest on Brazil, here comes a picture that took me by surprise (this is on Copacabana, right beside the beach):
This happened on the last protest calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Roussef. I wasn't aware that the monarchists were organized these days. My days of participation are long gone now for several reasons, and I thought that the monarchist movement was dormant once again.
Talking to some friends that happen to be monarchists as well, I learned that these were the right-wing monarchists. They are actually the majority of monarchists, because the heads of the imperial family didn't have the 'royal education' to learn that they should be nonpartisans, instead of officially pending to the right-wing, defending the family values, attacking the LGBT movement, and promoting the participation of monarchists on movements anti-Left while telling them to not participate on the more Leftist manifestations (so many great memories of 2013 and the manifestations all around the country
, but they told us to not participate, to which I answered: screw you! I will participate and I will get my Imperial Flag with me!). I really can't wait to see this following sentence been made official twice in a row:
The King is Dead! Long Live the King!
For the 2 last right-wing extremists princes that happen to be the current Emperor and the next in line in the Imperial Family. We have hopes that then we will have a nice prince, which I have met already and seems a normal prince, that knows how to act as one.
But one thing makes me happy about all of this. I really like to be on a political movement that can bring right and left wing participants to agree to a common idea. We all want a Monarchy, a Monarchy that may have left or right wing governments formed by the democratic process. A monarchy that simply defends the State while the Government takes care of the administration. If the government is going to be right or left wing, this is for the people to tell on the polls. This movement isn't tied to one side of the political spectrum, but rather embraces both. The republicanism (not the republican party movement of the USA) have this same advantage, but I don't believe in a Republic.
Sorry if I got too political here, but if you guys are planning to visit Brazil, be careful with these manifestations. Just don't get into them if you don't have brazilian friends to help you if something goes wrong. Our police isn't so friendly, and they really don't like foreigners on our manifestations.
This happened on the last protest calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Roussef. I wasn't aware that the monarchists were organized these days. My days of participation are long gone now for several reasons, and I thought that the monarchist movement was dormant once again.
Talking to some friends that happen to be monarchists as well, I learned that these were the right-wing monarchists. They are actually the majority of monarchists, because the heads of the imperial family didn't have the 'royal education' to learn that they should be nonpartisans, instead of officially pending to the right-wing, defending the family values, attacking the LGBT movement, and promoting the participation of monarchists on movements anti-Left while telling them to not participate on the more Leftist manifestations (so many great memories of 2013 and the manifestations all around the country
, but they told us to not participate, to which I answered: screw you! I will participate and I will get my Imperial Flag with me!). I really can't wait to see this following sentence been made official twice in a row:The King is Dead! Long Live the King!
For the 2 last right-wing extremists princes that happen to be the current Emperor and the next in line in the Imperial Family. We have hopes that then we will have a nice prince, which I have met already and seems a normal prince, that knows how to act as one.
But one thing makes me happy about all of this. I really like to be on a political movement that can bring right and left wing participants to agree to a common idea. We all want a Monarchy, a Monarchy that may have left or right wing governments formed by the democratic process. A monarchy that simply defends the State while the Government takes care of the administration. If the government is going to be right or left wing, this is for the people to tell on the polls. This movement isn't tied to one side of the political spectrum, but rather embraces both. The republicanism (not the republican party movement of the USA) have this same advantage, but I don't believe in a Republic.
Sorry if I got too political here, but if you guys are planning to visit Brazil, be careful with these manifestations. Just don't get into them if you don't have brazilian friends to help you if something goes wrong. Our police isn't so friendly, and they really don't like foreigners on our manifestations.
VGL
Deity
Speaking of politics, I took the political compass test again and I became more left than the last time I took the test which was like 6-7 months ago.
Economic Left/Right: -4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64
And this was my last times result. I don't have the image.
Economic Left/Right: -0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92
Economic Left/Right: -4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64
And this was my last times result. I don't have the image.
Economic Left/Right: -0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92
