Things I Learned About The World Through CivV

81. Everyone in South America has deep rooted interpersonal problems.
82. Climbing over the Great Wall requires so much effort that you just idly stroll within it's walls.
83. It used to take 400 years to train a man to hit something with a club, this was the inspiration for the opening sequence in 2001 where the origin of this lost knowledge was clearly laid out.
 
85. You can learn any branch of science you like if you're willing to sit around and wait long enough. No study required. (I knew school was overrated!)
 
86. A smart leader will sell off all of his possessions to a foreign country before declaring war on it.
 
86. The only difference between 10 Japanese soldiers, and 100 Japanese soldiers is that 100 Japanese soldiers have 90 to spare.

87. Manufactories have been built as early as 2000 b.c.

88. Mechanized Infantry can be built without ever learning the principals of rifling, or internal combustion, and require no specialized resources to construct.

89. All Factories run on Coal, no other resources or power sources have ever been, or ever will be used.

90. Gardens increase the chances of inspiration by a significant amount. However, said garden's will only suffice if the city is built next to a major body of freshwater.
 
AbbieRevo said:
90. Gardens increase the chances of inspiration by a significant amount. However, said garden's will only suffice if the city is built next to a major body of freshwater.
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91. And the most important purpose for building Hanging Gardens was to grow crops on it for harvesting food. :D
 
96. The Great Pyramids will somehow inspire workers to work faster.

97. The blood from a GDR will give the Aztecs extra culture.
 
99. Rogue criminals (barbarians) can magically convert llamas into donkeys.
100. A country's military can then change those donkeys back.
 
101. EVERYONE has seen Disney film "Hunchback of Notre Dame"...and they love it! I mean, come on, who can resist the cute adorable hunchback? It makes me ten times as happy just thinking about it...:love:

102. Peer pressure works in CiV. In fact, if you don't do what all the popular kids are doing, they may just declare war on you! On the other hand...if you do what they are doing, but do it better, they're likely to declare war on you anyhow...

103. If you're country A and have a pathetic army, there's reason to believe if you declare war on country B who has enough military to erase your very existance, that they might just be willing to yield their currency and goods to you on the mere thought that you're benevolent enough to offer them peace. (in the voice of Jim Carrey) "So you're saying there's a chance...?"

104. If the citizens of a particular city are unhappy due to population or war weariness...just build a colloseum! Even in modern times two guys taking turns throwing rocks at each other is entertaining :goodjob:

105. It's OK to starve the people of your city in favor of accelerated production...so long as you give them food again before one dies.

106. You don't have to be nice in this world. Loyalty is a farce. World leaders can be bribed to declare wars on each other. You might be best buds with your neighbor but he will still knock up your daughter if he thinks he can get away with it. Even the pacifists become warmongers if enough temptation is dangled in front of them...

This is fun!
 
107 The Sydney Opera House must be built in Salt Water not Fresh Water
108 For some reason a Great Lighthouse affects travel speed anywhere in the world but a regular lighthouse helps you make food.
109 Having bananas in a jungle will help you scientifically but if you have bananas in a plantation you will lose your ability to generate science. Therefore, the orderly process of a banana plantation is detrimental to scietific discovery.
110 An iron clad vessel was only able to go in deep water if the deep water was within the boundries of the iron clads owner.
111 Ghengis Khan was a traitor to his own people and would willingly general for any civilization that had earned military experience.
112 A general on a horse moved as fast as a modern general on a jeep can move
113 Railroads are really no better than roads
114 Railroads and roads can never be built in Mountanous terrain
 
115. When my boss assigns me a task, I can complete half of it and charge him full price (in labor hours). Then, I can get additional compensation equal to double the original price by completing the other half in tiny increments.

Wait....I just described the majority of government contracts.....
 
117. If I chase off the stray dog that is barking at my neighbor's yard man, he'll come and do my yard instead. If I'm really clever, I can wait until the dog threatens the yard man, the newspaper delivery person, AND the milkman before I chase it off. If I yell at the dog in German, there is a 50% chance that it will come live with me. When my neighbor complains about me having all their plants, newspapers, and milk all I have to do is tell them how sorry I am that it caused a divide between us. Then I'll put garden gnomes on the edge of my yard every eight days until I own their driveway. If they try to get the driveway back, the yardman, newspaper delivery person, and the milkman will each give me angry dogs to fend the neighbor off. If the dogs dig up my neighbor's vegetable garden, I'll get free money! Eventually, my neighbor will give me their garage if I call the dogs off for 10 days. I can then gift all the dogs to the milkman for free milk AND cheese!!!!!
 
118. Only one satellite has been launched in the history of the world to look back at the Earth. Mankind simply looked back at his home and said "that's rubbish, lets naff off to Alpha Centuri" and never ever looked back again.
 
119. The Ancient Egyptians managed to ''build'' horses for their chariots. Maybe they discovered how to give life to something dead... But those secrets were taken into their grave.

120. Some leaders claim to have gone back in time to correct their mistakes.

121. Mongolian horses are as sized as common horses.
 
Glassmage said:
lol minor civs/city states are always more important diplomatically, just like in real life. Countries that are not America, France, England, Germany, China,... etc... ARE basically "city states". Like when Nazi Germany invaded city state Poland and they get minor diplo hits with France and England. Then Germany invaded and puppeted France, taking their capital so then Allies power denounced Germany and went to war. Russia and Allies fight in WW2 together. but immediately afterward Soviets were crazy and become a superpower so America see that as a threat and denounced them and they fight wars on city states ground.
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Wow..... this is crazy :crazyeye: I hope you are just joking ;)

For all other people thinking it is true:

Poland a city state? You are mad man.... :lol: In 1939, the Poland's area was 388 634 km², while the Great Britain is atm 244 820 km², German is 357 114,22 km²..... that was really big country, definitely one of the major european powers.

People claiming like that (and not joking) don't really know history.

Do you know what really happenned?

About Poland - you can see here main directions of attack (both german and russian):

http://www.szkolarbis.pl/photos/1942.jpg

There was no chance to defend because France and England did nothing to help them (in spite they were obligated to do it, it didn't happen and that's why pact Ribbentrop-Molotow might be entered). Well, in fact, France payed for this several months later (laughably they capitulated in the same time as surrounded Poland). France and England thought that Hitler would have been contented by conquering Poland. Simply they were afraid and didn't care. I belive that their fast couter-attack would have succeed (almost all troops fought against Poland).

So, there were no minor diplomatic penalties. There was just a broken military alliance (talking about *immediately* military help - not fulfilled of course) and peace-keeping policy.

"Allied powers denounced Germany" ha ha lol that was funny, really funny. :)

But, going on...

Hopelessely inaccurate. France and Englad declared the war in 1939, so....There was no denounciation of course. Everyone recognized Hitler as warmonger and the England was fighting that time "alone" (but in fact supported by allies, Czech, Poland, Canadian, French etc. fighter pilots -- without that they had had surrended too).

Russia went in war not before than in 1941, attacked by Hitler (Barbarossa sounds familiar?).

Russia was really weak on the beginning and only supplies from the allies (USA, England) was decisive. With these supplies Russia had time to reforce and first build war industry beyond front, then next build really enormous and modern army. Then become the superpower.
 
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