Things I Learned About The World Through CivV

[headcase]

226. There is only one kind of open borders, which gives both civilizations the ability to march unlimited military units into each other's territory. This won't bring in any kind of mutual free-trade or cultural benefit (although some leaders will claim otherwise), and a civilization's leader can't bring in a small team of scouts\spies to survey the situation; only large groups of soldiers may enter (small groups are ok if they used to be a large group and were decimated in an earlier battle).

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

"203 People of Bucarest are irrational, hostile but cultured. Must be populated by divas
204 You can buy yourself votes (wait, this one is realastic) "

I laughed so hard at the DIVA one xD.

 

[That nerdy kid]

227: the people of Dublin want England to build a road to them, as well as wiping out Singapore.

 

[Antonin Dvorak]

228: Landmarks, Customs Houses, Manufactories, and Academies are the size of or almost as big as cities themselves.

 

[Vathris]

229. When a country is about to lose a besieged city to their opponent, signing the deed to a neutral country will immediately catapult the enemy hundreds of miles back to their own lands.

230. This process can be repeated as often as the world powers find it hilarious.

231. The Ken line of Barbie dolls was modeled after Alexander the Great of Macedonia.

232. Frigates require iron to be built. Cannons, however, do not.

233. Incan slingers screw up in retreating around half the time.

234. Horse archers and archery are not related and in fact quite independent of each other.

235. Hector had a spear eleven cubits long, with a bronze point, fastened to the shaft by a ring of gold.

236. "Ode to Joy" is the song most representative of German culture and the Iron Chancellor.

237. Zeros suck at attacking navies.

238. Genghis Khan was born in Beijing and successfully led the Chinese in a campaign against Mongolia.

239. Backstab is an ugly word.

 

[Depravo]

240 - Major land invasions are often spearheaded by unarmed labourers

241 - Prehistoric sailing vessels can sneak in between destroyers and battleships to destroy whole army corps in convoy

242 - It's a tiresome urban myth that the population and wealth of Earth are concentrated overwhelmingly near the coasts, and that transport of goods has always been easier by sea than over land. In fact, the sea is a largely useless and barren obstacle, and shippers will send goods tens of thousands of miles by rail before they'll even think about boating them across a single water tile (25% production bonus).

243 - Handguns only work at point blank range, to which modern infantry must close while archers pick them off at will.

244 - The end result of a fanatically religious policy is religious tolerance. In fact, this is the only way freedom of religion can come about.

 

[ShahJahanII]

245. Great Generals can command an army and improve their efficiency by 20% exactly. The Chinese and Mongols produce the best Great Generals. However, generals are totally incapable of defending themselves.

246. East Asians, aside from the Koreans, are all warmongering jerks.

 

[sukritact]

246. East Asians, aside from the Koreans, are all warmongering jerks.

Wu zetian is especially bad..

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

247: Ploynesians are the greatest ship builders in the world. They can build the exact same craft as the next civ, but the Polynesians' version will be ocean-going. Triremes: ocean-going. Ironclads: ocean-going.

 

[James T]

248. While they posed no problem for scouts 6,000 years ago, unbridged rivers will severely hamper a modern military's mobility.

249. Modern military moves no faster, and in many cases much slower, than the Mongolian hordes did.

250. Civilians and military generals are so xenophobic they refuse to come into direct contact with a single person from another civilization. Soldiers, however, appear be much more open-minded.

251. All open borders agreements are done in writing. Resource sales, monetary loans, and peace treaties, however, are done on the honor system.

 

[Guandao]

252. Ice can't be crossed

253. Genghis Khan sounds like a doofus

254. The Iroquois founded Montreal

255. Askia lets his cities catch fire.

256. Ramesses' legs are crippled

 

[bcaiko]

250. Civilians and military generals are so xenophobic they refuse to come into direct contact with a single person from another civilization. Soldiers, however, appear be much more open-minded.

Open minded meaning much more willing to walk through and then punch in the face?

 

[sukritact]

252. Ice can't be crossed

Wondering about that, has any large army ever crossed a large field of ice? (Not including tundra)

 

[HammerandSickle]

257. The Aztecs can sacrifice a helicopter gunship to please their gods.

 

[James T]

Open minded meaning much more willing to walk through and then punch in the face?

Well... yes. Is there another definition?

 

[Ricci]

### Corporate ambition for the buck can actually ruin and/or kill a franchise..

 

[civplay]

258: the Iroquois weren't nomadic tribes, but were actually sendetary and agriculturial.
259: the Iroquois are very industrious. (Ya seriously civ) In fact the most industrious civ to ever exist...
260: That by adopting conceptal concepts, Temples, Settlers, and workers will all magically appear
261: Man Kind never domestcated crops and in fact we only know how to harvest crops and can't possibly replant them anywhere else.
262: same goes for livestock
263: That India is small empire, certainly not one of the largest empires area wise.
264: There is no Private Sector period.
265: Every Country to ever exist were all communist or ruled by dictatorships, with citizens having no impact on decision making.
266: Social policies deal with abscure terms such as Liberty and Tradition, and certainly have nothing to do with terms such as patriarchal, agricultural, or state such societies
267: International trade routes have no importance at all. Ever!
268: It took at least hundreds of years to arm and train citizens with giant stick.
269: And on that matter it took hundreds of years for your army to reach your enemy, let alone engage in combat...

 

[basta]

270. In 4,000 years, it never got dark once.

 

[CivOasis]

271. Nor did the seasons change.

 

[Pouakai]

272. Despite the fact that they can be hit by numerous nuclear fallouts and ravaged by war, populations of numerous animals, including elephants and sheep, are able to survive unaffected.