Part 60: The Maple Sorrow

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Welcome back to the Civilization Battle Royale! Today we have gathered for the weekly ritual of F5-ing (though a bit later than usual), posting riot threads so the moderators can delete them to clean up spam and then reading what has changed in the world of the Battle Royale! Your narrator for today is /u/TA_Knight (Again) and I hope to bring you an enjoyable experience! Now, a few words first: This part is shorter than the usual, as Tpangolin is having difficulties catching up in recording the Battle Royale. With several crashes and solving the issue with the Boers, TPangolin worked extra hours to bring you this part on time. This narration may be a bit rushed, as I only received the album today, but I hope this will not subtract from your experience. Lets get right into it, shall we?

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Last part didn‘t see too many changes as Sparta had difficulty attacking Armenia, Mexico was struggling to pass though the peacekeeping forces on Blackfoot. However, these who worry this part will see even less chance, don‘t ;)

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The Boers are still #1 thanks to their immense tech lead. The slide mentions concern about losing their advantage sine they are almost at the tech cap, but i believe they will still have a an advantage thanks to all the powerful wonders they have gotten so far. The full Power Rankings can be found at https://imgur.com/a/WjSPb/layout/horizontal/

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The Canadian resistance is no more. The Inuit flip an entire row of cities as they crash the pathetic Canadians in their path to victory. Canada‘s only hope is to flip a city enough times with naval units, allowing them to drag the war long enough for the Inuit to peace out. However, judging from the size of the Canadian navy in the sea, they will have to pray hard to make it work.

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Albany to the south flips again, however that city is even more of a lost cause than others, since Canada has to move their ships around Buccaneer territory to get to the city. Better let that city go and focus on a city more reachable by sea, like Vancouver.

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The Blackfoot are pounded by the Mexican army, surviving only due to their Vietnamese and Australian peacekeepers. What once was a proud, though small, paratrooper carpet, became a pathetic defensive force due to the narrow core and the heavily citadeled cities who could not keep up producing units to make up for the loss. At least they can build Advanced Destroyers now, maybe they can use them to harass the Mexican shore?

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While the Chinese Knight goes Waterborne, Sparta attempts to open a new front with Armenia, taking Tigranocerta to red. Frankly, I‘m surprised that Armenia still exists, as they certainly dont have any units to spare. Sparta doesnt seem to use the full power of their military, leaving their main force in Europe. Time will show whether that was a good decision.

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As the world is torn apart in gruesome wars, the Boers keep on wonder hoarding, building the Bionic Tower. This wonder must be built in a coastal city, and gives +2 culture, +1 gold and +1 production to every sea tile in the city working range, as well as a fishing boat. Not too impressive of a wonder but will allow the Boers to churn out units oh slightly more faster. Information about the wonder can be found at http://i.imgur.com/GQH1hLT.jpg

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You haven‘t forgot about Morocco, didnt you? Well, the Buccaneers didnt. The Buccaneers take out Tangier with a Mobile SAM, putting an end to the Moroccan legacy, and eliminating them at 31st place. Morocco was always one of the weaker civilizations on the BR, and never had much to show for themselves. While every civilization around them declared full scale wars and conquered entire empires, Morocco was content with taking defenseless cities, like the Ashanti capital, the Portuguese city of Braga, and the two remaining cities of Carthage. All well and good, but once an actual empire like the Buccaneers rolled around, Morocco crumpled like cardboard.

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3 Armenian cities are awaiting capture, but Sparta seems to be waiting for something. Maybe they are afraid of allowing Persia out? Persia, though, has their own problems to deal with, as it seems that a batch of Mongolian troops have taken a lesson from the Boers, and transported into Persian lands, adding on to the Ethiopian peacekeepers, and essentially disallowing Persia to move.

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One of the last Moroccan units can be spotted on the Ethiopian-Boer borders, next to Lake Victoria. Unfortunately, Lake Victoria is no Fountain of Youth, and drinking from it will not heal the Moroccan Empire and revive it once more. Finland to the north is still bombing Arabia, but has little to show for it except some black bars above certain cities.

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Canada attempts to flip some cities back, like Washington, Kingston and Halfax, but the Inuit take all the cities back, and add Albany and Fort Rouille on top of it. Canada now has 5 cities left, meaning that the end is near.

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As a gesture of peace, Canada peaces out with Sri Lanka. Now that Canada knows what is it like to be the rump state, Canada realizes the suffering of so many states among the Cylinder. Sadly, its too late. Way too late.

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The Boers see the Buccaneers, who just eliminated Morocco, and decide to... Actually, they plot against Ethiopia instead. I begin to think the Boers actually like warmongers.

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The Canadian force is dwindling, only managing to flip Albany and Vancouver. Meanwhile, the Inuit, not used to only one war at a time, plot against Morocco. Too bad Morocco is already dead.

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Sparta takes Jerusalem again, and it looks like they may be able to keep it this time, as Armenia decided to batch all their units around Artashat for some reason. Also, it seems that Ethiopia has citadeled Alexandria, likely angry at the fact that Sparta owns land on Africa. The Indonesian scout makes landfall on Africa, anticipating this war and preparing to help Sparta against Ethiopia, like they helped against Sweden. Sparta themselves do not seem to be aware, though.

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Buccaneer South America continues to be devoid of units, and it looks even emptier than before. When the Buccaneers finally held a significant land area, i thought that the Buccaneers would start manufacturing land units to cover up their sole weakness at that time. Instead, they doubled down on it. Have the Buccaneers lost their charm?

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Sparta surrounds Tigranocerta with Helicopter Gunships, forgetting, like a few narrators before me, that helicopters cant take cities. Work smarter, not harder, Leonidas!

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The Inuit fell Vancouver, Edmonton and Hamilton, leaving Canada an assortment of cities on the eastern shore. Canada has a few dozen destroyers still, but, unlike when the Inuit took Texas, the Canadian army has to defend a much bigger amount of cities. I dont hold high hopes for them managing to keep a city until peace.

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Mexico peaces out with the Blackfoot, deciding that fighting them is a lost cause due to all the peacekeeper forces blocking war efforts. The task of removing the Blackfoot from existence will have to wait for another part.

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The USSR reaches the Atomic Era! Stalin shows the other leaders that even a rump state dog can learn new tricks. Although, that trick is pretty much ‘flip a city before we die completely‘ which can really only impress the city states on the cylinder.

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Australia now has High-Energy Research Centers! These are basically Academies that were upgraded by the Particle Accelerator wonder, and now give double the science output. This may not seem much, but.. The Particle Accelerator is a National Wonder. Yes, to build this wonder, Australia had to build a laboratory in every each of their 100+ cities, JUST to build this wonder. No wonder that Australia has managed to ascend the tech leaderboards so fast. More information about the wonder can be found at http://i.imgur.com/Ewwtj7U.jpg

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Among the wreckage of the Canadian empire, a special Inuit unit can be spotted.. The Biotrooper. The Biotrooper is the endgame of the Infantry units. It has 120 strength, 3 movement, March promotion (which heals 10 per turn), and a whole slew of other bonuses thanks to the Geoengineered promotion. One of these bonuses is ability to cross mountains. Mexico, be afraid. Be very afraid. More information about this unit can be found at http://i.imgur.com/BCq5flC.jpg

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Albany, Kingston and Medicine Hat all fall, relocating the capital to Sherbrooke, who is already on zero health and a melee unit is beside the city. By the next turn, Canada will be no longer able to manufacture units, and will have to rely on their remaining navy.

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Its World Congress time, and gems are banned. Due to the resource distribution of the map, and the fact that civilizations like to ban all the resources they don‘t own, i expect about all luxuries to be banned by the end of the game. Not that Deity AI will ever care. Persia peaces out with Sparta, having enough of waiting for Sparta to come. Quite sad, i would‘ve enjoyed this war. Oh well. Sparta at least smartened up enough to stop surrounding Tigranocerta with Helicopter Gunships, and allowing their paratroopers to have a crack at the city. Also, Canada retakes Vancouver in the background.

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Mexico attempts to pass Catholicism as world religion again, but fails yet again. They will need to convert many more civilizations to Catholicism before they can succeed.

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Vietnam plots against Persia, as they look like an easy meat to kill. Good luck getting past all these peacekeeper forces though. The Inuit take Sherbrooke and Vancouver, leaving Canada only one city that hasn‘t flipped yet.

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Sparta finally takes Tigraocerta! Hooray! Only 10 turns more than necessary. Can they crush Armenia now?

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Canada strikes the eastern shore with all their remaining forces, taking Medicine Hat, Hamilton and Vancouver all at once. They are not going to give up easily. However, they have less than 10 destroyers left, so they will not be able to keep it up for much longer.

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I know a lot of you heard about the Boer problem where they weren‘t able to build Future Worlds improvements, due to their worker UU preventing usage of modded improvements. TPangolin has heard your pleas, and replaced all Boer workers with normal workers, allowing them to build Future Worlds improvements once again. Here, we see a Mutacology, a farm replacement that also gives production and culture, and thanks to the Pholus Mutagen, also damages nearby enemy units by 10 HP per turn! Truly a modern beauty.

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With one mighty strike, All remaining Canadian cities fall to the Inuit. Canada still has 5 destroyers left, but i think we can count them out already, and declare them eliminated at 30th place. Canada was one of the more powerful empires, even being #1 for a short while, and had a vast empire composed of many cities. However, they stagnated. Where the superpowers of today conquered entire civilizations to grow in power, Canada was instead involved in failed wars against America and Texas. when they finally cracked America, who at the time was simply too weak to fight back, the Inuit striked. Then, it was too late for Canada, and they were barred from a chance of victory forever. As one war ends, another war starts... Ethiopia and the Boers declare war on Arabia! Oh boy..

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The Boers had access to them for a while, but in case you have forgotten, here is the Chimera. The Chimera is, for a lack of a better comparison, a scout unit. It has 80 strength, rather weak for the era, but 4 movement, and they don‘t suffer movement penalties crossing hills or rivers. This, along with the usual bioline abilities of rapid healing and geoengineering, makes them an impressive alternative for tanks when blitzing cities. Thanks to the Skynet wonder, they can even take on a Mech Infantry one on one and win. More information on this unit can be found at http://i.imgur.com/6GJDx2R.jpg

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Despite the high tech of Australia, they still dont seem to be upgrading their units. They have a massive carpet of Diggers, despite having access to Drone UAVs, Advanced Destroyers, Bazookas and Mech Infantry. Perhaps they have so many units they simply cant afford upgrading them all. In which case, a big war (like against Vietnam) should suffice to recycle their units, replacing them with upgraded versions.

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The Moroccan musketman and the Ashanti pikeman can be seen side by side in their respective lakes. Morocco has the strength advantage, and should they declare war, they should be able to conquer the Ashanti lake easily. They will first need to deal with the Boer peacekeeping forces, however. Also of note: Ethiopian Helicopter Gunships on top of the Natural Wonders!

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Ethiopia has no patience for things such as stagnated wars, flipped cities or resistance. Using their forces stationed at Persia, they strike Arabia from both sides, crashing them. Mecca, Najran and Kufah immediately fall, while Medina and Khurasan are surrounded.

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A more zoomed out image shows just how screwed Arabia is as they are attacked from all sides. To the North, Sparta apparently got their shit together finally, as they took Hebron, and prepare to attack Gaza.

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The last Canadian destroyer is next to Hamilton, allowing Canada to flip a city one last time before becoming a ghost fleet. At least, unlike the Kongo, they can actually escape into sea and not simply be target practice by their former cities.

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Persia peaces out with Afghanistan, declaring the attack on Kabul failed, due to Finnish peacekeeping forces. Afghanistan is finally at peace, and can focus on (trying) to rebuild their cities.

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It appears that Sparta was indeed afraid of Persia, as now that Persia is out, Sparta finally brings an acceptable amount of troops to the front. Gaza falls to red while Gyumri starts to take damage, and the single Armenian plane just cant keep up with the amount of Spartans hitting the shore.

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Its been a while since we saw a significant part of Sibir, and we see that they have carpeted well, especially since they are #2 in actual land tiles. They will need to get more modern land units, though. Paratroopers just dont cut it.

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Arabia takes back Medina and Najran, however this is a mere tick for Ethiopia, as they already surround Barsa and Damascus, systematically destroying all Arabian opposition. Ethiopia squashes Arabia like a bug, leaving them two cities remaining, Bethlehem and Jericho, and Bethlehem is already Bethtoast.

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The Boers build the last remaining wonder of the Bioline, the Nephilim Gene Template. This wonder provides +1 production, gold and science per 3 population units in the empire. Its a very significant wonder, and will allow the Boers to lock down the remaining wonders for themselves as well as carpet even faster should they go into another war. More information on this wonder can be found at http://i.imgur.com/zShOtvn.jpg

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Ethiopia takes Medina, Khurasan and Najran as they land another batch of paratroopers in north Arabia, and damaging Damascus and Basra. Ethiopia is basically executing Arabia in Mali style.

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Ethiopia squashes Arabia like a bug, leaving them two cities remaining, Bethlehem and Jericho, and Bethlehem is already Bethtoast.

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Ah, Hawaii. Its a wonder they even survived this far. It seems that Hawaii was embargoed, as they have a lot of cargo ships but they aren‘t using them, effectively denying all gold generation from the city state.

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Iceland keeps on their science lead, allowing them to build Robot Infantry! They will need a much larger amount of them to protect their European holdings from Sweden, but its useful should they want to attack the Buccaneers.

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Among the denouncement spam we see that the Congress is planning to ban two more luxuries, and that the Inuit are planning against Hawaii while Vietnam is against Champa.

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Spymaster TPangolin shuffles his spies, moving them to Australia, Buccaneers and Sweden. What fruits will their labor bring?

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Arabia takes back Medina as they pump out new futuristic units, the Railgun Armor and the Mech Artillery. Why is that civilizations often tech up in military only when they are about to die? Also, Sparta takes Gaza! Woo!

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Ethiopia squashes Arabia like a bug, leaving them two cities remaining, Bethlehem and Jericho, and Bethlehem is already Bethtoast.

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The Canadian navy scatters, abandoning Canada and taking on a new goal, keeping the legacy of the Canadian empires, of ehs and maple trees. However, the Ice sheet fleet is right on their tails, looking to genocide every single remaining Canadian unit.

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Not much changes in South America, but the Buccaneers upgrade their Mech Infantry to Power Armor Infantry. Brazil appears to suffer from the same problem as Finland, since they are also only fielding Paratroopers, however, in this case, its a good thing, as unlike the neighbors of Finland, the Buccaneers and Chile have no land army, allowing Paratroopers to be used for devastating effect.

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The Vietnamese-Korean border is tense as ever since the last war between them, but no side dares to strike, not wanting to lose ground. Vietnam has the production, while Korea has the military tech, and a conflict between them will be especially bloody.

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Armenia is now on the road to death, as they no longer have a military and Gyumri is on zero health. Unless they manage to peace out somehow, next part they are dead.

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Same applies to Arabia, who lost Bethlehem and only has Jericho remaining, and is in red and surrounded by Ethiopian Paratroopers. They are expected to be eliminated next turn, or the turn after that if the Arabian PAI has a chance to flip the city.

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The Canadian navy goes on a journey deep into the unclaimed sea, as far away from the Inuit as possible, escorted by Icelandic units. Lets hope they make it unscathed.

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And thats the end of this part, no Info Addict due to it crashing yet again. Lets pray for it to be up again soon. Shinto is the newest member to 1000 believers, thanks to the ever growing population of the world. Ethiopia is still hunting the last believers of Islam, taking the number of followers down to 9.

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On the religion map, Catholicism is only one city away from claiming the entire Americas. Buddhism is still making its way to the islands, now having multiple islands on Polynesia Thats it for today, folks! Thanks for watching and apology in advance for the rushed narration, this is /u/TA_Knight wishing you all a peacekeeped night!

Part 60: The Maple Sorrow – mk2

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