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* ArtificialBrilliance: Some civs (including Finland, Vietnam, and the Buccaneers) have been lauded for making intelligent tactical moves...
* ArtificialStupidity: ...but plenty of terrible strategic decisions have been made as well.
** Portugal and Burma both infamously ceded non-endangered cities in peace deals.
** Several civs have declared peace only a turn or two before they could have made serious advancements.
** Still others have undermined their war efforts by only bringing a handful of units to the front.
* ArtificialStupidity: ...but plenty of terrible strategic decisions have been made as well.
** Portugal and Burma both infamously ceded non-endangered cities in peace deals.
** Several civs have declared peace only a turn or two before they could have made serious advancements.
** Still others have undermined their war efforts by only bringing a handful of units to the front.
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* BeingGoodSucks: The Civilizations that choose the Freedom ideology (democracy) have all been tiny, weak naitions, whose lot only got worse when the rest of the majority-fascist world started to hate them even more. In fact, no two nations held the ideology at the same time, each being destroyed before the next could adopt an ideology.
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* BeingGoodSucks: The Civilizations that choose the Freedom ideology (democracy) have all been tiny, weak naitions, nations, whose lot only got worse when the rest of the majority-fascist world started to hate them even more. In fact, no two nations held the ideology at the same time, each being destroyed before the next could adopt an ideology.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Has happened with a few of the superpowers, but most substantially with Iceland, who became a global-scale power after [[spoiler: their ruthlessly efficient takedown of Ireland]].
** Although they were rated highly from the beginning of the battle, it was the Inuit's first war against Canada and Texas that truly established it as a global power.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: On several occasions, civs who were [[VestigialEmpire already on a downward spiral]] lost land to ''chains'' of aggressively placed citadels.
** Although they were rated highly from the beginning of the battle, it was the Inuit's first war against Canada and Texas that truly established it as a global power.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: On several occasions, civs who were [[VestigialEmpire already on a downward spiral]] lost land to ''chains'' of aggressively placed citadels.
* LastStand: Even after losing all of their territory to the Boers, the Kongo had a large enough navy to flip their coastal cities back and delay their extinction for a few turns.
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** The Inuit and Yakuts nuked each other so much that they ''erased a city from existence''.
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* {{Pirate}}: The Buccaneers, of course, as well as the Champa.
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* TooDumbToLive: In a game where infrastructure and production can make or break an empire, the Huns razed nearly every city they conquered.
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** Could be partly justified as [[spoiler: retribution for starting worldwide ''[[TheAlliance coalitions]]'' of COMCAST and SOPA, which included two top-3 powers in Australia and the Boers.]]
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* BerserkButton: Don't ever try to harm Japan while Korea is still around.
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* Main/Pirate: The Buccaneers, of course, as well as the Champa.
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** Inverted with the actual US, which was crippled early on by Texas and Canada and never expanded much further than the East Coast.
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** An early war between Brazil and the Incas ended up lasting thousands of years.
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* [[Anticlimax]]: Part 55 saw a series of interconnected wars break out, centered in Northern Asia. These wars, dubbed the "Khanflict" by the fanbase, were massively hyped up... until Part 56 saw most theaters of the Khanflict make peace after only a few turns.
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* [[Anticlimax]]: AntiClimax: Part 55 saw a series of interconnected wars break out, centered in Northern Asia. These wars, dubbed the "Khanflict" by the fanbase, were massively hyped up... until Part 56 saw most theaters of the Khanflict make peace after only a few turns.
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* Anticlimax: [[Anticlimax]]: Part 55 saw a series of interconnected wars break out, centered in Northern Asia. These wars, dubbed the "Khanflict" by the fanbase, were massively hyped up... until Part 56 saw most theaters of the Khanflict make peace after only a few turns.
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* Anticlimax: Part 55 saw a series of interconnected wars break out, centered in Northern Asia. These wars, dubbed the "Khanflict" by the fanbase, were massively hyped up... until Part 56 saw most theaters of the Khanflict make peace after only a few turns.
* LandOfOneCity: Eliminating a civ entirely brings serious diplomatic penalties, so a number of civs have been reduced to single-city rump states.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There were 42 competing civs in Mark I, and 61 in Mark II.
* [[NotBigEnoughForTheTwoOfUs Not Big Enough for the Sixty-One of Us]]
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted by Henry Parkes (Australia) and Henry Morgan (Buccaneers).
* Pirate: The Buccaneers, of course, as well as the Champa.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted by Henry Parkes (Australia) and Henry Morgan (Buccaneers).
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* WarIsHell: Most wars between major powers (e.g. the first two Inuit/Yakutia wars) have turned into long, bloody stalemates.
** Other wars, like the invasion of Hawaii, have seen massive civilian death.
** Other wars, like the invasion of Hawaii, have seen massive civilian death.
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The project is the brainchild of the popular ''{{Civilization}}'' modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of ''[[{{VideoGame/Civilization}} Civilization V]]'' is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through Imgur albums with screenshots, known simply as "parts".
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The project is the brainchild of the popular ''{{Civilization}}'' modder Tpangolin.[=TPangolin=]. For the uninitiated, the goal of ''[[{{VideoGame/Civilization}} Civilization V]]'' is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through Imgur albums with screenshots, known simply as "parts".
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* AllPowerfulBystander: Both in the physical game and the lore around it, TPangolin (playing as Nebuchadnezzar), through the use of the In-Game Editor mod; technically, Tpangolin could do anything he wants with the game, but for the sake of the battle just takes screenshots and fixes bugs.
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* AllPowerfulBystander: Both in the physical game and the lore around it, TPangolin [=TPangolin=] (playing as Nebuchadnezzar), through the use of the In-Game Editor mod; technically, Tpangolin could do anything he wants with the game, but for the sake of the battle just takes screenshots and fixes bugs.
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* BackFromTheDead: So far, the Sioux, America, and Israel have all (temporarily, in the first two cases) been brought back by another nation liberating a city another nation conquered long ago. A number of other nations have ceased to exist for a turn when their last city was flipped then soon returned.
* BeingGoodSucks: The Civilizations that choose the Freedom ideology (democracy) have all been tiny, weak naitions, whose lot only got worse when the rest of the majority-fascist world started to hate them even more. In fact, no two nations held the ideology at the same time, each being destroyed before the next could adopt an ideology.
* BeingGoodSucks: The Civilizations that choose the Freedom ideology (democracy) have all been tiny, weak naitions, whose lot only got worse when the rest of the majority-fascist world started to hate them even more. In fact, no two nations held the ideology at the same time, each being destroyed before the next could adopt an ideology.
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* WhamEpisode: The Maori nuking Sydney was viewed this way by a lot of fans.
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* WhamEpisode: The [[spoiler: Maori nuking Sydney Sydney]] was viewed this way by a lot of fans.
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* AscendedFanon: All over the place. Due to the close-knit nature of the community, it's hard to find a running joke that *isn't* referenced by the slide narrators or power rankers at some point.
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* AlternateHistoryWank: Inevitable given the nature of ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'', but some examples still stand out, like the page quote.
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* AllPowerfulBystander: Both in the physical game and the lore around it, TPangolin (playing as Nebuchadnezzar), through the use of the In-Game Editor mod; technically, Tpangolin could do anything he wants with the game, but for the sake of the battle just takes screenshots and fixes bugs.
* AlienSpaceBats: There's no non-supernatural lore explanation for the nations of the Battle Royale existing as they are; as the page quote makes clear, the CBR world is not far from a straight up BizarroUniverse.
* AlternateHistoryWank: Inevitable given the nature of''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'', but some examples still stand out, like ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}''; It should be noted however that compared to real-life nations such as the page quote.United States or Russia, the land held by frontrunners such as the Boers or Inuit isn't ''that'' implausible.
* AlienSpaceBats: There's no non-supernatural lore explanation for the nations of the Battle Royale existing as they are; as the page quote makes clear, the CBR world is not far from a straight up BizarroUniverse.
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* NeverWasThisUniverse: What, you don't remember every civilization on Earth suddenly appearing all at once six thousand years ago simultaneously?
** For that matter, it's widely accepted that the Battle Royale planet is a ''cylinder'' [[note]]In Civilization V, all maps are as wide across at the equator as at the poles, and it's impossible to traverse the poles[[/note]].
** For that matter, it's widely accepted that the Battle Royale planet is a ''cylinder'' [[note]]In Civilization V, all maps are as wide across at the equator as at the poles, and it's impossible to traverse the poles[[/note]].
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** The Buccanears droped ''[[NoKillLikeOverKill eight]]'' atomic bombs on Mali (which had no nuclear arsenal) in the space of a few turns. Much of the area was radioactive for several parts after the war itself ended.
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* LastOfHisKind: A few nations, such as Rome and the Ashanti, have a single remaining unit wandering the cylinder.
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* NukeEm: Some nations utilize nuclear weapons as a last resort or at least sparingly. Others not so much.
** The Buccanears droped ''[[NoKillLikeOverKill eight]]'' atomic bombs on Mali (which had no nuclear arsenal) in the space of a few turns. Much of the area was radioactive for several parts after the war itself ended.
** The Buccanears droped ''[[NoKillLikeOverKill eight]]'' atomic bombs on Mali (which had no nuclear arsenal) in the space of a few turns. Much of the area was radioactive for several parts after the war itself ended.
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** The Kimberley conquest of Indonesia.
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* ButtMonkey: Rome could never catch a break in the early game, which eventually led to their elimination.
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* AnyoneCanDie: Even mid-tier nations get destroyed utterly if the superpowers put their minds to it.
* ButtMonkey: Rome could never catch a break in the early game, which eventually led to theirelimination. elimination.
* CrapsackWorld: The world is ravaged by near-constant warfare, and most luxury goods have been banned by the World Congress.
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* CrapsackWorld: The world is ravaged by near-constant warfare, and most luxury goods have been banned by the World Congress.
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* DayOfTheJackboot: Almost all civs have adopted fascism.
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* CurbstompCushion: Although the Australia/Maori war ended with the Maori all but eliminated, the Maori still managed to nuke— and briefly even capture— the Australian capital of Sydney.
* DayOfTheJackboot: Almost all civs have adoptedfascism. fascism.
* DecadeDissonance: Since each civ researches technologies independently of the others, this frequently occurs between leaders and laggards.
* DayOfTheJackboot: Almost all civs have adopted
* DecadeDissonance: Since each civ researches technologies independently of the others, this frequently occurs between leaders and laggards.
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* RapePillageAndBurn: Zig-zagged. Atilla burned Leningrad to the ground, only to refound it himself at the exact same spot.
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* RapePillageAndBurn: Zig-zagged. Atilla Attila burned Leningrad to the ground, only to refound it himself at the exact same spot. spot.
* RockBeatsLaser: Despite being perpetually behind in tech, Carthage still fought a number of successful wars in its day.
* SchizoTech: This happens when civs don't upgrade all of their units; for instance, the Boers once ferried a Giant Death Robot on a ''caravel''.
* SelfDestructiveCharge: Occasionally civs declare wars they simply cannot win, like Byzantium against Finland or France against Iceland.
* RockBeatsLaser: Despite being perpetually behind in tech, Carthage still fought a number of successful wars in its day.
* SchizoTech: This happens when civs don't upgrade all of their units; for instance, the Boers once ferried a Giant Death Robot on a ''caravel''.
* SelfDestructiveCharge: Occasionally civs declare wars they simply cannot win, like Byzantium against Finland or France against Iceland.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Tends to happen when multiple major wars are occurring simultaneously.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: This is thought to be the reason for Byzantium's war against Finland, as the bulk of Finland's sizable empire was not visible to the Byzantines.
* VestigialEmpire: Very common, the community refers to these as "rump states". The most spectacular example of this was Mao's China. Once ranked second in the power rankings, a devastating war with Vietnam eventually reduced them to a single city, which became the butt of many jokes by the community.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: This is thought to be the reason for Byzantium's war against Finland, as the bulk of Finland's sizable empire was not visible to the Byzantines.
* VestigialEmpire: Very common, the community refers to these as "rump states". The most spectacular example of this was Mao's China. Once ranked second in the power rankings, a devastating war with Vietnam eventually reduced them to a single city, which became the butt of many jokes by the community.
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* CurbStompBattle: Happens periodically when war breaks out among unequally-powerful civs. Examples include...
** The Boers' conquests of the Kongo, the Zulu, and especially Mali.
** Iceland's sweep through Ireland, and then through France.
** Vietnam's eradication of Persia.
** The Boers' conquests of the Kongo, the Zulu, and especially Mali.
** Iceland's sweep through Ireland, and then through France.
** Vietnam's eradication of Persia.
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* DayOfTheJackboot: Almost all civs have adopted fascism.
* LazyBum: A problem with many civs. Norway, Portugal and recently Yakutia found out the hard way that playing passively for too long essentially entails a death sentence in such a highly competitive world.
* LazyBum: A problem with many civs. Norway, Portugal and recently Yakutia found out the hard way that playing passively for too long essentially entails a death sentence in such a highly competitive world.
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** Now applies to the resurrected David, who is fittingly the leader of Israel.
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* ArchivePanic: There are upwards of 60 parts, along with power rankings, fan content, and more.
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The Battle Royale is also notorious for its small but very dedicated fanbase, which has created everything from [[http://i.imgur.com/qH37GVG.jpg fanart]], to [[http://i.imgur.com/1rCUXwDl.jpg fake newspapers]] commenting on the state of the world to a [[http://reddit.com/r/BRSE stock market]] where fans can invest in their favorite civilizations.
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The Battle Royale is also notorious for its small but very dedicated fanbase, which has created everything from [[http://i.imgur.com/qH37GVG.jpg fanart]], to [[http://i.imgur.com/1rCUXwDl.jpg fake newspapers]] commenting on the state of the world to a [[http://reddit.com/r/BRSE stock market]] where fans can invest in their favorite civilizations. If you want to try to dive in, you can start with the [[https://www.reddit.com/r/civbattleroyale/comments/3gkegn/battle_royale_mkii_megathread/ first megathread]].
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* RapePillageBurn: Zig-zagged. Atilla burned Leningrad to the ground, only to refound it himself at the exact same spot.
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* RapePillageBurn: Zig-zagged. Atilla burned Leningrad to the ground, only to refound it himself at the exact same spot.
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The project is the brainchild of the popular ''{{Civilization}}'' modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of ''[[{{VideoGame/Civilization}} Civilization V]]'' games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through Imgur albums with screenshots, known simply as "parts".
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The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V AI game ever created, featuring no less than [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 61 civilizations]] from the base game and various mods.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through Imgur albums with screenshots, known simply as parts.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through Imgur albums with screenshots, known simply as parts.
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The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V ''[[{{VideoGame/Civilization}} Civilization V]]'' AI game ever created, featuring no less than [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 61 civilizations]] from the base game and various mods.
The project is the brainchild of the popularCivilization ''{{Civilization}}'' modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of ''[[{{VideoGame/Civilization}} Civilization V]]'' games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through Imgur albums with screenshots, known simply as parts."parts".
The project is the brainchild of the popular
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The Battle Royale is also notorious for its small but very dedicated fanbase, which has created everything from [[ fanart]], to [[ fake newspapers commenting on the state of the world]] to a stock market where fans can buy
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The Battle Royale is also notorious for its small but very dedicated fanbase, which has created everything from [[ [[http://i.imgur.com/qH37GVG.jpg fanart]], to [[ [[http://i.imgur.com/1rCUXwDl.jpg fake newspapers newspapers]] commenting on the state of the world]] world to a [[http://reddit.com/r/BRSE stock market market]] where fans can buy invest in their favorite civilizations.
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The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest ''VideoGame/Civilization'' AI game ever created, featuring no less than [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 61 civilizations]] from the base game and various mods.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else.
The first iteration of the Battle Royale featured 42 civs, but due to technical problems it had to be abandoned after 19 parts. The current iteration features 61 civilization on an even larger map.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else.
The first iteration of the Battle Royale featured 42 civs, but due to technical problems it had to be abandoned after 19 parts. The current iteration features 61 civilization on an even larger map.
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The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest ''VideoGame/Civilization'' VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V AI game ever created, featuring no less than [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 61 civilizations]] from the base game and various mods.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through Imgur albums with screenshots, known simply as parts.
The first iteration of the Battle Royale featured 42 civs, but due to technical problems it had to be abandoned after 19 parts. The current iteration features 61 civilization on an even larger map. To give you an idea of the scale of this project, Australia's turns currently take no less than [[https://twitter.com/TPangolin/status/744919679647395840 2 hours]] to process. This second iteration of the Battle Royale is currently 64 parts in, and roughly half of the original civilizations still remain.
The Battle Royale is also notorious for its small but very dedicated fanbase, which has created everything from [[ fanart]], to [[ fake newspapers commenting on the state of the world]] to a stock market where fans can buy
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else. The current state of the Battle Royale is shared through Imgur albums with screenshots, known simply as parts.
The first iteration of the Battle Royale featured 42 civs, but due to technical problems it had to be abandoned after 19 parts. The current iteration features 61 civilization on an even larger map. To give you an idea of the scale of this project, Australia's turns currently take no less than [[https://twitter.com/TPangolin/status/744919679647395840 2 hours]] to process. This second iteration of the Battle Royale is currently 64 parts in, and roughly half of the original civilizations still remain.
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* CrystalDragonJesus: Sitting Bull was resurrected twice, leading the community to view him as a supernatural savior.
* ShoutOut: The mighty Boer and Inuit empires are referred to as the [[Literature/TheDraka Draka]] and [[Television/GameOfThrones White Walkers]] respectively.
* ShoutOut: The mighty Boer and Inuit empires are referred to as the [[Literature/TheDraka Draka]] and [[Television/GameOfThrones White Walkers]] respectively.
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The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest [[VideoGame/Civilization Civilization V]] AI game ever created, featuring no less than [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 61 civilizations]] from the base game and various mods.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin.
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The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest [[VideoGame/Civilization Civilization V]] ''VideoGame/Civilization'' AI game ever created, featuring no less than [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 61 civilizations]] from the base game and various mods.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else.
The first iteration of the Battle Royale featured 42 civs, but due to technical problems
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin. For the uninitiated, the goal of Civilization games is to build a civilization to stand the test of time, and in this game that means annihilating everyone else.
The first iteration of the Battle Royale featured 42 civs, but due to technical problems
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* ButtMonkey: Rome could never catch a break in the early game, which eventually led to their elimination.
* WhamEpisode: The Maori nuking Sydney viewed this way by a lot of fans.
* VestigialEmpire: Very common, the community refers to these as "rump states". The most spectacular example of this was Mao's China. Once ranked second in the power rankings, a devastating war with Vietnam eventually reduced them to a single city, which became the butt of many jokes by the community.
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->''"Texas is at war with Canada and Mexico. The Nazis just converted to Judaism. And a little while ago, Steve Jobs conquered the city of Chichen Itza — which was a huge blow to the Mayans."''
-->--[[http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-09-22/my-love-letter-global-warfare-internet-subculture-thats-inuit-winuit Kierran Petersen]] summing up the madness of the CBR.
The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest [[VideoGame/Civilization Civilization V]] AI game ever created, featuring no less than [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 61 civilizations]] from the base game and various mods.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin.
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!!Tropes associated with the Civ Battle Royale:
[[folder: Canon]]
[[folder: Fanon]]
[[caption-width-right:350:All civs from MK I]]
->''"Texas is at war with Canada and Mexico. The Nazis just converted to Judaism. And a little while ago, Steve Jobs conquered the city of Chichen Itza — which was a huge blow to the Mayans."''
-->--[[http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-09-22/my-love-letter-global-warfare-internet-subculture-thats-inuit-winuit Kierran Petersen]] summing up the madness of the CBR.
The /r/Civ Battle Royale is the biggest [[VideoGame/Civilization Civilization V]] AI game ever created, featuring no less than [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 61 civilizations]] from the base game and various mods.
The project is the brainchild of the popular Civilization modder Tpangolin.
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!!Tropes associated with the Civ Battle Royale:
[[folder: Canon]]
[[folder: Fanon]]
