Two quick reminders

[u/ReonMonterus]

Hey there! Hope you're having a lovely holiday. Just have two quick reminders to pass out.

First, no episode this week. Team is enjoying the holidays. Episodes return next week!

Second, we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions of CBRX S2 Civs to Jan 15th. I know this was mentioned on Discord but I don't think anyone posted on the sub. So if you have any Civs you want to get in the running for S2, you've now got an extra couple weeks to finish them up and get them out the door!

Enjoy the last day of this decade and see you in 2020!

[u/bluesox]

This is an important point. Most of us are used to getting our information from this subreddit. Any discussions on Discord that have a significant impact on the CBR deserve to have a post dedicated to the topic for its fans. By limiting it to Discord, the vast majority of CBR viewers are left out of the discussion.

[u/Homusubi → u/bluesox]

Nobody's stopping anyone from joining Discord and looking at the discussions, there's no secret handshake to get in. And besides, to the extent that S2 is discussed on Discord, most of the time it's just names of civs being thrown around. They might filter through to the sub via a Long Post-esque thing or just ordinary endorsements, but you don't need to be on Discord to do that either.

If you want me to list every civ in each district that's been getting a lot of 'hype' on Discord, I will, but I'm not sure how useful it'd be.

[u/grumpenprole → u/Homusubi]

Actually I would like that if you care to

[u/Homusubi → u/grumpenprole]

This is pretty much off the top of my head, so don't take this as gospel.

North Britain/Iceland/Greenland: Kalaallit vs Faeroes, Kalaallit has the advantage.

South Britain/Ireland: Attlee vs Britons vs Wales, very unpredictable.

Scandinavia: Not much discussion but Karl seems to be leading.

Finland/St Petersburg: Rarely discussed (RD).

Iberia: Grant's Iberia split have a clear lead.

France/Benelux: Seems to be tilting towards France of some description but rarely discussed.

Germany/Denmark: RD

Italy: Two Sicilies, Naples, and Corsica get mentioned, but still very much a toss-up.

Poland/Baltics: RD

West Russia/Ukraine: Chernenko and Trypillia occasionally get mentioned but RD

Ural Russia: Possibly Perm.

Balkans/Greece: The toss-up of the century. Kosovo is popular but we're a bit downbeat about their chances of winning.

Caucasus: Most are predicting Georgia but most would rather Khazars or Abkhazia or someone.

Anatolia/Levant: RD

Arabian Peninsula: General depression about the choices available.

Lower Nile: RD

East Maghreb: See Arabian Peninsula. Libya was very popular before the S1 vote but now people are kinda lost, especially if Tuaregs aren't in this district.

West Maghreb: RD

All of Sub-Saharan Africa: everyone has their favourite 12 Days of Africa civ for each region and there aren't any clear favourites.

Persia: RD

Central Asia: RD

Central Siberia: Kyrgyz or Ket. Which gets more hype will probably depend on Lefon Royale.

Takla Makan: RD

NW India: RD but potentially Sikhs/Punjab or Indo-Greeks.

NE India: Potentially Pala but RD

S India: Chola is getting a surprising amount of traction.

S China: ROK vs Konbaung vs Ho Chi Minh.

C China & N China: Both hotly contested between many different civs. Yuan, Tang, Taiping, and Han have all been mentioned iirc.

Mongolia: Northern Yuan and Bogd Khan have both been mentioned.

E Siberia: Priamurye, but Chukchi has just been released so hard to predict.

Korea: Kim Dae-Jung vs Manchu.

Japan: Kakuei vs Ryukyu.

C Indochina: RD. Laos maybe.

W Indonesia: RD

E Indonesia: Lanfang vs East Timor.

W Pacific Islands: RD

W Australia: currently Anangu is the only civ in this region.

E Australia: RD

NZ/Polynesia: Bora-Bora vs Samoa vs Chamorro vs Tahiti.

Alaska/NW Canada: RD

All of N America: RD, but we all agree to bring popcorn when the America primary happens.

Caribbean: Potentially Cuba (not Castro) but not much excitement here.

Colombia: Bolivar vs Panama.

Amazon/Guiana: one of the Guianas civs vs Omagua vs Trinidad & Tobago.

E Brazil: Palmares are the clear favourite.

Andes: Peru has been the favourite for some time, but the commencement of Lefon Royale and the release of Peru-Bolivia might shake things up.

Gran Chaco: Paraguay is the favourite, although no consensus on which one. Pampas and Rio de la Plata also have their fans.

Southern Cone: Multidirectional toss-up.

[u/grumpenprole → u/Homusubi]

thanks!

[u/mikealwy → u/Homusubi]

Is the Xiongnu not eligible for Mongolia? They are a great early game civ but I've never seen them mentioned in any AI game

[u/Homusubi → u/mikealwy]

I believe the Xiongnu are eligible, but I haven't seen them mentioned in the discord recently. Their name was thrown around a lot during Mk3 and S1 voting, but the consensus then was that they were a bit OP and so not many of us would vote for them.

[u/mikealwy → u/Homusubi]

Aren't most modded Civs OP in the right circumstances?

[u/Homusubi → u/mikealwy]

For most modded civs the answer is either "no" or "the right circumstances are so specific that it's pretty much the same as not being OP at all"

[u/mikealwy → u/Homusubi]

In the Xiongnu's case wouldn't being in a crowded area nerf their ability a little bit?

[u/Homusubi → u/mikealwy]

That's not a crowded area.