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Oh! Civilization VII sounds exciting. I am amped for the new age system. Do you have a favorite Civ from past games?

I am sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling great. It can be a struggle when life gets in the way but we persevere. A period of rest is certainly an effective way to recover and reset. Sometimes, when it comes to gaming, I get worn out playing the game I have been focusing on. I have learned it can be beneficial to "cleanse the palette" by swapping to another game for a short while. The Civilization series is one of my all-time favorites! I have been playing it since the original. Back then, they included a window that would pop-up that would ask a historical question. The answer was in the physical manual included with the game. If the player got it wrong, they would receive a penalty for the rest of the game! I can't wait to see them kick it up another notch with Civ 7. For management games, I have been looking into an older series called "Majesty". This game is similar to an RTS but it has the unique quirk of the player not being able to directly control their units. It is fantasy-themed and the units are adventurers seeking their own goals. The player can set "quests" they can potentially seek out and complete. The player spends their attention on buildings that produce items for the adventurers to purchase. Sadly, this game is only for PC and Mac. For the PS4, I'd recommend XCOM 2. It has a variety of management mechanics with a focus on turn-based tactics.

You gotta follow your enthusiasm... if a project isn't "doing it" for you, try something else for a bit. If that sticks, do that... if not, the previous project is always there to come back to.

1:30. Hey Christy, hope you're doing well. Sad to hear youre struggling emotionally lately. Keep your chin up

It takes a considerable amount of wisdom to realize when to step away from something that one used to enjoy. I respect your self-awareness and I believe that following your instinct will help you record the content that is most enjoyable for you (which is also the most enjoyable to watch). It is a top priority for you to take care of yourself and I am glad you decided to. Starting a mission over is a great way to test a new strategy's effectiveness. It can often be easier to start from scratch compared to trying to fix a broken system. There are still many interesting methods to try and I look forward to seeing what you try. That being said, I am eager to see what comes next in Jurassic Park. Rampaging dinosaurs? Soaring profits? Dr. Malcom chastising your morality? Hm...... probably. 😏

Nice job ! Thx for the tips ✌️

1:33 You backhanded that mic like it owed you money. 🤑

Wow, a surprise face reveal! 😃It is so great to have a face to go with the voice. Also, a new game? I am excited to see what you picked. Fun times!

Those were some crazy slow projectiles. What happens when you shoot a person?

14:19 Wow, that Triceratops just rammed your jeep! 17:36 For example, that "Cardio Strength 2.0" reward you got for completing the "Prehistoric Life" mission. This game looks interesting but it seems to have a bit of a slow pace. I like the depth they brought to the dinosaur DNA mixing. Do you know if they will allow mixing different dinos with each other later in the game? That would make sense given the storyline of Jurassic World but they would have to model each combination of every type of dinosaur. Could you imagine that? So far, the rewards seem pretty generous but that expansion cost you quite a bit. I noticed the fossils could be outright sold and I bet you could make a killing just by sticking to archaeology. I am looking forward to more of this series!

Bro why not play evolution 2?

The end of the mission at the end of the year, how fitting. I'm interested to see what game you choose to pick up next. I can give you some suggestions if you'd like. I am still looking forward to seeing more of the campaign missions. Some of them are really interesting and hilarious. The next one (Tropicoland) is in the modern era which has a ton of useful stuff to build and interesting new mechanics. It is a tourism-focused mission. I would be wary of doing a sandbox series. They can take much longer than a normal mission and have no discernible end. Walking away from a sandbox can be increasingly difficult the longer you stick with it.

Safe docks make all the difference in this mission. Well done. There is still a bit more to do on this mission but it should be quicker now that your exports aren't being destroyed by the volcano. ❤‍🔥 You can mitigate (or completely prevent) rebel attacks by raising liberty. Newspapers covering all housing and radio stations covering all workplaces make a HUGE difference. They have money-making work modes that can add a bit of stable income too. They only need one worker each and a minimum budget. There are some powerful edicts and constitutional amendments that raise liberty like the 'Right to Arms' but they each come with their own downsides too.

How does it feel to have your own Bay of Pigs? 😲 It may be a better idea to rebuild that dock away from the volcano. It keeps getting destroyed in that location. ❤‍🔥

Allies reputation at 23? Yikes 😱Normally, any reputation below 30 would cause a superpower to start taking action against Tropico. They can blockade the island, send troops, invade, or sabotage your standing with other superpowers. Thankfully, it looks like there were no repercussions in this episode. Easy mode 😎

9:14 That dock was destroyed by the mountain eruption. A safer spot would be behind the island or on the edges. The next eruption would likely destroy it again and any goods stored inside. 10:07 🤣Hilarious glitch. Landships ahoy!

One of the most important things for the economy to run smoothly is that workers travel as little as possible to fulfill their needs. They are paid when they are not at work and will stay away as long as it takes to fulfill their needs. Build taverns, churches (with its upgrade), groceries (where there are no food producers), and clinics as close to production hubs as possible. The sooner they get back to work, the more product you will be able to export.

I was skeptical that bridge was going to ever work. Well done. Did you see the ad for the new expansion "Going Viral"?

Happy Thanksgiving! It confused me when you said Thanksgiving as I am from Tennessee in the USA where Thanksgiving is on November 23rd. This was a great opportunity to learn about Canadian Thanksgiving. Thank you. Did you see the Thanksgiving Day Classic?

Thankfully, you do not need to have 51% support to win an election. You get a portion of the swing vote. Typically about half. So, for example, if you have 35% support and your opponent has 30% support, you are up by 5 points and are good to go. The 35% swing vote would go 17% your way, and 18% your opponent's way. You win 52% to 48%. I am sorry things are rough in your life right now. I wish you good times ahead!

You may be interested to know that Chat GPT recommended your video to me when I researched "TAO Index" !!! congrats. Edit: actually it was Bing Chat (i guess it is the Microsoft version of Chat GPT... i don't know for sure. But it is still an accomplishment!)

The Prison is a useful building. It will keep crime from building up and has a work mode that will make a good amount of money off inmate labor. It can also help expose special citizens through its upgrade. The Textile Mill has Cotton and Wool inputs but it only needs one of the two to produce. This map starts with wool inputs (but not enough to maintain 100% uptime).

That fire station was a smart move. 👍If you connected your island with a bridge, it could cover all your buildings.

Making weapons for the Axis? Oh..... this isn't going to go well. 😜

A disaster! I hope the damage wasn't too extensive. It can really help to have extra fire stations and construction offices on this map. 😉On release, the volcano could destroy your dock! I am looking forward to see how you handle what comes next. Good luck!

Special voices for different characters can be very hit or miss. I'd say avoid any that feel forced. Done right it can add a good amount of personality. Don't get discouraged if it isn't perfect right off the bat. I've seen others try it and it takes awhile to get used to.

This episode inspired me to try this mission again with a new strategy. I didn't mine any gold. I was able to get all of the gold exports needed through pirates and imports. 😮 Reducing the number of workers at the power plant is also an option. There isn't an option for the industrial refinement of gold until the Cold War era. I like the new Iron Man color scheme on the palace. 👍

Considering the start, it seems this mission is going to get HOT real soon. 🔥🔥🔥 Can I say you are becoming quite adept at manipulating the road system to go the way you want it to? Many people I've seen get frustrated, but you seem to have a handle on it. That Steel mill will definitely come in handy. Weapons (made from Steel and Nickel) can be a massively profitable industry in the World Wars. The Axis just LOVES weapons. What kind of edicts and research are you thinking about for this mission? "Employee of the Month" is a huge one for mining output. Will this be a "Prohibition" state? There are a ton of opportunities for optimization (on every mission) before expansion even starts. For example, those power plant workers are robbing you blind. 👀

Canary [KUH - NAIR - EE] is a type of bird. Mine workers would bring them into mine shafts because they were sensitive to poisonous gasses. If the canary died, they used it as an early warning sign that they needed to evacuate.

Each worker at the Cyber Operations Center can be selected to see where they are and what they are doing. It seems the greyed-out worker on the far right is holding up the show. You can cancel the raid, fire that worker, and restart the raid if you think he might be bugged. It goes pretty quick once it gets going. You can increase the speed up to 4x if you are waiting on something like this. Crime can spiral out of control once crime lords start popping up because they ruin crime safety around where they live (which can create more crime lords). Having a police station next to each of your docks is an important part of keeping crime down. I also noticed that your support has been dipping since your expansions. As you expand, you should build media buildings (newspaper/radio station/TV station) to keep your liberty score up. I hope you enjoyed/are enjoying your vacation. I used to live in LA and I think the west coast is a wonderful place to relax. 👍

"Back up the internet on a thumbstick" 🤣That has got to be a thumbstick the size of Cuba! It seems you are about to wrap up this mission. Be cautious with the start of the next mission. It has a bunch of problems from the start and you'll have very little money to solve them. If you'd like extra cash at the start, use the embassy to ask for financial aid.

$1 million, here we come! You are crushing this mission and it won't be long now. The next mission is dicey but I bet you can pull it off. 👍I was shocked to see that the ultimatum didn't seem to have a time limit. I figure that must be a feature of the Easy difficulty. Thank goodness for that. I didn't see your standing with the USA in this episode, but remember that it will decline because of the storyline. The quest completion for the USA should help a little bit. Send a delegation to the USA from their embassy if you need another quest. The jeweler running short on gold stops its production. There are a few ways to boost that supply so it can maximize production. First, it can help to turn gold off as an export. Secondly, build a church and a clinic near the mines. The longer the workers have to walk to get to services, the longer they are away from work. You can also supplement the acquisition of gold by using a pirate cove and setting an import of gold.

This mission just got spicy! The blockade is just one of many nasty things that a superpower can do when your standing with them is low. You will want to keep all of them above 40 if at all possible. Thankfully, there is a handful of ways to raise superpower standing. Trading is an easy one but it is temporary. The "Diplomatic Superparty" costs some money but can save you in a pinch. More permanent options include Embassies and Gourmet Restaurants (alt workmode, does not need to have workers/power). The notion of a Caribbean island brainwashing athletes on vacation is hilarious; there is more to come!

Failing an ultimatum from the environmentalists can have a few nasty consequences. The protests will shut down sections of your economy but your tourism industry should weather that cost. However, unless you pay off each protest, there will be some rebel generation. If that happens, I'd recommend restoring the soldiers at the palace to put down any small uprisings that occur due to this. Without an established industry, it will be difficult to complete the ultimatum within the time limit. There is another option at the broker that can skip an ultimatum instead. The Broker has many useful options (particularly skipping ultimatums and demands). The Swiss funds needed to purchase items from the Broker are mostly generated at the Ministry, banks, and customs office. The banks and custom office have alternate work modes. The customs office is strong because it scales with your imports but you can build as many banks as is needed.

I would say that both 20 tourist ratings and a free Inspiring Statue are both trivial bonuses. The Tropicoin farm (as well as the offshore wind turbine) was part of a free update last September.

You have been flying through this mission in the past couple videos! 😃 The one thing that I noticed that appears to be missing from your “downtown” is a hospital.

What a great episode! I think the extra length really helped push the progress. Watching this series makes me want to go back and play again. I have gone through the Ballpark mission after nearly every episode for this mission so far. It is a fun one. 👍 1:13 The guidance missions from Penultimo can be ignored. They have no reward. 9:54 I am impressed with what you did here to get around that issue. That is an easy way to get around that weird spot. 10:25 Having multiple docks is a great idea as you expand further and further away. The longer the teamsters have to travel, the less efficient they are. On that note, citizens will function the same way. For example, the extra mines you created would benefit greatly from having housing and a fun building nearby. When workers are traveling to meet their needs, they are not producing goods. Keep in mind that you can cut 3 jobs out of the additional docks just like the first. 16:52 Eureka moment! This is the kind of thinking I love to see. A logical reaction based on critical analysis of the available data. Well done. I was pleasantly surprised that even with your major exports shut off, your cash flow was still positive thanks to the many optimizations you made. One way to quickly fulfill a goal for educated Tropicans is using the Broker to "purchase" college-educated immigrants. The Pirate Cove also has a raid for bringing in educated citizens. 21:27 Multiple cruise ships can make some excellent cash. I tend to run 3 cruise ships on this map with one Luxury tourist port and you have 2! You could easily fill 6. Alternatively, you could put down a few Skyscraper Hotels. The Economy Hotel is a subpar choice at the moment. It only shines if you bring in a lot of Well-Off tourists but your ports are set to luxury. Since the goal for the number of tourists has already been met, the density is not necessary. For cash flow, Skyscraper Hotels and Cruise Ships are better. If you want a cheaper option, add another regular tourist port and put down regular Hotels. The Luxury Hotel requires FILTHY RICH tourists. It cannot be filled unless you have an airport set to its Luxury work mode. 21:49 That is a good thing. Workers at tourist accommodations are deadweight. The tourists pay the same fees even if there are no workers. So, the most efficient set-up is running the accommodation with blocked worker slots. On that note, in case you haven't seen it yet, there is a tab on each building menu that can show you how much profit that individual building has made over its lifetime. Check it out! 26:02 When praising a faction, I like to choose the faction that is the closest to 50. This gives you the best chance of swaying Tropicans that are "on the fence" votes. I never promise anything in speeches. It can only go badly. My only note on power would be to tell you that the most efficient budget for wind turbines is the minimal budget. If you'd like to invest in building more wind turbines, it can nominally help cut costs.

Great episode! Optimization is pretty therapeutic, isn't it? One critical thing to note is that you should definitely turn the exports of Cars, Cigars, and Boats back on. Your economy is dependent on those exports. You can shut of the inputs instead of the outputs. For example, the shipyard inputs lumber and outputs boats. You want to export boats and not export lumber because the lumber is put to better use keeping the shipyard running. The dock is used as universal storage. Anything that is set to not export will be left behind when the boat comes to collect exports. Each dock only has 10000 units of storage per good. If the all docks are full, teamsters will no longer pick up goods from production buildings. A Skyscraper Hotel (or two) is a great idea. They cater to rich tourists (which you now have two ports bringing them in). They are pricey and cost power but make lots of money. If you are looking for a little bit of power, try making a wind turbine at the highest elevation. Be aware that they have a very short connection radius. The Electric Substation extends the radius of your power but costs power. It does not produce power. If you are looking for much more power, a solar plant is a sustainable alternative to a nuclear plant. If you built enough to replace it, you could sell all the uranium instead. For the area around your Cigar Factory, it can help optimize their outputs by building one entertainment, religious, grocery, and medical building nearby. The further they have to walk, the longer they are away from work.

Keep in mind that the Shipyard requires an input of lumber from a lumber mill (or aluminum/steel with the upgrade) which itself needs an input of logs. You can import the lumber at a modest cost, if needed. 12:13 If you ever see an icon with a box hovering over one of your buildings, it means that production has stopped due to lack of required input goods. Your Vehicle Factory is sometimes low on rubber and the Cigar Factory on tobacco. They can meet their potential if you increase the input. This can be solved by building extra producers, importing goods, using pirate raids, and shutting off the export of the required goods in the trade menu.

The broker sometimes has a item to purchase that amends the constitution. You can also purchase college educated immigrants from him. Banks have a work mode that generates Swiss dollars. The Ministry can also make some Swiss income.

You already have a Souvenir shop wedged between the Cathedral and the Golf Course. For density of tourist visitors, Economy Hotel with its Half-Room work mode is incredible. You could invest in Cruise ships but they only accommodate RICH tourists. Be sure you have a tourist dock set to bring in rich visitors. Money seems to be pretty tight. Any plans for expanding the economy? Any plans to cut costs? The Palace looks great! 👍

Building another dock can save your teamsters time traveling. There are a few ways to speed up the discovery of special citizens (like sports talent). There is a work mode at the Cathedral that reveals roles. The prison has an upgrade that reveals the roles of the family members of convicts. The Spy Academy has a raid called "Observation" that reveals roles. Be sure to bribe the sports talent before they die or emigrate. 👍

15:26 I never noticed that reference. Great catch!

I did notice that reference. 😉Jeri Ryan was so underrated. Have you seen her in Picard? Voyager was my favorite series. How about you? Tourism can be a good source of money on any mission that you aren't being attacked constantly. That being said, there are plenty of other ways to get rich. Don't forget the upgrade at the radio station (it's a good one). There is a work mode at the fire station (that requires research) that can help cut costs. Can't wait until you start bribing people, it's gonna be nuts! 🤣

There is a very direct way to solve the unemployed/homeless issue but it is certainly not in their best interests. The edict, "No Free Lunch", will cause broke Tropicans to starve. The constitutional amendment, "Paid Healthcare", also "decrease the surplus population" (Scrooge). For the benevolent Presidente, both Conventillos and Bunkhouses have work modes that allow for broke Tropicans to live there. An Immigration Office can allow you to restrict immigrants from coming to Tropico. Hotels are "useless" job slots but can be left open if you prefer to pay out some wages. Guard/Watchtowers and Security Checkpoints decrease liberty in the area around them. Since you are on Easy, this may not be much of a problem. However, a standard set-up for liberty buildings (Newspaper, Radio Station, TV Station) is advised to avoid rebel attacks.

18:53 "You act with great conviction, Presidente - a very Tropican trait! Why, some of our greatest leaders were convicted [of crimes]." - Hector Delgado This joke gets me every time. 🤣🤣 It seems like you may have missed it because you were yawning at the time. 🥱

You made getting to 70 fun happiness look like a breeze. 😎 And a record $350k treasury to boot. 👍

Tropican criminal empire! Nothing even close to the Speakeasy mission though. 😮

There are some great upgrades at many of the entertainment buildings to squeeze out some more fun happiness. The fast food restaurant is at the bottom of the barrel. It can drag down your average. The fun happiness score is solely dependent on your citizen's (not tourist's) fun happiness. It may help to focus on building on the main island. With the large reserves of cash 🤑 you've made, you could even build a stadium! Great job. I am looking forward to the next scenario. It is diifferent!