I love his Trade delegation too where it goes from a gift of 100 swans down to 1 swan.

@@the-reclining-roleplayer I feel bad for the poor swans though, they were probably scared out of their minds getting rounded up like that, and that last one is still trapped having watched the 99 others get away, and still is doomed to the mercy of the player (which given the civ community it's unlikely said player cares about treating animals with kindness nearly as much as domination winning by turning the entire world into irradiated rubble).

@@generalhorse493 If it makes you feel any better, I rarely play domination victories LOL I'm almost consistently Diplomacy, Culture or Religion

The fact he built a magically beautiful castle with little to no actual strategic value was also a giveaway

"I have sent you 100 swans... I have sent 50 swa-... forgive me, I have not tied them down properly. I have sent you a swan."

@@dicksdiggers: Yeah but because of that castle he was declared mad. This and other projects brought Bavaria into bankruptcy.

@@julianosvonskingrad7009 true. i wonder if all that money has been earnt back now through tourism?

I would love to see the exchanges between him and Aminatore.

Oh my god, they would hate each other! Hahaha!

Especially when he tried to strange his younger bro

Right. Full on Ludwig the mad

I'm really looking forward how Civ 7 will look like if Ludwig looks so good and clean

I wish they fixed the facial animations

Theater kids all have a bit of crazy to them to anyways 😂

Not that big of a budget, if he bankrupted his whole royal house building Neuschwannstein and not even finishing it.

Maybe he'll also fight with Hammurabi at some point

I don't gat it

@@J.Trimboli conflicting agendas

@@J.TrimboliAmanitore likes civs with high housing and multiple districts, whereas ludwig prefers players who have some districts in their cities but doesn't maximize the amount of districts a city can have.

That’s what I was gonna say! And you can tell they had a lot of fun animating this guy compared to yongle

definitely feels that way

Seeing him staring at me with those black eyes before saying anything was terrifying the first time...

He was most likely autistic. He disliked social interactions and had narrow eccentric interests including fairy tales, Wagner, and of course, castles and palaces. But we did not know about autism back then, so madness was just thrown around to explain any mental oddity.

Because you order your cites like a ledger!

@@PassTheMayoo here go the scientists, there go the poet's.. the banality!

Maximizing districts is pretty objectively the ideal thing to do when playing most Civs and he hates that so that's probably why.

yee that's why just maybe outside of Germany just call him Mad King Ludwig or the Mad King

@@neosaintcolumbiamapper nah its good. even in Bavaria we know him to be screwloose.

Yep.

@@jakobmaximilianriedl1013 yea

Atleast he didn’t commit a genocide or something like that he just built stuff

Not a good ruler? Agreed, he neglected his duties and wasted money on pet projects like building anachronistic castles. Didn't rule over Germany? No, but that's not really a prerequisite to be a civ leader. Eleanor of Aquitaine, Theodora and Gandhi also never reigned over the civs they represent. At least Ludwig actually was king of a part of Germany. As for world wonders, he built Neuschwanstein Castle, which has a strong pop culture presence nowadays. It's kinda weird that they didn't include it as a wonder in the game.

I love when native speakers of these languages come in and give context and explain dialects! Thank you so much for clarifying some of these things!

I knew this kind of comment would come, concerning dialects and accents. I didn't really hear any tapped or trilled r-sounds in any of the audiotracks above. From what I know, that feature remains quite common in Altbayern (Ober- and Niederbayern plus Oberpfalz) and Austrian dialectal regions, even when Standard German is used.

what u mean by political mentality of Bavaria? (i'm not german, just curious)

@@kerplunk5866 In different German regions, you will find highly divergent political world-views. The most parts of Western Germany (the Old Federal Republic without the former GDR) tend to a liberal or even left-wing view of the things. Bavaria is the big exception. There is a seperate conservative party here (CSU), which forms a union with the christian party (CDU) at federal level, but which is de facto much further in the right. In Bavaria, it is almost a law of power that the local Minister President must be a conservative. The CSU held this office without interruption since 1957. In East Germany (the former GDR), a shift towards conservative or right-wing positions has also taken place in recent years. But this is a new development that has nothing to do with Bavaria's political traditions. While the East Germans see themselves first and foremost as Germans, the Bavarians emphasize their own local culture. With a ironic undertone, they say that they are not actually German. In addition to Lederhosen, Oktoberfest and Catholic faith, their "national consciousness" also includes a strong dialect, closely related to that of the Austrians, to whom they feel a strong affinity. That their current Minister President speaks Franconian dialect rather than Bavarian is therefor a novelty that they make fun of... Fun fact: Everyone thinks it is typically German to wear Lederhosen. In Cologne, Hamburg or Berlin you will never find a person who dresses linke this (except for fun at carnival). It is like thinking it is typical for London to wear kilts. Lederhosen is in Germany a classical symbol with which a Bavarian demonstrates how special he is...

@@kulturelleraneignerin358 aight that was a frkin darn good explanation buddy, same as the first comment, thanks a lot man

very very related

Das wäre so witzig gewesen 😂

To be honest, I think he didn't speak Bavarian irl either. But it's nice that you can sometimes hear a slight Bavarian accent when he's talking.

The rulers in germany spoke high german that's why

The language of the elite was High German. The peasantry spoke Volksmund, wich includes what we call "Bavarian".

He was an aristocrat, I doubt he would have much of a regional accent.

It’s funny, because according to all accounts… he was this. Loud, unhinged when he was dealing with his passions, and felt all else annoying and boring. But the claims of ‘insanity’ are… dubious. It’s a term that only came to surround him because his ministers wanted him gone… I like to think of him as… A theater kid with no budget limits.

Thats just the video quality. The eyes are normal in game

I wouldn't necessarily say he lost to Bismarck. Besides being defeated in the Austro-Prussian-War of 1866, the peace terms were relatively mild. In 1870/71, he even fought alongside the Prussian dominated North German Confederation against the French and agreed to offer the title of Emperor to Wilhelm I., in exchange for a huge amount of money, so he could pay his debts and build new castles.

​@@_jpg Good Info thanks. Can't wait to learn about that in Peter H. Wilson's book _Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German Speaking Peoples since 1500_

yes, i can only hope the poor bird was treated ok by him and the player he sent it to.

who is it? 😶

idk but I think is just the same voice actor

It actually did exist in his times and was even used in the Franco-Prussian-War of 1870/71

@@_jpg a spelling error

What rhe fuck are you talking about

He was gay he told his servant to burn all of the Letters that showed he liked men but he didnt the Letters arent very clear but most people agree that he liked men

You should look up his letters to Richard Wagner. Ludwig was verrrry gay and refused to ever take on a wife

​@@au8438 king

Ah, yes. Because an eccentric homosexual man is far less appropriate for children to know about than Alexander, who brutally conquered half of the "civilized" world. Or Cleopatra, whose two husbands were her brothers. Or Hardrada, who was literally a Viking, with all the implication this come with. Or fucking Genghis Khan. But letting children know some men love men? Now that's too far! /s

I think Frederick would be a lot less exciting than Ludwig.... But it would be a more sensible choice.

I’d agree. I think I’d have preferred him, but undeniably Ludwig is more interesting.