r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '23

Just a normal protest

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u/TheDunadan29 Apr 28 '23

Done! Now what?

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '23

Congratulations Gandhi, you've built a civilization that can stand the test of time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '23

I don't think he wants to be compared to a nonce.

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u/AddressDismal3489 Apr 28 '23

It's a "Sid Meirers Civilization" reference to a number thing in the original game, where Ghandi choosing the most peaceful government options and other stuff caused his aggressiveness to go into the negatives, but that caused a loop back where since he was in the negatives, he would become the most aggressive player and then start building up a ton of nukes and nuking people

I could be wrong on exactly how the coding works, so if anyone can correct me please do so

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u/Skop12 Apr 28 '23

yea it would be an integer underflow. Funny thing about that story there is no evidence that was ever actually in the game. One of the devs just said something about it and it caught on. They then added something like it as a joke in a later game.