Genghis Khan: Banana Man

Occurred during a hot seat game of Civilization 5. Due to the length of civilization games and the quantity of people playing, this one was was nowhere close to being completed before it was abandoned.

The game consisted of 4 or 5 good dudes versus 1 computer player (Wilhelm, Germany). As spawn points are randomized, everyone started in a different location. Dom (Genghis Khan, Mongolia) had the misfortune of spawning alone on an island surrounded by jungle and banana tiles and as a result was severely hamstrung since he was on an island which is isolated early game, and bananas are not considered luxury resources and are untradeable. This was not known by Dom at the time, so when Germany was discovered by one of the other good dudes, Dom quickly opened dialog with Germany in hopes of trading some of his bananas, only to find out in the trade screen that they were not selectable.

While this was amusing in itself, what made it even more funny was the imaginary dialog that was dreamed up between Genghis Khan and Kaiser t this trade meeting, that Genghis Khan, feared Mongolian warlord, would come to trade bananas without bringing the bananas with him. He would say, "Well, you see, I don't actually have them with me, but you should trade with me anyways." which would not be taken kindly by the German.

After this failed attempt at negotiation, an insulted Wilhelm began contacting the other Good Dude players one by one to sow dissent among their ranks regarding the putrid nature of the Banana Man, trying to convince them to enter pacts against the Mongolian.

Mike: An effective way of trolling Dom is to remind him that he is the Banana Man. "I'M not the Banana Man!" he'll yell. "Genghis Khan is the Banana Man!"