Lodish: What username were you most known by on CivClassics?
Yergo: yergo

Did you have other alts that were public?
new_yoahtl_city, alcuahtl

What was your first civ server?
civclassic

What other civ iterations have you played?
civrevolution 1.16, Civ

What got you into Civ?
Kovio and greenkitten introduced me to civ back in 2019 - i didn't really play much, and when i lost my job i got into it to pass the time. I was impressed by Yoahtl's infrastructure so I joined and started playing for Yoahtl.

What citizenships have you had, which do you currently have?
yoahtl, christopia, jolington, mts. Currently a citizen of Yoahtl and MtS.

What would you consider your greatest achievement on a civ server?
My greatest achievement was probably building the Yoahtl Center in MtS.

What do you think most people know you for?
People know me for being a prolific Yoahtlan nationalist and also often for being a little too drunk when discussing civ politics.

What was your first nation that you joined?
the first nation I properly joined was Yoahtl, altbough [sic] I originally resided in the commonwealth.

Were you politically active on Civ? If so, what positions of power have you held?
I have been a councillor in Yoahtl and a Tribune of the Plebes in Jolington.

Who was the most influential person in your nation and what did they do?
Aki was the most influential person in yoahtl and he is the Alcuahtl

Where did you spend most of your time on CivClassics?
I spent most of my time on CivClassic in NYC proper

Where did you live on CivClassics?
I lived in NYC and Okato

What was an event you were involved with that you remember well?
My most memorable event was Fish Festival

Were you ever involved in conflict with other players or nations?
I was never involved in a war on CC

What are your contact details (reddit, discord, etc. if public) ?
Yergo#3333

You’ve presided as a judge for Yoahtl, what were the most interesting and important cases you were involved with?
the most interesting case i was involved with was the OKX case - coming to a decision regarding it was very difficult and took a significant amount of research and deliberation.

Did you think the Yoahtl justice system worked well?
I do think the Yoahtl justice system worked well.

You’ve created some map art on civclassics, How long did it take and why did you decide on the designs that you did?
The maparts i created took anywhere from a couple hours to several days depending on the design. Most of the maparts i created were commissions.

You’re a hide and seek medal winner, what was your strategy?
My strategy was to find the most secreted away location I could. I would have been surprised had they found me at that location. I lost because they required us to switch locations to the main island of fish.

What exactly was the “Tournament” at the fish festival that you got silver in?
The tournament was a PvP tourney, complete with health potions and diamond armor.

Have you competed in other competitions on civ?
I have never competed in any other competitions on civ.

Were you ever involved in Yoahtl war efforts?
I was involved in botting obsidian and improving iceroads for Yoahtl.

You made a nice map of NYC, do you plan to do something like that again in the future?
I may make a map of Yoahtl's next city once we are settled down on our next server.

--This interview was conducted over discord on the 28th of January, 2022.--