recently i had bought civ 5 gold edition; here is one of my experiences
> start china
> be friends with carthage
> she sets up settlement literally right next to my capital
> wtf
> 50 turns later or something, exploring to the west, built 3 wonders already because no one decided to do jackstuff about it
> carthage bitch decides to declare on war on me because she's bipolar or something
> no one at capital
> forget forget forget forget dfdshjfsakdfj asdf
> buy spearman with gold
> fend off 4 units
> meanwhile alexander the great is like yo lets get rid of this asia buddhist guy
> agrees because i dont want to get attacked by alex later; says i will wait 10 turns
> carthage wants peace for 10 turns too
> agrees
so now i am preparing to fight two people at once
oh and i named my religion shrek. how original