Civilization 7 fans jealous of old man with wonderful flexibility beg the strategy game's developer to make him stop dancing

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Prospector hit the Griddy

Civilization 7: a screenshot of a bronze man playing the violin during the trailer for Civilization 7.
(Image credit: Firaxis)

People who play Sid Meier's Civilization love the turn-based strategy game series' commitment to detail, unless it involves dancing. They do not want to see anyone dancing, especially if it's a cute little old man with overalls. 

"BREAKING," developer Firaxis posted on Twitter. "Prospector hits the Griddy in Sid Meier's Civilization 7." An accompanying clip shows a prospector, a unique civilian unit capable of improving land resources, triumphantly kicking all around next to his donkey. He could be indeed hitting the victorious griddy, like an NFL player, or like a child who dropped their Robux gift card into their ice cream cone, but successfully picked it up with their booger finger. 

But Civilization players – undoubtedly jealous that the Civ 7 prospector seems to have much stronger shins than they do – aren't having it. On Twitter, in response to Firaxis' clip, many fans cry out against the old man and demand he quit his mesmerizing dance. 

"Please permanently remove this from the game before launch, thank you," says one no-nonsense commenter. 

"Remove this," commands another. 

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Ashley Bardhan
Ashley Bardhan
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Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.