so ive been trying to start a game for the last hour while downloading another game... pray for me bros. evidently if you cant maintain a good connection to the 2k servers while playing civ 6 you cant play AT ALL. and remember kiddos this is the future you chose

That's simply not true. You can play Civ perfectly fine off line.

we are in 2022, where are you living to still be on 56k ?