Well, that's too true. I didn't mean to imply that setting to AI made it not your victory.
Turn times aside, you were losing the war, quite understandably against multiple opponents. I did have the impression you'd have set to AI soon even with a longer turn timer, if you hadn't won the game that is , but maybe I'm mistaken.
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