[Aleph]

And I can still be regularly beaten by the AI on wrap around maps on the hardest difficulty, so luckily I'm bad enough that I can enjoy the game.

Edit - I like Fate's parallel game comment. I strongly believe that the nations of Dominions aren't balanced with each other... and I'm not sure they're even meant to be or should be. I appreciate the option to pick diversity of game experience over strict balancing, which is an option I enjoy by virtue of selecting SP. Or, I suppose, also an option I would enjoy by virtue of willingness to be obliterated in MP, but I find that less rewarding.

Edit II - I have noticed a trend on this forum (similar to the red sox/yankees competition) between SP/MP players. SP players seen to feel they have to prove their own enjoyment of the game as equally valid with the MP players, while MP players often don't care at all about the SP experience. If you're enjoying what you're doing with the game, good on you.

The more members both sides can be civil and make room for the other on the forum (and I'm not pointing any fingers, at either side), that will also render the discussion about the game enjoyable - and at least for me, forum discussion is an important aspect of enjoying a game, since very few in my immediate social circle like the kind of games I do.