If I were to stick my neck out, I'd say we made a good team whose members all complimented each other. We gave each Commander enough leeway to do his own thing (mostly) and didn't argue too much (again mostly). We have been aggressive, focused, and pooled our knowledge well. As far as individual game mechanics go, I would point to the very, very early decision to go for the Great Wall and infiltration of Alpha as being a gargantuan milestone that has shaped our policy, decision-making and military exploits for five thousand years.

That was some crystal-ball gazing guys.

I see what you're saying Zig. Still, I can't think of any flaws other than tactical ones we can exploit. I think their mistakes were made in the past and have come back to haunt them. They are a financial civ and should have made better use of the Pyramids, for example, and they fell way behind on Wonder building - things I cannot understand why they let happen, but now they are playing catchup. There's also a question of motivation - we are a highly motivated team - just look at the trash talk ratio of Omega to Alpha posts. Would I mind losing now? Damn right I would, and I suspect that goes for all of us.