Geopolitically, the stalemate's veracity would have to be assessed with either the same player trying to win with each of the nations, or playing it out with al

Geopolitically, the stalemate's veracity would have to be assessed with either the same player trying to win with each of the nations, or playing it out with all computer players. As it stands, pitting a very good Civ player against the dumb AI determines how good the player is at Civ, not why the stalemate goes or doesn't go on. So the original player being bad at Civ seems to put him in the same league as his computer opponents, which is all to say: it makes for a more dramatic AAR.