edit: Well my question's been answered.
I am having a recurring problem with every GMR game I try. It's been around for every patch, every expansion. Every game.
When I play, I have the unhappiness, growth, and soPol bonuses of Warlord difficulty, as though I were an A.I. I confirmed that I joined into a Human slot that was never configured to A.I. for at least some of these cases. Often, these games will become unstable once I actually make contact with the other civs - I'll be unable to load the save, often, and players will grumble about replaying and reverting.
It seems pointless to send you any one save. Do you have some specs you'd like to know about? I am on Windows XP. How can I measure what you'd like to know?
My current game is
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Thanks for any light you can shed. I've already got dashed hopes, there's nowhere to go but up.