My older brother and I played a lot of Rise of Nations and Age of Empires growing up.

My brother, being older, was better.

My goal was generally to not lose, as opposed to win. I'd accomplish this through shit like pouring all my resources into nukes. My brother would usually be maxed out on tech, including a missile shield. This a lot of times meant that I had to nuke myself near the border, or at invading armies, 25 times, before he captured my capital.

One time, I created an army of spies, and kept capturing his units, while he was trying to fight off two or three bots.

I don't think I ever technically won. But sometimes winning isn't everything, just making sure your big brother doesn't win can be victory enough.

Congrats Iran.