Tip for Having More Fun in 1v1 RM

People often comment that 1v1 RM is just too mentally taxing or stressful. Launch game, click Multiplayer, stare at the screen for 30 seconds, get anxiety about which civ to play, get anxiety about messing up the build order, then exit the game. One more thing that gets to people is the score. If your opponent has a score lead, it's easy to tell yourself that they're about the steamroll you.

Just turn off the score. There's a button for disabling it. I recently began doing this and it has improved my performance since I'm not getting stressed looking at the score difference. That's all for this tip.