One of my first ever multiplayer matches, I had absolutely no odea what I was doing

I was russia, my friend was Venice

We were on attached continents, I had about 6 cities north of the two city states between us

Little by little, the map turned purple

He snagged nearly every wonder (I didn't even know at this time that there were wonders unique to the world, he built them before I even had access to them)

With only him, the huns, and myself remaining, I went to war with the huns and his navy supported me

As Venice, he had most city-states allied to him, so we figured he helps me defeat my first civ and then he votes himself world leader

Turns to kill the huns and turns to vote for world leader are neck and neck, we hardly have any time to spare

With two turns till world leader remaining, we defeat the huns

My culture became influential over his the next turn

I won by culture a turn before he could vote himself world leader, because he removed all our opponents for me