... and saw a Scientific HQ build FIVE(!) launch pads. I thought the AI didn't cheat?!
It did manage to eek out a win this way after being last to get to level 5.
I can recommend beginning players like me to 'observe' a few games because it helps to learn parts of the UI. This way I found out that you can click some of the eventlist messages in the right-bottom corner, and it will take you to the relevant bit of the map. Normally the messages are a bit to small for me to read, the resolution of the screen of my laptop is modest. The cash register sound is the interest that is calculated on your debt. So it also helps to 'learn' the meaning some of the sounds.