I would love some constructive comments to help me get better. I think that my problem in this game is that I made the wrong units and allowed him to make me feel like he was beating me when he was not, and then it became a self-fulfilling prophecy. I had more resources but I got owned militarily, and French units produce so slowly.
Initially, I tried to rush him with xbows/pikes and had some success but he eventually fought me back and got to age 3, which scared me and I went back on my heels from that point and just couldn't regain anything positive.
Here is the link to the game stats from age community if it helps.
http://www.ensemblestudios.com/stats/GameStats.aspx?loc=en-US&GameID=810fc69f-dd90-4ff7-a354-2ef85093e3e3&sFlag=2&md=ZS_Supremacy
And here is my personal ESO stats since my latest return to the game. As you can see I am 0-5 as French. The Iro stat is misleading since all my wins were by default, since I had four quickstart opponents in a row resign. I have tried French because people have suggested it to me, although I always struggle with French.
http://www.ensemblestudios.com/stats/EntityStats.aspx?loc=en-US&EntityName=Epistemology&md=ZS_Supremacy&sFlag=2