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I should've known not to play the same user again, since they were commenting on my plays, never an auspicious sign of good game behavior.

People who act like this in games are awful. Additionally, people who can't win with grace Definitely can't lose with grace.

Generally speaking, at the start of the game (the first several rounds), is it better to use Amulet to gain those silvers (valuable for buying better cards earlier on), or to trash those useless Estates (thinner deck = more coins and other actions in each hand).  Obviously, certain decks will make this decision easy.  As is when you'd clearly use the +1 coin option instead, to buy that valuable card.  But I'm asking about what's better strategy in general, in the beginning stages of a given game...more useful coins in your deck, or fewer 'dead' cards in your deck?

Generally speaking, trashing or exiling estates and coppers is the best thing you can do to start just about any game.

The stats on rated games are cool, but it would be nice to also show a simple W/L record with a winning percentage.

e.g.
80 W | 20L | 80% win rate

Thank you @Ingix for this detailed summary of what happened. I now know how to play the Turtle more effectively.

I think the potential in-game hiccup was that once I had played my overlord as a monument with the royal carriage, the game prompted me to consider (again) how to play it: now or as a turtle. It was at that point that I realized it would be advantageous to wait, but by that point playing it as a Turtle would not even work (which I now know). I wonder if there's a way that the Way prompt could be muted in those scenarios so it doesn't tempt players to misplay the card after a royal carriage?

Either way, I won the game... so no worries. :)

I played Overload, selected Monument, but then decided I'd rather play it next turn (Turtle). On my next turn, I got +1 coin and not the +2 I should have received from Monument.

When you go to the "Matching" tab (the one you land on automatically after login), on the right side you have a pane named "Friends". Everyone you have declared your friend (when it is a one-side relationship, this is often called "following" that player) and is logged in will be listed there, with their status (logged in, at a table, playing).

When they are on a table, you can join them there via a button. This is the way most people set up their games when they want to play with someone they know: One makes a table, the other joins it. That's also the way most people watch high profile games (from the Dominion League or other tournaments). You declare a good or interesting player as your friend (it doesn't have to be reciprocated), then join their table and watch the game(s) they play.

Helpful to know. I have a dozen or so friends that hop on my tables often, but didn't know that's how they found me.

That's awesome! That's partially why I have donate banned in my games, lol. If you got me there, I'd let you play it out -- but too many would just resign and not let you enjoy it.

I won an engine/cursing game recently by chasing duchy's for the third pile. No one complained, and I was clearly the first to see it as an exit strategy while others kept trying to get their decks ready for provinces.

Anyone who gets upset at a third pile win shouldn't be playing dominion, imo. lol