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Having a long streak of wins/high ELO etc. is also about choosing favourable conditions where the opportunities to win are even, i.e. not playing years, scenarios or settings that are unbalanced enough to more or less per default give you a loss. For example Vesku is also a very good player but more "brave" in choosing different types of scenarios. Used the quotation marks sicne there's nothing right or wrong. Either way is fine in my eyes. If you like to play meeting engagements in 1944 only that's fine too.

This is very true. One of the main reasons for my high ELO is because I have 'specialized' in the type of game I play. I almost exclusively play as the WW2 British and because I'm not a huge fan of desert warfare, it's mostly 1943-1945.

The reason is not to 'beat the system' and get high on the ladder, it's because my interest - since I was 9 years old - is WW2 British military history. I've tried playing as the Germans and Russians and just don't enjoy it.

There's plenty of players, with a lower ELO than me, who would beat me soundly if I attempted to play as the Russians. And I love to play against dedicated German players who know how to field a KG.