Why you might want to check out your opponent's ELO score!

[Mr Grumpy]

I found the best way to learn the system was to play players who were more experienced/talented than myself and excepted that I would suffer a number of losses early on, but each game I learnt a little more and became more difficult to beat, some players were open about how I could improve my play and some played their cards very close to their chest but either way I took something from each game.

It is correct that there are some scenarios that are near impossible to win, but it does come as a shock when you get beaten in a scenario you believe to be unbalanced and then get beaten badly when you change sides!!

Even then seeing the more skilled way your opponent handled the forces that you had just commanded can tell you a massive amount about where you are going wrong and how you might improve.