Something u might not realize about me.. 95% of the time I play war2 any more, I do it high. I'm not good high.. but i enjoy playing high, so thats what i do. I literally havent even played sober in the last year more than 7-10 days maybe. The last few days i've been sober.
The only way I enjoy this game is if im able to "Watch" it while i play.. I take the time to enjoy the multiple battles throughout the game. I'm not playing to "PROVE IM THE BEST!!". I've done that before and whether he admits to it or not, I was getting pretty close to swift level. I wasnt at his level, but I was regularly giving him "oh shit" moments and making quite a few of the games close/and going to late game. I got to that point for about 2 weeks and I didn't enjoy it. I couldnt watch the game. It's not my thing.
BUT.. If you want to put $1000 down on it, I could get to a much higher level (a level i dont enjoy playing at) in 2 weeks or so.. and I'd wager that if we played 10 games i'd take 2-3 of them.
Just thinking about the game yesterday.. There were very few things I needed to do to beat you 1v1 from 6.