I just finished what I estimate to be an 8 game losing streak. And several of these games were against people of significantly lower rank than me, so it's not like I got Marin'd or Stef'd.
What's more, I did not get unlucky. Seriously, I'll be the first to complain about how bad luck decides all my losing games, but no, not today. Only 1 of the 8 could even be attributed to a bad 3/4 vs. 5/2 split.
Nor did I choose zany, overly-ambitious strategies that were doomed to fail in hindsight. I stuck with the basics of advanced play, folks.
Qvist clobbered me 3 times in a row. I made at least two critical mistakes, I suppose, but he made none.
Dominion is such a humbling experience!