I have seen it too, i guess if you refresh just after a 1vs1 auto game has start that the new 1 vs 1 auto game has not been created(automatically) yet.
It is very important to the future of WL that autogames are always available. What if someone got bored of waiting and joined a europe 1600 3v3 with diplomacy and +10 renforcement cards? We would all lose something.
I don't see what is so shocking about the effect of not liking the 1vs1 strat and thus not being that good in it ?
Unlike piggy who spends almost all of his time playing this particular map it's not logical to presume someone who only plays 1vs1 strat during the ladder games to win every match.
I would be willing to see how dead piggy would fare against me in Imperium Romanum maps or in the Europe 1600 map etc.