No. He just played better. Too many people think “smurf” every time they lose. 95% of the time they just played badly. Rewatch the recorded games. These supposed ‘smurfs’ make a ton of mistakes. “Smurf” is just the excuse we tell ourselves because our ego cannot handle the truth that we suck at the game, so we shift the blame to other things like bad map, OP civs, smurfs, bad team mates etc.