I am picking random civ from now on!

I always used to main 2-3 civs and made it up to around 1200 ELO, but then I got pretty bored and didn't play AoE at all for months. Now, I always pick random and it's just so much more fun! I had a bit of a losing streak and am now at around 1080, but every game is just so engaging, trying to find the right strategy for each civ and learning to adapt. I even got a win with Burmese, a civ I would normally never pick 11. So, to those of you out there afraid of going random and losing precious points; try it! It is really good fun! Also, are there other players at this ELO that do this as well? I feel like at 1000-1200 people tend to main mostly a few civs.