I don’t. I’ve never tried it against another player yet.
I do agree though that as the Axis you should look for opportunities in tough/actual games (as in, not against yourself).
Re: has anyone actually played to 8 vcs…
I have won as axis i played italy friend played germany Soviets put all troops on german front and i went behind through persia to walk through to moscow also naval landing on brazil and invaded Usa then canada germany took care of uk
That happened to me once as well.