The truth is... idk how to find my way out of castle to spar... i've been lost  

Posted by Thallen

@Dread
@Jarace

I've already told both of them that we are severely lacking policing in these areas of the game, but they seem confident that their all-star team of GPs like Iron, Za Ichi, Andromeda, Electron, and others are adequate. Maybe they can explain why someone who we have evidence of account sharing, boosting, and hacking hasn't been reset or banned?

its not just GPs, so many staff nowadays haven't really played (aka sparred) the game. As time progresses we're getting more and more who haven't played any servers at a moderate level let alone a high level.

edit: in the context of policing competitive environments  

Cannot understand why some people brag his spar record and how good he spars lolz  

Posted by Crono

its not just GPs, so many staff nowadays haven't really played (aka sparred) the game. As time progresses we're getting more and more who haven't played any servers at a moderate level let alone a high level.

Yeah most of the stuff these days are un-expiernced and has lack of knowledge towards the game. I agree that expeirnce stuff are needed, but what if they do even worse? I mean let's say carly became a gp admin because she has "experience" (just an example) she will probably ban all the people that she hates.
So i would say matureness>quality  

name drop time:
List 2k17 vpner: Jimbo/Gon(goodfello), Frost (sde) und airz (brad)  

Posted by SlitherMaphasy

name drop time:
List 2k17 vpner: Jimbo/Gon(goodfello), Frost (sde) und airz (brad)

True. The only reason Jimbo is good, is because he uses VPN. Not saying that's bad, but every sparrer should realize their source of skill. Frost,under airz, and jimbo source is using VPN  

Posted by Penguin

True. The only reason Jimbo is good, is because he uses VPN. Not saying that's bad, but every sparrer should realize their source of skill. Frost,under airz, and jimbo source is using VPN

Agreed Jimbo is a top tier vpn user, but uses vpn and should be recognised accordingly  

AirZ doesnt vpn he is pinoy LOL  

Sparring isn't as active anymore because
1. Poor enforcement of the rules
2. Next to no consequences for cheating
(Imo) 3. Lack of diversity in spar. The most highly regarded idev sparrers are mostly delayers, who spar defensively. And while this is fine , it's easier to sit back and spar simple and grind out wins with your wifi as a key element of your sparring (nothing wrong with that, not slating delayers , I am one myself) and sadly because of this , a lot of sparrers take it as an example and spar the same. I'm not sure about US evening times , but throughout the day sparring consists of mostly people who spar defensively and don't live in the US. It's not fun to spar people of similar styles over and over and over and over, hence why I often selectively spar the better players of this ilk like Sarah and alexx , because they are the best way to improve and provide a good amount of points if you beat them. It's still gonna be a boring grind with someone who's not as good but still spars in the same way so might as well. I was very active last season , but have decided not to be this season because There's not enough diversity in sparring. When i spar 5 different styles in a row I find it way more enjoyable.

I'm not speaking for the rest of you with #3 that's just one of the reasons I don't spar as much , I'd like to see people pursue different styles and make it interesting to try and figure out a way to win. That's why it's always cool when I see old sparrers come back live Kevin and EP who I haven't sparred much yet. So be unique! Try different things etc etc.
Also the points system is reflective of skill depending on how you read it, but it still isn't as good as the old system in which u Had to beat the best players to stay up there , but the old points system doesn't encourage activity like this one does  

Posted by Alex R

Sparring isn't as active anymore because
1. Poor enforcement of the rules
2. Next to no consequences for cheating
(Imo) 3. Lack of diversity in spar. The most highly regarded idev sparrers are mostly delayers, who spar defensively. And while this is fine , it's easier to sit back and spar simple and grind out wins with your wifi as a key element of your sparring (nothing wrong with that, not slating delayers , I am one myself) and sadly because of this , a lot of sparrers take it as an example and spar the same. I'm not sure about US evening times , but throughout the day sparring consists of mostly people who spar defensively and don't live in the US. It's not fun to spar people of similar styles over and over and over and over, hence why I often selectively spar the better players of this ilk like Sarah and alexx , because they are the best way to improve and provide a good amount of points if you beat them. It's still gonna be a boring grind with someone who's not as good but still spars in the same way so might as well. I was very active last season , but have decided not to be this season because There's not enough diversity in sparring. When i spar 5 different styles in a row I find it way more enjoyable.

I'm not speaking for the rest of you with #3 that's just one of the reasons I don't spar as much , I'd like to see people pursue different styles and make it interesting to try and figure out a way to win. That's why it's always cool when I see old sparrers come back live Kevin and EP who I haven't sparred much yet. So be unique! Try different things etc etc.
Also the points system is reflective of skill depending on how you read it, but it still isn't as good as the old system in which u Had to beat the best players to stay up there , but the old points system doesn't encourage activity like this one does

r they not the same thing numb nutz?? 0.0  

Shots fired.  

Posted by Alex R

Sparring isn't as active anymore because
1. Poor enforcement of the rules
2. Next to no consequences for cheating
(Imo) 3. Lack of diversity in spar. The most highly regarded idev sparrers are mostly delayers, who spar defensively. And while this is fine , it's easier to sit back and spar simple and grind out wins with your wifi as a key element of your sparring (nothing wrong with that, not slating delayers , I am one myself) and sadly because of this , a lot of sparrers take it as an example and spar the same. I'm not sure about US evening times , but throughout the day sparring consists of mostly people who spar defensively and don't live in the US. It's not fun to spar people of similar styles over and over and over and over, hence why I often selectively spar the better players of this ilk like Sarah and alexx , because they are the best way to improve and provide a good amount of points if you beat them. It's still gonna be a boring grind with someone who's not as good but still spars in the same way so might as well. I was very active last season , but have decided not to be this season because There's not enough diversity in sparring. When i spar 5 different styles in a row I find it way more enjoyable.

I'm not speaking for the rest of you with #3 that's just one of the reasons I don't spar as much , I'd like to see people pursue different styles and make it interesting to try and figure out a way to win. That's why it's always cool when I see old sparrers come back live Kevin and EP who I haven't sparred much yet. So be unique! Try different things etc etc.
Also the points system is reflective of skill depending on how you read it, but it still isn't as good as the old system in which u Had to beat the best players to stay up there , but the old points system doesn't encourage activity like this one does

I agree that we can't really blame delayers bc it's not their fault, and probably 90% of the players has at least 0.5sec delay. Yes delayers defensive style is annoying but I guess we will just have to get along with it, I mean admins never put a rule 'don't wall' all what matters is winning or losing as long as u don't cheat. I also hate sparring people that copy their style too although they don't delay but as I said we will just have to get along with it and no it's not enjoyable sparring them. I think alex's post provide the most accurate reason that explains why a lot of ppl that spar has quitted.  

Lmao look at Goddroon status
"Ban heavy laggers and delayers. Good lord it dosnt matter that its not their fault. When someones connection is not good enough, she cant play end of story"

i doubt Goddroon lives on a boarder line or travel that fast unless you can explain his flag that keep switching .

VPN at its finest

Posted by Bryan*

Goddroon is a great example of VPN at its prime

^^^^*  

Posted by 0.5

Lmao look at Goddroon status
"Ban heavy laggers and delayers. Good lord it dosnt matter that its not their fault. When someones connection is not good enough, she cant play end of story"

i doubt Goddroon lives on a boarder line or travel that fast unless you can explain his flag that keep switching .

VPN at its finest



^^^^*

I would support people that vpn to actually get a better connection, but vpning to get an advantage like droon or rexxx /Jimbo do is just pathetic and stupid as sh*t.  

Posted by 0.5

Lmao look at Goddroon status
"Ban heavy laggers and delayers. Good lord it dosnt matter that its not their fault. When someones connection is not good enough, she cant play end of story"

i doubt Goddroon lives on a boarder line or travel that fast unless you can explain his flag that keep switching .

VPN at its finest

His flag changes from Portugal to Germany very frequently. Traveling time is quite a lot and I doubt he has the funds to make those frequent trips. He's a hypocrite for sure lol.