Posted by HmongtheSecond

I like to spar. I like to socialize.

What are cheap shots exactly

Comparing spar to the real art of the sword we now call fencing ,cheapshots simply do not exist.

Its all about looking for your opponents weakness and striking there making sure you will be well deffended when your opponent strikes back and keeping a good distance from your enemy.
I usualy use a saber so I am unfamiliar with some epei and foil technique but I know that if I was on epei and kept stabbing your arm every time you let it be vulnerable it would be kinda cheap but it is completely your fault for letting it be vulnerable and not protecting yourself.

Spar uses a saberlike sword so cheapness is not a thing , if you are repeating the same moves over again your opponent should not fail to that, they should be able to use a new stradegy and rek u.

How exactly would any hit be cheap and trashy if I am not lagging or delaying alot.  

Posted by toich01

Right now we are all socializing

Wow, we're all "Graal City Chat noobs"!!!  

sparring has been dead for years and your little poorly structured pep talks aren't going to get anyone into it. two huge problems i see: the leaderboard is god awful, and i suppose there aren't enough incentives to get people interested. the game needs at least a half-decent leaderboard (please lord save us from this one) and the equivalent of a "free pizza" sign to fat kids, whether that be "free hats" or whatever, to attract more casual sparrers (still fat kids) and get them more into it.  

Posted by Comyt

sparring has been dead for years and your little poorly structured pep talks aren't going to get anyone into it. two huge problems i see: the leaderboard is god awful, and i suppose there aren't enough incentives to get people interested. the game needs at least a half-decent leaderboard (please lord save us from this one) and the equivalent of a "free pizza" sign to fat kids, whether that be "free hats" or whatever, to attract more casual sparrers (still fat kids) and get them more into it.

60k spars "fat kids" rofl  

Posted by qes

I think anybody who isn't down to spar should be seen in the community as a 'Graal City Chatting noob'.

I think this right here is the root of your problem. You seem to think that anyone and everyone should be required to drop what they're doing and service you immediately when you request a spar or a series... You seem to think that sparrers that you listed, like Brett, Jack, David, Dante, and Sarah, have something to prove to you when it's actually the other way around.

It's like if Jared Cunningham were to jump off of the Cavs bench and say, "PLAY ME 1-ON-1 RIGHT NOW" to LeBron James... If you were worth sparring then people would probably spar you. Work your way up or something. Break the streak record. Win a GST. Consistently beat good sparrers. Force people to spar and acknowledge you by queuing.

At the end of the day, people are going to do what they want. If so few good sparrers are sparring, I don't see how you aren't dominating. Based on what I see on the iDevice leaderboard, it's the exact same people sparring actively and dominantly.  

Posted by Thallen

if you knew how Zeross acted online and then saw the video of him getting thrown down a flight of stairs and beat up IRL as he curls up in the fetal position, you'd see why it's a pretty bad comparison

Lord of the badasses, Zeross the unstoppable sparring menace is a force to be reckoned with. This guy acts like he's straight out of an anime. If you have any inclination to think that he might bear the slightest grudge against you, do not even consider sparring him a single time, unless of course you have a sense of humor. If you choose to, be prepared for an onslaught of insults ranging from "wretched cur" to "worthless trash," regardless of who won the spar. For extra fun, try checking UDP and running the whole time. I guarantee it'll be worth your time. Calling this douche bag's ego overinflated does not even begin to express just what an absolute obsession he has with emulating Vegeta from Dragonball Z, except instead of being the Prince of a legendary class of elite fighters, he's playing a ****ing two-dimensional game.  

I don't hate u qes but i had to laugh at that one LOL  

Posted by toich01

I don't hate u qes but i had to laugh at that one LOL

laugh at what  

What mong said just his analogies  

Posted by Papi

60k spars "fat kids" rofl

who cares how many spars you have, "slx" rofl  

Posted by Comyt

who cares how many spars you have, "slx" rofl

Not mine yours rofl  

I'd spar more if the old leaderboard was still being used. The current leaderboard is pointless, just shows who plays the most/ who is the biggest no life. The old leaderboard showed more skill and doesn't require you to sit on graal for excessive hours to be in the top 5-10. Rewards would also encourage me to spar actively and so would a leaderboard in which the top 10 qualified you into being registered into a single spar tournament. Also a spar lag cap of 200-250ms (depending on the time of day) would make sparring more enjoyable.  

True actually if old leaders are back id spar more  

Posted by toich01

True actually if old leaders are back id spar more

Can you explain how they worked? =o  

It was a rating system. You gained and lost points depending on your points and the points of your opponent. So sparing just noobs or people with low score would never get you number 1 but sparing other active top tier sparers would allow u to climb the leader boards and really show ur skill