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| Poll Results: Why am I winning more spars? | |||
| 27.78% | 
            Speedhacker/Delayer Crackdown 
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| 55.56% | 
            Server Population Became Less Good at Sparring 
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| 50.00% | 
            Ballmer Peak 
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| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Registered User Join Date: Jul 2014 
				Posts: 783
				 | Why am I winning spars more often? I haven't played in months. I've gone on a handful of winning streaks of 5+. My highest losing streak has been two games. This is in the past 48 hours. I'm wondering about the different possibilities to explain this. 1. There was a crackdown on speedhackers and delayers (I'm still seeing a good half-second lag response time from some, but that's manageable). 2. The server population as a whole has become less adept at sparring. 3. I have been playing at Ballmer Peak. | 
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Earning Unix dem stacks Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: In a fox hole somewhere 
				Posts: 7,391
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Registered User Join Date: May 2013 
				Posts: 3,027
				 | I actually have a theory that every time you come back to sparring (after a few days/weeks), you actually get better than the last time. It's possible though that, people get used to you, and then when they haven't sparred you in a while they would have no idea how you spar. That's why I recommend not "studying a person", and just learning how to adapt to any situation. | 
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 
				Posts: 3,204
				 | I mean.... usually when people win it's because their just good/better than the opponent??????
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Python Join Date: Aug 2013 
				Posts: 1,894
				 | Well it's not the first 2.
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Registered User Join Date: May 2013 
				Posts: 3,027
				 | If anything, everyone is getting better at sparring imo.
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Banned Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Australia 
				Posts: 3,255
				 | you're most likely improving the more you spar
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Bloodvayne Join Date: Nov 2012 
				Posts: 4,087
				 | dear my brother deadowl. i'll make u negative anytime babe ;)
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| Emperor Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New York 
				Posts: 1,000
				 | prolly the second one honestly, not gonna pretend people are getting better.
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			11-21-2015
			
			
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| :) Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: no. 
				Posts: 10,309
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			11-22-2015
			
			
		 | 11 | 
| Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Battle Arena 
				Posts: 1,550
				 | I've recently come back to sparring after not playing for a good 2-3 months. I'd say I'm better than I was before. I think it's because graal feels fresh again and you're having more fun playing it. If you're having fun you wont over think it or try to hard and we all know that doesn't help when you're trying to win. | 
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			11-22-2015
			
			
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| Deus Vult Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Le Canada 
				Posts: 3,811
				 | the illuminati
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			11-23-2015
			
			
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| Banned Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Canada 
				Posts: 264
				 | Do you even know where Battle Arena is anymore?  I've never seen you, even though I heard you were supposed to be pretty good or something. There's been a lot of people who used to be mediocre improving a lot, along with a lot of old players who were near the top on old PC Graal coming back to the game. Definitely not number 2, lmao. | 
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			11-25-2015
			
			
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| Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 
				Posts: 19
				 | Wow! You should join VIS
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			11-25-2015
			
			
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| Alumni Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Babord Police Department 
				Posts: 739
				 | time of day * players in que + latency - device(room + X)
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