Why aren't girls as good at sparring?

[Dragonosteel]

Originally Posted by Rufus

Aarian (whatzgoinon) sprung to mind when I read this thread because she is a good sparrer and can compete with most of the "top" sparrers on a global scale. I think Stella (Lacoste) used to be a pretty good sparrer on Unholy Nation too, but now she's got pretty bad lag issues so isn't so good anymore.

Pretty sure Aarian lagged. Stella's good but not that great. She's been playing Graal her entire life so she'd obviously have some skill.. but she's still not as great as the rest of the male oldbies.

Originally Posted by Rufus

Oh yeah, Bella and Meryl were 'top tier' sparrers too.

They had this odd delay (maybe from being from NZ?) that made them somewhat hard to hit while they could hit you easily. The laggers apparently did have some skill in sparring but their lgag helped a ton. Not too legitimate.

[Rufus]

Originally Posted by Dragonosteel

Pretty sure Aarian lagged. Stella's good but not that great. She's been playing Graal her entire life so she'd obviously have some skill.. but she's still not as great as the rest of the male oldbies.

Aarian doesn't lag for me.

Originally Posted by Dragonosteel

They had this odd delay (maybe from being from NZ?) that made them somewhat hard to hit while they could hit you easily. The laggers apparently did have some skill in sparring but their lgag helped a ton. Not too legitimate.

I'd like to know of some 'top tier' sparrers that are 'legit' in how they spar, because in my opinion most of them are not.

[Deophite18]

Originally Posted by Dragonosteel

Pretty sure Aarian lagged. Stella's good but not that great. She's been playing Graal her entire life so she'd obviously have some skill.. but she's still not as great as the rest of the male oldbies.

They had this odd delay (maybe from being from NZ?) that made them somewhat hard to hit while they could hit you easily. The laggers apparently did have some skill in sparring but their lgag helped a ton. Not too legitimate.

I agree, they always had some sort of lag or delay aiding them.
As for Bella and Meryl they are sisters and lived in NZ. They shared the same lag but were still decent sparrers nevertheless. IMO Ni Rain was the best female sparrer I ever saw but shes long gone.

Originally Posted by Rufus

I'd like to know of some 'top tier' sparrers that are 'legit' in how they spar, because in my opinion most of them are not.

What do you by mean "legit"?

[Hiro]

most people don't ever really understand the metagame behind sparring, and therefore never get any better at it

and girls don't practice

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Dragonosteel

Pretty sure Aarian lagged. Stella's good but not that great. She's been playing Graal her entire life so she'd obviously have some skill.. but she's still not as great as the rest of the male oldbies.

Aarian lags a little bit but she spars with style. Stella used to be very good back when I remember her from Babylon, and she still is a good sparrer.