ReD's Spar Guide - going positive
 

Hi my name is ReD, I've been playing iClassic since late 2012 and sparring since early 2013, I have participated in 5 guild spar tournaments (4 iDevice and 1 Mixed), by 4000 wins my iDevice was completely broken and my only option was to make the jump too PC.

In this guide you'll find tips and a few tricks on going positive with your W/L ratio, I will be covering other sparring topics later on but this guide is built to help you with your sometimes long and hard (well not hard if your decent) Journey to going positive.

Index

• Tips
• Tricks
• Techniques
• Keeping a positive ratio
• conclusion
• Additional sources

Tips:

The main thing with positive ratios is finding a way in which you'll be comfortable sparring, focus on learning how YOU like to move, don't let others influence you completely, a little tip from someone is great once in a while but copying someone's style isn't always the ideal choice, learn to predict your opponent and when or when not too hit, once all of this is done its time to apply this inside the Battle Arena, Just remember its always a good idea to warm up before going ahead and sparring for long periods of time, streak rooms are great but if your in desperate need of going positive go ahead and spar in quick spar rooms, these are great for practice and also provide a good amount of wins, and barely any losses (considering everyone in quick spar rooms are generally really really bad), however if your looking for a challenge the mixed room is full of sparrers from old pros to talented rookies.

Tricks: Often you'll come across "delaying" or "lagging" players, try different ways that you feel will help you combat these sorts of players, often walling is the go to choice for many but its not always the best, as getting trapped on a wall will get you a loss, keep moving around and predicting where the player will be next (if their warping this works well) generally the player lagging will lose to this technique.

Keeping a positive ratio:

Keeping a positive ratio means you CANNOT lose, so don't be afraid to cheap-shot an AFK player or use a technique that is hated by others, after all its you who matters in this situation, try your hardest in every match, have the attitude that your unstoppable and you'll have an easier time winning.

, I have to say, this guide is kind of crappy and probably doesn't make sense but sparring is my thing and I love to share info and talk about it :) I went from 100-300 to 6500-3100 with the attitude and actions mentioned in my guide, I hope that at least 1 or 2 people will use some of the little tips mentioned in my guide :), positive and negative feedback is all welcome! just try not to be offensive :D thanks and good luck sparring!

• For a PC sparring guide by thallen try his spar school website: http://sparschool.blogspot.com
• For a iDevice sparring guide, try Angel Roses thread here: http://www.graalians.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25577

Cool guide
I agree with you on trying your hardest on every match. At least give some effort to respect the other player. I find annoying when the opponent is 'acting' or really not trying. I join spars to prove myself as a skilled sparrer and always try my best.

lmao You should make a thread about how to boost like you did for all your wins
GG OG

Jesus

Nobody really cares about your posts.

orly :0, don't see you doing anything but talking **** and going afk lmao

oh and btw, ask the other 2 who posted on this thread, I'm no booster lol

ditto :smile:

Also, I wrote this guide to help people, no need to act like an ass over some information I've provided to the community

Its caled Guild chat while standing on the gmap
I have a guild to run I chat with people and have long conversations

Lol the only information youve provided to this community

if your going to be rude, you may as well just not bother replying to this and/or writing on my thread

I demand you series him and see who's the best. All talk no action you are!

I remember when we first met and you werent positive just like me ; v ; sigh good times, ANYWAYS! Nice guide m8 i like it & dont worry sardon is just a bit salty today

thx brotha <3

salt

You think everyone boosts because you are upset about how poor your record is.

I've seen him spar against numerous good people in both singles and guild spar, only thing I see you doing is losing.

Good guide, it should help noobs like Sardon improve a bit.

Yeah the only time I didn't try is if it was a really bad person or new player usually let them hit me to 1.5 so it was more fair for them

Idk about this. Just makes you look like a prick when you do it, but it is their fault for idling to begin with I suppose.

precisely, I see it as their fall, if its someone IK, take primetime (WAR) or respect like Inevitable (Alumni) for example, I'll wait but if its a random I'll just hit them

cmon dont say that thats rude even if sardon was acting like that you shouldnt do the same riight?

If they do it on purpose I don't wait, but if it wasn't intentional I would wait until the standing still timer runs out.

gimme a few days to unrust havent sparred since the gst and Ill Spar him

I'll spar anyone because I enjoy sparring, but tbh I'm nothing special, I'll make it to 10k, but ik I won't win a gst or get into a big sparring guild, I'm pretty terrible compared to most :(

"unrust" lol

"Unrust" = dojo

unrusting is for the competitive rooms

wut about it

Ik that lmao, I spar more often then you actually do anything

Step 1. Get good
Step 2. Profit

but seriously, its well written and could use more information such as techniques. Also be sure to create a guide specifically for people like sardon.

Step 1: Never set foot in spar arena.

That was easy

<3 I will

Rust is the biggest bull**** excuse for spar that there has ever been outside of the classic "he delays so he has advantage" crap.

I could say that my dog jumped on my lap and spilled my drink on my pc and it would be more valid than "rust" that these people claim to have. You don't get rusty from spar, you think there's rust because you return and realize that you aren't as good as you thought you were, so the natural reaction is to blame father time.

I've seen people who quit for a month, then return for 6 weeks, claiming they're 'rusty' the entire time that they're back. That is just ridiculous. No single person should believe that kind of excuse.

Challenges red ANBU to spar*

So lets say i had high streaks and then i didnt spar for 3 months and lose to alot of players im rusty i need some practice to get some good streaks going on

No, you're not rusty. You're just inconsistently bad.

agreed

highstreaks off of noobs w/ negative ratios then you spar people that actually know how to spar and you lose. That's not rust.

Yeah that doesn't happen

You've probably never had a streak...

naw he got a 2 streak b4 it was gonna be a 3 streak but the noob clutched him

Nice guide

Yall talking bout your dirty underwear, and I just wanna kick all Yall around the arena Capish?

Don't post useless crap on my thread, tyvm

DO IT! I'll record.

Nice tips Man!

Text with images seem to be a much better demonstration.

I agree, commentary is a must.

if u can do the commentary join me on skype.

A nice guide...but i've seen better.
GJ dood

Zetectic is a foreigner (i belive) and that would make his accent a little weird for commentary.That's why he avoids it.It's better with the text anyways.

An accent makes the video quite more interesting than a dull voice.

lmao
that was unnecessary comment. people on here are smart to figure that out.

What's wrong with accents? lol, if we can understand what he's saying then its fine.

you'd be surprised

If they were that smart...they wouldn't ask for the commentary in the first place.

i had a 32 streak once during the fall when I was training

if U stopped sparring for a year could you do well in a gst?

weres he from

nope, when I said
people pretty much can figure out there must've been reason why I am not trying to do a commentary by myself.

I was born and raised in South Korea. Pathetic how MBK said I've a little weird accent when he's from Saudi Arabia. Yes, I have a damn accent, but it's not weird and most people know what I am saying. I'm just insecure with my voice. I'll feel more confident speaking in Korean, then none of you will ever understand what I am saying.