I'm not going into detail on this, as Dae is the only delay we have, but regardless I think the reason delay is a large factor in gs is the fact that 95% of people can't adequately adapt to it, so they get hit, they lose, then complain, etc. Additionally, the chemistry factor applies only in certain scenarios. If your plan is to just send one person on your team after one on theirs, and they let you, then a bunch of random good sparrers is fine. The problem occurs when you try that and the other team just piles one, leaves one for last, etc. My final point: It's literally impossible to practice efficiently for the GST because each player would need to open 9 tabs and download Skyrim or something to match the lag that happens there.