all drama aside, 2012 was the most active year of sparring and sparrers back then were on average better players than what we have right now. most top sparrers from that time share this opinion, it isn’t just me hyping up my era. you guys can have your little feud but please don’t try to discredit 2011-2013 sparring like it was “sparring noobs.” a common response to this would be “lol everyone complained about pc players because they didn’t know how to spar yet” and that isn’t true. we complained about pc players because they had a major advantage over idevices at the time in processing speed. a pc player naturally moved faster than every idevice until the 5th generation. that being said, as someone who has sparred since late 2010, i think rashard/ares is at least top 5 all-time across all platforms, definitely better than other top-tier sparrers of right now like brett. and i dont have any bias because i was in (US) with him, i barely ever talked to the guy and honestly didn’t even like him that much.