Bah! Can we not welcome someone here without dissing his abilities? As tupac said... this game is lag infested, and that counts for about 60% of the result of any game between "decent" players.

DDRRE: You'll find this is very different and much more difficult than the arcade games due to lag. If you play often enough, you can predict it, and learn to use it against your opponent. However, there will always be a slim margin of your games that get so ****ed up by lag that no one could ever win. Those you simply get screwed on and can only hope to give your opponent a hard time with.