Why encounters with a difficulty slope are bad

[Krr]

Did he even said that ? Titan EX is fine and fun, of course if you don't get screwed by your ISP.

Yep. this interview right here that he didn't know how badly lag affected old 2.0-2.1 fights like TEX and Twintania until he played them in Sydney, and couldn't even reliably dodge attacks like Landslide and Weights on those connections because of how much easier and smoother they were in lag-free Japanese ISPs.

If you look at all the fights since SCOB, the timing windows to react to mechanics on 'hardcore' fights have actually gotten significantly wider as a result.