I was absolutely obsessed with Heisei Godzilla and any power suited hero as a child and got into mecha off Voltron reruns.

Yeah it's crazy. I legitimately thought it was just an enternally recurring thing. Tokusatsu has been a part of my life since I could form memories. I watched all the ancient Saban shit when it came out including like VR Troopers so Sentai ending is very sad.

Like I don't mind losing a match if it feels close or fair but they never do and like you said even the wins usually feel like you're just on the opposite side of the system. Like 10% of games feel evenly matched.

I grinded up to diamond in Rivals in season 1 and it was extremely obvious the game hands you Ls consistently after winning a couple times to keep you playing longer. Like there's zero chance I just happened to get someone fully griefing after winning a couple times. One sided games win or lose.

I have a friend that moved from Houston to Seattle to teach. I can connect you if you ever want some more like on the ground info. I'm sure he'd be happy to answer any specifics about how it is day to day.