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'''Sandbagging''' is the act of playing poorly on purpose and/or intentionally using a character that the player would perform worse with. Most of the time, players sandbag in friendly matches to keep others from learning their style. Players also often sandbag against weaker players in tournament, and when playing friendlies, to have lower stress matches and avoid draining themselves before later tournament matches against stronger players.

Sandbagging is often seen as a sign of disrespect when done in serious settings, as it is seen as the player not treating their opponent as an equal nor as a threat, as well as depriving their opponent of a pure competitive match. Due to compromising a tournament's competitive integrity and disrupting the [[bracket manipulation|natural progress of the tournament bracket]], it is not uncommon for tournaments to have a rule forbidding intentional underperforming at the threat of being disqualified from the tournament altogether. This is a controversial ruling though, as it's not always clear cut if a player is sandbagging, thus making it difficult to enforce, as well as some players claiming it's the right of the player to perform however and use whatever character they want. Despite the negative ~~connotions~~ behind it, it is not uncommon for players to use the [[john|excuse]] that they were sandbagging when they lose.

Sandbagging is often seen as a sign of disrespect when done in serious settings, as it is seen as the player not treating their opponent as an equal nor as a threat, as well as depriving their opponent of a pure competitive match. Due to compromising a tournament's competitive integrity and disrupting the [[bracket manipulation|natural progress of the tournament bracket]], it is not uncommon for tournaments to have a rule forbidding intentional underperforming at the threat of being disqualified from the tournament altogether. This is a controversial ruling though, as it's not always clear cut if a player is sandbagging, thus making it difficult to enforce, as well as some players claiming it's the right of the player to perform however and use whatever character they want. Despite the negative connotations behind it, it is not uncommon for players to use the [[john|excuse]] that they were sandbagging when they lose.

Sandbagging occurs at all levels of play, even in top level tournament play, where {{Sm|Isai}} in particular is infamous for rarely trying his best to win, regardless ~~whether or not~~ money is on the line.

Sandbagging occurs at all levels of play, even in top level tournament play, where {{Sm|Isai}} in particular is infamous for rarely trying his best to win, regardless if a substantial amount of money is on the line.

==Notable incidents of sandbagging==

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 '''Sandbagging''' is the act of playing poorly on purpose and/or intentionally using a character that the player would perform worse with. Most of the time, players sandbag in friendly matches to keep others from learning their style. Players also often sandbag against weaker players in tournament, and when playing friendlies, to have lower stress matches and avoid draining themselves before later tournament matches against stronger players.
-Sandbagging is often seen as a sign of disrespect when done in serious settings, as it is seen as the player not treating their opponent as an equal nor as a threat, as well as depriving their opponent of a pure competitive match. Due to compromising a tournament's competitive integrity and disrupting the [[bracket manipulation|natural progress of the tournament bracket]], it is not uncommon for tournaments to have a rule forbidding intentional underperforming at the threat of being disqualified from the tournament altogether. This is a controversial ruling though, as it's not always clear cut if a player is sandbagging, thus making it difficult to enforce, as well as some players claiming it's the right of the player to perform however and use whatever character they want. Despite the negative connotions behind it, it is not uncommon for players to use the [[john|excuse]] that they were sandbagging when they lose.
+Sandbagging is often seen as a sign of disrespect when done in serious settings, as it is seen as the player not treating their opponent as an equal nor as a threat, as well as depriving their opponent of a pure competitive match. Due to compromising a tournament's competitive integrity and disrupting the [[bracket manipulation|natural progress of the tournament bracket]], it is not uncommon for tournaments to have a rule forbidding intentional underperforming at the threat of being disqualified from the tournament altogether. This is a controversial ruling though, as it's not always clear cut if a player is sandbagging, thus making it difficult to enforce, as well as some players claiming it's the right of the player to perform however and use whatever character they want. Despite the negative connotations behind it, it is not uncommon for players to use the [[john|excuse]] that they were sandbagging when they lose.
-Sandbagging occurs at all levels of play, even in top level tournament play, where {{Sm|Isai}} in particular is infamous for rarely trying his best to win, regardless whether or not money is on the line.
+Sandbagging occurs at all levels of play, even in top level tournament play, where {{Sm|Isai}} in particular is infamous for rarely trying his best to win, regardless if a substantial amount of money is on the line.
 ==Notable incidents of sandbagging==