Are there any consequences to simulating rounds aside from potentially losing?
Be very careful if you choose to sim a round in a tournament to save yourself some time. While working on a “disposable” custom character to test some things out, I tried simming a few rounds of various tournaments, and not all of my attempts proved to be successful. First of all, the likelihood of you beating a person who’s ranked better than you is very slim, often due to the number of stars they have. However, there is always the potential to lose to someone ranked a lot worse as well (which I have proven true with an alternate character of mine; he was ranked #1 with all 60 stars and my opponent was ranked around 80+). Also, if your goal is to accomplish the sponsor quests found throughout the game, a sponsor will not acknowledge a match that is simulated and you will not receive credit by them if you win. I’d recommend not simming any matches until Season 3, 4, or 5. To be safe when simming, I’d recommend simming one game at a time once the match has actually begun. You can do thi
