It depends. With a well balanced fighting game I don't mind losing to a good human opponent because it means that my game improves. Playing against someone who'

It depends. With a well balanced fighting game I don't mind losing to a good human opponent because it means that my game improves. Playing against someone who's good is a great way to find out what moves/patterns you thought might be safe aren't. I agree that if you have no way to measure that progress/improvement then the fun is lost.