I think the problem with some permabegs here is that they're not used to winning. If they are dealing too much damage to the opponent they might be thinking "What's going on? Why are all my hits landing?" and subconsciously hold back to give the other player time to get their bearings. And when they're overwhelmed they think "yup, nothing I can do". If you play only with the goal of winning, you won't be happy and you won't get better. Look at brianF, he boiled the game down to a science and grinded and he still loses to smashers and niggas that can't type in proper sentences.