I do appreciate very much the constructive advice, I'll try to follow what I can. It does seem like the next step for me is attending tournaments - I am woefully ignorant of them though. I should take some time and study up on them so I can be more involved in this community as well as improve myself.
@Lythium the person I play with most is snazzymuffin103 -- a very skilled hazama he often wins, but Im not losing dreadfully "enough" its usually close
@Lord : I have seen you but a few times on live and when we fought i believe you faced my Ragna -- which means I was still in warm-up mode, I would gladly mirror your mu
I used to dread mu mirrors, but now that I have become quite comfortable with mu and her abilities/weaknesses it turns into a sort of test for me if I can out exploit those which I often enjoy now