How to avoid Brawl lag?

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Question. When you guys say lag, do you mean video is choppy or your moves are delayed. I played my friend who lives in the same state (but about a 5 hour car ride) as me. The visuals didnt get choppy, but I noticed that everything moved about .5 to 1 second after I hit the buttons. I was forced to compensate for this. Will it get to the point where I wont know if its an online match because it is so precise in timing?