[jyoung]

The CPU can be tough to beat online because they are so unpredictable in what moves they do and always have perfect timing, whereas a human has to deal with lag, which changes the correct faceoff timing from game to game.

I find the best way to beat the CPU online is to keep mixing up your tactics and just ignore whatever the CPU is doing, because the CPU never sticks with 1 move all game long like most human centers do online.