Legit the only reason I ended up learning about this stuff was cause I was so damn tired of taking L after L. I knew there had to be people that had a leg up on me advantage so I researched and found out about the Monitors/Bots etc.well damn lol. i might be too old for this.
I can absolutely say that once I learned my hit rate exponentially increased. Of course it takes investment and time, but when you're a sneaker addict, what else do you got
Oh and the shoe that triggered me into Monitors was the SBB AJ1s. After that L I said screw it and started joining groups.